"That, that is an amazing life," Hiccup said in slight shock, "I suppose it is only fair if I tell you about myself. I am Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, or just Hiccup, son of Stoick the Vast and as of 2 days ago the chief of Berk. About 5 years ago, I was a weedy kid who was everything a Viking wasn't, couldn't even lift a sword and I was useless pretty much. Then I shot down a Night Fury with a weapon I invented, the Mangler. I found him, tied up still in the bolas I hit him with and couldn't bring myself to kill him. Instead I let him free and watched as he plummeted into a coveā¦"
Mia chuckled unintentionally, "Sorry, I know the cove and had wondered how he knew the easiest ways to get in and out when he visited us. Please, go on."
"Well I realised that I had destroyed his fin and he couldn't fly without it. Over time I created a prosthetic for him as well as a saddle and mechanism to operate the fin properly, we crashed a fair bit in working out the specifics. He was, and is still, my best friend, my first true friend actually, and even though it took a lot of time, we bonded and helped to kill an evil Red Death that was forcing all of the dragons around to steal our sheep. Of course, Toothless ended up getting me back for taking his fin," he hopped a step as he showed his leg, the pair chuckling, "But we were pretty much unstoppable, and the whole village became a safe haven for dragons.
"My dad, he was the chief, he hated dragons because he believed one had killed my mother when I was just a baby. Found out a week or so ago that she hadn't been kill but taken away by one, she had been saving them for the whole time, living amongst them. There was this man, Drago Bludvist, who was creating a dragon army. Long story short there, he had an alpha dragon who won control over the dragons and tried to force Toothless to kill me. My dad saved me, he flung himself over me and took the plasma blast. I almost lost my best friend as well as my dad, but I got him back and he is the new alpha."
"I thought there was something different about his saliva," she blushed at the look, "What? They are very affectionate dragons and the first thing I did to him was feed him, I've not gone a day without being covered in Fury slobber."
They both laughed so hard that they were forced to sit on the bed, leaning against the other. Hiccup sighed as he looked around the house, "My father, he was so proud of this house, his ancestor had built it originally but it has been rebuilt many times from dragon attacks. But I do not feel as though I deserve it."
"Why not?"
"I'm not the chief he would have wanted"
"How do you know that?"
Hiccup growled in frustration, "I just know. I'm not large, I don't have rippling muscles, and I don't have the killer spirit of a Viking."
She hadn't meant to giggle but it came out and she instantly apologised, "Sorry but just because your father and those who came before him were large and muscular with a killer spirit doesn't mean that you have to be. Think about everything you have done not as chief, you have turned a generation's long enemy into family members, the Isle of Berk was once plagued by dragon attacks, now you use them for everything from hunting to simply someone to have in the house with you. I've only known you for a few hours but I already know you are a great chief."
"How?"
Mia lift his head and pushed back the unruly hair to show his eyes, "Because you have the same look about you as I do and that my family always had. You may not have huge muscles but that does not matter if you have brains and the trust of a good dragon. You are large, taller than many I've seen from Berk. And for your killer instinct, well, I never thought I would be able to kill someone but then I watched my sister get slaughtered and knew I would have to do whatever it took to try and save my family. I hope you are never put in that position but if you are, I know that you will do whatever you it takes to save your people. Do you understand now Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III?"
"I'm starting to think I do Hermione Jeanne Granger," he smirked at her name, "If you are sticking around here, I think you need to get a more suitable name."
"What do you think it should be?"
He thought for a second before his eyes gleamed, bravely and tenderly caressing her face, "Mia the Dragon Viking."
"I think you have a hang of this naming thing," Mia leant in and placed a kiss onto his cheek, just by his lips, "It's perfect."
Hiccup stopped her from going far and went to kiss her only for his door to be pounded against, "Hiccup, we've got an issue with your ruddy dragon!"
The pair sighed, resting their foreheads together before giving a slight chuckle, "I'll be right there."
Mia was on her feet and their arms around each other in a second, walking to the door, "I think I'm getting the hang of this."
"It would seem so," unbarring the door and opening it, the pair were soon on their backs with two slobbering dragons laying on them, "For the love of Odin!"
The witch was laughing heartily as she was greeted by her sister and her love, kissing them both, "Oh what smart and brave Night Furies. You both deserve big baskets of fish. I hope you behaved Mist, I don't need to have angry people after me because you decided to take without asking."
Mist gave a huff, she had earned a whack on the nose from her baby sister for doing that, once, and it was still being brought up. Toothless nudged his love and licked the woman softly, looking at her leg and gave a slight yip when he went between the two female's legs.
Hiccup slithered them both out from under their overly affectionate friends and took a look at the female Night Fury, "She is beautiful. I never knew that their scales could be different colours, though before you arrived, Toothless was the only one we knew about. May I look at your leg?"
He had asked Mist, who nodded and proudly showed the updated prosthetic her sister had given her only a month earlier. It was an upgraded version of her original leg, much larger so that she had the same stability in all feet, a knee joint, and while all of the mechanics was metal, the rest was diligently carved wood that Mia had burnt the outside of so that it looked somewhat like the rest of her friend, sealing the blackness in with varnish. The harness was replaced also, now engraved with the names of their family, Hiccup noticed that there was more than enough room left over for new members and smiled at that.
"She likes you," Mia said with a laugh as the back of the man's hair was pasted the wrong way as Mist had licked him, "She has good taste."
"You do very good work," lifting her up again, all four walked out of the house and into the bright day, "It would seem someone else has missed you."
Mia looked down to see her daughter slowly walking towards her with two women holding her hands, "MAMA!"
"My baby girl, Mama has missed you so much," carefully lifting Mini up, she smiled thanks to the two women, "How long was I out for exactly?"
"A day, you did much better than Hiccup did," the blonde their age said, "I'm Astrid."
"I was only 15 when it happened to me," Hiccup muttered, a grin on his face when Mini grabbed his fingers and wouldn't let go, "Astrid is in charge of the Dragon Rider Academy and rides Stormfly, she's a Deadly Nadder."
Mia nodded and looked to the older woman and knew she was Hiccup's mother, "I hope your mother wasn't forced to sleep in someone else's house because of me."
"It was no bother," the woman walked towards her and took both of her hands into hers, "I am Valka and for someone who has saved a Night Fury, I will give my bed a thousand times."
"Helping Mist was no bother, she is my sister and another daughter," her smile grew when she saw Toothless returning from wherever they had stayed with two saddles in his mouth, "And it would seem she wants to fly."
"Fly, fly, fly, fly," Mini chanted, bouncing slightly in happiness on her mother's hip.
The witch saw the saddle had a modification, "Who do I thank for this?"
"Gobber the Belch, the blacksmith, dentist, former dragon school trainer, and a pretty good prosthetics maker," Hiccup explained, assisting the woman onto her dragon before hopping onto Toothless.
Mia slipped her new leg into the new attachment that was on her saddle, feeling it lock in place and reached down to Mini, kissing her face all over, "I'm sorry sweetheart but just this once, Mama's going to fly without you, get used to her new leg before I take you with me. You be a good girl and I'll let Mist carry you later on."
Pouting briefly, the toddler nodded and kissed her mother's cheek, "Love Mama."
"Love you too baby. You behave," Valka eagerly took the girl and all three females waved as the Night Furies walked a few feet away.
Hiccup looked across at his companion and asked, "You ready?"
Leaning forward, Mia said loud enough for the man to hear her and said to her dragon, "Let's show these boys what we girls can do."
Mist snorted to her love playfully before quickly going into the air and shooting off, the two males following on a second later, the humans laughing as their dragons shot plasma balls into the sky in happiness.
