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"By Thor, it's cold" Hiccup moaned, huddling underneath his heavy blanket. It was always too cold this far North. He sank into his mind reaching out for his last, warm-feeling dream. Berk had always seemed terrible in his memory, but this dream made it seem like Valhalla. Everyone cheered his name and clapped him on his back as he had walked through the Mead Hall. Even a warm glow had filled up his body as he sat near the fire in the middle of the hall, though that might have been because a special young lady chose to sit next to him. Then he woke up before anything could happen. Typical. Hiccup groaned and threw the covers off his face. Met with cold once again, Hiccup scrunched up his nose in disgust.

"Warhhhhh!"Toothless cooed and nudged Hiccup's wrapped up body.

"Yeah, yeah, I know you want to go flying." When Toothless nudged him again, Hiccup pushed Toothless away in protest, but got up nonetheless. Grabbing his black armor that was piled up on the end of his bed, Hiccup pushed himself and Toothless out through the door of his messy room and into an icy blue hallway.

"Hello dear, I see you slept well," A feminine voice called from a room that resembled a kitchen. "Mornin' Mum," Hiccup smiled warmly to the woman as he stumbled in and pulled on his last piece of armor.

"I take it you had one of those crazy dreams again."

"Yeah, it was one of those complex ones that make so much sense then, but not when you wake up; but it was nice." A faraway look entered Hiccup's deep green eyes as he opened a nearby basket and served a plate of fish to his best friend and himself.

"Let me guess, it was about that young lady again. Oh what was her name…?" She tapped a few of her fingers against her chin, thinking.

"Astrid," Hiccup murmured wistfully.

The long auburn haired woman smiled at the boy's distracted face. She was definitely glad to have him around. Before he could scurry off to a seat with his large amount of fish, she piled on a mound of mush that looked like it once was vegetables, but only barely. Hiccup sat down at the rickety old table and wolfed down his food. Only a few minutes passed when Hiccup gave his mom his empty plate and started to run off when she caught him by the arm.

"Where do you think you're going, mister?"

"I'm just going to take a quick flight with Toothless, that's all," Hiccup said, raising his arms up in defense, "like I do every morning."

"Yes, you do, but not without kissing your mother good-bye. I think all that time in your room eating is messing with your brain as well as filling that bottomless pit of yours." Valka smiled as she poked Hiccup's stomach playfully.

Hiccup smiled and kissed her quickly on the cheek, promising that the flight will be short…. maybe.

"It better be. I need to talk to you about something when you come back." The woman's voice became harsh for a second, but came back with a little heart as she said, "But no rush. Have fun, son."

"I WILL!" Hiccup yelled as he ran out with Toothless close at his heels towards the front of the ice nest of the Bewilderbeast. "LOVE YOU!"

Valka just chuckled to herself as she grabbed a basket of fish and headed towards the center of the nest to check up on the dragons as usual.

000

This was freedom. Air (even cold air) blew on Hiccup's cheeks, in his hair, basically everywhere. It lifted Hiccup above all of his problems and woes, and placed him in his dreams. This is what it felt like to be a dragon. Hiccup could no longer imagine what it was like without his best friend beneath him and in this case, beside him. A few months ago he had finally engineered a set of his own wings that let him be a dragon. He had to admit, it was one of his best ideas. Who was he kidding; it was his best idea yet along with his fire sword.

When he had tried the flight suit out for the first time it was wonderful to fly. His mom thought he was crazy when he jumped off the top of the nest to get in the air, and rightfully so. He crash landed about, er, 20 times before he actually got in the air. That also ended with a crash. He still had to get used to steering the suit. He was banned from using it for a month by his mother when she saw the multitude of bruises that were turning yellow all over his body, but he used that time to improve it with webbing and a tail fin on his back. Now it could take him anywhere.

Hiccup closed his eyes and let the sensation of flying sear itself into his brain. But even with this magnificence, his mother's words crept into his mind. I need to talk to you…. It made Hiccup restless. The wind started to change direction and was twirling Hiccup in circles. Realizing the danger, Hiccup signaled Toothless, and climbed onto his back, securing his booted feet into the handmade stirrups. He unhooked his wings from his arms and sliding them into the pockets that lay against his calves. Breathing heavily into his mask, Hiccup led Toothless up into the clouds and let him level out. It was silent so high up; there were no dragon riders, or dragons for that matter anywhere near them.

It was bugging him. It was nagging him. What did his mom want to talk about? "It couldn't be the laundry could it?" Hiccup whispered. No, he clearly remembered putting it into the hamper the night before. Plus, it wouldn't be as trivial as that. She seemed almost stressed about the topic as she told him that they had to discuss something. The thought of having a talk about who knows what brought a hazy memory of a disappointed, bearded face looking down on him to the forefront of Hiccup's mind. Hiccup shook his head, ridding himself of the memory. "It's in the past," Hiccup whispered, hitting himself on the forehead. Toothless looked back at his rider with a look that said You are definitely going crazy. "Oh shut up," Hiccup groused. A few more minutes passed when Hiccup broke the silence again. "What do you think bud, do you feel like going back?" Toothless gave him another You're crazy looks, but turned in the sky and started heading back to their home.

Heading into the center of the gigantic nest, Hiccup crawled over to his mom who was preoccupied with bandaging a wound. As quietly as he could, he sneaked up behind her so that he was only a few feet away. Then Hiccup sprung on her and gave a large hug from the back yelling, "I'M BACK!"

Hiccup's mom jumped a little in surprise, but chuckled. "I can see that, dear." Valka stopped what she was doing and hugged what she could reach of her son. Toothless stood a little farther away, watching the pair. It's really strange, this 'hugging'. From the back it looks like they're trying to kill each other. The hugging went on, and Toothless grunted a little trying to get them to notice him. When that didn't work, Toothless tried again, then just gave up and ran to them, knocking them over.

"What? Toothless!" Hiccup yelled in surprise.

"Toothless!" Both Hiccup and Valka shouted Toothless' name as he covered them with dragon spit. With hair sticking up in all directions, Hiccup and Valka got up by pushing a deliriously happy dragon off of them.

"So, what's the thing you want to talk to me about?" Hiccup asked as he peeled himself away from the cuddle puddle and dusted himself off. Toothless could be heard snickering as he curled up to go to sleep in the corner.

"Oh, is that why you came back so early?" Hiccup smiled sheepishly as he helped his mother off the floor. "Well, it was kinda hard not to think about it!" Hiccup defended.

Valka laughed. "Well if you want to find out, I would suggest sitting down at the table."

"Is the news that bad?" Hiccup sat down on a worn down stool opposite another chair that was occupied by his mother. "What could possibly make me fall over?!"

"No, you are not going to fall over with shock, or fear; at least not right now." Hiccup looked warily at his mother as she sat down across from him. "Have you noticed the decrease in dragons coming in from Berk?"

Hiccup's head shot up. Valka hardly ever talked about Berk or the village at all. The rule in the Bewilderbeast's nest was always to forget about your past, and both he and Valka had done so willingly. "Yeah, I guess. There have been fewer dragons from there. Why are you asking?"

"Well I have sensed that something has been wrong in those parts for many years, but it only became noticeable now. I have inkling that something is controlling the dragons near Berk, but I still have no idea."

"And this is important because….?"

Valka gave him a harsh look. "It's important because we need to help the dragons. That is why we are here. It is our job."

"Ok, but why are you telling me this?" Hiccup said as he leaned back in his chair a bit. It was almost getting too short for him. He'd have to make another one. OOH, maybe he could make a chair that could…..

"I am telling you this because I am sending you back to Berk."

Hiccup stopped stretching in his chair and fell off of it backwards. "What?!" Hiccup asked, bewildered, from the ground.

"I think you heard me."

"BUT WHY!?"

"Oh don't worry, I'm not sending you there for good. I only need you for a little research. After that research is done, poof, you're back home."

"Are you insane? Me, go to BERK! I can just see how everyone will take it" Hiccup stood up and started moving his arms around stiffly while still holding a brave look on his face. "King Asher, it is great to see you again. Oh, what happened to me? Of course I didn't come back from the dead; I left. Why? I just left because I didn't like you. Hey, and by the way, can I marry your daughter?" Hiccup sat down on the stool again, but then got up again. "Oh hey Dad, how are you doing? Great? That's good. Still cutting off dragons' heads I see. I hope you don't mind if I stay in your house a little while with my Night Fury. It won't be too much trouble, right?" Hiccup sat down for the last time with his shoulders hunched foreword. Shaking his hair out a bit, Hiccup looked at his mother. "Yeah, that's going to be the greatest reunion ever."

Valka crossed her arms and walked over to Hiccup. Resting one hand on his shoulder, she spoke. "I know this is not what you want to do, son, but it has to be done for the dragons. And no one will recognize you anyway with the way you've grown: so tall and handsome." Hiccup smiled a little bit as she went on. "No one will ever think that a dead boy is alive. Or that he is the famous Night Rider. The only thing that will cross their mind is a stable boy, or a foreigner. With all the celebration, no one will even notice you."

Hiccup perked up at the words celebration, and he turned towards Valka. "What celebration?"

"I haven't told you? I thought I did, I mean it happened months ago and…"

"MOM!"

"Sorry, you know how I get distracted. Anyway, you know how Astrid was in line for the Viking Kingdom throne?"

Hiccup nodded.

"Well, Astrid's father disappeared about 2 years ago, leaving the throne empty. Astrid was the next queen, but she was a little too young, so the Vikings had to wait until this year for their new queen. And with new rulers comes feasts and celebrations, you know how Vikings love their celebrations; and I thought you could simply go undercover to see how Berk has changed, if at all, and check up on the dragons while you are there."

Hiccup nodded. Then he nodded again, but with more vigor. "This….this could work." Hiccup smiled up at his mother. "You are brilliant, Mom."

Hiccup jumped off his stool and gave his mom a quick kiss, then darted to his room with the explanation of, "I just need to plan a little."

Valka did not even move an inch when Hiccup came barging back into the room. "By the way, when is the ceremony, coronation thingy?"

"Two days from now."

"You could have told me sooner, you know."

"I know, but it's too late now, isn't it. Now go and pack. Berk is quite a ways from here."

Hiccup's going back to Berk! So excited! When Hiccup was thinking about laundry, I want to credit that idea and that part to my friend because I was stuck on that part and that was her idea. THANK YOU! Ok, I don't know when I'll be able to get the next chapter out because I haven't really planned it yet…..so. Hopefully soon. I will not abandon this story now. Ok, and I want to reply to those who reviewed.

Guest on July 2: You are spot on! Congrats.

Guest on July 4: Thank you so much for pointing out my mistake. I'll try to give Stoick a little more background later on. Also, thanks for the idea, I might add it in, but I've planned out most of the plot.

Guest on July 8: Thank you for the idea, as you can see, I wanted to put Hiccup in the time frame of HTTYD 2 with all of his weapons, but I completely forgot about the shield. Dragon's Edge is a really good idea, but I don't think I'm going to use it, but thanks.

Guest on July 9: Thank you for the idea about Eret, but I'm going to stay with Dagur, but thanks!

Alright, thank you for reading, and until then, TTFN!