This chapter is explaining in detail what happened to Hiccup.
Toothless bowed on the ground like a playful puppy. Hiccup decided they could go for one last flight. But they only had an hour. Hiccup climbed on the saddle. Toothless was still sad but at least he would be able to fly with Hiccup one more time. The pair flew through the soft clouds and swam through the salty water. But it was time to land. Hiccup sighed. "Come on buddy. You can drop me back off at the cove." The night fury stared off into space. His eyes slit terrified. Toothless yelped and sped foreword." Toothless! Stop!" Hiccup cried but the night fury kept flying. He only stopped when they were in open sea and he turned in circles trying to find what had made that sound.
"Toothless!" Hiccup growled at the dragon. "Take me back!" But Toothless still wouldn't listen. He shrunk back scared. Now the clicking was getting louder. Hiccup could hear it too. The boy whipped his head around searching for the source of the noise. Suddenly a large dragon much bigger than Toothless dived down from the clouds. Toothless roared furiously while the other dragon flew in place snarling. Hiccup gulped when he spotted a human on the dragons back. Toothless and Hiccup glanced back at Berk, which was kind of hard to see now. The night fury darted around but before he could get very yet another dragon swooped down and snatched Hiccup.
"Toothless!" Hiccup screamed for help but a swarm of strange dragons kept the two separated. But Toothless followed Hiccup for hours until they came across a huge ice berg. Or at least that's what they though it was. The dragons that were carrying Hiccup took him into a twisting cave. They dropped him on a rock floor. "Ow!" Hiccup fell on his face. Toothless landed by the boy and sniffed his hair to make sure he was safe. Hiccup pulled himself up onto Toothless.
A huge herd of dragons circled around the two. Hiccup's eyes darted all over the place trying to find the exit. But the human from earlier emerged from the crowd of giant reptiles." Take me back! I'm suppose to be at my wedding right now!" Hiccup's eyes widened. He was suppose to be at his wedding right now!" The human didn't respond." Who are you?" Hiccup asked his voice cracking in fear. The human didn't answer. It only crept forward on all fours. It reached out a hand to touch Toothless but he growled." Good luck. Toothless will kick your a- Toothless!" The night fury collapsed when the human waved it's hand around his snout. "Oh come on." He tripped and fell backwards. The other rider only got closer until it gasped. A very feminine gasp." Hiccup?"
The human removed it's helmet to reveal a beautiful woman in her thirties. Hiccup nodded and gulped." How do you know who I am?" Hiccup sat up and stared at her suspiciously. He reached for a rock to throw at her if he had to." My baby. After so long." She smiled hopefully. Hiccup's eyebrows furrowed." You're Stoicks son right? "Hiccup's jaw dropped. "You know my dad too?!" He hissed. The woman covered his mouth. "You're father never told you about me?" She asked sounding hurt. Hiccup shook his head and tried to wriggle away from her hand. "I'm Valka." Hiccup narrowed his eyes in confusion but then he realized who she was. His eyes snapped open wide. He shoved her away. "You're my mother!? I thought you were dead!?"
Hiccup completely forgot about everything else. The wedding, where they were, and even Toothless. The dragons began roaring agitated. Many fled the area. Toothless blinked his eyes and came to his senses. He jumped up and pounced at Valka. But the huge dragon from before jumped out from a corner and shoved him back. Toothless roared at the woman. "Toothless stop! T-this is apparently m-my mother." Toothless looked back and forth between them. He could see the resemblance. Valka went on to explain everything. Including why she never came back. "So you thought it would be better parenting to just leave me with my prejudice father who hates me!?" Hiccup was trying not to cry.
Valka shook her head." You're father loved you. He still does. Love that strong can't be broken by anything." Hiccup rolled his eyes. He sighed then shock turned into joy. "Wait, my mother is alive! This is great. You can come back to Berk! Dad will be sooo happy! I'm sure Astrid and me can push back the wedding so you can come!" Hiccup rambled on about how great it would be for her to come back." Hiccup stop. I can't come back. What about Cloudjumper. And all the other dragons. Berk still hates them." Hiccup's eyes welled with tears again."B-but but. I just thought that...Why would you drop something on me like that and tell me that it doesn't make a difference anyway." Valka scooted back in surprise.
"You don't understand. This is my home. Not Berk. I belong here." Hiccup's lip quivered." Are you seriously not going to come back with me? We can bring peace to Berk." Nothing he said could get through to her. "You are welcome to stay here as long as you please." Valka gestured to the rest of the cave. "But what about Dad? And Astrid?" Toothless licked the boys cheek to make him feel better but it didn't work. "I can't go back to Berk. It's your choice if you will or not."
So there you go. Why Hiccup left Berk on his wedding day. He really did want to go back but he wasn't given a choice for real. He just learned his mother is alive. He can't lose her again. He does fully plan on going back to Berk, but he's taking Valka with him. I can't ever see Hiccup just leaving Astrid because he's got commitment issues. It's just not him. But it's either Berk or his mother who he hasn't seen since he was newborn. It really is a tough decision to make. And again he's still only 14 at this point and he's never been very good at decision making. This doesn't really excuse what he did but it does explain it..Thank you for reading and please review.