Shinji rejected Instrumentality, but he made so many mistakes. He has one last chance to set things right, to unravel everything and save what matters. A retelling or altering of the series, an altered version of Shinji with an altered past. Life takes a different path, but do all paths lead to the same destination? Is Shinji doomed to never know happiness?

What happened, happened. What matters now is how am I going to get through this? You can retire from the military, but being on Team Mustang is for life - you can't run from it, even if you could run... and now I get to start life over as a civilian. A reviewer advised that since there was no Philosopher's Stone, or not enough, on the Promised Day, that this is heavily AU.

Two years after HTTYD 1 (but 3 years before HTTYD 2, because math) Hiccup and Astrid are noticing each other on a more intimate level, and begin leaving gifts for one another in secret.

One-shot. Hiccup and Astrid always wanted to go back to Dragon's Edge and have another adventure. But after Hiccup became chief there was never any time, and they never went back into the Great Beyond. Now it's too late, but a gift from beyond the grave may show Astrid there are more ways to have an adventure than she thought.

The people around Hiccup begin to realize that not all his wounds can be fixed by a trip to the forge, and his metal leg is the least crippled thing about him. Vikings and Dragons aren't known for delicacy, but they do their best to right past wrongs and heal scars.

When Edward gets sent to fix a dried well, he finds unexpected companionship.

Zeo:: Through all the dangers they faced, what kept them alive was each other, so they never thought it might be the one thing that could destroy them. Continuation of Conversations at 3 a.m.

Late night conversations spark something between Billy and Kat. Ch. 18 Seeing Dawn:: Yup, I think the title pretty much sums it up. Panache