Epilogue

This is Berk, boasting the kind of balmy, fun-in-the-sun climate that will give you frostbite on your spleen. The one upside is our annual holiday. We call it Snoggletog. Why we chose such a stupid name remains a mystery. But with the war long over – and dragons living amongst us, this year's Snoggletog promises to be one to remember.

Preparations were going great until something made all of the dragons leave Berk. Even Heartbeat left leaving Toothless behind because he couldn't fly alone. We were all surprised, but it must have been something important since even Heartbeat left and she never went anywhere alone, ever. I felt so sorry for Toothless that I decided to fix his problem. I was at the stall, finishing my project, when Rina came behind me carrying some cups.

,,Hi there, soldier. Whatcha doing?" she asked, giving me a cup.

,,I just finished a new fin for Toothless so he can fly alone." I said taking a sip from the cup she handed and regretted it the moment I took it.

,, Rina, what is this?" I asked puting the cup away.

,,You don't want to know. Astrid wanted to make new traditions and made this. I didn't have the heart to tell her." she said with a disgusted face.

,,Okay let's try this out. Toothless!" I called him. A few seconds later he was running around us, sniffing and jumping. He must have been bored.

,,Look here bud. I made you something." I said putting the fin on. He spreaded his tail and the second he realised he could fly he took of not looking back.

,Toothless!" we called but nothing. I couldn't belive he left.

...

I was hoping Toothles would come back the next morning but he didn't. I was starting to get really woried. I was going over to Rina's but then I meet Fishlegs carrying a big pile of fish.

,,Oh, Fishlegs! You're hungry? There's enough fish there to feed a Dragon!" I said looking at the pile.

,,Hahaha... oh... A Dragon! That's..." but then he quickly ran to his house. I felt something fishy and I wasn't thinking about the fish. I followed him and as soon as I opened the door, Meatlough came out carrying me away.

,,Hiccup, where are you going?!" yelled Rina from the ground.

,,I have no idea!".

...

,,For the love of... Where are you taking me Meatlough?!" I yelled and then I felt us land. I turned around and saw all of our dragons. I looked closely and saw tiny baby dragons next to their parents. I knew our theory was correct! This island was made for them to have babies here.

I looked around and spotted a Gronckle throwing her eggs into a hole filled with water. The eggs went in and the babies came out. They ran and snuggled into their mother. It was the sweetest thing I ever saw. I saw a crumbling sound and saw one egg that the Gronckle missed.

,,Hey, you missed... Whoa!" I yelled when the egg exploded, sending me to the ground. Thank Odin, the baby was fine. I got up and kept walking until I saw Heartbeat and the others lying on the ground together.

,,Hertbeat, Stormfly! Oh I'm soo happy to see you!" I said nuzzling with Heartbeat who seemed happy to see me too. Heartbeat moved her wing and revealed a little baby Night Fury with black scales and piercing blue eyes.

,,And you have babies?!" I've never seen anything more adorable. I crouched down to have a closer look. The baby made his way to me and nuzzled into my hand. Stormfly's baby Nadders came to play with us pushing and walking funny. I looked on the ground and saw some big black scales.

,,So Toothless was here. Do you know where he is?" I asked Heartbeat but she shaked her head. That's just great.

,,Well since you're spending your holiday here I should get to my holiday. What do you say Heartbeat? Can you give me a ride home?" she nodded and pushed me and her baby onto her back.

,,I'll se you all back when you're ready." but when we took off, everyone else did the same.

,,Oh,Nonono... I think I just started the return migration." I sad making a guilty face. I waited for them to get down but they kept on going up.

,,Well if you insist." I said turning Heartbeat toward home but there was some kind of commotion behind us. We turned around and saw that the babies couldn't fly yet. The wind was too strong for their small wings.

,,Wait, I know just the thing!"I said looking at the wrecked ship on the shore.

...

After twenty minutes of flying we could finaly see Berk. The dragons and the boat we were carrying draw attention and soon everyone was out and looking at us. They cheered when they realised it was us. The dragons put the boat down and the babies came out looking at their surroundings. All of the dragons returned to their owners. Snotlout hurried to Hookfang, Fishlegs tuckled Meatlough which apparently laid her eggs here and Astrid hugged Stromfly and cuddled her three little babies. As soon as I got down from Heart beat I got knocked down by Rina.

,,Hiccup, You're the most amazing person in the world!" she said hugging and crushing me.

,,Can't... breathe..." I barely let out. Rina released me with her mouth and eyes wide opened. She finaly saw the little baby on Heartbeats back. She slowly got closer and picked up the little thing which licked her on the nose showing his affection. Rina hugged both of them and even though she didn't want anyone to see, I noticed a small tear.

,, Everyone! Grab your dragons to the great hall! We finally have something to celebrate!" my dad said and everyone did so.

We were all together again, cheering and laughing. Well almost everyone. Toothless was still missing. I thought this was going to be the worst Snoggletog yet. Rina came to me, leaving Heartbeat and Fastwing, the new baby, alone.

,, Hiccup, I know this must be really hard for you seeing everyone with their Dragons, But you really did a wonderful thing! Thank you!" she said giving me a gentle kiss and a warm hug.

,,Rina, where did Toothless go?" I asked feeling sadder by the minute.

,,I don't know..." she said but suddenly she pulled me away.

,, Wow, Man, I don't wanna be you right now! I mean, you brought back everyone's dragon, except yours!" she said giving me a grin. Okay that was mean.

,, Yeah… You know this is not helping at all." but then she pushed me making me turn around to see...

,,Toothless!". It was him! He was runing to me! I quickly hugged him in relieve.

,, Bad dragon! Very bad dragon! You scared me to death. Don't ever stay away that long again and what is in your mouth?" but before I could see he opened his mouth and put my helmet on me which was filled with dragon slobber. Gross.

,, Yeah, you found my helmet. What-hey! You found my helmet! That's where you've been?" I asked as he nuzzled into me. We lost the helmet my dad gave me the other day when we were flying. He must have been searching for it.

,, Buddy, thank you! You are amazing." I said giving him another hug. Everything was perfect now.

...

I just knew he was going to wake me up again but this time I wasn't complaining. I'm just glad he's back. I got to the roof and found him.

,, Alright bud, come on down. I was just..." but then I noticed the old fin and saddle. Toothless took them out.

,,Toothless, what you pull this there for? You don't need this anymore! Come on, let's get going." but he wouldn't let me get on. He kept avoiding me.

,, Would you quit fooling around? You have your new tail now." I said pointing at it. He opened the fin and then started hitting the ground with it until it fell off.

,,Toothles!" I yelled but he kept nudging the old equipement. I finaly understood. He never wanted me to doubt his trust again. We are one and the same.

,,I like the old one bether too." Rina said riding Heartbeat with Fastwing between her legs.

,,Yeah, me too." I said putting the old saddle and fin on.

Winter in Berk lasts most of the year. It hangs on with both hands and won't let go. And the only real comforts against the cold are those you keep close to your heart.

,,Ready?" I asked them.

,,Born ready!" Rina said and Toothles and Heartbeat agreed and we took off.

Turns out, that was the best Snoggletog ever. That year, I gave my best friend a pretty great gift. But he gave me a better one.