"Where ye be headin'?" Gobber asked.

Stoick had no more been ordered to the Great Hall by Gothi and Hiccup and his friends no more than an hour out to get the remedy's ingredients. Gobber would have thought the Shivering Shores helmsman, whom he knew as the Shores' heir, and Padrig would have better respect than to sneak off while most of the tribe was sick. Seeing as they were readying the boat they came in on, it did not seem so. Steinar looked up. Gobber, with Mulch and Bucket beside him, just stared. Steinar sighed.

"Hiccup be headin' ta Healer Island," Steinar whispered. "If I know da other tribes, they also be headin' dere. I dunna like dey all be dere together. Not 'fore spring."

Gobber grunted. He knew about the Thing. Everyone on Berk knew about it. As soon as they were able after Snoggletogg, they were going to build some longhouses and places for those coming to stay in. Stoick had also confided in Gobber the reason why the tribes were all so on fire for meeting. A silly reason to Gobber. As if Hiccup would order any dragon to raid another. Boy lacked that viciousness Vikings seemed to love to show. Good thing too. The Archipelago would not survive a bloodthirsty Hiccup.

"So why ye be readyin' dat boat?" Gobber asked, eyes narrowing.

"We be thinkin' some might take 'vantage of young Hiccup," Steinar said. "Boy don't need dat while gettin' dem ingredients. We goin' to make sure dey all play fair."

Gobber frowned. Stoick had said Steinar knew the truth so Steinar's comment could ring true. It was Padrig that threw everything off for Gobber. Padrig did not know the truth. He still thought the dragons be animals. The dragons, for their part, seemed to all know of the man's stupid move in the Great Hall and the fact he did not understand the Common Tongue. Anytime he walked by one, they always had a mocking comment to give. Gobber tended to find the comments amusing though he knew if Hiccup heard them, he would reprimand the dragons and they would stop.

"I be no friend o'dragons," Padrig said when Gobber stared at him, "but I know soldiers and I know when dey be used by someone wiv no honor in deir bones. Dat boy's story showed me dem dragons act due ta fear o'death. Ain't no reason ta hate someone wot be a slave n'ordered ta act like dat. I also know loyalty. Dem dragons, animals they be, be loyal ta ye all. Dey be loyal to dat boy. He dunna need some fool like I was ta be provokin' dem dragons 'n startin' 'nother war."

Gobber hummed then nodded his head. Some in the tribe might think he was slow or dim-witted due to always finding a bit of humor in any situation. All were wrong, else Stoick before the war, and both Stoick and Hiccup after the war would not trust the tribe or the island to him. Gobber could see that Steinar truly did not want Hiccup bothered and Padrig did realize some of the truth about dragons. Both men were also correct. Other tribes and their elders would be heading to Healer Island, especially since Johann had said he had warned every tribe he visited about the eel pox. All it took was one idiot to have them dragons with Hiccup react in order to protect him.

"Go," Gobber said, hoping a chief's heir and one of his general would prevent a stupid Viking from acting recklessly.

He did not have high hopes due to knowing Vikings and their stubbornness, but he also knew Hiccup and his crazy ability to pull miracles out of thin air. If anyone could aid those to in preventing a war, Gobber would place his gold on Hiccup.

Steinar and Padrig tipped their heads before shoving off.

Hiccup stared at the dragons as Toothless finished speaking.

"It doesn't bother any of you that this thing in my soul has the power to freeze you?" he asked.

The nest dragons stared back and in one voice answered him.

[No, Alpha.]

Hiccup blinked.

[We rejoice in this, brother,] Toothless said. [You are finding your roar. All nest leaders have a roar. You should hear my father's.]

"But…"

Toothless nuzzled against Hiccup's knee. [Brother, the power you hold is something we welcome. Please, don't fear it any longer.]

Hiccup sighed. He would still worry over it until he knew what it was and how it came to be, but everyone who spoke to him about it did not seem scared or put off. They all seemed welcoming and wanting it to continue. They trusted him. It was time to show he trust them. He stared down at Toothless and smiled. Toothless returned it.

"Alpha?" Gyda said, moving around her son's bulk. "Would you like myself and Shadowfire to take the last ingredient back so Gothi can fix the medicine?"

Hiccup looked up and frowned. "Just you and him?" he asked.

The trek was far, half a day by boat, half that by dragon, and they were in an area where other tribes were known to visit since Healer Island belonged to all the tribes. Hiccup knew Astrid and the others had safety in numbers but Gyda and her son would be alone and not all that familiar with the waters or the symbols on ship sails.

Gyda smiled and gestured to Fishlegs. "I think he would enjoy speaking to the Typhoomerangs."

"The what now?" Fishlegs asked.

That had Gyda chuckling as she held her hand up and pointed to the Fire-spiralers.

"The human name for Fire-spiralers is Typhommerang."

[Who named our kind that?] the female one asked.

"A young man who loves dragons," Gyda answered.

Only because of where he sat did Hiccup see Shadowfire cut his eyes towards Fishlegs, answering who the young man was for Hiccup. Hiccup could see that Fish loved dragons and would jump at a chance to name a new species but for the life of him he could not understand why Fish would have chosen Typhoomerang.

[Why that name?]

"Your spinning while on fire reminded him a of typhoon, a storm that can grow large and spin rapidly. If seen from above the close, it closely resembles the mark your kind leaves upon the ground."

[Why would humans wish to go that high?] the male one asked.

Gyda placed her hand upon Shadowfire's leg and chuckled. "Because with Vikings on the backs of dragons, the world got a whole lot bigger."

Shadowfire snorted. [Cute, Mom.]

"Couldn't resist, son."

Hiccup blinked, realizing the line came from Gyda's time and since it was about Vikings and dragons it was likely one of the Berk Vikings had said it in the tale she and her family knew. He agreed with that unknown Viking. The world did get bigger now that they could fly and Hiccup did want to explore it. Though he also wanted to remain on Berk and learn his tribe and his place there now that they wanted him.

[The human that speaks in one breathe said the female is your mother,] the female Typhoomerang, as Hiccup now would think of them as it seemed easier to remember than Fire-spiraler, said. [I didn't believe him.]

Shadowfire lifted his head. His neck was long enough that he could stare the female in the eyes so long as she curled her neck half over.

[She saved my egg from poachers who killed my blood parents. She was the first one I saw upon hatching. She raised me. She is my mother.]

The female blinked. Her gaze shifted to her fledglings that seemed to be chasing Moondust's moving tail. Hiccup smiled, realizing the female Night Fury was doing that on purpose to keep the young ones entertained and scratched her head as thanks. Moondust cooed. The female Typhoomerang hummed.

[I had planned to take my young for a flight soon,] she began. [They will need to know where it is safe to go and where to avoid.] Her gaze fell upon Hiccup. [You and your nest intrigue me. Would you permit myself and my young to visit one day and learn more?]

Literaly Nobody: Hi again. Hehe, Valka will appear. When I cannot say as that will be a spoiler but she will show up. If you'll remember she and Shadowfire wondered if sending a Terror after Hiccup made the air mail thing a reality to Valka would be a way to get around Stoick not wanting the future being told. Well… there is a certain Terror who has to prove himself and is tasked with finding a certain young Zippleback's missing flock. A Zippleback that has stated her nest has a human living in it. Merry Christmas to you as well.