Heyo, Hatsu Yukiya here! Okay, on a review Luna and I got last chapter from Leesie3973, there were lots of questions which I am now going to answer to the best of my ability. It'll be pretty long, so feel free to skip ahead if you want to.

From whose point of view is the story?

It varies, but nobody in particular. Third-person narration and all that.

Can we get a little more insight on the personalities of each character?

Well yeah, but you know we're only on the third chapter, right? Stuff hasn't even gotten real yet.

What happened after the games and the bear? Did the clans just go home?

Remember the end of the movie? The clans went home and Elinor became Awesome McCool Mom.

Do the sons keep in contact with Merida?

Luna and I have this idea that they send her letters and gifts and stuff and she just ignores it all. The clans aren't really going to be touched upon in this story though; it's a family story, not a romance.

Is Toothless going to be the only Night Fury?

Yes. We like the idea of him being the only one in the immediate area and we're too lazy to add in more, anyway.

How old are Merida and Hiccup? We think they're both around fifteen. Our thought is that Merida was fifteen in her movie and still is, as of this story, while Hiccup was fourteen in his and since turned fifteen.

Is this going to have some Hiccup x Astrid love? Probably. We ship it.

Does Fergus suspect his brother is on Berk? No, Fergus thinks his brother died at sea after being thrown off the ship during a storm. Joke's on him though, isn't it?

Why does he want to go north? Is it because of rumors of dragons?

That may be part of it, hehe. I think it's more of he just wants to go on an exploration adventure with his family. Fergus is a quirky guy like that.

In history, the Vikings and Celts were at war, what about that aspect?

Meh, we're ignoring it. FanFICTION, and it's not like Brave and HTTYD were totally historically accurate anyway. Besides, I highly doubt that Stoick and Fergus would each want to fight their families.

Yikes, this is long. Hope it gives some insight on the story, though! Speaking of the story...ONWARDS!

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Hiccup sighed contentedly as he tossed another cod in Toothless' direction, smiling as the dragon eagerly snatched it up and swallowed it whole. He leaned against Toothless' black, scaly hide and, facing the ocean, stared out over the horizon. The sun was only just rising, sending streaks of pink and orange through the dark grey and cloudy sky. Hiccup couldn't figure out for the life of him why Toothless liked to go out flying so early, but the sleep deprivation was worth peaceful moments like these. The rest of the village would be up and active soon—there had already been a few people stirring when Hiccup and Toothless had taken off—and the peace would be shattered, but Hiccup liked the coming chaos.

Maybe chaos wasn't the right word. He liked the activity Berk now presented. And, most of all, he liked being a part of it. He liked not being cast off from the village and left to his own devices. Since defeating the Green Death two months prior, life for the boy had changed drastically. The biggest change was that dragons now inhabited Berk and everyone treated them like it had always been that way. The second was...well, the attention. Hiccup was a hero, and he was still wrapping his head around that fact. As much as he liked not being useless, he was unused everyone actually liking him and always needed his help with the dragons. He was considered to be the expert on dragons which, admittedly, he kind of was. Hiccup's days were now spent running (to the best of his now limited ability) to and fro around the island taking care of all dragon-related matters.

Not all changes were positive, though. His left leg reminded him of that every time he took a step, or reached down at night to remove the prosthetic before he went to bed. But, Hiccup assumed, it was just like any of the other changes on Berk. He would get accustomed to it after time. Even if the stupid limb did currently hurt like the devil whenever he tried to go faster than a walk.

Sighing again, Hiccup turned to Toothless and said, "Hey, you ready to head in? Everyone will be out and about soon, and we have a lot of work to do?"

Toothless sent him a look that clearly said, 'You have a lot of work to do,' but nodded, stood, and stretched out his leathery black wings. After stretching as well, Hiccup climbed onto his friend's back and skillfully hooked himself into the harness and latched his prosthetic to the stirrup.

"Alright, let's go," he said, and the two took off into the sky, doing a couple barrel rolls as they headed towards the village, just for good measure.

The sky had lightened when they arrived in, and looking down, Hiccup could see his group of friends already saddling their dragons for the day. He and Toothless swooped down and landed gracefully a few yards away from where Ruffnut and Tuffnut were ramming their heads together angrily, as per their usual routine. Fishlegs had his nose buried in a biology book he obtained from the monthly trade ships, and Snotlout was hitting on Astrid, who rolled her eyes and shoved his face out of the way when she saw Hiccup and Toothless approaching.

"How have you been flying already?" she asked, raising her eyebrows. "It's barely daylight out here."

"Yeah, well, Toothless isn't called a Night Fury for no reason," Hiccup replied, nudging his dragon playfully. Toothless sneezed and shoved him back. "What have we got going on today?"

"Same as usual," Fishlegs joined in without looking up from his book. "Flying practice, helping people with basic dragon-care, stuff like that."

"Boring stuff," Snotlout scoffed.

Ignoring him, Hiccup grimaced and said, "And I have to go down to the forge today, too..." There weren't enough hours in the day to accommodate all the things he had to do, and he had thanked the gods more than once for the other dragon-riding teens. Well, mostly Astrid and Fishlegs, but while Snotlout and the twins weren't as helpful, they had enough enthusiasm to get the job done in the end.

"Well," he said, turning to Astrid, "we'd better get started."

"What's your dad doing today?"

Hiccup shrugged. "His basic chief things, I guess. I don't see him much during the day."

It was true. Hiccup was usually too busy during the day helping the villagers adjust to the dragons, and Stoick the Vast was typically off tending to more mundane matters. However, their relationship was vastly different than what it had been before. To Hiccup, the fact that his father was so accepting of the changes, and of his son, was the most miraculous difference of all.

Which was good. After all, they didn't have any other immediate family members. Snotlout's father Spitelout was the brother of Hiccup's mother, Valhallarama. Stoick and Spitelout did consider each other to be brothers, but there were no more Haddocks besides the chief and his son. They only had each other at this point.

Or so they thought.

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Merida plopped down onto her bed, the air extinguishing itself from her body. Her day was exuberant for having spent it penned up on a ship. It mainly consisted of her swinging around the rigging, keeping watch over her brothers, exploring the ship, and swinging on the rigging some more while her parents weren't watching, something that greatly amused the other crew members. They seemed to have developed a certain fondness for Merida.

They had been at sail for nearly a week, and honestly, Merida had never been so eager to just get off the ship and blow it up. She could only take so much of not being able to go anywhere. However, her brothers were giving her a fair amount of trouble, and keeping them under control kept her equally busy. Her parents had given her the joyous chore of being in charge of them. Merida's brothers, Hamish, Harris and Hubert were about four years old, give or take (Merida lost count after their second birthday), were so energetic and had all the scheming and pranking ability of all their people back home, divvied up into three careless triplets.

As she stared at the ceiling, sweeping an unruly orange curl behind her ear, she wondered vaguely whether they would ever get to wherever her Dad had planned for them to go. The ship was eerily silent; the only sound was the sea water, lapping dully around the ship and the gentle creaks of the boards. Merida climbed under her covers, glad for the opportunity to sleep.

Merida was just on the brink of sleep when her cabin door flew open with a bang. Merida gave a small shriek and sat bolt upright as three dark figures hurtled through the doorway and launched themselves onto her bed. She looked up to see her father and her mother standing in the doorway. They looked exhausted. Or at least, her mother did. Her dad just looked the same as always, though his eyes were a little bloodshot.

"Hi Merida!" her father exclaimed, forcing himself through the doorway with a little difficulty due to his vast size.

"What?" asked Merida irritably, pushing a brother away from her face.

"Do you think you could take them tonight? They've been driving us insane the past few days, so we thought you might be willing to take them for the night tonight instead," her father replied.

"Do I have to?"

"Well you see dear, it would be nice to have a full eight hours sleep once in a while," said her mother, her eyes showing a trace of amusement.

"What? Don't you value my need for sleep? I mean think about what would happen if I don't get enough sleep. Now, is that what you want to have to put up with? 'Cause I can assure you, it won't be fun."

''Ah Merida, what could possibly be more fun than having a little slumber party with your three favorite younger brothers?" her dad teased, "Can you imagine the possibilities? You can have pillow fights, and maybe before you go to bed, you can tell each other secrets. You know, the stuff dainty teenage girls do."

Merida glared at him.

"Knew you'd understand," Fergus said, walking over to her and giving her a bone crushing bear hug.

"Goodnight dear," said her mother, walking forward and giving her a kiss on the forehead before cornering each of the brothers in turn and forcing them to let her plant a kiss on their cheek.

Merida grunted and shoved a brother off the bed as she lay down. As quickly as he left he was back again, with the other two and for what seemed like days, they harassed Merida, who took to ignoring them and staring at the wall. After a long while they finally nestled down under the covers with Merida. One clung to the back of her neck, another was curled up in front of her chest and the last was hugging to her back. Finally their breathing slowed and together the brothers fell asleep.

As Merida adjusted her crammed position, she thought faintly, it was lucky she didn't have any other family members.

A/N:

Hatsu: Well. We've certainly made progress. But hey, INSIGHT ON BERK.

Luna: Hi. Action-packed, adrenaline pinching, gut wrenching chapter wasn't it? But it's okay because, this story is not meant to wrench your guts.

Hatsu: It probably won't be that intense in the end, no... It's a family story. It's not meant to have a crap-ton of romance and drama and bloody fighting at all.

Luna: Okay, the next chapter will be more exciting. So please review! That would like make my life.

Hatsu: We got so many reviews on the last chapter, ohmygod. It was amazing. Can we please get that many again? Thanks!

Luna: Bye.