Hmmm

Edited oct 21 2021

When I arrived back at Burk it was night, hiccup and toothless were waiting for me at my hill. When i landed I could see toothless calm down and he ran up to me in excitement nearly running into me in the process, hiccup was drawing with paper and a charcoal stick nearby and after toothless calmed down I lumbered over to him curious as to what he was drawing. The picture was hard to make out in the campfires light but It looked like the stars, I laid down near the two boys relaxing and listening to the doctor scratching of hiccups paper, he rested on toothless's side as I watched them.

That night was calm and quiet one of the last ones that we would get but at the time we didn't know that. That morning I woke up toothless curled into my side and hiccup gone, I waited for toothless to wake so I laid there a wing over him to shield him from the harsh sun while he slept. The day passed smoothly not too fast nor too slow, toothless did wake up eventually and as much as he grumbled about leaving my warmth he was hungry and I had already ate early in the morning so I had nothing for him currently. It was mid afternoon when I saw a few boats and some dragons flying closer, knowing that there was dragons with riders it eased my tension and concluded this was probably the peace mission returning that valka was talking about.

I  went back to watching the horision going deep into my thoughts, the wind softly blew through the village reaching me on the hill in the end. I was used to this and the smells of the people and dragons along with many fish and sheep but tonight was.......different. A scent something that I've remembered form long nights of nightmares and fear conforming and tears and happy ness. It smelled like my son, I raced down the hill as fast as I could searching through the village for anymore hints even the possibility that he would be alive, the caves were a dead end it's hard to distinguish the human smells under all the dragon ones. I had run through the village twice so far tasking as many different routes as I could getting small hints of the smell here and there.

I felt like I was going crazy the ruckus I made probably panicked some people because later hiccup came to find me as I desperately searched every building trying so pick up his scent enough most of the scent was old but there was traces of a new scent here and there that gave me enough hope to continue. Valka was with hiccup and they both tried to calm me down but I was frantic I had to find my son he's here I know he is I didn't realize that I could cry tears in my dragon form and valka and hiccup looked shocked to see that I was crying and frantic.

" hiccup, we have to get her away from the village she might hurt someone and it's getting late"

" I know, I don't know what gotten into her though she's crying, and she looks desperate mom. How are we supposed to get her away?"

I ignored them I had to find him he's here somewhere if I just try and find him... he must be alive I have to apologize i-i just have to find him he's my son! Through my frantic searching and crying I took another path through town trying to pick up his scent. As I turned a corner I saw hiccup and toothless waiting with valka, 'Elder, calm down, go back to your hill and rest your not in the right mind'

' child please I smell my kin he's here I thought he died please let me find him! I have to talk to him please! I'm desperate I smelled him earlier today I know he's in the village he- he has to be-'

' elder nobody new has come to the village, you are tired and lack of rest and grief have made you smell things of your past, please go back to your nest and rest'

I sat there heartbroken, he's not here.... I walked back in a daze tears falling still, I bumped into a few things but the young ones helped me back leading me to the hill. I kept my head down as I walked the loss of my children hitting me again I couldn't keep doing this, I laid down curling in on myself and draping my wings over my body blocking out the world as the sun set. When I woke up the next day a pile of fish was next to me, I didn't have any not feeling like eating the return of my grief made me feel empty inside. Valka stayed with me through the day and hiccup and his friends came to visit, I paid them no mind I wasn't in the mood to see anyone. It was late that night and it was just me, toothless hiccup and valka. I was out of my wing cocoon and was watching them relax by the fire, that was until valka who was trying to get me to eat something became very cross.

" that's it! ALAYAH you better change right now and tell us what's going on or so help me! I'm sick and tired of your moods you need to go behind that rock and when you come back I expect you to tell us everything!"

" mom what are you talking about? Whose alayah?"

Raveling a big sigh I realize that valka is right and she'd probably skin me alive if I didn't, I may be a dragon but that woman is terrifying, standing I lumber behind the rock taking my time shifting back and changing. Begrudgingly I make my way to the fire hiccup looking astonished, toothless confused and valka thankful.

"Sorry""It's ok alayah, now hiccup before you ask any questions yes alayah can turn into frigg usually at will until one is hurt they are more or less the same spirit just with magic powers, now explain why you were acting crazy yesterday"" I- I thought I caught scent of my son, and I had to know where it was coming form or if it was him-I'm sorry for any damage I've caused Cheif hiccup but I couldn't just do nothing! Toothless told me that nobody new was in the village and made me leave but I swore I smelt him!"" don't worry about the damage a-alayah it was easily fixed, but what do you mean your son?"

I sad Down by the fire a quick hug from valka calming me and I told hiccup and valka my story how I was abandoned as a child then Raised by dragons and nymphs to meeting my daughter and son and loosing them, to now. Hiccup soaked up my story like a sponge amazed at what I had accomplished and what I've been through I avoided telling him my children's names the recent resurface of grief and telling them about their deaths made it hard enough.

" wow, I'm sorry alayah you've been through a lot, I don't blame you for what you did last night or how you've been acting lately. You didn't mention your children's names though, if you don't mind me asking what were they?"

" oh, umm my.....daughters name was Helen, and ahem m-my sons his name was Eret, their father was from a neighboring town and their mother passed, the kids had a hard childhood and had to leave their town away from their father and that's when I found them, E never liked his name though, his father had the same one and was often teased for being Erit Eritson, he used my name often after that but eventually grew out of it before he was killed by that-that bastard Drogo bludfist!"

I was watching the fire as I spoke fiddling with my dragon skate necklace, I missed the looks valka and hiccup were exchanging ones of pure shock that is. The moon was high that night and it's glow and the fires warmth calmed me. Hiccup stood and motioned to his mother quickly, I was confused but I'd assumed he needed to talk about something so I let them.

Toothless made his way over to me after they stepped to the side and I pet his head as I watched the flames silently, toothless started a quiet conversation with me in dragon speak and I answered any of his question because he was still confused on the matter of the subject. When hiccup and valka came back they had a few questions for me.

" alayah, me and hiccup have spoken about some things and we think that you should live in my hut when your in human form, nobody will bug you and it will be completely safe, there will be some questions on who you are and how you got here but I can say that you had worked with me in the past and with dragons and a friend of mine, if you want we can also build a small hut up here so you can change depending on how you feel"

"I-I don't know. thank you both I would love to live with you in my human form for a bit, but if I stay in one form for too long when I'm not injured my skin almost becomes..... itchy in a way and I feel like being human for a few days is best. Cheif hiccup I would love to have a hut up here-but just a small one please I'm not too picky."

" there's one more thing, tomorrow morning I want you too meet someone, he's my advisor and helps me with everyone in the village, we will introduce you to everyone after that, the story we thought of is that mom picked you up late tonight and you fell asleep when you got back that way nobody will question you of you came or went."

" what about my dragon form won't they be worried if a ancient dragon disappeared?"

" oh...... ah I'll say I took you to the woods and your living there for awhile, well say what you did the outher day was because your still not used to the village and you got nervous when you came back from flying too close to a different village and they tried to hurt you, the Outhers will understand and if you came back every now and then It won't be a problem."

" oh....ok I guess that seems fair, it seems we should head to bed then. it's a big day tomorrow, goodnight hiccup."

"Goodnight Alayah, night mom"

To be continued.........