A month had passed since the night they made love, trying for another baby. Hiccup and Sylvi were anxious to know if she had conceived another baby but the healer, Iris as well the two helpers, Dagny and Alva were busy stocking up on medical supplies, ointments, mixtures, and more for the upcoming bad winter. Thankfully thus far it had held off but it was going to be bad, Hiccup could tell by how cold it was getting at night and the increase in storm clouds. He was okay with a delay, it gave more time to stock up on wood, food, supplies, and medicines. But Iris did promise to see Sylvi before dinner time so that is what they were waiting on. In that, Hiccup was handling things in the village making sure it was running smoothly. Sylvi was at home with the girls, and her brother too.

So far Sylvi was a bit nauseated with headaches, light cramping and some spotting which were signs that she might have conceived. So it was looking up for them about Sylvi being pregnant which only made Hiccup happier to know. He was excited about being a father again. Currently he was flying on Toothless heading to the guard perches where Viggo was, he was greeted with a bow. "Afternoon sir." Viggo said.

"Hello, Viggo. Any news for me or the same as always?" Hiccup asked.

"Same. Quiet, not a ship and sight. Weather is getting worse though, I estimate another month at best before we get our first storm." Viggo stated.

"I had a feeling about that...Time to start preparing then. Thanks, Viggo." Hiccup got a nod from him before taking off with Toothless towards the next check in which was the food store house that was built off the great hall and in the underground tunnels to keep it safe from storms. Hiccup landed by the entrance and glanced inside to see a few guards and other villagers putting things away, moving it elsewhere and someone keeping track. "Hows it looking for food, we on schedule?"

"Just about. Could do with more fish, we're down 2 barrels since that ship repair last month. Other than than that we have sheep, lamb, chicken, boar, and yak meat. The hunters are going out for rabbits, birds, and more after lunch. We should be back to full winter stock by the end of the week chief." The male said.

"Good work, Geir. I'll expect that report in 4 days then." Hiccup smiled, that was good to hear that things were almost back to normal stats. Hiccup sighed in relief as he turned Toothless's direction and headed off again to check on the supplies shed, another building close to the hall filled with blankets, bedrolls, pillows, plates, utensils, cups, and more. The great hall was basically the center hub for everything, anything major was close to it. Hiccup's house, the healers shop, food and supply store too. Hiccup liked it that way, it meant in the event of an emergency everything they'd need was close by and the hall was big enough to hold up to 500 people if need be. The dragons took refuge in the emergency bunkers beneath the hall which were built for humans or dragons.

These were just a few of the things Hiccup did since becoming chief and everyone loved it. He liked to be stocked and prepared for everything. An old saying his father taught him when Hiccup was learning to be a chief, words Hiccup would never forget and always hold too. Hiccup smiled now soaring high above to check over things, he'd already checked wood supply with Sylvi's dad and he checked on the animal herding. Both of those departments were just about set too. "Still hard to believe I've been chief for 6 years...Can you believe all this bud?" Hiccup asked Toothless who crooned in response.

It really was incredible. Hiccup loved everything since he crash landed on Fury Isle, his life had never been better. His forest green eyes peered out in the direction of Berk, he huffed once before turning back to face the his island. Now Berk was behind him, just as the past always should be to a person. Behind them. "Hiccup!" Sylvi called up to him, he glanced down seeing her walk with the girls and her brother.

"Hey beautiful. How you feeling?" Hiccup asked gently as he landed beside her on Toothless and swung his leg over to get off, he hugged her then his daughters.

"Better. Alva just sent a terror message that she and the others are back from herb and supply gathering and can see me early. I was on my way there, you want to come?" Sylvi asked.

"Of course, I just finished my rounds anyhow. The kids coming?" Hiccup blinked with a smile.

"No. Gunnar is taking them while I get checked out. So you ready to find out if we'll be having a new heir to the tribe or not?" Sylvi giggled taking his hand.

"More than ready." Hiccup replied as he led her to the healers hut while Gunnar took the twins for a walk down the road. Reaching the healer's hut, Hiccup knocked first and waited.

"Come on in chief and chieftess." Iris said through the door. Hiccup opened the door and walked in with Sylvi, "Welcome. Finding out if you're with child, right?" Iris smiled brightly as she cleared off one of the beds for Sylvi to lay on, Hiccup stayed beside her with a nod. Iris moved beside the bed and put her hand on Sylvi's stomach and felt around slowly closing her eyes to focus. Finally after a moment she pulled back smiling as she looked at Hiccup and Sylvi.

"Well, Iris...Am I...?" Sylvi asked anxiously.

"1 month along. Congratulations." Iris smiled wide.

"You hear that babe! I'm with child, I'm pregnant again!" Sylvi cried happily as Hiccup hugged her tightly and kissed her deeply.

"I had no doubt. Making love when your fertile tends to make it happen." Hiccup chuckled as he held Sylvi in his arms.

"You know the rules, Sylvi. No dragon riding after 3 months and no dangerous moves, oh and no drinking." Iris said.

"Of course. Thank you, Iris." Hiccup nodded agreeing as he helped his wife up to her feet and the two left.

"We announcing it at dinner?" Sylvi asked him, Hiccup nodded. "I'm so excited!" Sylvi hugged him again. Oh what a good day to be alive. Hiccup had two beautiful twin daughters, a gorgeous wife, and now another baby on the way and he ruled a tribe that stood with him 100%. Nothing was better than this.

(Berk)

The old chief wandered the village as usual, it was early morning as he was doing a damage inventory from the raid that ended just an hour ago. Houses were on fire but being put out slowly with buckets of water, and others were starting repairs on houses that weren't on fire. A few were rounding up animals or cleaning up. Stoick sighed heavily as he spotted Gobber moving towards the forge again, the two hadn't talked a lot since the day that Gobber told Stoick that even if he knew where Hiccup was he wouldn't tell him. The two were old friends but lately very distant, and it was clear why. Gobber disagreed with how Hiccup had been treated and hated that Hiccup had so much that he chose to exile himself to get away from it.

"The fires are out chief." Said the blond with blue eyes.

"Good work, Astrid. Where are the others?" Stoick said.

"Bringing up the rear..." Astrid sighed motioning behind her to Fishlegs, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and finally, Snotlout. "Honestly, for a chief in training you're pretty poor at time keeping." Astrid mumbled.

"Shut up, Astrid..." Snotlout growled.

"Enough. Snotlout, as my heir now you have a lot more responsibility to take on. Timing is one of them. And a chief never tells a tribe member to shut up. He listens close and improves." Stoick sighed rubbing his head. Astrid snickered, "And tribe members don't disrespect their chief." He added as the others laughed. "And you three are emissaries for him. Now, enough arguing. There's a lot of work to do." Stoick ordered.

"Yes chief." They said together and began getting to work on repairing the village. Stoick sighed again, it was times like this he wished Hiccup was still there. They may not of seen eye to eye but at least Hiccup listened to orders and didn't cause fights, maybe he did over react about Hiccup being in the forest so early and sneaking out. He wasn't harming anyone.

"Regrettin some of yer choices, are ya?" Gobber's voice cut through the silence now. Stoick saw the blacksmith and closed his eyes.

"You know I do, Gobber..." Stoick replied.

"Its too bad you didn't realize that sooner, before Hiccup chose to leave." Gobber mentioned softly, "Like maybe before he entered that forest." With that Gobber walked away. Stoick still believed that Gobber knew more than he was letting on but didn't push the issue, Stoick knew how close Gobber and Hiccup had been. Stoick took a deep breath and went to check on repairs.

(6 Months Later)

One of the worst raids Berk had ever seen and Stoick was fed up. "Prepare the ships!" Stoick called out to the men.

"Where are we going uncle Stoick?" Snotlout asked.

"To find that nest and this time we aren't coming back until we find it..." Stoick stated coldly walking away, the others sighed nodding. Another search for the nest, what could be better. "We set sail in two weeks."

(2 Weeks Later)

All boarded and ready to sail, Stoick stood with Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut. Gobber was aboard too not that he wanted to go but Stoick didn't give him much choice. "Set sail!" Stoick ordered, the ships pulled away from the docks. There were a good 10 of them headed out of port now into the open sea. Stoick was determined and they all knew what happened when Stoick was determined. He wouldn't stop until he had no choice.

(Fury Isle)

{Hiccup's POV}

Everything was going great. Village was still good, great even. Sylvi was now 7 months along and doing fine as the girls were still 3 but turning 4 soon. We were still in what I liked to call it as, devastating winter but due to all the preparations I made beforehand, we were stocked and ready for any and every storm that hit. I'd had an addition built on mine and Sylvi's house for the baby. Right now, our house had a lot of rooms. Downstairs had 4, and upstairs had 3. These were just spare rooms. Back when dad was alive, he used to let travelers stay with him or other villagers if something happened to their homes. Hence why he had so many. Sylvi and I, as well as the twins stayed upstairs and one of the rooms downstairs was my office with drawings, and reports.

I kept things pretty organized, but its how I did my job as chief so good. And I loved being chief, there was so much to it but I loved it all. I was turning 21 in 3 weeks, that was exciting. I knew the tribe or my wife would try to throw me a party like every year, I'd gotten used to just accepting it now and let them have their fun. I didn't care about my birthday, but it made me happy to see the tribe so happy so I just went along with it and always had a good time. It was good to be me, nothing could ruin my happiness. My past was behind me and I had nothing but a bright future ahead of me.

(3 Weeks Later)

Yep, as I expected. They were throwing a party for me tonight, Sylvi told me this morning when I got up. I only smiled nodding saying I'd be there after I finished rounds, truth be told I was feeling sick today and I was sure it was due to the lack of sleep and overworking. But hey, it was my job after all. I tried to be excited about the party but feeling the way I did, I just felt horrible. And Sylvi could tell, there was no hiding anything from her. "Hiccup? You looks a little pale, you alright?" Sylvi asked me.

"I'm fine. Just haven't been getting a lot of sleep, plus the work load...Taking its toll on me is all." I smiled to her, she put her hand to my forehead and frowned.

"You have a fever..." She sighed now.

"Really...I'm fi-" I began coughing hard, turning my head from her. My throat, body, and head hurt. I was exhausted too. "Fine..." I mumble.

"You are not, Hiccup...Get back to bed. I'll have Gunnar handle things. " Sylvi said.

"But its my birthday..." I argue. "And I'm the chief."

"I don't care, Hiccup. You need your rest. You're an amazing chief, husband, and father but you can't run yourself ragged like this. You're taking a mandatory day off...Wife's orders. I bet you'll feel better once you do and you can come by the party later or we'll move it to another night..." Sylvi asked.

"Alright, you win...I'll go lay down for a while...But if anything happens...I want to be informed...understand? There are still only things I can do..." Hiccup stated.

"Not a problem. Go rest, I'll make you something hot for your throat." Sylvi smiled, I nodded and made my way to the couch. My legs couldn't handle the stairs right now, Sylvi returned about 10 minutes later with a mug of something to soothe my throat. No idea what it was, but it'd worked in the past. I took a few sips before laying back, Syl covered me and kissed my forehead before leaving with the girls. It didn't take me long to fall right back to sleep.

(With The Berkians)

(Regular POV)

Another failed trip to the nest, they'd been out there searching for 3 weeks and didn't even get close to it. Only attacked by dragons before even reaching land, the ships were damaged and the map had been blasted during one dragon fights, so they were just drifting at seat now trying to find their way back to Berk. Stoick was livid and everyone else was either injured, hungry, or tired. Not to mention the storms were pushing them all over the place. They had started with 10 ships and were at 2, the rest were damaged beyond repair or had to be abandoned and Vikings had to regroup on the only ships still travel-capable. But even at that, the storms were actually damaging the ships more and they needed to find a place to dock for repairs and get a map home. For once Stoick was actually lost, they had been for a good week now and were running low on supplies.

"We've gotta be close to something..." Fishlegs said.

"Last island we passed was 2 days ago..." Astrid mumbled.

"We gotta find something...These ships aren't hold with all of us or under another storm...We'll be stranded at sea and die out here...All because someone couldn't just turn us back to Berk after the first attack..." Gobber retorted glaring at Stoick.

"I don't need it right now." Stoick huffed.

"Oh yes ya do, Stoick. You dragged us all out here for your own desires and now we're getting close to crisis level. We're running low on food, supplies, and the ships can't take another storm. I told you to stop two days ago and we haven't seen anything in 3 days, we've been out here for 3 weeks." Gobber stated firmly. Stoick sighed, as he was about to talk there was a crack of lightening.

"Oh no..." Fishlegs squeaked in fear. The roll of thunder deepened as everyone began to look up at the darkening clouds, the rain began light and increased slowly to a pour as the sea's semi-calmness began to rage. Everyone found something to hold on too. A crack of lightening hit the sail setting it ablaze, the waves rocked the boat hard and pushed it around.

"Tie the boats together, they can support one another." Stoick ordered. Lines were tossed before the boats became separated by the waves, they tied the two together and kept the lines taught so they couldn't move around a lot but even then it wasn't going to be enough. The boats began to splinter with all the weight and force of the waves.

"Its not going to be enough!" Astrid said in fear.

The mast was struck by lightening and caught fire, it cracked and fell over across the two ships breaking them more as they started taking on water. "Odin help us..." Stoick watched people start panicking, Gobber was right. He was a fool for doing this. He was about to condemn 20 people to death because of his own selfishness.

"Chief...What do we do!" Someone called from the other ship. The other mast fell, the ship getting tossed around hard. A few people had gone overboard already and Stoick had no idea what to do. This storm was bad, it could kill them and if not that then any wild dragons or just dying in the ice cold waters alone. There was no way out of this and it was all his fault. After 10 minutes of trying to rough it, the ships gave out and everyone was in the water trying to find something to hold on to in an effort to stay floating.

"Its so...cold..." Ruffnut shivered, Gobber moved to the two girls and took off his vest to try and keep them warm. He shot a glare at Stoick.

"Ya see what ya did because of your stubborness and inability to listen..." Gobber retorted, Stoick didn't say anything as he only held onto a piece of driftwood and looked around. There were maybe 14 of them now, the rest were missing.

"I don't know if you're listening up there, Val...But we could really use the help..." Stoick sighed closing down.

"I don't think anyone can save us now..." Said Corey Hofferson, Astrid's father.

"We're stranded at sea on pieces of broken ship in freezing cold water, riding out a storm. I'd be surprised if any of us make it to tomorrow..." Gobber huffed again.

"Can you two not fight..." Astrid said.

"Who is fightin? I'm simply stating that we couldn't be in a worse position right now..." Gobber said.

"We could be surrounded by dragons..." Tuffnut said.

"Don't...even joke like that." Snotlout grumbled. They couldn't do anything but wait there, hoping for a miracle. Anything to save them from the fate of the sea.

(Fury Isle)

"Alright, the storm has passed. Lets get on patrol." Gunnar called out to the sky patrol, two men from each direction headed out to search the the sky and ocean from above. 20 minutes into the search, one guy stopped as his friend kept going then stopped.

"What's up, Endre? You see something?" His friend called.

"Not sure...There's a lot of debris in the water...I'm going to get a closer look." Endre replied as he turned his Gronckle and flew over closer, that's when he saw the group of people in the water barely hanging to consciousness. "Hagen, get back to the island and let Gunnar know that there are shipwrecked survivors in the water. Get him to send a ship out to pick these people up!" Endre called back. Hagen flew off with a nod.

Hagen reached the island panting, " Viggo. Gunnar. Endre spotted shipwrecked survivors in the water just East past the markers, large group too. They need to be pulled out of the water...Orders?" Hagen asked.

"Send Eret out with a ship and a few man. Take blankets." Gunner told Hagen who flew off. "Viggo, go get the healers...We have no idea how long these people have been in the water..." Gunner ordered, Viggo jumped on his Nightmare and flew to the healers hut.

(20 Minutes Later)

Eret as ordered was on a ship with 5 others sailing towards Endre in the sky, Endre pointed and Eret saw the people in the water. "Drop anchor!" Eret ordered, the men did so as the ship came to the stop. The Berkians slowly and weakly looked up hearing voices and seeing the ship. Eret leaned over the side to get a head count. "We got 14." Eret said, "Lets get them on board and back to the island so they don't die."

"Aye, Eret." Said one man as he and the rest leaned over the side, the boat swayed.

"Keep it steady now. Not to much on one side!" Eret reminded, a nod of understanding as one man out his hand up to Gobber who shook his head pushing Ruffnut over and they pulled her up and Eret quickly wrapped a blanket around her shoulder. "Go on and sit down now...You're safe." Eret said calmly, shivering still Ruffnut went and sat down. Astrid, Tuffnut, Snotlout, and Fishlegs were brought up next and sitting down with a blanket. Other tribe members like Corey, and Spitelout were next. Finally Gobber and Stoick were pulled up last. "Good work lads, now raise anchor and lets get back." Eret ordered.

The anchor was raised as the ship began its return to Fury Isle. "Thank...you..." Astrid said through her chattering teeth.

"Relax now. When we dock at the island the healers will get you all warm and fixed up. What happened?" Eret asked.

"We've been at sea...3 weeks, haven't seen an island in days...Storm destroyed the ships...and we've been in the ocean for...a bout 5 hours or so..." Gobber explained.

"Not to worry, you're all safe now. When we get back I'm sure the chief will be more than happy to let ya stay to get healed up." Said another one of the men.

"Which...island are we going too?" Stoick asked.

"Fury Island. We'll be arriving shortly, you were all a mile to our markers." Eret smiled.

"We appreciate the save..." Snotlout said. Eret nodded as he focused on the markers coming into view. 15 minutes later with help from the wind, they docked as Gunnar approached them while the men helped the Berkians off the ship.

"Welcome to Fury Isle. I'm Gunnar, got shipwrecked eh?" Gunner smiled.

"Yes..." Stoick asked.

"Which tribe do you originate?" Gunnar asked curiously.

"Hairy Hooligan's from the island of Berk...I'm the chief, Stoick the Vast Haddock." Stoick replied. Gunnar's face fell now, the ship crew fell silent. All eyes on them. Gunnar turned his head to Ryker now who had come beside him. "Ryker. Get the chief."

"We were told not to bother him today, all orders through you." Ryker replied.

"Ryker, this is my order. Go get the chief, this is something he has to handle..." Gunnar said. Ryker nodded and rushed off towards Hiccup's house.

"Is there...a problem?" Astrid asked now.

"Oh no, not at all. Just...chief's island, anyone who stays...has to go through him first." Gunnar lied.

(Hiccup's House)

Ryker knocked as the door opened slowly to reveal a tired looking Hiccup, "Yes?" Hiccup asked.

"There was...a minor situation with patrol. We found a group of shipwrecked survivors, Eret brought them in and they are on the docks." Ryker explained.

"Have their injuries been tended? How long ago? Are the dragons hidden?" Hiccup asked quickly as he walked out with Toothless following.

"5 minutes ago, Iris and her helpers are on their way, and no...We didn't have time...I know you put Gunnar in charge today but he said this was something you had to handle..." Ryker said. Hiccup nodded as walked towards the Eastern docks with Ryker. After 10 minutes they reached the dock and Hiccup saw the group there and instantly recognized them. Oh this would be fun, what were the chances that these guys were shipwrecked and saved by his tribe members. They hadn't seen him yet.

"Got him." Ryker said, the Berkians looked but the sun was blinding them from seeing Hiccup's face.

"We...can't see you." Ruffnut pointed out. Hiccup jumped down from the ledge on to the docks in a crouch then slowly stood up with his arms over his chest, a grin almost.

"Well well well, isn't this a fun turn of events." Hiccup said getting their attention as he watched their eyes widen and mouth hang open in shock.

"Hiccup..." They whispered.