second chapter! I'm uploading this a bit earlier then I thought, I was eager to take on board a couple of suggestions left by some reviewers, I tried slowing the plot down a bit. Next chap will be Hiccup's side of things and he has some.. interesting opinions. Enjoy!

As the ship grew closer to the mystical spikes of ice Valka simply referred to as 'the nest' Stoick felt a strange sense of anticipation begin to build up inside of him, of course this was on top of the endless count of other emotions he was feeling, such as, anger, sadness, regret, joy and so on.

He just couldn't bring himself to be believe the situation, his wife? His child? Were alive. He had so many questions that just couldn't answered, he clenched his fists as he stared up into the sky at Hiccup, who was chattering away while seated on the night fury's bare back,

Toothless? Wasn't that what Valka claimed the beast's name to be? It didn't matter, what mattered was his boy acted and spoke like them, it was almost as if he was not human, as if he were a dragon trapped in the wrong body, the thought caused a small glare to appear on Stoick's face, which he quickly sent in Valka's direction.

Much to his surprise the women stood completely still, her face blank and refusing to reveal any information about her current opinions on these events. The Chief shook his head and glanced over to Astrid and Gobber who seemed to be lost, minds mulling over their options if one of the two dragons pulling the ship decide the Vikings are no longer welcome in their waters. Stoick knew these thoughts were foolish, the dragons didn't seem interested in burning their boat to splinters, at least not while Valka was around, still he couldn't help but agree that the devils were not to be trusted.

A growing need boiling in his heart, a goal of soughts, that somehow he would change the mind-set of his wife and son that they seemed to have developed over the long years spent away, isolated from human interaction.

"If you keep glaring I might send my son to straighten you out" Valka snapped as her husband sent another disappointed stare her way

"Why Val? Why did you let Hiccup become.. one of those monsters" Stoick spat, his voice oozing anger and sorrow, which caused a little whimper to escape to women's lips before she collected herself once again.

"Firstly Stoick they are not monsters, they are wonderful, intelligent creatures and Hiccup is a beautiful, kind soul"

Astrid's sky blue eyes widened at this strange lady's claim, kind? From what she had seen the boy was far from being kind, he was feral and bizarre, unlike any human she had encountered. He was many things but kind was most certainly not one of them.

"Secondly I could just send you three back to Berk and never allow you to even get to know Hiccup"

Stoick's neck snapped up in shock, "Y-you wouldn't do that Valka.. I only just found you two, I can't lose you again" Stoick was torn between despising the beasts that ripped his life apart and wanting to reconnect with wife and son, if he even attempted to seek revenge on the stormcutter he would no longer be allowed in Hiccup's life or more-so he would be even more hated then he already was by the boy.

No one spoke for the remainder of the trip, Hiccup communicating through grunts and snarls to his dragon companion being the only thing breaking the awkward silence filling the ship.

"Here it is" Valka mumbled as they hit shore, covered by fresh flakes of snow, Toothless and Cloudjumper landed in front of the colossal haven surrounded by magnificent amounts of ice. Stoick, Gobber and Astrid all felt their jaws drop at the sheer beauty of this place, but among them The Chief felt a small amount of suspicion rise "What could have built such a thing?" Stoick questioned directing it at Valka, but Hiccup swiftly jumped from the night fury's back growling defensively

"You don't need to know who did this! just know he has more power then you could ever dream of!" The boy snapped, although his face was still hidden by the helmet Stoick could tell he was scowling by the slight squint in the little amount of eyes that was shown through the mask.

"Hey, he is a Chief! You should respect his authority!" Astrid stepped in before Stoick could respond, Valka gulped doing another hand signal most likely motioning for Hiccup to back down.

"He has no authority here!" Both 20 year old's approached each other, the blonde with her axe raised and the dragon-boy with his trusty Night fury trailing behind eyes slit and a vicious snarl coming from his throat. Just as the Chief was about to jump in between the two angry children a large figure pushed Hiccup away and roared angrily, making the boy lower himself, submitting to the beast.

Stoick pulled out a sword and grit his teeth as he realized it was the stormcutter. Hiccup and Toothless alike, lowered their heads in shame as the dragon provided himself as a shield for the visibly shaken girl. Hiccup chirped and bumped heads with Cloudjumper as an apology before playfully nipping the Night fury's ear, purposely ignoring the humans.

"Good work Cloudjumper" Valka praised placing a hand on the creature's curled up wing and extending the other to Astrid who had fallen over during the commotion. "I'm sorry dear, Hiccup just isn't a huge fan of Vikings is all.. That's why this big boy is here to keep him in check"

Astrid sighed accepting women's help, mumbling her gratitude under her shallow breath. Hiccup snorted as he continued to wrestle with the slender dragon biting and clawing as if he were just as powerful as the Night fury.

Stoick felt red spread through his vision, the way his son had reacted to the stormcutter scolding him, it was close to the interactions between an angered father, chewing his boy out for reckless behavior and the child upset at the thought of disappointing the figure he supposedly looked up to.

"Hiccup why don't you and Toothless fly Astrid and Gobber into the nest, I think Stoick and I need to talk.." Valka told her son picking up on the tension radiating off of her husband's body.

"But Mom! Toothless doesn't want cruel Vikings riding him!" Hiccup argued the dragon crooned agreeing with his brother, Astrid found the statement quite ironic considering he himself was one of said 'Cruel Vikings'

"Fine then, Cloudjumper dear will you fly them up, considering Hiccup and Toothless are acting like hatchlings" Valka teased earning a sulky whine from both the Night fury and his boy, Cloudjumper let out a dragon laugh, before lowering his wing in a polite manner, welcoming the two humans to mount him.

"Ay Valka as tempting as that sounds, I don't think I'll be hoping on that death machine, I'd rather keep my last hand" Gobber scoffed in a playful manner, Hiccup growled not picking up on Gobber's playful tone.

"Perhaps you would like to walk up the nest" Valka pointed at the large climb that would take days to complete,

"Dragon it is then!" The two laughed as the teasing brought back old memories from their youth. Stoick felt a sickening streak of jealousy rush into him as his best friend and wife hit it off together.

Astrid sighed and hesitantly climbed onto the back of the stormcutter, gripping his tough scales firmly,

"You look terrified" Hiccup mocked pointing at the unbalanced and stiff stature Astrid had gained while Gobber struggled behind her.

"Hiccup she doesn't know how to fly the dragons like we do, you mustn't insult her" Valka frowned as Hiccup straight up ignored her scolding leading Toothless towards their den grumbling incoherent dragon noises, abandoning Cloudjumper and the two terrified Vikings that were planted on top of him. Gobber and Astrid's screams filled the air as the mighty four-winged beast became airborne desperate to catch up with the head strong youngsters.

Valka rolled her eyes, deciding she would punish Hiccup for his rude behavior later, after she had cleared things up with the Viking Chief who stood on the new land with fear and anger spread across his body.

"Just ask any questions and I'll try to answer" The women scanned the area behind Stoick not wanting to face him.

"Why.. Why does Hiccup treat the dragons like they're his family?" The gruff voice asked,

"Because they are, the flock is the only family he has ever known"

"But the night fury he acts like they're-"

"Brothers? That's because they are Stoick, they've been inseparable for the last 15 years. always there for each other, two halves, one soul"

Stoick was slightly taken aback by this answer, his son and that beast, two halves? The thought alone just fueled his building rage.

"You can ask one more question about Hiccup then you must move on from the subject" Valka stated calmly fiddling with the wooden end of her staff, still avoiding Stoick's judgmental gaze.

"Why wont he show his face?" "He's shy, he has never had positive interactions with Vikings before, besides me of course, once you and the others gain his trust he'll open up" Valka assured smiling at thought of her precious son.

Sighing Stoick hesitantly thought up another question not related to his boy, "You and Hiccup are coming back to Berk right?"

"Stoick, the nest needs us here, something big is coming" The dragon-lady sighed lowering her head not wanting meet the Chief's broken eyes, "What's comin-" He was cut off by the roars of a nadder as it playfully landed in front of his wife cooing softly and it nudged her arms expectantly.

"Hello Blossom, mind giving us a lift" Valka laughed as they azure-colored creature chirped happily waddling over to Stoick. The man noticed the beast limped slightly on it's left leg, most likely due to a break which had caused permanent damage, The Chief raised his sword challenging the nadder to come any closer. This instantly caused the dragon's eyes to slit and it's tail to unsheathe hundreds of deadly spines.

"Try me devil" Stoick spat ready to charge,

"Stop it!" Valka yelled at her husband furiously as she stroked Blossom's leg allowing the distressed dragon to calm herself. Surprisingly Stoick followed the order dropping his weapon and staring helplessly at Valka's glare,

"You have much to learn" she sighed signalling for the Chief to mount the nadder.

"I will not touch that beast!" Stoick argued folding his arms stubbornly,

"Very well then stay here for all I care" She snapped climbing nimbly onto it's back. He stared at the steep shards of ice and back at the dragon,

"Only one flight am I correct?" He mumbled. Valka's face lit up and she nodded eagerly. Groaning he approached the nadder, resisting the urge to spill it's guts,

he was really going to regret this.