Chapter 14

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After a week from the battle of the Red Death, Hiccup was lying in his bed and saw Toothless was watching over him. Hiccup opened his eyes and saw his dragon friend looking down on him.

"Hey to you too, Toothless." Hiccup said as Toothless nudged and licked his face. "I'm happy to see you too bud-AGH!" He winced as Toothless stepped on his chest, making him sit up and looked around.

"I-I'm in my house." Hiccup realized looking back at Toothless. "You're in my house." Toothless began to jump around the room excitedly. "Does Dad know you're in here?" Toothless stopped leaping and perch himself in the rafters.

"Aw Toothless come on..." Hiccup muttered.

Hiccup took off his blanket and looked down at his legs while Toothless jumped off the rafters and looked at Hiccup, who sighed slightly. Hiccup just remained silent as he placed his feet on the ground, his new left metal foot making a soft 'clink' noise.

Hiccup took a deep breath and tried to walk; he ended up limping and fell only to have Toothless catch him and help him back up.

"Okay thanks bud," Hiccup said as he and Toothless walked downstairs to the front door. Once Hiccup reached the door he pulled it open to see a Monstrous Nightmare outside and he screamed and shut the door. "Toothless stay here."

He opened the door again and saw the Monstrous Nightmare was Hookfang and Snotlout was riding him.

"Come on guys get ready and here we go." Snotlout called as Fishlegs and the twins followed him on Meatlug and Barf and Belch.

Hiccup stepped outside and looked down at the village to see that it was filled with dragons and that they were getting along with all the Vikings.

"I knew it I'm dead." Hiccup said.

Stoick let out a laugh as he patted his son on the shoulder. "No, but you gave it your best shot." He said as he led his son into the village. "So what do you think?" Stoick asked.

"Hey, look, it's Hiccup." A Viking yelled. Then every Viking noticed Hiccup and ran over to him smiling at the fact that he was okay.

"Turns out all we needed was a little more of...this." Stoick gestured to Hiccup.

"You just gestured to all of me." Hiccup observed as his father smiled and nodded.

"Well, most of you." Gobber corrected as he walked up to him. Gobber then pointed down at Hiccup's new leg. "That bit is my handiwork with a little Hiccup flair thrown in. Think it'll do?"

Hiccup lifted his leg slightly and shrugged. "Eh, I might make a few tweaks." He decided as several of the Vikings laughed.

"And let it be known that on this day my son will be called Hiccup the Useful." Stoick said. This made Hiccup smile. "Gah!" Hiccup yelped as he turned around to see Astrid.

"That's for scaring me." Astrid said with a slight glare.

"What? Is it always going to be this way? Because-!" Hiccup was interrupted by Astrid pulling on his shirt and kissing him on the lips. Once Astrid broke the kiss a small grin appeared on Hiccup's face. "I could get used to it."

Gobber then gave Hiccup his new saddle and Toothless' new tail fin.

"Consider it as a welcome home gift." Gobber said, "I made it myself. Made some adjustments from the earlier designs. Figured you needed some new equipment."

"Thanks Gobber." Hiccup said smiling.

"Night Fury!" A Viking yelled

"Get down!" Another Viking said.

Toothless jumped on a Viking's head and he landed back on the ground and faced Hiccup with an excited look on his face. Hiccup and Astrid laughed at the sight.

It wasn't long until Hiccup attached the new tail fin and stirred onto Toothless. Hiccup placed his new foot and adjusted the stirrup as Toothless' tail fin opened up to reveal the white Viking skull painted on the red material. Hiccup looked at his sides to see Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Fishlegs on their own dragons with grins on their faces.

"You guys ready?" Hiccup asked as everyone nodded, as so did the dragons.

The Vikings teens took to the skies and started flying through the village pasted all the houses and across the streets. Everyone cheered and laughed as they flew past the village, over the docks and towards the ocean. While everyone continued to fly over the waters Hiccup soared into the sky with Toothless who let out a roar of happiness.

As the sun began to set down and everyone started to head back to their homes, Venom sat by a cliff edge, taking in the wind blowing in his face. He was starting to get used to this new feeling, the feeling of being free and not being controlled by anyone. For so many years, all Venom did was fight and steal food from the Vikings for the queen, but with her gone, it was over. Even after everything that happened, he still couldn't believe that a 3 century war was brought to any end thanks to his little brother and his human friend. Speaking of which.

"Hey, where were you earlier?"

Venom turned around and saw Toothless walk up and sit down next to him. Venom gave his normal grin.

"I don't like huge crowds. Glad to see Hiccup's okay." Venom said, "For some reason, I sort of knew he would make it." Toothless gave off a small chuckle.

"Yeah. He's a lot tougher than he looks." Toothless said. There was a moment of silence between the brothers, except for the sound of the ocean and the breeze of the wind.

"Soooooo, what are you gonna do now that you're free?" Toothless asked, "You don't have anyone to tell you what to do or force you to do their doings, there's got to be something on your mind ever since the queen was defeated."

Venom looked down at his brother again. Ever since they made their bond, they have treated each other like actual brothers. No other dragons understood one another like they did. Toothless was the only dragon that wasn't afraid of Venom while everyone else was. Toothless didn't see Venom as a monster or a demon, even after seeing him in his rage mode, twice. After so many years, Venom never really thought about what to do if he was his own independent dragon. The older brother wrapped his right leg around Toothless.

"Well, figured I'd stay here for a while. Now with the war over, I need to better understand these humans more and learn how to get along better with them. Not only that, I'll only go where you go and if that place is here, I'm alright with that." Venom said.

Toothless smiled and leaned his body against his old brother's body as they stared off into the sunset. In between them, the ghost of their mother had her wings around her two sons, embracing them for one last time. If she was alive, she would be proud of her sons and nothing would change that.

The End

My first ever story I've ever published. Was it hard to write, a little. Was it worth it, yes. I know it says the end, but this is just the beginning. Venom will be alongside Toothless for more crazy adventures with Hiccup and his friends as well. See you next time. Venom out!

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