Hey guy's! It's me! I've been trying my best to get the story updated, I'm trying to make up for that looooong hiatus I took! In this chapter, it's centered mainly around Hiccup, Astrid, and Gobber (With a little of Bucket in the middle) Hopefully I can get this out by 12/26/14. I started 12/25/14 around 12:40am or so. This chapter will have a little regret in it because Hiccup is Hiccup, we all know he doesn't hold a grudge, especially sense its his (adopted) daughter. I should probably explain that a bit; once again, he is her bio father. I don't wanna get into it majorly because I still wanna do a flashback to when she was a baby. Which is set about a year before he attacked Berk with his dragon army. It also contains a few headcannon's, like for example, in the (2nd) movie, Drago states that he was the only one who survived the dragons that raided his village. Sense he had been so old in the movie, he must have met a girl or two in his life. She probably died by dragons as well, though she wasn't part of the village he was from. I'm sorry this got so long, most of you probably skipped to the story by now. If you haven't, thanks! Happy Snoggletog! (I'm gonna try to make this chapter longer than the others by the way!)

With Astrid

Astrid sailed through the clouds, her eyes fixed on the ground in search of her missing daughter. She had scouted Berk a thousand times over and caught no sign of the young girl. "Channing? Where are you!" Astrid shouted, losing her daughter would be the worst thing in the world, a mother's worst nightmare. "CHANNING" She screamed at the top of her lungs, making Stormfly waiver in the air. She landed in the village, hopping off Stormfly she seen Gustav, "Gustav!" She said, approaching the boy who was throwing fish at Fanghook. "Oh, hello Mrs. Haddock!" He said, walking over to her. "I've always told you, Astrid is just fine." She told him, crossing her arms. "But anyway, have you seen Channing anywhere?" Astrid asked, her voice laced with hope. "No ma'am, not sense yesterday morning." He said, looking at her confusingly. "What happened?" He asked, Astrid was turning away. "She's missing." Was all she said before getting on Stormfly and in a burst of speed lifted into the sky. Gustav stared up into the sky for a minute, she's gone?

With Hiccup

Bucket rushed around the village, seeing Hiccup talking to Gothi, well, not talking, more like reading. Bucket ran to him, "Hiccup! Hiccup!" He shouted, almost like Hiccup was deaf. "What is it Bucket?" He said calmly, ignoring the mans sudden outburst. "One of our small bouts are missing! Oh, so is your daughter! We need the boat!" Bucket was beginning to cause quite a racket, Hiccup grabbed the older man by his shoulder and pulled him aside. "I'm sorry Gothi, I will be back in a minute." He stated, the old healer nodded slightly. He began walking Bucket to the side of a nearby house, all the while Bucket was babbling on about the boat that had gone missing and how it was full of imported fish from Trader Johann. Suddenly, Bucket fell over in pain. "A storm's a comin'." Gobber said, looking at Bucket who began to roll on the ground in pain. "An' from the looks of it, it ain' gonna be small. It migh' be worse than the one we ha' ten years ago." He said, his eyes shifted back up to Hiccup. "It's goin' to be here soon. Get everyone in the Hall, an' fast." Gobber stated, almost in a commanding tone. "Were is that daughter o' yours anyway?" He asked, his eyes drifting back to Bucket who was howling in pain. He was beginning to draw quite the crowd, they all knew what it men't when Bucket wen't into a fit like that. Some of the women grabbed their children, going into their homes to find last minute supplies. The men were already on their way to the farms to gather the Yak's, Goats, Sheep and also to the docks to gather up what fish were still there. Hiccup looked at Gobber, his gaze hardened. "She's no longer your concern, and I suggest leaving this topic alone." Hiccup said gruffly. Gobber stared him down, causing Hiccup to avert his eyes away from the older Viking. "Wha' happened to her Hiccup? You are her father, you should be keeping an eye on tha' girl, tha' little trouble maker could be in a dragons belly right now!" Gobber told him, Hiccup only grunted in return. He turned away from the dragon dentist, Toothless walked over to him. "Hey bud, how's that leg of your's doing?" Hiccup asked the dragon, his voice had softened. "Wha' happened to him? How did that get there?" Gobber asked, approaching the man and the dragon. Before he could get any closer, Hiccup was on Toothless and gone in a flash. But just as he was setting off, he realized Astrid was still out there looking for Channing. "Bud, we have to go find Astrid and Stormfly, okay?" Hiccup asked, Toothless mad a light chuff in agreement. So they set off in search of the worried woman.

Back with Astrid

Astrid rode through the air. Stormfly flying slowly, not sure why Astrid was making her stay this slow, normally her rider enjoyed riding at top speed. Stormfly then remembered why they were flying in the first place. She was annoyed, this girl who was in no way the daughter of her rider or Toothless' rider. She knew that much. Stormfly wasn't one to hate, but it was clear that this girl, although looking quite like Toothless' rider, was in no way blood. Astrid looked at her dragon, who seemed annoyed. Stormfly moved her head, she had heard something. Astrid looked behind them, it was Gustav riding Fanghook, she hadn't expected them to arrive. "Hello Mrs. H-" He cut himself off to correct it. "Hello Astrid!" Gustav said, riding up beside her, slowing to her pace. "What are you doing here?" Astrid asked, eyeing him suspiciously. "I came to help find Channing." He stated confidently. Astrid knew that he had a thing for her daughter, although he was twenty two and she was sixteen. Though it wasn't uncommon for people in the village to get together with people older or younger than them. After all, Valka had been seventeen and Stoick had been twenty three, so it was the same six year age difference. Astrid didn't know whether or not they both had a thing for each other, but it was clear sometimes. "Alright, where do you think she went?" Astrid asked with a sigh. "Well, I don't remember what she called it, but it was a spot in the woods where she'd go for hours at a time just to think and write. Come on, I'll show you." He said, pulling on Fanghook's horns to lead the Monstrous Nightmare to Channing's thinking spot. Astrid followed quickly. The man and his dragon flew quickly to the spot. It was in the woods, a large indention in the earth that had a small pond and a few tree's.

Astrid gasped.

It was the place Hiccup met Toothless, the place the first boy and dragon bonded, the place that changed the way of life for Berk many years ago. They had never shown her were this was, no one really knew except Hiccup, Toothless, Stormfly and Astrid. "Every time she left the village was to either come here or study wild dragons. She never gave up, that's for sure." He said with a chuckle. A small smile brushed past Astrid's lips. She felt Stormfly suddenly become alert under her. Stormfly turned to face north, Astrid squinted her eyes to see what her dragon had spotted. In the far distance, large rolling almost black clouds headed for them. The clouds were moving slow, but they also were bigger than any she'd ever seen before, her heart pounded so loud she was sure it could be heard from anywhere on the island. Suddenly she felt a gust of wind and in a flash of black scales Hiccup was in front of her. "We have to get back to the village, a storm bigger than any we've had in the last decade! Bucket is probably still screaming in pain." He told his wife, turning Toothless to the side in the direction of the village. "No." Astrid stated firmly, keeping her and Stormfly in the same place. "Come on Astrid, I don't have time for this!" He said, gesturing to the village trying to get her to follow. "Not until I find my daughter!" She screeched, causing Stormfly to shake slightly because of the racket Astrid was making right next to her ear slits. "You know damn good and well that's not our daughter!" Hiccup retorted. Gustav watched the couple in confusion, not their daughter? Why would Hiccup say that? Gustav asked himself, he knew one thing for sure though, they had to get somewhere safe before the storm hit. "Please Astrid! If we don't go back to the village, we would die out here! Channing is smart, she'll be fine. I know she will!" Gustav said, coming closer to them. Astrid sighed in defeat, her eyes glazed over with tears that refused to come out. "Alright, but..." She couldn't think of any arguments. It made sense, if they died out here, who would go look for Channing?
Without a word, Astrid turned and pushed ahead of them back to Berk, her head on Stormfly's neck and all the while she was crying into the dragons scales. Her heart sank deep into her chest. Who knew how long the storm would last and how long it would take to find thei- her daughter.
Hiccup watched his wife, he had a feeling in his stomach that he hated, he knew it was a feeling of regret. Channing meant a lot to Astrid, Hiccup saw that every time she talked to Astrid. Astrid was the one who was always there to protect her when she needed it. Astrid had always found time to talk to Channing, he had always brushed off any problems that the girl had. He had a great revelation just then. I-I acted just like my father did to me... She thinks I don't REALLY care whether she lives or dies... " I can't believe I did this... It's all my fault..." Hiccup muttered. Gustav looked at him, he also realized something. Hiccup... The chief of all people, the one who see's the good in everyone, the one who is supposed to protect them all... He sent his own daughter away? Gustav thought, he looked at Hiccup's expression. He looked almost like he'd just seen a ghost, or he was one. His face was pale and his eyes seemed glazed over. Gustav's heart went cold for a second, he spoke one simple sentence before he went back to the village on Fanghook, a sentence that left Hiccup almost in tears.

"She wanted to be just like you, you were her hero."

Hey guys, sorry this ended up shorter than expected. I wanted to make it longer buuuutttt... I'm to tired for all that. I'm going to officially say that the next chapter will be written FULLY in italic's because you know... It's a flashback. It involves a major headcannon and doesn't really have to do much to the story so you really don't have to read it. But I'm just gonna write it to clarify how she came to be and how Drago (Who's last name ,I recently found, is actually spelled Bludvist.) Anyway, I'm still gonna need idea's, the chapter after next will be a time skip to a few months when the egg hatches, then a few months apart each time in the chapter to show her training. Thanks for reading!