Where I Belong

Author: Nightstar Fury

Rating: M

Pairing: Hiccup/Astrid

Disclaimer: I don't own the HTTYD movies, or any of the HTTYD series such as Riders of Berk, Defenders of Berk, or Race To The Edge.

Husband To Wife

Everyone just stood there not sure what to say or do at the moment. How did one even begin to find a reaction to what just happened in the village square, in front of the entire village? One didn't. It was completely unexpected and incredibly revealing. Everyone in the village except for the kids 13 and under knew about when Stoick lost his son and wife 17 years ago to a dragon that was currently laying down near the wife they all thought was dead, and their eyes staring at the spot where the son had been standing who they also thought had died. Hiccup came to them a year ago, wrapped protectively in the wings of a Night Fury and lived among them for a year but no one would of ever expected him to be the Heir that Stoick lost, or that his mother was the wife he lost. Nothing made sense but then again it did when they thought about it. Everyone was silent trying to process what had happened, everything said and revealed in the last 20 minutes.

Valka was taken by a four winged dragon 17 years ago, and little Hiccup had been in her arms when she was taken. Stoick searched for three years but never turned up anything. No clues, no clothes, no bodies. Eventually Stoick and the rest of the village believed they had died by dragon. Suddenly 16 years later, a boy who shockingly enough had auburn hair and green eyes crash landed in the village wrapped in the wings of Night Fury. At first, Stoick assumed the Night Fury took this boy from his village but Astrid and Gobber made him aware that the dragon was protecting the boy from them, from humans. Astrid got the dragon's trust to let her near the boy to check on him. When he woke up he gave everyone the name Einarr which of course now they knew wasn't his real name and he didn't give the name Hiccup because he wasn't sure it was his real name, fair enough reasoning to say the least. But what shocked everyone more was when this 'Einarr' told everyone that dragons weren't dangerous.

Stoick gave Einarr permission to stay until the dragon's tail healed but after the two months when Einarr stopped the raid, Stoick offered him a place in the tribe permanently. Then Einarr began dating Astrid, ran the village once and did amazing at it for never having done it before, he worked in the forge with Gobber, and things were great for a year until all this happened. Einarr had been sick for five days and everyone was a little worried for him but then a dragon flew overhead with a rider on it's back and before anyone knew it, Einarr came out of the house and called this rider his mother. Then the argument started and it came out that Einarr's real name was Hiccup which automatically on it's own started the whispers because that was the name of the son their chief had lost 17 years before. However that one name started a completely different series of events leading to the reveal that this boy named Hiccup was actually Stoick's lost son who he lost and had been living among us for a year. All because Hiccup had the necklace that Stoick presented to Valka when he proposed to her.

The father and son shared a hug before Hiccup turned his anger about his mother's lies on to his mother and they definitely saw Stoick's anger that resided deep within his own son. Hiccup reamed his mother out for her lies, for keeping him away and in the dark about who he was and where he came from and then he told her to leave forever because never wanted to see her again, before anyone could stop him, Hiccup took off on Toothless and now everyone just stood in the village trying to settle with the news that Valka and Hiccup were alive, Valka kept Hiccup and herself away from Berk, Hiccup left the nest to find himself, ended up on Berk for a year, and now the truth was out that this boy was their lost heir, and Valka the lost chieftess. Talk about a crazy day, of course one in the group was only worried about one thing, rather one person. Her boyfriend.

Astrid didn't care about anything else other than the fact Hiccup just exploded on his mother, said he'd kill himself if he saw her again, then took off on back of the fastest dragon known to man. But Astrid knew from long talks with Hiccup how his mother had been to him him for years, she expected something like this honestly if the two ever had met up again. But what shocked Astrid was finding out the Hiccup was Stoick's long lost son and right now, he was really upset, mad, and likely to do something crazy. Astrid gave a whistle to Stormfly and jumped on her back. "I'll find him chief...and I'll bring him back home where he belongs." Astrid said as she took off with Stormfly in the direction Hiccup had gone, after that all other eyes just fell on Stoick and Valka wondering what would be said between the two of them now that Hiccup revealed Valka pretty much called them a bunch of unchangeable, heartless, dragon killers including her own husband in that remark too.

"Val...I don't understand this other than that you are alive, our son is alive and you purposely kept him away from his home, you purposely stayed away...Why." Stoick asked.

"Stoick please...Back then, you never listened when I asked to find another answer...And I just thought it'd be better if I stayed away with Hiccup." Valka cried.

"I don't care about any of that. I get I was stubborn but to keep me away from Hiccup, or him from me. You told him lies about me, about Vikings...He was right, ya know. We would of listened if you could of shown us...I have thought you and Hiccup were dead for 17 years...I searched for three before assuming you were both killed and eaten by dragons but all this time you've been a...secret dragon vigilante who neglected our son for dragons...I don't know which is worse to hear and accept...But I do know this...I did not just gain my son to lose him again. Not because of you twice..." Stoick said as he walked away.

"You're sending me away as well...Was I right to assume you wouldn't understand?" Valka asked sadly.

Stoick stopped with a sigh. "I don't hate you and I am thrilled you are alive but you hurt our son, Val. You kept him from his home, from me who is his father. I was your husband, we tried for years to have a baby and then we finally got him regardless of him being born early or not. I love you, Val and I always will but I think for now you should go and think about what happened here today, what your lies did to our son. When Astrid brings him back, I will talk to him and try to change his mind but that was years of pent up rage and aggression from what you did and said to him. I don't believe it'd be wise to test his patience." Stoick said.

"Stoick...I really am sorry...I just didn't think anyone would listen if I said there was another way..." Valka sobbed as Cloud Jumper came beside her, she picked up her mask and prepared to put it on after climbing on her dragon's back.

"I know you are. I am too but sorry might not be enough to fix the hurt you inflicted on Hiccup..." Stoick said. "I will talk to him and see what I can do. If he wants you back here or in his life at all, you will find out. Until then, you best just keep your distance. I won't lose him again, Val. All this time I've felt like things were alright with Hiccup here, but I never understood why until I saw that necklace he was wearing and realized that my son has been with me for a year and I didn't know." Stoick closed his eyes and walked away as Valka put her mask on and took off on Cloud Jumper back towards the North. Stoick sighed heavily as he made his way to the his house, "Everyone back to work...There is nothing more to see. I do not wish to be disturbed until Hiccup and Astrid return." Stoick ordered, the crowd slowly began to disperse. True to his words, Stoick went to his house and shut the door tightly.

"So that story you told us a year ago, Gobber...The chief's wife and son being taken, Einarr is Hiccup, the son?" Fishlegs asked.

"Aye lads and lasses. Einarr Riddari is actually Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, Stoick's only son and heir to the throne of Berk. And that lass he was speaking too, who Hiccup yelled at was Stoick's wife, Valka Haddock." Gobber nodded.

"Why didn't he just tell us his real name?" Snotlout scoffed.

"You heard him, Snotlout. Valka told him so many lies that he wasn't sure what was truth or still a lie so he gave us a name he created based on his lifestyle and personality. A lone warrior rider. Astrid will bring him home once he calms down." Gobber said.

"But like...do we get to hear the story of all his time with dragons in the nest?" Ruffnut asked.

"That depends on Hiccup's mood, right now I don't think it'd be wise to bring it up. Let Astrid and Stoick talk to him first and then maybe we'll find out but to me they don't seem like happy memories so unless he mentions it, I wouldn't talk about it. Now, the rest of you just keep yourselves busy." Gobber stated.

"Yes sir." Fishlegs nodded, the group dispersed and went about chores or training. The crowd dispersed back to normal work effort, still talking about what had happened but all they knew for sure right now that the chief's wife and son were alive, the chief was mad enough at his wife to send her away in order to not lose his son again because of her, that the heir was back, also they added to the list of knowing things that they never wanted to be on the receiving end of Hiccup's anger.