The Hero's Return

Chapter 5 - The Arrival

By the time that he had landed back onto the Haven, Hiccup could not help but to jump around excitedly. His heart was beating incredibly fast and his hands were shaken beyond belief. And for the most part, it was because of her. "I have finally found you." Hiccup whispered to himself before headed into the Haven to find his mother.

"Mom. Mom. They really changed..." Hiccup yelled while running to the icy cave. However, he noticed something, a lack of laughter or muttering like his mother would do whenever she cared for the dragon. All that he heard was the flapping wings and the countless roars echoing throughout the cave. 

Baffled and confused, Hiccup wandered the cave, looking for any sign of his mother. One after another, there was nothing, no sign of his mother or her dragon Cloudjumper. "Where do you think they are bud?" Hiccup asked Toothless who was just as baffled.

The worrying look and the gentle nudges from Toothless told Hiccup that both of their instincts were yelling the same thing. His mother and Cloudjumper had gone after Drago without even telling him and his fear was made to be true once he found a single piece of paper laid on his bed.

"Dear Hiccup,

I know that you are worrying for me like now and I am sorry that I have to it this way. I need to know what Drago is planning and whether he truly has a bewilderbeast or not. As for Berk, I leave them in your hands, please trained them and ready them for the upcoming fight. I will come back as soon as time allows me too.

Your loving mother,

Valka Haddock.

PS: Please do not show the Berkians your face nor your name."

Looking at the piece of paper in his hand, Hiccup could not help but let out a long sigh. However, knowing what he needed to do and trusting his mother decision, Hiccup put his mother to the back of his mind and turned back to the dragon.

Quickly and anxiously, Hiccup gathered everything that he needed, loading materials onto the dragon that could carry it. With the bewilderbeast behind him, he and Toothless glided ahead, pointing the way and leading an army of dragons to their destination. 

On the other side of Archipelago, right after the Dragon Master had taken off, the whole of Berk was in chaos and excitement. All of them had always thought that his tales were nothing but a bedtime story. But, as of the moment, everyone was talking happily and cheerfully about the Dragon Master, the male vikings wondered how much of his stories were real and how much of it was fictionalized while the female, especially the younger generation, fantasied about him.

"What do you think about the Dragon Master?" Heather asked scanning her surrounding.

"I think that he is the most dreamy person out there." Ruffnut answered full heartedly with her chin resting in her palm and her eyes filled with dirty thoughts.

"Fishlegs?"

"I don't know about him, but the dragon that he was riding on was definitely a nightfury... I thought that..." Fishlegs stopped himself before saying anything else before turning his attention toward his book. "I can finally complete you."

"You and your book Fish." Snoutloud commented before turning toward Heather with confidence in his eyes. "Do you know what I think? I think he is a pushover and I can beat him any day of the week just to prove myself to my angel over here."

Snoutlout's attempt to complement on Astrid only receive eye rolls from everyone as the suppress their desire to knock Snoutlout like usually.

"Well, I think he is a prankster." Tuffnut suggested out of nowhere.