My eyes fluttered open as sunlight warmed my cheek. I had slumped over onto Hiccup's back and fallen asleep at some point after we left Berk, and when I looked down and around us, there was no land in sight. Hiccup must have felt me shift, because he turned around and smiled at me, then leaned forward and placed a kiss on my cheek.

"Good morning, m'lady." I chuckled and shook my head, then extended my arms out. "What?"

"My daughters?" He rolled his eyes at me.

"You mean our daughters. I haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with them recently, so I've been enjoying flying with them."

I sighed, but relaxed my arms and wrapped them around Hiccup's waist, trusting him with the girls for a little while longer. I took the chance to look around at everyone as we soldiered on. A group of dragons carried a boat with all our sheep in it, disguised as dragons in case some wild dragons came along and got close enough to see them. We were a large hoard, completely obvious and not hidden-- which was why we needed to move fast.

"Excuse me! Coming through!" I watched as Fishlegs and Meatlug pushed their way through all the other dragons and their riders. The sound of Fishmeat loudly growling and whining. "Let me just get right through here. Fishmeat, look! Eat your rocks. Eat your rocks."

"Gods! People who fly with babies are the worst!" Snotlout cried. I whipped my head around and glared at him, lunging forward slightly.

"Hey!" I snapped, staring him down for a moment longer before turning back to Hiccup. I didn't have to say a word, he just knew to hand the girls back to me at that moment. I pulled them closer against my chest and smiled as Kerrigan opened her green eyes. Her chubby arm reached up and grasped the silver necklace Hiccup had given me what seemed like ages ago. I let her play with it until she started to pull, and I removed her hand from the precious object.

"I feel like I'm always asking you this question, but--" Gobber cried out as Grump suddenly dropped. "Whoa! Wake up, Grump! Wake up!" They caught up with us again. "Is there an actual plan, or...?" Hiccup drew his eye away from his spyglass, scanning the horizon for some sort of clue as to where the Hidden World might be, or the place itself.

"Just keep flying until we reach the end of the world." Hiccup still managed to sound optimistic.

"Ah. Seems sensible," Gobber deadpanned.

"It just keeps going," Snotlout whined, leaning back against his saddle.

"That's because the world is actually round." I scoffed as everyone else laughed at Tuff's insane idea. Everyone knew the earth is flat. That was just a cemented fact at this point. "The sun's round. The moon's round. Stars are round. Even though they're small and stupid."

Shriek flew closer to me and nudged my side. I leaned forward and planted a kiss on Hiccup's shoulder before sliding carefully down onto my dragon. Toothless' nose suddenly began to twitch wildly, and his pupils severely widened.

"What you picking up on, bud?" Hiccup asked, leaning down and patting his dragon. Toothless' head moved around furiously, looking for whatever he could smell. My eyes flashed up, and I spotted something white with bright blue eyes emerge from the clouds.

"The Light Fury!" I gasped, a smile spreading onto my face.

"She's following us!" I glanced back at Val. Hope flashed across her features as she watched the Light Fury float up and down, almost appearing to smile at us. She pushed forward, getting in front of our group, then shot out one of her pink blasts and disappeared.

"Would you look at that," Gobber marveled.

"Where'd she go? Is she made of sky?" Toothless suddenly sped forward, tracking her scent as he tried to locate her. They flew well above the cloud cover, to the point where we couldn't see them any more, but I knew they were there. Alith stirred slightly against my chest, and I leaned my head down, kissing her forehead gently and sending her back to sleep.

I looked up again at the sound of screams, and watched as Hiccup suddenly started plummeting from up above. Panicking, I secured my arms around Shriek, and was about to force her to speed toward him, when Toothless shot down and caught Hiccup just in time. Everyone else laughed as I slowly eased myself up, trying to calm myself down.

"Not a word," Hiccup grumbled. I brought Shriek closer to him and Toothless, and Alith suddenly laughed, as though she somehow knew what happened. Hiccup made a face in her direction, then suddenly reached over and scooped her into his arms. She giggled again as he leaned his face in closer to her and rubbed his nose against hers, before bringing her against his chest and securing an arm around her. Alith's laughter died down, and she soon fell back asleep, safe and sound in her father's arms.

Just as my stomach rumbled, the clouds cleared and gave way to a large island, heavily stacked above the sea with towering mountains and what appeared to be low beaches. Should it be inhabitable, it might be the perfect place to set up camp for a few days, or at least establish as a base while Hiccup and I continued to look for the Hidden World.

"Potty break!" Fishlegs cried, almost reading my mind.

Everyone steered toward the grassy land ahead, getting off their dragons following hours of flight. I felt blood rush back into my legs as I stood up, relieved despite the fact I'd been asleep for most of the flight so far. My eyes moved toward Hiccup, who pat his dragon before making his way over to me. Carefully, he rested Alith back in the sling before wrapping an arm around my waist. I moved my hand to the middle of his chest and leaned my head against him, sighing contently.

"All right. Looks like we're camping here for tonight."

"Well, thank Thor for that!"

"Yes! My own place!" Tuffnut cheered. "I plan to build a hut. Only for the bearded. Ruffnut, you gotta stay out. Chin whiskers don't count."

"I see a tower of manliness in the shape of me. It's gonna be taller than Eret, with bigger muscles." I shook my head and looked up toward Hiccup.

"We should set up some sort of lodging soon. Alith and Kerrigan are going to need to sleep soon, and they really can't do that for long in the sling." Hiccup kissed the top of my head, then started to look around, drawing my attention to the other people. They were all buzzing about, looking as though they were getting ready to build a new village.

"Hold on, gang. I... I said make camp," Hiccup stuttered, trying to get people's attentions. "Not make a new village."

"Who died and made you chief?" Everyone groaned at Snotlout's unfortunate question, while I pried myself from Hiccup and marched over to him. With a surge of anger, I kicked the barrel beneath him, causing Snotlout to stumble before crashing down onto his face. Smirking, I took my original place and allowed Hiccup to continue.

"Granted, this place is very nice, but it's not the Hidden World."

"We don't even know if the Hidden World exists," someone challenged.

"Yeah. This place is real."

"Yeah!" The two of us began to falter as Valka approached us from behind.

"Eh, there's nothing more stubborn than a mob of tired, hungry Vikings." Hiccup chuckled at his mother's words.

"Well, I guess this can work as a base in the meantime. It's defensible, hidden." He turned back to the group. "All right. You can stay."

"Say hello to New Berk!" Gobber shouted. The rest of the group cheered, finally getting their way. I rolled my eyes, but had to admit I felt a sense of relief knowing we'd be able to at least give the girls a place to stay for a while.

"Until Toothless and I find the Hidden World." People groaned and moved away, slightly disappointed, as Tuff suddenly pulled Hiccup away from me. Annoyed, I followed after them.

"Now, about that voice. Can we lose the whole 'honking goose' thing? It's hard to imagine a happy family with that going off every minute." I scoffed and yanked my husband away from his newest source of a low self-esteem.

"Tuff, are you kidding me?" That shooed him away, and Valka approached us again.

"If you're going to continue west, I should head back to make sure we weren't followed," she suggested.

"Great idea!" Snotlout suddenly interjected. "I'll go with you for protection." Valka's expression suddenly dropped into one that almost appeared panicked.

"No!" she spat. "You're... far too important here."

"Yeah." Satisfied, Snotlout walked away from us.

"Just be careful," Hiccup warned her. Her mouth opened for a moment, as though fishing for the right words. "What?"

"This plan to hide us from the rest of the world... Though... Though I wish it were possible, I fear it can't last, Hiccup. I mean, you know I tried to do the same for years. But greedy humans always find a way. I just... I only ask that you think about it." She pat him on the shoulder before walking toward Cloudjumper. Spirits dampened, Hiccup wrapped both his arms around my waist and leaned his cheek against the top of my head.

"Do you still think I'm crazy, or..." I sighed and looked up at him, staring straight into his bright green eyes.

"Let's just say, this whole idea is very you." He shook his head, but still smiled at me.

"Well, thanks for supporting me last night. It meant a lot." I smirked.

"Don't thank me yet. I just hope you're right about this."

I reached up and placed a hand on his cheek, then pulled him into a kiss. With a sigh, Hiccup pulled away, keeping one arm wrapped around me as we moved to start unpacking our things.