A/N: So new chapter has arrived. One more to go. Hope you all enjoy it and don't forget to review.

Chapter 19

Hiccup found Fishlegs on one of the boats at the dock, chasing after the last purple streaked baby dragon as it attempted to destroy everything on board. Meatlug was at the other side of the boat, cutting off the dragon's escape from there. "How many have we caught so far?" Fishlegs asked when he saw Hiccup and Toothless land.

"One yellow and one red already with my mom," Hiccup replied as he climbed off Toothless. "And last I saw them, Snotlout had a purple one, while the twins were after the other red one. I'm hoping next time we see them they'll have caught them so we can all focus on finding Dragon Hiccup." Toothless went to block off the baby dragon's other escape route, just as it made a break for it. Fishlegs dived to catch the baby but missed and went crashing down onto the deck of the ship. Toothless jumped at the baby, trapping it between his front legs, while Hiccup went to help Fishlegs up. "Well that's four down," Hiccup said.

"I would say I wish this could have been easier but I know by now nothing around here is easy," Fishlegs said as Meatlug joined them. She helped Fishlegs climb to his feet with the baby dragon wiggling in his arms, and he climbed on, keeping the dragon close to him so it wouldn't escape again.

Hiccup followed Fishlegs back to the Dragon Academy, where Snotlout and the twins were waiting with Valka, all but Dragon Hiccup now accounted for. "Why am I not surprised it's the dragon named after you that's causing the most trouble?" Snotlout asked when Fishlegs and Hiccup landed, with Fishlegs getting the baby dragon go so he could join his brothers and sisters.

"Well he can't fly so I doubt he'll be able to leave the island," Hiccup said. "Astrid and Eret are already out looking for him. If we split up again we should be able to find him."

"Do we get a prize if we catch him?" Tuffnut asked.

"No. Unless you count you two are cleaning the dragon stables every day for the next two weeks as a prize. And that's on top of fixing any damage these babies running riot causes."

"But they're your baby dragons!" Ruffnut protested.

"And it was because of you two that they escaped."

"Yeah, you've got a point there."

"So worth it though," Tuffnut added. "We really should try it again."

"No!" Hiccup snapped. "If you two cause any more trouble today I swear I'm telling your mum where you hide the dragon nip you keep for personal use."

The twins just stared at Hiccup with their mouths open in shock. They used to think him threatening to tell their mother about their secret dragon nip stash was just an empty threat. There was no way he would really talk up to their mother and tell her. But that was before Hiccup became chief. And with him as chief they didn't doubt anymore that he would do it.

"Ok, let's just get going shall we?" Hiccup said already making his way back to Toothless. The other riders got back on their dragons, with Valka and Cloudjumper staying behind to keep an eye on the babies, making sure they didn't escape again. "Check places that have already been checked, in case he's gone there since the last time we looked," Hiccup said

"We'll take the docks!" the twins yelled before flying off again.

"Fishlegs take the Great Hall and surrounding area. Snotlout go and join Astrid and Eret in the woods. I'll take the rest of the village."

"Yes Chief!" Snotlout and Fishlegs said before they flew off.

The first place Hiccup went was the forge, where Gobber was busy working on some new saddle orders. "Come to give me a hand with these orders huh?" Gobber asked seeing Hiccup walk into the room, Toothless close behind.

"I wish I could say yes but the baby dragons escaped their first flying lesson and we're still looking for one of them," Hiccup replied. "Haven't seen him have you?"

"Afraid not." Gobber just gave a small laugh and went back to building the saddle on the bench in front of him. "I should have known that one would be giving you the most trouble," he said.

"Yeah, I guess I should have known it too," Hiccup said, rubbing his ear. "Well, I should get back out there. Maybe if I find him soon I'll have some time to pop in and give you a hand."

"See ya around Chief!"

Hiccup gave Gobber a quick wave as he got back onto Toothless and got back into the air, ready to scan the village for any signs that would give away where the baby dragon was hiding.

Astrid was busy searching every inch of the woods from within, while Eret searched from above, flying a little further along and keeping a close eye out for any sign of something black and/or yellow in case it was the tiny baby dragon. "I'm going to suggest something that might sound stupid but seeing as this dragon is named after our chief, why don't we think like our chief?" Eret called down when he caught sight of Astrid as he flew down to scan a clearing.

"It's worth a shot I guess," Astrid said coming to a stop in the clearing to help search the fallen trees and rocks.

"So if Hiccup wants to hide where would he go?"

"The cove. The cove! Of course! That should have been one of the first places we looked!" Astrid then urged Stormfly into the air and they flew off towards the cove as fast as they could. Eret followed but Skullcrusher wasn't as fast as Stormfly so by the time he reached the cove she'd already landed and both dragon and rider were searching every hiding spot for the baby dragon, including the lake.

"All this time I've been on this island and I never knew about this place," Eret said climbing off Skullcrusher to help with the search.

"This was the place Hiccup found and trained Toothless. It's where he proposed to me. I guess it's kind of an important place to him," Astrid said looking into the hole in one of the trees.

"And you think Dragon Hiccup is likely to have made his way here?"

"He's so tiny and so fast he could have easily made his way here without anyone seeing him." Astrid moved onto some of the rocks and looked over the top of the biggest one. Her face lit up when she saw the black and yellow baby dragon curled up onto a ball, fast asleep. "I've found him!" she exclaimed in a whisper. "He's asleep so don't wake up!" Astrid then picked Dragon Hiccup up and carefully handed him to Eret while she climbed back onto Stormfly. Eret then handed the dragon back to her before he got back onto Skullcrusher and they headed back to the academy.

On the way they passed Hiccup, who's face lit up at the sight of the tiny dragon asleep in Astrid's arms. They all landed inside the academy, where Valka, Cloudjumper and the other baby dragons ran to meet them. "Where did you find him?" Valka asked.

"He made his way to the cove," Astrid said. "And fell asleep."

"I should go and tell the others the search is over," Hiccup said.

"Oh let me do that," Eret said. "You focus on getting the babies back home."

"Sounds good to me," Astrid said. "We can give the other baby dragons a bit more controlled flying practice on the way."

Hiccup didn't need much persuasion to agree. It had been a long morning so letting someone else deal with even a small job and give him some more time with his ever growing family of dragons was highly welcome. So while Eret headed back out Valka gathered the baby dragons together, ready to fly right behind them to make sure they didn't make a second escape attempt that day.