The beeping of the alarm clock startled Hiccup this time. He sat upright in bed and glared at the offending object before shutting it off. "UUgh" was all Hiccup uttered as he let out a yawn. He got out of bed and got ready for the day.

Dressed in a simple shirt and jeans he walked to the kitchen only to see the twins bickering over a piece of toast while his father tried to stop his mother from cooking.

"So....... it wasn't a dream?" Hiccup asked to those in the kitchen. Everybody stopped what they were doing and turned to see Hiccup standing in the doorway.

"Oi move it." Came from behind and Hiccup was shoved to the side as Dagur waltzed into the kitchen.

"Nope it definitely wasn't a dream." Hiccup grumbled as Eret, who he had been introduced to before getting into that van, also came into the kitchen.

"Hiccup darling are you alright?!" His mom suddenly approached him and wanted to hug him when Hiccup took a step back. "Sweetheart?" Valka asked as she looked sad.

"I'm still mad at both of you." Hiccup grumbled as his father stood there awkwardly. "I never lied to you yet you apparently do."

"We didn't want to worry you!" His mother defended.

"Or you just didn't want me to find out that both of you joined some kind of cult?!" Hiccup asked giving both of them a serious look. "What in your right mind possessed you to join these weirdoes?!!"

"Hey we're not weirdoes!!!" Dagur protested as he made some coffee. "And The Society is not a cult."

"You are seriously calling your secret society, The Society?!" Hiccup asked incredulously.

"Hey, we couldn't decide on a name!!" Dagur grumbled.

"Hiccup, The Society is not a cult." Valka admonished. "We simply have the same.... Interests."

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "All of you are devoted towards this Valkyrie or show excessive admiration, if what I saw last night was any indication. Sounds like a cult to me." He grumbled.

"Don't you dare insult us." Eret now spoke. "We were right all along. The Valkyrie was revived!!"

"Yes, Hiccup. Think of all we can learn from her." Valka said.

"She's a treasure trove of historic information." Stoick added.

"The Valkyrie will most certainly be grateful for her revival and bless us with the power to finally change the world!" Dagur exclaimed. The twins had stopped fighting with each other and were watching what would happen with great curiosity.

"Brother, Hiccup has got that twitch in his eye." Ruffnut whispered as a smirk adorned her face. "Remember the last time that happened?"

Tuffnut nodded. "He's about to tear them a new one."

"Valkyrie this, Valkyrie that!" Hiccup suddenly said in a deadly calm voice that made his parents back up. He pointed at them first. "All you two care about is research. She's just an important subject to you that you'll probably discard as soon as you got what you needed from her!!" Hiccup's voice rose as he said this. "I have never before felt so ashamed to have parents like you. Joining a cult, lying and then trying to take advantage of her to further your own goals!! Are you mad?"

Hiccup then turned to Dagur and Eret. "And you two and your entire society!! All you care about is power!! You revive her and then think she's just going to give you what you want because she would be grateful!!"

Hiccup was heaving now. "All any of you talk about is Valkyrie this and Valkyrie that!! Has anyone of you even asked her what her name is?!!"

Hiccup turned around and was about to leave when Dagur grabbed his arm. "Excuse me." He said as he dragged Hiccup away. "We need to have a little chat."

"Dagur what are yo-ACH" Hiccup shouted as Dagur had dragged him out of the kitchen and slammed him into the wall of the living room. Dagur placed his hand on Hiccup's throat and choked him while he whispered in his ear.

"Now listen here you good for nothing brat." Dagur said menacingly. "Don't you ever insult me like that again. You wouldn't like the outcome."

Hiccup was desperate as he had difficulty breathing. He said the only thing that came to mind. "You'll get nothing if you hurt me." He gasped out but this caused Dagur to only choke Hiccup harder.

"I might not be able to hurt you but your parents are a different story. They served their purpose to The Society by finding the Valkyrie for us. Now they are disposable." He whispered gleefully in Hiccup's ear. "She never said that they were off limits."

Dagur let go of Hiccup's throat and Hiccup sank down against the wall as he breathed heavily.

"You should just do your job as a translator. Your opinions are worthless." Dagur muttered before kicking Hiccup in the stomach. "Now get out of my sight."

Hiccup sat there for a while trying to get his breathing under control before he headed back to his room still shaking a little, the pain in his chest not diminishing. He hadn't expected that Dagur would do that, or even dare to do that in his own home.

Hiccup walked into his room, wincing every few steps, and went to the bathroom attached. He cursed when he saw visible red bruises forming around his neck. He lifted his shirt and winced when he prodded his ribs. They were more than likely bruised from the impact of the kick.

Hiccup leaned back against the tiled wall and thought for a bit. He needed to cover up the bruises. Dagur would certainly try something if anyone found out. He would rather his parents stay safe, even if they lied to him, they were still his parents and he did love them.

Hiccup gritted his teeth as he walked to his closet. He started browsing through it when there was a knock at his door. "Hiccup are you there?" He heard Fishlegs ask from the other side.

"Yes" Hiccup answered back.

"They told me to call you down. They said they needed to speak to the Valkyrie. Alvin and a lot of others are here now."

"This early?!" Hiccup asked as he found what he was searching for in his closet.

"Yes, it seems they want to get down to business fast." Fishlegs said hesitantly.

"Tell them I'll be there in a bit. Have you seen Astrid?"

"Eh....Oh you mean...." Fishlegs trailed off thinking for a bit. "I think she was wandering the mansion."

"Okay, let me finish up here and then I'll find her." Hiccup said as he winced when he was taking his shirt off.

"If I spot her I'll let her know.... Somehow." Fishlegs mumbled before leaving.

Hiccup pulled the turtleneck sweater that he had fished out of the closet over his head as fast as he could and looked in the mirror to see if any of the bruising was still visible. Luckily it was not.

He made his way out of the room and down the corridor. "Now where would a 1300 year old mummy go?" He asked himself. He didn't need to search for long as he heard a commotion in the media room.

"OUCH! I'm hurt! I'm very much hurt!" Was yelped as Hiccup saw Snotlout stagger out of the room. The remote flew at Snotlout and then hit him squarely in the nose.

Hiccup tentatively approached the room and peered inside, he saw Astrid standing there dressed in a simple robe. He looked back to Snotlout who was clutching his nose. "Nice aim" Hiccup said and Astrid inclined her head. "It seems there are some people here to see you." He told her completely ignoring Snotlout as he already had an idea of what had happened.

"Alright" Astrid said as she stepped out of the media room and followed Hiccup. Unbeknownst to Hiccup, he was being observed by Astrid.

"You're looking much better now." Hiccup remarked as he gestured to her as they walked down the hall. Astrid did indeed look better. She had more flesh on her bones and her face was almost normal again.

"Thank you" Astrid said. "The regeneration is going faster than I expected. I should have my original body back tomorrow or the day after."

When they reached the dining room they found everybody already seated waiting for them. "Where were you?" Dagur asked annoyed. Hiccup bit his lip and glared at the other but didn't answer. He instead pulled out a chair for Astrid. She noticed the tension but did not fully understand what had happened between them.

"Now we can get down to business." Alvin stated as everyone was listening eagerly. "Hiccup, I want you to ask her for us if she would be willing to share her powers with us."

Hiccup repeated the question to Astrid who merely shook her head. "I have no need to share anything with you." Hiccup translated her answer.

"What?! But we revived you!" Many now shouted indignantly.

"What does that have to do with gaining power? I'll grant it to those I see fit to wield it." Hiccup translated and he saw many clenched fists but Astrid wasn't done speaking. "Would you be willing to fight to save Midgard from destruction?" She then asked and everyone looked at her with confused eyes.

"Of course. We would use that power to change our world for the better." Eret muttered but Astrid merely shook her head when Hiccup translated.

"That is not what I meant." She then said. "Awakening me has set in motion an age-old conflict that must be resolved otherwise Midgard may be swallowed up by endless wars." Everyone was staring wide eyed at Astrid now but she merely continued. These people needed to know what the consequences for their actions were. "Obtaining my power means that you would fight beside me to stop the spear bearer from destroying your world."

"It seems many of you are mistaken about something." Hiccup now translated for Astrid. "I wish to know what you know about me."

The muttering started up again only for Alvin to quiet the group. "There are many legends about you, who we call the Eternal Valkyrie." and so Alvin proceeded to tell her the legends surrounding her while some added things which Alvin forgot.

Astrid pursed her lips when the stories were finished. "Then I shall tell you the facts now." She stated. "Yes, the battle for Gungnir did actually happen, and yes, I had vowed to rise again and seek retribution against my traitorous generals. I was given a task by Odin and I will see it fulfilled and yes, the Allfather did bestow five mystical items of power onto me to stop the Aesir, one of which you see here." She explained as she held up her hand showing them the Dragon ring.

"Wait, how did you get that?!" Valka now asked. "We never cataloged a ring."

"Your son was kind enough to return it to me." Astrid said and Hiccup blushed when he heard that. Dagur's eyes widened as he understood and then he turned to Hiccup.

"You had one of the items all along!!" He shouted while pointing an accusing finger at Hiccup. "You just gave all that power away!! What in your right mind possessed you to do that?!"

Hiccup flinched back as Dagur tried to scramble over the table to get to him all the while shouting "The Dragon ring is what is used to give other people power!! How could you be so foolish!!" Alvin and Stoick were holding Dagur back until he had calmed down. Everybody then looked to Astrid to see that she did not look pleased at all about that which had transpired just now. She did not need to understand English to know that Dagur was not happy about the ring being returned to her possession.

"I believe that this conversation is done now." Hiccup translated for her as she stood up. "None of you are clearly ready to handle any sort of power." With that said, she waited for Hiccup to get up and walked with him out of the room. Those seated at the table began glaring at Dagur while Alvin cuffed him on the back of the head.

"You just ruined what little chance we had!!" He shouted at Dagur.

"We most likely looked like a bunch of power hungry barbarians to her!!" Another shouted.

"What do we do now?" Came from Ryker. "There is no way that she would give us anything now."

"We need to gain her favor." His brother, Viggo, muttered.

"If we had that ring then we wouldn't need her." Another suggested.

"What about the other mystical items?" Alvin now asked. "They are still out there."

"You think that she will give us anything if we return them to her?" Viggo asked, intrigued by the idea.

"Or we could just find them and keep them for ourselves now that we know that they truly exist." His brother suggested. "Who says that she'll give us anything even if we return them."

"I have to agree with Ryker." Savage now put his two cents in. "She did say she was betrayed by those close to her. Why would she trust us?"

"Hiccup was right." Stoick suddenly muttered as all eyes turned towards him. "She might have been revived by us but she owes us nothing. We've just been seeing her as an object, not even asking her for her actual name."

"What do you think Valka?" Alvin grumbled as he nodded. Stoick did have a point. "You've been awfully quiet so far."

"I think we should be careful how we approach this." Valka quietly said. "According to the legend that Dragon ring can give power to anyone, but what if it can also take it away. We know next to nothing of these items."

The room was quiet as everyone looked at Valka. "She does have a point." Savage now said. "I think we should try to get that ring away from the Valkyrie. Who knows what she can do with it."

"And how do you suppose we do that?!" Dagur now grumbled. "She doesn't trust us. We've established that."

"Then get her to trust you. So far Hiccup is the only one who she trusts and he isn't going to help us." Alvin shouted back.

"We'll think of something." Viggo muttered. "As for now I suggest we use our resources to track down the other items. If we hand them over is still up for debate." Those assembled nodded before standing up and leaving. They had no idea that Hiccup and Astrid had been listening from behind the door.

"So what did they say?" Astrid asked as they made their way back upstairs. She had chosen the room next to Hiccup for convenience sake.

"You were right. They'll be looking for the items now." Hiccup explained as they walked. "You should also keep an eye out for anyone of them being overly friendly. They talked about getting that ring from you."

"They can try." Astrid stated as she playfully elbowed Hiccup. "I did not become a warrior sitting down."

Hiccup however couldn't stop the yelp of pain from escaping and Astrid stopped in her trek to turn and look at him. "You are injured." She stated as her hands went to tug at Hiccup's sweater.

"N...No...No I'm not." Hiccup quickly said only for Astrid to poke him on his injured side causing another yelp to escape. His breathing became heavier as Astrid got a serious look on her face.

"Someone hurt you." She said and was about to march back towards the dining room when Hiccup grabbed her hand. "No don't!" He quickly exclaimed.

"I promised that no harm would come to you and here you are before me hurt." Astrid muttered as she tried to have Hiccup let go.

"Astrid stop please." Hiccup nearly begged. "...please."

"Alright, but in return you are going to show me where you are injured and I'll give you away to avoid getting hurt again." She said not looking happy that Hiccup had stopped her but she would respect his wishes.

Hiccup nodded and Astrid grabbed his arm before tugging him in the direction of their rooms. "Astrid, just what are you going to do?!" Hiccup asked as he had seen the determination in her eyes.