This is a bit of an alternate scene based on The Little Mermaid Two's song, For a Moment.

The scene takes place as a substitution for the Test Drive scene.


Prompt: As Hiccup overjoys over her new found self, Valka laments at the lost chances she could have had with her daughter, fearing the troubles she must be facing, and hoping one day they would find each other.


For a Moment:

On a cliff was where Hiccup and Toothless stood. Hiccup was in the saddle, her feet on the pedals, the left one being the important one, and semi ready for an official test flight. Today was the day Toothless would fly again. At least, she hoped.

"Ready bud?" Hiccup asked, and the next thing Hiccup knew, Toothless was racing off the cliff. His wings spread out to catch the air, and for the moment they were airborne. So far the tail was working, but right now they were more gliding than flying.

"Alright, bud. Let's take this nice and slow", she said patting his side. (Start Song) "Here we go. Here we go." Looking down at her cheat sheet secured in front of the saddle, Hiccup tried to make sure which position to switch to.

"Okay, get a grip. Get the hang of this switcher. It's like nothing I've done, and with stakes so much bigger. This way is left…", she clicked the tail fin, Toothless prompted into a wide turn. "…Well now we'll be flying in circles all night. Okay, this is forward", she stopped the turn. "No problem."

"I can't believe I can do this and more", Hiccup sang as they dove.

"To sore in the sky like I walk on the shore…" The air whipping passed was like nothing Hiccup had ever known, and something washed over. "…Gods, see!" Her wings spread. "This is me." The feeling overwhelming. "Here I am!"

Toothless' dive stopped, a wake in the ocean formed as he suddenly skimmed over top.

"For a moment, all of me, is alive and at home above sea. I'm swirling and twirling so graceful and grand…" The duo changed course up to the clouds. "…For a moment, I feel free. The world to explore, just for me…", they stopped high in the sky, the world so small, yet so grand. "…For a moment, just a moment, look at me."

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"If only for one moment", Valka lamented, Cloudjumper at her side. "I could share with you all I know. Your world wouldn't be a mystery. Oh, why did I have to go?!" She shouted to the caverns of ice.

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Toothless spun in a corkscrew up through the clouds, then stopping into an arch. "…Watch me soar!" Hiccup beat her wings, trying to fly in time with Toothless. "…Got a grin and two wings that work fine. The whip lash is fierce, and I really don't care if all of this causes a knot in my hair! For moment, I can feel. I can't even believe this is real. Hope my mother can hear it, the winds are my song. For a moment, just a moment, I belong."

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"I will find you, my darling", Valka came to a nestling of hatchlings, then picked up a Nightmare as if her precious Hiccup. "I'll hold you close, my little one, and sing our song of the skies with you!"

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(Sing our song of the skies with you…) "For a moment, just a moment, I belong!" Hiccup shouted, her wings tucked back in and her arms raised.

Toothless then shot a plasma blast, deciding to celebrate too, of which exploded in front of them.

"Oh, come on", her victory depleted, and her arms and wings flopped down before going through the flames, Hiccup forgetting she could've used her wings to protect herself.