THE JOURNEY AFTER

Hiya! First fic so I thought I would get that out of the way.

This one's set 4 weeks after the events of HTTYD2, so just after what I would think as everything's settled down, all that do da.

So anyways, enjoy and leave a review with comments, suggestions etc. Flames will fuel my oven for cookies :)

Hiccup and Toothless had been flying for hours, searching for an island that Valka hadn't already found. The 20 year old man and the previously ageless dragon had been looking in the only section of their map that Valka hadn't already explored. Though their time had been limited over the past four weeks, they had eventually been getting somewhere. So far, they had been to a few islands that were on their map, but they had never visited. They had been trying to go on many occasions, but the village was in such a state of disrepair that they had been forced to reschedule.

Even though they had worked hard to have any previous attempts, they had been futile. Every time they set out to reach another island, it had taken them hours to get even close to their destination. They returned home exhausted, despite resting well and catching the occasional updraft in flight. Every time they returned, it was dusk, yet they left again just over 24 hours later. Several times, Gobber and Eret had to drag Toothless upstairs and on almost every occasion, Astrid and Valka had to put Hiccup into bed.

Yet despite their previous failures, they were determined they would succeed today. They had taken extra supplies and were planning on staying the night at an island Valka had marked as docile. They were sure to stay away from the south west section in suspicion that Drago was hiding there, but they had made plans to visit sooner rather than later to confront him.

As the island they were heading to came into view, Hiccup patted Toothless on the side of his head and pointed towards it.

"Down there bud. This is the right place"

Toothless shook his head, looking to his left.

"That way? Are you sure?" Hiccup asked, checking his compass. He groaned, shaking his head "You're right bud. Let's get moving"

As they turned, Toothless spotted a dark shape in the cloud line. As they drew nearer, he realised it was the clouds itself. He shot a plasma blast, catching Hiccups attention.

"What is it bud?" He questioned, squinting to catch a glimpse of what Toothless was looking at. By the time he spotted the storm, it was already too late.

"We need to turn around! Go back to that island we saw before!"

Toothless swerved around, feeling the wind gusting against his tail. He moved even faster, smelling the rain that was coming. They reached the island in record time, leaving them enough time to find a place to land. The island was swarmed with pine trees, making it hard to land or to even find a place to try. They eventually came across rocky plain, which was right next to a cave. As they landed, Hiccup spotted a group of four Terrible Terrors trapped in a tree, they couldn't move due to the harsh winds that were now present, the storm finally catching up to them.

"Bud, I need to get them down from there" he exclaimed, locking Toothless' tail in place, un-hooking himself "Just wait here a minute. I'll toss them onto you, and try to keep them calm!"

Hiccup jumped over to the tree, leaving Toothless to his own devices. The dragon rolled his eyes, hovering in the same position, occasionally sinking when his rider placed the smaller dragons on his back. Eventually, they were all on, including Hiccup, and they started on their bumpy descent to the ground. Once they landed, Toothless bounded over to the cave, almost losing Hiccup and the other dragons in the process. Once they were in the cave, Toothless sniped at the other dragons, engaging a conversation with them. This went on for several minutes, and whilst it did, Hiccup took the opportunity to look around the cave.

It had a low, craggy ceiling, covered in moss, lichen and various types of mushrooms. Hiccup made a mental note to let the dragons know not to eat them. The walls were dripping with rain water near the entrance, but the further he looked in, it was dry. The cave itself was tall enough for Toothless to stand in, plus some extra headroom, and long enough for him to fully stretch out, wings and all. It looked empty, to Hiccups relief. He was really not in the mood to deal with any unsuspected animals right now; much less any more trouble than they were already in.

Toothless moved away from the Terrors, nudging Hiccup in the back. He scratched nine lines on the floor with one of his claws, showing them to Hiccup and then looking at the Terrors.

"You mean there are nine of them?" he questioned, hoping it was something else

Toothless nodded, looking outside. Hiccup groaned, moving closer to the exit.

"Guess we'll have to go looking for them bud?"

Toothless growled, moving away from the rain. He shook his head, making grumbling noises.

"You scared of a little rain bud? You pouting big baby boo"

Toothless snorted, rolling his eyes and stretching his jaw, waiting for the inevitable. Hiccup strode over to him, trying to pull him over to the door.

"Are you feeling it yet?" Hiccup questioned, almost falling over for the third time. Toothless rolled his eyes and snapped a quick message to the Terrors, scooping Hiccup up over his head and left the cave, immediately getting buffeted by icy winds and sleet like ice. They raced over to the trees, searching for the remaining Terrors in the thick bushes. It took them over half an hour to find all of them, searching over 20 metres in every direction. They lugged them back to the cave, dumping them with the other Terrors before sitting down themself. Toothless started up a fire with a pile of moss that Hiccup had gathered earlier.

Toothless was almost dry, the rain sliding of his scales. Hiccup, on the other hand, was soaking wet. His hair was plastered to his head and his clothes were dripping with water. He stripped of his armour, putting it near the fire to dry. His mother was going to kill him for this, not to mention Astrid when he turned up tomorrow with nine Terrible Terrors, Odin knows how many forest animals and a possible cold. He slumped against Toothless, making the dragon look up. He curled around Hiccup, shielding him from any gusts of wind that blew into the cave.

"What are we going to do bud?" he questioned, mulling the thought over in his head. Toothless curled his wings tighter around his rider, forcing him into submission.

"Fine, I'll think about it in the morning" he heard Toothless gurgle in response before settling down to sleep. Hiccup followed suit, hoping the morning would bring answers.

Taadaa! I actually had the start of this on the computer for about a week and I only just got around to working on it!

Anyway, hope you enjoyed! Please review with your thought/views etc and wait for the upcoming chapters!

I really don't know what to say, so I'll say one thing,

The llama is leaving the avocado bay, mind the step... (well that was random!)

PEACE OUT HTTYDIANS