WARNING this story is about the 3rd movie 'the hidden world' so there will be heaps of spoilers for the movie so don't read if you haven't watched. If you have seen it, please enjoy the story.

I'm also wondering if anyone wants any characters to be featured in this story. I have one person so far which is Camicazi.

Chapter 1: Ring

Tears came to her eyes unbidden, the dragons, flew off like a huge flock of birds. She saw Toothless look back at his friend hiccup, their eyes met and Toothless flew after his mate. Astrid moved to hiccups side, pain at seeing Stormfly go hanging heavily in her heart, and sought his company. Hiccup encircled her waist with his hand and together they watched the dragons fly off; the steady beat of their wings overlapped by others.

When the dragons were out of sight, the rest of Berk dispersed back to their homes. Astrid and hiccup stood at the edge of the cliff looking out to where the dragons had gone. Both were silent, thoughts and memories swirling through their heads.

Finally, after the sun was settling over the mountains, Astrid whispered to hiccup, "let's go back, it's getting dark."

Astrid gently pulled at hiccup's elbow, reluctantly he let himself be taken from his position. She led them through the rapidly growing village. Now that the dragons were gone, they wouldn't be able to go back to the original Berk and they also had no ships yet. Life was going to get really hard without dragons but they were Vikings so it will turn out right.

Hiccup came out of his reverie, his eyes blocked and he looked around him, still walking.

"Astrid, where's Toothless?"

Astrid looked at him critically, was he serious.

"Toothless has gone, along with all the other dragons."

"Wha-," his eyes seemed to clear as she saw him wrestle with his thoughts before continuing, "I'm going to miss him so much."

"I know, and I'm going to miss Stormfly."

They resumed walking, this time Astrid didn't need to pull hiccup along.

Watching him try to cope with the loss of his dragon, with all the dragons, agonised her because she couldn't do anything to ease his pain.

Hiccup's lonely house came into view. It was on a slight hill, a sign of respect for the chief, and it had a rough trail leading to it. Over time, stone steps would be made for it.

The couple made their way to the front door, Hiccup opened the door and looked into the dark interior. Astrid turned around and went to leave when something grabbed her hand. She looked back at Hiccup and saw him, surrounded by darkness.

"Astrid, do you mind staying with me tonight?"

Without thinking, Astrid nodded her head and followed him inside. He lit a candle and the room brightened in a cheery orange glow.

Hiccup looked at her gratefully, "thanks, I have a question for you."

"What is it?"

He moved to a draw and rummaged through it before pulling out a wooden box. It had carved dragons with ruby eyes on the top.

"That box is beautiful," Astrid breathtakingly stated.

"Astrid, I have loved you since the moment I laid eyes on you. You and Toothless are all I have after my parents and now that Toothless is gone, I feel like I need someone to love in my life. The question I want to ask you," Hiccup slowly opened the box, "if you would marry me."

The box opened to reveal a silver ring with a dragon head making it look like a tiny dragon coiled around your finger. She had been waiting for this day for a long time now.

"Hiccup, of course I would."

Sorry this chapter is short (like 500 words long). I'm just putting it out there to see how many people would be interested and more importantly, have seen the 3rd movie. Either PM me leave a review if you want to read more (I'll probably write more anyway) and maybe someone out there will want to read what I think what happened once the dragons left.