Hey guys!
Here I am with a new story (and the first in this category) for HTTYD! As shown in the summary it will be an AU where Hiccup grows up with his mother in the sanctuary.
For those following my FT-FanFic "Lucy Heartfilia, Dragon of the stars": Don't worry! I'm still working on it, I'm just rethinking some parts of the future story at the moment, please be patiant!

Disclaimer: I don't own HTTYD or Hiccup and Astrid would be married by now! Only OCs are my own creation.

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Chapter 1: Prologue

"Find out why the dragons near the human nests are attacking them." That was what the King has said to him. He liked the King so he did as he wished. He followed a weakly looking Gronckle to a large volcano in the middle of a thick fog. As soon as he reached the inside of the hollow mountain, he stayed in the shadows near the entrance. He saw a large number of different dragons waiting anxiously for something. For a long time nothing happened, but then a deafening voice rumbled from the bottom of the volcano.

"You worthless fools! How is a task as simple as getting food so difficult to accomplish? 300 years under my rule and you still have the boldness to defy me. You will immediately go to this miserable human nest they call "Berk". Take everything. Or you will suffer the consequences."

With that the dragons departed quickly, the stench of fear strong on them. He followed them unseen through the fog and soon arrived on a small island with a human village. As soon as the first dragons were within the visual range of the humans, the sound of a horn traveled through the night and the village came to live. The other dragons descended to the village to steal their livestock and food. He was about to turn around and return to the King, but in this moment he noticed the house on top of the village. A Monstrous Nightmare had ignited the rooftop and he could clearly make out the sound of a crying infant.

'A hatchling!' he thought, 'I can't let a hatchling die in there!'

He turned back and let his wings carry him to the house. He climbed trough a large hole in the roof and in an instant saw the small crib with the human infant in it. The baby was crying and wailing, the loud roars of the dragons frightening him. He walked over to the crib and used one of his wings to gently cradle the crib. The baby stopped crying immediately and studied the face of the dragon before him with interest. The dragon looked back at him and he noticed a strange dull in the eyes of the little human. He sniffed the small body and immediately reared back, startling the baby for a moment. 'This smell, it smells like something is inside him... Oh no.' He knew this smell. He saw dragon hatchlings dying because something polluted their blood during the hatch. It would take a few weeks, but they would become weaker and weaker until their small bodies didn't have the energy left to keep them alive. He wasn't going to let this frail little creature that looked at him with big green eyes suffer the same fate. Something was with this human that made him think that it would be the right thing to do to safe him. 'I have to take him to the King, he can surely help him.' Suddenly a gasp sounded from his right and he turned his head abruptly, accidentally cutting the baby on it's chin which caused it to start crying again. A human female was standing in front of him, shocked by his gently display.

"Stay away from my son, dragon!" she shouted, holding a blade in front of her. He approached her, studying her face. Before he could do anything, a weapon collided with his head, knocking him away.

"Valka!" the human that knocked him away shouted. "Run! Take Hiccup and run! I take care of this demon!" he shouted. The female took the baby and tried to run to the stairs, only to be picked up by the mighty claws of the dragon. He had breathed a small amount of fire to keep the male human away and made a dash for the female. As soon as he had her between his claws he jumped trough the hole in the roof and into the night, leaving the human village behind.

The male human ran after him but stopped at the hole, unable to follow.

"Valka!" he cried desperately "Hiccup! NO!"

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Valka was terrified. A dragon had grabbed her and Hiccup and was now soaring through the dark sky, away from Berk, away from her husband. 'Stoik. She thought. Please be alright. I will watch over you from Valhalla.'

She was trying to hide her tears, for the sake of her son, seaftly cradled within her arms. She tried to keep calm so he wouldn't notice her fear and start crying again. Strangely though, her son was calm and looked at the dragon scales surrounding them with interest.

After what felt like an eternity for her, she noticed the dragon descending. She felt the air change from the cold of the northern night to a much warmer climate. Trough the gaps between the dragons claws she could make out vibrant green plants and trees as well as a clear blue lake. She then felt the dragon landing and open his claws gently so she could step out of them.

'This is where I die.' she thought as she closed her eyes and shielded Hiccups body with hers. The dragon just walked away a bit and sat down, looking at her. When nothing happened, Valka hesitantly opened her eyes again and looked over to the dragon who took her. He seemed to be studying her. She held his gaze for a moment until Hiccup started to cry. She looked down at her only son, feeling his little head. A shock went trough her when she noticed that the little body was burning up.

'A fever. Oh no! I don't have the herbs here to do something against it!'

The dragon nudged her side suddenly and moved his head, as if to tell her to follow him. She slowly walked after him into a great cavern with an overwhelming amount of dragons flying through the air, sitting on the rocks or even swimming in the great lake in the middle. The dragon walked down a narrow path that lead them to the lake. As they arrived, the dragon nudged the crying baby in her arms and then nudged his head towards the water. After he repeated that action two times, Valka finally understood.

"You want me to place him in the water?" she asked the dragon, not knowing if it understood her. The dragon nodded his head slowly and moved away from the water. Having no other option than to trust the creature, Valka slowly walked towards the water and placed Hiccup in the shallow water where they stood. The dragon nudged her again, as if to move away from the water. Valka resisted, she didn't want to leave her crying son in the water, but the dragon pushed her away with his superior strength. The deeper water of the lake suddenly became disturbed before a giant dragon head surfaced from the water. His scales where nearly completely white and he head two giant tusks. Valka noticed the dragon from old stories. It was a Bewilderbeast, the Alpha-species of the dragons and one of the rarest dragon-species beside the feared Night Fury. His bright blue eyes looked at Valka as if they could gaze into her soul. The woman couldn't help but to notice that they seemed almost... gently? The giant dragon moved his gaze away from her an towards the still crying infant. He slowly lowered his head to the boy as Valka could only watch. She was frozen, was it from fear or wonder, she didn't know. The Bewilderbeast moved until his head was hovering over the small baby and he was looking down into the now dull green eyes. It was the next moment that would forever be branded into Valka's memories and turn her life around. The giant dragon puffed out a small cloud of what seemed to be little snowflakes. The cloud sunk down the the baby and Valka watched with joy and amazement as Hiccup stopped crying immediately after inhaling the pure and cleaning particles of the icy cloud. She slowly walked over to her son and took him in her arms again. He had stopped crying and she noticed that his eyes were slowly getting the vibrant green color back. A smile formed on her face as she finally understood the creatures in front of her. She bowed down before the Bewilderbeast and looked the giant dragon in the eyes.

"Thank you, Alpha. Thank you for saving my son."

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And finished! Please review!