Generation Swap AU
“A HTTYD AU in which Stoick is a young man who thought he had a rather plainly written future until a wild, young woman with wild ideas literally drops into his lap.
In which Astrid is political and realistic and grooming her son to be a chief of War.
In which Hiccup is tired and empathetic and finds this Valka to be completely sane where few else will. Her return is less like a bandage to an old wound, but the pouring of ether on an infected one.
And in which Valka is left straddling every side of a blooming war, feeling like a captive in her own birthland, knowing the true nature of dragons, and had been, herself, on the cusp of learning the source of their erratic feeding behaviors.
She needs someone to listen to her, and the current chief is willing, but with very little support elsewhere. Her only hope is to get through to the popular, future chief, who’s so keen on his mother’s sentiments. And yet, at the same time, seems willing to pay her some mind as well…”