Disclaimer: I do not own 'How To Train Your Dragon' or the awesome song, 'Defying Gravity' from Wicked, cover by Glee.

It happened so fast for Hanna Horrendous Valka Haddock III.

One minute she was running through the forests after getting banished by her own father, the next she and Toothless were diving towards the Red Death, shutting her eyes as hot flames consumed her and her dragon…

Her eyes opened when she felt the impact of a crash landing on ground. Toothless unshielded his wings off her.

She smiled at him. "Thanks, bud."

She tried to stand up, only to end up screaming in pain and stumbled. Toothless caught her before she fell.

"Ow…" She moaned and looked down. Her left leg was burnt and cut, blood slowly flowing out from under her skin. With a shaky hand, she touched her leg and quickly brought it back, her leg stinging painfully.

She heard a shout from a man she knew too well.

"Daddy…"

She struggled to stand up, helped by Toothless, and ready to run, well limp, toward her father. She could see his huge form through the smoke. She stepped forward to hug him at last and get that warmth that had been lost since her mother died.

"Hiccup!"

But she stopped. Something in her broke.

"HICCUP!"

She turned back to Toothless and pulled herself onto his back.

"Let's go."

Toothless nodded in understanding and flew off silently.

"HICCUUUPPP!"

The sad thing was that…that wasn't even her real name.

It was near darkness when Hanna finally looked back, seeing no sign of Berk. Toothless rumbled beneath her and she patted his side.

"Its ok, bud. We'll find a new home. It's just the two of us." She sat up seeing nothing but clouds. "Alone in the great, big, unfriendly world! Yeah. Just great!"

Her sarcasm didn't help uplift her spirits. The clouds started to move apart and Hanna glanced over, just in time to see a mysterious person in a bizarre suit appearing to be flying in thin air. Hanna stared at the figure's dragonsque mask until it disappeared under the clouds.

"Okay, no sudden moves." She hissed to a growling Night Fury.

Suddenly, a roaring dragon shot out right before them.

"Whoa!"

When it turned around, it shocked the girl with the reveal of possessing not one but TWO pairs of wings, meaning it had FOUR wings! On toll was the strange rider, staring at her.

"Hold on, hold on."

Toothless growled in response.

"Ah!" Out of the blue, another dragon snatched Hanna. Without his rider, Toothless fell and crashed through the ice-laced water.

"Toothless…!" Hanna screamed. "Hey! You left my dragon back there! He can't fly on his own! He'll drown!"

She didn't get an answer from the mysterious figure. She looked around, seeing dragons, many kinds she had never seen before, all following the four-winged dragon and the figure to a huge glacier like looked like a hedgehog's spikes. The dragon flew through a tunnel leading to a rocky inside and Hanna was dropped there.

Hanna stood while limping on one leg, scared of the numerous dragons surrounding her. The growls and snarls and hisses weren't friendly to her ears.

She shrieked when she felt something wet helping themselves to her left leg. She looked, seeing a dragon licking her bloody leg. Her leg was stinging but the saliva had healed most of it, only leaving her leg feeling dead.

"Uh…thanks?"

Then she raised her head and saw her kidnapper. And the stranger.

"Who are you?" She demanded, no patience for asking. The stranger didn't answer. "Why am I here?" No answer. "Do you even understand what I'm saying?" Nothing. Hanna palmed her forehead. "Oh crud, what have I got myself into?"

The stranger spun his staff, making a strange sound and then another dragon dropped Toothless down.

"Toothless!" Hanna cried. Toothless practically bounced over to her and she nuzzled his head. "It's okay, it's okay. I'm glad to see you too, bud." She kissed his scaly forehead. "You really had me worried there."

Toothless licked her, making her giggle. The stranger used his staff again. Dragons opened their mouths and lit up fire to brighten the place. Toothless growled, getting protective as the stranger got down on his hands, moving like a dragon towards him and Hanna.

The Night Fury wrapped his tail around Hanna and glared forward, snarling but the stranger just waved a hand and Toothless rolled over in a goofy daze.

"Toothless!" Hanna gasped. Then hands gasped her and the dragon-masked figure stared long and hard at her, as if studying her. A finger danced on the young girl's face before lingering on the small, faded scar on her chin.

Suddenly, the stranger jumped back, releasing her.

"…Hanna?"

Said girl noticed his voice sounded…feminine.

"C-could it be? After all these years? How's this possible?"

Hanna raised a brow. "Ah…Should I know you?"

"…No…" Slowly, hands went to his mask. "You were only a babe…" He removed the mask from his revealed face, looking to her with big green eyes. Same as Hanna's. "But a mother never forgets."

Hanna gasped, wide eyes staring at him-her!

"MOM?!"

Finding out that your deceased mother was alive and in hiding wasn't much of a nice surprise.

There was a lot of screaming from Hanna at her mother. Years of bottled up frustrations, sadness and anger just exploded immediately.

After screaming her lungs dry, Hanna stormed, well limped, outside, out to the cold air where she immediately shivered.

"Hanna dear…"

Hanna shrugged, moving away from her mother.

Valka sighed. "I know how this is hard for you…"

"Hard?" Hanna sprung around, furious as a dragon once again. "I'm not the wailing baby you left behind. I went through brutal neglect and bullying for being born a hiccup! Now I'm a traitor for finding out we Viking are truly idiots about dragons, so yeah, this is hard for me!"

Although Hanna had done nothing but scream at her mother, Valka couldn't help but laugh with delight, her green eyes marveling at her daughter. "After all this time, you took after me. But you have your father's temper."

"So…having your charming looks and personality explains why dad treats me like a stranger." Hanna grumbled. Then she sighed, casting her eyes down. "I tried to be a Viking and make dad proud…but…it's just so hard to fit in…when you're so different from everyone else."

Valka laid a gentle hand on Hanna's shoulder. "Believe me, I tried as well. But people are not capable of change, Hanna. Some of us…were just born different." She glanced to Cloudjumper, his eyes blinking and head nodding at her head before he flew off. "Berk was a land of kill or be killed, but I believed peace was possible. It was a very unpopular opinion. Then, one night, a dragon broke into our house, finding you in the cradle. I rushed to protect you, but what I saw... was proof of everything I believed…This wasn't a vicious beast, but an intelligent, gentle creature, whose soul reflected my own." Her eyes clouded with sad remembrance of the last time she saw her husband and daughter.

"No! Ah, Stoick!"

"Valka!"

"Stoick!"

"Valka…"

"…You and your father nearly died that night…all because I couldn't kill a dragon."

For the first time in a while, Hanna smiled. "Runs in the family."

Valka chuckled, smiling at her. Later on, she was showing her the dragons she rescued over the years. Due to her bad leg, Hanna rode on Toothless during the entire tour. Then Valka presented the Bewilderbeast and explained how it was the king of the dragons.

As the gigantic white dragon began to rise up, she knelt in respect with her head bowed. All dragons, Cloudjumper included, bowed before the beast. Even Toothless had the urge to follow their example.

Only Hanna stood out by not bowing. She stared in wide-eyed wonder up at it. The Bewilderbeast stared down on her, not bothered with her lack of respectful display. Then the beast gently but strongly blew a giant breath of cold frost at Hanna, coating her in white sparkles.

Valka laughed. "He likes ya."

Hanna shook her hair and stared back to the beast. "Whoa…" Then she limped again but ended up tripping over her dead leg. Her mother rushed over to help her.

"My baby..." She ran a hand down her child's cheek. She looked to her dead leg and hugged her, dreading what has to be done.

By tomorrow, Hanna was in a bed of leaves and flowers that was actually soft and warm, with one leg cut from the knee. Her dead leg had to be cut off, no other way around it or else she wanted to limp forever. She lay against Toothless as her pillow, while she built a prosthetic leg for herself. The other dragons were extremely helpful, bringing her metal and tools.

When she received a hammer, she lingered on the tool, feeling strange. Like…something was changing inside of her.

Something has changed within me

Something is not the same

She went on working on her leg, working at it until she was finally finished and satisfied. She put it on and tried to walk, only to slip.

I'm through with playing by the rules

Of someone else's game

Toothless swiftly swooped in and caught her, breaking her fall. She took a couple more steps to try it out and got the hang of it. Then she got onto Toothless and took off flying, Valka waiting for her.

Too late for second-guessing

Too late to go back to sleep

Mother and daughter and their dragons flew in cold air outside.

Then Hanna looked over her shoulder, seeing the entire dragon colony flying behind.

"Hey mom, I thought we were going to eat!"

It's time to trust my instincts

Close my eyes and leap!

"Oh, we are!" Valka stood up on Cloudjumper and held her hand out, motioning Hanna, Toothless and the dragons to stop.

Hanna followed her mother's looking down gaze where she could hear rumbling…in the ocean?

It's time to try defying gravity

Out of the blue, the alpha Bewilderbeast shot out of the water and spit out millions of fish from its mouth.

I think I'll try defying gravity

Hanna's mouth was hung open as fish rained on her and hungry dragons whereas Valka laughed joyfully.

Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity

Toothless, obviously hungry dove down, going at an incredible fast speed, forcing Hanna to grip tight on the saddle.

And you won't bring me down!

Toothless ended up with a mouth full of fish, more than he can chew or swallow.

I'm through accepting limits

'Cause someone says they're so

Afterwards, Valka brought Hanna to an updraft where the dragons were hovering in. Hanna couldn't help smiling and so can Toothless.

Some things I cannot change

But 'til I try, I'll never know!

Valka began dancing from one dragon to another in the air. She reached out, taking Hanna's hand and making her dance along.

At first Hanna was clumsy but after much practice she got the hang of dancing in the updraft. Her dress flew up, forcing her to grasp it and make her do Marilyn Monroe's famous white dress scene.

Too long I've been afraid of

Losing love I guess I've lost

Getting back on Cloudjumper, Valka sighed happily with the wind in her face. "Oh, when I'm up here, I don't even feel the cold, I just feel…"

"Free." Hanna completed

Valka turned to smile at her daughter and then closed her eyes and opened her arms, welcoming the breeze. "This is what it is to be a dragon, Hiccup."

Well, if that's love

It comes at much too high a cost!

Hanna breathed in as well, feeling the sense of freedom rushing through her veins.

She loved the sensations it brought, wonders she never tasted before.

I'd sooner buy defying gravity

Land, they landed on a snowy mountain. Toothless plays in the snow, showing off to an unamused Cloudjumper.

Kiss me goodbye,

Hanna giggled at the sight until she stopped when Valka touched her shoulder, looking remorseful.

I'm defying gravity

"I'm so sorry, Hanna. Can we start over? Will you give me another chance? I can teach you all that I've learned these past fourteen years. Like…"

I think I'll try defying gravity

Valka went over and massaged Toothless' back, particularly on one spot, which caused a series of hidden spikes to pop up, extending from the nape of his neck to the end of his tail.

"Now you can make tight, daring turns."

And you won't bring me down!

Toothless, didn't even know about the splitting fins on him and he happily jumped around, showing them off.

Hanna was in awe at the new discovery. "Did you know about that?"

With a smile bare as his name, Toothless flapped his new wings.

I'd sooner buy defying gravity

Valka smiled. "Every dragon has its secrets. And I'll show them all to you. We'll unlock every mystery, find every last species, together, as mother and daughter."

Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity

She continued her speech. "This gift we share, Hanna... it bonds us. This is who you are, my girl. Who we are. We will change the world for all dragons! We will make it a better, safer place!"

I think I'll try defying gravity

Hanna slowly smiled. "That sounds…amazing."

And you won't bring me down!

Overjoyed, Valka hugged her.

Bring me down!

Hanna hugged her back, hands tightly the back of her suit. Her big, green eyes watered with happiness. "I can get used to this."