Chapter Eleven: Deathsong Album


"Yaaaoooohhhh!" Matt yawned, stretching his arms as he tried to wake himself up. Rubbing his face to try and get rid of the drowsy feeling, he reluctantly moved his covers off of him and sat up. It had to be late afternoon. At least noon. "Guess Heather let me sleep in a little bit." He grunted, rolling to the side of his bed. Standing up, he looked at himself through a mirror to try and mat down his hair, as he usually acquired a messy bed head after sleeping. His scar was a lot more visible with his hair ruffled, as it usually was whenever he woke up. He never usually cared about combing his hair until recently, because he knew Hiccup often beat himself up whenever he saw the scar; at least when it was more visible.

"Is that Matt actually getting up?" Heather's voice called out, thick with sarcasm and teasing.

Smiling, Matt forgot about the hair and opened the door that led out to the loft. Walking out, he saw her, Windshear, Wasatch, and Teton down below. She was sitting at her desk, sharpening her axe; with Windshear, laying her head on the desk and watching her work. Wasatch and Teton were busy shooting each other with lightning bolts, trying to keep a constant bolt arcing between the two; a game they played when they were bored.

Looking down at her, he called out "I guess I am. Though I'm surprised you let me sleep in."

"You earned it." She explained "Since you've been running around non-stop the past couple days and then stopped me from becoming a puddle last night."

"Yeah? Well I guess I need to save you more often then, if that's what lets me sleep in." Matt teased, grabbing a green tunic from off his door. Walking down the stairs, he then commented "Maybe we should go on another trek. Let's let you partner up with Snotlout too; that way it's almost a guaranteed thing that something will go wrong."

"I'll pass." Heather huffed, rolling her eyes "It'd just be another guy asking about our relationship."

"Wait, what?" Matt gasped, instantly stopping in his tracks. Staring at her in confusion, he then asked "What do you mean 'asking about our relationship'? Did Fishlegs ask you that?"

Heather sighed, shrugging her shoulders as she explained "Kind of. He wanted to know if we were actually a couple. I guess he wanted to try and, uh, it's weird to say this, but date me."

Matt just stared at her with wide eyes, blown away at the news.

"I stopped it from going any further." Heather quickly began to explain "He already assumed that we like each other, he just wanted to know for himself."

"He could have asked me." Matt huffed, shaking his head and walking to his side of the room "Bro's don't do things behind each other's back."

"Don't get mad at him." Heather quickly called out, standing up from her chair and walking over to him "He stopped asking and pushing when I told him that I really liked you."

Matt just nodded, still thinking of how Fishlegs got the gumption to ask Heather something like that. Letting out a sigh, he just smiled as he shook his head "Well, I guess it could have been Snotlout. Though he still has no problem telling you that you should date him."

"That's another thing." Heather began to say sheepishly "I don't feel the same way as him, but he's been pushing Hiccup to try and set us up together. Hiccup told me this morning at breakfast."

"What?!" Matt yelled, staring at her with wide eyes "Does anyone not have eyes? Can they not see that we're…you know! Steady?!"

Heather laughed, shaking her head at Matt's reaction "Didn't know you were that defensive about me! Plus it's Snotlout. He'll keep trying until the end of time!"

"Ugh…man." Matt groaned, sitting down in his chair. Finally putting his tunic on, he then whispered "Guess I need to have a pow wow with everyone."

"Don't be hard on them." Heather quietly said, taking a seat on his desk "Fishlegs was just trying, and Snotlout was being himself."

Letting a smile grow on his face, Matt just looked up at her and said "Well, I guess I can't blame them. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever met."

Heather instantly blushed at the comment, still not used to being praised as such. "Whatever!" She quickly replied, trying to downplay the compliment "I know you and Astrid had a flare for each other for bit!"

Matt's face instantly went beet red. "How did you know?! I mean, we neve- we didn't-"

Heather just laughed at him, hearing him stumble and stutter "We all saw it. But don't worry, I know you two are just staying as friends."

"She told you that we talk with each other, didn't she?" Matt growled, glaring at her and making his eyes demand to tell him the truth.

"She did. About personal things too." She quickly admitted, still smiling at him "I asked her after you guys saved me from Dagur and the Hunters. Well, when we were all captured. I wasn't sure if you two were serious with each other and I had to find out." Laughing, she lightly punched him in the shoulder "I guess this is something I get to hold over your head!"

"Great." Matt muttered, shaking his head in disbelief "To be fair, I never actually thought that we were even a couple! It just so happened to look like it when I came back."

"Good to see you two already arguing with each other." Hiccup announced, smiling as he walked into the room. Looking at them, he then asked "Did you have to wake him up, Heather?"

Smiling, she just looked down at him and ruffled his hair. "Not today. He was able to get out of bed on his own."

"Gall you two are relentless." Matt huffed, glaring at her and swatting her hand away. Without saying anything, he reached into his desk and pulled out his beanie hat. Sliding it over so it would cover his scar, he then turned towards Hiccup and asked "So how much did I sleep through? Did you learn what kind of egg the Hunters were trying to take?"

"No. There's nothing in the Dragon Book or in the few Dragon Eye notes about it. Or hatching it." He replied, his eyes furrowing "I don't think it's a Razorwhip egg, or a Triple Stryke."

"What about a Sand Wraith?" Heather asked, jumping in the conversation "We still don't know much about Ukiah's dragon, Arrow."

"True, but Arrow's just turned a blind eye to it. I'd imagine he'd recognize it if he saw one…" Hiccup huffed, still stumped by the mystery.

"Maybe because it's not his egg." Matt suggested "He has no reason to connect or bond with it."

"Maybe." Hiccup whispered, furrowing his eyebrows in frustration.

Suddenly a screech sounded from outside, almost like a baby screaming its head off!

"Wha-what's that?!" Matt asked aloud, staring out of his doorway.

"I don't know!" Hiccup cried, sprinting out "I bet the twins had something to do with it though!"

Matt and Heather were quick on his heels, rushing outside and leaving their dragons behind and staring at them in curiosity. Running along the deck and up the ramp, it was easy to tell where the sound was coming from. The clubhouse. Being in front, Hiccup was the first to arrive; who promptly stopped at the doorway.

"Look ou-" Matt tried to call out, not prepared for the stop. Wham! Too late! Everyone stared as the two Haddock's barreled into the clubhouse. The screeching was unbearable, making Matt's first reaction to cover his ears instead of trying to get off of Hiccup.

"Are you two alright?" Astrid asked out loud, trying to sound over crying.

"Urgh, yeah." Hiccup grunted, letting Matt roll off of him. Sitting up, he covered his ears and looked up to see exactly what was making the terrible wailing. A light orange baby dragon was sitting on the center mantle of the clubhouse, screeching its head off. It had wings on its back and a longer tail. It had smaller arms and then larger legs, showing that it probably stood on its two legs. It also had long, blue fins on it, acting like streamers.

"What in all your god's names is that thing?!" Matt yelled above the screaming. Keeping his ears covered, he then said "It sounds worse than nails on a chalkboard!"

"I've never seen a dragon like this before. Have you Hiccup?" Fishlegs asked loudly, looking at Hiccup with a mixture of excitement and agony.

"It looks familiar, but I can't really place it." Hiccup replied, staring at it in confusion.

The baby dragon then immediately screeched an octave higher, making every dragon rider in the clubhouse cover their ears; except Matt, who promptly pushed his hands over his ears even harder than before.

"By the blood of my dead tribe! What is that noise?!" Ukiah's voice roared, making everyone turn to see him walk into the club house. Behind him were both Arrow and Sleuther, who were both cringing at the wailing. "Ugh! We could hear that thing clear from the forest where we were hunting!"

"We don't know exactly what it is." Hiccup answered, staring at the dragon "I don't even know how to calm it down!"

"If it was just born, maybe it's just getting its lungs." Heather suggested, walking up to the newborn baby "You know, to strengthen its lungs."

"Could be. But by the sound of it, he's had some pretty healthy lungs to start with!" Matt huffed.

Grabbing the crying dragon, Heather cradled it in her arms, saying "Come on, how long can it really cry?"

"Of course!" Snotlout quickly shouted, darting right next to Heather. Matt frowned, knowing full well what he was trying to do, to which he just shook his head.

"Well, I guess that's all we can do." Hiccup replied, agreeing with the plan. "You mind watching him first Heather?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'd love to." She answered with a smile. Walking out of the club house, she then said aloud "Come on little guy. Let's go down by the bay and play on the beach. Maybe that'll calm you down.

Snotlout was right next to her, saying "Ooh! I bet skipping rocks would distract it! Or making a sand castle"

Matt was about to cut in and tell Snotlout to bug off, but was stopped by Hiccup. "Let him go. He's just clueless about you and Heather."

"Hmph." Matt grunted, turning to watch them and the ear splitting screeching slowly disappear "Don't know why it's bothering me now. He's always been like that with her. Probably because I now know he's trying to get her."

"Come on!" Hiccup smiled, pulling Matt along "Let's check out the Dragon Book and see if we can't figure out what that dragon is. Besides, it'll give you the needed practice to read our writing."

"Yeah, guess that'd be good." He huffed, shaking his head as he followed him towards his room "I don't know how you did it Hiccup. How'd you deal with Snotlout hitting on Astrid?"

"Because I know her." He answered "She can handle herself, and will choose what will be best for her." Glancing at Matt, he then flashed a smile "I was worried when you two were talking a lot."

"There it goes again! That's the second time it's been brought up!" Matt cried out in anger "I promise that nothing was serious between us! We were just talking!"

Laughing, Hiccup just threw his arm around Matt and said "Forget about it. Come on! Maybe we'll find something on how to calm it down."


"Oh. My. Gods!" Snotlout roared angrily, glaring at the wailing baby dragon "Can someone do something to shut that thing up?!"

After the entire day of babysitting it, the entire gang had met back up at the dragon hanger, letting the dragon continue to cry in one of the stalls; which was impressive in its own way, given that it never actually stopped once the entire day.

"Aww…" Heather whispered, looking at it with sorrow "It probably needs its mother. Poor thing all by itself."

"That's what I was trying to say." Snotlout quickly corrected, standing straight up and looking at Heather with a smile "Because I'm so sincere. And of course all these fools don't listen, but I listen."

Matt groaned and rolled his eyes as he walked up to Heather. "Listen, this thing isn't going to stop crying anytime soon. The best thing we can do is to let it tire itself and fall asleep on its own."

"In here. With all our dragons, right?" Fishlegs quickly asked, eyeing Matt curiously.

"That's the idea." Matt answered. Gesturing to the stall, he then sarcastically added "It's not like we already gave it some water and food; while preparing a bed for it."

"There's no way our dragons can sleep with it in here!" He cried out, looking at Hiccup with concern.

"Actually, there's nowhere that we can sleep without hearing it." Ukiah added, leaning against another stall and watching the crying dragon "I tried going out hunting again, and I had to go clear to either the forest or the canyons to get out ear range from that hellish cry."

"I got it!" Tuffnut yelled, making everyone turn to stare at him with wide eyes.

"What? What is it?!" Hiccup asked anxiously, thinking that a possible solution was at hand.

"Garffiljorg!" He replied with a wide smile.

"What?" Fishlegs asked, staring at him in confusion.

"Its name." He explained, still keeping his smile.

"Who cares what we call it." Ruffnut whined, keeping her hands pressed against her head "It's not like it's listening to us anyways."

Heather just stared at the screeching dragon. The familiar feeling of being alone and helpless began to sink in.

"Come on guys. Maybe if we shut our doors, plug our ears, and sleep under our beds, we'll get a wink of sleep." Hiccup groaned, walking out of the hanger "Ugh, at least our heads won't explode!"

Heather just looked at the shrieking dragon with sadness, which Matt instantly recognized. Walking to her, he rested his hand on her shoulder and whispered "Come on, we'll think of something in the morning. Right now, we're all tired and need to recharge. This guy wore us all out, and you were with him most the day."

Nodding, Heather slowly turned and walked out with him. Staring at nothing, she stumbled as she tripped on something.

"Chicken!" Tuffnut shouted in a panic.

Heather whirled around to see Tuffnut's chicken also stumble past her, having tripped her. "Sorry Tuffnut! Didn't see her there."

"Ah, it's alright." Tuffnut replied with a wide smile "She gets her feathers ruffled whenever Barf and Belch play with her."

Taking one last look at the screeching dragon, Heather sighed as she let Matt continue to guide her out. "I just…I feel the same way about Garff as I did about Ukiah; I don't want people to be alone. Without family or a friend to depend on."

Wincing as the screeching went a pitch higher, Matt quickly consoled "I've said this before Heather, you're the most thoughtful and caring person I've ever- Agh!"

Snotlout quickly butted in-between the two, knocking Matt over. "Like me! I'm caring!"

"Punk!" Matt groaned, rolling over and laying on his elbows. Glaring at him, he then huffed sarcastically "So caring that you knocked me over!"

Heather laughed quietly, kneeling over Matt and picking him up. Before she could pull him up, Snotlout quickly grabbed him by the tunic and hefted him up. "Sorry Matt! Let me help you!" He grunted, setting him on his feet. Dusting him off, he then flashed a smile at Heather and said "See? Caring!"

"Snotlout!" Matt growled, narrowing his eyes.

"HEY! HE STOPP- Oh, I mean, he stopped crying!" Hiccup interrupted, making the three turn to see that the dragon had indeed stopped crying.

"What the?" Matt whispered, staring at the dragon in disbelief.

There, in the stall, was the dragon and Chicken. Chicken was clucking with a rhythm and beat to it, as if singing to it.

"Hah! Chicken sang to him!" Tuffnut replied with a smile, looking at Chicken with satisfaction "Oh the pipes on that chicken."

Everyone began to walk back inside, staring at the singing chicken and now quiet dragon. Just as everyone gathered around, the dragon looked at the chicken excitedly and shot out orange liquid. Matt stared in shock as the liquid hardened and immobilized her. The dragon then licked its lips and lunged at Chicken.

"Chicken!" Tuffnut cried in horror, running to Chicken. Grabbing her and moving her out of way of the charging dragon, he shouted "Bad! Bad dragon!" Looking at Chicken in horror, he then said "Uh…does this look familiar to anyone but me?! Impenetrable cocoon of amber, vicious hungry dragon, terrified Vikings?"

"We know Tuffnut…" Fishlegs replied "It's a-"

"I don't know." Matt called out, interrupting Fishlegs "What is that stuff?"

"Amber of a Deathsong." Hiccup answered, looking at the baby dragon with a worried expression "That is a baby Deathsong."

"Oh, that's just perfect!" Snotlout shouted into the air, storming off and out of the hanger.

Heather just watched him leave and then glanced back at the dragon, resuming its screeching.

"I have a feeling you're going to have to fill the two of us in about what kind of dragon this Deathsong is." Matt whispered, also looking at Hiccup "Sounds like you've had an experience with one."

"Make that three of us." Ukiah jumped in "I haven't even heard of a Deathsong."

"I'll tell you while we try and get Chicken out of that cocoon, it's quite the tale." Hiccup whispered, turning to walk out.

Heather just shook her head, walking with Matt and Ukiah. In the background, the screeching of the baby Deathsong rang rich in everyone's ears.


Matt, Ukiah, and Tuffnut were in the clubhouse, watching Hiccup try to chisel away at the amber around Chicken with a dagger. Well, at least Matt and Ukiah were watching him. Tuffnut was busy wailing loudly and crying over Chicken.

"Tuffnut! Can you please just calm down?!" Hiccup growled, glaring at the twin "It's doesn't help if everyone at the Edge is freaking out!"

"So…this Deathsong amber." Matt said aloud, walking up and tapping the orange cocoon "Harder than a rock, and solidifies almost instantly?"

"Yeah." Hiccup acknowledged, looking at Chicken "And this was just a baby. The fully grown one we encountered a year ago? It shoots large enough goops that can cover almost all its prey. Astrid was encased in a cocoon basically neck to boots with a small blast. Don't get me started on the dragons."

"And it lures its prey by singing?" Ukiah followed up with, also learning more about the Deathsong.

"Yup." Hiccup affirmed, returning his focus to Tuffnut's stuck pet.

"Wouldn't guess it from what we heard with young Garff." Matt huffed sarcastically "It's pushing them away."

"Still working on the chicken?" Snotlout asked, walking into the clubhouse with Hookfang right behind him.

"Yup." Hiccup said again, not turning to look at him.

"Heh, some Monstrous Nightmare gel would be handy right now, huh?" Snotlout teased, a mischievous grin forming on his face "She'd be free in seconds! And we'd have some nice rotisserie chicken. Mhmm mmm mmm."

"Agh! You take that back right now!" Tuffnut roared, lunging at Snotlout and tackling him. "Apologize to her right now! No one's rotissering Chicken!"

Hiccup let out a long sigh, giving up on trying to chisel the amber away. Looking at Matt and Ukiah with an annoyed look, he just shook his head at Tuffnut's shouting.

"I'm not going to apologize to a chicken!" Snotlout cried out, wrestling Tuffnut "Rotisserie chicken sounds good! Agh!"

Hiccup's eyes lit up, getting an idea. "Actually Tuff, I think Snotlout's onto something."

"Oh? What next? Roasted Toothless?" Tuffnut growled, letting Snotlout go.

Matt and Ukiah watched Snotlout wheeze, collapsing on the floor. Ukiah just shook his head, whispering to Matt "You'd think that he'd be able to handle that better."

Matt just smiled, shaking his head and returning his attention to Hiccup.

"Just stay with me here." Hiccup replied, walking up to Hookfang. Rubbing the edge of the dagger against his chin, he skimmed off a layer of the gel onto the blade. Smiling, he then walked up to Barf and Belch, letting Belch light the gel on fire. "Remember when we were on Melody Island?" He asked, letting the fire dance on the blade as he then went back to Chicken.

"No. Care to remind me?" Matt huffed sarcastically, wondering what Hiccup was trying to do. Even Ukiah had a raised eyebrow, unsure of what to think of the dagger of fire.

"In order to really break the amber, we had to heat it back up to create weak points in the cocoon." Hiccup explained, resting the tip of the dagger on the amber "That's what I'm trying to do here."

"Don't do it Hiccup! You'll singe her little feathers!" Tuffnut protested, knowing exactly what he was going to do.

"Relax Tuff. I'm just getting it started. I won't go deep enough to get remotely close to Chicken." Hiccup assured, focusing intently on the dagger. Slowly dragging it down in a straight line, he then stepped back with a wide smile. "See?" He pointed out. Turning to Toothless, he then said "Mind doing the rest bud?"

Toothless growled with his toothless smile. Walking up to Chicken, he gently raised his front claw and shattered the rest of the amber.

Tuffnut grabbed Hiccup by the shoulders, and then promptly threw him to the ground. "Chicken is free! Chicken is free!" He cried out happily, grabbing Chicken and hugging her.

"Oof!" Hiccup grunted, crashing and rolling on the floor. Looking up at Tuffnut, he just shook his head.

"Hahahah." Matt laughed, walking up and grabbing his hand. Pulling him onto his feet, he then teased "Well you certainly made yourself a hero today. Hiccup Haddock, famed Chicken savior!"

"Quite a title." Ukiah laughed, seeing Hiccup scowl at Matt "I think it sounds better than Hero of Berk, or the Dragon Master."

"You guys are so funny." Hiccup huffed, brushing himself off.

Before Matt or Ukiah could joke anymore with him, a familiar and dreaded screech began to sound off, getting louder and louder every second.

"Ugh, great." Matt groaned, already covering his ears.

Sure enough, Fishlegs, Astrid, and Heather walked into the clubhouse with Garffiljorg crying in Heather's arms. Garff instantly saw Chicken, and screeched even louder. He looked excited to try and chase his prey again.

"You!" Tuffnut growled, his eyes narrowing with hate "We need to remove Garffiljorg from this island immediately!"

"Ok, Tuff, you think you might be overreacting a little bit?" Hiccup groaned, shaking his head at the demand.

"Nonsense!" Tuffnut shouted, throwing Chicken into the air. Hiccup quickly backed up, catching her before she hit the ground.

"Ugh, Thor's beard." He groaned to himself, shaking his head as he set Chicken down.

"You gotta admit Hiccup, he's getting difficult to handle." Astrid spoke up, looking at Garff with concern.

"She's right Hiccup." Fishlegs seconded "He just went after Chicken. How long until he goes after one of us?"

"He's a gots to go!" Snotlout growled, siding with decision to send Garffiljorg away "Back to Melody Island with you!"

"Snotlout! Don't you remember the last time we went there, the Deathsong tried to eat us and our dragons?" Hiccup reminded, glaring at him with his impulsiveness.

"Well now that you kindly reminded me, yeah." Snotlout yelped remembering the close call they had.

"Couldn't we train him?" Matt suggested, walking up to Heather "I mean, we just trained a fully grown Triple Stryke. How hard can this guy be?"

"Matt's right!" Heather quickly shouted, getting angry that everyone was ready to send Garffiljorg away "He's just a baby! He doesn't know right from wrong. He's acting on instinct!" Looking down at the ground, she then added "I know what it's like to be alone in the world, and I don't want him to go through the same thing!"

"Aye, agreed." Ukiah seconded, leaning against the central fire pit of the clubhouse "Heather's concern the reason why I came back here to begin with; even when I didn't want to." Looking at Hiccup, he then said "If anyone can convince anything to change, it's her."

Turning to the others, Hiccup then said "They're right. We trained everything from a Night Fury to Night Terror. Surely we can train him not to eat us? Right?"

"I'm more than willing to try." Matt agreed, smiling at Heather.

"We owe it to Garff!" Heather added, smiling at the change in the decision.

Garff was obviously excited about staying, as he screeched even louder, making most the riders re-cover their ears.

"But what about that?!" Snotlout groaned, glaring at Garffiljorg "Does anyone else, not named Hiccup, have an idea before I take a running leap off the top of the Edge!"

Astrid's eyes lit up in excitement. "Nobody say a word!" She called out, smirking at him.

"Funny, Astrid!" Snotlout yelled, glaring at her angrily "By the way, I'm over you! In case you haven't heard!"

"Oh? How'd she get so lucky?" Matt commented, smiling at Astrid who simply shook her head at him.

"Because I'm honest! And I'm nothing if I'm not honest with my friends!" He continued to rant, looking over at Heather "Did you hear that Heather?"

"Ugh, really?!" Matt spat out in disgust. Now getting ready to tear into Snotlout, he was stopped as he heard some humming. Listening closely, he turned to see Heather rocking Garff gently as she began to sing:

"The sky is dark, and the hills are white.
As the Storm King speeds from the north tonight.
And this is the song The Storm King sings
As over the world, his cloak he flings
Sleep, sleep, little one, sleep
He rustles his wings and gruffly sings
Sleep, little one, sleep.

Everyone just stared in amazement. For two things actually. One, the fact that Heather could sing so beautifully; and two, little Garff had fallen asleep in her arms.

"Heather, I had no idea you could sing." Matt whispered gently, staring at her in shock and amazement "That was…that was beautiful."

"Ooooh ooooohh" Snotlout began to growl angrily to himself. Then in a high pitched whisper, added quietly "That was just beautiful Heather…" Spitting, he just glared at Matt who was paying no attention to him.

"Ugh, thank Thor that worked." Astrid groaned, relishing in the silence.

"Huh, not only did it work on Garff, look!" Ukiah whispered, pointing to the twins.

Everyone looked at the twins, both passed out and snoring lightly. Even Barf and Belch were out cold.

"It makes perfect sense!" Hiccup exclaimed as quietly as he could. Looking at Garff, he the theorized "The Deathsong sings to its prey to lure them in. That might be the primary way to communicate with him!"

"And it might help us train him!" Heather whispered excitedly, looking down at the snoozing Deathsong.

"Interesting." Hiccup replied, thinking of the possibility.

"Yak dung." Snotlout coughed loudly.

Garffiljorg instantly woke up and began screeching once again. Astrid groaned loudly, covering her ears and hitting her head against the wall "You know, getting held prisoner by the Hunters sounds like a haven right now!"

"Well I guess you better sing to him again, Heather." Snotlout replied with a confident smile.

"You mean 'we' better sing to him." Hiccup corrected, glaring at Snotlout.

"I do?" He replied back in horror.

"Oh yes, yes you do." Heather growled angrily at him.

"Oh, yes, of course I do." He groaned, realizing what he just did.

"I'll take him first." Hiccup called out, grabbing Garff from Heather "You need a break. You've been with him for hours on end!"

"No, I can keep watching him!" Heather defended, reaching to take Garff back.

"Heather, take a break and try to get some sleep. That's an order." Hiccup ordered gently, smiling at her "We'll all take turns and let you and Matt take him later tonight."

Matt smiled as he gently pulled on Heather's shoulder, letting Hiccup turn and walk out of the clubhouse with Garff. "You don't know any bounds when it comes to caring for others, huh?"

"Well, I guess I had a lot of practice with you." She quickly teased, turning and smiling at him "You really tested my patience. Starting when I had you prisoner and then after!"

Matt laughed, shaking his head at the joke. Then, once again, Snotlout butted in-between them.

"Hey, Heather!" He said aloud, turning his back to the now steaming Matt "Maybe you can sing to me? I need to get some shuteye too."

"How about I help with that." Ukiah growled, walking up to Snotlout. Grabbing him by his tunic, he pulled him away from Matt and Heather "Come on. Astrid and I need a sparring dummy. After we're done with you, you'll have no problem falling asleep."

Matt and Heather smiled as Snotlout was helplessly dragged away. "Thank you, Ukiah." Matt huffed, shaking his head at the thought of Snotlout continuing to interrupt them.

"He's definitely trying harder. That's for sure." Heather commented, laughing at his attempts.

"Come on, let's get some rest while we can." Matt grunted, turning to walk to their room "Since we're taking Garff in tonight and probably won't get a single wink of sleep."

"Heh, you're starting to talk like Hiccup now!" Heather commented, smiling at the phrase.

"Really? Guess I had it coming, given how much time I spend with him." Matt replied, shaking his head with a small smile "Come on. I have a feeling we're going to be exhausted after babysitting that Deathsong."


Here you go! Hope you enjoyed it! I'm trying to make the non-action scenes a little lighter and comedic. Not sure if I'm hitting that or not, but regardless, I hope you liked where it went and where its going. Have a great day!

-Dustnblood