Hi guys ;)

Sem break's going to end next week so I decided to get a head start in adding more chapters to this story. And trust me, this chapter is going to give you guys quite a shock. Enjoy!

Note: I do NOT own HTTYD 2 or the entire Dragons franchise. All rights go to DreamWorks Animation and respective owners.

Chapter 6: Kidnapped By The Dragon Thief

By the time I had stopped crying, Hiccup, Toothless, Stryka and I were already high up in the clouds. I let the cold wind dry whatever tears I had left on my face as I reclined on Stryka's back so I was lying down on the saddle. I just really didn't know what exactly to do now. Everything had just happened so fast…

"AAAHHHH!"

Great, Hiccup was screaming now. Can this day get any worse?

"I'd scream too, Hicc, but I'm too exhausted." I groaned, not really sure on what to do anymore. Man, if someone had told me that heartbreak was going to be this painful I probably wouldn't have fallen in love with Eret in the first place!

'Okay, starting from now on, you shall never even think about his name! Erase him from your memory, Zen! Erase him!' I thought to myself.

Now Hiccup was promising Toothless something. I leaned in closer to listen. "Don't worry, bud. I'm not going to let anything happen to you. I promise." I heard him say and I smiled. Those two were friends to the end. And the same thing applied to me and Stryka, who now warbled softly at me. "I'm okay, girl. And I promise that I'll protect you against anything. I won't let anything bad happen to you, Stryka. I promise." I promised to her, gently patting her side. Hiccup was also lying on his dragon's back so we could lock eyes with each other.

"Are you alright, Zen?" he asked worriedly. "A little better compared to earlier, Hicc." I shrugged. "You want us to turn back and give that no-good Eret what he deserves?" he suggested innocently but I could see the glint of mischief in Hiccup's eyes and he was reaching for Inferno. "No, Hiccup. The last thing I wanna see right now is him. In fact, if you say his name again I am going to use my sticks on you, burning part included." I warned him, closing my eye.

Hiccup didn't say anything after that and we continued to fly on in silence. Suddenly I heard the sound of something solid cutting through the clouds and opened my eye. To my surprise, I saw a weird dragon-like mask poking out of the clouds! I bolted upright on the saddle in shock. Hiccup by then had also sensed the masked stranger's presence.

"Oh come on, Dad, really?" he groaned, sitting up before realizing that it wasn't his father who was with the four of us. Hiccup and I just both stared as the masked stranger just stood there, moving through the clouds with us. I couldn't even make out if the stranger was riding on a dragon because of all the clouds! Then, quick as he had come, the stranger made a simple hand gesture and disappeared into the clouds.

"Who…or what…was that?" I whispered to Hiccup uneasily. Hiccup shrugged and turned to Toothless. "Okay, no sudden moves." He carefully instructed. "Keep a sharp eye, Stryka." I instructed my one-eyed best dragon friend.

That's when the stranger reappeared…on the back of a four-winged dragon!

Hiccup and I could hardly believe our eyes as the masked stranger merely stood on the four-winged dragon, which was practically twice Toothless and Stryka's size! As unusual and shocking this encounter was, I found myself muttering, "Holy Shields…A four-winger…"

"Hold on, hold on…!" Hiccup mumbled nervously as the four of us faced-off with the masked stranger and the four-winger.

Suddenly Hiccup and I were snatched off of our dragons' backs by other dragons! We both panicked once we saw that Toothless, who was now without control over his tail fin, began to plummet towards the ocean!

"Toothleeesss!" Hiccup screamed in horror as his best friend fell out of the sky. Quickly I yelled, "Stryka, go help him! Hurry!" to my best dragon friend. Obeying my command, Stryka dove after her dear mate. But even I couldn't stop myself from screaming out in horror, "Nooo!" when I saw her and Toothless hit the ice hard!

Before we could even see if our dragons had survived, we were carried off with a large mass of dragons following our kidnapper-the masked stranger!

"Let us go! Let us go! Let us go! So help me Odin, I will bash your skull into smithereens if you don't let us go!" I yelled, kicking my legs like crazy while Hiccup could only flail his about whilst unable to speak due to the intense shock.

Great. I got my heart broken, my whole world turned upside-down and kidnapped all on the same day…

Could this day really get any worse?!

Apparently Hiccup and I were about to find out. Because as the dragons carried us farther away, the air turned chilly which meant that the two of us were being taken far up North.

"Hey, you left my dragon back there! He can't fly on his own! He'll drown!" Hiccup shouted to our kidnapper as the temperatures began to drop. "You have to let us go back! Please!" I shouted only for my plea to fall on deaf ears.

Could that masked stranger not hear due to his mask or was he just plainly ignoring us?

I had no time to ponder on that because then, the dragons took us through several ice formations until we reached a gigantic mass of ice that looked almost identical to the one Hiccup, Astrid and I had discovered earlier!

"Just like the fort…" I mumbled in awe before Hiccup and I were carried into the depths. Once we were dropped off, Hiccup and I got to our feet and stayed close to each other. And for good reason, too.

There were hundreds of dragons surrounding us!

"Hey! We have to head back for our dragons!" Hiccup and I both said in a panic. Toothless and Stryka were in serious trouble! Hiccup and I just had to go find them!

But the dragons growled at us. They weren't gonna let us go.

Hiccup and I both looked at each other and nodded. Hiccup pulled out Inferno while I readied my sticks. Hitting the switches, we unleashed our flaming weapons. Hiccup waved his Dragon Blade in circles over his head while I twirled my sticks. The dragons that were closest to us thankfully followed our patterns and accepted us as one of their own. But then more hostile dragons approached!

"Get behind me, Zen…" Hiccup whispered to me as he retracted the flaming sword. I silently obeyed, while attaching the metal cuff to bind my sticks together. Hiccup reloaded a new cartridge of Zippleback gas into Inferno and formed a protective gas circle around us. At the same time he ignited the gas, I held my Fire Staff (I made that name up myself) and twirled it around over my head.

It worked! The dragons saw that we weren't a threat and backed off. Carefully, Hiccup and I reached out to some of them. But that was when the masked stranger reappeared. Hiccup and I were slightly startled. Almost instantly, Hiccup shielded me in order to protect me. I was scared like him…but I bravely chose to stand beside him, putting my sticks away so as not to come off as a threat to our kidnapper.

"Who are you? The Dragon Thief? Drago Bludvist?" Hiccup questioned the masked stranger who remained silent. "Look, we don't want any trouble. If we had trespassed into your territory, it was unintentional. Just let us go to find our dragons, and we'll leave you and your dragons in peace." I said diplomatically.

The Dragon Thief (I decided to call him that from now on until Hiccup and I got answers to his true identity) didn't respond. And I found myself feeling even more afraid by the way the he moved. It was as if the Dragon Thief wasn't even human for he moved like a dragon and held a tall staff of the most unusual design.

The Dragon Thief then twirled that odd staff of his and struck the floor, sounding off rattles! Before Hiccup and I could even figure out what that was for, two dragons came forward.

With Toothless and Stryka!

"Stryka!" "Toothless!" Hiccup and I cried out, rushing to our two Night Furies. Oh Thor, I was so scared when I had seen Stryka crash through the ice earlier that I immediately gave her an on-the-spot check up.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm glad to see you too, bud. You really had me worried there…" Hiccup murmured as he comforted Toothless while I examined Stryka carefully. "Okay…no broken bones, no cuts, bruises or lacerations…And your heartbeat's good, Stryka…You really scared me back there, girl…" I said softly, putting away my stethoscope and petted Stryka. She crooned and nuzzled me.

Then, the Dragon Thief shook his staff again to make more rattling noises. And the dragons in the cave suddenly opened their mouths and their fire lit up the cave! Hiccup and I would have been amazed if the situation hadn't been potentially dangerous. It was eerie, I tell you. All those gaping, open mouths with fire coming out that illuminated the cave and made more shadows come out of the surroundings…

Hiccup and I began to back off as the Dragon Thief crouched down and approached us. Toothless and Stryka immediately went in front of the two of us and growled a warning. Suddenly the Dragon Thief simply waved his hand in front of their faces and they rolled over!

'Holy Shields, how did he do that?!' I thought, bewildered, before Hiccup got me behind him as the Dragon Thief reached out a hand towards him. "Ah, ah?" my best human friend stammered nervously as the Dragon Thief continued to reach out to him. That's when I heard the Dragon Thief gasp. I couldn't see very well due to Hiccup's broad shoulders slightly blocking my view but I took a little side step away from him in time to see the Dragon Thief back away.

"Hiccup?"

My ears perked up when I realized that, judging by the voice, the Dragon Thief was not a man but a woman.

My eye widened in shock as she removed her mask. The small pointed face of a woman with brown hair and brilliant bluish-green eyes was revealed. That's when I began to look back-and-forth between her and Hiccup.

"C-Could it be? After all these years? How is this possible?" the Dragon Thief said in amazement. "Ah, should I know you?" Hiccup asked nervously.

He was supposed to know her. The more I looked at the two of them, the more my brain could understand the sheer craziness of all of this. Frankly, I couldn't believe it at first but there was no mistaking it now.

The hair…the slim stature…the dragon connection…they were all so similar.

"No, you were only a babe…"

The Dragon Thief was none other than…

"But a mother never forgets."

Hiccup's mother.

I held back a gasp while Hiccup didn't. I couldn't blame the guy. I mean, this kind of revelation…well, who wouldn't be shocked?

The woman then motioned to us. "Come." She said and left at once.

Hiccup, Toothless, Stryka and I were left there standing in shock. Toothless and Stryka warbled to each other confusedly while I decided to look at Hiccup. Poor guy, he looked like he was about to pass out from shock. I quickly grabbed his shoulder to keep him steady as he wobbled uneasily on his prosthetic left leg.

"Your Mom? That's your MOM?" I squeaked, pointing to the retreating figure in the shadows. Hiccup didn't say anything. Instead, he ran after the woman along with Toothless. Naturally, Stryka and I followed them.

My mind was whirling with thoughts.

'Hiccup's mom is alive? And she's been stealing dragons from dragon trappers and bringing them here? Why? Does this mean she knows about Drago Bludvist? Are they like enemies or something? Why didn't she come back to Berk? Why? Why? WHY?' I thought as Stryka and I hurried after the boys.

Holy Shields, I hoped that I would find out the truth soon enough!

(Normal POV)

Meanwhile…

Skullcrusher, Grump and Serpent and Serpentine ignored the biting wind as they flew onward. Their Riders were out on a mission to find Hiccup and Zenna along with their two Night Furies and they weren't gonna let them down. As their dragons flew on, Stoick, Gobber, Edgar and Henna discussed the present situation.

"Boar-headed, just like his mother. Ah, she could never stay put either." Stoick grumbled, the wind whipping back his mustache. "Nah, he's just 20, and a Viking! I mean, could there be a worse combination?" Gobber asked rhetorically as they flew under an ice arch.

"Twenty is usually when wanderlust starts to set in, Gob!" Edgar hollered back as he and his wife lagged behind.

"Ha! When I think of how stubborn and senseless you were back in the day…" Gobber chuckled, looking at Stoick before then saying, "Oh…Well, not much has changed actually." Just as Serpent and Serpentine managed to catch up.

Stoick sighed deeply. If there was one thing Hiccup had inherited from him, it was his sheer stubbornness that's for sure…

"Ah, you know what he's like. He won't give up, Gobber." He told his old friend. "Don't forget, Stoick, that our daughter's just as hard-headed as your son. And if you put both their heads together…well, no use trying to get through to them!" Henna reminded her Chief, shaking her head. Stoick nodded to her in agreement.

As for Zenna…she was never one to abandon Hiccup. Even if it meant following his son blindly, Stoick knew that the Fiersome girl would never let Hiccup face danger alone.

"If Hiccup and Zenna find Drago, before we find them…" Stoick trailed off, unable to finish his sentence. "Odin, please let our dear girl be alright…" Edgar and Henna both prayed under their breaths. "Ah, nothing can hurt Hiccup and Zenna so long as those two Night Furies are around. They're Night Furies!" Gobber reassured the three parents.

That's when the baby in Henna's tummy kicked hard! Zenna's mother uttered a sharp yelp as she lost her balance and began to fall! "Henna!" Edgar cried, quickly getting Serpent closer to Serpentine in time to steady his wife. "I'm alright, love…The baby just got a bit fussy…" Henna muttered, rubbing her swollen belly to soothe her unborn child.

That's when Stoick decided that it was far too dangerous for the Fiersome family to continue on. With Henna eight months pregnant, going after her daughter in this kind of weather was dangerous for both her and her unborn baby.

"Henna, Edgar, you two head back to Berk. Gobber and I'll go look for Zenna." He ordered Henna and Edgar. "But Chief, Edgar and I need to be there for our sweet girl. For Thor's sake, she just had her heart broken, Stoick!" Henna protested. "It's our job to be there for our daughter when she's in trouble. And, now, she needs us more than ever!" Edgar said emphatically.

Stoick remained firm in his decision. "It's too dangerous. Henna, you're close to having a baby. And Edgar, you need to be with your wife and keep her safe and in good condition. I order you two to return to Berk." He told them seriously.

Edgar and Henna then heard Serpent and Serpentine croon worriedly at them. Even their own dragon agreed with the Chief!

"Listen to me, you two…I promise. Gobber and I will find Zenna. We'll bring her back to you two, safe and sound. I swear it." Stoick promised them. Finally, both Fiersomes turned their Zippleback around and flew back to Berk.

And it was a good thing they both did, because that was also the moment, Stoick spotted a large hole in the ice below and there was something floating in the water down there. Quickly, Stoick got Skullcrusher to fly down so he could grab whatever was floating in the water. Fear gripped Stoick's heart when he realized that he and his dragon had grabbed two things out of the water.

Namely, Hiccup's helmet and Zenna's shield.

Stoick turned to Gobber, who looked just as worried as he was before holding the helmet and shield in front of Skullcrusher's keen nose.

"Find them, Skullcrusher." Stoick instructed his Rumblehorn. Skullcrusher carefully sniffed the two items.

"Find them."

At Stoick's words, Skullcrusher caught the scents of his Rider's son and his Rider's son's female friend and roared. Speeding up, Skullcrusher and Grump along with Stoick and Gobber flew off into the vast, arctic unknown.

Shocker, huh? Next update will be next week. As for my Riders and Defenders of Berk story, Heather Report Part I will be posted this weekend ;)