Chapter 25: The Harsh Reality

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Astrid

As Stormfly and I helped the Dragon Paradise Villagers to safety, I was thinking about Tames. Was he ok, going after Ryker all by himself?

Fishlegs interrupts my thoughts and said, "You thinking about Tames, aren't you, Astrid?"

"Yeah, To be honest, I'm nervous." I replied.

Ingrid said, "Don't worry. My father would be all right, you see. There is no way that anything bad happens to him. He's the Chief of this tribe and he kind of raised Hiccup when Stoick banished him."

Fishlegs groans, "Don't remind me! I still can't believe that this is Hiccup's other home. It seems unreal that Dragons and Vikings actually co-exist together, not fighting."

Ingrid laughs at the comment, "You should've seen Hiccup and Toothless's first reaction when they saw the village for the first time! It was a shock for them and now they're part of the tribe."

As I was thinking of what Ingrid had said, Toothless and Hiccup managed to defeat the Dragon Queen by using one of Toothless's Plasma Blast into her mouth to cause an massive explosion.

I was covered by Stormfly's wings as the explosion covered most of the island.

 As the dusk clears, I see the familiar black Night Fury and his Rider.


Hiccup

It was hard to accept the harsh reality that Tames isn't going to be back. Ryker seems to be in the clearing as the dusk of the Dragon Queen's ashes dimmers along with the Riders of Berk sees me and Toothless standing.

"Hiccup!" Astrid cries as she quickly tries to run towards me for an embrace, but Stoick holds her back.

"This battle is between Ryker and Hiccup. We can't go any further." Stoick said.

Ryker laughs at me as seeing me irate was one of his amusements.

"What you going to do, Hayden Haddock? The man was so kind and now he's dead!" He said.

As my instincts kicked in, my instinct response was to attack him, and I'm not doing for revenge for Tames.

It wasn't what Tames would've wanted. I am fighting for the people I cared about, for being there for Ingrid, Dragon Paradise and my original home, the home that I was banished from, Berk.

  I thought about Tames, his kind generous appearance, the way he let me and Toothless settled into the tribe, making new friends and new adventures with the Dragon Academy team.

As I heard the sound of Ryker's sword was out of his grasp, I put the sword towards him and Toothless was standing with me at my side, growling at the man who murdered the Chief of Dragon Paradise.  


Ingrid

Is it really over? Did we win? Hiccup said, "Ryker, I want you and your men to leave Berk and Dragon Paradise alone.

If you dare step into them, you would not be easily treated nicely. Do you understand these terms?"

The man looks at him with utter defeat, "Yes. I understand these terms, Hayden Haddock."

Hiccup looks directly at the man's eyes with pure hatred. "Good. Then leave."

The man nods as he sails away from our island as the sixteen year old nods that we won the battle, but something else was bothering him.

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