Bear with me guys this is all part of the plan, and kudos to the guest reviewer who totally called it on the first stinkin' chapter! Enjoy Tuffnut's idiocy!


"I found him guys!" Fishlegs shrieked from the top of the stairs to the Meade Hall and the five dragon riders swooped down to the spot, running into the old building with vigor. They ran right up to him crowding over him as they saw what had become of him. Caillte had fallen asleep on the floor of the Meade Hall, he had mild burns all over his face and arms, but otherwise he was unharmed.

Hiccup pushed everyone out of the way to give him some space, "He must of come here in the confusion, it makes sense, that's where everyone else was hiding," as he speculated this, Caillte woke up dazedly.

Caillte looked about them and grimaced, pained slightly by his burns, "What happened?" he groaned softly.

Hiccup offered him a hand and helped him to his feet—well… foot, "The mystery dragon attacked again last night, it's good that you made it here though, this is the safest place."

Suddenly, the baby dragon on Tuffnut's shoulder bit him in the nose and Tuff gave a yell startled, "It bit me!" no sooner, did the dragon leap off his shoulder kicking him to the ground and land on the floor. It scratched behind its ear frills, licked its eye, then strode pleasantly to Caillte.

The boy awed a little bit, and Hiccup half expected him to awe at just how cute the dragon was as it nestled up in Caillte's lap as the boy knelt down to it declaring, "Súile-Ciel!"

At this the six dragon rider's tensed but Tuffnut was the first to yell, "Hey, her name is BlueEyes!"

Caillte just laughed, stroking the little dragon's horns, "Actually, his name is Súile-Ciel!" he corrected.

Astrid puzzled, "Wow, that dragon bit Hiccup but he loves you!"

Caillte smiled holding the baby dragon… well like a baby, "is this your mystery dragon?" he asked. Hiccup nodded slowly but this only made Caillte grin, "this kind of dragon makes very close bonds with those it loves, it doesn't like being separated from them for any reason."

Tuffnut laughed, "Hear that, sis, that dragon loves me! That's more than you!" he huffed hautily.

Ruffnut took a swing at Tuff but her brother dodged it and laughed, "You dummy, of course I love you!" she spat, but covered her mouth quickly. The others stared at her all of a sudden, hurriedly she slurred out, "…you—your dragon! 'cause you know it's attached to mine!"

Tuff laughed it off nervously, "That's good, 'cause for a moment there I thought you said you—" he was cut off when Ruffnut landed a blow and knocked him right to the floor, laughing hysterically at him.

Caillte chuckled at their antics, "This little guy must have gotten separated from mommy…" he grinned down at the blue dragon.

Hiccup smiled, "So I was right!" he awed, "It is the mother dragon that's attacking the village, she's searching for her baby."

Caillte nodded and put Súile-Ciel on his shoulder as he stood up slowly, "it would make sense, Súile-Ciel wanders off he should know better!" he reprimanded the little dragon like a parent, "and that would mean your mommy's very mad at you!"

Hiccup laughed lightly, "How do you know so much about this kind of dragon?" he wondered.

Immediately, Hiccup could see the boy hesitate, struggling to come up with an answer, to cover up the truth, "because… well, it's very rare and—this dragon is a mix breed and even rarer."

At this, Hiccup tensed, "A mix breed!" he repeated shocked.

Fishleg's puzzled, "You mean like two different dragon species had babies together?!"

Hiccup shook off his confusion, "How do you know?" he nearly demanded.

Caillte remained calm, looking down at the little dragon, "Because this little guy's mama is a Stormcutter!" he declared.

Fishlegs gave a great gasp of excitement, "You mean an actual Stormcutter?" he wondered, giddy with the idea.

Hiccup gave a confused look to Fishlegs, "What in Midgard is a Stormcutter!?"

Fishlegs was nearly jumping up and down, "Only the coolest dragon ever besides a Night Fury and my Meatlug!" he declared, "It's huge, it has four wings and is known as the most benevolent, caring dragon out there, and exceptional parents!"

Caillte nodded fondly, "That's her alright,"

Astrid shook her head, butting in, "But wait, the dragon we saw was small, like smaller than Toothless, we haven't seen a Stormcutter on either of these attacks."

At this, Caillte ducked away, coddling the baby dragon to avoid the conversation. Hiccup looked to him worriedly, "Caillte, does this mean there are actually two dragons attacking Berk?"

Hurriedly, Caillte shook his head, "No," he grimaced and pulled at his hair, "she's just mad, Súile-Ciel went missing and she went crazy… I—" tensed realizing he had actually uttered that word, "I only wanted to stop her from hurting people."

Hiccup's eyes widened while the other took a step away, "you… you know this dragon?" he wondered.

Caillte gulped nervously, "I was trying to convince her to leave the island alone! Then that dragon chased me off into the woods and I got lost!"

"The small one?" Astrid confirmed.

Caillte shook his head, "it wasn't the same species as Súile-Ciel, it was black, bigger than me, for all I know it was Toothless!" he scoffed worriedly and becoming extremely agitated.

At this, even Hiccup tensed, "Bigger than you?" he wondered, Caillte nodded, Hiccup's hand drifted to his chin, thinking, "I can name fifty species of dragons bigger than any of us…" he muttered, "and if the dragon that chased you was definitely not the mystery dragon or the Stormcutter, the only black dragon here is Toothless, and the only thing he chased in the last two days was the mystery dragon, that pegs you—"

Snotlout butted it like a big butt, "How do you defend your alibi!?"

Hiccup stammered and gaped at Snotlout, "Do you even know what that word means?"

Snotlout shrunk back gradually, "No… but I think I said it right…"

Hiccup looked back to Caillte but the boy nearly looked away sadly, "alright…" he gave in softly, "I recognized the Night Fury instantly, who would forget the offspring of lightning and death itself, I knew it was Toothless the whole time, but when I saw how you tamed him and had control over him I realized you were just trying to protect your village just like I was trying to protect my family."

Caillte stood up and the others stepped back, "two nights ago, Toothless chased me into the woods and shot me down…" he admitted softly.

Hiccup tensed as Fishlegs and Astrid gasped simultaneously, "You're the—but you're…"

"Human, I know," Caillte muttered then sighed, Súile-Ciel could feel his anxiety and purred to comfort him, "well not quite, River and I were hoping it would be safe up north, but with all the space up here it didn't take long for one of the kids to get lost."

"Wait what!" Astrid shrieked.

Caillte flinched, "Please don't freak out, you guys train dragons don't you, you know we're as smart as you if not smarter and we protect our own!" he tried to convince them.

Hiccup gaped realizing what Caillte was trying to say, "You're a dragon!?" he muttered. Fearfully, Caillte pressed himself against the wall, and nodded slightly. Hiccup smiled a little, "and River?" he wondered.

Caillte lost eye contact with him, "the Stormcutter…"

Hiccup neared him unafraid of the concept, "so she's your mother?"

Caillte tensed, "What? No!" he defended himself then realized the misunderstanding, "Dragon's mature in a few years, I'm an adult, River's my mate."

At this Tuffnut chimed in, "Did that guy just say 'mate'? You're married? I mean, wow aren't you a little young for that?"

Ruffnut clocked her head against Tuff's helmet, "Shut up, he just said he's a grown up dragon!"

Hiccup pressed his lips together trying to make sense of this, "so you're telling me that you've been traveling north with your mate and baby dragons to escape the Celts, but Súile-Ciel went missing in the village and his mom went all crazy!"

Caillte's fiery eyes defended her, "She's not crazy she's worried sick!" he recoiled realizing his tone, "And… she also really doesn't trust humans…"

Hiccup gave him some space and grimaced, "So where does that put you?" he wondered.

Caillte winced, hurt by the question, "I… uh…" he stammered, "I've been like this since I was very young, River saw that the Celts thought I was a monster and she saved me."

"So…" Fishlegs broke in, "Can you just… turn into a dragon?" he wondered confused.

Caillte shrugged, "Pretty much, do you want to see?" he offered, seeing they didn't hate him as much as the Celts did. Fishlegs and Astrid nodded eagerly, while Snotlout and the twins stepped back skeptically. Hiccup didn't move, a tad worried and confused, again his fear came back for the same reason, hoping he hadn't hurt Caillte.

Caillte set down his staff and Súile-Ciel, and got down onto his knees, blue scales formed all over his face, four horns grew from his head and a set of large wings grew out of his back with a long tail tipped with a trident. He gave a loud, powerful roar and flapped his wings whilst Súile-Ciel climbed onto his back. He wasn't much smaller than Toothless as comparable while Toothless walked up to the blue dragon to smell him.

Caillte took a turn about Toothless smelling him as well along with the leather riggings and saddle on Toothless' back. Toothless stuck out his tongue and Caillte uttered a sound like laughter. Hiccup awed, "Wow, you can talk to Toothless?!" he realized.

Caillte nodded, but a brisk growl indicated he couldn't talk to people like this. Now all the traits Hiccup had seen in Caillte made sense, he was a parent of a small helpless creature and as a dragon he didn't need help with anything, in spite of having lost a leg. Hiccup could see how the dragon was also missing his leg below the knee but it didn't slow him any.

Caillte took a snap at Toothless and the Night Fury reared growled and Caillte did so as well roaring in a choppy voice. It took a moment for everyone to realize they were playing when Toothless jumped over Caillte nipping him with his gums. They clawed at each other lightly, Toothless pinning Caillte to the floor and Caillte shot a puff of smoke into Toothless' face disorientating him so Caillte could get free.

Hiccup laughed watching the two dragons playing in the Meade Hall, the grounded Night Fury, and the limbless mystery dragon seemed to get along quite well but nonetheless, Toothless was stronger than Caillte and the small blue dragon respected and looked up to Toothless. The Night Fury got Caillte to surrender having established dominance and Caillte turned back into a person on the floor.

Toothless smiled a very toothless grin as Caillte reached up with human hands and petted his chin. The teens awed at him, and Fishlegs stepped closer, "Do you know just what species of dragon you are?"

Caillte shrugged, "As far as I know, I'm the only one of my kind…" he admitted with some effort, "but you're welcome to take a stab at it."

Fishlegs brought the image of Caillte's dragon form forward in his mind, "Do you know your shot limit?" he asked confusing Caillte, "how long you can breathe fire before resting," he explained lightly.

Caillte thought about it for a moment, "I think I can go for about six minutes straight at a time."

Fishlegs awed, "that's a long time for most dragons!" he declared amazed, "what kind of fire is it?" he wondered.

Caillte grinned very proud, "it's explosive!" he declared pleased with himself, "and there's always a lot of smoke for a good cloud cover,"

Hiccup nodded remembering last night, "there was a lot of smoke in the air last night, did you set those fires so River could move through the village unseen?" he wondered.

Caillte nodded, "but I didn't light any houses on fire, I just blew fire into the air, River… has a temper, and I know she's frustrated, we need to get Súile-Ciel to her as soon as possible!" he urged.

Fishlegs interrupted, "could we come up with a name for your dragon species first, I mean with Súile-Ciel you're not the only one of your kind, and you said there's six hatchlings?"

Caillte shrugged, "Of the six there's three who look like me, the other three look like Stormcutters."

Fishlegs nodded thoughtfully, "Do you swim well?" he wondered if this dragon was a tidal class, Caillte nodded a little, "Can you eat eels?" Just uttering the word made all the dragon's cringe.

"Ew!" Caillte exclaimed, "What? No! They're poisonous!"

Hiccup laughed a little, "No eels, got it!" and Caillte eyed him so he frowned, "Yeah, no, I don't like eels much either…"

Fishlegs grinned brandishing the book of dragons, "I've got it, how about Thorishula!" he suggested excitedly.

Astrid and Hiccup stared at him blankly, "Where did you come up with that?" Astrid blared obnoxiously.

Fishlegs shuddered knowing Astrid's violent tendencies, "alright… then how about Valknut?"

Hiccup slapped his face, "Why would you name a dragon after the symbol Vikings put on memorial stones?!" he shrieked.

Fishlegs cowered, "Just a thought…" he wimpered, "give me a break I was trying to come up with things that mean three, because of the trident on his tail," he gestured to Súile-Ciel for reference.

"I got it guys," Tuffnut interrupt, "how about Lightningrod, or no, Smokerod!" he laughed, "'cause remember the time Hiccup used a trident to attract the lightning and it hit him!"

Hiccup groaned, he still had the scars, and if phantom pain from his missing leg wasn't enough the lightning did some wild damage to the nerves in his right arm. However, Tuffnut was right, the name did make some sense. He adopted a small smile, "what do you think of that, Caillte? Smokerod sound good to you?"

Caillte thought about it for a few moments then grinned to himself a little, "Yeah, I like it just fine," however his eyes said he was just happy for people to know about his true self and they accepted him. Súile-Ciel ran into his arms and purred like a big cat, "Do you like that, Súile-Ciel? You're a Smokerod," he told the young dragon.

The baby dragon growled some and blew a smoke ring up at Caillte's face in approval of the name. Fishlegs started doing his thing studying the baby dragon, "He actually looks like a Smothering Smokebreath a little, so Smokerod dragons could be like a large southern species of Smokebreaths which makes you a mystery class dragon!"

Caillte smiled at this notion and picked up his staff to be able to stand with them, "I like the idea, but four dragons doesn't make a species."

At this Toothless huffed and Hiccup agreed with his dragon, "We don't know about any other Night Furies, Caillte, but he's a Night Fury either way."

Caillte sighed, "It's not that I feel alone, I've got my hatchlings after all, but I'm not entirely a dragon either, I'm just me,"

Hiccup smiled warmly and laid a hand on Caillte's shoulder, "you know, I'm just Hiccup, there's no one out there like me, just like you completely unique, that's something special right?"

"I guess…" Caillte muttered, disheartened even still. Toothless came up between Hiccup and Caillte, rumbling a low moan to comfort Caillte, who mustered a smile and laughed, "you want to find out which of us is fastest, Toothless?" he jeered a bit playfully. Toothless nearly nodded in excitement, pushing Caillte onto his back just after Hiccup climbed on to work his tail.


Thorishula is a lazy misspell of Trishula a hindu goddess that has a trident

Valknut is a Norse symbol of a triple triangle that has been used on memorials to Odin (people don't know much about its meaning)

Fishlegs... y u need to bring up outside source material!?