Chapter 10: You're my MOTHER?

Hiccup stares ahead, frustrated, as Toothless glides over a bed of clouds, glowing in the low, Arctic sun. Hiccup screams in frustration, then slumps back onto the saddle. Toothless recoils, sensitive to Hiccup being upset.

'Wow, Hiccup why do we never see you so upset or frustrated around the village?' Asks Fishlegs curiously.

"Yeah, he's right! I maybe not from your village but you must have cropped that up for a really long time!" Said Cutiepai.

'Ehhh.. Probably because I didn't want to show that I was visible to the other villagers, so I wasn't destroying the village.' Answered he back.

HICCUP: Don't worry bud, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. I promise.

The clouds start to tear from something and then a mysterious person appears to be flying in thin air.

HICCUP: Aw, come on, Dad! Really?!

'Uhh.. Hiccup? That is not your dad, even I can see that!' Pointed Tuffnut out.

'Yeah, I see that, Thank you Tuffnut.' Said Hiccup sarcastically back.

'At your service!' Said Tuffnut again not hearing the sarcasm.

HICCUP: (To Toothless) Okay. No sudden moves.

Cloudjumper appears.

HICCUP: Hold on, hold on.

Hiccup gets snatched by a dragon and Toothless falls.

'HICCUP!' Yelled all the vikings.

HICCUP: TOOTHLESS!

Toothless falls through ice and Hiccup gets carried away, Toothless watches and struggles to get out the water. Seashockers carry him away.

HICCUP: HEY! YOU LEFT MY DRAGON BACK THERE! HE CAN'T FLY ON HIS OWN! HE'LL DROWN!

Hiccup is carried into the Dragon's Sanctuary.

HICCUP: Hey! We have to head back for my dragon!

Dragons surround Hiccup. Hiccup pulls out his fire blade, showing he's one of the dragons. Hiccup draws a circle of gas and ignites it. Walking towards a dragon with an extended arm. The warrior steps forward, scaring Hiccup.

HICCUP: Who are you? The Dragon Thief? Drago Bludvist? Do you even understand what I'm saying?

'he doesn't look like Drago, even after 20 years he wouldn't change like this.' Thought Stoick

The warrior orders the dragons to light the place and partially walks, partially crawls towards Hiccup. Toothless stands in front of Hiccup and growls protective.

'Wow, that dragon does seem pretty protective over you, son!' Said Stoick surprised.

"Yeah, Dragons are pretty protective creatures you know, Stoick!" Responded Cutirpai.

The warrior pacifies Toothless and walks to Hiccup. The warrior walks closer to Hiccup and notices his scar.

WARRIOR: Hiccup? C-Could it be? After all these years? How is this possible? (Sounds definitely female.)

'No! It couldn't be! Could it?' Thought Stoick.

HICCUP: Uh, should I... should I know you?

VALKA: No. You were only a babe. But a mother never forgets.

'Wait, my MOTHER?! I thought she was dead.' Said Hiccup confused and shocked.

'Son, I thought so too!' Responded Stoick still not believing what he sees.

'Stoick, I thimk Ya wife was scared or something, because she would've been back already.' Said Gobber.

"You know.. He has a point." Added Cutiepai.

meanwhile with the other teens...

'That is your mother? Hiccup I did not expect that your mother was some kind of crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady.' Said Astrid also shocked.

Cutiepai just laughs at that comment.

Stoick and Gobber fly through a hailstorm.

'Looks like I have also a dragon! Also why wouldn't I? I AM the chief!' Laughs Stoick.

STOICK: Boar-headed! Just like his mother! She could never stay put either.

GOBBER: Ah, he's just twenty. And a Viking. I mean, could there be a worse combination? Ha! When I think of how stubborn and senseless YOU were back in the day... well, not much has changed, actually.

STOICK: You know what he's like. He won't give up, Gobber. And if Hiccup finds Drago, before we find him...

"Stubbornness issues." Confirmed Cutiepai Simply.

GOBBER: Bah! Nothing can hurt Hiccup so long as that Night Fury's around. It's a NIGHT FURY!

'He has a point!' Fangirled Fishlegs exited.

Stoick notices Hiccup's helmet floating in the water where Toothless fell. He grabs it and holds it by the Rummblehorn's nose so the dragon can smell the scent.

STOICK: Find him, Skullcrusher. Find him.

Skullcrusher roars.

HICCUP: Hold on! Wait just a minute!

VALKA: This way.

HICCUP: Come back here!

VALKA: Come.

HICCUP: You can't just say something like that and run off! You're my MOTHER?! I mean, what the- do- do you grasp how insane it sounds?!

VALKA: Come! Quickly!

He follows her over the difficult terrain. He tries to clamber over a tall rock, unsuccessfully.

HICCUP: I have questions! Where have you been all this time?!

Toothless boots him over.

'Ha, Hiccup! You even can't climb over a simple rock!' Laughs Snotlout.

'Shut up! Snot-face!' Sais Astrid and punches him on a not happy place with her axe.

HICCUP: What've you been doing?! They said you were dead! Everyone thinks you were eaten by...

Hiccup goes through an opening, leading to the Dragon's Sanctuary.

Valka and Cloudjumper hang high.

HICCUP: This is where you've been for twenty years?

Valka nods.

HICCUP: You've been rescuing them.

Nods again, this time, smiling.

HICCUP: Unbelievable.

VALKA: You're not upset?

HICCUP: What? No. I don't know. It's a bit much to get my head around, to be frank. It's not every day you find out your mother is some kind of crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady.

'Wait! Didn't Astrid said that a while ago?' Asked Snotlout.

VALKA: Oh, ha-ha-ha. At least I'm not boring... right?

HICCUP: Well, I suppose there is that... one... specific... thing.

VALKA: Do you… do you like it?

HICCUP: I-I… I don't have the words.

Toothless is seen surrounded by curious dragons; frustrated, he scares them off.

The vikings laugh at the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.

VALKA: Can-Can I...?

VALKA: Oh, he's beautiful! Oh, ha. Oh, incredible! And he might very well be the last of his kind.

VALKA: And look, he's your age! Ha, no wonder you get along so well. And retractable teeth! Ah! How did you manage to-?

'Cool, we're the same age buddy!' Laughs Hiccup.

HICCUP: I found him in the woods. He was shot down and wounded.

VALKA: This Snafflefang lost his leg to one of Drago Bludvists iron traps. This Raincutter had her wing sliced by razor netting. And this poor Hobblegrunt was blinded by a tree snare... then left to die alone and scared.

Points to Toothless' prosthetic tail.

VALKA: And what of this? Did Drago or his trappers do this, too?

HICCUP: [Awkward laugh] Heh. Well, crazy thing is... I'm actually the one who shot him down. Hey, it's… it's okay though, he got me back. Right, bud? You couldn't save all of me, could you? You just had to make it even. So… peg leg!

Hiccup jumps showing Valka his prosthetic.

'So.. it was like this: It was Hiccups fault so Toothless bit of his leg in revenge?' Asked Snotlout.

"No. It wasn't like that! Hiccup saved all of you from the Red Death, but fell into a flaming inferno and got saved by Toothless. He survived but his leg didn't." Concluded Cutiepai.

The vikings looked at her confused.

"You know, I'll explain later." She said when all the vikings stared confused at her

VALKA: What did your father think of your Night Fury friend?

HICCUP: Ah, he didn't take it all that well. But then... he changed. They all did. Pretty soon everyone back home had dragons of their own.

VALKA: If only it were possible.

HICCUP: No, really, I-

VALKA: Believe me, I tried, as well. But people are not capable of change, Hiccup. Some of us... were just born different.

Most of the vikings looked guilty because they never listened.

Flashback starts.

VALKA: Berk was a land of kill or be killed, but I believed peace was possible.

"Stop! You'll only make it worse!" It was a very unpopular opinion.

A dragon breaks into their home.

"Hiccup!" Then, one night, a dragon broke into our house, finding you in the cradle. I rushed to protect you, but what I saw... was proof of everything I believed…

Valka finds Cloudjumper playing with baby Hiccup and rocking his cradle.

VALKA: …This wasn't a vicious beast, but an intelligent, gentle creature, whose soul reflected my own.

Stoick throws an axe between Cloudjumper and Valka.

STOICK: Valka, run!

Cloudjumper fires at Stoick and Valka tugs on him.

No! Don't!

STOICK: Hold on!

VALKA: No! Ah, Stoick!

Valka gets carried away WITH Cloudjumper.

STOICK: Valka!

VALKA: Stoick!

STOICK: [Whispers] Valka…

Flashback ends.

'So. That's what happened that night, and how I got my scar!' Said Hiccup surprised.

VALKA: You and your father nearly died that night, all because I couldn't kill a dragon.

HICCUP: Yeah, it runs in the family.

'See Hiccup, I told you once that you weren't a dragon killer, and I was right!' Said Stoick like he had won a bet with Gobber.

VALKA: It broke my heart to stay away, but I believed you'd be safer if I did.

HICCUP: How did you survive?

'That is something I want to know as well' Said Stoick firmly.

VALKA: Oh, Cloudjumper never meant to harm me. He must've thought I belonged here. In the home of the great Bewilderbeast! The alpha species. One of the very few that still exist. Every nest has its queen but this is the king of all dragons.

VALKA: With his icy breath, this graceful giant built our nest. A safe haven for dragons everywhere.

HICCUP: Wait, that's the ice spitter? He's responsible for all that destruction?

VALKA: He protects us. We all live under his care. And his command. All but the babies, of course... who listen to no one!

'Just like us!' Agreed the twins with each other.

VALKA: I've lived among them for twenty years, Hiccup, learning their ways, discovering their secrets.

Valka's Bewilderbeast blows ice gently onto Hiccup.

"Like your new coupe, Hiccup!" Giggled Cutiepai.

VALKA: Ha-ha, he likes you.

HICCUP: Wow.

'That is the best way to described it!' Fangirled Fishlegs again. Others just rolled with their eyes.

VALKA: You must be hungry,

HICCUP: Uh, yeah. I could eat.

'I hope she doesn't make those meatballs!' Pleaded Gobber.

'What's with that?' Asked Hiccup curious.

'Your mothers meatballs could kill more dragons than a sword!'

'It couldn't have been that bad!' He said.

'Believe me, it was.' Said Gobber.

VALKA: Good. It's feeding time.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Hey guys, sorry that I haven't updated a while, I didn't have much time for that, I was set up with some stupid chores. but here is the new chapter and sorry if I didn't add much enthustiastic comments in it because I'm REALLY tired now! that's it for now.

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