Chapter 8: The New Alphas

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Hiccup and Toothless landed back down and Obsidian and Midnight came forward, wrapping their wings around Toothless and Hiccup. The Vikings cheered and Midnight trilled, ~We're so happy you're safe.~

He and Obsidian pulled back. Obsidian warbled. ~Also, you're grounded for a week. Both of you.~

Hiccup and Toothless shared a look and Hiccup shrugged, ~I guess we can take that.~ Obsidian and Midnight laughed.

Cloudjumper came forward and bowed to Hiccup and Toothless, the new Alphas. Hiccup warbled, ~What's going on?~

Obsidian crooned in shock. ~You two are the new Alphas.~

Midnight said, ~There haven't been two Alphas ruling alongside in more than 400 years.~

Hiccup and Toothless shared a look and Toothless roared in victory at Hiccup's gesture, and the dragons joined in.

Obsidian, Midnight, Toothless and Hiccup shared a family embrace. Obsidian cooed, ~You boys never cease to amaze me. Thank you.~

Hiccup petted Toothless and sighed. ~Thank you, bud.~ Toothless licked him, making everyone laugh. ~Toothless! You know that doesn't wash out.~

Hiccup and Toothless stood together with Midnight and Obsidian and watched the dragons go back to their riders.

"I knew you'd come back."

"Love you, too."

Astrid happily ran towards Stormfly. "Stormfly!"

Gobber held his arms out for his Hotburple. "Oh, give me a cuddle, Grumpy!" Grump flattened him and Hiccup chuckled.

Skullcrusher gingerly came over to Hiccup. ~Sire?~ Hiccup remembered his father's death and petted Skullcrusher, comforting him.

Eret walked over an commented, "That was some pretty fine dragon wrangling back there. You'd make a good trapper." Skullcrusher nudged his arm.

Hiccup looked to Skullcrusher and then to Eret and grinned. "Y'know, Skullcrusher's going to need someone to look after him now."

Eret asked in shock, "Me?" Hiccup nodded. "I'd be honored."

Hiccup turned around to see his mother. He looked to the Night Furies who urged him forward.

Valka said, holding Hiccup's hand, "Your father... he'd be every bit as proud as I am."

Hiccup grinned gratefully. "Thank you."

Valka smiled. "I'm really glad you're here, son."

Hiccup nodded, as Toothless, Obsidian and Midnight came to sit next to him. "And here I'll stay."

Astrid walked up to him and asked, "See? When we were friends all those years ago, time and time again I told you it was in here." She smiled and placed a hand over Hiccup's heart. "You just had to have the right perspective." She punched his arm lightly and everyone chuckled.

Hiccup laughed sarcastically. "Ha, ha. Still doing that one? That's hilarious. Come here, you." He kissed Astrid softly.

Obsidian and Midnight dragon-smirked as Gobber started acting awkward. "Ooh." He covered a boy's eyes.

Gothi tapped Hiccup's shoulder, breaking the romantic moment. Hiccup looked at Astrid hesitantly, who gently shoved him towards Gothi.

Gothi beckoned Toothless over. The dragon looked to his brothers. ~What's going on?~

Midnight rolled his eyes. ~Go on.~ He nudged Toothless forward.

Goth gestured them both to kneel (or whatever dragons do). She used coal to draw a Chief symbol on Hiccup's forehead and one on Toothless' snout, which turned white where the coal touched it. Now the both had the marks of each other, making their bond closer than ever. Obsidian and Midnight grinned at each other proudly.

Gobber came forward and held up Hiccup's arm and Toothless' paw. "The Chiefs have come home!"

The Vikings cheered. "Long live the Chiefs! Long live the Chiefs! Long live the Chiefs! Long live the Chiefs! Long live the Chiefs!"

The dragons also cheered by firing into the sky and creating a huge 'firework'.

Hiccup and Toothless glanced at each other, both silently contemplating the burden of being two leaders. But knowing they would get through it like everything else.

A Terrible Terror tried to lift a sheep in a dragon race, but failed. Barf and Belch swooped in and snatched it. Ruffnut and Tuffnut played a short game of tug-of-war for it. Ruffnut won, throwing it to Fishlegs, but Obsidian intercepted it, catching it between his paws. He grinned and threw the sheep to Midnight, but Snotlout caught it and blew a kiss to a fuming Ruffnut and a smirk to the two shocked Night Furies, before throwing it in the twins' basket. Eret and Skullcrusher joined the flight.

Hiccup and Toothless were repairing a house as Hiccup thought over everything and talked with Toothless. ~This... is Berk. A bit trampled and busted and covered in ice, but it's home.~

Toothless corrected, ~It's our home.~

Hiccup nodded and looked to some Vikings working on a giant statue of Stoick and the white Bewilderbeast. He warbled, scanning the horizon for trouble, ~Those who attacked us are relentless and crazy, right bud?~

Toothless nodded. ~You said it. But those who stopped them? Oh, even more so!~ He and Hiccup laughed.

Astrid, Stormfly and Obsidian swooped past Hiccup laughing, and Toothless nudged Hiccup to decide to join them. Hiccup crooned, ~We may be small in numbers, bud, but we stand for something bigger than anything the world can put against us.~

Valka and Gobber were removing the armor from the dragons that Drago captured. Toothless grinned at them as they passed. ~Hiccup, we're the voice of peace. And bit by bit, we will change this world.~

Gobber paused working to fire the black sheep. Stormfly and Obsidian raced each other and got ready to catch it, but Hiccup and Toothless grabbed it from below them. Obsidian and Astrid laughed at the two Alphas' cheeky smiles.

Hiccup said to Toothless, ~You see, dear brother, we have something they don't. I mean, oh sure, they have armies~ He paused as Toothless flew under the baskets while Hiccup jumped above them, throwing the black sheep into Astrid's basket before landing on Toothless and continuing. ~and they have armadas... But we... we have...~ All the riders landed at the chief's viewing stand, with Hiccup in the middle with Obsidian and Midnight at his side.

Obsidian and Midnight walked up to their brothers and nuzzled them. Midnight finished, ~But we have each other.~

Toothless roared along with the other dragons.

Well, there you go. That's the final chapter. Tell me in the reviews if you want a sequel or something and I'll try to write it out. Thank you sooo much for reviewing, or favouriting or following or even just for reading it.