Chapter 6- Mother

Blinking her crystal blue eyes, the white Night Fury watches Hiccup with interested eyes. Sophia gets to her feet once more and turns around. "Everyone, this is Mother." She says, extending her hand out to refrence to the white Night Fury laying calmly on the cold floor. Valka's face lights up with amazement as she stares at the dragon with the giant crystal towering behind it. Taking a step forward, Valka slowly walks over to the weak dragon.

Extending her hand out to it, Sophia takes a step away from them and watches. Mother slowly leans her head forward so they touch. Valka smiles as the cool scales slide across her skin as the dragon slowly pulls away, worry it's eyes. Sophia notices it and quickly shoes Valka away. "I'm sorry but you all have to leave now..." Sophia whispers to Valka as she leads her away from Mother.

Valka looks back at her with confusion. "Why do we have to leave so soon?" Sophia closes her eyes for a moment and stops walking.

Opening her eyes again, Sophia says, "You will just have to leave and forget about this place. Never speak of it, don't come back, and don't even think about it or hint it to another!" Sophia raises her voice then quiets it once Mother flinches at the noise. "Just... leave!"

Valka stares at Sophia with surprise then feels a nose nudge her from behind. Turning around, Valka looks at the three Night Furies from before. They snarl at her and hiss, telling her to leave right then and there without question. "Mom... I think we should go now." Hiccup says, taking a step back from the snarling Night Furies. Toothless quietly whines as he sniffs the air flowing in from outside. Mother smells it to and lays her head back down, hate filling her beautiful eyes.

"Y-Yes..." Valka hesitates to say. "I think we should leave now." Staring at the three Night Furies walking out of their way, they urge her to leave. CloudJumper watches them, their eyes flaring with hate and worry. Snorting for Valka to get on his back, CloudJumper sniffs the air as well. Valka climbs onto CloudJumper's back and they take off, zooming outside into the darkness of the clouds above. Hiccup hesitates then climbs onto Toothless.

Whining once more, Toothless looks back at the white Night Fury who lays in silence. Finally flapping his wings, Toothless flies out of the enchanting cave and meets CloudJumper and Valka outside. CloudJumper sniffs the air and his pupils turn to narrow slits as he looks around, teeth bared and snarling. Toothless does the same only lowers himself out of sight and hides in the mist swirling around them. Suddenly, both dragons begin to fly at top speed away from there and glide back to Berk, flapping their wings harder to go faster.

After a while of flying and Hiccup being worried, Toothless and CloudJumper land on Berk and lay down right on the spot in exhaustion. Astrid runs over, screaming Hiccup's name. Reaching Hiccup, Astrid pulls him off Toothless and gets him to his feet. Hugging him tight, Astrid then pushes him back and stares at him. "Hiccup... what did you find? Where did you go? What happened?!" Astrid shakes Hiccup and he stays silent.

Finally speaking once villagers swarm them, he says, "W-We found..." He starts, thinking about what Sophia kept saying about not telling anyone. Ignoring Sophia, Hiccup says out loud, "We found more Night Furies. Four of them, hiding in a cave hidden by the mists and storms. Protected by the dragons and a girl." Valka looks over a Hiccup, surprised that he is saying this even though he was told not to.

Toothless sneezes then stands up as Hiccup walks away with Astrid, leaving all the viking to turn to Valka. Running after Hiccup, Toothless bumps into him and whines, his green eyes shining in the sun blazing above them. "Hey! What is it, bud?" Hiccup asks the dragon pacing in a circle, his tail flicking with every step. Whining loudly and flapping his wings, Toothless flies in the air for a moment then lands on the ground again with a thump. "What? Y-You want to go back?" Hiccup asks, confused as Toothless stares back in the direction they came from.

Hearing Hiccup get it right, Toothless leaps in the air and snorts happily, blinking his eyes once. Hiccup stares at the Night Fury in confusion for a moment then hears Astrid say, "Hey! You guys should go back and bring me along! We can figure this whole thing out!" She smiles brightly at Hiccup who thinks about it for a moment before sighing.

"I-I don't know, Astrid..." He says, looking away and scratching the back of his neck.

"Oh come on. Act like the Hiccup I know! The one who is always trying to save and discover dragons." She says to him, placing her hand on his shoulder.

Looking back at her, Hiccup forces on a smile and says, "Alright. We should leave when it's dark." He says, smirking at the happy dragon behind him.