A/N: Dragon tricks!

ps I may not be able to get every chapter out regularly, but I promise I won't abandoned the story. Thanks for reading/reviewing!

It was Alvis' least favorite day.

Exam day.

Almost all year, his father had regularly taken him to the arena to practice and train with Eggshell.

Then one day, instead of hooking a saddle on his dragon, Hiccup had brought out the family Dragon Manual. He proceeded to quiz him on the behaviors of Deadly Nadders, how to tell the heads of a Hideous Zippleback apart and how long Gronckles could fly.

Now every Friday, Alvis didn't get flying privileges until he completed the exam.

None of the other parents wanted to start dragon training so young, so it was just him and it made it even more tedious. He would rather play with Freya and she couldn't lift her head by herself yet.

"Alright, last question of the day, pal. What are most dragons scared of?"

Alvis' attention was too caught up in Toothless and Eggshell fighting over a fish to answer.

"Al, do you want to fly today or not?"

"um…it's a eel…I think…"

To verify this, he snatched a dead eel from a bundle of dragon supplies and approached his and his father's dragons.

They immediately backed away hissing and spitting sparks.

"Okay, Al, I think Egg and Toothless have had enough." Hiccup said sternly, taking the eel from him.

"But good job, pal, you got the last question right. See, was it that bad?"

"Does this mean I can fly Eggshell now, Daddy?" Alvis asked, suddenly interested again. "I promise we won't knock over the maze. I trained him real good! Right, Egg?"

Eggshell nodded quickly.

"I got a better idea. How would you like Dad to take you flying at the cliffs?"

"Like the ones you can fall off of?" Alvis asked excitedly.

"Like the ones you can fall off of."

Alvis squinted up at Hiccup suspiciously.

"Did Mommy say it's okay?"

"Yes, your mother says it's okay."

The winds on the cliff were so strong Alvis was thrown back and Eggshell had to catch him.

"Now, I want you to hang on tight to Eggshell and stay close to Dad, okay?"

Alvis nodded.

"Hold and stay! Got it!"

Hiccup sighed.

"I sure hope you do. Anyway, why don't you and I have a trick competition? Think you can beat me, Al?"

Alvis nodded.

"Egg knows lotsa tricks!"

Hiccup laughed.

"Well do your best. I've held the unofficial trick championship for years. The only person who's ever come close to beating me is your mother."

Hiccup hoisted himself onto Toothless and set his foot in the stirrup.

"Just try to copy Toothless and me, alright? C'mon, Bud…"

Toothless took off and performed a few midair flips.

Hovering a few feet in front of the cliff, Hiccup called

"Now you guys try!"

Eggshell pounced off the cliff and imitated Toothless perfectly.

"Wow…that was actually pretty good. Okay, this is a bit harder. Watch Dad closely."

Toothless soared straight down into a nose dive and feinted back up before hitting the water.

Now a few feet above the ocean Hiccup called again.

"Think you can pull that one off, Eggshell?"

He did.

Hiccup scratched his head in consternation.

"Looks like I'll have to break out the big guns."

Toothless flew back upwards to do a series of more fancy flips, a segment where he flew under a rock bridge Hiccup ran over to catch him on the other side and topped it off with fireworks-like flames.

Alvis clapped.
"That was so cool, Daddy! I don' think we can do that…"

Hiccup looked a bit too proud considering he just won against a five year old.

"But! Eggshell can do this…show Daddy, Egg!"

Eggshell squealed happily and flew like a bullet straight forward.

First he coughed a smoke ring that formed a large hoop in front of them. Then he took a deep breath and shot his fire breath in a circle using the smoke as a guide like coloring in lines.

The moment the circle of fire was complete they whizzed through it. In the minute or so before the fire went out, they doubled back to do loop-de-loops from every angle through it.

When they were done, Hiccup was staring with his mouth open.

"When did you teach him this?"

"I been trainin' him! Egg is a good boy! But I guess I don't win, cuz I bet Tooth'ess can do that too. He's the best dragon ever!"

Are you kidding, if Toothless ever breaths fire directly in front of me like that, I get fried.

"…No, actually, pal…he can't."

"Does that mean we win, Daddy?"

"…Just for the love of Thor don't tell your mother."