Chapter 5- One Big Family

Hiccup stares at the three Night Fury's as they watch his every move. Making Hiccup jump, the one with dark purple skin slithers around the other two and makes its way towards Hiccup. It pushes him to the ground with it's strong front arms and stands over him, its yellow eyes flaring brightly in the white light coming from the middle of the ceiling being contained by a clear crystal dome.

The Night Fury standing above Hiccup snorts and its eyes become narrow slits. It takes a cautious step back and sniffs the air then stares at Toothless. Toothless just stares back at it then lets out a low growl. The dark purple Night Fury hisses at him and takes a step back. The other two just watch until the one with a faint red design on its body hisses at the dark purple one. The other black one stands up and trost over to Valka.

It shoves its nose into her stomach and sniffs her while she laughs, scratching its head. It steps back and rolls on the ground playfully and then leaps into the air, flaps once, then lands on the ground again with Valka watching it in amazement. Cloudjumper steps forward and sniffs the new Night Fury with interest then pulls back gently. The black Night Fury stares at the bigger dragon and swings its tail back and forth happily with Valka walking over to the one with a faint red design.

It watches her with dark blue eyes as she slowly approaches. She reaches her hand out to touch it but it steps back to get away from her. She takes another step forward and whispers to if softly. It suddenly hisses at her loudly and takes flight. The other two that were with it also take flight and follow it into the giant black hole in the wall. Valka laughs and spins around with her arms raised.

"Oh, this is amazing! Who knew that there was more Night Fury's hiding underneath the salt water in a secret cave?! But, oh, look at the cave!" She spins around happily as she says it to her son with a smile on her face.

Hiccup watches the three Night Fury's disappear into the hole as Toothless begins to roll in the dragon nip again. He purrs loudly as he does so with his tail flailing in the air. Suddenly walking over to the edge of the grassy rock they stand on, he looks down at many dragons playing together as they enter and come out of many holes in the wall big enough for them to fit into. Hiccup whips his head to look at Toothless and calls his name. "Toothless!" The playful dragon leaps into the air and runs over to Hiccup. "We are going into the giant hole. Be prepared." He says to the Night Fury who stares at him intently.

"No, I don't think so." The girl from before hisses at him. "You may stay here as long as you want but you are not allowed to enter the hole. Plus, I have many dragons in there guarding so I don't think you have a chance to even get halfway through the tunnel. I told them to shoo you out if you tried to enter so... it's not suggested to try." She gives Hiccup a smug smile as Iceflame thumps down behind her.

Hiccup stands up and sighs, "What are you even trying to hide from us?"

"Something you should not be worrying about. I was kind enough to bring you here and now you are asking for more than I can grant you."

Hiccup glares at her then looks away. Valka ignores the bad mood and talks freely to the girl with red hair. "So! I see that there is more than just two Night Fury's. And this place... no wonder you were trying to hide it! It's another one of nature's arts and I would want to protect it as well." The girl eyes her suspiciously as she talks with no concern at all. "And all these dragons... amazing! It reminds me of where I use to live." She then frowns at the thought of the alpha's death and stands up straight.

"Wh-Where did you live, if I may ask?" The girl asks shyly with a whispering voice almost to quiet to hear.

Valka looks over at her and gives her a friendly smile. "Oh, I use to live in an area that looks a little something like this. It was build by an alpha that is now... gone. I-It built the place with its ice powers and kept us safe from harm. There was only one rule really... listen to the alpha and keep everyone and everything safe. It was a good place to live. Everyone there was sweet and kind." Valka looks away and continues. "One thing that we did was rescue dragons from DragoBloodFist. He was a cruel person who knew nothing of nature and its creations. He was a monster that had and heart."

"Is he gone now?" The girl asks, now sitting on the soft green grass listening attentively.

"Yes, yes. He is gone now and he shall never return. Don't worry about him." Valka walks over to the girl as Hiccup sits down next to Toothless listening to them chat.

The girl looks away from Valka and whispers, "I-I am sorry for trying to get rid of you. I was only trying..."

"I know, I know. Don't worry about it. Me and Hiccup are over it, right Hiccup?" Valka looks up at her son and he stares at them.

"Oh... yeah. Yeah! Don't worry about it!" Hiccup gives the girl a friendly smile and Toothless lays down next to him with a plop on the grass.

"By the way, we never got your name?" Valka says quickly. "That boy over there is my son, Hiccup and my name is Valka."

"M-My name is... Sophia." The girl says quietly.

"Sophia? That's a pretty name." Valka smiles with Hiccup starting to fall asleep on Toothless. Sophia smiles a little bit then makes a straight face as she stands up.

"Well... you are still not allowed to enter the hole if that is what you are getting at." She says to Valka and Hiccup. "Come on, Iceflame. We have to go check on her. We will be right back!" Iceflame flicks her ears and walks over to Sophia. Leaping onto the blue eyed Night Fury, Sophia stares down below them Iceflame leaps off the edge and glides over the the hole. Entering it, they disappear into the darkness and don't come back out for quite some time.

Toothless sneezes as one small fluff of color lands on his nose. It flies away from him and lands on the grass before Hiccup. Staring at it, the fluff slowly goes into the ground and a flower grows amazingly quickly in front of his eyes. The once light blue fluff turns into an amazing looking blue flowing. It releases a small glow of white light with a hint of blue and tiny sparkles fall to the grass below it. Hiccups eyes light up with even more amazement as he stares at the wonder of this place. Valka looks over at Hiccup and smiles.

"This place is amazing, isn't it." Valka sighs happily. "If only we could show it to Stoick..." She suddenly frowns and fights away tears welling in her eyes. "Oh... I miss him so. Why did he have to die on that dreadful day?" Valka takes in a shaky breath and looks up as Hiccup grips one of his hands into a tight fist.

"I'm sorry dad." He whispers so that only he can hear.

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Long moments pass by until the girl comes flying back to Hiccup and Valka. FrostFire lands with a thump onto the ground before them and Sophia slides off of the dragon. She lands on her boots and swings her cape out of the way as she starts to walk towards them. She suddenly stands stiff in front of them then looks back at FrostFire. The dragon nods slightly as if it is talking to her and she looks back at Hiccup and Valka.

Letting out a loud, long sigh, the girl says, "You may come and see Mother." Her eyes dart away from Hiccups look and she quickly turns around. Walking quickly over to FrostFire, Hiccup leaps to his feet and extends his arm out to her.

"Wait! What? Mother? Who is that?" He asks, taking a step forward as Valka stands up with a bright smile on her face.

Sophia darts a glare back at Hiccup and groans. "You will see. Come on." She says, swinging her body over the dragons back. FrostFire straightens up once Sophia sits on her back and snorts happily as Toothless leaps over to her.

Toothless sniffs FrostFire's nose then backs up and lets out a playful cry of joy as he ignores what happened in the past when she tried to kill him. "Hey, come on, bud." Hiccup says to the Night Fury leaping around as CloudJumper lets Valka onto his back. Toothless stops leaping around as Hiccup clings himself to his back. Hooking his pegleg onto the saddle, Sophia watches him get ready to fly. Hiccup sighs as Toothless flicks one of his ears at his hand as he grabs on to steady himself.

"We ready?" Sophia calls out to them in question.

"Ready!" Shouts Valka with joy and happiness.

"Yeah, we're ready." Hiccup answers.

Sophia nods her head and locks of red hair fall over her shoulder. The dragons taking flight, Hiccup closes his eyes for a second then opens them as they enter the dark cave. Gasping, Hiccup stares at all the dragons clinging the the dark hole's walls as they fly past them, all the dragons hissing and watching them as they go past quickly. Looking back at the dragons as they enter a small cave filled with light blue light, Hiccup turns his head back and can't help but let his jaw drop. Staring at a giant white crystal, his eyes lower down to a pure white Night Fury, its eyes closed and its head laying on its front paws in sleep. Slowly opening its eyes, the white Night Fury raises its head slowly as the dragons landing before it.

Sophia, swinging her legs to the side, leaps off of FrostFire and runs towards the weak looking dragon, her footsteps echoing through the small cave filled with tiny crystals. Extending her hand out to the white dragon, the Night Fury blinks her crystal blue eyes slowly and seems to smile at Sophia. Sophia, smiling back at the weak dragon, whispers, "This is Hiccup, Toothless, Valka, and CloudJumper."

The white Night Fury slowly turns its head to face them and nods weakly. Suddenly a voice appears in their minds and it says, "Welcome to my home."