Well, since lots of other people seem to have them, I decided to jump on the bandwagon! This is just going to be a series of drabbles, short stories, and miscellaneous bits and pieces that are floating around my brain. Some of them might be loosely connected, some of them might not be. Odds are they won't be particularly well written or proof checked. Or sane. Which is why it's a good thing they're likely to be short, right? Right!

In any case, I figured I'd start off with something silly and funny. So without further ado...

Missing Scales

It was an unusually beautiful day on the island of Berk. The sun was shining, the flowers were blooming, the birds were chirping away merrily. Which was why Hiccup and Astrid were taking a leisurely stroll down a forested path, hand in hand. Just the two of them.

And, of course, Hiccups enormous winged black shadow.

Astrid was giggling over something silly Hiccup has whispered in her ear when an odd sound came from behind them. It was something between a 'Sploosh" a 'Thunk' and a 'Zorp.' And it was enough to cause both young Vikings to turn and look behind them at Toothless.

Only, Toothless was.. missing? Instead of Hiccup's faithful flying friend, there stood a muscular human boy surrounded by a pile of loose black scales. He was tall, handsome, and well muscled with a mop of unruly black hair covering his head. And a confused look on his face as he stared blankly at his hands.

"What the...? Did I just loose my scales?" Human-Toothless asked in puzzlement, his voice a deep, powerful bass.

"What." Hiccup began.

"The." Astrid added.

"Hell?" Both of them asked in unison.

Miles away, Ruffnut and Tuffnut sneezed in unison and were filled with a suspicion that someone, somewhere was stealing their shtick.

"Aw hell. I tuned into a human, didn't I?" Toothless asked, looking his (thankfully fully clothed!) body over.

"Um.... Yeah?" Hiccup agreed tentatively, taking a step closer to his friend while Astrid remained rooted in place in shock.

"Well THAT just figures." The former dragon snorted, poking his own arm curiously.

"Ah, does this thing happen to dragons OFTEN?" Hiccup asked as he circled the other boy.

"Eh, you'd be surprised." Toothless shrugged expressively. "I must have pissed off Loki. Or stumbled upon a wishing stone. Or maybe one of the Gods thought they were doing me a favor. It happens."

"Wow. Okay then." Hiccup couldn't quite think of anything to add to that as he stopped in front of his friend again, looking him over.

"Hmmm.. Well, I guess I'm not going to be able to give you rides anymore." The newly minted human growled sadly. A strange glint appeared in Hiccup's eyes.

"I'm sure we can think of some way for me to still mount you." He stepped a bit closer to his friend.

"I suppose I COULD still make you fly somehow..." The taller black haired boy replied with a grin.

"EEEeeeeeeee!" Astrid finally snapped out of her trance, slapping her hands to her face with a fangirlish squeal.

"So now you two can finally consummate your relationship with some boy-boy love?" She squeaked, a most un-Astrid like sound. She was actually rather torn. The last thing she wanted was to have her boyfriend stolen from her. Especially by another boy. But another part of her couldn't help but get giddy at the thought of those two together.

Which was why she froze when both of them turned their heads to stare at her as if she were insane.

"What? Him and me? Like that? Ugh! No, sorry Toothless, no way." Hiccup waved his hands in denial, a look of disgust on his face.

"Yeah, no. Just NO. The Night Fury does NOT swing that way." Toothless crossed his arms and nodded vigorously, an identical look of disgust marring his features. "Same here. Exactly." Hiccup made a disgusted face. "Why would you even THINK that? We're just FRIENDS for crying out loud!"

"Yeah!" Toothless nodded in agreement. "Totally!" He and Hiccup turned and high-fived each other.

"But.. But.. But..." Astrid stammered, only to be ignored by the two friends.

"Well, since I'm human now, I guess I'll go back to town and hit on Ruffnut. She's a total Hottie!" Toothless grinned with his perfect teeth.

"You go head and do that Bud! Good luck!" He and Hiccup fist punched each other.

"See you back at the main hall tonight for drinks?" Toothless asked as he turned to walk down the path.

"You better believe it! Tell me how it goes!"

Astrid just stood there dumbfounded as Hiccup waved and while human-Toothless walked confidently back to town. Finally she staggered up besides Hiccup, a feeling of dread in her stomach.

"Nothing good can possibly come of this." She finally managed to say. Hiccup seemed to consider her words for a moment.

"Yeah. Yeah, you're probably right." An awkward silence lingered for a few moments.

"So, wanna go behind that tree and make out?" Hiccup asked hopefully. The day had proven totally surreal so far, so it was worth a shot.

"... Sure. Why not."

"Woohoo!" Surreal was totally paying off for him!

Sorry, I just couldn't resist poking fun at the whole 'Toothless is romantically in Love with Hiccup' and 'Toothless magically becomes human for _insert reason here_' thing. I'm not saying that such stories are BAD per se. Just that I can't resist poking fun at them!