Okay, this is my first Hiccup/Valka Story. Enjoy!

Hiccup gripped his wounded side as he pulled himself along the ground to his home, his hand stained red from the blood he was rapidly losing. Toothless was helping Hiccup who was panting heavily and barely moving. He was too weak to even lift himself onto Toothless, which made the trek all the much harder. Finally, he was at the large oak door of the house.

Toothless clawed desperately at the door, praying to Thor someone would answer it. It was Valka who answered.

"Toothless?" Valka questioned, "Where's Hiccup?"

Toothless roared and pointed to the wounded Hiccup who was right beside him.

"Oh Thor! Hiccup!" Valka knelt down to her son and flipped him over, listening desperately for his heartbeat. She found it, which relieved her, but he wasn't in good shape.

"Astrid!" Valka shouted to the only other person in the Haddock house.

"Yeah?"

"Get some gauze! Quick!"

As Astrid ran for the gauze, Valka gripped Hiccup around the waist and pulled his arm over her shoulder Before pulling him into the house and laying him on the shark rug to give him some comfort.

Hiccup moaned in pain and tears started to form in his eyes, the pain seeming to be far worse than what it appeared. Valka knelt down to assess her son's condition. His left side was in an awful state, a large, unclean gash ran along the side and several of the ribs were broken. She would need to wrap this quick.

Astrid was soon back, carrying some gauze, splints and water. Valka wasted no time in grabbing a cloth and cleaning Hiccup's side. His closed eyes tightened in pain as she did this and Valka couldn't stop saying sorry through her sobs.

With the wound clean, Valka pulled out a role of gauze and started wrapping Hiccup's waist tightly, not bothering to remove his leather armour. Since his ribs were pushing outwards, Hiccup wasn't able to stop himself from screaming as his ribs were pushed back into place.

After several minutes of screaming and pain, Hiccup's stomach and lower chest had been wrapped securely in gauze. Sweat was dripping from both Hiccup and Valka's foreheads. Valka wanted to just hug her son and keep him comfortable, but his injuries still weren't completely wrapped. His left foot was broken above the prosthetic and his right arm was scarred and broken, his ornamental shoulder pad and right hand gauntlet being damaged and marked with blood. On his forehead was a large scar that was still bleeding.

Valka was quick on splinting Hiccup's leg and Astrid removed the gauntlet on his arm to splint it. After removing his right shoulder pad and wrapping the shoulder, Valka found some fabric and fashioned a sling for his arm. Astrid cleaned off Hiccup's forehead and wrapped it with some gauze before she helped Valka carry Hiccup to his room.

"Thank you, Astrid," Valka wiped her tears from her eyes, "Hiccup will be fine. You can go home now. I'll look after him. Besides, I doubt your parents will be happy if you're home late."

"Okay," Astrid awkwardly agreed and turned to the door, "Night!"

Valka picked up a water pouch and filled it with water before walking up to Hiccup's bed. She walked into the room and looked at her soon as he started waking up.

"Mom?" Hiccup questioned, "How did I get here?"

"Toothless brought you here," Valka replied to Hiccup as she stroked his auburn hair away from his green eyes. "What happened to you, dear?"

"I... Remember we were flying," Hiccup answered his mother, "I was just about to practice my free falling, when... a bola shot out from nowhere and caused us to plummet into the forest below. After that, I remember trying to stand, but doubling over in pain. The rest is really hazy."

"Most likely because you lost so much blood," At this, Valka offered her son the water pouch, which he accepted greatfully, "I don't think you'll be getting out anytime soon, Hiccup."

"I guess not," Hiccup replied as he resealed the water pouch, "Where's Toothless?"

At the mention of his name, Toothless came in through the window above Hiccup's head, followed shortly by Valka's Stormcutter, Cloudjumper. Toothless nudged Hiccup's good arm and allowed his rider to wrap his arm around his head.

"Thanks for saving my life, bud," Hiccup smiled, "I don't know what I'd do without you."

As Toothless layer down on his slab and Cloudjumper left the room, Valka pulled out a rag and wiped the tear stains from Hiccup's eyes before looking up to see something that she hadn't seen in ages.

"I remember when I made this," She held the toy dragon that she'd made Hiccup long ago,"I can't believe you kept it."

"It's my most important possession," Hiccup replied, "Well, that as well," Hiccup gripped his Viking helmet he had with his good arm and handed it to his mother.

Valka looked at the helm, confused, "Hiccup, this is... Oh my gods! It's my half of my old breastplate."

"Yeah, dad said it was a way to keep you close after, well..." Hiccup replied, "His helmet was made with the other half."

Valka put on an awkward smile, "Well, I don't know if I should be appreciative, or creeped out?"

"I think it's a bit of both, if you ask me," Hiccup answered before sighing and looking at the portrait of him and his deceased father, "I just, wish I'd taken the role of chief from day one, then dad would've never died and he would still be with me."

"Hiccup, don't say that," Valka hugged Hiccup and stroked the back of his head, "You were just finding yourself. That's what life is about. Please don't blame yourself."

Hiccup had fresh tears in his eyes and hugged his mother tightly, "I... I miss him... So much."

"I know," Valka replied to her sobbing son, realizing this was his first time they'd been able to grieve about Stoick since they'd lost him, "I miss him as well."

The mother and son continued to grieve for what seemed like hours. Eventually, the tears no longer dripped from their eyes and they were left sniffling. Valka slowly broke the hug and stared into her sons bloodshot, teary green eyes, which mirrored her own. She softly smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Well, it's late and I think you need to rest your wounds," Valka placed a hand against her son's chest and gingerly helped him to lay down carefully.

"Thank you, mom," Hiccup smiled as he laid himself down onto the bed.

As Hiccup closed his eyes and eased the strain on his wounds, Valka sang a lullaby she used to sing when he was a baby.

"My Brave, young Viking,

My dearest delight.

The apple of my eye,

My star of the night.

Remember that you are,

Through old times and new.

My brave little Hiccup,

And my love is for you."

Valka leaned over her sleeping son and gingerly kissed him on the cheek before blowing out the candle and heading to her room to get some sleep for herself.

What did you think? Good? Bad? Plz review. This isn't the end of the story, but I hope you like it.