A year had passed since the events of Helheim and Ruby was now living at the capital and she was getting ready for work. Today was rather special because today was day four of the Grand Magic Games.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is going to be a thriller day 4 of the seventh Grand Magic Games. Greetings folks, this is Agnar Mastson and joining me is former Viking Councilmember and everyone's favourite trader, Johann."

"It's good to be here," said Johann.

"So who is up to see more battles of against Vikings?" said Agnar.

Ruby hadn't realised that she was running late and was rushing towards the stadium as quickly she could.

"Oh, crap. It's already getting started!"

She rushed towards the gates, but to guard stopped her before she could enter.

"I need to see your pass, please."

"Oh, right," she said as she reached into her bag, but she was unable to find it. "Wait, it should be in here. At least I hope it's in here."

"We can't let you through without a proper ID, miss."

"Can't you make an exception?" she pleaded.

"No exceptions."

"Oh, come on. Please."

"I just said no exceptions."

"I get your point okay! Looks like I'm doing this the hard way."

She then immediately charged towards them hoping to get past them, but unfortunately, they grabbed her and they were much stronger than she was.

"We told you can't enter without a pass!"

"If me a break," Ruby grumbled.

In the struggle, her satchel slid off her shoulder and fell to the ground and as luck would have it her pass slid out.

"Well, what do you know," she said beaming.

"Now let's get to the first bout of the semi-finals. After dominating the first round, it's no surprise to see Zar of Dullahan Head."

Zar was a tall slim looking man. "Let's get this started!"

"Will he continue his winning streak today or will Metin of Dwarf Gear will bring him down?" Agnar continued.

Metin was rather buffed looking dwarf with his fists raised.

"Whatever happens it sure to be an amazing battle." Agnar then turned and looked at Johann. "Well, Johann your thoughts? What should we keep an eye on in this match?"

"I suppose it would be wise to stay to keep both eyes on the match."

"Yeah, but for what?"

"This Zar fellow is a truly powerful Viking and seemingly without equal, if you were to blink you could very well miss the entire match."

Within the stands was an editor of Sorcerer Weekly, an elf by the name of Jarel Blacknight, and he was taking a lot of notes on the match.

"I'm extremely stoked for the semifinals," he said excitedly.

"Hey, boss!" Ruby yelled as she ran up the stairs panting. "So sorry I'm late. I kinda got held up."

"Well, at least you got here in time for the match," he said. "The chances are it will be over soon judging how well Zar has been doing."

They then heard the sound of the horn signalling the start of the match.

Ruby still can believe how much things had changed over the last year, Ruby had managed to get a new place to stay and was now an editor within Sorcerer Weekly. Though admittedly she still had a lot to learn, though she did miss her time in Dragon Tail. The day after Hiccup and Toothless left Stoick decided to dismantle the Guild. It was absolutely devastating it was almost as if she was losing her family all over again and soon everyone had to go their separate ways.

It took a while to accept what happened so unlike any the others she ended up starting rather late. Thankfully Jarel came to her with a job though at the beginning it was a modelling job, though when she mentioned about her passion of becoming a writer he had a talk with some of his bosses and managed to pull some strings to get to become his assistant.

Though admittedly she had a few problems to begin with, she was more used to writing novels rather than reports. Little by little she began to improve and eventually she became an editor, though the hours are long and exhausting.

Later that afternoon, after today's match she had written up everything she had witnessed in great detail and they were starting to make their way home.

"All right, I can handle the editing and the layout no problem, boss," Ruby assured Jarel.

"You're a lifesaver," he said.

Ruby then heard the sound of a peg leg, she quickly turned around expecting to find Hiccup. However, was just another guy with a similar build with a prosthetic leg. Disappointed she turned back towards Jarel and saw that he was rather disappointed as well.

"It's a bit of a bummer though, this year's Grand Magic Games are nowhere near as epic as they used to be. I mean all the guilds that battled it out last year were totally legendary, you know."

"Yeah, they're definitely truly some great ones out there weren't there?"

"There were, especially Dragon Tail," he said with a sly smile.

"Well, we're not really a Guild any more so…"

"You still have the emblem on your hand," he reminded her. "But you guys did kind of breakup and you were so cool."

He then walked off leaving Ruby completely alone with her thoughts.

She got back to her apartment and began to sort out the editing paper.

'It's been almost a year since I've been in contact with any of my old friends,' she said to herself. 'I've been way too busy. Yeah, whom I kidding? I just needed to give everyone some space is all, they can't follow their own paths with me tagging along. That's not true either.'

She just sat there in the bath feeling utterly depressed. "This sucks."

She just leaned back into the bath. 'I was just too scared to face them.'

"I miss Dragon Tail!" she cried as she flailed about.

"Shut up, will you! I'm trying to sleep!" her next-door neighbour yelled.

"Geez, how embarrassing," she said.

She then got out and began to dry her hair. 'Truth be told, the main reason why I became a reporter in the first place was to gather all the information I could find. From verified eyewitness accounts, to gossip… all of it.'

Ruby wrapped the towel around her waist and looked at a massive map of the continent she had placed on the wall. On it, as she had pictures and reports on different members of Dragon Tail, she had gathered a good amount of information on many of the members though others like Hiccup just disappeared off the map.

'This whole year has been one big search. Still no solid leads on Hiccup or Toothless, it's likely just disappeared. All I can think about is finding them so we can be a family again.'

She then slumped against the wall and began to cry. 'But it's never going to happen… it's over, Ruby. Dragon Tail is done.'

After a depressing night's sleep, she woke up the next morning and got herself ready for work. Today was the finals of the Grand Magic Games and this time she was determined to get there on time.

"Okay, it's time to get moving," she said.

At the Coliseum, the stands were packed in cheers cried out throughout the entire arena as fireworks shot into the air.

"Today is a day, folks. The day of reckoning," said Agnar. "Who will take home the coveted title of Septem's mightiest Guild. Let's find out, I've got my predictions and how about you, sir?"

"I can't quite say," said Johann.

"Surely our referee, Mindor can provide some insight?" said Agnar.

The ginger dwarf merely shrugged. "I'll try."

"Well, anyone who's been watching could sing this one coming, Dullahan Head have powered their way through to the finals."

The entire crowd immediately cheered.

"There will be up against the underdogs of the Scarlet Blade Guild who have pulled off one miraculous comeback with another. This years games have been a little different, this is a single-elimination tournament against guilds and over these guilds have remained undefeated up to this very point. But that's about to change to one."

"I can't wait for the last round to start," said Jarel, but then he noticed that Ruby wasn't as excited as he was. "Are you there?"

"Huh? Say what?" Ruby blinked. "I kind of zoned out."

"That's fine, but do try to focus on the match."

"Yeah, it's going to be a blowout."

"Have you been zoning out throughout the entire games? Scarlet Blade has made comeback after comeback and you have to ask whether they can do it again."

"Yep, that's exactly my point. Zaris definitely tough it's true, but according to everything that I've seen of them Scarlet Blade members have to be tougher by a mile."

Jarel just stared at her blankly. "Huh?"

"I think that every single one of them has twice the magic power Zar has, they've just been hiding it."

"Say what? That's crazy talk, why in the heck would they want to do that?"

"So they can increase the odds with all the bookies obviously."

"What?"

"Scarlet Blade is going to win, there's no doubt about it."

About 10 minutes later the match started and to everyone's surprise, apart from Ruby, Dullahan Head had been defeated, every single one of its members had been knocked out and Scarlet Blade still had all its.

"What an upset!" Agnar cried. "I'm speechless!"

"Who would have funk it, not I."

"Overcoming 100 to 1 odds Scarlet Blade that top spot in this year's Grand Magic Games!" Agnar cried. "They are truly the ones worthy of being called Septem's mightiest Guild!"

"You nailed it, Ruby," said Jarel. "They're the best in the land."

"I definitely never said that," she said looking bored. "They may have won the games this year, but still."

Then suddenly walking into the arena was the cloaked figure and everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at him.

"Who's that?"

"I have no idea."

"Hold on a minute," said Agnar. "Someone is entering the arena. Who is it?"

Everyone noticed as he was walking that steam was covering his body and the good sense an incredible amount of magic power coming from him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, a mysterious individual has walked onto the battlefield," Agnar announced.

"Who in the hell are you?" said Scarlet Blade's leader.

"What's going on?" Ruby panicked as he stared at the mysterious figure. "Something is weird, so much magic power." She then immediately turned to Jarel. "Everyone needs to get out of here!"

Then suddenly everyone felt a massive burst of steam coming from a mysterious man as he stopped in the centre of the arena. Everyone could feel the heat even those at the very back of the stands, but Scarlet Blade did not looking intimidated in the slightest.

"You've got guts friend," said their leader. "But you're short on brains."

A cowardly dwarf looked up at him. "Wait is this the man in black that everyone has been talking about?"

"No, there's no way," said a cloaked man.

"So you truly believe that your Septem's greatest Guild?" said the man.

"All right, man. Who are you?" said Scarlet Blade's leader.

"Little old me?" said the man as he raised his left fist and immediately burst into flames. "I'm here to put you in your place."

He then thrust his fist towards them and immediately unleashed a powerful burst of flames that consumed all five of them.

"He unleashed a brutal attack!" Agnar announced.

"We need to find some Vikings who can fight off," said Ruby.

Then suddenly a powerful burst of flames erupted around the mysterious man and they shot up into the sky. Everyone in the arena could feel the heat, it was like facing the sun.

"This is horrible!"

"It's so hot!"

"Hold on to your horses and your clothing," said Agnar as he noted that everything was starting to melt around them including their clothes. "The whole stadium is melting like butter."

Ruby looked down and saw that her shirt was beginning to melt away exposing her chest and she immediately covered herself up with her arms.

She then stared at the mysterious man in bewilderment. "This heat is insane." She took a closer look at the mysterious man and sense something familiar about him. "This heat? Fire?"

The man then lowered his hood and revealed himself to be none other than Hiccup Haddock. He looked exactly the same except that his hair was much longer and he had a stubble growing around his face.

"Hiccup?" Ruby stared in bewilderment.

"It's Hiccup Haddock!" Agnar announced.

"Holy smoke," Johann stared.

"Now this is unexpected," said Mindor.

Toothless then flew up next to Ruby. "Hey, it's been a while. How are you doing?"

Ruby turned and stared at him. "Toothless? Your back?"

"You bet," said Toothless. "Though when Hiccup heard about this guilds double-dealing, he suspected that they would come out on top in these Grand Magic Games and wanted to discipline them."

Ruby stared at the five team members of Scarlet Blade, all them unconscious and their clothing was almost non-existent.

"I'm going to show you what it truly means to be number one," said Hiccup.

The rest of Scarlet Blade and immediately jumped from the stands and then charged towards him. However, Hiccup merely swung his fist unleashing a burst of flames and just like what he did with the other members of their Guild he took them out. None of them could even get close to him thanks to the heat, which was now been intensified in more the Coliseum was beginning to melt.

"The place is burning up!" said a member of Scarlet Blade.

"I feel like I'm on fire," said Ruby.

"No, he's a monster!"

Immediately the members of Scarlet Blade quickly ran off trying to get away from the heat.

"You got a give this to Hiccup, he sure knows how to make an entrance," said Toothless.

The heat had finally died down and for the first time, Hiccup seems to realise that Ruby was within the stands.

"It's good to see you, Ruby," Hiccup smiled.

'At that moment, I heard a voice inside my head, it said the Dragon Tail was still alive and kicking' said Ruby.

Ruby smiled down at him. "Pretty good."