The sun beamed down onto the flowers in the field, bathing them in its rays like a poet writing his next lines onto the page. It was like a gift from God, that is, the landscape that the two found themselves in now. She carelessly pushes a strand of blonde hair out of her eyes and watched as he picked at the flowers in the field, being ever so precise in doing so.

Finally he walked back to her, a full bouquet in hand. Without a second thought he brought them to his nose and took a smell of them- savoring the smell of the earth before gifting them to her. She repeated the action, a smile crossed her face as she looked up to the emerald eyed man.

He gave her that grin, that goofy her perfect grin that she loved so much, and she felt like she was in heaven. God what would she do without him here? Holding her? Playing with her? And motivating her above all else?

What could she do? She couldn't help but to wonder that as the skies above them churned with thunder- the clouds turning sour, a dark tone setting in. She looked to the sky in shock, then at her own hands. Try as hard as she could, nothing happened. The clouds weren't bending to her will anymore, and the rain won't stop pouring down like an angry fist upon the earth.

"H-Hiccup?" She called out as her eyes moved back to his form, causing a gasp to escape from her lips as she saw him again. He was different, he was hurt. Blood poured from his forehead and nose, his chest and abdomen now running red with substance.

He tried to speak, but words would form upon his lips as he fell back into the flower bed, soaking the petals with crimson red.

She began to panic at the sight "HICCUP?!?" She shouted and screamed, rushing over to where he'd fallen. But he was gone. He was gone and she was left there to cry over him.

Astrid's eyes burst open and she kept forward in the bed, reaching out for him and praying for his safety. As her hand grazed the spot he usually occupied, she felt tears prickling at her eyes.

Then it all came back to her. The events of the previous day. They'd found him in a dumpster of all places, unresponsive and bleeding heavily. Ankle broken, and healing factor slowed down.

She was so scared, scared of losing him as they hurried him to The mansion to be patched up. Heather and Snotlout worked their hardest, using the medical skills they'd acquired in their training to perform first aid and more. But it didn't work.

He just laid there, eyes never moving to open up and body never moving. The heart monitor that she so heavily protested hooking up to him was like a warning, a dark omen telling her to worry more.

She sat at his bedside throughout the day and most of the night, Heather soon ushering her to go and get some rest while she stayed there.

It was then that the same raven haired woman burst into the room- panic in her eyes. "Astrid!!" She shouted, drawing the blondes attention her way.

Med Bay

From the looks of things, Snotlout had gone into a raging fit after the news broke- most of the equipment was smashed against the floor and shattered, tables were bent in half and the medical bed where Hiccup had laid was torn apart.

"Where the hell could he have gone?! He was unconscious- damn near in a coma!!" He shouted as he turned towards the two women, Heather resting her hands on his shoulders in reassurance

"We'll find him..we have to." She said, looking per where Hiccup had been just hours ago.

Where the hell did he go?

——

His eyes opened slowly, his movements even slower than that as he lifted himself up slowly- feeling nothing it pain shooting throughout his body. He looked around the area immediately, finding himself in a place he had never been before. From the looks of things, it was a church. The stained glass windows and various rows of seats told him that much. He was in the pool pit, though it was drained of any water and a medical bed was sitting in it.

Pushing himself up slowly, he could hear faint footsteps and voices, arguing with one another.

"You shouldn't have brought him here!"

"I had no other choice, you heard what the scouts said!!" A female had shouted back to a man.

What the hell is going on now?

No time to wonder on that now. He grabbed the nearest weapon he could find, which at the time was a piece of broken glass lying on the floor of the pool pit. This'll do for now. He lunged aside as the footsteps got closer- waiting now for the person to reach him.

Finally, they stepped foot into the pit and soon found themself being dragged back against the wall- glass dangerously slow to their throat.

"WHO ARE Y-" he had began, the glass dropping from his hand as he realized whose eyes he was looking into.

"Just as paranoid as your father it seems." The woman said with a soft sigh, Hiccup stumbling back.

"No way in hell. You're supposed to be dead!!" He shouted as he tried to distance himself, stumbling into the bed behind them as she stared at him and gave him a smile.

"Yes that's what they think."

"Y-you've got a lot to explain...mom."

—-

It had been about an hour since they left the Mansion, an hour since Cami searched the entire city from top to bottom, every building and apartment she could phase her way into, every hospital room and flood, every single corner. And still no sign of Hiccup.

"Where the hell are you Haddock?!" The blonde shouted furiously as she thrust her leg into the side of a dumpster, leaving a large dent in it.

Cami sighed as she sat down beside the dent on the dumpster, looking up into the sky. "Please be safe."

She felt guilty- mainly due to her being the tone to find the false bomb. If she had been there...Gods if only she had remembered the address.

Why was she so stupid?!

"You alright?" Came a voice, speaking in a Scottish accent deeper than any other she'd heard, besides Stoick and Valka.

She turned and watched as the red haire figure slid down the side of the building and landing gracefully on the top of the dumpster, looking down at her from there before dropping to the ground beside her.

"Huntress? The hell are you doing in Dragons Edge?" Cami asked as she rose to her feet.

The woman, who wore a black and pine green sleeveless, stared at her through the white eyes of her domino mask for a moment. "Got a call from Heather. Ye folks are in a bit of a situation it seems." She replies, Cami sighing softly.

"A bit of a situation? Hiccup is missing and for all we know he's dead, there's two incredibly dangerous criminals on the loose, and I can't help but feel that it's my fault."

Merida nodded softly as she listened to the speedster, placing a hand onto the woman's shoulder. "Like I said, a bit of a situation." She says as she pulls up her minicomputer, a hologram popping up from the wrist.

"Lucky for ye, the lad has a tracker in him." She says, causing Cami's eyes to go wide.

"How the hell did I not know this?!" She asks in a fit of rage as Merida shrugs.

"He didn't tell too many people. Just his da, me and Heather. Seems Heather May have forgotten." She says as his location soon appears on the gram

"Found him. And good lord he's in Berk." She says- eyes widening as she looks at the location.

Berk

"I don't get it. You died like twelve years ago! How the hell are you here?!" Hiccup shouts, anger coursing through his veins as he glares at the woman. She looked the same as she did when he was twelve, save for a few gray strands riddling her hair.

"I had to leave Henry."

He shook his head wildly as she said this, pointing an accusing finger her way. "No, fuck no! We buried you! We fucking buried y-"

"Watch your mouth!!" She shouted back, causing him to shrivel slightly- his demeanor and attitude changing.

"Who are you?" He'd ask- his mind defusing to believe what his eyes and ears were beholding. "Am I asleep? Am I dead? Is that it? What is this?!" He asked- his rage building up once again as he stared at what he truly believed to be a ghost.

"This is Saint Paul's cathedral. And you're very much awake and alive. As am I." Valka responded as she moved towards the bed and began to toy with the sheets- moving her mind from the topic of the conversation for a bit.

"There's no way you're alive. We buried you, I cried over you." He said, his eyes panning down to the floor.

"As you did for Scott. And yet here he is." She says,causing him to whip around to face her.

"How do you know that?" He asks. This was the strangest situation he'd ever been in. Even stranger than the supposed dragon in the woods.

"I've been watching you son. Making sure you were alright. When you broke away from your father, I naturally had to figure something else out." She said, confirming the suspicions that had arisen.

"Heather… she knew the whole time didn't she?" He asks, the feeling of betrayal that had arisen when he first laid eyes upon her only seeming to get stronger with every second that passed. He'd felt betrayal before- several times throughout his life. Each one managed to cut deep, but this one was different. This one was killing him.

"Why?" He asked, never moving his eyes from the floor even as he turned his back to her.

"Hiccup.."

"Why would you do this? Lie to us, leave us?!" He turned with a shout. And yet the look on his face as tears streamed down his cheeks was what began to break Valka.

"I...I was wrong Hiccup. But I needed to do this to keep you and Stoick safe."

"Explain yourself…" he stated while wiping his eyes.

"I was desperate." She started, taking a seat.

The scene settled upon a younger Valka, at the age of 15 in her first Cloudjumper suit. She waved happily to the crowd that had formed as she tied the rope around the hands of the villain known as Thumper.

"I had just stopped the Thumper from rampaging in the city, and felt a great swell of pride. That was my first time going out as a hero."

From there on she'd go on many more missions- eventually finding herself in a team up with another new hero known as Thunderdrum.

Thunderdrum was a young man , around 17 and yet he was great for his age. Standing at a height of 6'2 and 212 lbs, he truly was a force to be reckoned with.

"In time I found a friend...a partner...a boyfriend." She continued, a tear steaming down her eyes as she recalled her and Stoick's time together.

"We soon formed a family. Gave birth to a small boy who shared our abilities. Save for my flight- he retained my flexibility and muscle structuring and some of Stoick's strength and durability." She said, casting a smile towards Hiccup.

He shifted slightly. "I uh, don't really need a whole History Of.." he says, Valka nodding.

"I'll get right to it then." She says.

"It was twelve years ago- New Years Eve. Several flights had been planned, several trains had been sent and several family trips had been made worldwide. But somehow, all of them ceased. When that happened, Thumper made a shocking reappearance. His shockwave creation ability was enough to rival your father's strength. He and I both knew the risks of it all- and we made a collective decision to leave you with Gobber."

She sighed. "I never knew that would be the last time I saw either of you. It seemed like business as usual."

I was wrong

Valka sighed softly as the wind rushed throughout her hair- her yellow eye mask fitting snugly to her face while she carried the large man towards the Train station below.

"You need to cut back on the steak Stoick!" She shouts, getting a laugh from Thunderdrum as she drops him.

"I'll go and see what I can do about retiring and fixing the trains, once they're up these people can get on with their holiday plans."

"And I'll head and find Thumper." She replies, still hovering in the air above him.

"You be careful- Odin knows what he's got planned this time."

"I'll be fine. Ye worry too much." She says with a smile before flying away.

The winds rippling through her hair calmed her even as she approached the plane- several thousand feet above ground now.

She watched as the passengers sat in fear of what was happening, before launching herself towards the door and prying it open.

Everyone shouted at this, and Thumper turned around to face her.

"Wel well we'll. Look who decided to show." The black haired man said as he adjusted the shockwave gauntlets on his wrists and aimed one at her, the other pointed towards the back of the plane.

"Thumper. It's been too long...about seventeen years right?" She asks

"And you haven't aged a day. Still look like that kid that locked my ass up nearly two decades ago."

She nodded "Thanks. You look like shit by the way." Was her response . "Now what's the deal? Why are you doing this and exactly how did you get free?"

"A little fan club or some shit. Cult of the Oculus. They freed me and gave me explicit instructions- and one helluva pay off."

"Interesting. I'll be sure to go after them once I've finished with you." She says as she takes a stance.

"Nah, trust me. You're gonna wanna focus on them instead of me." He replies before clenching his opposing fist- launching a small shockwave through the back of the plane and tearing the back off.

"NO!" She shouted as some of the passengers went flying- launching off after them at twice the speed of sound.

She managed to two of them right off the bat, but where still so many more falling. And then there was the matter of the rest of them still on the plane. That's 132 people- she couldn't..could she?

She had to bite her tongue now as she rushed back towards the ground-35,000 feet down while moving at 1,543.5 MPH. It seemed impossible unless she pushed past her limits.

She had to do it. So after dropping off those two, she took a deep breath. And she took off with a sonic boom, flying off and moving around ten times the speed of sound. Valka managed now to get the rest of the people who had begun to fall, but there were still people in the plane as it was going down.

Making her way back to the plane, she felt the struggle. Her vision was blurry and she was struggling to keep up. She crashed onto the plane, looking around at all the terrified people.

"Everyone stay calm!" She shouted as she moved to her feet, stumbling towards the front of the plane. Thumper was nowhere to be found now, but suddenly she felt what everyone else did.

Pure fear.

The left wing of the plane was blown off by another shockwave- leaving her in awe at the man's accuracy. They had to be at 19,000 feet off the ground now, and with a clipped wing they'd be falling even faster.

I had no idea what to do next. My powers had been maxed out, and my body as too tired to even fly at Mach 1 let alone 10. But I still tried.

She turned towards the passengers, immediately grabbing two.

I grabbed a woman and her child, and took off towards the land below as fast as I could. The fear in their eyes served as motivation as I launched myself onwards. We nearly crash landed.

She sat the two down gently onto the shoreline of the beach, before turning back towards the rest of the plane. It was falling fast. She moved to launch herself forward, but stumbled and eventually fell face first into the sand.

"Cloudjumper!!" She'd heard the little girl yell as she began to black out. Finally, the world around her fades to black. And when she finally woke up, she was laying upon a bed in a dark room- lit up only by a white wax candle on the bedside table next to her. As she arose, she found herself growing dizzy with every movement.

Her mask laid on the table besides the candle, and the door began to open. Cloudjumper launched to her feet, taking a defensive stance as she eyed the door.

In stepped the same woman who she had saved from the plane earlier on. She looked at her with a look of pity as she closed the food.

"You're finally awake. We had begun to get worried," she spoke softly. The woman had light blonde hair and green eyes, eyes filled with worry.

"Where am I?" Valka asked as she sat back down.

"You're in a cathedral. My daughter and I brought you here."

"What of the plane?"

"Crashed, sadly." The woman responded as she moved towards Valka slowly.

Valka looked up at her, tears welling up in her eyes. "I-I failed…" She said, her eyes dropping down to the floor. The woman rested a hand upon her shoulder then, causing her to look up.

"Everyone can't do everything on their own...that was out of your league. But I wouldn't recommend going back to Berk...they'll crucify you."

Valka shook her head wildly as she heard this. "I can't leave this situation...can't leave so many questions unanswered I can-"

"You can And you will. You saved my life but more importantly, you saved my daughter. Accept my help Cloudjumper...leave them. Live here, live in the shadows. Because if you return to the light, they will destroy you." The woman says as she drags a finger through Valka's hair, taking a step away from her then.

"And I don't want my little girl's hero to be made a fool of… if you don't disappear, if you return to them, you will never recover. But here we can help you, we can make your life better."

"I have a life! A family, I refuse to leave them behind over something this..c-controversial." She says, looking on as the woman gives a sigh and takes a seat.

"What you've gotten yourself into is much deport than what is shown on the surface Valka...Thumper was sent there, hired to lure you in because the Cult of the Oculus need you. They believe your powers , your spirit to be that of Oculus, the being of life." She explains, leaving Valka with a blank expression upon her face.

"You sound insane." She says as she moves to stand up, the woman rushing to her feet and moving towards her.

"I understand I do...so I suppose it's best if I show you." She says, watching as Valka lifted an eyebrow in confusion. The woman's hand shot out against Valka's chest and her body dropped to the floor, though this was strange.

She could see herself falling from a third person perspective, as though she was watching another person.

"What in the Hel?!" She shouted as she looked to her hands, watching as they flowed with a whitish tint and held some form of transparency to them.

"What did y-"

"I freed your spirit so that you May view what I have seen." The woman explains, the room around them soon shifting into a new scene.

They were in the middle of a battlefield

"Centuries ago, the God of Life known as Oculus led an army of his followers into war against Thor, Odin and Borr. The war was an everlasting struggle for power and control, which soon ended with Oculus sacrifice his own life to trap the three Norse Gods."

Valka could see all of it, the height of the Gods alone sent a shiver down her spiritual spine as she watched them conflict with one another- her visual soon changing to one of the four of them on a strange pedestal, with Oculus exploding in a burst of light, and the Norse Gods being trapped within the pedestal.

"It was foretold that his spirit would return in a new form centuries later- a belief that had been passed down since the war and forged the Cult of Oculus."

Valka turned back towards the woman as the world around them shifted back to the room.

"Why me?" She finally asked, the woman giving a curt nod in response.

"Because they're right. Oculus' spirit lies within you, it's shown in your mannerisms, your physique and your powers."

Valka snorted upon hearing that. "I fly, I'm a bit stronger than others and I'm flexible, how-"

"All traits possessed by Oculus. There's one such ability you lack...the energy of life. But if you stay here with us, we can protect both you and your family from them..and we can train you to hone that energy."

Valka paused for a moment, considering the offer and looking down at her body.

"Can I have my body back now?"

Present

"From then on, I stayed and trained with them. Learning self defense among other arts. After three years I unlocked the energy of life as they called it...and it was amazing."

"You actually have it?!? So wit...does that mean you're a ..a God He asks, still trying to wrap his head around everything she'd just said.

"Technically speaking, yes." She said, confirming his question- and causing his eyes to widen in shock as he sat down.

"Sweet Thor I'm a demigod…" he says then, looking down at his hands and back up to her. "Do I...is that like, genetic or?"

"That much I do not know. From what I've been told so far, no." She says, taking a seat on the steps nearby. Hiccup struggled for a moment to understand the situation. But finally it dawned upon him.

"How did you find me?" He asks finally- Valka perking up at the question.

"I've been watching. During the threat at the stadium, I was notified that your team was set to move and naturally someone from here followed. They stayed in the shadows, and then pulled you from your little manor." She says plainly.

"...huh."

Immortal Manor

"I don't get it, if we have his location why are we not out there trying to find him?" Eret asked as he drove a green lit fist through one of the training room punching bags and turned to face Astrid and Heather.

"There's been a bit of interference. I didn't want to follow that signal and wind up trapped or mistaken." Heather said as Astrid gave her a glare

"I'm more concerned with you forgetting he had a tracker in his body." She said as she hovered overhead, launching a bolt of lightning at a training dummy.

"I honest to God forgot all about it." Heather says with a gentle shrug.

"Whatever…" Eret replies before picking up a bottle of water. It seemed the second he twisted the cap off, the door to the training room slid pen and Gustav ran in wearing his suit, minus the mask.

"Snotlouts gone!"

The adults in the room gave one another a knowing honed before rushing out of the room.

—-

"Why the hell would he be here?" Snot asks as he adjusts the heat settings for his helmet and looks over to Merida and Cami, the former giving a shrug.

"Idunno. All I know is the lad's tracker led here." She says before knocking back a steel tipped arrow and preparing for Snotlout to open the door.

He gave a soft sigh as he kicked it open, peering into the dimly lit Cathedral. The trio walked down the aisle slowly, keeping their eyes peeled. Cami could've sworn she'd heard voices and slight movement, but the area was completely empty.

The further they got towards the pool pit, the more questions arose. Snot peered into the pool pot, finding a medical bed and some blood stained sheets tossed onto the floor. There were pieces of broken glass lying around too.

He didn't have much time to think on the view, because he turned around a split second later and aimed one of his handguns at a figure standing in the shadows.

"Show yourself." He said plainly, watching as the tall figure stalked out of the darkness and into the light of the candles inside.

"Hey guys." Hiccup said, moving an arm over the bandages on his torso.

"Hiccup!" Cami said as she rushed over and scooped him up into a hug, Snotlout bolstering his weapon and walking over alongside Merida.

"What the hell were you doing out here?" He finally asks, Hiccup looking towards the entrance to the back of the church then back to him. "Visiting an old friend."

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Sorry for my absence. I recently suffered a major loss to my family and it's honestly been hard to deal with things since then. But I'm getting my motivation back, thanks to certain things. You guys included.

Thanks for reading, and I promise to update again soon. I also apologize for the short chapter.

Y'all have a great time- I'll be back soon!!