HIYA FELLAS!

I AM EXTREMELY SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT.

Now I know that some might be disappointed to have wait in a while, only to be be revealed that this is the final chapter of the story.

BUT, it's not the final chapter of the AU! There's more to come after this story! So please, keep up the incredible support that you guys have been providing me with throughout the entirety of me writing this story!

With that all out of the way...

I present you... the FINAL chapter of In Days Like This!

ENJOY!

P.S

Important author's note in the end, please read! Thanks you very much!

Hiccup woke up with a start.

A loud bang had managed to taken him off his slumber.

Instead of being worried, he can only groan in exasperation.

Many would wonder on why didn't he instantly reacted, and why he decided to clasp his pillow around his head in attempts of blocking the noise.

But everyone in The Edge knew that it was just the twins getting up to their own antics again.

Apparently, they once again, managed to encapsulate Snotlout's hut with their Zippleback gas and once again blow the innards of said hut all around. Waking up the owner and severely irritating him. Hiccup could hear the annoyed shouting of his cousin right after that.

"HEY! How many times do I have to tell you guys… I NEED MY BEAUTY SLEEP!" he shouted at to the twins, who were chuckling and crying their eyes out on their dragon.

"B-Beauty sleep? Heh, you'd need to have millions of them to get it to even be slightly right then!" Ruffnut fired back, before laughing her head off while coinciding with her twin.

Snotlout only scowls to no one, while walking back inside his hut mumbling rather furiously "Millions of them you yak asses I'll show you all-" he was cut off with another explosion form inside his hut as a little bit of Zippleback gas just caught up on late fire. Leaving Snotlout to shout out in frustration of his bad morning.

Hiccup can only sigh as he sat up on his bed. Rubbing the sleep in his eyes away while taking a quick look around his hut, half making sure that things were still right where they're supposed to be. He took notice on the fact that Toothless had slept through the whole ordeal, not even bothering to wake up and check on the commotion.

To be honest, anyone who are familiar with the instances around this place would've just went back to sleep.

He would've if he could manage to, but after a rather unpleasant wake up call, his annoyance peaked over his will to sleep. Hence why he decided to get off his bed, fix his hair a bit albeit seldom on doing so, and was heading towards the door when another explosion went off, this time procuring a grunt from the onyx dragon and made him open an eye looking up to his equally annoyed rider.

"I know bud, they are unbearable at times. So why don't we tell them to quite it down a bit?" Hiccup tried to reason his dragon to a peaceful way of dealing with the twins. To which the dragon just huffed and sluggishly went up on his feet to join his rider.

They both exited the hut and was instantly greeted with a pair of people blasting off gasses and fire all over the island.

Hiccup could only shake his head while letting out a low sigh as he went on Toothless and went up to the rampaging twins.

"Umm guys?" he waved at them. Catching their attentions and making them turn their heads towards him "Look is not that I don't appreciate your efforts on getting an early start, but can you guys do something more…productive? Finding breakfast perhaps? Silently that is! Everyone else is still trying to get a wink of sleep around here. Though… I doubt that any of them are anywhere close to getting to bed now"

The twins can only groan in exasperation "Ugghh, really Hiccup?" Ruffnut complained.

"Yeah" Hiccup replied sternly "Seriously. You can either listen to me right now, or there will be two other raging girls that I can set on to you guys"

That made the twins make a questioning look to each other, both realizing the scenarios they might be involved into. Ruffnut sighed in reluctance "Alright we'll stop. But, just remember that it's not because we chose to listen to you!"

Hiccup just pinched his nose with a slight dizziness panging out "Yeah, yeah… whatever. Just go do something that involves no explosions and waking everybody up"

The two huffed, followed by their dragons and flew off to the other side of the island to do gods knows what.

Hiccup sighed tiredly. He knew for a fact that he if decided to go back to his hut, he wouldn't be able to get any sleep done. But on the other hand, he noticed that Toothless was still looking a bit doozy. He decided to give the Night Fury more of his deserved rest.

"Alright bud" he pats the side of his head "Let's get you back to the hut, you look like you'll fall down anytime soon"

Toothless softly crooned in agreement and flew back to their huts in rather fast pace for a tired dragon.

They arrived back, with Hiccup getting off his dragon and also without missing a beat, said dragon instantly drops to the floor and dozes off to the world of dreams.

Watching his mighty dragon instantly dropping like that, he can't help but chuckle and softly says "Sleep well bud" before exiting the hut and decided to just head out to the Clubhouse.

Stretching and yawning as he went out of his hut. He shielded his eyes from the piercing light that is coming from the dawn sun. Taking in the view that the Edge is providing him with.

With the sun bathing the premises of the Edge in a beautiful orange tint. Hiccup always thought that the Edge looked the best during these times. He was still staring towards the horizon when he heard footsteps coming from his left. He turned to the direction to see Heather walking to his direction, carrying the axe he made for Astrid.

"Morning. Twins got you early as well?" he nodded towards her tired eyes.

She yawned and then replied a bit tiredly "Could say the same for you, but seems like I took the brunt of the effects. Could you do me a favor and drop off this axe to Astrid?" she asked while handing the axe over to him.

He quirked his eyebrows "She's not in her hut?" he asked while looking at the hut that Heather was coming from.

"Apparently not" she said "Guess she was actually early, rather than getting an interrupted sleep like us" she ended with another yawn.

Hiccup chuckled "Well then you go get a few more snoozes. I'll get this to her"

Heather nodded while turning back "Alright Hic, tell your girlfriend I said thanks!" she said while giving a small wave and returning back to her hut.

Hiccup smiles and nodded towards her smiling and fading figure. He then took a quick scan of the Edge, trying to give some guess on where she might be on the island.

Well he knew that she would be on the island as she would most likely not leave the island without her axe.

Patrol? Today is the twin's turn. And they were doing a "fine" job on that.

Stables? He takes a quick look at said building and saw that the gates were slightly opened, so he decided to walk over and take a quick peek, only to see that it was only filled with the dragons.

He did notice that Stormfly isn't in her stable.

'Early flight then?' that's what he initially thought before hearing a familiar squawk coming from the Clubhouse.

Meanwhile in said Clubhouse, Astrid was sitting nearby a bucket of fish and was throwing it towards her dragon who gulps the fishes in quick succession.

She smiles at her giddy dragon who was out early for breakfast, before raising her head in acknowledgement and calling out "Morning to you Hiccup!"

The auburn haired young man was a bit surprised that she still managed to identify that it was him, even though he walked as silently as he could. He chuckled and shook his head while walking in towards her.

"How'd you know that it was me?" he asked half rhetorically.

She stood up and turned to him with a sly expression "Well… call it my gut feeling"

He raised a conspicuous eyebrow, before she laughed and placed a hand on her hip "Yeah that was lame, of course I knew it was you. Not many people come up to me with a footstep sounding like metal hitting the wooden floor"

Well he should've known that his metal leg would've given his position away. Especially with Astrid hearing them. She could tell the sound of the leg from a mile away.

"Huh, glad to know that the leg provides some form of identification of myself" he said with a soft grin.

They both shared a quick laugh before Hiccup asks "Any reason for the early start today?"

Astrid nodded towards her dragon "Stormfly was feeling a bit grumpy, turns out she wanted an early breakfast for once, she flew a bit longer yesterday"

Hiccup hums in understanding, but Astrid didn't seem finished.

"What about you? I suppose you didn't bump in to Heather?" she asked while looking at her axe that he's holding, reminding him of why he was looking for her.

"Aaah yeah" he blurted out in realization "Heather dropped it off when I went out. You weren't in your hut and she looked half asleep when she handed it over, due to an unexpected wake-up call that is"

"Huh, so I've heard…" she replied with a knowing look and a slight chuckle "Good thing I was up already. Things would probably end nasty if I'd get that kind of awakening"

Hiccup winced at the thought "Yeaaahh, how'd you think I made them stop in the first place? My reasoning wouldn't do anything to make them even consider stopping" he ended while handing over her axe.

With him stating that, she observed his features. Not many has changed since the whole "Snotlout" fiasco was solved, which was practically a little more than a week ago. Everything went back to normal procedures, unfortunately, that also meant that Hiccup's ability to overwork himself and not get enough rest causing him to look tired routine is back in establishment.

Those abilities that can't stop frustrating Astrid no matter how much she tried to stop it.

She watched on as he sat down with an audible exhale and yawned while stretching out his sore arms.

She knew that she can't help the fact that he would be exhausted, but she would've liked it for him to have more rest and consider his priorities more.

With a sigh, she walked towards him and took a seat. Watching on as he was looking out towards the horizon, with the sun slowly rising and looming over the Edge.

She placed a hand on his shoulder, successfully gaining his attention and softly asks "How're you holding up?"

He turned towards her with a slight hum in questioning, when he realizes the encouraging yet worried expression on her face. One that never fails to bring a small smile out of him.

"A bit tired" he began "But with everything coming back to pieces, guess I can't really complain on how things are building back up"

A hum could be heard from her, before she asks again "Still trying to find out on what happened to those Grimoras?"

There's a visible look of tiredness that came on Hiccup's face for a split second.

"Well, as it turns out, I… kind of quit on trying to figure that one out"

That was unexpected.

He usually figures everything out, how is this any different?

"You… quit?" she asked half disbelieving her own question.

Hiccup sighs rather dejectedly "Yeah… unusual yes? I thought I was heading somewhere with it but it just… changed"

Astrid raised an eyebrow in confusion "Changed? Like form change or?"

He shook his head "Nothing like that, left it for just a couple of hours, came back to Toothless almost thrashing the hut trying to avoid it. It somehow went back to its usual colors and its usual taking over dragon's mind thing"

They both sat in silence. Hiccup just thinking about the oddity of the previous days, while Astrid is just contemplating on how something had managed to make Hiccup feel dumbfounded for once.

"Well then" she started while standing up and using his shoulder as support "How bout you and me do something for a change? We haven't really gotten any time together in the past days"

Hiccup contemplated on the previous days. In which he found a bit of truth to that statement as he was so busy trying to figure out the whole Grimora issue in the past days, he hasn't had the time to be spending it with someone else. Not even her.

"A date then? Doesn't seem like such a bad idea, whatcha got in mind?" he asked casually.

She grinned rather devilishly, and says slowly "Oh I got something in mind alright…"

Later that evening…

"Anyone has any idea where Hiccup is? I was planning to check on that creature again" Fishlegs asks as he enters into the stables where Heather and Snotlout were just cleaning Windshear and Hookfang respectively.

Snotlout just scoffed "Yeah, good luck on getting Hiccup out of his girlfriend's grip. They're probably off in an entirely different island "looking" for another kind of weird oil things"

Heather threw a short glare towards Snoutlout "They were out to the cliffs, Astrid said she wanted to test some things with him"

"Without their dragons?" Fishlegs pointed out to the sleeping Nadder and Night Fury.

All Heather can do is shrug "Guess they want a little bit of an exercise".

Not too far away from the Edge…

"Milady" he calls out in a rather husked tone, clearly out of breath "If this is your idea of a date, then I think I should inform you on some more… "relaxing" alternatives"

There they are, on the edge of the cliff where the Thorston's ownership stone was located, Hiccup looking extremely exhausted on one knee with Astrid observing the axe that she just tested on his Inferno.

Astrid just chuckled "You know… being the future chief of Berk. You really need to work on that ground battle stamina, especially when you have me testing my axes every now and then"

Hiccup was all too busy trying to catch his breath "What's wrong with the one I made you? I thought you liked it?"

She smiled "Best one I've ever gotten, which is why I don't want to constantly use it for every single thing that I happen to be doing that requires an axe. Only for battles and such"

"Then why not just get a random one? Doesn't have to be that good right?" Hiccup tried to reason with her.

"Well… it should be capable of battle in cases of emergency, you never know if your axe would not be around if someone suddenly attacked" she replied back.

Hiccup can only sigh "Why test it against Inferno though?"

She just looked at a different axe while casually saying "Gotta be prepared. I mean like, who else in the entire archipelago has a weapon that can literally set itself on fire, yet leaves the wielder unharmed"

She ended with a sly look towards him, to which he can only reply "Touché"

Seeing that he is quite struggling with keeping up with another axe test, she chuckled and lets him be "Alright… let's keep the testing done for now, you're free from any more testing today"

Right after she finished, he instantly collapsed into a nearby rock and sat himself there as he choked out "Agreed… very much agreed"

Astrid shook her head in amusement and walked towards him.

"You know… for what it's worth. I didn't take you all the way out her just for some axe testing" she said as she sat right next to him.

Hiccup breathed out exasperatedly "I would've had more appreciation for what you're planning to do, had if we got our dragons along with us. Metal leg here" he emphasized by gesturing at his leg.

"I know… I know… but in a few minutes, I think you'll probably appreciate the date a bit more" she replied.

He sighed and laid his head a bit more towards the rock, while shutting his eyes "Well, you tell me when that moment arrives".

They both sat there in comfortable silence. The winds of the cliffs softly caressing their faces as many other noises can be heard in the distance.

Only a few minutes have passed by before Hiccup felt a slight nudge on his shoulder followed by a soft whisper.

"Hiccup"

He hummed in response, with Astrid whispering again.

"Open your eyes"

He opened his eyes, only to be greeted with the view that he had encountered earlier in the day during the dawn times.

The sunset view in the Edge has always been quite a view and a memory that Hiccup is fond of. Especially as it was the view that had accompanied his and Astrid's "Perfect moment".

"The sunset huh? What's the occasion?" he asked inquisitively.

"Nothing much" Astrid began "I just felt like you deserve some relaxation time. You've been through a lot lately and judging by the way you looked this morning, I figured that this is the least that I can do to loosen up your shoulders a bit. Like it?"

He fondly smiles at her "Love it milady. It's perfect. Thank you…" he softly says as he nuzzled his forehead to hers, in which she followed suit.

She then leaned her head to his shoulders which prompts him to drape his arm over his shoulder, and the two just sat there, admiring the sunset whilst being lost in a world of their own as they shared the moment.

Even when loud screams were heard from the direction of the Edge, the two didn't even bother to check on who's voices are shouting out as they can just recognize it from the sound.

"Twins blowing up Snotlout's stuff again?" Astrid just casually asked.

"Most likely" Hiccup replied while stealing a glance towards the Edge.

He'd wondered how he can make it so that things just stayed this smooth.

Sure the twins and Snotlout are causing a racket once again, but that never really was out of the ordinary.

Besides, going off from the explosions. He could see a lot of tranquility around it all. The dragons all sleeping or eating peacefully, or even Fishlegs and Heather just hanging around his garden as he enthusiastically gestured to his plants and rocks, with her listening rather wistfully.

And then there's her.

Well he would love to think that the Valkyries of Valhalla would resemble her.

But with her by his side, he felt as if the days can just fly by.

He glanced towards her to see that she had fallen asleep leaning on his shoulder.

He smiled and draws her closer to him, ensuring a bit more warmth in the enclosing chilly night.

Sure, he might get cold himself, but for him. It's all quite fine.

Because in days like this…

He wished that everything he holds dear to, is for forever.

All the way to the future.

In a galaxy far far away...

Very far in the distant future. In the wide arrays of space and the universe itself.

A man with a bowtie was reading a book about Viking history. One that was focused on the mythological theory where it was believed that dragons roamed the Earth alongside them. Working together in harmony with the humans before their sudden extinction.

He was accompanied by a young woman who seemed to be just as interested as the man is, before he suddenly pointed out in confusion "Wait did you see that?"

The young woman just asked "See what?"

"The writing… it just… changed…" he pointed out. He then skimmed through various pages, only to discover that more and more content and writing is changing with the passing minutes.

"What?" he asked to no one in particular as he jumps up and went to his console screen to search for numerous anomalies.

"That can't be happening... battles... akumas... WHAT!?"

All his mumbling has led to the woman to being utterly confused "Umm, mind clueing on what's going on"

The man seemed to be jumbling buttons around and also his wording "This is an emergency really. We need to get this fixed as soon as possible"

His sentences made her even more confused, which prompts her to ask in confusion "Doctor! What is happening?"

The man in question twirled around towards her and points at the console

"My dear Clara, we're going back to the Viking age!"

BANG!

THAT IS THE END OF IN DAYS LIKE THIS!

But wait! The Whoniverse AU. Yes I know that it is a crossover, but since this story is just the launch of the AU, I wouldn't put it as a crossover yet due to the fact that Doctor Who is barely even mentioned here.

Now if you noticed, there are MORE universes involved in the AU, but more can be explained if you visit my profile where I have placed an explanation for this AU.

Now on to the next important bits, some of you may have noticed that chapter 3 "Beauty of the Storm" has gotten quite a a bit of flak due to Astrid's OOC moment. To be honest, I didn't think of it much... But now I noticed that there is a better way to write that part a bit better.

So... I'm wondering if any of you are interested in me re-writing that bit to my revised one if any of you want me to! I'll be willing to do that bit once again if you all would PM or let me know through reviews!

That is all for now everybody! Thank you to every each and one of you who have read, followed, favourited, and reviewed! You all are my biggest source of motivation and I'm very happy to have been writing this story for you all!

Thank you once again, and stay awesome peeps!

-Blind Out!