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Chapter 10

This is Berk

HIKKA'S POV:

I'm not dead, or at least I don't think so. Everything, for the most part, is dark and pitch black, but I get glimpses of things. Dad sitting by my bed, telling me about the village. Chickenlegs reading books to me or babbling on about some dragon or invention of sorts. Gobber comes around and pokes at something in my bed, I think it's my leg. I even get glimpses of Aren, his blond hair as rugged and shaggy as ever.

I feel a nudge on my face, something or someone is poking me. I manage to open my eyes every so slightly and see a big, black mass standing in front of me. Its large, reptilian eyes only inches from mine.

Toothless?

I muster up all the strength in my eyelids and open them.

Sure enough Toothless is there, standing over me, cooing.

"Hey Toothless." I mumble sleepily.

In response Toothless gives a happy shake and starts nuzzling my face with her snout. As she gets more excited Toothless gets closer to me.

"I'm happy to see you too Girl." I respond while affectionately petting her muzzle.

Suddenly there's a sharp pain in my stomach as Toothless' feet step on me.

"Ow!" I shriek in pain.

Toothless moves off of me and that's when I realize where I am.

"Uh, I'm in my house." I contemplate as I look around the bottom floor of my house. It's all there. The hearth in the dead center of the room, roaring with life as usual, the wooden pillars carved into the shape of dragons, and Toothless happily awaiting me at the foot of my bed, shaking with anticipation.

"You're in my house." I realize. I am now completely confused.

Toothless, happy that I've finally figured it out, romps around my house. She jumps off the walls and knocks over the rotisserie that stands over the hearth. She does a full circle until she makes it back to my bed.

"Does my dad know you're here?" I ask in a bit of a panic.

Toothless nuzzles and licks me in response.

"Ok Girl, ok ok." I respond to her as I push her face away from mine.

Toothless then proceeds to leap onto one of the wooden beams that supports the house and hangs off of it.

"Toothless, oh come on." I complain, I lean forward to get up and try and calm her down and that's when I realize that something is different.

I lean back and lift the blanket off my body and that's when I see it.

Up to my left shin, attached to my leg, is a wooden block that connects to a metal peg, with a spring. It looks a lot like Gobber's leg, which now that I think about it he was probably the one behind it.

Toothless, realizing something is off, jumps down from the beam and gives an inquisitive coo.

I respond to him with a sigh.

I throw my legs over the bed and put on my right boot and tie my hair into its usual braid. Then I put my feet on the ground. I feel the spring in the prosthetic adjust to the force of my weight.

Toothless bends down and gives the prosthetic a suspicious sniff. She then raises her head to look at me and coos. I look at Toothless, I'm terrified. I give a sigh and then take a deep breath.

I lean on the chair next to my bed and pull myself up. I lift up my new leg to examine it and then take my first step. I maintain my balance, which is a first. I prepare myself for another step. I take a deep breath and take another step, leading with my left foot.

I let out a painful yelp as the foot gives and I begin to fall.

Luckily Toothless thrusts her head under me and catches me before I hit the ground. She then sets me up straight again.

"Thanks Girl, that could've been messy." I remark gratefully to her. I lean on Toothless' head for support as I half walk and half hop my way to the door. I manage to drift from Toothless and place my hand on the door handle.

I pull the big wooden door open to see the head of a Monstrous Nightmare shrieking at me from the other side.

I yelp and push the door shut.

"Toothless, stay here." I order her. I open the door again. That's when I see Slìmloust on the back of the Nightmare.

"Come on, guys, get ready! Hold on tight! Here we go!" Slìmloust shouts at two other Vikings on dragons, one struggling with a Gronckle and the other flying cautiously on a Deadly Nadder.

My eyes begin to adjust to the sunlight as I look around the village. There are dragons everywhere. On the roof of the house to my left a cluster of Deadly Nadders are chattering away. The old fire bowls that used to light the sky at night to look for attacking dragons is now filled with fish. Three Gronckles fly overhead with Vikings on their backs. Dragons of all shapes, sizes, and colors are clustered around the village, orang Hideous Zipplebacks, purple Deadly Nadders, and I almost positive I saw a Monstrous Nightmare that looked as red as a cherry.

"I knew it. I'm dead." I muse to myself as I take it all in.

I hear a hearty laugh as my dad walks up to greet me.

"No but you gave it your best shot." Dad chuckles as he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"So, what do you think?" Dad asks me as he leads me down the steps.

"Hey look there's Hikka!" I hear somebody shout from below.

When we reach the bottom of the step people rush up to see me, I guess I'd been asleep for awhile.

"Turns out that all we needed was a little more of, this." Dad states as he gestures at all of me.

"You just gestured to all of me." I remark, completely dumbfounded.

Dad smiles at me and nods.

"Well, most of you." Gobber jokes as he walks up to me. He motions to my left leg.

"That bit is my handiwork." Gobber boasts.

"Hey!" I hear a protest from behind Gobber. Chickenlegs shoulders past the crowd and gives me a hug. She looks as small as every, her hair is still a blonde curly mess, topped off with a small metal helmet. Her big brown yak poncho ruffles as she lets go of me.

"I helped too you know." Chickenlegs states.

"I suggest that we throw in a bit of Hikka flair into it." Chickenlegs adds, motioning to the springs.

"You think it'll do?" Gobber asks sarcastically.

"I might make a few tweaks." I joke as I lift up to the examine the leg. Though now that I think about it a few tweaks wouldn't be such a bad idea.

The Vikings around me let out a series of chuckles at my joke.

I feel I jab into the back of my right shoulder. I jump and turn around to see Aren standing behind me. He looks as rugged as every, his shaggy blonde hair and headband frame his round face. He's wear his usual light blue tunic with the metal shoulders and has a skull belt wrapped around his waist.

"That's for scaring me." Aren states with a glare.

"Is it always going to be like this?" I stammer.

"Cause if so-" I'm cut off as Aren grabs my shirt and pulls me into his lips. I feel my face completely flush. It's over as soon as it happens and I'm left with a goofy smile on my face.

"I could get used to it." I muse as Chickenlegs elbows me in the side and looks at me with her usual smart ass face with a raised brow.

Gobber drops a load of stuff into my hands.

"Welcome home." Gobber declares as he gives me his usual metal smile.

I smile back.

"Nightfury!" I hear somebody shout.

"Get down!" another person warns.

Toothless comes romping out of my house, playfully pushing past people and jumping off of their shoulders. She lands in front of me and gives an excited shout. Aren, Chickenlegs, and I look at each other and laugh.

I hook up Toothless' new saddle and tail faster than ever, eager to take to the skies. I put on my flying harness and hop on her back. I place my new foot into the new and improved tail shift and wiggle it around, testing it out.

Aren takes to my right on his Nadder and Chickenlegs goes to my left on her Gronckle. We all look at each other with smiles on our faces.

I lean down and touch Toothless' head.

"You ready Girl?" I ask her.

She responds with an excited chortle.

I take a moment to look around at my village, all the Vikings and dragons finally living in peace with each other.

Then we take to the skies, fly through Berk under bridges past houses all while gathering up our friends.

'This... is Berk. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three. Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so. The only upsides are the pets. While other places have ponies or parrots, we have... dragons!'

Author Note:

WOOHOO WE DID IT HELLA YEAH!

It's been a real fun ride you guys thank you so much for reading my story. I know it's been a very long and annoying ride that took forever due to my procrastination but hey...ya know...woohoo. Ok I don't think I have anything else. THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU ALL MY LITTLE DRAGON FLYERS!