Bonds of a Family

by agdoll95

It has been three years since Thuggory took Kenna and Keir and brought them back again. Things haven't all been easy for Hiccup and Toothless raising them, but now that they're a little older, things have quieted down for now. Because now they face new dangers and powerful dark enemies who would like nothing better than to see this family fall. Spoilers from Httyd 2 & HTTYD 3

1. Chapter 1

Chapter 1

The day started out like any other, I woke up and made the kids breakfast while they and Toothless were asleep and then left the house to get my morning duties done before they woke up. Of course I was only holding my breathe on getting back before Toothless noticed I was gone. It almost made me laugh to think that if I was gone for even a minute he would notice and send out a search party for me.

I married Silent Sven's daughter to Mulch's nephew at dawn and then I had to help my father settle a domestic dispute at the field, then it was down to Hoark's farm where Slug and Thug and Lars and Lloyd, the twins' kids were tipping over yaks with their parents. We all thought that after they reached their adult years the twins would have settled down, especially after marrying and having kids of their own. No such luck. Then it was time for me to head up to the Great Hall to welcome all the newborn children into the tribe.

I felt so lucky that I handed down the Academy to Astrid when I became chief. My Dad was always there to give me a hand as well as Gobber, but there were times where I found myself wishing that my Dad was still chief. But at least the majority of my problems as chief were just small dilemmas around the island so it was usually something I could handle. And then there were times where it Toothless and I had to defend the island against new dragon foes or enemy tribes. By now the entire archipelago knew of my ability to change into a dragon and some were more excepting of it than others. Those who were were more than willing to lend a hand when we came into conflict with another tribe.

I started on my way home but something felt off. I couldn't explain it but I swear I could hear a little voice in the back of my mind telling me I had to check out the forest. I took one last look at the house and started heading toward the forest. Everything seemed quiet and peaceful but I felt an eerie presence and something told me that I should change. Before talking myself out of it, I changed into y dragons form and started looking around for any signs of danger. Finding nothing, I turned ready to head back. But out of nowhere, something struck me in the back of my head and the last thing I remember was seeing a dragon and the thing that startled me the most was that this dragon looked just like Toothless. All the fight was out of me, I gave in to the darkness.