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"Come on Toothless!" You called, the dragon shuddered a little when he heard your voice he paused for a moment before shaking you off, but you were determined you ran back and grabbed onto his saddle once more trying as hard as you could. The dragon reeled his head back and you looked over and saw Stoick running towards his son.
"Dad! NO!" He called before Stoick jumped in the way of the plasma shot that Toothless had shot at Hiccup. Your eyes widened as you backed away from the dragon. You let out a gasp and fell to your knees seeing Stoick lying on the ground covered in ice. Hiccup quickly got up and ran over to his father, "No." He said softly, quickly pulling the ice off of his dad. He grabbed his father's arm and tried to pull him over, "Dad!" He cried out.
You felt tears well up in your eyes as you stared at the scene in front of you. Valka ran over to her husband and helped Hiccup pull him over so he was facing upwards. You gathered your strength and stood up walking over to them. Valka pressed her ear against his chest while you placed your hand on Hiccup's back trying to stifle your sobs. Valka's eyes fluttered before she closed them and let out a few broken sobs. She looked up and Hiccup and shook her head.
Hiccup's breathing grew rapid as he looked down at his father and then back to her, "No..." You glanced over at Toothless and noticed his eyes were back to normal, "No, no, no!" Hiccup cried as he hugged his father's body. You watched as the other dragon riders land near you. You wrapped your arms around Hiccup as he sobbed and watched the other's faces sadden as they looked at the view ahead of them.
Toothless crept forwards and sniffed Stoick's hand before nudging it.
"No! Get away from him!" Hiccup cried, his voice broken. The boy reached forward and shoved Toothless's face away from his father. The dragon looked up at him confused, you placed your hand on Hiccup's back trying to calm him, "Go on! Get out of here!" The dragon whimpered, "Get away!" Toothless quickly ran off, still unsure of what he did.
Valka frowned, "It's not his fault." She looked at her husband sadly, "You know that." Hiccup fell back down to his knees and let out more sobs causing you to pull him close to you, "Good Dragons under the control of bad people..." You heard the Bewilderbeast let out a call and noticed all of the dragons in the area began flying towards it, including all of the riders' dragons, "...do bad things." You heard a dragon bellow and looked over to see Drago riding Toothless towards the Bewilderbeast.
"Gather the men and meet me at Berk!" He called down to his men.
Hiccup quickly stood up, "Toothless!" He called before running after the man. Valka held him back.
"No, don't," Valka said as the group of you watched these men take off with your dragons.
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You watched as the boat that held Stoick's body floated in the water. Tears filled your eyes as you watched the closest person you had to a father drift away towards the shining gates of Valhalla.
"May the Valkyries welcome you," Gobber said, picking up a few arrows that were on the battlefield, "and lead you through Odin's great battlefield." He then passed you each an arrow and a bow, "May they sing your name with love and fury, so that we might hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla, and know that you've taken your rightful place at the table of kings." You glanced over at Hiccup who was the last to be handed a bow, "For a great man has fallen. A warrior. A chieftain. A father." Gobber glanced over at you, "A mentor. A friend" You could hear his voice cracking as he turned to look out at the boat.
Hiccup then reached down and held the arrowhead against a burning log. It quickly caught fire and he aimed his arrow at the boat before pulling back and shooting it. He landed it, catching the wood of the boat on fire, the rest of you followed quickly shooting your arrows at the boat and hitting it, lighting it up in flame.
"I'm sorry, Dad." Hiccup breathed, you reached over and placed a hand on his back, feeling the tears fall down your face, "I'm not the chief that... you wanted me to be. And I'm not the peacekeeper I thought I was." He paused, "I... don't know..." He let out a sigh before you heard Valka walk up behind the two of you, brushing his hair to the side. He turned to look at her.
"You came early into this world." She rested her hand on his shoulder, "You were such a wee thing. Oh, so frail, so fragile. I feared you wouldn't make it." She paused, taking a few steps forwards and looking at him, "But your father... he never doubted." She stepped in front of him with her hands on both of his shoulders and looked him in the eyes, "He always said you'd become the strongest of them all. And he was right." She lifted his face with her hand, trying to get her point across, "You have the heart of a chief and the soul of a dragon. Only you can bring our worlds together. That... is who you are, son."
Hiccup turned to look out at the boat, "I, uh... I was so afraid of becoming my dad. Mostly because I thought I never could. How- how do you become someone... that great, that... brave, that... selfless? I guess you can only try." You could see the tears fall from his eyes. He then turned around and looked at the group of dragon riders, "A chief protects his own. We're going back."
"Uh, with what?" Tuffnut asked.
Ruffnut followed, "Uh, he took all the dragons."
Hiccup shook his head, "Not all of them." He grinned slightly.
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The group of you shot through the ice, flying on baby dragons. You were surprised that yours wasn't as crazy as the others, it seemed slightly calmer and more graceful. Everyone was being swung around, shouting and yelling as they flew.
Astrid turned to you, "But won't that Bewilderbeast just take control of these guys, too?"
"They're babies! They don't listen to anyone!" You responded as you flew.
Tuffnut chuckled, "Yeah! Just like us!"
Gobber growled, "Some might suggest that this plan is poorly conceived!"
"Well then, it's a good thing I never listen!" Hiccup responded.
"So..." Gobber started before being pulled behind a large pillar of ice, "What is your..." He was pulled behind another pillar of ice, "plan?"
Hiccup nodded in response, "Get Toothless back and kick Drago's..." Hiccup was cut off by flying behind an ice pillar.
"Heads up!" Gobber called.
Hiccup frowned, "And that thing." You and your baby dragon quickly flew over a large block of ice that was in the way, you heard Gobber hit it.
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You had been flying for what felt like hours before you finally found Berk, it was mostly frozen, "No." You said softly.
"He took all the dragons." Fishlegs brought up.
Hiccup turned to look at the group of you, "Distract the alpha! Try to keep his focus off of Toothless."
Tuffnut frowned, "Uh- how?"
"Have you forgotten who you're riding with?" Eret called, "There isn't a dragon alive that I can't wrangle! Aah!" He cried when the baby dragon he was riding on turned down, "Except this one!"
Snotlout chuckled, "Amateur." The group of you quickly flew towards the Bewilderbeast and tried to distract it.
The Bewilderbeast turned toward the group of you, you quickly flew around its head in circles while the others tossed sheep and blew the horn, keeping it distracted. You could tell it was slightly angry and grew even more so when Fishlegs would blow the horn. Quickly the Bewilderbeast shot ice at the horn and broke it. You and the baby dragon shot at the dragon's head before it let out a growl and swung at the baby dragon. The small creature spiraled downwards causing the two of you to fall to the ground. You quickly pulled yourself up walking it off.
Your distraction attempts had failed. You stared up at Hiccup and his dragon as he talked to Dragon. He reached his hand out in an attempt to show the dragon he was there. Toothless shook his head, trying to shake off the rule of the Bewilderbeast. Hiccup placed his hand on Toothless and the dragon forced off the Bewilderbeast's mind control. The dragon smiled and Drago tried to hit the dragon with his spear but Toothless caught it and threw Drago off of him. Toothless then fell to the ground and Hiccup jumped after him, he grabbed onto the dragon quickly and pulled himself onto the saddle and pulled up flying them into the sky.
"Yes!" You shouted, fist-pumping the air. Hiccup leaned forward and patted Toothlesses head before grabbing a strip of fabric from a flag and tying it around the dragon's eyes.
He was trying to stop the Bewilderbeast from controlling Toothless.
Genius.
The Bewilderbeast spit ice at Hiccup and Toothless, their flight grew shaky and rapid as they hid behind a large rock.
"(Y/N!)" Astrid called from behind you. You turned around to see her and Eret waving you over behind some rocks. You rushed over realizing how at-risk you were. You all looked up to the sky and saw Hiccup flying right towards the Beast and Drago.
"Take him down babe!" You called. Astrid chuckled at your actions as you all stared at the scene about to play out. They were persistent, even as the Bewilderbeast tried to control Toothless he shut him out before flying right over the giant dragon. Toothless turned upside down and you watched Hiccup slide off the dragon and open his wing flaps. He flew over Drago minus Toothless and pulled out his flaming sword and released a cartridge of Zippleback gas before listing it and causing a large explosion on top of the Bewilderbeast, right where Drago was.
Drago fell to the ground, his spear landing next to him. You looked up and saw Hiccup flying straight towards the giant dragon's tail. He called out to Toothless and the dragon came to his rescue catching him before he hit the tail and flew up and over it. Toothless and Hiccup flew to the ground where Drago was, as the man reached out for his spear Hiccup threw his flaming sword, causing Drago to recoil.
Hiccup pulled off his wrist guards, "It's all over now." You could hear him say quietly.
The Bewilderbeast became visible as the dust cleared, "Or is it." Drago said. The giant dragon reeled its head back and spit ice at Hiccup. Toothless jumped in the way but it was all in vain. The two were contained in the ice spikes with no sign of life.
Your jaw dropped and you covered your mouth as you let out a gasp. You quickly ran over to the ice, your tears warm on your face. You pressed your hands against the ice feeling the cold contrast compared to your tears, you couldn't lose him- you just couldn't. You let out a sob and started scraping at the ice with your hands.
"No!" You cried, banging on the ice, "Hiccup..." You heard Valka and her dragon land behind you. She placed her hand on your shoulder and rested a hand against the ice. Suddenly the ice in front of you started glowing a light blue color and a shrill shriek could be heard from inside of it. Valka's eyes widened and she quickly pulled you away from the ice. She wrapped her arms around you and turned so her back was facing the ice while burying your face in her shoulder.
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