A.N so I had horrid block. BUT GOOD NEWS, I rewatched HTTYD 2 today because mom got it on vudu and my muse has returned! Along with a better grasp of the plot. I did say Eret would be in this story remember, I just now remember that I kinda skipped his intro. Oops. Well I'll be able to add him in. But since my last chapter was criminally short I have named this one Chapter 3.5-4 because well that's kinda what it is. So now the chapter! Oh and I keep forgetting. I am not Dreamworks so I do not own Hiccup or his adorable Toothless in anyway shape or form. I'm just a crazy fantasizing fan girl.
- Yurika
Chp 3.5-4
"This is where you've been for twenty years?" Astrid looked around amazed. It was like the ice had been built to house the dragons and keep them safe.
Valka's eyes never left Hiccup as he climbed down off of Cloudjumper, Toothless pouncing on him as soon as he touched the ground, making him laugh.
'Come on bud, not fair.'
'Yes it is.'
'Not! I was destracted!'
'Exactly.'
"Fine one point to you!" Hiccup huffed as his partner got off of him with a laugh, well a dragon version of a laugh.
"You have a game that requires him to pounce on you?" Valka was trying not to laugh at him. With his hood down she could see his expressions, including the eyes. So now she could see the beauty he saw. She had been right all those years ago, but why was still a question keeping her back.
"Sort of. That what he has to do. If he can get me down point to him. If I can get on his back point to me." He laughed and started to scratch Toothless's head.
"Ok so now that Toothless has decided to not cheat-" the offended dragon have a humph to that. Stupid human.
"I can show you around." He started to walk to the left.
"The trappers are ruthless so I've had to fix up many who are injured. But somethings I can't fix, like her." He started to crawl toward a deep blue colored Nightmare cooing and making soft noises. When he was close enough he put his hand to her snout.
"The trappers blinded her. She's grounded and sometimes she hates me and then she remembers who I am. She is the Guardian. She guards the secret places and makes sure nothing enters without her checking, so come on." He grabbed Astrid's hand and started the cooing noise again. The Guardian at first was distrustful, but at the urging of her prince she let the stranger touch her.
"She's amazing." Astrid whispered.
"She can smell everything, hear everything. Blind she may be but a Guardian to us all. She taught me many things when I grew." Astrid smiled and leaned down to whisper in the Nightmare's ear.
"Valka?" Hiccup offered his hand to the woman. She looked at his face, taking everything in. The color of his hair, the way it fell over his eyes. His crooked grin that came out sometimes. The shape of his face. Lastly the eyes. She didn't know what to think about them. When she had first seen them she was too focused on the fact that he could die and that she was trying to help him. Then he had stayed in Astrid's house until he vanished. She hadn't had time to take them in. The dark emerald color and the black slits looked wrong at first but the longer she studied him the more they fit until she tried to imagine him with human eyes and it looked wrong.
She smiled and placed her hand in his. Watching him as he cooed again and the Guardian, instead of letting him come to her, came to them.
'She is almost like you. Not quite but close. Still human but she looks at things differently. She sees our souls. A worthy mother for our little prince hatchling.' The Guardian sniffed her and closed her clouded eyes as she rested her hand against Valka's Palm.
"Amazing."
"She likes you. Says you're sort of like me. You see them like I do."
"You understand them?"
"I'm one of them. It's hard to explain. This gift that we share, it's like a bond to them. You see them like I do, but for me it's different."
"He told me he was sick, the Alpha saved you right?" Astrid had gone over every detail he told her when she visited him in the cove.
"Yes."
'Little one. The King is expecting you.'
'Ok. I think I'll pay him a visit then.'
He smiled and took Astrid's hand.
"Do you want to meet him?"
Astrid smiled.
"Really?"
"If I didn't know better, I would think you almost giggled, warrior."
She glared and punched his arm.
"That's better."
Valka stifled a small laugh as she watched them. Astrid had devoted her whole life to two things after he left, the dragons and the search for Hiccup. To see all that stress melt off her and to see her smiling and playing around, it made Valka smile.
"Yeah you can meet him. He wants to see me anyways. Plus I'm sure you want to ask him questions, ask me questions, right Valka?" It felt weird hearing him call her by name instead of mom, just as he felt weird saying it. He just didn't know if she would be comfortable with him calling her mom or if even he would, having never called someone that before.
She paused before confirming.
"Right."
"They've been gone almost a whole day! We're sending a search party out."
"A search party for the search party?"
Stoick and Gobber were worrying. Astrid and Valka never stayed out this long in their search for the Dragon Boy. So the Chief of Berk and Valka's husband decided they had been gone long enough. But these two women were too important to leave the search up to ordinary Vikings. With Astrid being his chosen Heir after Hiccup died and of Valka's personal importance, no, Stoick and Gobber would be undergoing this mission. There were two types of dragons that were known for tracking, one would be a Deadly Nadder, like Astrid's Stormfly, another would be a his Rumblehorn, Skullcrusher. It was simply a matter of getting something of Astrid's and Valka's so that Skullcrusher could track the scent.
They were flying over a frozen sea, Gobber on Grump and Stoick on Skullcrusher. Stoick had Astrid's backup axe and Valka's helm for her armor that she almost never wore.
The ice fortress that they found was not a good sign. In fact it down right terrified Stoick.
"What are they doing here of all places?" He looked around prepared for anything, except for a growl that came from nowhere.
Hiccup led the two women to a miss covered ledge, a smile on his face the whole way.
"He's amazing, you'll love him. So gentle and kind. He has done everything for me, including sending me on my rites, which lead to me finding your island."
"Berk. It's called Berk, Hiccup." Astrid corrected him, as she had done several times when he lived in the cove and she was teaching him.
"I know, I just can't seem to say it right. My accent has gotten worse since our last lesson. I'm lucky I still remember Norse at all."
"I've noticed." Astrid laughed.
Valka just looked at them and smiled. Astrid had fallen in love with the boy that was her betrothed without even knowing it.
"Hiccup. What exactly did he do? I mean I know your eyes were not like that when you were born, same color though."
Hiccup stopped and turned slowly.
"It wasn't known, how it would manifest, but he set my soul free which changed my eyes." He continued walking. After a few minutes in silence he stopped on the edge of a cliff overlooking a large body of water. In the lake sat a beast that dwarfed the Red Death Queen, his white pelt, red spikes, and giant tusk making him look like a formidable enemy. Valka looked at the eyes though. She saw gentleness and it surprised her. She watched Hiccup kneel before humming. He was speaking to it. The dragon lifted its head, the end of his tusk touching the cliff. Hiccup jumped up with a smile. A small sound escaping him. He ran toward and hopped onto the tusk. The dragon lifted its head slightly, Hiccup didn't even waver. Toothless hopped around like a child playing in snow.
"This is the Alpha, what you call a Bewilderbeast. The Alpha species, the King of Dragons. I am a prince because he used his blood to save me." He pulled out a cord connected to a small vial from around his neck. The last bit of the blood used to save him.
"He let me live here in peace, he has provided what I need and gave me a home like no other. He is the reason I'm alive."
'Your praise makes me happy little prince. But maybe I can give my own gift to your mother.'
'A gift?'
'You sensed she was somewhat like you correct? She may be able to understand us if she could be gifted with it.'
'How?'
'Watch.'
Hiccup watched as the Alpha blew a bit of ice on Valka, causing her to cough slightly.
'Is she alright?'
'Yes. Talk to her like this, see if it worked.'
He hopped down and stood in front of her.
'Valka? Do you understand me?'
'What?' Before she realized what had happened the growling sound escaped her. When she figured it out she got confused.
"Wait what just happened! I- I understood... something. What did he do to me?"
'You are like you son. You have something in you that is draconic, your mind, the way you see the world. While you are not as dragon like and the Soulprince, you are similar. This I gave you a gift.'
'You can understand us.'
"Valka?" Astrid looked at her in surprise.
Valka was about to explain and start laughing in joy when Hiccup stiffened.
"Hiccup what is it?" Astrid noticed the strange look in his eye.
"Trespassers."
Stoick has arrived! And Hiccup doesn't know that he might just attack his dad. Wonder how that will play out hm? ^.^ well better get to writing it.
