A/N: Hello again. Decided to speed up the update process a little. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own How to train your dragon or it's franchise.
Chapter 3: The Terrible Twos
In the forest of Berk, the eight dragon riders and their dragons were doing another training exercise; communication between dragon and rider.
"Okay everyone, follow me and Hicca and keep a sharp eye out! We're doing low-level evasive maneuvers!" Hiccup shouted while riding Toothless "Come on, bud!"
"Let's go girl." Hicca said to her dragon as they dived through the forest.
When you're riding a dragon, communication is key.
Hiccup, Toothless, Hicca and Midnight zigzagged through the trees in perfect sync, none of them crashing into the trees or into each other. Raeda and Sparkfire were right behind them also moving through the forest in perfect sync.
You almost have to read each other's minds. Or else.
Snotlout, however, didn't have that much luck as Hookfang kept crashing into tree, though whether it was by accident or on purpose, the Jorgenson boy couldn't tell. "Hey! What are you doing?! Are you trying to kill me?!" Snotlout yelled at Hookfang as they flew out of the trees with Snotlout covered in branches "We gotta go back! I think you missed a branch!" He said sarcastically.
'Well if you insist.' Hookfang said in his dragon language. He flew right back in the forest and took the same route. "Got it!" Snotlout said dazed as he was covered in more branches when they came out of the forest the second time around.
And you have to have an open mind, because sometimes, your dragon knows better than you.
Astrid and Stormfly skillfully maneuvered through the trees and came across a fallen tree. "Stormfly, up!" But Stormfly instead went with her instincts and dived under the tree, knowing that was the better option. This moved sent her rider flying over the tree, but luckily, she managed to catch her. "You were right, Stormfly. It was down. I almost died." Astrid said breathing heavily.
'No problem.' Stormfly squawked.
"Almost died? I would've died!" Snotlout yelled while getting some branches out of his nose
"Looking good, Snotlout." Astrid commented. Hearing this, Snotlout immediately shoved the branches back in his nose, not knowing that Astrid was only joking.
Hiccup then noticed someone was missing "Where is Fishlegs? Has anyone seen him?" He asked
"I saw him yesterday. Does that count?" Ruffnut replied.
"He must have gone the wrong way in the forest." Hicca suggested.
"I'll go look for him, you guys stay here." Hiccup said to the other riders. He and Toothless then flew back to the forest to look for Fishlegs. They came to a tree and saw Meatlug stuck on a branch. They then looked down and saw Fishlegs stuck on another tree.
"Oh, there you are, Fishlegs. Are you okay?" Hiccup asked as he and Toothless went to him.
"I'm fine. Just hanging out, enjoying the view. Definitely did not crash in here." Fishlegs said nervously before caving in "That was a lie, I crashed. There, I said it."
Hiccup grabbed both his legs and tried to pull Fishlegs down, but only succeeded in pulling Fishlegs' pants down "Oops." He said.
"And there goes my dignity." Fishlegs muttered, embarrassed by this.
"Yeah, you're pretty stuck." Hiccup noted. Then he got an idea "I think I know how to get you down, but you have to stay perfectly still."
"Why? What are you going to do?" Fishlegs asked, getting nervous.
Hiccup didn't answer him. Instead, he turned to Toothless "Careful, bud, he's not wearing any pants."
That got Fishlegs more nervous "Huh? Wait a second; what does my lack of pants have to do-" He didn't get to finish the question as Toothless fired a light plasma blast at Fishlegs, knocking him down the tree "OH!" He then got up "Thank you. Um, I believe those are mine." He said awkwardly referring to his pants, which were still in Hiccups' hands.
Hiccup gave him his pants back and then looked up to Meatlug "Now, we just need to figure out how to help Meat" He didn't have to think of anything though as Meatlug suddenly fell down from the tree "... Lug?"
"Can you not tell the others Meatlug broke the trees? She's sensitive about her weight." Fishlegs whispered so that his dragon couldn't hear him.
"What happened?" Hiccup asked.
"I don't know! I was just flying along, taking notes on the flora and fauna... typical guy stuff." Fishlegs explained "And something weird jumped out of the bushes. It was like a... flaming squirrel."
"Really? A flaming squirrel?" Hiccup asked dubiously.
"Or a chipmunk."
Hiccup gave Fishlegs a skeptical look
"Or some other flammable rodent."
Another skeptical look.
"I don't know what it was Hiccup, but we saw it and it scared us. Isn't that enough for you?" Fishlegs asked defensively before getting on Meatlug and joining the others.
When they left Hiccup turned to Toothless "Did you hear that? A flaming squirrel. Everyone know there's no such thing as a-" Suddenly, Hiccup and Toothless saw that Fishlegs might not be wrong after all "FLAMING SQUIRREL!" He yelled as he and Toothless ducked behind a log, narrowly avoiding a spinning, flaming creature "Whoa! You saw that, right?" He asked Toothless to make sure he wasn't imagining things. He got out from behind the log and went to inspect the creature. On closer inspection, he found that it was actually a small dragon. "Hey, little guy. Who are you?" Hiccup asked, crouching down. Toothless started growling at the smaller dragon, not trusting it. "Whoa, settle down, big fella!" Hiccup said, trying to calm Toothless. He continued to look at the new dragon. "I've never seen anything like him." Toothless continued to growl. "You're not helping."
'I don't like this.' Toothless growled.
Hiccup said to his dragon "You know, I think we may have discovered a new species here!" Toothless then pulled his human away from the small dragon and tried to persuade him to leave. "Whoa, hey, Toothless! What has gotten into you? Looks like he's hurt! Don't be afraid, I'm a friend." Hiccup then got out some Dragon Nip and offered to the small dragon "Here. It's okay. It's just a little Dragon Nip." It worked as the small dragon ate it up and jumped into Hiccups' arms. Toothless was not happy about this at all as he snarled. "Come on, play nice." Hiccup scolded his dragon before he yelped "AHH! Little dragon, big claws! Come on, let's go. We'll fix you right up."
Hiccup brought the small dragon back to the academy with Toothless following them (the larger dragon still not trusting the smaller dragon). Once there, the other teens looked at the small dragon in fascination.
"This is so exciting! It's a whole new species!" Fishlegs said excitedly.
"If this is an undiscovered species, it could be a serious breakthrough which can go down in history." Hicca said, equally excited.
"Doesn't look like a flaming squirrel to me." Tuffnut commented.
Fishlegs ignored that "We have no idea what it's capable of! There's no telling what it might do."
Tuffnut decided to test it out "Flame! Do it!" He commanded. Instead of producing a flame as commanded, the small dragon pounced on Tuffnut and started biting his nose! "AH! Get it off, get it off, get it off!"
Ruffnut started laughing, amused at her brothers' misfortune. But her enjoyment was cut short when the small dragon decided to go after her instead!
"Oh, that is funny." Tuffnut said, getting up. Now that the small dragon was off him, he was free to enjoy his sisters' sudden misfortune.
"Come on, you guys, this is serious! We have to figure out what to do with him. He's hurt!" Hiccup said.
"He's hurt?" Tuffnut asked incredulously while rubbing his nose. He was the one who got bitten by the small dragon.
"Here, let me see." Hicca offered, taking the small dragon. She gives the small dragon a quick check-up. "No visible signs of injury. But he does seem a bit shaken up." She reported.
"He's just really scared. He'll settle down." Hiccup said.
"Um, new species, remember? We actually don't know what he'll do." Fishlegs pointed out.
"Well, somebody's got to take him home." Astrid said. Immediately everyone, except for Hiccup and Hicca stepped back. It became clear who's going to take the small dragon home.
"Well, big guy you now have a home." Hiccup said, volunteering to take the dragon home.
"I can imagine what dads' reaction is going to be to this." Hicca said
"No, no, no! He's not staying here. I've got a two-dragon limit!" Stoick refused immediately when he learned about the new houseguest.
"But then he'll be homeless. We need to help him." Hicca protested.
"Yeah, plus he's not a very big dragon! He's more like a... a flaming squirrel." Hiccup suggested.
"Don't want one of those either." He then turned to the two Night Furies "Toothless, Midnight, what are you two waiting for?" He asked as he placed a log in the fireplace. Before either of the Night Furies could light up a fire, however, the new dragon immediately blasted a fire at the fireplace.
"Ah, looks like you two have been torched." Stoick commented to the two Night Furies as he petted the small dragon "Oh, that's his name, by the way. Torch."
"So, he can stay?" Hiccup asked hopeful.
"Well, can't throw him out now! I just named him!" Stoick answered.
While Hicca and Hiccup hi-fived, Toothless still eyed the new dragon wearily. There was no doubt something was going to happen because of that dragon. Midnight looked at her mate worried. Why was he acting like this?
'What's wrong?' She asked.
'I don't like the looks of this guy.' Toothless replied with a growl
Later, it was Hiccups' turn to bring the food for the dragons. He brought two large baskets for Midnight and Toothless and a plate with one fish for Torch. "Okay, a hundred for you two, and one for you. There you go, guys, your first supper together." He said before leaving the room. Toothless and Midnight were ready to eat their dinner, but then they saw their baskets suddenly empty! They both looked at Torch and realized that the small dragon was behind this.
'Yum. That was good.' Torch said.
Hiccup came back to the room and saw the two baskets already empty. "Whoa, Toothless! Midnight! You two were sure hungry tonight, weren't you?" Hiccup asked, oblivious to what happened.
He then brought Torch and Toothless to his room, while Midnight went to Hiccas' room, still grumbling about her lost dinner.
"Okay, Torch. This is where you're gonna sleep." Hiccup said setting Torch down on a small rock slab next to Toothless. Torch wasn't comfortable on his own slab and decided to go on Toothless' slab instead, much to the Night Furys' annoyance.
"Aw, look at that. He's made himself at home. Toothless, you don't mind sharing your bed for the night, do you?" Hiccup asked, not seeing Toothless' annoyance.
'No, I am definitely NOT okay with this. First, this guy steals mine and Midnight's dinner, now he steals my spot on the rock slab.' Toothless said annoyed.
Thinking his dragon is okay with it, Hiccup went to his own bed. "Hope he sleeps through the night. He hardly ate."
Toothless snorted at that. 'Oh, Hiccup, you oblivious fool.' The small dragon hardly ate? Toothless and his mate hardly ate because of that small dragon. "And you? Go to sleep." Hiccup simply said to his dragon before falling asleep. Thoroughly annoyed by what happened today, Toothless curled up on his rock slab and went to sleep.
Outside the village in the forest, was a large dragon coming to the same spot Hiccup, Toothless, Fishlegs and Meatlug were at earlier. When the dragon found it vacated, it gave out an enraged roar. The roar woke both Toothless and Midnight up. They both met up outside and went to investigate where that roar came from. They went to the forest to find the source of the roar and they found a dragon, similar to Torch but a lot bigger. It looked like the dragon was searching for something.
'Doesn't that dragon look the same as the smaller dragon we found?' Toothless asked Midnight.
'She definitely does. And the only time I've seen a dragon this enraged is if...' Her eyes widened in realisation. Toothless must have come to the same conclusion as panic set in for him.
The two dragons looked at each other worriedly. They knew how protective mother dragons can be to their hatchlings. This is not good.
The next morning, Hicca and Hiccup brought Torch to the Dragon Academy; both were unaware of what their dragons discovered last night.
"Alright, Torch. Let's figure out what you are." Hiccup said cheerfully.
"Oh! This is so exciting! Documenting a whole new species... learning all about it!" Fishlegs said excitedly.
"Wait, learning?" Tuffnut asked, surprised.
"No thanks." Ruffnut said, wanting to avoid the possibility of studying.
"Come on guys if this is a new dragon then we could be the first to record information about it." Hicca said.
"I think Hicca is on the right track. There's nothing in the Book of Dragons that looks anything like him." Hiccup said, looking at the Book of Dragons.
"We even get to determine what it's called. Heh. That is... that is a really big responsibility. I don't know if I'm ready for that." Fishlegs said, getting more excited.
"I am! I'm gonna name the snot out of it!" Snotlout boasted.
"Good luck with that." Raeda said sarcastically.
Astrid got out the measuring tape and measured Torchs' wing. "Twenty inches for the wings." She recorded.
"That's a big wingspan." Hiccup commented.
"Big Wing! Big Span! Big-Wing-Span!" Snotlout shouted.
"No to all three. Try again." Raeda said to Snotlout.
"May I have the honor of administering the claw-test?" Fishlegs offered. He held up a piece of parchment for Torch. Torch sniffed it curiously and then used the claws to shred the parchment to pieces. "Look at these talons... They're razor-like." Fishlegs said in awe.
"Sharp-Claw! Razor-Feet! Razor-Sharp-Claw-Talon-Feet!" Snotlout tried.
"Hold on. Is he serious?" Tuffnut asked, referring to Snotlout.
"Unfortunately, yes." Hicca answered.
"You know what's next, don't you?" Fishlegs asked.
"No. Not really." Hiccup answered.
"Me neither." Hicca said.
"Only the single most important test to determine a dragon's reaction to eels... The Eel-Reaction-Test!" Fishlegs reminded them. He then brought an eel from a basket and held it up, making the other dragons hiss and back away in fear. Torch, however, did something that shocked the teens. He not only got close to the eel but he also ate it!
"Did he just...?" Raeda asked, not believing what she saw.
"He did." Hicca answered.
"He ate it! He ate the eel!" Fishlegs said amazed.
"Eel Eater! Come on, that's perfect." Snotlout said. The others ignored him.
Hiccup turned to Fishlegs "Fishlegs, has there ever been a Dragon who wasn't afraid of-"
"Never in recorded history. We're in uncharted waters, my friend." Fishlegs answered.
"This is amazing." Hicca said, surprised to see a dragon who eats eels.
"You hear that, Torch? You're one of a kind." Hiccup said to the small dragon.
"Now we need to get him to fly." Fishlegs said.
"Maybe if Torch saw Toothless fly?" Hiccup suggested. He then turned to Toothless. "Toothless! Let's take a ride, bud!" Toothless, however, refused turning his gaze away from the small dragon. "Toothless! What's going on?" Hiccup called, surprised at his dragons sudden behaviour.
"Don't worry, bro. Midnight and I have got this." Hicca said. "Midnight! Come on! Let's get Torch to fly." She got a surprise though, as her dragon also refused, not looking at Torch. "What?"
"Ha, ha, ha! So much for the dragon trainers. How about you let a professional handle this?" Snotlout taunted. He then got on Hookfang "We've got this! Watch and learn!" But his expression quickly turned into fear as Hookfang started flying around crazily doing all sorts of stunts. "HOOOOKFANG!"
"So when is the professional going to demonstrate?" Raeda asked when Snotlout and Hookfang landed.
Snotlout ignored her and regained his composure. He turned "Okay, your turn. Don't think you have to live up to that."
"Or better yet, don't have to do anything like that." Raeda advised the small dragon.
Torch then got up, but instead of flying he started circling the ground.
"What's he doing?" Ruffnut asked confused.
"I think something's wrong." Astrid suggested.
"Aw man, we broke him!" Tuffnut cried.
"Can't be. I checked his wings. They're in perfect shape." Hicca said.
"Maybe he can't fly." Hiccup suggested. But then to everyones' shock, Torch started blasting embers from his mouth and slowly rises into the air while still spinning in a circle and emitting ember. He then stopped and landed on the ground.
"Wow!" Hicca said amazed.
"You... are one incredible little dragon!" Hiccup praised.
"Do you think we could get him to do that again? I want to get a sketch of that." Raeda said, her hands twitching to capture what she just saw.
"Whoa... Look at that burn mark!" Ruffnut pointed to the ground.
"I also want to get a sketch of that." Raeda said. She then took her sketchbook and charcoal and started sketching away.
"Look at this burn mark." Tuffnut said, holding up his singed hand. Hicca took out her burn cream from her satchel and started treating the burn.
"Did you see how he flew? He spun like... like a typhoon!" Fishlegs said.
"And he came back just like a boomerang!" Astrid added.
"Hot-Spinner! Flaming-Combacker!" Snotlout shouted, trying to get a name.
"No... Typhoomerang." Fishlegs said.
"Typhoomerang...? Nah, I don't get it." Snotlout said. Despite this, everyone agreed that the name of Torchs' species will be known as Typhoomerang.
"Alright let's see; twenty inch wingspan, eats eels, has a unique way of flying..." Hiccup wrote down in the Book of Dragons while Torch was playing around in Hiccups' room. Toothless was at the side, eyeing the smaller dragon wearily. " See this Torch? You're getting your own chapter." Hiccup said, showing the newly written chapter on Typhoomerangs to Torch.
His room door then opened and Hicca and Midnight came in "Hey bro, Rae just gave me her sketch on Torch." She said, giving her brother the drawing.
"Spot on, as always." Hiccup said, admiring his best human friends' work.
While the twins worked on the Typhoomerangs' chapter, Midnight and Toothless' sharp ears caught the sound of a familiar roar in the distance. Knowing where it was coming from, the two dragons nudged their riders, trying to warn them. However, in doing so Toothless and Midnight accidently knocked the charcoal out of Hiccups' hand.
"Toothless! Midnight! Look what you two did!" Hiccup reprimanded the two dragons.
"Seriously, what is it with you two? You guys have been acting weird lately." Hicca said looking at the two dragons with her hands on her hips.
"And now I've got to get more charcoal. Toothless, Midnight, you behave yourself while I'm gone. Can you watch over them sis?" Hiccup asked, turning to his sister.
"Of course." Hicca answered.
Toothless tried to get him to stop.
'Hiccup, wait! There is danger approaching.' Toothless tried to warn.
"Toothless, calm down already, will you?" Hiccup said. Then he went, leaving Hicca and the three dragons behind.
Hicca then turned to the two Night Furies "Listen guys, I have absolutely no idea what's going on with both of you but I think-" She didn't get to finish that sentence however as both Toothless and Midnight tried to grab Torch, planning on taking him back to his mother. "Hey! What are you guys doing?! Stop that!" Hicca shouted. But she was ignored by the two dragons. Scared, Torch started blasted fire on the floor. Hicca immediately ran out of the room before she got burned as she was the only one who wasn't fireproof in the room.
She then saw her brother coming back with the charcoal "Uh Hiccup. We have a problem." Hicca informed him.
Alarmed Hiccup went to his room and saw that it was on fire! "Toothless! Midnight!" He shouted. He and his sister quickly grabbed a blanket and tried to smother the flames. As soon as they did so, Hiccup turned to his sister. "What in the world happened here?!"
"After you left, Midnight and Toothless pounced on Torch. Don't ask me why, I have no idea. Torch got scared and started emitting fire." Hicca explained.
Hiccup turned to the two dragons in disbelief "Toothless, Midnight, why did you two do that? What is wrong with both of you? You could've gotten Hicca burned by that." Toothless and Midnight warbled their apologises. Midnight, especially, was feeling guilty about nearly getting her rider burned to ashes.
Hiccup sighed "Okay, looks like I am going to be sleeping downstairs tonight. We can fix the burnt room problem tomorrow." Hiccup said. He went downstairs with Toothless and Torch in tow.
Midnight warbled another apology to her rider. Hicca sighed. "Just go to sleep Midnight." She simply said before heading to bed. She knew her dragon would never mean any harm to her but she was just frustrated at why she and her mate were acting like this.
Late at night, when everyone was asleep, Toothless and Midnights' ears perked up at a sound of a roar from the distance. Knowing what it was, the two decided to go and see if the mother dragon was anywhere near the village. Midnight looked at her rider sleeping and then got an idea. She started nudging Hicca, getting her human to wake up.
"Not now Midnight. I don't want to go on a late night flight right now. Especially with the way you've been behaving." Hicca muttered, turning away from her dragon. Midnight sighed and rolled her eyes. Looks like it's time for plan B. Hicca got a jolt when Midnight used her mouth to grab the girl by her tunic and flew her out the window! Toothless immediately followed them on foot. "Midnight! What are you doing now?! Get me down! I'm not joking." But Hicca immediately quieted down when she heard a roar. "What was that?" She wondered.
Midnight landed in the forest behind some bushes and the two girls were then joined by Toothless. Hicca peered over the bushes, trying to see what's going on and she was surprised by what she saw. A wild boar was attacking two Typhoomerangs, the same size as Torch. What Hicca saw next gave her the shock of her life! Then came the larger Typhoomerang that was clearly the younger Typhoomerangs' mother. Enraged that the boar was attacking her hatchlings the mother dragon fired her flames around the boar, surrounding it so that it couldn't escape! Hiccas' eyes widened at the sight. Midnight quickly grabbed her rider again and flew back home while Toothless ran back on foot.
As soon as she got back to her room, Hicca tried to process what happened. "That larger dragon must be the actual size of a Typhoomerang. And those smaller dragons must be her babies seeing how protective she was of them. If that's right then Torch must also be a baby dragon. Wait a second. We stumbled upon a baby Typhoomerang and brought it home. Now a larger Typhoomerang, a mother dragon, is suddenly in our forest." Her eyes widened again when the realization hit her. She turned to Midnight. "Do we have that Typhoomerangs' hatchling?" Midnight nodded to that question. "Was that what you two were trying to tell us?" Midnight nodded again. Hicca smacked her forehead. How could she and her brother been so blind? "Oh Midnight." She hugged her dragon. "I am so sorry I doubted you and Toothless earlier." Midnight crooned in return. As long as her rider could forgive her for nearly burning her, Midnight could forgive Hicca for this. "Wait, Toothless!" She suddenly remembered her brothers' dragon and ran down the stairs, tiptoeing past her brother and opened the door. Toothless, who was already standing outside then came in. Hicca hugged him as well "Oh Toothless. I am so sorry."
Toothless licked her in response. 'At least we got one twin to believe us.'
A thought then came to Hicca. "If that mother dragon was willing to burn that boar for attacking her babies, just imagine what she would do to this village if she finds out we have her other baby." She whispered to Midnight and Toothless. "We have to do something about it and I know just what to do." She quietly tip-toed to where Hiccup was sleeping and gently woke up Torch. Torch woke up and looked at the human curiously. "Okay, Torch. Come on. Time to take you to your mother." Hicca whispered holding her arms out. Torch jumped in her arms and Hicca went outside, jumped on Midnight and flew into the forest. Once there, she settled Torch on the ground. "Okay, there you go. Your mother will come for you any moment now." She and Midnight then heard a roar in the distance. "Maybe sooner than we think. Come on Midnight! Let's get out of here!" She and Midnight flew off, back to the house "Okay. Now I'll just tell Hiccup what happened in the morning, he can apologise to both of you and then things can go back to normal." Hicca said. She, Midnight and Toothless then went to bed, all were glad that this was over, However, unbeknownst to any of them, the small dragon made its' way back to the Haddock household, nestled near Hiccup and went to sleep. Looks like Torch got a bit too attached to the Haddock boy.
In the morning, Toothless woke up stretching but then froze when he heard a familiar roar. 'That dragon is still here? She sounds angrier than before. Didn't she find her hatchling?' Toothless then went to the forest to investigate, not noticing a certain small dragon sleeping next to his human. After he left, Hiccup woke up, got ready for the day and decided to head to the forge with Torch to talk to Gobber about his latest problem with Toothless.
"And now Midnight's also acting the same way. I don't understand what's wrong with here. It's like they're jealous." Hiccup said to Gobber who was working on dragon teeth. "Which is great. So... my first girlfriend is a dragon." Hiccup answered sarcastically.
"Another thing we have in common." Gobber remarked "Don't pay attention to what's on the surface, Hiccup. Dragons are complex creatures, Hiccup. They operate on many emotional levels. Me? I've only got the one. By the way, where is your sister? I rarely see you two separated." He asked once he noticed that the Haddock girl was not here.
"She and Midnight are still sleeping. Which is odd because they're usually the first ones up." Hiccup answered. While that is true, but after last night Hicca had decided to sleep in today and her dragon wasn't complaining.
Suddenly Toothless arrived. He went to the forest where the mother Typhoomerang was and discovered that she was still searching for her baby; meaning Torch never went to her. What's worse was that the mother dragon was getting closer to the village. Knowing that would cause problems, Toothless went on a search for Torch to bring him back to his mother. His search led him to the forge where he saw Torch with his Hiccup again!
"Whoa! Okay, Toothless!" Hiccup said trying to calm Toothless who was roaring, trying to get Torch. "You see? This is my point right here." Hiccup said to Gobber, gesturing to Toothless. "Toothless, settle down!" But Toothless wouldn't listen. The mother dragon was getting closer and closer to the village and he needed to give her back her baby before she could hurt anyone; namely Hiccup. Toothless grabbed Torch and headed in the direction of the forest. "Gobber! Grab him!" Hiccup shouted.
Gobber came in front of Toothless and held his arms out. "You want to dance, big boy?'Cause I've got my dancing shoe on!" He then leapt and managed to grab Toothless' tail just before the dragon made a run for it "Gotcha! Whoa!" He was then dragged along by Toothless' tail into the forge. "My panpipes! Now I can get the band back together!" Gobber said cheerfully, forgetting the task at hand. After a bit of struggle, Torch managed to free himself from Toothless and started running away from the larger dragon.
Torch quickly hid behind Hiccups' feet. Deciding that enough is enough, Hiccup shouted "Toothless! BACK! DOWN!" He and Toothless were inches away from each other locked in a stare-down. The stare-down was broken when Gobber decided to play his panpipes. "Not. Helping." Hiccup grumbled, annoyed.
"Sorry." Gobber apologised, putting the panpipes down.
Hiccup then turned to Toothless "I don't know what's gotten into you, but I don't like it." Toothless simply walked away from there. Gobber then started playing a more sorrowful tune on the panpipes, earning a glare from Hiccup.
"What?"
Hiccup managed to get on Toothless and decided to take him to the Cove for a time-out Toothless tried to go in another direction. "Whoa! WHOA!" Hiccup yelled as he tried to get control of the flying. "Toothless! The cove... is this way! Where are you going? No! You're going to the cove!" They managed to make it to the Cove and Hiccup got off Toothless' saddle. "Okay. You've gotta stay here. I never thought bringing Torch home would lead to this. I've gotta separate you two until I can figure this out." Toothless growled and came in front of Hiccup, trying to keep him from leaving.
'There is nothing to figure out. You have a baby dragon with you and now the angry mother is searching for him.' Toothless growled at Hiccup.
"Toothless... This is serious. You've got to stay here." Toothless was adamant. "Okay. A crazy, out-of-control dragon, blocking my way out." He managed to side-step the dragon and escape "Or not!"
Meanwhile, Hicca and Midnight finally woke up and headed to the forge. "Hey Gobber!" Hicca said cheerily to her mentor, who was happily playing the panpipes again.
"Hello Hicca. Seems like you and your dragon are on friendly terms again. Hiccup told me the issue." Gobber said.
"Yeah, well that was just a misunderstanding. By the way, have you seen Hiccup?"
"Yeah, he took Torch to the Academy."
Hicca and Midnights' eyes widened. "Wait, Torch? He's still here?"
Gobber raised his eyebrows at that. "What are you talking about? He never left." He then turned his back on the girls to clean his panpipe. "You should've seen it this morning. Toothless completely lost it-" But by the time Gobber turned around, he found both Hicca and Midnight running off to the Academy. He then shrugged and continued playing his panpipes.
Meanwhile at the Academy, Hiccup told Astrid, Raeda, Snotlout and Fishlegs what happened, while holding Torch.
"That's really weird. It's not like Toothless to act like that." Raeda said.
"You did the right thing with Toothless. He'll snap out of it." Astrid said reassuringly.
"Ya, but what if he doesn't. Then you won't have a dragon to ride, and if you don't have a Dragon to ride then you can't be the leader of the Dragon Academy! HA!" Snotlout said in joy.
"Don't forget Snotlout, Hicca still has Midnight so she will be the sole leader till then. And from what I've seen, she's more than capable of doing it by herself." Astrid retorted.
"I agree." Raeda said.
"Hiccup! Hiccup!" Hicca called out as she and Midnight came into the Academy. "Hiccup, I have to tell you something. This is important!" But before she could continue, Ruffnut and Tuffnut came in with Barf and Belch, looking excited. "You guys would not believe what we just saw." Tuffnut said.
"Excuse me; we're having a power struggle." Snotlout said.
"We are?" Hicca asked confused.
"We're not having a power struggle." Hiccup said.
"The whole forest; ultimate destruction." Tuffnut said.
"It was beautiful. The whole thing was torched." Ruffnut said in awe.
"Torched? Show me." Hiccup said.
"I know who caused it." Hicca said.
"You do?" Hiccup asked, looking at his sister.
"I'll explain on the way. Bring Torch with you. By the way where is Toothless?" Hicca asked as she and her dragon looked around the Academy, realizing that the male Night Fury is nowhere to be seen.
"Uh, I kind of put him on a time-out in the Cove."
"What? Oh Hiccup." Hicca said exasperated. Why did she have to sleep in today? "Come with me on Midnight and I'll explain everything.
The eight teens then flew to the forest, where the Thorston twins said they saw the destruction.
"Like we said; ultimate destruction." Ruffnut said, admiring the mess of the forest.
"Torchs' mother?" Hiccup asked his sister once she finished her explanation.
"Yes, Torch is a baby dragon and the Typhoomerang that caused this is his really protective, really enraged mother dragon who needs to get her hatchling back fast." Hicca said.
"That's what Toothless and Midnight were trying to tell us." Hiccup said, looking guilty, His best dragon friend was trying to warn him to protect him. And what did he do? Trapped the dragon in the Cove.
Hicca noticed her brothers' guilt and put her hand on his shoulder. "It's okay bro. Midnight had to dragged me to the forest to see Torchs' mother to finally realize the truth. There was no way you could've known."
Suddenly the mother Typhoomerang arrived, eyeing her baby that was being held by Fishlegs.
Fishlegs noticed the rage in the mother Typhoomerang and became scared "Whoever gets between that mother and this baby is gonna get fried!" He then gave Torch to Tuffnut, who started panicking.
"You take it!" He said, giving Torch to his sister.
"I don't want it!" Ruffnut said, giving Torch to Snotlout
"Just leave it, and let's get out of here." Snotlout said, passing Torch onto Hiccup.
"Uh-oh." Hiccup said as the mother dragon started to charge at him. He quickly put Torch down. "Now, uh, go home to your Mama." Torchs' mother started breathing fire. "RUN!" Hiccup shouted to the others. Everyone immediately scrambled back to their dragons, while Hiccup got on Midnight. "You guys go that way, Hicca and I will lead her back into the forest away from the village."
"Hiccup! Hicca!" Astrid called out, as the large Typhoomerang dragon started chasing the Haddock twins and the Night Fury.
"Be careful!" Raeda shouted.
Hiccup then turned back and saw Torch following them, leading to his mother chasing them "Oh, please stop following us!" he begged.
"What do we do now?" Hicca asked.
"Go to the Cove." Hiccup instructed. Hicca complied and steered Midnight to the Cove.
Reaching the Cove, Hiccup jumped off Midnight and shouted. "TOOTHLESS!"
A few seconds later, Hiccup and Toothless flew in the air, joining Hicca and Midnight. "Thanks bud. I'm so sorry. I should have listened to you. You too Midnight. I should have listened to you both." He said apologising to both dragons.
"Alright, how about we continue this later? We still have something to do." Hicca said, referring to the baby Typhoomerang and the mother Typhoomerang still chasing them.
Hiccup nodded "Right, Toothless evasive maneuvers."
"Midnight, let's shake them off."
Both dragons flew their riders out of the forest at high speed. Yet, the relentless mother Typhoomerang was still behind them.
"Oh, why won't she stop?" Hiccup groaned.
Hicca saw the reason why "Uh, Hiccup." She said, just as Torchs' head popped out from behind Hiccup.
'That was fun, can we do it again?' Torch chirped, referring to the flying.
"What the-? Torch? What are you doing? You need to be with your mother!" Hiccup exclaimed.
'But I want to be with you.' Torch replied.
"What now?" Hicca asked as she saw the mother Typhoomerang gaining on them.
"I got an idea. Hicca, Midnight fly back, give us some space." Hiccup ordered. Hesitantly Hicca and Midnight complied, hoping he has a good plan. "Toothless we have to try something else. We'll use her size against her. Toothless, up!" Toothless followed and the mother dragon went after the boys since they were the ones who have her baby. "Now! Dive!" Toothless did so as well as the mother dragon. Just when they were seconds away from hitting the ground, Toothless pulled up. The mother dragon, however, wasn't fast enough and crashed to the ground.
Toothless and Hiccup landed on the ground, along with Hicca and Midnight. "I hope she's okay." Hiccup said as Torch got off Toothless and went to his mother.
"Me too." Hicca said.
Torch nudged his mother awake and the mother and baby reunited. They were then joined by Torchs' siblings.
"Aww! Cute! Torchs' baby siblings!" Hicca said smiling.
"Good job, guys. Everybody's back where they belong." Hiccup said as he got on Toothless. "Goodbye, Torch."
"Bye Torch!" Hicca said, waving to Torch.
"Let's go home, guys."
"I thought you'd never ask."
Later at the Haddock household, Stoick was cooking dinner while Gobber was playing on his panpipes. "Ah. I wrote this just for the occasion."
"We should have known you two were just trying to keep us safe." Hiccup admitted.
"We need to learn to listen to you guys better in the future. Will you forgive us?" Hicca asked.
As an acceptance of their apologies, Toothless and Midnight regurgitated fish on their riders lap.
"We're taking that as a 'yes'." Hiccup said sighing.
"Yep." Hicca agreed, disgusted by the regurgitated fish.
Communication between dragon and rider goes both ways. Not only must the Dragon follow the Rider's lead, but the Rider must listen to the dragon as well. Because sometimes, what the dragon is trying to say is what you really need to hear.