Well. Holy moley. What a long journey this has been... Pretty much 3 years. Now, Tbh I was hoping it wouldn't be that long but hey, We still got here.

Now, I'm not 100% sure everyone's going to be all that pleased with this ending but I hope I did answer most if not all the questions. And hopefully the ending is satisfying. If not, well angry reviews all round!

Speaking of which, given this is the last time I'm responding to reviews in story, I apologise guests but there won't be a reply to your reviews from here on out. I'll Pm people with an account of course though. Now enough blabbering, to the finish!

Shiningheart of ThunderClan: Well. Admittedly I've never seen Dragonball Z (or dragonball.) so any similarities between the two would be highly coincidental. You'll have to read to find out of course. Thanks for the review :D

Retrokill: I thought i was being pretty clever when I did that XD. Of course considering this story is 80% improvised... Regardless thanks for your review :)

silverowlvesarecool: It was a big chapter wasn't it. This one is definitely not that big. :P Also no only sacrificing herself for the timeline, she doesn't even know if the timeline will be able to fix itself. Or if she'll simply cease to exist (and ever have existed). And Astrid being the only one to remember aye? Which one would you suppose the present? or the past? And also, the law to do with time travel would probably be natural law. and I am always honored that you enjoyed the story :) Thanks for the review :3

Guardian of Azarath: You caught me, I am one to pull the angst card when the going gets tough. And if all goes well, Hopefully she never goes to Valhalla. Loki is... Umm... Well I'll let you read his fate. And yeah there are quite a few continuity errors. Not necessarily bad but just... Weird. (The only one I say is pretty bad that they can't explain away is when Dagur is captured, Snotlout is there with the gang when he's supposed to be with heather.) And as for singing, I personally enjoyed Snotlouts more, probably due to the lyrics XD. and as for the dragon worshipers I'm just reserving judgement. They seem a bit... fanatical. Anyways, Thanks for your review :P

BloodshedSabre: "You know, I was just walking around an hour ago and I walked into something." - Pokemon go in a nutshell. and yes, the invisible thing was me, Frustration and angst, thats my shtick. (fluff? no? okay XD) and yes, peanuts are great. But hey, Cliffhangers make no appearence in this chapter! Except maybe at the beginning. But beyond that, you get your ending, nice and peaceful! As for gender-bending, I'm not against it I guess, I tend to prefer them the way they are. But I could see the appeal of a reversed gender story. If I were to write one however it would be on the back-burner given I have like 5 other stories I need to now complete. As for my computer specs. Frankly? No idea. I'm a gamer but not a computer whiz (Which is weird I guess.) I do know the graphics card was so big my freind had to cut into the case to fit it (custom built by friends whoa re computer whiz's.) And I doubt reading is your second nature, I think it's become your first nature. Thanks for your review :D

Ninuhuju: Astrids hesitance to try and end Loki did. (She would not have succeeded if she did try, he is invulnrebly until Ragnarok essentially). You see not killing someone in a moment can have as big of an effect on the future as killing someone. It was just a moments hesitance from Astrid that allowed change to become a possibility. I apologise If I didn't make that clear enough, but thanks for the review :)

Psp Reader: 1/ Quite literally. Theres not much really else to say here because... well, yeah literally :P 2/ Did you really expect me to not have a cliffhanger in the climax? (The alliteration tho.) Of course I would, But rest assured, the next chapter is here and hopefully up to standard. I thank you for your reviews XD

Epilogue

The moment the fire devoured her body time stood still. All movement ceased to progress and every organism froze like a tapestry. The troops stopped fighting, breathing even, the waves stopped crashing upon the shore even the winds stopped blowing. All of time stood still.

Only one being was moving, The cause of time itself, Yggdrasil's roots shifted and turned. Looking for a new resting place, time does not shift so drastically often. It changed radically first of all when Astrid was swapped throughout time, causing a rift that made the timeline and reality itself unstable. Discrepancies in said timeline appeared. What happened in the few years prior to Ragnarok remained unaltered despite changes further in the past and yet at the same time, changes in the past created Ragnarok. It didn't all add up, and with Astrid's help, time was seeking to re-arrange itself.

The roots continued to shift, reality altered and the fate of Astrid, and everyone on Berk shifted with it.

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Astrid slowly opened her eyes, breathing an eerie calm for what just happened. Her first impressions of Valhalla were… Disappointing? It wasn't what she was expecting that's for sure... She was on a small island with no trees, no grass just sand, pure white sand.

She was surrounded by an ocean that stretched as far as the eye can see. It seemed desolate, She wasn't in Asgard that was certain.

"To be exact, you're in between realms." A voice said from behind her. Clearly reading her thoughts. She turned to meet the All-father, Odin who had materialised behind her. There was silence as she digested the information, the only sound being the waves crashing upon the white shores.

"Am I dead?" She finally asked. Odin took a second to answer.

"No, but I wouldn't say you're alive either. When you sacrificed yourself you got caught between realms, you see death on midgard merely transports you to another realm. Asgard, Valhalla as you know it, But your death changed times, so you didn't make the journey to the afterlife." He explained. Another silence ensued.

"Okay... I think I get it... So... What happens now?" She questioned again. She needed answers, having one of the most knowledgeable beings in the nine realms right in front of her was not something she would let fly easily.

"That remains to be seen, Yggdrasil is not finished yet." He responded cryptically.

"Finished what?" She asked, sand warm even being beneath her boots.

"Moving." Odin clarified.

"Yggdrasil moves?" She continued quizzically, Odin nodded.

"Yggdrasil is the physical manifestation of time, life and death. A majority of it is unmovable, solid and unyielding. However, every so often a weak spot is revealed, time can become malleable, moving crucial components can cause the root not to break, but shift. Loki found a weakness and exploited it for his own benefit, and ultimately his downfall." Odin continued, Astrid was not done yet however.

"Why me? Why was I crucial?" She urged. To this the one eyed Aesir smiled, the answer to him was clear as the water surrounding them.

"You are a symbol of change." He supplied. Astrid furrowed her brows in confusion, he continued without her needing to ask.

"You are a symbol of change in the timeline, a crucial component to an alteration in the timeline is one thing, but the change was also within you. When you first saw that dragons were not what you thought they were, you changed. And that change was so immense compared to the rest of your village that you were an obvious target, Only one person mirrored your reformation in perspective at least." He finished, Astrid thought on what he said for a moment.

She was chosen because she changed the most? She always assumed her revelation was just as intense as any others on Berk. However, her fellow tribesmen and women were defenders, reaction based, she lived on being the first to strike. She had almost a passion for killing dragons back then, she aspired to it. Much to her shame today... But then having the truth shoved in her face the way that it did shook her in a way nobody else could have experienced. Except one. Someone Loki couldn't get ahold of, because he was no longer there. Stoick.

"So I am a symbol of change and a crucial part of the timeline, and that created Ragnarok?" She needed to clarify.

"So to speak, yes. The only way you can change time is by… Simply put, change." He answered.

"And what about Loki? Will he be back?" She implored

"Loki will be dealt with accordingly. He won't bother you anymore. Had we known he had escaped his bindings in the first place we would have acted sooner." He remarked. Astrid was tempted to ask more but the sand beneath her began… Humming.

"Ah, Yggdrasil is coming to a halt, Which means my time here is complete. Your fate will be determined soon and I wish you the best of luck young Viking, I'm regretful I cannot explain more." Odin apologised as he began to dematerialise.

"And between you and me, Your fate is more often than not your end destination, Not the journey." He hinted as she was left on the singing beach. She took a deep breath before the sky lit up immensely and she felt herself fading away. She became tired, so very tired and before she let what seemed like sleep take her she felt something that in her weary state she could only describe as the feeling of warmth.

-0-

To say Loki was livid was an understatement, The trickster God looked insane, to be fair he was of course. But his thrashing and screaming was a whole new level. After being recaptured and rebound to his confinement. His plans thwarted and his scheming tarnished.

He was back at rock bottom. Despite all his curses to every god above, despite his vows to destroy the Viking girl that dare defy him -nay, defeat him. 'He would have his revenge' was a word constantly shrieked. He was still bound, a pathetic mess of screeches and writhing anger.

He was only met with pity and disdain, for a being to fall so far and display such desperation for bloodshed was not an existence wished upon anyone, but being as it was self inflicted the pity was limited. And of course, safe to say that his vows, much like any liars. Were hollow.

Loki was finished...

Until Ragnarok really arrived that is.

-0-

Astrid felt grass...

And something nudging her... She heard something too? Cackling? No. She recognised it, it was squawking... Worried squawking for that matter. She regained consciousness more rapidly after that, beginning to take in her surroundings.

Stormfly was nudging her relentlessly. She was in a forest, Berks forest. She was in her favorite training spot... What happened?

Memories came back in a flash, jarring her.

This was the last place she was before Loki shot her into the past, she was back in the future. At least, probably. She stood up, dragon still kind of hysterical. She patted herself down and checked her clothing for confirmation and all signs checked out. Not only that, but she remembered everything. They had done it, they won, she was alive! She was about to holler in joy before she reeled herself back in, she couldn't jump to conclusions. That and Stormfly was still pretty distraught.

"Hey girl hey, I'm fine. I'm here and alive. Relax." Her cooing seemed to relax Stormfly a bit, her squawks turning into more mildly concerned chirps. She heard twigs snap behind her and she was instantly on alert, but instead of seeing an undesirable character such as Loki she was met with her fiance. Red faced and puffing like he'd ran all the way here from the village, correction, he did run all the way there from the village.

He was alive at least.

"Astrid oh my gods you're alive I thought… I mean this is probably going to sound crazy but" He began erratically, She cut him off.

"If by crazy you mean you just woke up from a seemingly very long dream where I was sent to the past and you had to fight in Ragnarok and it all ended with my sacrifice and your death and the possibility I might never of existed?" She finished for him bluntly. He stopped and his mouth opened and closed a few times. She was just beginning to get worried that she had just made herself out to be legitimately insane when he replied.

"Yeah… That kind of crazy…" He joked and Astrid smiled. Hiccups face then grew serious and she her smile faltered.

"So… What happens now? From what I can tell, nobody else seems to know what happened." Hiccup described seeing as he came from the village she took his word for it. She took a moment to think on the possibilities. They couldn't exactly tell anybody... But they couldn't pretend it didn't happen... could they? Hypothetically they could. There was a relative silence sans Stormfly's occasional squawk and chirping birds calling over the wind as she thought of her solution.

"I think... We play it cool. Attempt to one day forget about it and pretend it never happened because on all accounts… It kinda... didn't happen." She concluded.

"Astrid I literally died and you sacrificed yourself I don't think it's something we're going to forget." Hiccup reminded her. Astrid sighed.

"Hiccup it's the best we can do, We can't exactly declare it to everyone that walks by now can we? We won Hiccup we did it, we triumphed… Hel we even got our lives back… That's... That's all we can really ask for." She summarised sympathetically. There was a moment where neither of them talked. Toothless eventually wandered onto the scene, lazily following his rider who was in a massive rush all of a sudden.

"I guess you're right..." He finally replied, he continued a moment later.

"But what about Loki? And our other counterparts? What happened to them?" Hiccup requested, not really expecting an answer.

"Loki has been dealt with… As for our counterparts... I doubt they remember anything. Being as time has reverted itself through our actions. The past should be... unaltered?" Astrid concluded. There was silence as all the questions hanging in the air slowly dissipated.

"And besides, It wasn't all bad. I got to fall in love with you all over again." She teased smile returning to her face. This sparked Hiccup to wear a grin of his own.

"Good for you at least, you bashed me up at least three times back here!" He protested mockingly.

"Oh sure, And I take it I wasn't impressed with you at all?" She continued. Knowing full well Hiccup would have enjoyed most if not every second of her counterpart. At least for nostalgia's sake if nothing else.

"No you hated me, The whole time, I think the last words you said to me were; 'I hate you'" He retorted.

"Probably for good reason, It's not like I'm getting married to you or anything" She sassed.

Their banter continued on into the afternoon, Finally reuniting again they embraced each other lovingly. Their playful jabs serving as a distraction from what was undoubtedly the most unusual experience of their lives, not all pleasant, not all unpleasant. But based upon negative terms. Something they would in time recover from, their shock and avoidance would segue into anger and sadness into eventually acceptance.

So together they would heal, Together they would mend the bad and remember the good. They would do it together just like they always did.

Was it not their determination to end up together once more? Was it not their choices that allowed them to succeed?

Was it not their fate?

But it was, and forever shall be, as long as Yggdrasil rests.

-0-

The end.

I'm not getting emotional, You're getting emotional.

I really do hope you enjoyed this fic. I may not be the best writer but I did try my best and hey, That's all that can be asked is that not true? Of course feel free to be critical to your hearts content. I can only improve.

Also I probably won't do a sequel, I think I bashed the time travel genre enough. Its not like I can do Ragnarok 2.0 either.

Now generally this is the part where I'd say how much I love each and every single one of my views, followers and faves. But you guys know all this already! So why am I bringing it up? Because I do, I thank every one of you, Seems pandery but its true. Sorry for being such a sap. Actually also extra thanks to those that have been there since the beginning or early in this journey, I'm honored you stayed with me so long. Silently or not.

Fave, review, complete a three year story, not cry at all because it was not emotional or anything, fly a helicopter, do a lab test on manequins, follow and most importantly. Read.

Cya

~Dragonbow