Eret bolts up from his bed with a gasp. It's the same nightmare all over again.

He is five years old and drowning, trapped below a thick layer of ice. He remembers it like it was yesterday. It was only sheer luck that someone happened to be nearby and saw the ice break. Eret doesn't remember the face of the man that saved him but he knows he is no longer in this world.

Eret sighs and places his feet down on the cold wooden floor of Hiccup's old forge. Even with the fireplace lit up, the room is freezing. But Eret doesn't want to complain. Hiccup is so hospitable and gave him a roof over his head. Eret is thankful for that alone.

Fortunately, Eret doesn't have endure the suffering alone. Skullcrusher suddenly cracks his eyes open and yawns.

"Sorry to wake you up, boy," Eret apologizes to his dragon. "I'm just going to go for a walk." The dragon still takes follow outside and Eret decides then he may as well just to go for a late night flight.

While soaring through the starry skies, Eret nearly collides into someone. He looks up in surprise to see Hiccup's mother, Valka, on her dragon Cloudjumper circling around him like a predator.

"What are you doing out this late, Trapper?" she asks with venom in her tone.

Eret frowns. "Trapper?"

Valka snorts. "Yes, trapper. Don't think I have forgotten what you did. Just because my son is all too forgiving it doesn't mean I am."

Eret hangs his head low. "I'm sorry about that. I really am trying to change."

"I wish I could believe you. Hopefully my son will open his eyes soon and see you for what you truly are," Valka sneers and then flies past him.

For the first time since his arrival, Eret feels unwelcome. He knows he and Valka were off to a bad start but he wouldn't have guesses she resented him this much. While Hiccup tries to see the good in everyone, it appears his mother is the opposite case. She looks for the bad and clings to it.