Thanks again everyone for all the reviews I received last chapter, I'm getting more and more all the time and I'm so grateful, thanks everyone! :)

Now this chapter is very slow at the beginning I won't lie, I had to add in some things I'd skipped in previous chapters, but it gets better and I hope you all think so too :)

Siri gets her terrible terror in this chapter. I hope it's alright, and that you like it!

Chapter 11 - First Dragon

"Daddy, wake up!"

Hiccup groaned and buried his head into his pillow. Beside him, his wife followed suit as she pulled the covers over her head, both of them trying to drawn out the pleas of their five year daughter. It was too early to think about getting out of bed, no matter what the occasion was.

"Daddy, get up! You promised," Siri pouted as she shook her father's shoulder. Groaning once more, Hiccup quickly followed Astrid's lead in pulling the covers up over his head.

"Whose idea of fun is to get up at sunrise?" Hiccup mumbled into his pillow.

"Apparently, your daughter's," Astrid mumbled back, not moving from her position.

Hiccup snorted. "Oh, so she's my daughter now is she?" Hiccup murmured with a quiet chuckle.

"She is when she gets us up at sunrise," Astrid said sleepily.

Siri giggled at the banter occurring between her parents. She knew how early it was, but she was too excited to go back to bed. She was getting her own Terrible Terror today! The little girl had turned five the day before, and as promised by her parents, today she would be allowed to finally get a dragon of her own and boy was she excited! Now she just hoped she could get her parents out of bed.

"Daddy, get up," Siri pleaded with her father making Hiccup sigh as he turned to face his daughter.

"Siri, it's early. Don't you want to go back to bed for awhile?" Hiccup asked her hopefully and Siri shook her head before giving her dad a pouting look.

Hiccup and Astrid sighed. Siri wasn't going to go back to sleep and the parents knew it; it looks like they were getting up at sunrise.

"Alright, we'll go early," Astrid said to Siri's delight. But we're having breakfast first though, alright?" Astrid added with a firm glance towards the little girl.

Siri nodded. "Alright mummy," Siri agreed excitedly as Hiccup and Astrid dragged themselves out of bed. From his bed in the corner of the room, Toothless yawned widely as he slowly got up too. He also knew that going back to sleep was out of the question, especially when Siri was so excited.

"We'll just get changed sweetie, why don't you and Toothless go downstairs?" Astrid suggested as she grabbed her clothes and Siri looked at her mother with a worried expression.

Knowing what she was thinking, Astrid laughed. "We won't go back to sleep Siri, I promise." Satisfied, Siri beamed before she followed the Night Fury downstairs.

Hiccup gave Astrid an amused look. "Why did you promise that? I was going to sneak back to bed..." Hiccup said with a grin.

Astrid snorted. "You're the one who promised her we'd go early," Astrid pointed out with a grin. "You've got no one to blame, but yourself."

"Remind me not to promise that again," Hiccup told her with a groan as the two of them finally joined their daughter downstairs, who was excitedly bouncing around in her chair at the table. It was hard to believe she could get so excited over getting her first dragon!

"Don't get too excited Siri, we're not leaving for awhile yet," Hiccup said as he fumbled around trying to make breakfast while still half asleep causing Siri to cross her arms impatiently.

"Siri, don't be like that," Astrid warned her firmly. "I doubt Lennart would even be up, let alone anyone else, so just be patient." Siri sighed, but stopped pouting. She knew it wouldn't get her anywhere.

"So, what Terrible Terror are you going to get sweetie?" Hiccup asked his little girl as he put a plate down in front of her.

She looked at her father thoughtfully. "I thought you were choosing one for me?" Siri asked, bewildered.

"We got 6 Terrors for you to choose from, but you get the final pick," Hiccup explained with a smile. "Uncle Fishlegs spent weeks studying them to choose ones with the right temperament for you." Understanding, Siri's eyes lit up.

Astrid chuckled. "And that's why we have to wait until the others are up, Siri," she told her.

Siri frowned. "That might be ages, though!" Siri droned, making Hiccup and Astrid laugh and Toothless gave out a low version of a chuckle.

"I asked you if you wanted to go back to bed," Hiccup said grinning and Siri gave him an amused look before Hiccup suddenly tickled her making her scream before laughing.

Astrid frowned and gave Hiccup an irritated look. "Hiccup, she's eating," Astrid said sternly and Hiccup sighed, but stopped what he was doing to allow Siri to continue eating, before going back to his own breakfast. A knock on the door interrupted the peaceful breakfast.

"OK, we were wrong, somebody is up," Astrid said, surprised, as she got up and opened the door to find Lennart with a look of excitement on his face to match Siri's.

"Hey Lennart; you here to come with us?" Astrid asked him kindly.

He nodded eagerly. "I'm going to help Siri pick her dragon!" Lennart exclaimed excitedly as Snotlout and Anna came running up to him, out of breath.

"I'm sorry Astrid," Anna said breathlessly as she came to a stop. "I told him to wait, but he ran out as soon as he was finished eating!"

"He didn't get us up, don't worry. Siri already did that," Astrid said with a laugh.

Anna sighed with relief before turning to her son. "Don't run off when we tell you not to. They could have still been in bed," Anna said firmly to her son. "Do you understand?"

Lennart sighed, but nodded to his mother. "Yes mummy."

"I wish I was still in bed," Snotlout mumbled, and Hiccup chuckled. He never thought he'd agree with Snotlout, but this time he couldn't have said a truer statement.

"Well seeing as we're all up, we might as well get going," Astrid said. "If that's alright with the kids of course," Astrid added with a grin towards Siri and Lennart, who both nodded eagerly.

"I thought so, come on then," Astrid said. "If no one else is there, we'll wait".

Siri and Lennart both raced to their parent's respective dragons; Siri going on Toothless with Hiccup and Lennart with Snotlout on Hookfang. Considering how early it was, walking wasn't an option. Besides, both kids never passed up a chance to be on dragons, no matter how short or long the distance.

When they reached the academy, though, they found they were the only ones there; just like Astrid had suspected. Both Siri and Lennart grumbled at this knowledge, but went off to play with Toothless and Hookfang while they waited. Hookfang may never listen to his rider, but no matter what Lennart asked of him, he would always do it. Anna always joked it was because Lennart wasn't old enough to be as annoying as his father; something that Snotlout constantly tried to deny, but usually lost against his genuinely shy wife.

The group didn't have to wait around for long for the others to arrive, though. No sooner had they sat down to wait, they heard the rapid fluttering of Meatlug's wings as Fishlegs and Ruffnut arrived with a large box.

"I knew you'd get here before us. Siri was excited enough about this yesterday," Fishlegs smiled as he got off the Gronkle and placed the box on the ground, before turning back to help a heavily pregnant Ruffnut off Meatlug's back. Once her feet touched the ground, Ruffnut groaned and stretched her back.

"Oh Thor, that's uncomfortable," Ruffnut groaned as she waddled her 7 month pregnant belly over the group.

"Ruff, aren't you grounded from flying now?" Astrid asked her, raising her eyebrows at the young woman.

"If you think I was walking all the way here as big as this, you've got another thing coming," Ruffnut replied in irritation.

"It's only Meatlug, Astrid, I wouldn't put Ruff in danger," Fishlegs said gently and Ruffnut smiled gratefully at Fishlegs, before going to lean up against the wall of the academy, not wanting to risk sitting down being unable to get back up.

Siri looked at her parents impatiently. "Mummy, can I pick my dragon now?" she asked.

"Are Tuff and Annika coming?" Hiccup asked Fishlegs, who placed the box of Terrible Terrors in front of the two kids, who peered into it excitedly.

"They're supposed to be, but if they don't get here soon, I'd just let Siri go," Fishlegs said with a grin towards the anxious five year old who was hopping up and down on the spot in excitement.

"Don't worry Siri, we're here," Annika said as she suddenly came walking into the academy, a drowsy looking Tuffnut by her side.

"Woah, what's up with Tuffnut?" Hiccup asked with a laugh at the drowsy Viking.

"He had to get up early, and then walk here. Naturally he's exhausted," Annika said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes at her lethargic husband.

"How in Thor's name did you walk here?!" Ruffnut exclaimed in disbelief. "You're pregnant too!"

"That's what I said," Tuffnut said with a yawn.

Annika rolled her eyes, but smiled. "I'm 3 months pregnant and I can still beat you here. What does that say?" Annika asked her husband.

Tuffnut frowned. "Um, that I don't like walking?" he suggested. "I don't know, quit pressuring me!" Tuffnut exclaimed.

"Argh yes, can't do that this early in the morning now can we?" Annika mocked, which made Tuffnut look more confused than usual as the rest of the group burst into fits of laughter. You could always rely on Annika for a laugh. It was sometimes hard to believe those two worked so well!

"Are we allowed to pick one?" Lennart asked, baffled as to why the grown-ups were now all talking and ignoring them. Siri looked at Lennart with a shrug before calling out to get the attention off her parents

"Mummy, daddy, can I choose?"Siri asked them hopefully and Hiccup and Astrid grinned guiltily at their daughter. They had forgotten for a moment what they were here for.

"Sorry sweetie, go right ahead," Hiccup said as he went over to the box and lifted the lid on it to reveal six different coloured Terrible Terrors, who all glanced up at the Vikings in curiosity. One even sniffed at Siri inquisitively as soon as it looked at her, making her giggle.

"There are 4 girls, and 2 boys in this box Siri," Fishlegs said, pointing them out to her and Lennart. "The dark green and yellow ones are boys."

Toothless growled at the tiny dragons as they came out of the box and began sniffing at the two kids. He detested the little pests and no matter how much Fishlegs and Hiccup had studied them for their temperament, he still didn't trust them around the little girl and her friend.

Hiccup knew where Toothless's thoughts were at and chuckled. "They won't hurt her bud, I promise," he reassured the dragon.

Toothless and Stormfly still didn't look convinced and they both continued to eye the little dragons off. As Toothless growled at one of the little dragons for getting too close, Siri looked up at him and giggled.

"Stay with me Toothless," Siri said with a grin and Toothless immediately went over to her, standing guard over them to make sure the Terrible Terrors didn't do anything they shouldn't.

"Take your time sweetie. Remember, you're choosing a companion, not a pet. You have to like them and they have to like you back," Hiccup reminded her gently as Siri sat down among the little group of them in order to play with them better. Lennart sat beside her also playing with them excitedly.

"Don't get any ideas kiddo, you're not five yet!" Snotlout quickly exclaimed as he noticed how attached Lennart was getting to them.

"I know, daddy," Lennart said.

"Looks like she'll be awhile in choosing,"Anna said with a smile towards Hiccup and Astrid.

"I'm sitting down then" Ruffnut said as she gently slid down the wall onto the ground. "Someone may need to help me up later though," she added with a slight groan.

Astrid chuckled. "I remember that all too well Ruff, don't worry."

"So do I," Hiccup said. "I also remember when you got stuck in bed one day near your due date because I wasn't home so you stayed in bed until midday," Hiccup added with a large grin on his face as he looked over towards her.

With a deep blush, Astrid hit him hard on the shoulder. "You promised never to mention that!" she yelled, her face turning redder by the second. Hiccup burst into fits of laughter with everyone else and Astrid just hid her face in her hand, her face bright red.

"That happened to me just yesterday," Ruffnut shrugged. "It's not that embarrassing."

Tuffnut snorted. "Wish I could have been there to see that!" Tuffnut sniggered at his sister, who gave him a death glare enough to rival Thor himself.

"Or maybe I don't," Tuffnut gulped.

Annika rolled her eyes. "Nice save there, Tuff," she said as Fishlegs nodded in agreement. He had been married to Ruffnut for 5 years and knew not to make her angry, especially now. Tuffnut had known her his whole life and still didn't!

Astrid turned to see how Siri was going and found she was still in the process of choosing a dragon, before turning back to the others. Anna chuckled at the fact that the kids were still trying to choose half an hour later, as did Astrid.

"Hard choice for a 5 year old," Astrid noted in amusement as she watched the two children play with the little creatures.

"Speaking of which; when are you and Hiccup going to give Siri a brother or sister?" Anna asked the two of them curiously. "I thought I heard you talking about it a few months ago."

Hiccup and Astrid looked at each other with a sly grin making Anna raise her eyebrows.

"Are you two already expecting?!" Anna exclaimed excitedly as she flicked her eyes to Astrid's flat stomach.

"No, no, we're not!" Hiccup said quickly. "Not yet anyway, "he added with a smile at Astrid.

Astrid smiled back. "We've been trying for a few months, just no luck yet," she explained to the group. "You'll be the first to know when it happens though, I promise."

"Wouldn't I be the first to know?" Hiccup asked her teasingly and Astrid rolled her eyes, lightly punching his shoulder, before giving him a gentle kiss on the lips.

"After you of course, yes. You really think I'd tell you last?" Astrid asked her husband humorously.

Hiccup shook his head with a grin. "I was just kidding Astrid,' he said. "I was the first you told when you found out about Siri and I'll never forget it," Hiccup said softly as he kissed his wife's forehead and she beamed at him happily, before they were interrupted.

"Mummy, I chose my dragon!" Siri yelled out in excitement.

Hiccup and the others turned their attention to the little girl who was holding a very cute purple Terrible Terror who was snuggled up in her arms, looking quite content. Toothless and Stormfly, despite their earlier reservations, were looking quite relaxed at the prospect of Siri holding a Terrible Terror, much to Hiccup and Astrid's relief.

"Nice choice Siri. She's the quietest of the bunch," Hiccup said proudly.

"She's also the most affectionate," Fishlegs added as Hiccup and Astrid went over to inspect the little dragon.

"Are you sure that's the dragon you want Siri?" Hiccup asked her gently and she confidently nodded.

"Then she's yours sweetheart," Hiccup smiled. "But you have to give her a name,' he added quickly seeing Siri's eyes light up. "To establish a bond, you have to make sure she has a name," Hiccup said as he patted the little dragon, which began to purr like a cat, making him and Astrid laugh.

Siri looked at Lennart. "What do you think we should name her?"

"Why are you asking Lennart?" Astrid asked in confusion.

Siri looked at her mother like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Because we're gonna share her until Lennie can get his own," said Siri and Lennart nodded in agreement.

"Great, I have to deal with one of those things already," Snotlout mumbled in undertone which made Anna look at him in amusement.

"It's not like he'll be living with us Snotlout, don't worry so much," she said as she kissed his cheek gently and he mumbled, but smiled at his wife. He hated Terrible Terrors; the little buggers annoyed him to no end, as they did the dragons. He was not looking forward to the day Lennart got one of his own.

"Well alright then, what are you two going to name her?" Astrid asked.

Siri and Lennart looked at each other thoughtfully, before they both beamed widely.

"Midnight!" they exclaimed in unison.

Astrid looked at them, then to Hiccup, bewildered. "What type of name is that for a purple dragon?"

Hiccup chuckled. "Let them go Astrid. It's not like all dragons are named properly anyway," he said with a grin towards Toothless, who gave his rider a gummy smile.

"Good point," Astrid chuckled. "Midnight it is, sweetie." Looking at the little dragon, though, she frowned. "No really," she said with a shake of her head, "I need to know. Why Midnight?"

Siri and Lennart laughed. "It can look purple at night mummy and the name is cool. Isn't it Lennart?" Siri asked her friend, who nodded in agreement.

"Cool," Lennart grinned.

Astrid looked at Hiccup in surprise, but said nothing against the name after that logic.

"Alright, you want to start some training then?" Hiccup asked the two children, who both nodded eagerly.

"What do you want Midnight to do?" Astrid asked them.

"Shoot a fire ball at things like Toothless can do," Siri answered enthusiastically.

"Fly through hoops!" exclaimed Lennart with a grin.

"Find things we can't!"

"Tell when danger's coming!"

"Hide when told!"

Hiccup put his hands up quickly to stop the kids. "Woah, slow down. That will all come later on, I promise. I think we need to start with something easy and simple today, though," Hiccup said patiently.

"Awww," Siri and Lennart whined.

"I'm sorry sweetie, but they are too hard for a 5 year old to do. I think we should start with easier things," Hiccup said gently as he kissed his daughters head and she sighed, but smiled at her father.

"Why don't they start with getting the terror to respond to them," Astrid suggested.

"Precisely what I was thinking," Hiccup said in agreement.

"That sounds boring!" whined Lennart.

"Lennart!" Anna exclaimed. "You won't be sharing Midnight if you act like that," Anna warned and Lennart looked at his parents' stern faces and looked at Hiccup with an apologetic look on his face.

"I'm sorry, sir," Lennart said sheepishly.

Hiccup patted the boy's shoulder with an understanding smile. "It's alright Len, I know it's boring. It will come in handy, though, trust me," Hiccup explained to the four year old patiently and Lennart nodded as Hiccup turned to face his daughter.

"Alright, first of all, we need to get Midnight to respond to you,' Hiccup said. "That way she will come to you when you want her. A terror has to learn their name," Hiccup added thoughtfully as he watched as the tiny dragon crawled out of Siri's arms and onto her shoulder, nuzzling her head. Toothless watched on protectively, but didn't make a move to stop her from sitting there.

"Remember not to treat her like a pet though, Siri,' Hiccup continued as he watched Siri pat the dragons head. "Dragons are amazing creatures, and they need to be treated with care." .

"I know daddy" Siri said seriously as she picked up the dragon and placed her on the ground in front of her, waiting for her daddy's instructions.

"Alright, look directly at her and make sure she's looking at you," Hiccup instructed her and Siri nodded, doing what her father asked.

"Lennart, you should be paying attention too," Snotlout said firmly as he noticed the little boy's attention was elsewhere.

"He's only four, 'Lout. He'll pick it up," Hiccup said positively, before turning his attention back to his daughter.

"Alright, look directly at her and speak her name slowly and clearly."

Siri continued to keep her eye on the Terrible Terror, before speaking, "Midnight".

The dragon looked at her curiously, but didn't react. Siri looked at her daddy, a little unsure, but was surprised to see him still smiling.

"She wouldn't have gotten it straight away sweetie, no matter how smart they are," he said. "At least she's still looking at you," Hiccup reassured her encouragingly and Siri grinned and looked at her again, saying her name once more. Once again, there was no major response.

"Keep saying it until you get a reaction. She'll soon realise that's meant to be her name," Hiccup smiled and Siri continued to say Midnight's name, before finally after awhile, the little dragon finally gave a little squawk and fly up on Siri's shoulder and nuzzled her.

"She knows her name daddy!" Siri yelled in excitement.

"Good job Siri!" Hiccup exclaimed proudly. "Now, I want you to keep practicing on that for awhile. Midnight might easily forget that's her name, so you need to work on it," Hiccup said. "You too, Lennart," he added, as he noticed the little boy paying no attention at all. Looked up guiltily, Lennart got up and went over to join Siri in the name lesson.

Hiccup went over to join Astrid as they watched the inquisitive five year old teach the Terror her new name and Astrid beamed proudly at her daughter and at her husband, before giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Good job teaching her, Hiccup. She's going to be a natural," Astrid said happily as she watched them.

"I think so, too," Hiccup beamed.

Siri and Lennart continued with the name lesson until afternoon, surprising everyone with how focused they were. Those two got bored easily most of the time, so having their attention on something for this amount of time was an amazing achievement. They were at it so long that Tuffnut, Annika, Ruffnut and Fishlegs had gone home already, leaving the others to their training.

Before long though, even Siri and Lennart were over it.

"Daddy, I'm bored. Can we go home?" Siri said after as noon came and went.

"I think we can sweetie. I think Midnight knows her name now anyway," Hiccup said, pride evident in his voice as he bent down in front of his daughter and smiled at her. "You did a very good job sweetheart, I'm proud of you."

Siri beamed at her daddy as he enveloped her in his arms into a loving embrace and kissed her forehead.

"Thanks daddy," Siri said happily and Hiccup smiled at her, before taking Midnight off her gently.

"I'll take her until we get home. I don't think you'll be able to hold onto her and Toothless at the same time, will you?" Hiccup said and she shook her head as Astrid went over to her daughter, taking her into her arms as well.

"You're a natural, my little dragon trainer, I'm so proud of you," Astrid said with a wide smile, as she kissed her little girl on the cheek.

"Thanks mummy," Siri beamed as her eyes lit up, hugging her mother back.

Lennart went over to his parents as they also prepared to leave, excitement still on his face from training Midnight.

"I can't wait to get my own Terror mummy!" Lennart said eagerly and Anna laughed.

"Can't you now?" Anna asked her son in amusement as she passed eleven month old Sigmund to Snotlout so she could take her son's hand.

"Nope," Lennart answered with a wide grin. "And do you know what I want to teach mine to do?"

"What's that buddy?" Snotlout asked the four year old, amused.

"Teach it to sing!" Lennart exclaimed excitedly, making Snotlout suddenly blanch and swallow nervously.

"Oh no you're not!"

I'm sure everyone remembers the bad experience Snotlout has had with Terrible Terrors in the series, especially in Defenders of Berk, in particular the episode 'Fright of Passage' near the end, so I wanted to make a joke out of how much he hates them :p I also know Midnight is a weird name for a purple Terrible Terror, but you have no idea how stuck I was with it. I might change the name later on if I think of something better.

Ok, I'm sure many of you noticed the foreshadowing I had within the chapter as to a new family member, so no surprises what the next chapter will be about :) I'm really looking forward to it too!

If you liked this chapter, don't forget to review! :D Remember once again though, NO FLAMES, but constructive criticism is accepted as long as it's KIND.

Thanks for reading!