This is my first story (probably going to be surprisingly long for a first story though) so I am not sure how it is going to go. I hope that if I happen to make any mistakes, then you guys can let me know and I will see if I can fix them.
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD or anything related to it (other than the entire book series and several plushies and plastic toys at my house, those are mine)
I hope you enjoy :)

Prologue

Valka ran through the burning village as fast as her feet could take her. She passed countless battles between her people and the dragons, raced across burning patches of grass, and ignored the crumbling buildings surrounding her. Normally, she would stop and try to break up as many of these battles as she could or to put out a fire, but right now, she had something far more important to do. Someone more important to help.

Once she reached the Haddock house, she ripped open the old oak door and raced up the stairs, avoiding pieces of wood that had fallen from the roof -presumably, from when the dragon had broken in- as she went. Finally, she reached the door to her son's bedroom and practically ripped the door –or what was left of it- off its hinges when opening it. She grabbed one of the axes left hanging on the wall, not caring that it was blunt from old battles, and prepared to attack the creature.

The sight she was met with when she got close to it stopped her in her tracks.

It was the largest dragon Valka had ever seen, with four great wings sprouting from its back and its enormous form taking up almost half the room. Its wings and horns were a dark orange, fading to brown over the rest of the body. Its under-belly was alight beige and it had enormous blue spines emerging from its back.
However, the dragon itself was not what surprised her. It held a winged claw almost as big as her forearm over her son's cradle. Little Hiccup was giggling and trying to grab hold of the claw. It was playing with him.

Valka almost dropped her weapon in shock, but kept moving forward. It must have heard her approach because it whirled around to face her. She was transfixed by it before she heard a gurgling cry. Both she and the dragon turned to face the child in the cot. Blood was gushing from an enormous gash across Hiccup's face and throat. The dragon had cut him when it turned to face her.

Both Valka and the dragon let out cries of horror at the sight. Valka was about to rush towards the cradle when the dragon gently leaned its head in to it. It began blowing a soft flame onto the gash. She cried for it to stop before she realised what it was trying to. The open wound was soon replaced with burnt scar tissue and the blood stopped gushing. Hiccup was still crying but it came out as more of a growl. It was obvious he was still in pain, but when he realised he could breathe again he let out a purr-like giggle and reached out to pat the dragon's face.

Valka relaxed and leaned into the dragon's shoulder.
"Thank you, dragon."
The dragon turned to face her, yellow, owl-like eyes large and filled with intelligence. It purred at her, and she smiled back.

She reached out to the dragon, not entirely sure what she was trying to do, when suddenly the she heard a yell from behind her. She turned to face the entryway in surprise; Stoick had come to kill the dragon that had saved her son's life.

The dragon, obviously spooked by his sudden and violent appearance, screeched and blew tunnelled flames at her husband.

Valka cried out to it, "Stop! You're only making it worse!"

She grabbed the dragon's shoulder, trying to stop its attack. It stopped breathing flames and turned back to her. They stood frozen, staring at each other. Before she could do anything else, it grabbed her in its enormous claws and lifted the both of them off the ground.
Valka had barely registered what had happened when she heard her husband shout out her name. She could feel the icy wind biting at her skin and the claws that dug into her shoulders. She struggled in the dragon's claws and shouted Stoick's name back, before resigning herself to her fate. She only hoped that her family would be okay without her.