Hiccup slowly climbed onto Toothless' back. He hugged himself close against the warmth. Toothless started their way into the dense fog. Hiccup barely looked up and around at the huge spires jutting out from the sea beneath them. After some time Hiccup heard Toothless set down on a pile of rocks. When he looked up he saw almost no fog and a huge mountain covered in black rocks. Hiccup slid off from his dragon and almost lost his footing as the rocks slid under him. Toothless caught him just in time.

"Heh. Thanks bud What is this place?"

"This is where the queen lives. That's why we're here right? That was you who wanted to come face her."

"Yes of course. I just didn't expect this. It's beautiful here."

"What were you expecting?"

"I don't know. More spikes or something." Hiccup giggled.

"Really? You act like dragons are some sort of savage."

"I just wasn't expecting this."

Toothless and Hiccup walked around the large island. Hiccup asked a thousand questions about the island and what it was like to live there. He asked about the rocks and the heat, the dragons, and finally the queen and what to expect.

"I don't know what to expect anymore. If the rumors that we heard are true than she could be much different than when I last saw her. It has been a few years since I was last here. But if they aren't than she'll be ruthless and very intelligent. Believe it or not, most of the dragons here hate her."

"And she forces them to stay with her ability to control you guys."

The island started to violently shake. Hiccup slipped on the rocks under him.

"What's going on?" Hiccup yelled over the vibrating rocks.

"It's the queen. She's probably just moving around. I don't see any dragons coming out of the mountain, and it's too early in the day for her to call for a raid. So don't worry, she still doesn't know we're here." Toothless comforted. The island stopped shaking and Hiccup could hear himself think again.

"She must be huge to just cause that by moving. I thought you were exaggerating when you said she was as big as a mountain."

Nope. She way bigger than any other dragon that you've ever seen."

"Toothless. I gotta tell you something. I'm so scared. I don't know what to do. What am I going to say or do? I thought I was ready but now that we're here I can't even think straight."

"Don't worry Hiccup. I've said it a million times. If something goes wrong than we'll make our hasty escape and never look back."

"Okay then, I think we should go inside. Better sooner than later." Hiccup climbed onto Toothless again. They flew up to a small hole in the side of the mountain. Hiccup felt that if he even moved an inch that he could scrape his arm, back, or leg against the jagged rock. He pulled himself closer to his mount. In a few seconds the small hole opened up into a giant cavern. They landed onto a small platform near the top where they came in. Hiccup climbed off and looked around. He walked to the edge to peer down into the huge hole that he couldn't see the bottom of. He saw dragons milling around on the other levels. Eating or sleeping, there were a few snapping at each other for a spot to lay down. A heat from seemingly nowhere hit him in the face. Hiccup pulled back and checked to see if any of his hair has been singed off.

Hiccup looked over the edge again and the mountain began to shake again. Hiccup braced himself as he watched a set of three eyes open. They seemed to glow in the darkness around them and focused on him. The eyes quickly seemed to move upward towards him. It was slow but he watched as dragons would push themselves against the wall they were nearest. Hiccup saw a head quickly surround the eyes. The huge dragon climbed up and up almost impossibly. Hiccup backed away from the edge as the dragon got to his level.

"You." A mysterious voice roared in his head. "I've been told about you."

"What do you mean? How?" Hiccup shouted.

"I was told that a human child would take my place. But that the child was special. A child blessed by the gods themselves. And even if I were to fight, I would lose every time. But I think they were wrong."

The queen's claws raked up the side of the mountain, crashing through platforms as it ascended towards Hiccup. Hiccup ran back towards Toothless and hopped on.

"Go! Go! Go!" Hiccup screamed. Toothless screeched out the hole that they had come in through. No time passed before the side of the mountain exploded out, throwing rock and dust into the air. They escaped out of the dust cloud, rocks nipping at their tails. The queen didn't follow them out.

"Where is she?" Hiccup asked.

"I don't know." Toothless barely had time to respond as the huge beast of a dragon swiped at them again.

"That was too close. We need to get further away. We need time to make a plan." Hiccup shouted. "Go up. We can try to hide in the clouds." Toothless began to climb into the atmosphere. In the clouds Toothless slowed himself down so that The Queen couldn't hear them, not that she couldn't hear their ragged breathing.

"That. I… We. I don't know what to do." Hiccup panicked. "She, she. I didn't even get a chance."

"Hiccup calm down. You knew that this could happen and now we have to fight or die. So stop thinking about what could have happened and think about a way to fight. Because I don't know about you Hiccup, but I don't feel like dying today."

"Okay. Okay. I'm sorry. We could use her size against her. If we get her up here with us and uhm, force her to chase us. We could fly towards the ground and hope that by the time she notices how close we are, she can't save herself."

"Okay. we'll do that."

"Wait? You don't have an idea?"

"If this plan fails we can try something else but for now this is what we have."

Toothless dove out of the clouds, searching for their target. He found her and raced past her face. As predicted she started to chase after them. Again they began to climb into the clouds. Toothless made sure that The Queen could keep up with them as they got higher and higher. The group broke through the top of the cloud, allowing Hiccup to see what she actually looked like. Her light, muted green skin and six angry orange eyes staring directly at him.

"Go! Now Toothless!" The sleek dark dragon took a nosedive. The Queen quickly followed. She lost them in the clouds and dust. She followed them by just the sound of the whistling caused by Toothless.

Toothless pulled up, level to the ground. The Queen pulled up as much as she could but still crashed into the black rock. She slid to stop, head hanging in the shallow water of the beach, body broken. Toothless and Hiccup landed in front of her.

"I only wished to speak to you. And now you're going to die. I had no want to take your place. Only a safe place to live." The Queen quietly chuckled to herself as she died.

(AN: Happy Snoggletog everyone!)