Hey there everybody. There is a time jump as who wants to watch training right? It will not be instant but slightly into the chapter so watch out for it! Oh, and I figured out how to copy this into Wattpad cleaner so that only the formatting doesn't come over, much faster now.

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"Ok Hiccup, I want you to go into your mind and I will instruct you from there." The King said to Hiccup, who then laid down on the ground and entered his mind. He saw the same rolling fields and the same house as before, except this time there was a door standing next to his house. That was it, just the door. The door was pitch black and shimmered like the scales on Zahnlos.

"Ok Hiccup, I want you to look up." The disembodied voice of the King said to him. "And once you do, I want you to try and touch the sky." Hiccup didn't understand what he meant by the last part, but when he looked up at the sky he couldn't believe what he saw. Despite it being day, the sky was full of stars of all different colors.

Maybe because this is my mind, I can bend the natural law of Midgard Hiccup thought to himself. He then imagined himself floating up towards the sky, thinking of the same feeling he had while riding atop Zahnlos, a feeling of freedom. To his surprise, he started to float and rise up off the ground and into the sky at a fast speed. After a few seconds he reached the sky where he stopped raising up.

"Good job Hiccup. You succeeded faster than I thought you would. Now there is one final step needed to view other dragon's minds. You need to punch out of your mind and into the space between minds." The King once again left a cryptic message with Hiccup.

What does that mean? Hiccup thought, trying to understand the message. He tried going farther up but seemed to hit a barrier. He looked up and saw all the stars, now bigger and brighter than before. Hiccup then tried harder to push through the barrier and while it bent and stretched around him like a yak's gut, it did not break. Eventually a headache set in and he had to stop pushing, and when he did the headache went away. Hiccup looked back up towards the invisible barrier, and the Viking stubbornness kicked in and he charge at it.

I will break through this barrier Hiccup thought as he hit the barrier and it stretched. It stretched and stretched and the headache returned to the boy, but he persevered and kept trying to punch through the barrier. After a few more moments he felt something tear in the barrier and before he could react, Hiccup was through the barrier and rushed out into what the King had called the place between minds. He looked around and was awestruck by what he saw.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" He heard the King say. "Looking at the minds of all nearby dragons."

"It's...breathtaking." Hiccup managed to stutter out as he took it all in, realizing the 'stars' were actually a different color light coming from the hundreds of dragons that were in the Sanctuary and each dragon had their own unique color. He looked down at what would be his own mind and saw that it was a bright white, brighter than any of the other dragons, and that there was some sort of a tether linking it to another mind, one that was pitch black yet shone like the brightest of stars.

"I say that's enough for today. Tomorrow we can cover more." The King said to Hiccup, who agreed before sinking back into his own mind and then back out to the real world.

"I'm curious, why are some dragons minds brighter than others?" Hiccup asked him once he stood back up and looked at the great Bewilderbeast.

"Power. The stronger the dragons mental power, the more mental prowess it possesses, the stronger their heart fire burns." Came the response, in the dragons' cryptic nature. "Now I suggest you go off and find a place for you and your dragon to stay. It's going to be a long next few months for you with all the training you will go through." With that the Bewilderbeast started to turn his considerable bulk away from the ledge that Hiccup was standing on and back so that he was facing the majority of the Sanctuary.

"Wait!" Hiccup shouted out, causing to the Bewilderbeast to stop its turn and look back and the small teen.

"Yes Hatchling? What is it?"

"I want to ask a personal question." Hiccup stuttered out under the glare of the King.

"Well go ahead, neither of us will grow any younger by you waiting."

"I'm not sure how I should feel about my mother being alive. I'm happy she is alive and we can be together, but at the same time I'm angry that she never came back." Hiccup confessed to him.

"Let me tell you a story. Fifteen years ago a Stormcutter flew in carrying a human female in his claws and begged me to let her stay here, saying that he had taken her away from her village after she had saved a Nightmare from death, refused to attack him and he could sense something about her. I believed him as I also sensed something different about her so I allowed her to stay on the provision that he would watch her." The King began "I watched as a few hours later they would bond as he was trying to get her up to his cave. Somehow they could talk mentally, but that was it and he was the only one who could bond with her in such away. She would frequently ask for him to take her back and he would always answer the same way; that it was too dangerous and her village would never change. It would take her five years of constantly being told that for her to stop asking, yet I know she always wanted to go back."

"Well I know the women is my mother and the Stormcutter is Cloudjumper. But how does that help me?" Hiccup asked, confused about what the story of how she came to the Sanctuary would help him in his decision.

"She never gave up on trying to get back to you or your father. So don't be mad at her for being held back. Though if she had come back, your fate would have changed and we would not be standing here having this conversation."

"Thank you King for the help."

"You are welcome Hatchling." The Bewilderbeast said as he once again turned to face the nest as Hiccup also turned and took a few steps away from the edge.

"Zahnlos, where are you?" Hiccup asked through their mental link.

"I'm with Specter and Penumbra; what's wrong?" Came the quick response.

"Nothing is wrong, I just finished with the King and he suggested we find a cave to call our own."

"Ok, Spector and Penumbra are going to help us find one since they know the way around. Be there soon Rider." Zahnlos said back to Hiccup after a moment. Indeed, a moment later the three Fury's landed before Hiccup. Zahnlos gestured for Hiccup to get on so Hiccup climbed onto Zahnlos and they took off into the air with Spector and Penumbra in the lead. They soon came to a medium sized cave that looked to be carved out by a Whispering Death. Once they landed Hiccup got off Zahnlos and they walked into the cave together as the other two Fury's took off. In the back there was a small hole that could be used as a fire hole to cook with. There was a good level of light streaming in through the cave mouth and some random ice fissures that broke up the ceiling.

This could work Hiccup thought as he started looking over things and thinking about what he would need to make it livable for him.

"So Hiccup, what do you think?" Zahnlos asked his rider.

"This could work very well with only a small amount of work. I will need some furs to keep warm while I sleep so we should leave to find those..."

"Nonsense! You shall sleep in my wings for as long as it takes to acquire those furs." Zahnlos interrupted the boy.

"Ok then. Do you mind if we get some sleep now then? It's been a long twenty-four hours." Hiccup asked as he turned to look at the Dragon standing next to him.

"Of course." Came the reply as Zahnlos laid down and motioned for Hiccup to lay down in his opened wings, which he did. As soon as the Night Fury closed its wings and curled in upon its rider, Hiccup was asleep in the warm and comfortable embrace.

-Three Months Later-

Hiccup had been training hard with the King for the last three months. He had learned how to connect with another dragon's mind to talk without having to go through the same long process like he did the first he broke into what he had taken to calling, the Void. Through the process of learning that, Hiccup accidentally learned how to protect other dragons from an Alphas call. To say the King was surprised would be an understatement as only an Alpha had the power to do something like that. During that time, he also got to know his mother and the two other people that lived in the Sanctuary, Unole and Mason.

Unole was the smaller of the two, being about five foot eight, around 150 pounds and twenty years old. He was actually a lot like Hiccup in that they both could be playful, sarcastic and would rather talk things out then fight. His hair was black, neck length, and he kept it wild and untamed. Something that Hiccup notice early on was that his eye color would change. Unole could not offer up an explanation but he knew that they changed based on his mood and would glow if he was under a large amount of emotional stress. His eyes would normally be brown, but change to a light blue if he was curious or hopeful, a forest green like hiccups eyes when he was happy or determined, grey when sad or fearful, amber, almost gold color when he desired something or someone and finally a yellow cornea ringed with red when he was angry. Hiccup had only seen them light blue, green, and brown and never had the want to see any of the other colors. The two had instantly hit it off and Hiccup, with the help of Valka, had taught him sign language so they could talk.

Mason was almost the exact opposite. Standing at six and a half feet tall and 200 pounds, he towered over everybody else. He was also twenty years old but already had the look down that said he had seen some seriously bad things in his life and one could see that bleed through his blue eyes. With the short brown hair and the fact that he always had his twin swords on, he looked more like a grizzled veteran of many battles then a twenty year old dragon rider. He was more reserved and it took some time for Hiccup to make it through the gruff and seemingly uncaring exterior of the man to see what few people saw. A man who cared deeply for a few people and dragons. He hid that well and it took Hiccup almost three months to reach that point with him.

They may seem like opposites, but that was what made them such a good team. While Unole was the more adventurous one, that wanderlust was offset by the seriousness of Mason. Unole didn't like to fight while Mason would always be up early to train. Their dragons were mirrors of their riders and Penumbra, Unole's White Fury, seemed to always have curiosity and happiness flowing out of his blue eyes and would happily play with anybody who came along. Spector, Masons Night Fury, was more reserved about what he did. He would typically stay by Masons side and had the same kind of look in his red eyes as his rider did.

Today, both of the men were out on a scouting mission of a location that they wouldn't tell Hiccup and Zahnlos was with the King so Hiccup was with his mother's Stormcutter Cloadjumper as she was off somewhere in the nest.

"Cloudjumper, why did you take my mother all those years ago?" Hiccup asked him while he was practicing some of his mental powers.

"This was before Unole and Mason arrived and took over the role of scouting so the king would send one of us out to scout for dragon trappers or what have you. It was during one of these searches that I came across your mother." Cloudjumper started explaining.

"It was during a raid, wasn't it?" Hiccup asked as he stopped practicing and looked at the owl-like face of his mother's dragon.

"Yes it was. First I was just going to watch, but I saw your mother save a Nightmare that had been shot down from having its head chopped off out of the corner of my eye as I was watching another dragon land and start digging into a house. I had sensed something coming from the house and I felt the need to protect it, so I slammed the other dragon off the side of the house and caused it to fly off." Cloadjumper said to the young teen. "My curiosity got the best of me however as I felt the same feeling from early come from inside the house. I went inside to find a human hatchling in its bed and so I started playing with him. It was then that she burst into the house and grabbed a sword to protect what I assumed to be her hatchling."

"That was me, wasn't it?" Hiccup asked him.

"Yes, and now I know why I was drawn to your house at that moment. When I turn to look at your mother, I scratched you right on the chin, which is where that scar came from. As I looked at your mother, she dropped her sword and we just stared into each other's eyes. It was as if her soul reflected my own. Suddenly an axe went sailing between the two of us so I turned and blasted fire and whoever threw the axe. She tried to stop me, but I had already set most the room on fire. She was right next to me and I knew she was trying to save dragons in a society that glorified killing dragons, so I grabbed her and flew off back to the Sanctuary." He finished.

"I see. Do you know why the dragon was trying to get inside? That's something that has never happened before." Hiccup asked, trying to understand the events that led up to the "attack".

"I vaguely remember him say something about capturing you for the Queen, but I might be mistaken as it was such a small thing and so long ago." It was at that time that Zahnlos walked into the cave that the two were in as he was done with the King. Hiccup didn't know why the two would get together so often as neither would tell him but he thought it had something to do with him.

"Hiccup, want to go flying?" The Night Fury asked as he walked in. During the first month that Hiccup and Zahnlos were here, Mason and Unole had gone out and made Hiccup a saddle and some protective clothing so the two could fly together and not worry about the young teen falling off or getting injured somehow. Since receiving that gift the two had bonded much more over being able to fly together.

"I would love to." Hiccup replied as he waved a goodbye to Cloudjumper, who acknowledged it and went his own way. "Let's go!" Hiccup said as he jumped onto the saddle.

"Don't have to tell me twice!" Zahnlos said as they blasted out of the cave and out of the Sanctuary and into the open air. They just flew, not talking. To be fair with all the outrageous stunts and maneuvers that the two were doing it would be hard to get any talking in. They just kept flying and doing all sorts of acrobatics for some time before Zahnlos leveled out suddenly after an inverted spin and went into a hover.

"What's up bud?" Hiccup asked as it was an abrupt stop.

"I thought I heard something." Came the response. Hiccup started to listen for any sort of noise as well. Over the last three months, part of his training was to increase his senses using the bond that he shared with Zahnlos so any sense he increased was as good as most dragons. While he still could not actually hear, he could analyze what every sound Zahnlos had heard to help determine where it came from.

"To the left." Hiccup said after 'hearing' the noise just as Zahnlos started to fly that way. They flew for a few minutes before coming across a small island that was the source of the distraught noise. The pair landed on the beach and as soon as they did they noticed a bright object that locked like a rock near the tree line. As they approached Hiccup started to reach his mind out across the island to see if he could find the dragon and help them find it faster, but he couldn't find anything. As they neared the odd rock it suddenly burst open to reveal a dragon, snarling at them and causing the pair to take a step back.

"Careful Hiccup, that's a Razorwhip and they have a history of not liking other dragons or people." Zahnlos said to Hiccup, who simply nodded his head in affirmation. Now that Hiccup knew where to look, he started looking for the dragon's mind so they could talk while Zahnlos started, well tried to start a conversation with the dragon as it was not responding. As Hiccup was looking over the dragon he noticed it had a few arrows in its side that had somehow gotten past the armor plating that covered the dragon from snout to tail. After a few moments, he finally found the dragons mind, which was not surprising as Razorwhips often hid their mind from outsiders to avoid being found.

"Don't be afraid. We aren't here to hurt you. We heard your cries for help and want to help you." Hiccup said to the obvious surprise of the Razorwhip if its expression was anything to go by.

"How is this possible?" A feminine voice filled Hiccups head.

"Long story short, I am special and somehow have the same abilities as an Alpha. Now can we help you with those arrows...?" Hiccup responded to her, leaving the last part open as he didn't know her name.

"Yes you may. My name is Windshear." The now named Windshear responded.

"Hiccup and Zahnlos." Hiccup responded as he grabbed a first aid kit from a saddle bag and went over to the dragon. Zahnlos had piggybacked on the conversation due to the bond they shared so he knew what was going on between the two.

"I'm going to pull the arrows out, now this may hurt." Hiccup told her as he gripped the shaft on the first arrow.

"Go ahead." Came the response, so Hiccup yanked the arrow out causing Windshear to howl out in pain. Even though little more than the head had penetrated, having it yanked out was painful for the dragoness. After pulling out all five arrows out of her side he placed a paste made from Zahnlos's saliva on it as the found out it helped the blood to clot and there by heal faster.

"Thank you Hiccup." Windshear said as she bowed to the boy once he had finished.

"Your welcome. There is no need to bow to me Windshear, I'm not important enough to receive that honor." Hiccup said, even though he full well knew why she was doing it as he had seen other dragons do it to his mother when she helped heal them.

"But you are Alpha, you said it yourself."

"No, I merely have the power of an Alpha, I am not the Alpha but the King is." Hiccup replied, noting to not use the word alpha when talking about his power to other dragons.

"King?"

"Yes, back at the Sanctuary. You should come, it is a place where all dragons are welcomed and protected by the King, one of the last Bewilderbeasts in existence."

It was at that point that Zahnlos said something to her, and she responded to him.

"She will be staying with us until she grows accustom to other dragons and finds her own cave." Zahnlos said to Hiccup after the two dragons had a short conversation. Hiccup had just been thinking of suggesting the idea but was waiting for the two to finish talking so she would have two conversation at once.

"Ah, you stole my idea bud." Hiccup said to his dragon, who returned it with a smug look of his own.

"Who ever said I stole it? It's might have been your idea, but I was the one to tell her." Came the response. Hiccup didn't respond, yet simply launched himself at Zahnlos and the two started to wrestle with each other. After a few moments Zahnlos had Hiccup pinned underneath his body and was just laying there with a smug expression on his face.

"Alright, you win you overgrown salamander. Now let me up." Hiccup said as he conceded to the argument about who actually had the idea.

"Uhm, shall we get going back to this, Sanctuary?" Windshear said, causing both of them to look up at her sitting and waiting patiently for them to finish.

"Right." Hiccup started as Zahnlos let him up and into the saddle. "Follow us and we should be there in about thirty minutes." Hiccup finished as the three of them flew into the sky and back to the Sanctuary.

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So surprise Windshear! I had no plans to include her in this story she just inserted herself into it.

"of course I would be in it! Why would I?"

"Windshear, get out of my room! And close the door on you way out, I don't want to be distracted so close to the end."

"Gosh, no need to take it out on me. I'm just happy I was included."

Ok, sorry about that. Ya, sometimes a character will just appear out of thin air and I can't stop it, like now. So what do you guys think? Confusing, not so confusing? Please leave a review if you need/want more information on anything here. I would be happy to explain it!