As Hiccup finished telling his tale from when he left until when he came back and defeated Alvin, he was let free. He excused himself from his friends to start working on his only priority. His mother. In Hiccup's whole life, he'd have so many priorities. Like how he had to toughen up. Be less of a disappointment for his father. But none of those was as big as the one he had now. It was finding his long lost mother. He promised himself from that day on, that he would find out what happened to her after she was taken from Berk, no matter what it cost him. His mind was screaming for him to find the truth. He needed to find it.
He and Toothless flew down from the stairs to his house where he went in to set together some plans. He knew he wouldn't be able to begin searching before he was set free from being chief. Walking up, he carefully stepped across the blankets and pillows spread around his room since he had been so kind to let his friends stay there until their houses were rebuilt.
Toothless lay down next to Hiccup's king sized bed, in which he and Astrid shared for now, and rested his head on the bed as he curiously watched his rider take out a piece of paper and some charcoal and sit down on the opposite side, doing the same thing.
"Okay, so we know what dragon took her," He noted. "And we…we don't know anything more," Hiccup sighed, laying his head down on the bed again. Toothless purred, nudging Hiccup to encourage him to work harder. "Gobber said something about her being taken away by a cliff," His eyes widened. "Come on Toothless!" He ran downstairs with the paper and lay it down on the table. "Where is it, where is it, where is it," He mumbled, throwing away baskets, bowls and everything in sight. The door opened behind him but he was too caught up in what he was doing to even notice.
"What are you doing?" Astrid asked. Hiccup screamed, holding his chest.
"Astrid, wow, you scared me," He said, breathing heavily.
"Sorry," She apologized, approaching him. "You didn't answer my question," She said, looking over his shoulder.
"Oh, right," He said looking further through the baskets without looking at her. "I'm looking for…"
"You're looking for…?"
"AHA! FOUND IT!" Hiccup cheered, standing up. He held it up in his hands, showing it to her.
"A…compass?" Hiccup nodded. "What do you need that for?" Hiccup smiled from ear to ear, picking up the piece of paper and putting the charcoal behind his ear.
"This," Before Astrid knew it, he and Toothless disappeared through the door.
"Hey, wait up!" She yelled, following him. Hiccup greeted his friends who waited outside for them, before running over to the cliff behind his house and kneeling down there.
"What is he doing?" Heather whispered, coming up behind him with the others.
"I have no idea," Ruffnut whispered back.
"You know, I can hear you," Hiccup said, looking back for a seconds before turning back to the compass. He opened the lid of the compass and balanced it on his right forearm as he looked back and forth from it and the view. "East," He whispered. He set down the compass and noted it down. Toothless sniffed the paper, looking up at Toothless. "In a few weeks we'll be heading that way bud," Hiccup smiled. "We're going to find my mother," Toothless licked Hiccup's cheek happily. Hiccup laughed, pushing him away playfully. He stood up and folded the paper into the side of his pants and the charcoal behind his left ear.
"You want to tell us what is going on?" Astrid asked for them all.
"No, not really," Hiccup chuckled, walking towards the back door in his house.
"Let me handle this," Snotlout said with a wink. "Hiccup, you tell us what you're doing or I'll go get my bludgeon," Hiccup sighed, opening the doors for the others to go in.
"You wouldn't stand a chance against him," Tuffnut said, walking in after the others. "I mean did you see what he did with Alvin. Man, you have to show us how you did that."
"I'll add that to my list," The teens sat down around the table as Hiccup got a mug of water for them all and a block of ice to his head.
"You okay?" Astrid asked, pointing to the ice to his head.
"Yeah, just chiefing you know. Gives headaches," Hiccup answered, smiling a little before he leaned back in his chair.
"So what's…this?" Astrid took the piece of paper out of his pants and unfolded it. "First priority, Stormcutter. East?" Hiccup nodded grabbing the piece of paper from her.
"Yup," He simply said.
"Mind telling u what it is?" Fishlegs asked.
"Fine, I'm doing something for my father," He said, keeping a straight face. Astrid glared at him. "You're not going to let this one go are you?"
"Nope," Ruffnut said, popping the 'p'.
"Alright. In the Great Hall today, my father pulled me away to talk to me about something," Toothless came over to him with the notebook. "Thanks bud," The dragon purred in response. Hiccup flicked through the pages until the page his father talked about came. "He told me that this," He pointed to the picture. "Was the dragon that took my mother? A Stormcutter. And I told him she's alive because that's what I was told when I went to Valhalla."
"You were in Valhalla?" Heather asked shocked. Hiccup nodded confused.
"Didn't we tell you about it when you were here?" Heather shook her head. "Okay, long story short. Alvin tortured me. I died. I went to Valhalla and met my grandfather who told me my mother was alive. And I was brought back to life because of him," Heather looked at him in awe, poking his shoulder to see if he was really there. Hiccup frowned. "Back to topic. SO I told my father what he said and first he didn't believe me, and still doesn't seem to. I really don't know. Anyways. My plans are to find out what happened to my mother, starting with this," He picked up the paper and showed it to them.
"So your mother was taken away by a Stormcutter and brought in the east of Berk?" Hiccup nodded.
"And I won't stop until I find out what happened to her. No matter what," Hiccup said, taking a zip from his mug.
"We should come with you," Astrid suggested. Hiccup sighed.
"This is something I have to do alone. I'm sorry but I'm not changing my mind," Hiccup closed his eyes to prevent himself from looking at their puppy eyes. "And that's final," Astrid sighed.
"Fine, but you better tell us what you've found when you get back," She glared at him. He nodded and stood up, leaving the ice on the table.
"I'll see ya later, chief duties," Hiccup said, leaving them there alone.