There was a chill in the air. It felt as if the very stars have been waiting all eternity for this moment. The air grew gold, the wind whipped and lashed against both human and dragon skin, the sea grew troubled. It wasn't hard to see the worried expression encompassing Hiccups face and Toothless's nervous twitches as they flew over the ocean towards Berk.

"Don't worry bud, looks like a storm is on its way. We should make it back before it hits us." Despite Hiccup's lack of faith in his words, it seemed to cheer Toothless up slightly. However, Hiccup knew something was wrong. There were no storm clouds, only am unexplainable darkness that hung over them like death. It was suffocating. Relentless. Unavoidable. His only option was to endure the phenomenon with great discomfort.

It wasn't long before something went horribly, horribly wrong. The first thing Hiccup noticed was the strange smell of ozone in the air, then his hairs stood on end. Toothless let out a growl as he too was effected. The darkness got darker. The winds got harsher. The Stars looked on with excitement, and that's when the air in front of them shimmered.

It warped and stretched, as if uncomfortable, then ripped. A shock-wave of bright, radiant, energy quickly burst out from the tear, blinding both Hiccup and Toothless. Air was getting sucked into the hole in space, pulling the blinded duo with it. Toothless flapped his wings chaotically in an attempt to free them but to no avail.

As they entered the tear, a sense of comfort enwraped both dragon and rider, calming their nerves and reducing their struggling to mere thoughts, accepting their fate. As the last of their body's entered the rift, a thunderous clap, echoed for miles around and the tear was sealed shut. The darkness lifted, the world returning to normality. It happened so quickly that if anyone did see the vanishing dragon and boy, by the time they rubbed their eyes and checked again they were gone.

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A thunderous clap echoed in the distance. Stoick looked up in the direction it came from, surprised. His heart clenched, as if he just lost something, someone, precious to him. A lone tear rolled off his face, for what reason he did not know. He quickly crushed the feeling before it spread then started shouting orders to the towns folk in preparation for a storm.