The night fury, a rare , almost extinct species of dragon. So rare, even the riders knew little about them. They only ever seen one . Toothless. The dragon was alive . The possible last of his kind. Just sitting on the iceberg peak. Eyes looking at them. He growled. He didn't recognise the people in front of him. How did they know his name?

He looked at the Monstrous Nightmare. It's red scales shining in the sun. He sniffed the air. He knew the scent. Hookfang. He shook his head. That couldn't be right. The dragon before him was older, more grey scaled than his friend. This dragon look to be on the verge of going into a titan wing. 

His eyes landed on the human. The black haired adult. Snotlout? No that can't be right. He look to see the Zippleback staring at him with the two heads equally confused. They looked and smelt like Barf and Belch, and their riders looked like the twins.

He sat there in thought. Before looking to the Razorwhip tilting his head to one side. Windshear? And that would be Heather?

Now he was even more confused. Heather wasn't with them? Right? He couldn't remember. His memory was a blur. He shook his head, was he in the ice longer than he thought? He looked at them and made a low growl, talking to the dragons. Befire heading down the peak.

"Where is he going?" Snotlout questioned. The nightmare went to follow the black dragon.

"Snotlout, you and the twins follow Toothless, I will wait for the others to come" Heather spoke up, patting her dragon. The night fury would be more comfortable with them. They nodded before following the black dragon.

Toothless led them towards a  cave not to far away, before going inside and looking behind him and cooing at them to follow. The other dragons landed outside. Their riders looked at one other " toothless..." Ruffnut spoke softly. The dragon looked at her and grumbled at her before looking into the cave.

"He wants us to follow, sis" Tuffnut spoke in a low tone. If the dragon wanted to follow, they would. Snotlout felt his body trample. He wasn't prepared for what they were going to see. Toothless would be dealing with Hiccups death no doubt about it.

Tuffnut looked at the dragons tail before speaking " how did toothless get his tail off?

"Probably ripped it off" Ruffnut told her brother.

"Damn it" a voice echoed down the cave. A voice they hadn't heard in a long time.  One that confused them. They halted. No that couldn't be right. Were they hearing a ghost? Ghost of the past.

Snotlout moved first. Why did he make the first move? He had to know as they went down the cave, his body froze. There before him was a teenager, alive pale green eyes solely focused on a red Tail fin. It was still frozen. "Toothless the metal snapped" he spoke to the dragon. The dragon whined " and we don't have a spare, not like that would do any good, I mean the entire saddle bag is frozen"  he explained to the dragon. " fire would be good if we could get it to stay a light we could defrost the tail, your saddle and my leg and get off this stupid iceberg"

He felt a presence in front of him. He glanced upwards. He looked at the now aged riders. They stared at him in confusion.  To him they were strangers. They reminded him of the riders but also not.

"How are you alive?" Snotlout blurred out. Sure hiccup hadn't aged a day that would be expected as he was frozen. But Alive? It had been twenty years since the incident. Toothless made sense, they know little about night furies, and there was another species that could live thousands of years. The Skrill. So night furies being able to do it as well wasn't far fetched. But Hiccup?

No he was human. He shouldn't be alive. Tuffnut walked over and poked the teen. Hiccup looked at him raising an eyebrow. He just sat there "I-i" was all he mustered out. He was more confused now. He looked at Toothless and back at the riders.  He couldn't remember much of what happened. "Who?" He asked. He thought they were the riders but no that couldn't right? Right?

They looked at one other. He didn't recognise them. Ruff thought for a moment. Of cause he didn't know who they were. They had changed a lot in twenty years. she walked over to him "It's me Ruffnut" she spoke softly. " Tuffnut" she gestured to her brother " and Snotlout"

"Thought so" he whispered more to himself than them. "How long?" He stood up with Toothless help, his peg leg wasn't connected as it was frozen solid. The three looked at one other. They didn't speak. It was a perfectly normal question for the situation they were in. But they weren't prepared for it. How could they be prepared?  " How long?" His voice more serious than before. He had to know.

Tuffnut looked at him " Ohh my dear hiccup." He started "It's been twenty years"