Chapter 1

The strap was digging into his shoulder, the skin under the strap was turning red, marks left there. He'd been traveling for days and it didn't seem like he'd find land soon. Him and his dragon have been up there too long or so it felt. He remembered it all so clearly, how his dad was ready to present him like some prized viking- in which he was not. He knew he wasn't and running like this instead of facing his fate was cowardice.

He was a coward. He was weak. He couldn't kill a dragon. He'll die soon if he doesn't find land, if he stays up here with the cold trade winds. Though a flapping came about, his eyes were too heavy too look though. Toothless growled, nudging Hiccup awake and his green eyes glanced up to meet a gliding figure, rising up. He yelped, start led before grabbing the reigns.

"Toothless, stay still… no sudden movements." The figure rose, another person, rose on a dragon, a mask and a costume covering their body. His breath increased, he found himself miffed and searching for air. Who was this? What did he do? "I'm not looking for a fight!" He insisted, the figure dragging on closer though Toothless tried to get them away from each other and before he knew it, he was swept off Toothless and carried to a cave by another dragon.

"NO! MY DRAGON! He can't fly without me!" Hiccup squirmed and moved, trying to escape the grip but wasn't let down until they reached a dark, eerie cave.

Hiccup had no background besides Toothless, at least not quite yet. These dragons were surrounding him, were sniffing him out, perhaps even looking to hurt him. He watched around him in the icy cove that encased him. There seemed to be no way out and these were species of dragons he'd never seen before. Large, bulky, dragons who had sharp, gnarly teeth.

The figure, cloaked in costume approached, making a rattling noise with its staff- Toothless came forward and Hiccup bound forward happily. "Toothless! You're okay," he cheered, the dragon bounding forward to embrace him. Though the figure was watching them, carefully and then the rattling sounded again. This time, the dragons lit fires in the vaults of their mouths, giving a dim yet bright lighting to the room. The figure approached him and he and Toothless back away. Reaching to touch his face, the figure then backed away.

"N-no. Could it be?" The voice said and he noted it sounded feminine.

"Do I… DO I know you?" Hiccup asked confused, brow furrowing. The 15 year old had no place to go, no place to save himself and maybe if he… Maybe if he just could get on this person's good side, they would take him in. Perhaps, they were friendly and these dragons were good.

The mask came off though and a woman, not much older than 29 or 30 (around his father's age really) was revealed. "You were only a babe… but a mother never forgets."

"W-what?" Hiccup asked and she got a devilish smile.

"Follow me!" She then motioned and ran off and he had no choice but to take off after her, at least if he wanted answers he didn't. This was his mother? And to think… they said she was dead! Gone! Hiccup didn't have the words and treaded behind her, Toothless helping him along the rocks and slopes due to his natural clumsiness.

"You're my mother?" He finally sputtered out as they broke into the open daylight but then found himself gaping at the mass of dragons, the dragons all around him. The woman, watched with her dragon from a ledge above.

"D-do you like it?" she asked nervously.

"I don't have the words… this is where you've been for 15 years?" She nodded and he watched her with a certain fascination. "I mean, it's kind of crazy. You've been saving these dragons… haven't you?"

"I have." She nodded before talking about the wounded dragons, each of which she'd named. Though she took notice of Toothless' missing tail and Hiccup stopped short. What would she think? He found himself telling her everything what happened, how he had trained Toothless than used it in the ring. How they all thought him to be a hero and how it was miraculous how good he'd gotten. He told her about how he'd won and Astrid, who he had loved so much, had been infuriated with him. And then he left and now he was here.

"It seems like you've gone through a lot of trouble. You're welcome here… only if you want to that is."

"I would love to, mom. Can I call you that?" He asked, nervous she'd reject him and she laughed.

"That's what I am, aren't I? Mom is fine. To think I'd never hear you say it… I spose Thor has blessed me today."

"That makes two of us. I thought I'd never find land to stay in, or at least land that i couldn't be found in."

"Well, you're welcome to stay here."

"Thank you."

this chapter is so much better than the original wow