A/N: And the person has been revealed! This one is a pretty long chapter. This one was a lot of fun to write Hiccup may act a little oc but that's mainly his shock. Enjoy!

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They both froze. The boy because although this voice was feminine it was clearly not Astrid's. The dragon because he knew this voice.

There was a flash of light, then the sound of a small explosion, and a fire sprang up illuminating the room. Crouched in the back corner was a Timberjack of average size, the one anomaly was the size of her wings, they were large even for her species, and razor sharp too.

Hiccup stumbled back into Toothless, and under his breath he murmured, "We need to get out of here." A dragon's voice replied but not the one he'd expected. Darn he'd forgotten that all dragons' not just nightfuries had amazing hearing. "The human can speak dragonese?" came the disbelieving voice.

Toothless nodded, stepped forward and added his own flame to the only light source in the room. The fire instantly expanded and the room brightened. Now that Hiccup could get a better look at the Timberjack he noticed the gash in her wing membrane. Even though this dragon could potentially kill them both, he felt his heart sink at the sight of such a ghastly wound. His kind had probably made it, nothing but a man-made weapon could cause a cut like that.

Toothless lowered his head, "Yes my queen, he can speak and understand our language." Hiccup frowned in confusion, my queen? Then he remembered the alpha was a Timberjack accord to Toothless... this must be Flare. Still clearly bewildered the Alpha asked again, "How can it speak, it can't be true..." When the Timberjack made no move to kill them, Hiccup started to get a little annoyed, he was standing right here, they didn't need to refer to him as it or the human.

Suddenly the expression of disbelief was replace with sadness, "The last one we saw who could speak dragonese was Valka, and that was so long ago..." "What did you say?" Hiccup asked. The queen started as if only noticing him now, "oh nothing." She smiled sadly, "It's good to see one of you again, it's been such a while." Flare paused for moment as if reminiscing. "Anyway, my name is Flare, what is yours young one." The boy disliked being called young one but what choice did he have, "my name's Hiccup."

The alpha smiled in a motherly way, "Hiccup. What a... perfectly unusual name." She shook her head, "I will never get those Vikings. So how did you two meet?" Hiccup laughed, now that was quite the story, "Well Toothless here, tried to kidnap me." Flare frowned, "Who is. Toothless?" She said the name delicately if not a bit distastefully, after all it made sense for a dragon to hate "Viking" names. Hiccup sighed at his own stupidity; of course Toothless would have another name to his people. "My fault, just a nickname. So what is his real name?" The queen looked a little sheepish, "He doesn't have a name, he is known as Nightfury." The boy looked confused, "am I supposed to call you Timberjack?"

The dragon whose name was indeed Flare and not Timberjack laughed uncomfortably, "Uh no, we never bothered to name, um uh... Toothless." Hiccup felt shocked and enraged, he imagined if he'd never been given a name. Sure Hiccup was not the best name ever, but how awful to just get called Nightfury. That would be like the village calling him runt... wait never mind his name already meant runt, but whatever he knew what he meant.

Hiccup struggled to keep his anger off his face as he looked back at the alpha; instinctively he wrapped one of his arms around Toothless's neck and gave it a squeeze. "It's okay Hiccup, it's fine." Toothless murmured, sensing the human's disbelief and anger. Hiccup nodded even though it was absolutely not okay. An awkward silence formed in the tiny alcove, each side too polite to say anything.

Finally the Alpha cleared her throat and asked, "Why are you here?" Toothless gave Hiccup a gentle nudge from behind, urging the boy to speak. Hiccup nodded and cleared his throat, "I have come to request the release of the two humans you hold hostage." The queen just nodded, Hiccup had expected her to at least look angry but she just sat there calmly, the Alpha must have suspected that was their reason. "Why should I let them go?" Flare's voice was not cold or harsh simply neutral.

Hiccup had no idea what to say, he'd planned on sneaking in, not negotiating with the dragons. Luckily an idea popped into his head, he brightened and deflated at the same time. Hiccup had nothing else but if he used this piece of information, he was openly betraying his father and the village. Making up his mind Hiccup sucked in a deep breath. "I will give you the approximate time and date of the next attack from the Vikings, however you must promise that all the Vikings will return alive and that you will let the two prisoners free." The Queen studied him with her intelligent yellow eyes, "we never harmed the Vikings in the first place, but your request can be arranged." Hiccup frowned, could the Alpha be telling the truth, was that even possible...

"I have terms too." Hiccup was shook from his thoughts, what could she want? "I request the safe return of the three dragons that are held in captivity by your people." Hiccup knew to anyone else this would had seemed like an unfair deal; three dragons and precious information for two humans, but if what the queen spoke of was true then the humans had killed thousands of dragons and the dragons had killed no humans, which were completely unequal odds. "Four. There are four," Hiccup didn't know why he said that, for he was just making his part of deal harder.

Flare stared at him, an expression of admiration formed on her long face, "You tell me the truth Hiccup, but why? It does not benefit you." The boy stuttered, unsure of what to say, "I… I, thought you might want to know, their family might have been worried." Flare cut him off, but not in a rude way, "Out of curiosity, what species is the fourth one you were talking about?" Hiccup thought for a second, trying to remember the three dragons Toothless had told him about. "It's a Zippleback." The Alpha's face brightened, "Barf and Belch, they've been missing a while I was hoping it was them." Hiccup stumbled back, Barf and Belch, how had he known...

Before the start of dragon training, right after he met Toothless, he'd walked into the arena curious whether the other dragons were like Toothless too.

He was sure he'd had a reason for coming here of all places, but the second he'd walked through the arena gates his mind had gone blank.

The doors to the Dragon cages rattled and shook, Hiccup could hear the dragons' fury at being trapped in their tight and uncomfortable enclosures. He started to pace around the edge of the arena thinking. Was Toothless one of a kind? Were the other dragons really as the Vikings said, or had the dragons been misunderstood for three hundred years? Was this entire war a misunderstanding?

As the boy walked passed each Dragon's cage their protests stopped, however so engrossed in his thoughts was he that he did not realize till the entire arena had gone quiet. Then as he paused in front of the last cage to stare, Barf and Belch had suddenly popped into his head, for no particular reason, it had just appeared.

He had later passed it off as a simple coincidence, now he wasn't so sure, but how… He'd already known the names of the other three dragons thanks to Toothless and at that time while he had been starting to understand Toothless better he still didn't understand all the dragons. Trust me Hiccup tried, it didn't work out to well, something to do with almost getting burnt to a crisp by a changewing. Luckily before that happened, Toothless intervened.

"Errr. Uh I know this is going to sound crazy but I knew the Zippleback's names before you told me." The queen looked at him with a new interest, if she even had anymore to spare, this particular human had blown her mind multiple times. "You see names have no real meaning in either language, and they are the only thing universally understood between humans and dragons. Should a dragon wish they can reveal their name to a human in the form of a thought, but only if the human listens close enough." She paused and took a breath, "This process is thought to be the first step in forming a bond between a human and a dragon, but there hasn't been such a bond in so many years no one knows for sure. Barf and Belch must have sensed a dragon bond, and for some reason they decided to trust you." The Queen looked fondly at the pair standing in front of her, "it's nice to know that all humans aren't awful."

Hiccup was about to object but Flare began to speak again, "so do you agree to my terms? In exchange for the release of the two humans I ask for your information and the safe return of my people." Hiccup nodded and the Alpha bowed her head, "So we have reached an agreement?" she asked. "Yes, I promise that I will bring your people back to you, it is the only way to make things right."

The Queen nodded her head in approval, Hiccup wondered whether he would end up regretting this, he didn't even want to think what would happen if he failed to live up to his end of the deal.

Flare sat there obviously waiting. Hiccup sighed and tried to convince himself that this was for the good of both the dragons and his people. "A ship sailed four days ago, it is heading for your island you should expect it in one to two days. I am expecting the ship back with everyone alive."

Flare nodded, "I promise they will be back safe, if we have to protect them ourselves we will." "I will do the same, I will do all in my power to return your people to their homes." The Queen smiled, "you will make a fine leader one day. Now go, the humans you wish to retrieve are outside around the back of the cave." Hiccup let out a small groan, of course… he should have known.

Hiccup nodded respectfully, and Toothless bade goodbye to his queen, then the boy climbed on to the dragon and together they flew away.

Queen Flare sat in her small alcove a fire flickering before her. Tears welled in her eyes, oh how she missed that sight. She bit back her pain as she remembered her long lost love… he had picked a human over her and ever since she couldn't help but be a little bitter.

A/N: Who do you guys think Flare's love interest is? Haha sneaky me, if you have a keen eye I hide not one but two references to HTTYD 2 characters. The first one is easy, but the second might take a little more inferencing. Also I'm thinking of doing a sequel based on the second movie called How To Bring Back a Dragon Queen, kind of obvious from the title if you can figure it out... But not sure whether I'll do it or not.

HappyPup1: You owe me a review, JK. Astrid enters soon, and with a bang. I assure you.

dracologistmaster: You are very right, I have to make things more difficult :)