Goodbyes and hellos

Hiccups POV:

I got up from my bed in my Mayan vacation home and looked out the window to see the sun shining through and then remembered what day it was today. Today was the day I started my long trip home to Berk and I had to get breakfast ready. I didn't need to worry about packing up some of my stuff since I took care of that two days ago and Gukumatz promised me he'd have some servants take care of my house while I'm away. I slowly got out of bed and put on my sailing armor since I was to leave right after breakfast and the goodbyes. I came downstairs to find all my animals waiting for me. I smiled at them and said.

"Good morning all. You guys ready for some breakfast?"

Shadow and Snowflake barked, my monkey started screeching or clapping in approval and my jaguars just mewed cutely. I smiled at them before entering the kitchen and starting breakfast for all of us but as I made breakfast I couldn't help but remember what happened during my last week here including how I was able to train and get my own female amphithere which I had named Nimla which meant river or waterfall. It was then that I remembered the day I first her.

Flashback

It was five days before I left and I was out in the jungle with Jocko and Gina, in my jungle armor searching for old traps Ichik left since I didn't want any animals to get hurt by wondering into them and I could use or sell them back on Berk. While we were doing this Shadow and Snowflake were watching the Jaguar cubs back at the house and Toothless was waiting for us on my ship which was tied to the shore by a river. As I was disarming one of his snares I heard a roar of pain. I looked around and said.

"We better check that out." I then looked up at Jocko and Gina who were keeping an eye out from the treetops for any possible threat and yelled. "Guys come down we need to check something out." They slowly climbed down from the tree and climbed onto my shoulders. We then advanced towards the source of the roar.

Five minutes later

We arrived at a waterfall, which fell into a beautiful lake, which let out a river. It wasn't the beautiful landscape that caught my eye though. The thing that caught my eye was the amphithere with greenish blue scales (AN: Like the colour of a quetzal birds feathers without the red chest), white-scaled underside and slightly lighter feathered wings. Gukumatz had told me that there are wild amphithere out in the jungle but they're hard to find so I was amazed to find one but subconsciously rubbed my stone of good fortune, which was now shaped like Toothless and said.

"Thank you stone of good fortune."

It was true I still kept the stone after the battle but I didn't rely on it in battle which I got into quite often after the match with Ichik since a lot of the warriors wanted to put themselves against me for a few reasons such as the challenge, the glory they would get if they beat me, impress the girls or just out of jealousy since because of the looks some of their girlfriends or wives were giving me but sadly they all ended up on the ground either injured or unconscious since I always excepted the challenge despite the healer telling me not to but I did it anyway and before every battle I'd take my stone and armor off relying purely on my skills which were more than enough to win me the battles. Unfortunately this also won me the attention of more Mayan girls, which didn't help me at all when I was trying to relax or do business in my stand at the market since they constantly flirted with me there and some even tried to get me to trade a kiss, a feel of my chest or even a date for some of their products.

I then refocused on the amphithere and saw it constantly flapping its wings but its head always seemed to be pulled back down. I looked at Jocko and Gina and told them to get off my shoulders since things could get dangerous. They did as they were told and climbed up a tree before I slowly approached the amphithere and saw it had gotten its neck caught in a snare. It then noticed me and glared at me as it let out an angry squawk. I then slowly back up and held up my hands and said.

"Easy now I want to help you out of that trap." Jocko and Gina then making sounds as if telling the amphithere to trust me. It seemed to work to since the amphithere lowered its head down as I took out my knife and slowly approached it. I then cut the rope holding it and freed it. When it was out it slowly raised its head as it looked at me before it began to smell my satchel on the side of my armor.

"I know what you want." I then reached into my satchel and pulled out a dead piranha fish. I then held it out to the amphithere who quickly snapped it up and ate it in a few seconds. It then looked at me curious before I took my gloves off and held my hand out to it before looking away. I waited a moment before I felt his muzzle rest against my hand. I looked at the amphithere and smiled. "Welcome to the team." I then noticed that the amphithere was female and then decided to name her Nimla. I then lead her along with my monkeys back to my ship where Toothless was waiting.

End flashback

For breakfast my wolves had some turkey meat, my monkeys had some fruit and my jaguars had chopped up fish while I had cooked fish with a fruit salad on the side with a glass of water. Once breakfast was done I gathered my animals and said.

"Well guys it's time to get to the ship." They just stared at me to which I chuckled before leading them out of the house and into the open roads where Toothless and Nimla were waiting for us. I smiled at them as I playfully asked. "You ready to go home guys?"

They growled happily before I put Ah Tabai and Maya in their baskets on the saddle while Jocko, Gina, Chac and Kisa rested on the backs of Shadow and Snowflake digging for some bugs. I smiled at them before we made our way towards the docks where Scaulder and my ship were waiting for us.

When we arrived at the docks I we were greeted by Gukumatz, a few of his guards and a few servant girls. Each was holding something or had something behind them. I walked up to Gukumatz and said.

"Well my friend these past few weeks have been fun except for the mad hunter nearly killing me. Still though I'm going to miss this place but I will drop by every few months or so." He smiled at me and put his hand on my shoulder.

"That is all I ask for my friend but before you go I have some going away gifts for you." I smiled.

"Oh you didn't need to do that."

"My friend I treasure our friendship and you have done many great services to my people such as avenging my wife by killing the demon snake, building us inventions to aid our city, helped show everyone the true colors of that arrogant fool Ichik, brought smiles to the faces of our young, armed some of my warriors with weapons far superior to our own and most importantly saved my daughter for as an emperor I can only give you a small reward as thanks but as a father I cannot give enough riches to you to repay that deed."

"You gave me a home in the city and allow me to stay with your people and that is payment enough for me."

"You are a good man Hiccup but still we have some parting gifts for you and I won't take no for an answer."

I smiled knowing there was no way I could say no to him. He could tell he had won by the look on my face before he clapped his hands and a woman came forth holding a suit of traditional Mayan male warrior armor with a shield and spear. I smiled at it as he said.

"So you will remember that you may have not been raised to be a Mayan warrior but you were trained and fight like one." I smiled and took the armor.

"Thank you my friend." He smiled before clapping his hands again before two guards came forward holding a large stone in the shape of a circle with Mayan markings on the front but in the middle was a drawing of Toothless like on my armor and shield. I recognized this stone slab as a Mayan calendar.

"How did you know I wanted a Mayan calendar?"

"I saw you eyeing the calendars around the temple so I had this one made for you."

"Thank you so much my friend." Then Gukumatz had the guards load the calendar onto my ship as I instructed them to take it down below under the deck. I then turned to Gukumatz. "Well I hate to leave but I will visit from time to time so until next time my friend." Next thing I knew Gukumatz had me in a big hug.

"Until next time my friend." He then put me down as he smiled at me and I smiled back before boarding my ship where Toothless, Nimla and my animals were waiting. We then pulled out as I waved goodbye to the Mayans at the dock before all I could see was dense jungle.

I looked around at the things on the deck, which really wasn't that, much since most of the stuff I was bringing was down below the deck in the hold. On deck there were only a few crates with some food and water in them, my fishing rod, a chair for me to sit on, my capuchin monkeys who were walking around checking out the deck, my jaguar cubs who were play fighting each other, Nimla was curled around the bottom of the mast and my night monkeys were curled up by the steering wheel sleeping and Toothless who was just watching the jungle go by. Seeing nothing better to do I grabbed my chair and put it in front of the steering wheel before taking out my sketch book and gently began drawing my sleeping night monkeys to pass the time.

Three hours later

As we went I just sat and listened to the gentle sounds of the jungle and gently drew in my notebook to pass the time. Passing the time by drawing in my notebook was just one of the ways I passed the time on my ship. I also played a little with my wolves, cooked and ate my food, flew around with Toothless, spent some time fishing, fed my animals, drew up some designs for some new suits of armor and modified my battle armor a bit to make it even more deadly in which I succeeded by putting a flamethrower in the shape of a monstrous nightmare heads on each shoulder, modifying the helmet so when I speak the mouth with fangs open up with it to make it seem like the helmet is my head, another thing that I did to the helmet was altered it has a wind up like mechanism which opens the mouth up and makes it close on an item before going into a rapid biting mode which won't stop for a full minute so all I have to do is wind it up while it's still on before taking it off and throwing it at a target so it can cause some major damage and lastly I booby trapped the inside the helmet so when someone puts it on without pushing a switch on the back a four peace color will latch onto their neck and slowly strangle them as the dragon fangs pull into the helmet which will slowly rip open their mouth and ripping their jaw open but it can easily be disarmed by spinning a switch on the side of the helmet so if anyone who I didn't like put it on then they'll be dead in three minutes. I had also modified the mini arrow launcher by making it so the arrows wrap around my wrist and revolve whenever I launch an arrow before reloading an arrow and all I'd have to do is make a fist and it would launch an arrow.

I got up from my seat on the side of the ship and said to my animals and dragons.

"I'm going down below deck to do a little work guys."

They just looked at me for a moment before going back to what they were doing. I smiled at them before heading down below deck. The lower deck of my ship used to be one big storage room but I had altered it by putting in a wall in the back to make a different room for me to sleep in and installed some hooks into the walls and floor so I could tie some of the more fragile things down to avoid damage. Down in the lower decks storage area I had quite a few items in crates and baskets. Some of the things were Mayan artwork such as masks, paintings, statues and jewelry. Other things in storage were different fruits, jugs filled with fresh water and meat I packed for my long voyage one of the meat types was peccary meat that I had cut up and dried out for the journey (AN: Like biltong) and it turned out to be quite delicious and perfect for this long journey. I also had a few bags full of seeds for nearly every type of fruit, tree, plant and flower in the jungle for growing my own jungle for my animals and Nimla but this one won't be as big but big enough for them to live comfortably as if they never left the jungle and it would help me train a bit. There was also my new Mayan calendar that was tied down against a wall. I also had a few large bags full of alpaca wool for me to use at different times. There were also some of the Mayan weapons I got in trade and some of Ichiks traps that I got from the long trip into the jungle. I also had a few old Mayan scrolls I got depicting their history, their way of life and some other things. There was also some blankets made of alpaca wool for my hideout along with a crate full of alpaca wool to make some things if I wanted. I also had the knife Ichik used on me since I decided to keep it as a souvenir from my fight.

These things were all on one side of the lower decks while the other side had my living cargo such as my poison dart frogs in their basket with their bowl of water along with some fruit to lure some bugs in and for them to eat. There is also two beds for Shadow and Snowflake to rest comfortably and I didn't have to worry about Toothless sleeping comfortably since he normally dangled from one of the support beams by on the ceiling by his tail when he sleeps. Another thing that's on the live cargo side is a large cage, which holds a small makeshift birds nest, and in that nest is one male harpy eagle fledgling. I found him orphaned in the jungle one day when I went out hunting after a vicious storm. I found the little guy when I was out in the jungle hunting when I came across him on the ground under a destroyed nest a few feet away I saw a dead adult harpy eagle. I walked up to the adult and found the neck to be broken. My guess is the storm knocked the mother hard into a branch neck first thus snapping it while it knocked her nest out of the tree and from what I could tell the fledgling was lucky to survive. I then turned back to the nest so I could get the fledgling knowing the fledgling wouldn't survive out here on his own so I began to go back to pick him up before I heard a hissing on the ground. I looked in the direction the hissing was coming from and a saw fer-de-lis which was a very venomous snake slithering straight for the fledgling. I knew it was going to kill the fledglings and I couldn't let that happen so I quickly ran and grabbed the fer-de-lis by the head so it couldn't try to sink its fangs into me. I looked at it and smiled before reaching into my satchel and taking out a glass jar with a cloth tied tightly on the top that I made back at my hideout on berk for if this happened. I then forced its mouth and began to milk the venom out of its fangs since I could use the poison for darts, tipping my arrows or just to make anti venom. When I was done I tossed the snake to the side and watched as it slithered away quickly. I the put the jar away in my satchel before going over to the fledgling and gently picked it up. I then took him back home where I built him a new nest in a cage to keep him comfortable but keep him safe as well. For food I only fed him tiny pieces of fish and turkey to make sure he doesn't start going after Jocko and Gina like other harpy eagles. As for a name of this little ball of fuzz I had decided to name him Ikan. I smiled at him and continued to the back room where my room is.

I entered my room with a bored expression and closed the door behind me. I looked around. It was a pretty simple against the back wall facing the door was a cupboard with some spare blankets pillows and some clothes inside. To my left was a desk with a chair tucked into it and on that desk was some tools. Against the right wall of the room were the suits of armor I normally wore on their stands. Opposite of them on the other side of the room was a comfortably soft double bed with alpaca fur stuffed pillows, sheep wool blanket with an extra alpaca fur blanket folded up at the end of the bed, next to the bed on the right side was side table which had a water filled jug with a cup next to it along with a lit candle. I pulled out the chair at the desk and sat down before pulling out my journal from one of the desk draws along with a charcoal pencil and began sketching blue prints for an armor that would allow me to breath underwater. I wouldn't need to worry about it rusting since it would be made using Toothless and Violets flames and by doing so the metal wouldn't rust. I know this because I tested it on a sword I made once by leaving it in a barrel of water for a three weeks and not a hint of rust even when I left it to drip dry.

4 hours later

I finally finished the design and blueprints for every set of equipment and gear the armor would have. I got up from the chair and stretched out my legs and cracked my back since I hardly ever sat down like this for so long. I then decided to go take a look outside to see how the sailing was going. When I reached the top deck I found everyone just keeping busy such as Nimla slithering around, toothless watching the jungle go by, Shadow and Snowflake playing with the jaguar cubs while Jocko and Gina dug through their fur looking for bugs and my night monkeys were asleep by the wheel still. I smiled at them before joining Toothless in watching the jungle go by. I enjoyed the birds' fly by as the occasional animal came by the river to get a drink of water. It was then I began to wonder how I was going to face my village and more importantly my father. I then wondered how they would react to my dragons and animals. I then chuckled thinking of the looks on their faces when they see me riding the legendary unholy offspring of lightning and death. I smiled at the thought of how they would react to the new me since the last time I spoke to them I was a scrawny twig who could barely hold a sword and now I'm a very skilled and lethal warrior who could probably take down some of their best warriors easily. I then shook my head and began to wonder what else the gods had installed for me.

One week later

We were nearing the cave which I had come to call home and I was just shaking in excitement at seeing all my dragons again and seeing if anything changed while I was away. As soon as we pulled into the dock I immediately put a plank down and hopped off right before my dragons swarmed me. I laughed as they nuzzled me and I smiled as I said.

"Great to see you to guys." I had to admit I missed my dragons while I was away. I then made them back off a bit. "Okay guys we now have some new members to our little group of misfits." I then went back aboard my ship and came back with Ah Tabai and Maya in a basket I normally let them play in when I did trade which I held in my arms. The dragons walked up to me and gently cooed curiously at the little cubs. "We'll get the introductions done when all of our new friends are off the ship." I put the basket on the ground before returning to the ship and getting my capuchin monkeys and bringing them out on my shoulders while I held my night monkeys in my arms while Nimla slithered behind us. I let my monkeys down before getting back onto the ship to fetch Ikan. When I returned with his cage I gently put him on the ground. "Now to get the introductions out of the way okay everyone."

I then proceeded to introduce my dragons to our new friends while introducing my new animals and dragon. Once introductions were out of the way we started to prepare for the new stuff. I changed into my regular armor and proceeded to get everything in order.

2 hours later

I was finally done with the unloading and unpacking of everything and it was tiring since I needed to take stock of everything and build some new stuff to help me with my new items but it was all worth it. Ikans cage was now on a hook on a stand I made which was a curved pole that bent down at the top with the hook at the end to hold the cage. My Mayan armor was now with the other suits of armor I had on its own stand. My Mayan weapons now rested in my armory in their own section. Also Nimla now had her own little nesting area in the dragon's room. The beds of both capuchin and night monkeys that they used on the ship were now in their own room which I had Diggs dig out with a nice wooden floor, a door to my room, a large window looking out to the garden. The reason I had this room made because I didn't want things to get too crowded in my room since I already had Shadow and Snowflake along with Ikan. My Mayan calander was now stuck in the wall of my room in a dent in its shape while being held in place by metal strips at the top and bottom. The bags of seeds from the jungles plants were now in the cove waiting to be planted. I had built a large box made out of glass about ten feet long and five feet wide with the corners being held together by gronkle iron. I'd filled up the box with mud and dead leaves with some fruit along with some water on the one side forming a pond. I used this as a place to keep my poison dart frogs and they'd be comfortable in it before I put it in the library and it looked good. It was on my journey back home that I decided I didn't want to constantly rely on my stone of good fortune so I made a stand for it in the form of a human neck with shoulders (Like the stands for necklaces you normally see in jewelry stores.) on top of a wooden stand in the middle of my vault so it would stay safe until I felt I truly needed some good fortune. The scrolls I brought with me were now in the library placed neatly on shelves along with a few small statues that I placed on the shelves. I built a statue of Nimla and put it in the library among the other statues of my dragons. The masks from the village were now in the room with all the paintings and vases. They were all hung up on one wall as a collection and they looked good. The small statues I got were in different places of my hideout like some were on the shelves of the library, on the tables of the library, one was on my side table or on my desk. Some of the alpaca blankets remained in the closet on my ship while the others were placed in my closet while one was nicely folded up nicely and put on the edge of my bed. While some of the pillows remained on my ship for my use on travels while some were on my bed to make it more comfortable. There was also the knife I got from my fight with Ichik which I had built a stand for which I had placed in a new room I had Diggs make against the wall after I installed a nice wooden floor. I'd also taken the time to go see my animals and found them all to be perfectly good and healthy along with my pregnant yaks and sheep doing well with their pregnancy. I would say the sheep had another month before they were dew since they got pregnant four months after we moved in so they were now pregnant for four months and the usual carrying time for a pregnant sheep is normally five months. Same for my yaks which is why I wasn't worried about them giving birth while I was away. I also made a new bathrobe out of some of the alpaca wool I had so it was warm, soft and comfortable and I decided to make some matching slippers out of alpaca fur with leather for the bottoms.

I was now grabbing some water from my cold room to cool off from all my hard work and as I closed the door I felt something breathing on my back. I turned and found Bladewing looking at me as if begging for something. I smiled knowing exactly what he wanted. In the months I had spent with dragons I had learned so much about them like for starters how to keep them happy and comfortable with living with me like for starters Bladewing loved to have his back scratched which is no surprise since with wings of his size it's impossible for him to scratch his back so without hesitation I climbed on his back and began scratching while he turned into a puddle of purrs. I chuckled knowing how much he loved it before Jocko and Gina climbed up to see what I was doing. I smiled at them and said.

"Bladewing here loves to have his back scratched"

They just looked at me curiously before they began scratching with me causing Bladewing to drop on the ground in pleasure. I chuckled at him and just shook my head in amusement before I slid off his back and let Jocko and Gina take over for a while. I smiled at the sight having a feeling they'd get along just fine. I then heard a growl from behind me. I turned and found Diggs. I then remembered I promised him a nice long teeth brushing when I got home and right now he was reminding me.

"Okay big guy we'll get to your teeth brushing as soon as get your tooth brush."

I then quickly grabbed a broom that was resting against the wall by the entrance to the library. I then went over to the hot springs and wet it a bit before returning to Diggs who showed me his teeth. I smiled at him and began brushing them. As I brushed his teeth I began telling him about what it was like in the jungle to pass the time and before I knew it I was telling my entire adventure in that land from meeting the Mayan people to saying goodbye to them. When I finished I looked around and found all my dragons gathered around to listen. I smiled at them before saying.

"Well I hope you all enjoyed that story but I think it's time we went out and grabbed some fish for dinner." They all roared in approval before I put the fishing baskets on my dragons before I told Shadow and Snowflake to keep an eye on the cubs and monkeys so they don't wreck the place. After that was taken care of I hopped on Toothless and we all took off.

One hour later

We dropped off the last of the catch in the cave into the pile of fish we had gathered. I dismounted Toothless and smiled as Shadow and Snowflake came up to me with my monkeys on their backs and jaguars being carried in their mouths by the scruffs on their necks. I smiled at them and said.

"Time for dinner." I then heard a growl from behind me. I turned around and smiled because I was looking at Speedy. I then found myself pinned to the ground with Speedy on top of me nuzzling me as I laughed. "Okay Speedy I'm happy to see you to."

He then backed off and let me stand up. It was then I realized how late it was since it was dark out. I smiled at him before leading him to Nimla along with my new animals for introductions. Once introductions were out of the way we all began eating and I have to say life was good.

Back in the village

Stoicks POV:

I was in the Great hall with Gobber and Spitlout, discussing the latest damages done to the village by Snotlout, the twins and of course the dragons. Ever since Hiccup left the village went from bad to worse. For starters Gobber wouldn't talk to me for a month and now whenever he does he always has this look of anger on his face. There is also the fact that without Hiccup he was working alone in the forge and had trouble keeping up with all the weapon orders and repairs so we had trouble getting our weapons ready for attacks and raids. Things have also got incredibly boring without Hiccup and his crazy ideas around. I guess he brought some excitement into this boring little village. After Hiccup left we found out the reason Snotlout lied to us was he was trying to get Hiccup back for getting him in trouble with the Hoffersons by offering up their daughter and tricking him and the twins into rubbing pond scum on their skin which caused everyone to avoid them and their parents forcing them to sleep outside for a week but he figured when he did this little trick I'd just yell at him a bit since he wasn't expecting Hiccup to run away. As for his punishment his father is having him muck out his family stalls until Hiccup returns. I was also forced to make him my heir three months after Hiccup left which made his ego get bigger which led him to try and impress Astrid into being his girlfriend and I won't go in to details but it always ends in disaster. Anyway after Hiccup left I searched I rounded up a search party to find him. We spent all night looking for him and didn't find a thing. We kept searching for three months and found scratch and as much as I didn't want to I had to stop looking for him so I could do my cheifing but I use whatever free time I could to search for him.

I looked around at the Gobber and my brother before asking.

"What was the damage done?" Spitlout answered.

"Three animal pens destroyed, ten injured, nine houses destroyed, several burn victims, twenty chickens, eleven sheep, four yaks and two catches of fish." I grumbled and rubbed my temples.

"Those beasts wouldn't be bothering us if I was successful in finding their nest." Gobber replied.

"A real shame one of those beasties can't just lead us through that fog that covers their nest." I then felt a spark of an idea come to me before I turned to Gobber.

"Say that again Gobber." Gobber looked confused.

"A real shame one of those beasties can't just lead us through that fog that covers their nest." I laughed as it hit me I stood up.

"Gobber you're a genius." I then left the table. "Gather the tribe I have an announcement." They looked at me confused before going to gather the tribe.

5 minutes later

The entire tribe was gathered in the Great hall in front of me. I smiled and said.

"I know you're all wondering why I called you all here so late." They all let out yells of agreement. I raised my arms silencing them. "Well the reason is tomorrow we'll be going on another search to find the dragons nest." They all let out yells of protest but I silenced them with a yell. "This time I know it will be different because this time the head ship will have a dragon tied up at the front leading us straight through the fog and to the nest." Some people gave me skeptical looks but they disappeared when I announced. "Get the ships ready tonight because we set sail tomorrow morning." Everyone left the hall after that announcement except Gobber who walked up to me.

"You sure about this Stoick?"

"I've never been more sure about this Gobber I can feel it in my gut that we'll find it."

"And what if it doesn't work and you die out there just when Hiccup comes back? Then what?" I sighed.

"We're not having this conversation Gobber I have a fleet to prepare." I then left the Great hall.

Back at Hiccups hideout

I just got into one of the hot springs for a nice relaxing bath to clear my head. I sighed as I let my body sink into the hot water. I then began to think of how I'm going to show myself to the village and when I would do it. I then put my arms on the sides of the hot springs and leaned my head back looking at the roof of the cave. I sighed and just lost myself in thought wondering what would happen. Would my father accept me, would the village want me back, what would the other teens think of me, how would the village react to my dragons, how would the village react to all my new stuff, how would they react to my animals? All these questions were twirling around in my head. Eventually I decided that I'd go to the village tomorrow afternoon with Shadow and Snowflake by my sides incase things went south they could help me. I'd be wearing my regular armor with a sword on the back in a sheath and a shield on the left arm incase I need to defend myself and the armors weapons aren't enough. I'd walk out of the forest to throw off suspicion, when I saw my father I'd make sure this time he sat down and listened for once even if I had to tie him to the chair and gag him.

If I ran into Snotlout I'd let Shadow take care of him, if I ran into Astrid I'd let Snowflake take care of her, if I ran into the twins I'd throw them into a cart and push that cart towards the docks and into the ocean like they did to me when we were little, if I ran into my uncle I'd punch him in the face for the insults he said directed at me and encouraging Snotlout to pick on me when we were kids, if I ran into Gobber I would smile at him and give him a hug but if he hadn't bathed in a few months then I'd throw him into a washtub and give him the scrubbing of a lifetime because there are times I think his odor could knock out a monstrous nightmare which surprisingly did happen once when he was pinned down by one it took one wif of him and fell unconscious which got a lot of laughs from the village, anyway if I ran into the village grouch Mildew if he got annoying I'd take his staff, break it in two give it back to him and say 'This will be you if you don't shut up' then walk away. I sighed as I stood up before getting out of the hot springs. I grabbed a towel and dried myself off before getting my bathrobe. I had it hung on a hook I had put in the wall by my hot springs. I walked out and found my wolves gently playing with my jaguars, Jocko and Gina scratching Bladewings back while said dragon had his head laying on the ground purring, Speedy was giving a ride to Chac and Kisa who by the looks of things were having a great time. My other dragons were just lounging around minding their own business. I smiled and shook my head at them before heading upstairs to my room.

When I arrived I took off my robe and got into my pajamas that I made two weeks before I left. They were made out of red colored Egyptian cotton and they were comfortable. The pajamas consisted of a long baggy sleeved shirt and long baggy pants. I enjoyed the feeling of my pajamas on my skin since I didn't take them with me on the trip since I wanted to be ready for anything on the sea. I then went downstairs and said goodnight to everyone before heading back upstairs and going to bed to get some rest because tomorrow I face my old village and release all the pain I've held inside for so long.

Morning

The village

Stoicks POV

We were getting ready to set sail to the dragons nest with our lead ship having a purple terrible terror tied down in front. Gobber then walked up to me and said.

"We're all ready to go Stoick but the question is are you ready." I turned to him.

"What do you mean Gobber? I'm ready to take on those beasts."

"Well you might be ready to do that but what about Hiccup. What if he comes back while we're gone and he only sees an empty village since we do have every capable warrior with us and the only villagers we don't have with us are the kids, Gothi and the rest of Hiccups generation." I sighed and looked down.

"I don't know Gobber I just don't know." I then turned and went to help prepare for departure.

Two hours later

We slowly entered the fog which hid the dragons nest. I looked at the terror as it began to move its head in directions. I quickly went to the back and began to steer the ship in the directions the terrors head turned. We did this for half an hour before we finally hit dry land. We seemed to be on a small island and in front of us was a very large mountain. I saw a dragons tail quickly pull into one of the cracks and knew we had finally found the dragons nest so I said.

"This is the place!" Before I started directing everyone to prepare our defenses.

Back on Berk

Hiccups POV

I was just getting to the edge of the forest with Shadow and Snowflake after Diggs dropped us off at the cove. I was wearing my regular armor with a speedstinger venom filled sword on the back and foldup shield on the left arm. I stopped right at the edge of the forest looking down at the village with Shadow and Snowflake by my sides. I sighed before I kneeled down, pet my wolves and said.

"Let's do this."

I then stood up and walked towards the village. When we entered I was surprised to find it completely deserted. We walked deeper into town yet still we saw nobody and it was starting to get a little spooky. I then heard what sounded like the other teens talking. I decided we should check it out. When we neared the source of the talking I could make out the other teens in the distance. When we got close they still hadn't noticed us so I decided to listen in on their conversation so we hid behind a nearby house just as heard Snotlout say.

"Good thing Useless isn't around to ruin this search for the dragons nest. With a dragon tied to the front of the lead ship we might find the dragons nest this time."

My eyes widened hearing this since I'd been to the dragons nest once with Toothless and we barely got out with our lives because of the giant queen dragon that I call the Red-death and if a dragon was leading the entire fleet there then the entire village would be destroyed and despite the fact that they made my life a misery with the exception of Gobber I knew I still needed to help them which means my conscience was getting the better of me. I then ran back into the forest with my wolves by my side but avoiding being spotted by anyone, which wasn't that hard. We then went to the cove where we could easily make it back to the hideout from since I had a secret entrance to the tunnels there. Once I entered the tunnel I called Diggs and the tunnels carried an echo so he was in front of us in a one minute. We then mounted him and his saddle was rather comfortable with the three of us since I designed it to carry multiple passengers. Once we were ready I told him to take us home because now we had to prepare for a battle that I'm sure will go down in history.

AN: Hey guys first of all happy New Year and second of all sorry it took so long to update. My computers been giving me trouble with saving my work and I'm out of town so it took me a while to find a place where I could post my new chapter. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it and please review.