Hiccup and Astrid were in the sky with the royals, Astrid and Stormfly had to carry Shinning Armor since he was a unicorn. The group decided to take Celestia and Luna to Canterlot first since it was the closest.
"Thank you, again for escorting us even though you're taking the risk of scaring the other ponies, and with barely knowing us." Celestia said once they reached Canterlot Castle.
"Oh, no problem, we don't mind scaring a few strangers here and there, we've done that many times before." Hiccup said.
"Well, I'm glad that it doesn't bother you, well, anyway, we have to go, we hope to see you again sometime." Celestia said as she and Luna landed on one of the balconies.
"Yep, goodbye!" Hiccup said as the group flew away.
"So, where's the next stop?" Astrid asked.
"Could we go to the Crystal Empire? It's really uncomfortable being carried like this!" Shining Armor said.
"Right, Princess Cadence, lead the way!" Hiccup said.
The group made it to the crystal empire, and dropped Cadence and Shinning Armor off on the balcony, leaving them alone to talk.
"I don't like them, there's something, off about them." Shinning Armor said once the group was out of earshot.
"Your just saying that because they're from a different dimension." Cadence said.
"No, I just know that there's something off, like, what they make their clothes out of, or eat." Shinning said.
"Well, even if there is, you don't have to judge them, they're from a different dimension, and they're also a completely different species, and you know that." Cadence said.
"But, why do they wear clothes all the time? Or why couldn't Toothless talk? I need answers!" Shinning exclaimed.
"Well, Twilight probably has them, if not, then we can probe;y asked her to ask them, but you shouldn't judge them." Cadence said.
"But-"
"Not another word, now, I want you to go down and get something to eat, you haven't had anything since before we left!"
"But what about-"
"I need to go take care of Flurry Heart, I'll eat something once you come back."
"Okay." Shinning Armor said as he slowly walked down the stairs.
"So, where should we go next?" Astrid asked.
"How about we take Thorax home, the Dragon Lands are the furthest." Ember suggested.
"Okay, Thorax, you should lead the way then." Hiccup said.
"Right." Thorax said as he turned towards the direction of his home.
"So, Thorax, you're a changeling, correct?" Hiccup asked, attempting to make small talk.
"Correct, why do you ask?"
"Well, back home, we have these dragons that are called Changewings, and they can turn camouflage." Hiccup said.
"Oh, cool, we can't do that. But we can change into any living thing, with skill of course."
"Yeah, Twilight told me that you don't do that anymore, is there a reason?" Hiccup asked.
"Yeah, since our primary food source is love, we would turn into someone's loved one, and feed of of that love, but after our previous queen, Chrysalis was defeated, we found that friendship is a form of love, and we feed off of each other's friendship for food." Thorax explained.
"Wow, is there a story behind all of that?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes, but it's complicated, but not as complicated as yours." Thorax said.
"Do you think you have time to tell it?" Hiccup asked.
"Lot's, we won't make it to my home for a while." Thorax said.
And so, Thorax told the story if the changelings, it was a long one, long enough to keep everybody entertained until they made it to Thorax's home. They dropped Thorax off, and flew off with Ember.
"So, Ember-"
"Don't even think of making small talk, Hiccup Spike told me that you want to record our kind of dragon in some sort of book of dragons. And I don't like nosy ponies, dragons, or whatever you're supposed to be." Ember said.
"Um, we're called humans-"
"I don't care what you're called, or about your species, and I never will care. And those dragons of yours, they're just a bunch of softies, they don't look half as tough as one of our dragons, and don't even start on Toothy's "alpha mode" that doesn't even make sense!" Ember said.
Toothless did not like being called Toothy, at all. So, he went alpha mode, lighting up the dark, night sky with a blue glow.
"Toothless, what are you doing?" Hiccup asked as Toothless let out a growl.
This frightened Ember, so she began to fly as fast as she could. Toothless, darted after her.
"Toothless, we agreed that that was only for emergencieeeeeeeeeees!" Hiccup said as Toothless dove after Ember.
"Ahh! Get that dragon away from me!" Ember yelled as she flew faster.
"Toothless, slow-AHHHHHHHHH!" Hiccup yelled as he was thrown of of Toothless.
"Hiccup!" Astrid yelled as Hiccup plummeted to the ground.
Hiccup was pleading that something would catch him, as well as Toothless when he remembered something.
"Oh, right." Hiccup said as he put his wrists through the loopholes on his pants and pulled back, opening up wing-like webs in between his arms and legs, lifting him up.
"Oh, right, Hiccup can do that." Astrid breathed.
Hiccup glided over to try to get back on to Toothless, but Toothless was way to fast, and there was fog everywhere, making it hard to spot the dragons. Then, all of a sudden, a giant mountain came into view, and the mountain was right in front of Hiccup, and to large to dodge.
"Toothless! If you're around here, I could really use your help!" Hiccup yelled.
But, Toothless dod not come, Hiccup had momentarily forgotten about Toothless's tail. As Hiccup drew closer to the mountain, he braced for impact, but it never came. Instead, he felt something grab on to his shoulders and carry him off. Hiccup looked up to find that Astrid and Stormfly had caught him and were carrying him down near the ground.
"Thanks Astrid! Did you see Toothless and Ember anywhere?" Hiccup yelled.
"Toothless started to fall to the ground after he threw you off, and Ember, I believe tried to come find us." Astrid said.
"Right, did you see where Toothless went down?" Hiccup asked.
"I'm taking you down there right now." Astrid said.
"Okay!" Hiccup yelled as they neared the ground.
They reached the ground, which was a field of grass(thankfully) and started to look for Toothless. They did find Toothless, but he was still and not moving.
"Toothless!"