Chapter 9

-Trent's POV-

We made it back to Berk after 30 minutes of flying. After landing in the center of town, Hiccup called everyone to the Great Hall for a meeting. I decided to skip the meeting and go back to the barn. When I arrived I opened the door and saw Raven and Nightclaw sleeping by Crystal. It must be nap time. I made sure I closed the door and walked over to them. As I got close, I noticed Raven open her eyes. She looked at me and beamed. "Hi daddy." She said. Apparently they learned to talk like the other dragons.

"Hey sweatheart." I replied. "What are you doing up?"

"I not tired anymore." She replied. I smiled and kissed the top of her head. "We go play?"

"How about you wake up your brother and I take you guys someplace special?" I replied. Raven almost jumped at the offer and quickly woke up Nightclaw. After Nightclaw woke up, I told him our plan and we walked out of the barn. I led them to the cove that Hiccup befriended Toothless in, not like they use it anymore. Once inside the cove Raven and Nightclaw began running around, exploring every nook and cranny in the cove. I walked around as well. I mean after all, this was the place that led me to like these movies in the first place. I laid down next to the pond and watch my kids play. They were jumping in and out of the pond until I noticed Nightclaw ran up to a big rock and jumped off of it. I saw him open his wings and was gliding towards the water. I walked over to them and Nightclaw poked his head out of the water again. He tried to fold his wings up, but he was struggling. He eventually got them retracted and Raven repeated what he did. After they glided for a few minutes, they walked out of the water towards me. I know that to you seeing day old dragons glide might seem surprising, but in the Dragon Realms, dragons that were just hatched have been proven to know how to glide. I was still surprised, but I wasn't overly shocked. "That was nice gliding you two." I said to them. "I bet one day you'll be one of the best flyers in the Dragon Realms." They beamed with joy and nuzzled me. I nuzzled them both back and walked towards the pond. "Hey Raven, Nightclaw. Can you two come here for a second?" They complied and I put my claw in the water. I splashed it in both of their faces and ran off. They gave me a deadpan stare for a few seconds, and then they ran after me with smiles on their faces. I slowed down so they could catch me and I let them tackle me to the ground. We started play-fighting for a little bit. After a little bit, they noticed how close we got to the pond. I saw evil grins on their faces and they started splashing water on me. I 'surrendered' and they puffed out their chest victoriously. I got up and took a drink of water, they did as well. I turned to look to my kids. "Would you two want to fly?" I asked them. They acted as if they were waiting for me to say that and hoped on my back. "OK, just remember to hold on tightly." They nodded and I took them on a calm flight. I flew down by the ocean and let my wingtips slice into the water as we turned. I took them around the entire island. After an hour or so, I decided to take them back to the barn. When we landed, Raven and Nightclaw hoped off and were looking at me with gigantic smiles on their faces.

"Thanks dad." They said in unison.

"No problem." I replied. We walked into the barn, but we did not expect what we saw next. I saw the barn torn apart, as if somebody had lost their car key in there. We walked inside and I heard Crystal panicking.

"…Where are they? Where are they?" She said as she cleared out a hay pile. Raven and Nightclaw ran up to her and jumped on her from the back. Crystal Immediately calmed down. "*sigh* There you two are. I was worried sick."

"I'm sorry Crystal." I said. Crystal jumped and turned around.

"Why are you sorry Trent?" She asked.

"Cause I kinda…took them to a cove without waking you up." I answered with a slightly apologetic face.

"Well that explains where they went." She told me. "Did you two have a good time with daddy?" She asked Raven and Nightclaw. They nodded furiously.

"Yeah, He take us flying." Nightclaw said. Crystal smiled a little.

"I trust you went slow right?" She asked me.

"Like I said before, I maybe the green course champion, but I know when to hold back." I replied. Crystal walked up to me nuzzled me for a few seconds. She then fed the kids. While the kids were eating I decided to ask her a question, "So how is it?"

"How is what?" She asked back.

"How is being a parent of two?" I replied.

"I love it. I think this was the best decision we made in our lives, aside from our marriage of course." She answered. I smiled and kissed her.

"I agree with you completely." I told her. Raven and Nightclaw finished eating and began running around the barn again. They were bounding in and out of hay piles and really enjoying themselves. After a few minutes Toothless walked into the barn. "So how was the meeting?" I asked him.

"Well it went as well as you'd expect." He said. "Spyro and Cynder actually briefed the dragons on the situation while Hiccup told the Vikings what was going on."

"That's good, but I'm assuming that is not why you're here." I told him. He nodded his head.

"I mainly came here to check and see how you and your family are holding up." He said.

"We are doing fine." I replied. "I took the kids on a flight, I was carrying them of course, and they seemed to enjoy it."

"That's nice." He stated. Raven and Nightclaw noticed Toothless and ran up to him. They said hello to him and went back to playing. Spyro and Cynder walked in soon after. Nightclaw convinced Raven to help him and he tackled Spyro. Cynder laughed a little and Spyro gave them both a head rub. They jumped off of him and walked over to Crystal.

"Well that's one way of saying hello." Spyro said as he got up.

"They got to learn to hunt somehow." I replied. Spyro chuckled a little bit.

"Next time can I not be the bait then?" He asked.

"That depends on their mood. Earlier they tackled me as well." I answered. "Toothless told me how the meeting went, but I would like to know something. How did it feel to brief the other dragons?"

"It actually was pretty good." Cynder replied. "Sure they were hesitant to listen at first, but after some persuasion they listened."

"That's good." I told her. "We are going to need all the help we can get in the battles to come." They both nodded in agreement.

"Hey Toothless. Mind if I go to the arena to prepare?" I said as I looked over to him.

"We're coming to." Spyro said.

"I don't see why not, I kind-of wanted to see what you all could do anyways." I nodded my head and told Crystal where we were going. She nuzzled me a little bit and we set out towards the arena.