Spoiler, Season Four of RTTE is out and its awesome! Guess who is back?!?! Our favorite crazy Chief and his Gronkle! Though only for a few episodes. And the Hiccstrid! Oh, it's amazing! Just the whole season was awesome! If you have not seen it yet.....go watch it!

---

It was decided that Hiccup and Zahnlos would go to scout out the nest during the night and would then have to leave a bit before dinner. The reason behind this was not only the fact that Zahnlos was a Night Fury so he preferred the dark, but a raid would most likely be going on so most of the dragons would be gone, making it easier to scout out the nest. Hiccup would shield Zahnlos from the effects of the Queens mind control while they were there as neither wanted to get stuck in the nest.

Promise me you will be fine, both of you. Valka signed at Hiccup as the young teen was getting onto Zahnlos to fly off for the scouting trip.

Don't worry, we'll be fine I promise. Hiccup signed back before turning to check he was safely in the saddle. Just before the pair took off Hiccup felt a hand on his shoulder, so he turned to see who it was.

Don't attack her, she will eat you whole if you do. Unole signed at Hiccup, his eyes a light grey as he stood there fearful that what happened to him and Penumbra would happen to these two.

I get it, She is dangerous so I need to avoid combat, I get it. Hiccup replied in frustration. Unole simply nodded his head before walking away as the pair took off, leaving his mother standing there by herself due to Unole going back to Mason and Specter who were staying with Penumbra as he was recovering. The pair flew through the darkening night sky towards the Queens Nest, one hesitant to go and the other eager. They flew onwards for a few hours before Zahnlos started to act a bit strange.

"What's wrong?" Hiccup asked him as the dragon slowed to a hover before a large fog bank.

"If we go any farther then She will know we are there, we are only a few minutes from the nest." Zahnlos informed him.

"All right, I guess here is where we see if all they training has payed off." Hiccup said before he started to mask their presence. Once he did Hiccup nudged Zahnlos forward, a silent go ahead from the teen. With that reassurance, Zahnlos once again started his flight towards the Nest. He felt the familiar comforting presence of Hiccup in his mind, hiding them from the searching mind of the Queen.

"There it is Hiccup, the Nest." Zahnlos said as the massive volcano that housed the Queen and the Nest came into view. Hiccup was awestruck by the size and magnitude of the Nest as they flew closer towards the nest. Even though Zahnlos knew the main entrance cave he decided to fly towards the opening at the top of the volcano, allowing a better view inside and the Queen would not expect them to sneak in through the exit. Due to the time of night that they had arrived, the Nest was empty due to the dragons all being out raiding.

"Look at the size of this thing. How many dragons can it hold?" Hiccup asked as they landed on a ledge inside the nest, Hiccup getting off to get a better look around.

"When I was last here the count was around one thousand dragons." Zahnlos informed him. "Though there where things that I didn't know about so there could have been more. Which would explain why I did not know of any humans."

"Where would they stay? We should confirm it since we are here." Hiccup suggested, turning back to his dragon.

"There is a cave that the Queen would not let anybody near."

"That must be it, show me the cave bud." Hiccup said as he hopped back on his friends back. Zahnlos was soon in the air and had taken them to the other side of the Nest, though he stuck to the edge instead of flying over the middle of the Volcano. When they arrived, both man and dragon could feel the darkness that seemed to surround the Nest grow thicker the closer they got to the entrance of the cave.

"This is it Hiccup, though I don't think we should go in." Zahnlos said as they stood outside the entrance.

"Why not? It's not like there is anybody in there, everybody is out raiding you said yourself." Hiccup tried to reason with the dragon.

"I still will not go into that cave. The dark presence is at its strongest in there and I wish not to tempt fate and go in."

"Ok you big baby boo, guess I'm going in alone then." Hiccup said before walking into the cave. After a few feet, Hiccup was finally able to see something in the darkness of the cave. There were five distinct nesting areas, one for each of the major kinds of dragons; Gronkle, Zippleback, Nadder, and Monstrous Nightmare. What he saw after that was a surprise and caused confusion. There was clear evidence that there were also five different humans based on the clothing and other things that were strewn about the different nesting sites. By the looks of it, a female with the Nadder, a male each with the Nightmare and Gronkle, and finally a male and female with the Zippleback. The fact that there were five different humans living in a nest that was single handedly waging war on mankind and lead by a tyrannical cannibalistic titan of a dragon was surprising to Hiccup.

"They were right, there are six people living." Hiccup said as he came out of the cave to see Zahnlos hiding. He quickly got down and hid next to him.

"We need to leave NOW." Zahnlos said with panic clear in his voice. Before Hiccup could answer he felt the ground shake beneath his feet as it would when the King would roar. Hiccup didn't need anything else as a giant head appeared out of the lava and the smoke that was rising from it.

"WHO DARES TO TRESPASS IN MY NEST!" A baritone female voice boomed through both of their heads.

"NOW Hiccup!" Zahnlos yelled at his rider who was just about to get in the saddle when he froze at the voice of the Queen. Though that shout snapped Hiccup out of it who finished getting into the saddle and as soon as he did Zahnlos jumped back to avoid the massive jaw of the Queen while Hiccup went from hiding them to a mental shield to protect them from Her. Zahnlos quickly jumped up and flew away from the cave, up and towards the exit.

"YOU SHALL SUBMIT OR DIE." The voice once again boomed out. Hiccup could feel a massive force press against the mental shield that he had put up. Zahnlos seemed to feel it as well and faltered slightly before renewing his flight up towards the exit. The two blasted out of the top of the volcano as the Queen blasted fire after them, giving them a bat out of hell look. Hiccup could feel the massive force that could only be the Queen get stronger and almost break through his mental shield before it felt as if it started to dissipate as Zahnlos flew as quickly away as he could. The pair quickly flew out of her range and back towards the Sanctuary, Zahnlos flying so fast that Hiccup almost fell out of the saddle if not for a safety system he installed. The two arrived back at the Sanctuary, only for them to both pass out just inside the entrance to the Sanctuary from exhaustion.

A few of the dragons that saw them come in and collapse rushed to inform Valka, Mason, and Unole that they had returned. The three of them plus Cloudjumper came rushing to where the where they had landed to find Hiccup passed out and slumped forward onto Zahnlos who was flat on his stomach, wings splayed out across the ground.

"What do you think happened?" Valka asked as they rush to the pair to see if they were injured.

"Well I'm not seeing any injuries on either of them." Mason said as he and Unole worked to get Hiccup out of the saddle.

"We should take them to the Bewilderbeast, see if he can do anything; this seems like a problem with the mind." Unole suggested as they lowered Hiccup to the ground. What they did not notice but Cloudjumper did was how the two seemed to be subconsciously trying to get back to each other. This confused the dragon who closed his eyes to try and contact one or both of the pair that laid before him.

"Let's do it. Can you bring Zahnlos along Cloudjumper?" Valka asked as she picked up her son. The Stormcutter opened his eyes and nodded, picked the smaller dragon up and centered him on his back before following his rider. They walked to the center of the nest where the great Bewilderbeast was resting in his pool of water. As Cloudjumper set the Night Fury down on the ground next to where Valka had put Hiccup, the King looked up at them.

"What happened? Were they injured?" The King asked as he looked over the boys.

"No, they arrived back from their scouting trip and passed out where they landed. We don't know what cause it but there are no physically injuries my King." Valka told him as he moved his face closer to the pair, closing his eyes so he could focus on finding their minds. He did find the mental presence of both boy and dragon, but there was something there that surprised him. The last time that he had the two together, a few days before the scouting run, the metaphorical bridge that spanned their minds and brought them together was relatively small, about wide enough for a Zippleback to walk across with wings spread. What he saw before him was a connection between the pair that would be large enough for two Bewilderbeast to walk across side by side. Never before had he see such a connection between anybody. Though that was all he could see; not only had their bond grown to unknown levels but Hiccup had placed such a strong mental barrier up that even he could not break through.

"So, what's wrong with them? Why aren't they waking up?" Unole asked after a few moments of the king concentrating on getting through the mental shield that Hiccup had put up, but no matter what he tried he could break through.

"I do not know why they are unconscious as your boy has thrown up the strongest mental shield I have ever seen." The King informed Valka who passed it on to Unole and Mason. "Him and his dragon have also bonded to a point far past what I thought possible for anybody. He truly has the soul of a dragon to reach such a level."

"What should we do?" Valka asked, the information that she had just received not fully sinking into her mind nor the minds of her companions who she relayed the information to.

"Let them rest, but keep them together. I fear what would happen if we separate them as this type of bond is near unheard of and still fresh." The King told them before turning back around so he faced the back wall of the Sanctuary so he could think more about what had just happened. On that wall was a cave were the oldest dragons stayed, forming a sort of Counsel of the Elders that the Bewilderbeast would use when he was deep in thought about something and needed another opinion on something. As the King did that, Valka and Cloudjumper took the boys back to where they had their cave while Unole and Mason went back to their dragons. Cloudjumper set Zahnlos down first and as he did the wing of the Night Fury opened and Valka felt Hiccup try to reach his scaly friend as she went to lay him in his bed. With the Kings words still in her head she moved so that Hiccup would slid into the open space by the Fury's belly and as soon as she set her son down the wings closed like a scaly black cocoon.

"Come on Cloudjumper, let's go patrol the Sanctuary while we wait." Valka said with a hint of sadness in her voice as she patted the Stormcutter's belly. Giving her a nod they both left the cave, hoping that the pair would be awake by time they returned back from their patrol.

---

By Thor's beard, it certainly has been some time since I last posted, here hasn't it? Well I'm thankful for everybody who has stuck with me. Let's see, let's see, there was something I was supposed to do....... Oh ya. First off, if anything is confusing do hesitate to leave a review or send me a PM, I will try to make it less confusing for you; Second, I am incorporating a tad bit of the bonding that you see in the movie Eragon. With them being able to share certain things. But I will not let Hiccup hear, he will stay deaf throughout the whole of the story. Also, be prepared for next chapter to start in a dream scape.