"You're leaving?" Camicazi asked, hurt in her voice as she handed Hiccup a loaf of bread.

"Yeah, look Cami, it's been great seeing you again and all but we're way too close to Berk for my liking. My dad could easily find us here. I'm sorry, but I'm heading outside the archipelago to explore new lands." He sighed before walking outside and jumping onto Toothless's back. It was a beautiful day outside. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky, golden sunlight penetrated the large deciduous leaves, which glowed a yellow green, giving the forest a rich glowing feeling.

"Then we'll come with you. It wouldn't hurt to have company now would it?" She said as Hiccup shook his head.

"No. I have no idea what's out there. I don't want you to get hurt because I brought you along." He said before hooking his foot into Toothless's stirrup, making his artificial tail fine move.

"Well too bad." She said before running back into the house and putting a few things in a bag and hopping onto Windslicer's back.

"Hiccup, you can't just go out there by yourself blindly. You could get hurt or killed." She argued as Hiccup sighed.

"There's really no changing your mind, is there?"

"Not a chance." She said as Hiccup gestured for her to follow him as he and Toothless took off.

"Yes! Into the great beyond!" She exclaimed as Hiccup rolled his eyes and grinned.

"The great beyond!" He echoed, making her laugh as they streaked across the clear sky.

"Valka?" Stoick asked quietly as he slowly walked downstairs and into the living room, where Valka was sitting, one hand clutching a cup of meade and the other a picture of Hiccup, which looked like it was painted when he was around 5 or 6, his cheeky smile making her sigh and look up.

"I was too late. And now he's gone. T-This is what I missed." She whimpered as Stoick sighed and kneeled down next to her.

"Val, it's not your fault. You wanted to protect him." He assured before looking down at the picture and gently taking it from her hands and smiling a bit, "I remember when this picture was painted. It was his sixth birthday, heh, he could barely stay still he was so excited. That little boy reminded me so much of-"

"M-Me." Valka choked before she finally cracked and started to sob, making Cloudjumper snap awake from his nap and coo in concern.

"Valka, I know this is going to be hard. But we will get through this. Hiccup would want us to." Stoick said as he grasped Valka's hand gently, but she pulled it away quickly.

"What was he like?" She whispered as Stoick chuckled a bit.

"He was different. He always wanted to kill dragons, but he made machines to do so instead of the old fashioned way. He always destroyed half the town, and we all yelled at him to stop, but he never did. Stubborn, that boy was." He mused as Valka sniffed a bit, her teal eyes as wide as ever.

"Did you say be built machines?" She asked quietly as Stoick nodded, "What did he make most recently?"

"Uh-Uh a bola launcher, I think. Why?" He asked as Valka shook her head.

"Maybe- no. Never mind, it was a dumb idea." She sighed before getting up.

"I'm off to bed, you should come too, its getting late." She said before walking up the stairs, Cloudjumper nudging her up each time she stopped and stared t the ground for more than a few seconds.

"What is she thinking?"

"So, where should we go now?" Camicazi asked as she and Hiccup flew out into the open sky, Hiccup looked back at the thundering storm behind them and let out a sigh of relief.

"Well we should probably rest somewhere for a little bit." Hiccup said as Camicazi looked around befrie brightening up and pointing to an island.

"There!" She exclaimed before Windslicer booked it in that direction, making Hiccup look at Toothless and shrug before following.

"Toothless ya feel that? We're free, this is what freedom is like." Hiccup said with a smile as Toothless warbled happily and Hiccup laid down on his back and looked up at the bright blue sky.

"Freedom."

The village buzzed excitedly as the people went about their day, it was only 5 more days until Astrid killed the Nightmare and they we're all pumped. Sure, Hiccup was still a fresh topic on their minds, but the promise of a great fight definitely lifted their spirits. Well, except for Valka, who was angered by the idea of killing the Nightmare and the fact that they replaced Hiccup in his moment of glory, even if he was 'dead'.

"Cloudjumper, is it bad that I actually don't care about the killing here anymore?" Valka asked, making Cloudjumper perk up and his eyes turned to slits.

"I know, I know, I still care about you and the other dragons back at the Bewilderbeast nest, but on Berk the dragons are much more violent and viscous. They attack any human they see, Hiccup was probably just carrying around a shield just in case and then that dragon got him. Oh gods why...?" Valka cried as Cloudjumper whimpered and nuzzled her gently.

"I have to make this right. Cloudjumper, we are going to find that dragon." She concluded as Cloudjumper cocked his head in confusion.

"I know, I know, we don't know what type it is. But we can check the burn and scratch marks, see if we can find any clues to what type it is." She rambled as Cloudjumper gulped and stepped back a bit, the look on Valka's face quite frankly scaring him. It was a look of vengeance, anger, thoughtfulness, and a bit of insanity. He whimpered a bit before flying away, making Valka glare at him as he did so.

"Fine! I don't need your help anyway! I'm sure Stoick will be more than happy to help me!" She yelled after him before turning around and stomping away.

"I'll find that dragon if its the last thing I do." She murmured before running into the forest and towards the cove.

"AHHHHHHHH!" Camicazi's scream pierced the once silent night. Hiccup instantly snapped awake and looked around, but his vision was soon blocked by a bag being thrown over his head and rope tying his hands and feet together.

"Wha- let us go!" Hiccup demanded as a deep voice chuckled.

"I don't think so demon riders." He snarled as Hiccup heard Toothless whimper and roar in pain before all went silent.

"Toothless!" Hiccup yelped, he couldn't see anything thanks to the bag, but he felt two people pick him up and carry him off.

'I should've faced the Nightmare like a Viking.' He thought miserably before being harshly thrown onto a cold stone floor. Camicazi slamming into the wall next to him, her groan making relief flood through his body, she was okay.

"Cami I'm so sorry, it's my fault you went outside the archipelago. Once we get out of here, go back your island." He sighed as Camicazi started to convulse. Hiccup slowly moved towards her and put a hand on her back, but he soon realized she was laughing.

"Hiccup you're a moron!" She exclaimed.

"Huh?" He asked as she straightened up and wiped a few happy tears from her eyes.

"Hiccup, this is the most excitement I'vie had in a long time, of course I want to stay out here with you!" She chirped as Hiccup let out a sigh of relief.

"Well that's good, I guess... so that leaves us with how do we get out of here." He said as Camicazi looked down in thought.

"We should find out where our dragons are first. Then we should make an escape plan, if we wait to find our dragons then we'd waste loads of time trying to get to them." She explained as Hiccup nodded and leaned back.

"Did you see what happened to our dragons?" Hiccup asked slowly as Camicazi shook her head.

"Why?" She asked as a small tear slid down Hiccup's face.

"I think they might have killed Toothless..."

I'M SOOOOOO SORRY THIS IS SO LATE! I've been getting writers block and when I finally got a good idea my power went out! Twice! So I'm sorry this chapter is late and kinda short. But on a bright note, I taught myself the httyd guitar riff! I'm proud of myself! :D