Hiccup was crying like all babies do. But dragon hatchlings are normal pretty quiet. Which only made the noise stand out more. Cloudjumper had found the nursery cave at his new home. The other parent dragons were wrapped around their nests."Will you quiet that kid down!?" Shouted an agitated mother dragon at the already annoyed Cloudjumper. It was a strange breed of dragon that Cloudjumper didn't recognize. She looked very dog like with her fine fur covering her back and round brown eyes.

The Stormcutter winced and picked up Hiccup with his paw. He rocked the infant gently but it wasn't working. He carried the baby out into the fresh air of the main cave."Shh. It's okay. Just go to sleep." Toothless stumbled after his adoptive father. He began to whine too for attention."Not you too." What did the boy want? Cloudjumper had no clue how to care for a human child. Then he smelled something. It was coming from the baby.

Cloudjumper sniffed and nuzzled the baby until he found the source of the scent. The baby needed changed. Cloudjumper sighed as he thought about how we would do this. He had no opposable thumbs. He spotted a small body of water. Toothless cocked his head and ran at the water with his forked tounge hanging out, drool flying everywhere. His eyes slit at his reflection. He hissed and clawed at the water causing it to ripple. His eyes dilated as he was amazed by the easily explained phenomenon. Cloudjumper set Hiccup down on a rock and slipped off the bundle of fur the baby was wrapped in using his fore claw.

Cloudjumper gagged as he wrapped his claw around the boy's torso carefully to pick him up. He lowered Hiccup halfway into the water. Hiccup stopped crying and began laughing as he kicked the water. Toothless saw the bubbles from Hiccup's splashing and dove in to play. He immediately regretted the decision. He doggy paddled awkwardly back to the shore. He shook the water from his scales. Toothless got distracted and began chasing his tail.

Cloudjumper breathed a laugh as he pulled Hiccup back out of the water. Now how was he suppose to get him back in the...dirty diaper? Maybe he hadn't quite thought this through.


A mother gronkle sneered at Hiccup. He was wearing a huge leaf around him. Cloudjumper was actually quite proud of his idea, no matter how ridiculous it looked. It was only temporary but it worked for now. They didn't have any more diapers so the baby would have to just go outside like a dragon. The sight was quite strange. The gronkle wasn't the only dragon against it.

The same furry dragon from the night before confronted him about Hiccup."Sir. What on earth is that thing?" She gestured to Hiccup with her snout. Hiccup was patting Toothless on the head. The small black dragon purred and rubbed against his brother." That's Hiccup. I couldn't find anything else for him to wear. I honestly don't know why humans cover themselves. But I assume there is a reason and I don't really want to find out. Anything else you'd like to know?" Cloudjumper smiled smugly as the other dragon rolled her eyes. Kid wouldn't last a week. Well that's what she thought.


Valka was curled up in a ball on her bed. Stoick entered the room. "Valka dear?" He caressed her hair lovingly. "Gobber has the boat set up." They planned on burning a very small ship with Hiccup's stuffed deadly nadder. There wasn't really a body to burn so they had to settle for what they had." He shouldn't need a ship. He shouldn't be dead. You told me he'd be the strongest of them all. But now he'll never get the chance." Valka cried into her pillow.

She refused to say Hiccup's name because she was afraid of losing it in front of Stoick. Vikings, including the babies, on Berk were killed by dragons so often. Stoick had learned to shut out the emotion of the losses to keep himself from be killed inside at every funeral. Which only made Valka furious with him. It was his own son! And he couldn't shed a single tear. Well not any that she'd seen. "It's all my fault." Valka whimpered. She hadn't been able to kill the Stormcutter. Stoick shook his head and tried to calm his wife. "Out! Get out!" She shoved his arm away and screamed at the top of her lungs. Stoick stumbled back startled. He looked down at his feet and backed out of the room. Valka immediately regretted yelling but she still felt he deserved it.


I wasn't sure how to deal with the problem of the diapers and clothes part of the parenting for Cloudjumper. Dragons go around naked all day and do their business in the woods. He doesn't know what to do. But I think the idea of the little leaf tunic was a good solution. The first few chapters will be about Cloudjumper working around all the obstacles that raising a human baby would represent. And there will be a lot more Stalka through out the story. Thank you for reading and please review.