Hey hey hey! Back with chapter four! Yay! Ok so you should know that when it comes to writing this I am trying to get as close as I can to actual dialogue but it is hard and I'm doing my best. I also want to say THANK YOU for the lovely review you guys made my day. I busted my butt to get this one up for you guys. One last thing I should mention. Updates may come a littler slower in the next week due to it being the last week until break. But I will do my best to get the chapters up. So enjoy and please review!

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Valka knew she couldn't bring the boy straight back to Berk. Stoick would have a fit. So she headed back to the island where she had spent the last 14 years of her life before returning to Berk. Nearing the island the boy called out.

"Hey! You left my dragon back there! He can't fly on his own he'll drown!" No reply.

"Where are you taking me!" Still no reply. They got closer to island and Valka saw the familiar ice spikes. She smiled as they flew through large hole and swerving in the tunnels. They landed in a open cave like area. The dragon holding the boy landed dropping him. More dragons circled around as Cloudjumper landed. Valka watched as the boy rolled to his feet. Or to his foot as one was a prosthetic. The dragons moved closer and she saw him pull out something that looked like the hilt of a sword. She heard a soft click and suddenly a flaming blade shot out. He waved it in front of some of the dragons distracting them. As the flame dulled he pulled a small capsule from his ankle and clicked it into the hilt. Another click and he spun around gas spraying out. He looked up as a spark caught the gas causing a small explosion. The dragons stepped back. He walked slowly forward with one hand extended. She Then crawled from Cloudjumper and swung her staff to the ground. Another dragon showed up dropping the disgruntled night fury by the boy.

"Toothless!" He called out running to the dragon. It cooed.

"I know bud I was worried to" he stroked the dragon. Valka then poked a dragon at her side. It opened its mouth lighting a flame. The other dragons followed light the cave with there mouths. The boy looked at her as she stalked forward dropping her shield and staff. The night fury snarled as she got closer. Raising a hand and twisting it the night fury cooed and flopped over on his back letting out a content growl. She ran a hand along his stomach and looked up at the boy who stood before her. She extended a hand closer to his face.

"Uhhh" he mumbled tilting his face. Something on his chin caught her eyes. It shone in the fire light. A scar. Her heart suddenly dropped. No it couldn't be! Berk was convinced he was dead. He'd disappeared six years ago.

"Hiccup?" She chocked out stepping back slipping off her mask his eyes widened.

"Huh should I know you?" He asked.

"No...no you were only a babe" she said her voice shaking. "But a mother never forgets" he let out a strangled gasp. She blinked rapidly.

"Come on!" She said smiling slight as then turning away. She ran with boy right on her heels.

"Hey wait!" He called out.

"You're my mother!"

"I have so many questions! Like where have you been all this time? What have you been up to! How did you survive?" He called out. She didn't stop as she heard him struggle to keep up. The night fury pushing him along.

"Everyone thinks you are dead! They all think you were eaten by- DRAGONS" he said as he squeezed himself through the last gap and looked up. Dragons were everywhere. Flying and playing. Baby dragons were goofing around.

"This is amazing" he breathed. The night fury let out a growl toward Valka and Cloudjumper who were perched up on a rock.

"This is where you have been for the last 21 years?" He said. She smiled. But he frowned.

"Are you upset?"

"No... Yes! I don't know. It's not every day you find out your mother is some feral anti vigil dragon lady..."

"Oh... Well at least I'm not boring. Right?" She said letting Cloudjumper help her down.

"Yea there is that one little thing"

"Do you like it?" She gestured around.

"I don't have the words"

"May I?" She looked at the dragon. He nodded. Dropping her staff she approached the night fury.

"Oh he's beautiful!" She said stroking his face.

"I've never seen a night fury this close! He might very well be the last of his kind" she laughed as the dragon flopped around her cooing happily.

"Yea yea yea" she mimicked the dragon with a laugh. Toothless then retracted his teeth like always.

"Oh retractable teeth! Incredible. How did you manage?"

"I found him in the woods. He was shot down and wounded" Hiccup said softly. Valka stood and walked out to a large dragon.

"This raincutter lost his leg in one of Drago's metal traps. And this poor hobblegrunt was blinded by a tree snare" she said then steeping over the blind dragon softly petting it. The dragons skin shifted from purple to pale green.

"And what of this?" She asked picking at Toothless's tail fin.

"Did Drago do this?"

"Ah funny story... I'm... I'm the on who actually shot him down" he said sheepishly.

"But hey you not me back bud. You couldn't save all of me so PEG LEG!" He smiled his voice going loud. The dragon happily snuffled and locked at him. Worming its way between the boys legs tripping him. Valka was amazed.

"I should actually mention that I was only here for about 15 years" she said softly getting the boys attention.

"Huh?"

"I I'm I went back to Berk six years ago. The pain of staying away was far to great so I went home. But the pain that awaited me there was far worse" she mumbled.

"I couldn't stay..."

"Why not?"

"I wasn't one of them. No matter how hard I tried. To Berk I was weak. Useless. Pathetic. I excelled in dragon training only because of Toothless. I needed to leave before it got out of hand. He would have never understood Toothless" Hiccup spat the words but then softened.

"I know. I thought that staying away would be better. I was so convinced he would never change but he has. Everything on Berk has been changed for dragons. Nearly everyone on Berk is riding a dragon"

"If only that were possible!" Hiccup scoffed.

"It's true! Hiccup. He really did change"

"How?" He mumbled.

"I thought the same thing. I tried for years before you were born. It was a very un popular opinion. I tried for a way to stop the fighting. To try and make peace. But one night during an attack a dragon broke into our house. Your room. I rushed to protect you but what I saw proved my belief" she gestured to Cloudjumper.

"This wasn't a monster but a soft and gentle creature who's soul reflected my own"

"How did you survive all these years?" He asked. Bending down to pick up her staff she began walking slowly.

"Oh Cloudjumper never meant to harm me. He must have thought I belonged in the home of the great Bewilderbeast!" She said as they got to the edge looking down. A large dragon, white and red with massive tusks sat in the eater below.

"Every nest has its queen but this is the king of all dragons!" She waved her staff around. " with his icy breath this graceful giant built our home. A safe haven for dragons everywhere" She began walking again lower down to the great dragon. As she stopped she kept talking.

"We all live under his care and command. Well all expect for the babies" she laughed as a herd of baby dragons fluttered around its face. He let out a soft huff and they scurried off. Slowly the giant stood and faced the two standing there. Eye to eye with the boy he let out a breath of ice. Hiccup shook the ice from his hair.

"Wow..." He breathed.

"He likes ya" Valka smiled. He smiled wider.

"You must be hungry!" She said suddenly.

"Um yea I could eat"

"Good. It's feeding time" she smiled walking off with the bow in tow.

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They were out side of the nest now flying high. Valka looked over at her son.

"I though we were going to eat!" He called out.

"Oh we are" she said and looked back at all the dragons following them. Suddenly a loud grumbling from the eater below sounded. Looking down she saw the Bewilderbeast burst from the water spraying fish everywhere. The dragons fed. Valka watched her son closely.

Flying on they hit a hot stream of air blowing upwards. Hovering in the air Valka looked over at Hiccup who smiled at her. She then walked across Cloudjumper's wing. She made her way across dragon wings and then landed lightly on Toothless's wing and padded over. She hopped light over her son messing a hand in his auburn hair. She heard him laugh as he mounted Cloudjumper. As they flew she extended her arms.

"Oh when I'm up here I just feel so free!" She extended her arms and smiled Oder her eyes. "This is what it feels like to be a dragon Hiccup!" She laughed.

"Oh yea? Well can you fly?" He asked back. Her eyes shot open to him dropping from the night fury. She let a gasp. Her son was in the air flying with flaps that had come from his suit. It was a joyous moment until the land came into view.

"Not again! Toothless!" He called out. The black dragon forced it self forward to catch the boy. The pair both hit the ground skidding in the fresh snow. Hiccup was whooping. Toothless lifted an arm to let his rider up but he wasn't there. Suddenly Hiccup shot up out of the snow.

"Whoa whoo!" He waved his arms about.

"Man almost! We just about had it that time!" She landed to see Toothless swipe his tail at Hiccup causing the boy to land flat on his back. She laughed and jumped off of Cloudjumper. Running over to him as he got up she placed a hand on his suit. Tugging at one of the flaps.

"Incredible!"

"Not bad yourself" he smiled.

"After all this time you took after me!" She said softly years in her eyes.

She placed a hand on his cheek but moved away instantly. Meeting his eyes she again laid her hand on his cheek. He closed his eyes leaning into her touch. He smiled opening his eyes again.

"I can't teach you all that I have learned in these past twenty years" she said moving away.

"Like..." She said placing two fingers on Toothless's spine. The dragon let out a soft grumble as his spine shifted.

"Now he can make those tight turns!" She smiled watching him romp around like a puppy. He stopped by Hiccup clamping the spikes in and out.

"Did you know about this!" Hiccup asked the dragon.

"Every dragon has its secrets. And I'll show them all to you!" She said moving to stand by her son. They watched as Toothless jumped into the snow and wriggle around hopping out right by Cloudjumper. Snow flew everywhere and all over the larger dragon. Toothless shook as Cloudjumper tilted his head dumping more snow on the night fury. Am they laughed.

"We'll unlock every mystery! Find every last species together as mother and son" she placed a hand on his shoulder.

"This gift we share Hiccup. It bonds us. This is who you are son. Who we are" she smiled.