Hey guys! So wow, this is super late. So I wrote two whole one-shots, and after deciding that both of them were bad, I just went with updating this XD
Valka grunted in frustration as she looked around the outskirts of the archipelago. The Night Fury was still nowhere to be found! She steered Cloudjumper towards the edge and flew into the outside world.
Not far behind, Stoick trailed them on his small boat, trying to keep up. It would be easier just to tell Valka what he was doing, but she would kill him for following, so he stayed behind.
The clouds started to turn darker and the sea became rougher, a storm was coming.
"IS THIS YOUR WAY OF TELLING ME TO GIVE UP?! BECAUSE ITS NO GOING TO WORK!" Valka snarled at the sky and torrents of rain started to fall and the wind started to pick up, terrible weather to sail in. To Stoick's dismay.
"Please just land somewhere." He muttered as he tried to keep his eyes on the four winged dragon. Valka had angered the gods.
"Just apologize." He said angrily before sighing and trying to steer the boat towards the nearest island, until lightening struck right in front of Cloudjumper.
"AHHHHH!" Valka screamed as Cloudjumper quickly jerked back, throwing her off his back in the process.
"Cloudjumper!" She yelled as Cloudjumper tried to dive back towards her, but a strong gust of wind pushed him back as Valka crashed into the churning sea. She struggled for the surface, but it was freezing and her body was quickly failing.
'No.' She thought frantically as her vision started to fade, 'No.' She finally stopped fighting and sunk into the cold ocean. Until a hand grabbed her and dragged her onto the shore of an island.
Stoick shivered and put her onto the sand before giving her CPR.
"Come on! Come on!" He snarled as Valka eventually started to cough and snapped awake. She coughed up a bit more water before squinting and noticing Stoick sitting next to her, looking at her in concern.
"Stoick? What are you doing here?!" She snapped, "I told you to stay on the island!"
"Really? I just saved your life!" He retorted angrily as Cloudjumper landed next to Valka and almost sighed in relief.
"Well I didn't ask to be saved now did I?!" Valka snarled, taking Stoick aback.
"Did you really think I would just let you go all by yourself. Valka I thought you were dead for 15 years! I hid my anger from you! I had to raise our son all by myself and run a village! And what were you doing? Playing around with your dragon friends." Stoick hissed as Valka gasped, the storm had gotten worse, but it only fueled their heated fight.
"You thought I was just playing around? I have been fighting dragon trappers for over 14 years! I've been trying to stop a mad man from making a dragon army! And I wanted to come back so bad. But I couldn't. And do you know why?" Valka asked angrily as Stoick glared at her, "Because. Of. You. No matter how much I begged and pleaded, dragons were still bloodthirsty demons. And maybe down here they are, but where Cloudjumper took me, the dragons are better than the Vikings! I couldn't come back knowing that you would never change. But of course the second I do come back, I found out that you let Hiccup be killed-"
"You think that Hiccup was my fault?" Stoick asked quietly, his anger melted away into pure hurt and Valka's glare softened. They both sighed before looking out at the stormy sea. They were both soaked, but hardly even noticed.
"What happened to us?" He muttered as Valka laid down on the beach and sighed.
"I don't know." She whispered, the rain fell gracefully onto her face and rolled down her cheeks and onto the wet sand.
"You 'died' on such great terms. Hiccup was finally getting healthier, we hadn't fought in weeks-"
"But I stayed away for 15 years. That will do a lot to a relationship." Valka interrupted as Stoick laid down next to her.
"I just never assumed ours." He admitted as Valka sighed and nodded.
"This storm was so sudden." She muttered as Stoick chuckled and sat up.
"That's because you yelled at the gods." He said as Valka laughed and sat up as well.
"I guess that'll do it." She admitted with a small grin as Stoick stared out to sea before a huge smile spread across his face.
"Hey Val. What kind of sea did I just swim and sail on?" He asked as Valka looked up and smiled.
"A savage one." She said as Stoick stood up and offered her his hand, which she took greatfully.
"Did you have ne'er a fear of drowning?" She asked slyly as Stoick laughed and shook his head.
"No. And I gladly rode the waves of life-"
"So you could marry me." Valka said as Stoick boomed with laughter again.
S: No scorching sun nor freezing cold. Would stop me on my journey. If you would promise me your heart,
V: and love me for eternity. My dearest one, my darling dear. Your mighty words astound me, but I've no need of mighty deeds when I feel your arms around me!
The thunder and lightning began to ease up, but the rain still fell down in sheets as Stoick and Valka started to dance.
S: But I would bring you rings of gold, I'd even sing you poetry, and I would keep you from all harm if you would say beside me!
The rain stopped falling on then and they looked up in confusion to find Cloudjumper using his four wings as a giant umbrella, Valka smiled and laughed as Cloudjumper cooed.
V: I have no use for rings of gold! I care not for your poetry! I only want your hand to hold!
S: I only want you near me!
S and V: To love and kiss and sweetly hold! For the dancing and the dreaming, through all life's sorrows and its lights, I'll keep your love inside me! I'll swim and sail on savage seas with ne'er a fear of drowning, and gladly ride the waves of life if you will marry me!
They both fell to the ground, laughing hysterically. Relationship fixed.
"We haven't done that since the day we married." Valka laughed as Stoick put a gentle hand on her cheek.
"Yeah, after you got over your madness, I was hoping that you could, well, come back. To Berk." He said as Valka gave him a tearful smile.
"I'm so sorry, but I can't. I came back for Hiccup, just so I could meet him. A-And now that he's gone... I-I wouldn't of stayed for too long even if Hiccup was still..." She trailed off sadly as Stoick sighed.
"You have responsibility at your 'nest'. I should understand, I'm a chieftain for Thor's sake." He said as Valka looked down at the sand sadly, only a few raindrops now fell from the starry night sky.
"I'll come back to visit. A lot." She offered as Stoick picked up a rock and hurled it into the ocean.
"I miss waking up and seeing your face every morning. For the last 15 years I've either seen a pillow, or Hiccup waking me up because of a nightmare. He got those a lot." He said as Valka sighed.
"I miss seeing you everyday too. But I promise, I'll visit constantly. It's like I was never even gone." She said with a small smile and Stoick put an arm around her shoulder as they watched the stars.
"We should probably pitch a camp. I'm getting a bit tired." Valka said as Stoick smiled and shook his head.
"No, I like this more." He said, making Valka smile as well as she leaned up against his side and they both slowly fell asleep.
Stoick woke with a start. It was still night, but the sky was starting to get a little bit lighter. He looked at his side and noticed Valka was gone. Strange. He got up and looked around, Cloudjumper was gone too.
"Val?" He called out into the nearby forest. He very warily walked towards the mass of dark trees, all of the sudden something felt wring about this island. He put a light hand on his axe, just in case.
"Valka? Cloudjumper?" He asked again, the feeling of being watched was overwhelming. He stepped on something and bent down to inspect it, it was a dart. And some footprints, something was definitely wrong.
"Valka?! Where are you!" He barked, he glanced up and his eyes widened in horror as he saw 5 or 6 people sitting in the trees, in all black uniforms. He put up hands and backed away slowly.
"I-I mean you no harm?" Stoick said warily as a dart came flying from the trees and hit him in the neck.
"Wh-Where is she?" He muttered before falling unconscious.
Yikes! I'm still so sorry about how late this chapter was. But I put in some Stalka fluffiness to make you Stalka fans (and myself XD) happy. So I hope you enjoyed that!
