Hello, all! :D Shout-outs:

All Things Animated: Thanks! Yeah, I love Hiccup and Valka's relationship in general. :D

meladi1: I know! I cried when I first watched it. :(

HiccupHaddockIII: My thoughts exactly. :)

SingStar234: Thanks! :D

midnightsky0612: And I quote Hiccup: "WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!?" Why did Stoick have to DIE!?

IonitaMircea32: Thanks! Although I don't know if that's good or bad. XD

silverwolvesarecool: I'm glad you like it, Sil! :D

xFaerieValkyriex: I KNOW! I just want to hug ALL the characters who go through hard times in their lives. Right now, it's Hiccup. Exactly. Poor Hiccup. :'( But he has his mother and Astrid, and I agree with what you said about Valka in your previous review one hundred percent. I really like her as a character. Yes, she made a HUGE mistake, but I guess every character has some sort of flaw, which actually makes it more realistic. :)

The night wasn't as Valka would have hoped it would have been. She had hoped that Hiccup would get a full night's sleep, and then be back to himself the next morning. However, it hadn't gone that way at all. He woke up multiple times, sometimes crying, sometimes screaming, and sometimes vomiting whatever he had left in his stomach. Each time, Valka tried to soothe him and get him back to sleep again, but each time, it was harder than the time before. He kept having nightmares; some about Stoick, some about her, some about Berk being destroyed while others about (what else?) wolves. It made getting him to rest ridiculously hard, since he kept asking Valka over and over if she was going to leave him, and he was constantly blaming himself for his father's death, despite how many times Valka told him otherwise.

She stayed up with him, and she didn't fall asleep, even when Hiccup did. She knew that once he was sleeping, he could wake up any moment from a night terror, and she learned that if she woke him up before it got worse, she was normally able to keep the nightmare from its hold. She couldn't help but feel terrible for her boy, though. Even though he was a grown man now, while he was sick, he was clingy, his voice always making him sound years younger than he was in reality.

It broke her heart, seeing her son in so much pain. She wished that she could take all his discomfort away from him, but of course, there was no such luck. All she could do was help him through it, and hope that it turned out alright in the end. There was nothing else to be done.

Hiccup woke up from another nightmare, and Valka held him close to her. She was certain that at any moment, the sun would rise. She was also certain that as soon as it did, she would be sending for a healer, because Hiccup was definitely not getting better.

"Mom…I'll be alright," Hiccup said, reaching up to touch his mother's cheek. Valka looked down at him, his eyes mirroring her own. It took her a moment before she realized that she was crying, if silently. It wasn't the first time it had happened. She put her hand against Hiccup's and smiled softly.

"I know you will," she said. "You're strong."

"Mmmm…and tired…" Hiccup said. "Really tired…mostly tired, actually…"

"Then you can rest," Valka said. "You should rest. The sun isn't out yet, and you didn't get hardly any sleep in the night."

"Yeah…alright," Hiccup said, but he didn't exactly listen. Between his nightmares, and the images that flashed through his mind every time he closed his eyes, sleep seemed impossible.

"Does anything hurt in particular, Hiccup?" Valka asked. She could feel that his fever was going down (even if it was just a little bit), and that was a huge relief for her, but she still wanted to know what he was feeling.

"No, not really," Hiccup said.

Valka frowned at him. She could tell by his tone and quick words that he was lying. "I know you aren't being honest, son," she said. "You don't have to hide anything from me."

Hiccup sighed. "I do have a headache," he said. "But it's not bad."

"Oh, it isn't?" Valka said, raising an eyebrow. "Has anyone ever told you how terrible a liar you are, Hiccup?"

"Well, Astrid has," Hiccup said. "Once or twice." He closed his eyes, resting more heavily against his mother. "Headache's bad," he mumbled. "Stomach…feels like it's somersaulting...leg hurts…"

"Which one?" Valka asked. She knew Hiccup got phantom pains sometimes, but she also knew that Hiccup was bitten by a wolf on his good leg.

"The only one…" Hiccup answered.

So it was the one that the wolf bit. Valka chewed on her lip. She was partially afraid of this happening, especially with her and Astrid's assumptions on the wolves carrying some form of disease.

"Can I look at it?" Valka asked.

"N…not right now…" Hiccup said, but his eyes were closing at this point. "M'sure it's nothing. Tired…"

"Alright," Valka said. The sun was rising now; Valka could see it clearly on the horizon. She knew she would have to send for a healer, and she also knew that the healer was bound to look at Hiccup's leg. It could wait, especially since Hiccup seemed so exhausted. "I'm going to have to send for a healer when the village wakes," she said. "I think you need to be looked over."

Hiccup nodded, although it was the last thing Valka expected him to do. Maybe he was feeling worse than he let on? Maybe common sense was catching up with him, and he knew that he needed a healer if he was going to get well? Or maybe he was half asleep and didn't know what he was doing?

"Alright…" he whispered. "'kay…" He fell asleep once again, but Valka knew that it wouldn't be hard to wake him up; a noise too loud, a loud growl from Toothless…

Valka looked over at the Night Fury, seeing that he was about to get up and approach them. Valka shook her head and put her finger to her lips in a silent "keep quiet" motion, which Toothless instantly caught, despite the fact he was reluctant. He laid back down once again, keeping his head up so he could watch his rider carefully.

Valka waited for the sun to rise.