Chapter 1

Year: 24XX (5 years after terraformation)

Location: Earth, Berk (Formally Arcadia)

The Earth was still a wasteland but it was slowly turning green once more. Hiccup sat on a cliff overlooking the valley where Arcadia was built underneath. The water that was murky green years ago from toxins and pollution now ran crystal clear through the valley. Weeds were flourishing creating something of a Savana, while saplings that the Berkians had started planting were growing strong over the years. The roots of those new trees would hold for many more years to come.

In the five years that Hiccup had been living at Arcadia, now called Berk after their old place of origin, he'd seen many things. The rocket that was launched five years ago was both a frightening and joyous event for mankind. It had worked, Astrid's intervention had worked. The rains containing the nanobots fell back to Earth and the little robots went to work. They broke down plastics, polymers, radioactive material that had simply been dumped by people of the past that had stopped caring. Hiccup wondered if the people of the past had ever really cared about this planet at all. But the most wonderous thing the nanobots did was cure Midas. No one could believe it at first, not until a woman down south found out she had gotten pregnant.

Babies had been something of a myth then. Hiccup had been one of the last generations to be born before Midas wreaked its ugly head and made people completely infertile. So the news spread fast. Stories of the Berkians living in Arcadia had already spread through many tribes but they were considered just tall tales. Now with women becoming pregnant, it was a whole other story.

The Berkians, along with The Dragons that had joined them a couple of years ago, had done wonders. The area around Arcadia was flourishing with flora and fauna. Animals were being cloned at a rate that would not damage the ecosystems and released into the wild. Astrid herself was strictly monitoring their populations and today was such a day that Hiccup was waiting anxiously for.

"Hiccup you there?" Came over the communicator that was in Hiccup's ear.

"I'm here," Hiccup said as he recognized Toothless' voice.

"Well get your butt over here. Astrid says it's time." The man told Hiccup with an exasperated sigh. "Just were are you anyways?"

"Just at the ridge. I'll be there in ten minutes tops." Hiccup answered before getting up and walking towards the ATV he had parked beneath the shade of a rock outcrop. Hiccup stepped on the gas and made his way towards Arcadia. The underground facility itself had changed over the years. It was no longer invisible. Guard posts and watchtowers stood at its edges as well as a cordoned off area where the Berkians slept during shift changes. Most of the Berkians still lived in the facility itself but some wanted to live above ground.

The watchtowers and the guard rotations were needed now, mainly because Astrid's revival caused somewhat of a security malfunction. Arcadia was no longer able to monitor its borders completely and dispatch intruders freely. The system that now governed the facility wasn't nearly as advanced as Astrid, rudimentary at best, and required all hands on deck from the Berkians to operate it.

Hiccup parked the ATV and saw Fishlegs waiting for him in the large garage.

"Fish why aren't you with the others?" Hiccup asked with a frown as he limped on his metal prosthetic leg towards his friend.

"Toothless, Ruff and Astrid are going gaga over them," Fishlegs mumbled. "They rarely pay attention to the guys then."

"Right......" Hiccup laughed and the duo walked towards the laboratories.

There were a lot more Berkians and Dragons in this area now after five years. Many picked up the research materials that were left behind quickly and tried their best at helping restore the ecosystem. Ellie Larson, Gustav's mother, had become their head and reported the progress directly to Stoick. She seemed to have a knack for the sciences and was more comfortable in a lab than wasteland even though she could shoot just as well.

"Hiccup there you are!" Astrid, who now wore her hair in a long braid downwards, uttered as she caught sight of him and Fishlegs. "They're about to come out!" She tugged Hiccup's hand and gestured to the cloning tubes that were lined up.

Approximately twenty to thirty tubes were active. "I can't believe it," Astrid was giddy. She always was when they managed to clone a new animal for release. More so with this one as this particular animal had some problems during the process.

"I don't get it," Snotlout muttered as he leaned against the opposite wall. "They're just some birds."

"Actually they aren't just some birds Snot," Fishlegs said as he was about to go in his lecture mode. "The Spix's macaw, known scientifically as Cyanopsitta spixii or more commonly known as the Little Blue macaw was declared extinct in the wild around the early 21st century. They were completely extinct a few years later. This macaw has a wingspan ranging from 9 to 12 inches long. It was highly sought after but human deforestation caused it to become endangered."

"Why the hell would humans endanger a bird they liked?" Snotlout questioned as he didn't get it.

"Money mostly," Astrid said as she turned around to look at the two. "The parrot's diet consists mostly of nuts and seeds but deforestation destroyed a lot of their habitat."

"Wait.... Were these the trees that you had us mostly plant?" Fishlegs asked.

"The Pinhão and Favela among others, yes. The nanobots are doing a splendid job of maintaining them further. These parrots should have no problem adapting if their food source is near." Astrid smiled.

"This will be the fifth bird species we are releasing," Toothless mumbled while looking down at his tablet. "The blue-eyed ground dove and the Tachira Antpitta had some problems adapting in the first year but that seems to be solved now. We had to let the Toucan adapt to the environment before we even began with this bird species," Toothless added the last sentence as an afterthought.

"Why?" Snotlout asked since he heard it.

"Because the Toucan is responsible for the distribution of nearly 80 percent of the trees needed for the macaw reproduction." Toothless sighed.

"Guys it is time," Ellie said as she approached them. She was checking something on the monitors before engaging the last leg of the cloning process. "Remember, they will be weak at first so we should handle them with care."

The ladies eagerly nodded and the tanks were drained. Hiccup's foot almost got stepped on as Ruff started cooing over one of the birds that was looking around curiously.

"Oh my Thor just look at them!" Astrid gushed as she and the others approached slowly. The birds were still too weak to fly but they could be startled. One of the Blue macaws looked at the humans while blinking it's blueish-yellow-ringed eyes and cocking it's little head curiously. Feathers seemed sticky from the cloning process and were ruffled slightly as the birds started coming to.

"I can't wait to see them fly!" Ruffnut said eagerly.

Even Toothless took note of the cloned adult birds and remarked "They have Stormfly's favorite colors. She'd get a kick out of this."

"She's returning tonight right?" Hiccup asked and Toothless nodded.

"Yeah, the deligation is supposed to return tonight." Toothless confirmed. "I just hope she hasn't stabbed anyone."

Hiccup nodded as he thought. When the rumors of pregnancies had first started, and later confirmed, Arcadia had been thrown back into the spotlight. News traveled slow but everyone now knew, five years later. The infamy that accompanied the facility had sparked some tribes to become bold and attack. They wanted the technology for themselves and one night they nearly breached Arcadia's defenses.

Hiccup didn't think he would be so attracted to violent women up to that point but seeing Astrid rage at the sheer audacity that these people possessed, wanting to take over a facility they had no way of operating, wanting to possibly destroy all the research to revive humanity because of their greed and ambition. Astrid raged and she grabbed one of Stoic's axes that had been mounted to his office wall before setting the control of Arcadia's guns to her datapad.

That night had been nearly unforgettable. The Outcasts were not one to back down from battle but when they laid eyes on Astrid in makeshift armor and that giant axe charging into battle, not to mention all the guns aimed at them they wisely withdrew. They were trigger-happy not insane.

It was the technology the Berkians now possessed that kept most at bay but trouble was brewing again. News of tribes forming alliances reached Stoick and he decided it was time to hold a Council. All the tribe leaders would gather at Berk to set the record straight. And Stormfly had been chosen as part of the delegation. They would return tonight with news of all the representatives that would be attending.

AN: This chapter is largely dedicated to the Little Blue macaw. Not much news has been released about this but the bird species that the movies Rio and Rio 2 had been based on has been declared extinct since last year. The story will develop with some interesting twists and I promise you that no sequel of mine will be half-assed. I normally don't do sequels but this story deserved one and I was feeling evil, :3 So be prepared, my dear readers. You are about to go on a rollercoaster ride. Who knows who will survive after I'm done.

AN2: This story will have weekly updates because I will also be working on the last leg of my thesis, my Marvel saga fanfics and 2 Harry Potter fanfics I've been dying to write.