Well. This is it. Cry, laugh, smash your computer, or simply exit out once your done. I just sat there and dreamed about the next fanfic I'm going to write.

Epilogue

The letter started with no endearments.

Dad,

I know you're probably panicking as you're reading this. Don't.

We left last night. I know I can't undertake the responsibility that everyone wants me to. I'm also sorry I couldn't tell you this in person. But you would have tried to stop me.

You will make a great leader on Berk. Everyone knows you're the ideal choice for a leader.

Toothless and I have already set up a system to maintain peace between the Vikings and dragons, they won't bother you. If they do, Toothless and I will know and return immediately.

Don't worry about me. Toothless is with me. Maybe, someday, we'll come back. But I'm not ready for it now. Now that I've tasted freedom- real freedom- I can't go back.

I hope you understand.

With love,

Hiccup

Already the ink was blurring on the page from the salty rain pouring down on it.

His only son. Gone. Just like his wife.

No. His wife would be proud. She, too, had left, for freedom. All he could do was hope she had survived the endless, frigid, ocean.

One day, he promised, they'd all be a family again.

He straightened his helmet. But now. He had an entire village to feed.

Hiccup frowned as Toothless landed. Smoke meant fire. But this fire, it didn't smell wild. No. It smelled like... Something was roasting.

Hiccup's stomach growled, and Toothless nudged him. "Come on, let's go find out what that is. Maybe someone's out there."

Toothless groaned, but followed him. Hiccup wasn't the only one who was hungry!

The smell grew stronger as they walked, and the trees got thicker. Soon, a run down little shack came into view, surrounded by a well-loved (if a little overgrown) garden. Whispy smoke curled out of the chimney.

Hiccup walked right up to the door. It was wide open, so he walked in. "Hello?" He called.

A figure, sitting by the fire, turned to look at him. They rose slowly.

Hiccup squinted at them. They looked so... Familiar. So...

"Mom...?"

The End

And that's all. I'm not kidding. That's really it. Everyone who has read it, you are dear to my heart.

Maybe, one day, I'll write a sequel. But not until the 2nd movie comes out.