Always forget my disclaimer. Oops...
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A large Night Fury, glowing blue around his head and down his spine, was staring down the viking chief. Piercing forest green eyes identical to Hiccup's own met his gaze curiously but were laced with caution as his long tail swished back and forth along the ground behind him. His left tailfin was missing, but the remains of a metal, leather, and scale prosthesis hung in its stead.
Hiccup was stunned speechless yet again, mouth agape, taking a hesitant step forward.
"Toothless?"
The name was barely louder than a whisper, but the amount of emotion placed on it made it weigh heavy upon the silent clearing.
At the sound of not only the name, but also the well-known voice, the Night Fury's pupils dilated to give it a puppy-ish appearance and all tension ran out of its body. That oh-so-cute gummy smile appeared on his face, and Toothless bounded over to tackle his former rider and best friend to the ground in a flurry of licks.
For once, Hiccup didn't complain at the show of affection and simply laughed joyously with shining eyes. Toothless continued his assault but moved away a moment later, allowing his rider to sit up, and lowering his head so that Hiccup could pet him.
"Hey, bud," Hiccup smiled through his tears, rubbing his old friend's scaly head and scratching that one spot behind his ear flaps. "I missed you, y'know."
Toothless cooed, nuzzling into Hiccup's palm briefly before turning to Luna, growling and crooning at his mate. They traded words, and the dragoness calmed slowly, hesitantly approaching Hiccup.
Hiccup watched her, careful not to move or else risk setting the poor dragon off again. But Luna came of her own accord, silently and cautiously, sniffing Hiccup's hair and then nuzzling it before huffing in affirmation. Reaching up a hand, Luna allowed Hiccup to rub her face tenderly. She was purring not moments later, leaning into his caring and considerate touch.
The hatchling ran back to a shocked Myra, rubbing its head incessantly against her legs and purring contentedly. Nevertheless, she scooped up her new friend and stared into its friendly heterochromatic eyes. Deciding the baby was a girl, she hugged the dragon close and starting walking a bit closer to her father and the two large Furies.
Hiccup was still smiling, tentatively watching Luna as she progressively got more comfortable with his presence and trilled happily at him and Toothless. Toothless was watching them both happily before noticing Myra as she came closer, holding his daughter in her small arms.
Crooning, he nudged his former rider and pointed his head toward the two girls. Hiccup took notice and smiled widely, standing up and beckoning Myra closer to Toothless and Luna.
"Myra, remember how I told you about my best friend?"
Myra looked at her father, then turned her curious gaze to the large black dragon who was taking in her small form.
"Toothless?" She questioned. Hearing his name, Toothless gave her a gummy grin and lowered his head to the small girl, getting an idea of her scent before turning to look at his rider with a questioning gaze.
"That's right, Myra," Hiccup said, smiling. "Meet Toothless, the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself."
Toothless trilled, nudging the girl with his nose, making her giggle.
"Bud, meet Myra. Astrid and I's pride and joy," Hiccup introduced, absentmindedly touching Luna's head in reassurance as she hovered beside him, hesitant at his daughter's appearance.
Myra smiled a toothy grin at the dragon who returned it before lowering himself to the ground, an invitation to get on. After a brief struggle, and Hiccup serving as a support, she climbed on and steadied herself, laughing.
"He's so cute!" She exclaimed, rubbing her hands over his ear flaps and making sure the baby dragon in front of her didn't slide off as she purred.
Toothless huffed, rolling his eyes, making Hiccup chuckle. Even a decade later, and Toothless still detested being called "cute." The dragon shrugged it off, walking slowly to give the inexperienced girl her first ride on the back of a dragon without complaint. Watching his best friend interact with his daughter gave Hiccup a few moments of pause.
After ten years without the dragons, Berk had admittedly been a bit lost. They had lived with the creatures for seven years after all, and many had expected and believed that after Stoick had passed, and since Hiccup had become chief, the dragons would be with them forever. But then Grimmel arrived, bringing his seemingly endless armadas, and cages of enslaved dragons… and along with them, war. Unlike with Drago, there had been some warning, and after discovering Luna and, subsequently, the Hidden World, Berk had attempted to join their dragons in exile, living amongst their reptilian friends.
And then Grimmel's armada had hunted them down, captured Luna and Toothless, and caused a battle larger than that of the Bewilderbeasts. Many lives were lost on Berk's side: both dragon and human. Hiccup would never forget the moment his cousin Snotlout laid down his life to protect him and Toothless from a flaming arrow, shot by one of Grimmel's men. While his sacrifice was not in vain, and Grimmel had been executed by the Defenders of the Wing, the dragons were no longer safe, and Luna had been tortured before the vikings could rescue her. Her faith in humans was lost, just as quickly as it had been gained.
Sent on their way, Toothless had led the dragons to the Hidden World, and that was the last Berk had seen of them; flying into the horizon, led by their alpha and his mate.
The memory made Hiccup frown slightly, watching Toothless trot around with their daughters securely on his back. His gaze wandered down to the dragon's tail fin and its missing twin. A sudden realization made Hiccup freeze, his hand pausing atop Luna's head.
"You haven't flown in years, have you?"
Toothless froze just as Hiccup had, turning back to his viking and crooning sadly. He moved his tail into Hiccup's line of sight so he could observe the mangled object. Who knew how long the invention had held out.
"I'm sorry, bud," Hiccup said, leaning forward to take Toothless' head in his hands. "I'm so sorry."
Toothless just licked his face, a clear expression that all was forgiven. Hiccup chuckled softly then wrapped his arms around Toothless' neck, and the two best friends hugged for the first time in ten years.
Some bittersweet fluff this chapter, along with the book spoiler. Although, if y'all haven't even read the books, I'm not sure whether you guys would even catch it or not but *shrugs*
ANYWAY I want to thank the reviews I've already gotten on this, ah they made my Thanksgiving! Thanks guys! I will probably get the next chapter up again soon since this is already complete, I just need to copy and paste everything. Here's to hoping you guys enjoyed this!
