Chapter 8, enjoy. Sorry about the updating, I had a bad case of writers block.

Jack and Merida stayed silent for a long moment before they heard a familiar voice pop in along with a nightfury growl.

"I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I guess I overreacted, you guys were just trying to have some fun." "Isn't that your center Jack?" There stood Hiccup a bit more calm with Toothless by his side.

No way, I thought Hiccup will be expecting us to tell him how we reacted, Merida's eyes were shaking in shock, He's more than what I expected.

Jack on the other hand was too confused that he grabbed Hiccup by the collar, causing Toothless to get into battle ready but Hiccup stopped him. "You got to be kidding me Hiccup!" "WE JUST SAW YOUR TERRIBLE PAST AND YET...YOU'RE ASKING US TO FORGIVE YOU!" "WHAT ABOUT US, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING US TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU, NOT SAY AN APOLOGY YOURSELF." "How can you stay so calm about it..."

Hiccup was still calm as he answered, "I seen your good and bad memories, we each have our own bad times. You all must have at least one time when you suffered a very terrible experience." Rapunzel was about to lift her frying pan before Eugene began to question some more. "Wait hold on... How could you say such things..You had much worse times than any of us, you got physically and mentally bullied after your mom disappeared, and you were only three..." "How... How are you able to move on and forgive them."

Hiccup gave them a small smile," By forgiving them, I'm not the kind who holds a grudge for a long time." "And besides...I promised my mother I will never give up."

"OKAY..OKAY ENOUGH OF THIS!" "WE'RE SORRY!" "We didn't know how much you had to go through!" Merida and Jack yelled, getting even more confused than ever.

"Don't worry about it, if I was in your shoes, I would have probably done the same if I wasn't that much of a coward." Hiccup shrugged and smiled once Jack let go of him. "No need to bet mad, besides we're a team, so it's about time we start acting like one." "Pitch could use that as an advantage."

"He's right, now that we gotten to know each other better than before, we must get ourselves ready for Pitch. " "First lesson, know your enemy.." Before North could begin, an evil, female laugh echoed through the campsite. Rapunzel's eyes widen in disbelief, "No...it can't be...it's... it's..."

"IT'S GOTHEL!"

Then out from the shadows appeared Mother Gothel, but instead of wearing a red dress, she wore a black one. "Ah my sweet flower, you actually thought you gotten rid of me but Pitch Black was kind enough to bring me back but with power." "I would have killed you right now but I got orders..." She then looked at Hiccup. "Orders that have to do this little useless runt."

Before anyone could say a word, she pulled out a dagger and began to attack them, but the six were fast to dodge.

"Be careful, she has a knife and power so be careful!" Jack commanded with his staff, Merida got her bow with her arrow ready, Rapunzel lifted her frying pan, Eugene showed his sword, and Hiccup got his dagger, along with mounting on top of Toothless.

"Toothless, plasma blast, but to those rocks!" With that Toothless hit those rocks, surprising Gothel, who began to laugh," AHAHAHA...Silly boy, if Pitch was correct then you must really be a coward." "And you missed runt, you must be completely scared out of your wits!"

Hiccup smiled when a rock slide began to roll down, right above Gothel. "Actually Gothel, it's the opposite." "NOW GUYS!"

Gothel looked herself and saw that her dress was caught in one of Merida's arrows and that her feet were frozen to the ground by frost. Rapunzel and Eugene used their weapons to cause the rock slide to fall faster. "Wait for it..." Hiccup took out his notebook and quickly wrote some notes before sending his dagger to hold down Gothel some more.

She laughed some more and the with one hand, the rocks stopped falling and turned to dust, making everyone but Hiccup surprised. "Fools, you think you can stop me, well you all just make me laugh." With that with one hand move, she disappeared into the side and reappeared behind Rapunzel.

"RAPUNZEL, USE YOUR FRYING PAN!'

Listening to Eugene's command, Rapunzel swung her pan in front of Gothel, causing the old witch to wonder around dizzily before shaking her head and disappearing again.

Everyone looked around, wondering where Gothel would be hiding. "I'm just going to take a few guests for our lonely lair, so I hope you had a good time with your guardians. "NORTH, TOOTH, BUNNY, SANDY!" Before said people could think, they found themselves in the shadows, and falling in it while screaming as Gothel laughed.

Jack was the first to see this, and was beyond angry. No...How dare she...THEY ARE MY FAMILY! Without thinking, he charged towards Gothel, with his staff glowing blue as Merida followed him in the same rage. "GIVE THEM BACK!" They then found Rapunzel and Eugene to be following them in the same mood, Hiccup and Toothless were in the sky trying to put reason into them. "GUYS DON'T DO IT!" "It's a trap!" "Toothless, plasma blast!"

Before Merida, Jack, Rapunzel, and Eugene could hear those words, they found themselves trapped in four walls before Toothless's fire broke down one of the walls, but only made a hole. "GET OUT THERE WHILE YOU CAN, I HAVE A FEELING THAT WALL WON'T STAY BROKEN FOR LONG!" They would have, but they didn't go, they instead looked or dug on the ground. "YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT HICCUP!"" We have to find them, we have to find the guardians!" Before they knew it, the walls closed in again while Hiccup looked in shock but in understanding. Even I would want to find them, but...this is a trap for sure, even Toothless senses it.

Then out of nowhere, Gothel showed up and began to have the walls close in. "What's happening?" Rapunzel was feeling squashed as the walls were closing in as Merida complained," AH, why didn't we listen to Hiccup when we had the chance." "But the wall's closing in..." "We might not make it..."

"Don't give up, Hiccup's outside, but I can't hear what he's doing outside." Jack reassured, but still was worried. "DANG IT!" "Why do I have stubbornness issues like a Viking?"

Outside Gothel was laughing as she closed the wall more and more in. "Just like what happened to your mother that day, isn't that right Hiccup?" "Yes, I heard that story from Pitch, what a shame."

Hiccup's eyes widen as the memory came to hunt him once again;

Valka never answered his question, she planted a small kiss on top of Hiccup, whispering," I love you son." Then, without hesitation, she threw Hiccup over the dragons, causing Hiccup to scream and once he landed, he got up, turned around and then he saw it...his mother was defenseless that the dragons all jumped on her, each one grabbing either her arms or legs, and began to fly off with Valka on their grasp.

As they began to fly, tears began to fall from Hiccup as he quickly ran towards the dragons, crying out loud,

"NOO!" "LET HER GO!" "LET MY MOMMY GO!" "MOMMY!"

He stretched out his hand, trying to grab his mother's hand but he only missed her by an inch before she was completely gone with the dragons.

But he shook his head and refocused on Gothel," That won't work on me Gothel...no.." "NO, I WON'T BE THE SAME BOY WHO WAS TOO WEAK TO SAVE HIS MOTHER!" "LET THEM GO!"

He charged toward her and Toothless blasted her to the wall as he approached her with Toothless. Before he could attack, she disappeared and then showed up behind him," Good for a weakling...But Pitch needs me to give you this before I release them..."

Before Hiccup or Toothless could move, Gothel used her dagger to make a cut over on Hiccup's back, making a mark of Pitch's head out of blind on his back. "That's it, I'll release them, this time..." Then the walls disappeared, revealing the four teen trapped in there to fall in unconsciousness. Hiccup's breathing became rough as he felt Gothel's cold fingers crawl on his back.

"You'll make an excellent power boost for Pitch, but only if he hits you with one of his dark arrows, but that'll your choice, for now..." "You all will just have to wait until he arrives to this party." With that, Gothel disappeared, leaving Hiccup to feel dizziness but he still stood up and went to help the rest of the teens heal from those walls.

"I hope this mark isn't something serious..."

I hope this didn't make you so shocked, anyway, see you next time. ;)