Meet Me At the Halfway Point

Plans

The moment Hiccup brought back the spell and gave it to his father, Stoick the vast, recovered perfectly and by the next the day he was back on his feet and running Berk once again. As far as anyone else was concerned, no one in the village knew Hiccup had brought back a spell, and he was determined to keep it that way. Hiccup even told Astrid he flew nowhere near DunBroch, and that his father simply fought off the sickness like the brave chief he was. The sickness faded, and the waters had finally thawed, two weeks had gone by and almost all the snow had now melted, spring had come at last and so did many of the dragons. There was life back in the village, dragons flew day and night, food was brought in by trade ships, and Hiccup and his friends were back to dragon training.Things in Berk were almost back to normal, well as normal it could get on Berk.

But in those two weeks Hiccup had not forgot his promise to Merida.
The spell had worked, and now both friends from different worlds would meet up two days from now.
So that night, Hiccup found his dad sitting by the fire- resting. Hiccup had to say something now before his father left the next morning for his travels of trading goods and supplies with other lands.
Hiccup approach his father clearing his throat. "Hey Dad, um, got a sec?"
"Sure son, bit make it quick, have to wake up before sunrise."
"Alright- well dad I've been thinking, I know we always travel East for supplies and have done so for many years-not that I'm saying it's a bad thing... but- looking at some of our maps sometimes... the lands and waters don't really match up- and I know you don't have time to travel and see for yourself- with running the village and all... but I was thinking that maybe..."

"Hiccup- what exactly are ye asking?" Stoick demanded.
Hiccup drew in a big breath "Dad,while you're away I want to travel around and see what I can find and...maybe create some new maps."
Stoick didn't responded to his son, and Hiccup held his breath clutching onto his right arm.
"Son. We travel east fur a reason, it's safer, we know the lands 'n' we have fewer enemies in that direction 'n' besides, you're in charge o' the village till I get back." playfully bumping his son's shoulder.

"I know dad, but I could go see- report back... maybe I could find new lands better resources for us- or who knows even find more dragons."

"I know ye have good intentions son, I was just as curious as ye were when I was your age-" Stoick tone turned serious as he spoke on "And I myself have made plenty o' mistakes 'n' enemies because I was too curious to see what was out there- can't risk losing ye knowing I can't be out there projecting ye. We already have Alvin 'n' the outcasts lurking around, 'n' I don't intend to find out who else is out there."

"But we've face the outsiders before, how can we protect our people if we don't know what's out there?" Hiccup protested.
Stoick stroked his beard thinking, then looked down towards his son, Hiccup had a point.
"We're Vikings dad, danger begins with us... you taught me that." Giving his father a weak smile.
Stoick gave a small chuckle. .
"Ye are not the same boy ye used to be, Hiccup, you're braver, stronger, smarter than ye last were, I trust ye that you'll do the right thing, these things 'n' more, that's what makes a great chief."
Hiccup didn't know how to respond to that last part, so he just smiled towards his dad.
Stoick places his hands on Hiccups shoulders "So- ye sure about this son?"
Hiccup nodded.
"Well, I expect to see ye here when I return, 'n' be careful"
"Thanks dad."
"See ye in the morning, now off to bed."

Hiccup said goodnight to his father while climbing the stairs where he found Toothless already sound asleep.
Hiccup walked over to his desk and open his notebook to a page neatly folded, when he opened it up to was how to get to the Kingdom of DunBroch and next was a small compass that Gobber had given him.

Hiccup had everything packed and ready for tomorrow, next to his notebook was The Book of Dragons. Hiccup had to be careful not to lose that. He was flying back into enemy shores to meet his new big ball of red hair friend Merida, who just happened to be a princess.