Hey there folks, I hope you all enjoy this new chapter. So I introduce the use of sign language in this chapter, it will be in Bold with no quotes around it. Just a note to you guys so you don't have to figure it out once it starts. Now due to how sign language, particularly ASL, works I am writing the English translation instead of the actual meaning of what is being signed. If anybody wants to know more about it, just drop me a PM and I will explain it to you. Warning, this is exposition heavy so make sure to read it carefully.

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"Zahnlos, how long will it take for us to arrive at the Sanctuary?" Hiccup asked the dragon after they had left the ground and left Berk behind. They flew low of the trees away from the village so they wouldn't be spotted in the light of the rising sun. Not that the Vikings would be able to take the Night Fury down, but Zahnlos didn't want them knowing the direction the pair was going so they couldn't follow them.

"About six hours flying time." The response came boomed through Hiccups mind. Hiccup nodded as he laid down on the back of Zahnlos and got a better grip for the long flight ahead of him. Zahnlos flew as steady as he could, which for a Night Fury is incredible smooth and steady. Having been up since early in the morning and getting knocked out, Hiccup was drowsy and a few times he even started to fall asleep on the dragons back due to how rhythmic and smooth the flight was. Whenever he would start to fall asleep, Zahnlos would wake him up so he wouldn't fall off.

"Hiccup, we are nearing the Sanctuary. I suggest you wake up fully by time we get there." Zahnlos said to the boy. Hiccup sat up as much as he could without losing his grip and being that he was laying close to the dragon, its heat was keeping him warm so when he sat up the cold air hit him square in the face, fully waking him up.

"I'm up, I'm up. Now what sort of welcoming party should I expect?" Hiccup asked.

"Well considering I am one of the last Night Fury's in existence, I have you with me and they don't know we are coming, how we will be received is a huge unknown. Just remember to not touch any other dragon like you did me when we first meet, for it will create a bond and I'm not sure how your untrained mind will cope with having a mental link with two dragons." Came the response, Hiccup thought he felt a some fear behind the last part, but he wasn't afraid so he just brushed it off. Hiccup rolled his eyes at the first part of the response while making a mental note about the second before he got into a position where he could stay sitting up, yet still have a good grip on Zahnlos. They flew on for a few more minutes before the Sanctuary came into sight. Both man and dragon were astounded by what they saw; a large blueish-white structure made solely of ice. They just kept flying towards the structure, staring at it in awe before Zahnlos noticed a hole in the side that looked like an entrance.

He aimed for the hole and flew through it and after a short amount of time, the air started to warm up. It confused them as they didn't see how or why the air was warming up. They didn't have to ponder long as they soon came to the heart of the Sanctuary. Instead of more ice, rock, and a hundred or so dragons, there was green grass, vegetation, hundreds of dragons, and what looked like a small ice burg. It wasn't till the small ice burg started to move did they realize what it actually was. It was a massive dragon!

"Who do we have here?" A new voice resonated through Hiccups head as the eyes of the big dragon fell upon the pair. They just stood there and stared at him incredulously, mouths hanging slightly ajar. "Must I repeat myself?"

"No majesty, my name is Zahnlos and the name of my rider is Hiccup." Zahnlos said to the massive dragon.

"Majesty? What do you mean Majesty?" Hiccup asked, causing the giant dragon to stand and look at him with a look of pride and regality.

"What he means, is that I am the King. Every nest has its Queen, but I am the King. Sadly, I am one of the last Bewilderbeasts in existence though." Came the response from the Bewilderbeast.

"How can he hear me Zahnlos?" Hiccup asked with a hint of fear, for he thought that his mental link meant he could only talk with Zahnlos. Before the Night Fury could answer, the King spoke once again.

"Your fears are unfounded; you are correct, you can only talk and be heard by him because your mental link. Any other dragon would not be able to talk with you like this unless a similar link were to be established."

"But we never established that link." Hiccup interrupted, at this point extremely confused.

"I do not need one, for you see I am an Alpha Dragon; and as the Alpha I do not need to establish a link to be in the mind of any dragon within the range of my mind." Came the response.

"Then how are you in my mind?" Hiccup said, freaking out about having the King in his mind and potentially having access to his memories. "I am not a dragon!"

"Disregard your fears young one, I mean you no harm and am only in your mind enough to allow the exchange of speech and thoughts. I have no interest in your memories." The King said in response to Hiccups unspoken fear. "I can be in your mind because unlike other humans, your mind still has the part that allows you to talk to dragons telepathically. You have the mind and soul of a Dragon, yet the body and heart of a Viking."

"What do you mean? Am I the only person who has this ability?" Hiccup asked the large dragon, now confused about what was just said and how it applied to him.

"Yes you are. All humans are born with a small section of the brain that allows you to bond with dragons and hear Alpha class dragons. Most human's brains destroy that section of the brain to use it for hearing by the time they are one-year-old. I can only guess that the reason you still have that section of your brain is due to the fact that you were born deaf. Your brain was already missing that part so I think the bonding part it normal would overwrite for hearing filled up the part of your brain that would be used for hearing, making you stronger in that aspect." The King explained. Hiccup understood what was said, but it was still slightly confusing to him. By this time there was a crowd of dragons that had gathered to look at the new comers.

"Stronger? Exactly how strong am I?" Hiccup asked him, unaware of the gathering crowd due to him not be able to hear them.

"Normally a human doesn't have any powers and if they do, its limited to only being able to hear and feel from one bonded dragon as that's all their mind can handle. You on the other hand; the raw potential that you have is vast, almost as much power as an Alpha and defiantly more than any other dragon I have felt, including your bonded who is quite strong as well." The King explained, though Hiccup didn't hear the very last part about Zahnlos as he stopped listening when he heard just how powerful he was.

"So practically, what does that mean? Can I broadcast my mind to other dragons I haven't bonded with?" Hiccup asked the massive dragon as more dragons landed to look at them.

"No you cannot Little One, I did say raw strength. You have the potential for that and so much once you have been fully trained, which is what I suspect is the reason you are here?" Came the response as the Bewilderbeast shifted his gaze to Zahnlos, who nodded in confirmation. It was at that moment that there was a commotion amongst the assembled crowd of dragons. A Stormcutter was making its way through the crowd, shoving any dragon in its way out of the way. Of course Hiccup didn't know any of this was happening till Zahnlos looked back and Hiccup felt anxiety come through their bond as well as a command to turn around.

Hiccup turned in enough time to see the dragon break through the ring of dragons that had surrounded them. He didn't know what breed it was and then a name, Stormcutter, and some basic facts just appeared in his head; most likely the work of the King. Hiccup had no idea that the dragons were there so he was taken by surprise by the crowd but he was caught even more off guard by the women who slide down off the back of said dragon. She was wearing armor made from leather, discarded dragon scales, and fur. For some reason he felt like he should know them from somewhere, but he couldn't quite place them.

The women carefully walked forward, as if she wasn't sure if he was a friend of foe yet. This set Zahnlos slightly on edge and he scooted even close to his rider and he let a low growl escaped his throat. The Stormcutter let out a growl of his own and then they started to talk in their own language of growls, hisses, and barks. Hiccup couldn't hear them and he could tell the women couldn't understand them by her looking back at her dragon as if silently asking a question once they finished talking.

"What is it?" Hiccup asked the Night Fury who was standing next to him.

"The Stormcutter, Cloadjumper, says his rider thinks she knows you. I told him that nobody is coming close to you yet." Zahnlos simply stated.

"You overprotective lizard, both of them look familiar as well but I can't place it. Plus, what's the worst that could happen?" Hiccup reasoned with his dragon.

"Fine, but I'm making it know I don't like this."

"If she is somebody from my past then she might know some of the sign language that Gobber and I created. I do remember him saying he based out system on an existing sign system that Gothi sometimes used." Hiccup told him, trying to reassure the Night Fury. He saw Zahnlos back down slightly, at least enough that he wasn't being openly aggressive but enough that he could jump in to save his rider in the blink of an eye.

Who are you? Hiccup signed to the lady. He knows she saw it as her face showed surprise and a bit of confusion as if she was thinking hard about what she just saw, so Hiccup signed again.

Who are you?

My name is Valka and you are Hiccup. She signed back at him, though he could tell she was a little rusty by how rough her motions were. Her name sparked something in him, he could remember and it was driving him crazy on why he couldn't remember.

How do you know my name? He signed back at her, confusion quite evident on his face as to how she knew his name.

Because a mother never forgets. Hiccup didn't respond to her statement, how could he? He remembered everything now. How he had been told his mother, Valka, had been taken by a dragon during the same night that the rest of his generation had also been taken. Everyone has assumed she and the rest of the taken children where dead as why wouldn't the dragons eat them?

"How?" Hiccup asked her while signing the same thing. It was something he and Gobber had come up with if Hiccup really wanted to understand he would say one of the few words that he had learned how to pronounce. She signed that it didn't matter as she seemed to just break down, starting to talk as she came rushing towards him to give her boy a hug. Hiccup sensed movement by his side and he knew it was Zahnlos moving to intercept her.

"Settle down bud, she is my mother." Hiccup told him, causing the dragon to stop advancing on her but he was still on guard. Hiccup understood the reason behind why the Night Fury was being so protective of him, but he didn't know how he knew it. Valka reached him just after Zahnlos backed down and snatched Hiccup up in a tight hug, still talking. Hiccup hugged her back as he was glad he had found his mother who was happy to see him.

They stayed in the embrace for a few minutes before her dragon, Cloadjumper grunted to get the two apart. Valka released her son but stayed near him as she was so excited he had somehow found him.

Is this your dragon? She asked him while gesturing towards Zahnlos. Hiccup nodded in the affirmative and she looked at Zahnlos with a sense of awe. It was then that there was more commotion from the crowd as two men wearing armor similar to Valka's walked through the crowd of dragons who were starting to disperse now that they knew a bit more about the new comers. Zahnlos was instantly on edge but settled down slightly as Valka greeted them kindly.

"Bud, I'm going to need you to be my ears." Hiccup said to his dragon as Valka and the two new comers started talking.

"Ok, it seems as if they are reporting on a mission to your mother." Zahnlos said.

*General POV*

"How was the recon mission?" Valka asked the two men in front of her.

"It went well. The Queen didn't see or notice us as a raid had just finished so she was distracted. She did eat a Gronkle though for no reason." The one to the left with blue eyes told her.

"They raided Berk and I didn't see the Night Fury return with the group. He may have been shot down and that is why she is angry. If that's the case, then we should hurry back and hope the Berkians haven't found him yet." The man on the right with brown eyes said to Valka, neither of them noticing Hiccup and Zahnlos.

"I don't think we will have to worry about him." She said with a coy smile.

"Now why is that Valka; and why are you so happy?" The brown eyed man asked her.

"Because he wasn't shot down. Honestly if you two would pay a bit more attention you would have noticed who was standing behind me." She said to them with her arms crossed and with a smile on her face before they looked past her to see a boy and the Night Fury standing there.

*Normal POV*

"Why are they looking at me?" Hiccup nervously asked.

"Valka just informed them that we are here, I guess they didn't notice earlier when they came in." Zahnlos told him. Valka and the two men started to walk towards the pair and the two men both waved hello at Hiccup and he waved back. Hiccup could feel that Zahnlos didn't like it, but didn't do anything as he knew if Valka was friendly with them then they must be friendly. Valka introduced the two men to Hiccup and Zahnlos pointing to the larger man on the left before the smaller man on the right, forgetting she had to sign.

"The man on the left is Mason and the man on the right is Unole." Zahnlos translated Valka for Hiccup. Hiccup smiled and shook their hands. Zahnlos sniffed the air to learn their scent, and smelt something else he hadn't in a long time. Before he could say anything his suspicions were held true. Two Night Fury's landed behind the men, except one was white.

"Zahnlos?"

"Its...I..I can't believe it. Not only am I not the last Night Fury, but there is a White Fury as well!" Zahnlos said with happiness and glee obvious in his voice. The three of them started talking as Valka, Mason, and Unole walked away with Unole bringing a map out of a pouch in his armor.

"The Night Fury's name is Specter and the White Fury's name is Penumbra. Specter is Mason's dragon and Penumbra is Unole's." Zahnlos said with obvious glee from meeting more of his kind.

"If you want you can go play with them. I'm sure I can find my way around."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, now go!" Hiccup confirmed to his dragon, who turned back to the other two Fury's and barked something before they ran off into the Sanctuary. Hiccup stood there for a few moments in silence as he let the events of the past day flood over him.

"Hard day young one?" The king asked him.

"You don't know the half of it." Hiccup responded with sarcasm laced in his response.

"This is true." Came the response. "Now when shall we start your lessons"

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Holy cow, now who expected there to be so much exposition in one chapter? Oh I hope this all makes sense to y'all. I tried to keep in line with what had been set up in earlier chapters, but I also needed certain things to happen and be a certain way in this chapter. So some finagling over words and we get this long chapter.