How To Be Brave

Fate

Gobber tossed the twins into the air. "Jack, Hiccup, Stoick, hurry up. They're leaving."

"Dad, it gorgeous", I complimented him on the new tapestry.

"We gotta go! We've got to wave them off! Come along!" He said, pushing me and Jack to the exit. I gave the tapestry one last look. Me and Jack stood hand in hand for a black dragon. We smiled.

We waved the tribes goodbye. Fishlegs had found love. Astrid pushed Heather into the water. Mala gave me one last hug, just like her father did with Gobber. Except he didn't want to let go.

The ships finally left. "Goodbye! All the best! Fair wind to your sails!" Gobber shouted. A bit too late he noticed the twins in the top of the mast of chief Agreeable's boat. "But how did this..."

When we watched him row after the boat, I whispered to Jack: "You just had to make them do that, didn't you?" My soon-to-be husband smirked.

"You know me too well."

There are those who say fate is something beyond our command, that destiny is not our own. But I know better. Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it. 

The end