Hello all you wonderful people who are more awesome than me, it is I! BeyondTheClouds777 here to give you this WONDERFUL (maybe, I don't know. I hope it's wonderful) chapter. I hope you like it, and there should be two more chapters after this. It rolls into HTTYD2 after Stoick meets Valka, just so everyone knows. :) Enjoy, I will do shout-outs the next chapter. My e-mail won't load *stomps foot*

"What just happened!?" said Astrid.

Hiccup woke up again and stared at Valka.

"You're...my mother," he said, hesitating. Was this woman really his MOTHER? "No, I mean...you're seriously my mother."

"Your mother!?" Astrid questioned. "How is that even possible!?"

"I'll tell you," said Valka.

FLASHBACK

"Berk was a land of kill or be killed," said Valka, "but I thought peace was possible." 'Stop! You'll only make it worse!' It was a very unpopular opinion. 'Hiccup!' Then, one night, a dragon broke into our house, finding you in a cradle. I rushed to protect you, but what I saw was proof of everything I believed. This wasn't a vicious beast, but an intelligent, gentle creature whose soul reflected my own.

'Valka, run!'

'No! Don't!'

'Hold on!'

'No...Ahhhh, Stoick!'

'Valka!'

'Stoick!'

'Valka...'

END OF FLASHBACK

"You and your father nearly died that night," said Valka, "all because I couldn't kill a dragon."

"Runs in the family," said Hiccup.

"It broke my heart to stay away," said Valka, either not noticing Hiccup's comment, or just ignoring it, "but I thought he'd be safer if I did." She motioned behind them. "Actually, there is something I want to show you. Please, come."

Hiccup stood up, leaning on Toothless. He felt like he could walk, at least, as long as Toothless helped him. They followed Valka through tunnels, in between boulders, until they came to a large, open area, full of...

"Dragons..." Hiccup breathed.

Dragons. Dragons everywhere. Hiccup had never seen so many dragons before in his life (except maybe that time they battled the Red Death, when all the dragons in the nest scattered).

"This is where you've been?" Hiccup asked. "For twenty years?" Valka nodded. "You've been rescuing them?" Hiccup continued. Valka nodded again. "Unbelievable..."

"You're not upset?" Valka asked, worried that he was.

"What?" said Hiccup. "No. Well...it's a bit much to get my head around, to be frank. It's not everyday you find out that your mother is some kind of...crazy, feral, vigilantly dragon lady."

"Oh," Valka laughed. "At least I'm not boring...right?"

"Well, I suppose there is that one specific thing," Hiccup smiled.

"Do you...do you like it?" Valka asked, hesitating slightly.

"I-I...don't have the words," Hiccup offered.

Toothless suddenly found himself surrounded by baby dragons. Frustrated, he roared, smiling in satisfaction when he watched them scatter in different directions. Valka looked at him, and then back at Hiccup.

"Can-can I?" she asked. Hiccup nodded. "Oh, he's beautiful," Valka said, holding her hand out to Toothless. The dragon nuzzled up against her, and rubbed against her side. Valka laughed. "Oh incredible," she breathed. "He may very well be the last of his kind." Toothless flipped over in front of her. Valka gazed at his chin. "Oh, and look!" she said. "He's your age!"

Hiccup smiled.

"Ha, no wonder you get along so well!" said Valka. Toothless then sheathed his teeth, giving her a gummy smile. "And retractable teeth!" said Valka. "How did you manage?"

"I found him in the woods," said Hiccup. "He was...shot down, and wounded." He nodded, slightly embarrassed, knowing he was the one who did it.

Valka stood up and walked over to a dragon with only three feet. "This Snafflefang lost his leg to one of Drago Bludvist's iron traps," she said. "This Raincutter has her wing sliced, by razor netting. And this poor Hobblegrunt was blinded by a tree share, and then left to die, alone and scared." She walked back over to Toothless, Astrid and Hiccup. "And what of this?" she asked, running her hand along Toothless' prosthetic. "Did Drago and his trappers do this too?"

Hiccup laughed awkwardly. ":Well, um, the crazy thing is...I'm, actually the one who, shot him down." Valka stared at him. "Hey, it's...it's okay though, he got me back, right bud?" Toothless grunted in agreement. "You couldn't save all of me, could you? You just had to make it even. So...peg-leg!" He gestured to his prosthetic, and smiled.

"How did you survive?" asked Astrid in complete awe.

"Oh, Cloudjumper never meant to hurt me," said Valka. "He must have thought I belonged here, in the home of the Great Bewilderbeast!" She walked to the side of a small ledge, and looked over. Then, a dragon stood. Hiccup and Astrid gasped. It was huge, white, with tusks that could have made a Red Death jealous.

"The Alpha species," Valka explained. "One of the very few that still exist." The dragon huffed. "Every nest has its Queen, ah, but this is the KING of all Dragons! With his icy breath this graceful giant built out nest. A safe haven for dragons, everywhere."

"Wait, that's the ide spitter?" Hiccup asked. His tone was distinguishable. There was no anger or blame in his voice. "He's responsible for all that destruction."

"He protects us," said Valka, quick to defend, "we all live under his care, and his command." She looked and saw a bunch of hatchling dragons bouncing all over the Alpha. "All but the babies, of course, who listen to no one. I've lived with them for twenty years, Hiccup, learning their ways, discovering their secrets." Hiccup looked at the Bewilderbeast, and then closed his eyes when the giant breathed on him. It froze his bangs, leaving them covered in frost.

Valka laughed gently. "He likes ya," she said.

"Wow," Hiccup breathed, ruffling the ice out of his hair.

"Are you two hungry?" said Valka.

"Astrid?" Hiccup asked.

"Uh, yeah, I guess," said Astrid. Truth be told, she was starving.

"I guess we could eat," said Hiccup.

"Good," said Valka. "It's feeding time. I suppose you two should wait here, since you're still recovering from everything, Hiccup." Hiccup nodded. "I'll be back in a little while, don't worry. I'll bring you two and your dragons something to eat."

Hiccup and Astrid, followed by Toothless and Stormfly headed back into the cave. Hiccup couldn't stop thinking.

His mother.

He had a mother.