Smoke. That was the first thing he registered as he got out of bed , smoke everywhere.
"Mom "he called out into the darkness of his house. "Astrid, Toothless!" But they were nowhere to be found. He ran downstairs to be greeted by fire climbing up the walls and burning one of the last reminders of his dad.
In one corner of the room lay Toothless in a pool of his own blood , his dead body protecting something. Hiccup slowly unfolded his best friends wings crying as he did so. He gasped as he saw Astrid lying there blood pouring out of wound in her chest.
"Hiccup, he's here.. Dra..." Her voice trailed off as her eyes started to close and her breathing slowly stopped.
"Astrid !" He screamed . "No Astrid"
Suddenly out of the darkness emerged a dark figure from the chief's past. His prosthetic arm almost melting as he walked closer to Hiccup. In one hand he held Valka.
"No , you can't do this" he called out as Drago dropped Valka and pulled out a long sword pointing it first to Hiccup then to Valka.
"No" he he screamed as Drago slowly started pushing the sword into Valka not having the heart to give a her a quick death "please" he tried again as Valka screamed " no ,no NO!"
Hiccup screamed and shot up and out of bed and ran downstairs to Valka's room. Seeing that his mother was still there he collapsed on the floor and started crying.
"Hiccup " Valka mumbled as she began to stir. "Hiccup!" she cried seeing him on the floor sobbing .
"Shh, it's alright Hiccup " she whispered in his ear as she sat down next to him and pulled him into her arms.
"Mom" He sobbed into her shoulder. Valka was used to Hiccup having nightmares by now , but this was something new and she wasn't entirely sure it was going to get better.
" Drago" Hiccup whispered in between sobs "Drago burnt the house down and killed everyone " He started crying even harder than before as he thought about how real it seemed.
"Drago's gone now Hiccup and he's not coming back , shush" Valka rubbed small circles on Hiccup's back trying to calm him down before he got himself sick." Why don't you take the day of today Hiccup?" She suggested , lately Hiccup had been getting more and more stressed by his chiefing duties so much so that he only got about 3 or 4 hours of sleep a night.
"But who's going to run the village ?" He asked. " I can't take a day off while theres still house to be rebuilt and ice to clear" It was three months since the Drago attacked and there were still spikes of ice sticking up here and there and lots of houses to be rebuilt.
"Well we could put fishlegs and gobber in charge?" Valka suggested not wanting the eccentric blacksmith in charge by himself especially after hearing the many tales Hiccup and Astird told her about what happened last time.
" okay" he reluctantly agreed a few years still running down his face " mom I know its weird and I understand if you don't want to but can I sleep in your bed?" Hiccup asked not really wanting to be alone.
"Of course sweetheart" she replied laughing a bit at his red cheeks. She stood up and helped pull Hiccup up as well before climbing into bed and pulling her son into a warm hug as soon as he got into the bed as well.
" I love you son" she whispered in his ear.
"I love you too mom" he replied sleepily before falling asleep.