The Thunder and Lightning Riders

Chapter 5: Gone and Never to be Seen Again

It's been 5 years since Hiccup and Astrid died, and the village of Berk will never be the same. A month after their death, we hosted a funeral for them. There were no bodies, so we just put some of Hiccups drawings and his Viking helmet along with his dagger and covered it on the boat. We did something similar for Astrid. We put her axe along with a drawing of her.

Flashback to the funeral(during flashbacks, all text will be bolted and in italics)

"May the Valkyries welcome you and lead you through Odin's great battle field. May they sing your name with love and fury So that we might hear it rise from the depths of Valhalla and know that you've taken your rightful place at the table of kings, for 2 great people have fallen."
"A son"
"A cousin"
"A Nephew"
"An Apprentice" (this was what they said for Hiccup)

(Time for Astrid. They said 2 great people cause they just placed them on the same boat.)

"A daughter"
"A friend"
"A warrior"
"A sister"
"A fighter"

Me, Ingrid and Harold Hofferson shot our arrows at the boats floating gently in the red glow of the sun setting. Then everyone else shot their arrows. I watched as the boat burned.

"I'm sorry Hiccup. I couldn't protect you from the dragons. I let them brainwash, and take you. I have failed you and Valka. I promised her I would keep you safe, and yet here we are. May you take your place in Valhalla where the brave shall live forever. May you take your place on the table of kings and watch over us. May they sing your name with love and fury, may your memory live forever. May you forgive us for all that we have done wrong to you."

End of flashback

That day was horrid and sad. It was only then that we realized how bad we treated Hiccup, and how we would never be able to tell him that we were sorry.

The Hoffersons missed their daughter dearly, though they would never talk of her. If someone ever said anything ill mannered about her, Ingrid Hofferson was at their throats.

I myself was never able to forget about Hiccup. His face haunted my dreams, and so did the Nightfury. I wasn't able to perform my chiefly duties for years, leaving the village to Gobber, Spitelout, and the council. I frequently mourned the loss of my family, and a week after Hiccup and Astrid funeral, I set out to destroy the nest.
At the Great Hall, I made my announcement and I also said that me, the Hoffersons and Gobber all vowed to kill the Nightfury that murdered Hiccup and Astrid. Then, something unexpected happened.

"So do we!" Came a shout from the crowd. I saw that it was Snotlout. I expected that he only wanted to show off. I saw the twins hands raised, and Fishlegs very unsure of this action.

I returned to the present and got out of bed, not ready to start another day without my son.

Gobber's POV

Life was never the same after Hiccup and Astrid left. Everyone says that they died, but I never truly believed it. Hiccup was smart, and he knew how to survive in the Great Beyond, even if he didn't know how to fight. Astrid was smart, and a battle girl.
But she also had a weakness. She let anger blind her.

Hiccup had known when they were friends so surely he would have helped her get over it. I always miss the Lass. Hiccup was a bright soul. Every time the door opens, I think it's Hiccup, here to show me another crazy machine, or ranting on about how they couldn't take his 'vikingness.' He was like a son to me for Thors sake!

A year after Hiccup and Astrid go missing, trader Johann comes with a magnificent tale. When I get there, he starts. "I was sailing back home when suddenly, some Beserker ships come out of nowhere and start firing at me! I bravely tried to fight them off when suddenly, in barely a minute, all the ships are blasted to pieces or retreating. Two dragons landed on my ship. A Deadly Nadder, and a Nightfury!" Gasps ring from the crowd as he says the last part. "I get ready to fight the Nightfury when 2 figures come off the dragons." A Nightfury rider? Hiccup?