Sorry about the long wait, we had a fanfiction shut down and I was on a vacation. Enjoy!

Meanwhile, with the other dragon riders...

Astrid and Freya landed on the ice block with the other riders, who were waiting impatiently for Stoick and Gobber.

"I don't like it," Astrid observed. "They should have been back with Hiccup by now."

Ruffnut agreed with Astrid, but with a different observation on somebody else. "I don't like it either! Eret, Son of Eret was the man of my dreams!" she moaned, not even acknowledging Snotlout who came up to her. "My everything!" Astrid just rolled her eyes. Snotlout's face went downcast. "But, baby, I grew facial hair for you!" he said. Fishlegs sighed sadly. "Me too," he murmured.

Astrid suddenly thought of something. "What if Drago shot them down?" she said with worry. "What if they need our help? We have to find them!" She finished, with the others staring at her in shock.

"Wait-what?" Fishlegs exclaimed in shock. "B-but Stoick said that we should-"

Astrid shook her head. "We have to find them, fast!" she said, as she and Freya took off.

The Dragon Trappers:

Eret's boat was stuck in the ice, with no way out of it. "Do we go back?" One of the trappers asked. Eret by now was really afraid of what Drago would say if they were late with no dragons (again). "We've nowhere to go!" Eret protested, holding a small ice block on his head. "Nothing to sell and no heads to call our own!" he said, fear edging his voice. "If we don't turn up with dragons and fast-"

Eret didn't even finish as an unknown force suddenly lifted him up into the air, causing him to start screaming his head off.

The 'mysterious force' happened to be Astrid and Freya.

Astrid smiled down at him from her Nadder's back. "Be careful what you wish for!" she taunted. The other trappers began to shoot bola ropes at Freya, but she easily avoided them.

She looked down at him again. "You're going to show us the way to Drago," She demanded. Eret however, didn't exactly agree on her terms.

"And help Dragon Riders sneak into Drago's camp?" He exclaimed. He shook his head. "Just kill me now!" Astrid smirked. "That could be arranged," she said slyly. She patted Freya on her shoulder. "Stormfly, drop it!" she ordered, and Freya squawked and dropped Eret, sending him pummeling towards the ice below, causing him to scream loudly.

"Good girl!" cooed Astrid, her best dragon friend squawking happily. "Stormfly, fetch!" Freya dived down toward Eret, who was panicking for his life.

"Alright! Okay!" He screamed fearfully. "I'll take you to Drago!" Before he hit the ground, Freya managed to catch him in time. Astrid smiled and flexed her fingers. "Works every time," she said smugly.

Back at the Sanctuary (or rather, outside of it):

Hiccup was really enjoying his quality time with his mother, and Bing Bong was getting used to the dragons that were with them now. They followed Valka and Cloudjumper through a series of obstacles, and Bing Bong was pretty impressed with the Stormcutter's maneuverability, and especially the four wings deal. They paused right above a spot above the ocean. Hiccup glanced behind him to see the dragons gathering nearby, waiting for something to happen.

"Hey, I thought we were going to eat!" he called in confusion. Valka smiled mischievously. "Oh, but we are!" She said, guiding her dragon so she was a couple inches away from them. Bing Bong was a bit confused by the waiting. "What is supposed to happen?" he asked Cloudjumper in Dragonese. Cloudjumper just smiled. "Just watch," he told him. Bing Bong's eyes widened as he heard a low rumbling noise and looked down, seeing the Seashockers from earlier trapping fish into one big group below, then they moved away as the Bewilderbeast splashed through the surface, all the fish in his mouth. He let out a bellowing roar, the spewed the fish into the air, which contained hundreds, no, millions of fish of every kind, and there were no eels in it! Bing Bong got pretty excited while Valka laughed.

Bing Bong looked at Hiccup expectantly, his stomach crying out for the fish. Hiccup nodded, smiling, and was almost blown off his back as Bing Bong dove down toward the fish, catching as much as he can until his mouth was almost bursting at the seams with fish!

A few minutes later after his lunch, they were sitting on an ice block while Hiccup was showing his mom the map he had expanded. He suddenly stopped in mid-sentence as he watched her use her staff to draw her own map in the snow, showing many more islands that he hadn't even discovered yet! "Whoa," Hiccup whispered in awe. Valka just smiled. Bing Bong suddenly had an idea as he picked up a medium-sized icicle from nearby with his mouth to show Valka his drawing skill. "I wouldn't do that, if I were you!" Cloudjumper warned, but Bing Bong didn't listen as he began to 'draw' in the snow with the icicle.

Valka and Hiccup watched his actions, smiling as Bing Bong drew squiggly lines in the snow. When he finished, he went to drop the icicle, but it unfortunately got stuck to his tongue! Bing Bong shook his head, trying to shake it off.

"Ah! Geth ith off!" He yelled, running about and shaking his head. Cloudjumper just shook his head and chuckled. "I warned you. Tongues get stuck to ice in like, two seconds at least!" Bing Bong just glared at him as he used his paws to pull the icicle off. He held his tongue out. "I thinkh I losth my tasthbuds," he remarked, looking at his tongue.

After a while there was a fine gust of wind blowing upward as Valka let out a whoop and she and her dragon took off from the cliff, letting the wind blow at Cloudjumper's wings. Hiccup and Bing Bong joined them, smiling in happiness. This might be the best day of their lives! Bing Bong closed his eyes as the wind blew in his face, lifting his wings. Valka was gracefully walking along the backs of the dragons. Bing Bong was pretty impressed with her skill and grace, as she reached the duo and walked along Bing Bong's back, ruffling Hiccup's hair before sliding off Bing Bong's wing and disappearing for a second...then reappearing once again on the back of Cloudjumper. Bing Bong smirked at Hiccup. "Momma's boy," He snickered silently. Hiccup just frowned playfully and smacked him softly on the shoulder.

Valka sighed. "Oh, when I am up here, I don't even feel the cold! I just feel-"

"Free?" Hiccup finished, smiling at her. Bing Bong smiled too. I feel the same thing while flying, He thought. Before, I just felt trapped in Long-Term Memory. Never able to feel the wind in my face, or the freedom of playing with a friend.

Valka spread out her arms against the wind. "This is what it is to be a dragon, Hiccup!" she smiled, looking at her son. Hiccup just smirked, having an idea in mind. Bing Bong's eyes widened a bit. Oh no, he's not gonna- He never finished his thought as Hiccup spoke. "It's all good and well to call yourself a dragon. But can you fly?" he cried out, suddenly unhooking himself from the saddle, free-falling for a minute, causing Valka to gasp in horror. But then Hiccup activated his Flight Suit, making her to just stare in shock at what he did. Cloudjumper glanced at Bing Bong, who was still in his thoughts.

"Hey, don't you need to get him?" he called, snapping him out of it. Bing Bong shook himself. "Sorry!" He called and he dove after his friend, flapping his wings hard. Hiccup was whooping gleefully as Valka flew down to his level, admiring his flight suit. But then Hiccup turned to see a big cliff ahead of him. "Oh no!" He screamed, nearly hitting the cliff side. Bing Bong managed to snatch him and the two rolled in between the stacks and rolled into the safety of the snow.

Bing Bong's head poked out of the snow, shaking it off irritably. He was quite mad at Hiccup now for taking this unnecessary test of the Flight Suit without some sort of plan. Hiccup hopped out of the snow, cheering. "Man, almost!" He exclaimed. Bing Bong sneezed the last of the snow off his face and he gave Hiccup a deadpan look. "We almost had it that time!" Bing Bong just rolled his eyes and used his tail to trip Hiccup and causing him to fall on his back in the snow. Bing Bong laughed a bit.

Valka landed her dragon and walked over to Hiccup, still amazed at his flight suit as she examined it. Hiccup grinned. "Not bad yourself!" he said. She placed a hand on his cheek, and he closed his eyes. She smiled.

"All this time, you took after me." she murmured. She then bowed her head. "And, where was I?" Bing Bong watched them, feeling his heart ache a bit at this bittersweet moment. It was almost like seeing Riley with her parents all over again. "I'm so sorry, Hiccup. Can we start over? Will you give me another chance?" She asked, a pleading look in her eyes. Hiccup slowly nodded. Valka walked over to Bing Bong.

"I can teach you all that I learned these past twenty years!" She offered. "Like-" She placed her hand near Bing Bong's neck on his spine and rubbed it a bit. Bing Bong shivered a bit and turned around in surprise as hidden spines shot up from his back. His eyes grew wide. Wow! He thought gleefully, as he flexed his spines in excitement, putting on his puppy dog face. Valka laughed a bit. "Now, you can make those tight turns," she explained, as Bing Bong romped beside Hiccup, showing off his spines. Hiccup smiled.

"You knew about this?" he said in amazement. Valka smiled as well. "Many dragons have their secrets. And, I'll show them all to you! We will unlock every secret, uncover every dragon species together, as mother and son!" Bing Bong dug through the snow playfully, and as he jumped out beside Cloudjumper, he threw some snow onto the Stormcutter's head. But he just simply tipped his head and the snow flopped down back onto Bing Bong again, and he shook it off, not paying it any mind as he showed off his spines to Cloudjumper. Hiccup rubbed his hands in his hair. "Isn't this great?" he said excitedly. Cloudjumper just smiled. "I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with those spines," he commented. Bing Bong just laughed. He never felt this happy or excited in his life since his time with Riley. Hiccup rubbed his hands along his hair. "Yeah! That sounds amazing!" he exclaimed.

Valka turned to her son. "This gift we share Hiccup, it bonds us. This is who you are, son. Who we are!" she placed her hands on his shoulders. Then she and Hiccup hugged each other, accepting one another as mother and son. Then Hiccup had the same 'let's try to reason with Drago Bludvist' look in his eyes again. "Oh, this is so great! Now you and I can go talk to Drago together!" He said, trying to encourage his mother to come with him. She just looked appalled at the idea. Bing Bong just rolled his eyes.

"What? There's no talking to Drago!" she argued, petting her Stormcutter.

"But-"

"No. We must protect our own," she finished, getting on Cloudjumper's back. Hiccup groaned again, once again loosing the argument.

"Come on, we should be getting back," Valka informed, taking off. Hiccup just sighed as he looked at Bing Bong, who was still playing with his spines and giving Hiccup his toothless smile.