Pre-Chapter Note: [Dragon speech/thought]

Chapter 26:

Horrendous groaned as he tied down the rope stay that helped secure the sail to the mast, still surprised at what Stoick had suggested to him earlier. Utterly confused and unable to think clearly, he said he would think about it and scampered off to one of the surviving longboats to assist with the work. The past few hours were spent sealing cracks and weaving rope to finish the main repairs, giving Horrendous the time to think things over.

He knew that things were not going to be the same now that his younger self had retained both his legs. A flit of envy coursed through him but he squashed that feeling as soon as he felt it. Hiccup was not aware of that was supposed to happen and the loss of his foot was most likely a fluke to begin with. With a grunt, Horrendous tightened the knot he just made. Anger was not going to help him any better, and while he was still here in the past, he knew that he had to be civil with…his family.

Horrendous sighed, making his decision then and there. Returning to where Stoick and Gobber sat, he coughed to clear his throat.

"…Dad, I accept your offer to be Hiccup's brother."

Gobber smiled and patted Stoick on the back.

"Congratulations! Now you have gone from having one son to having three!"

Stocik gave Gobber a weird look.

"What do you mean by three?"

"Well Stoick, if you have been paying any attention at all, it is quite obvious that your sons would treat that dragon of theirs as a sibling!"

Gobber stating, waving at arm at the bemused dragon now watching them. Stoick glared at his friend and was about to respond when he got interrupted again.

"Speaking of which…Horrendous, if Hiccup is your past self, where is your night fury? The future one?"

Hiccup shook his head.

"I don't know what happened to…."

It was then that a loud boom shook the area. Around them Vikings and dragons alike jumped up in alarm when the storm clouds parted and a ball of lightning fell from the sky with great speed. They all watched as the ball grew larger and larger before it hit the shoreline with a bright flash. As the light quickly faded, the whole crowd gasped to see a night fury flailing in the water.

"Hiccup! Hiccup! I'll save you Hiccup!"

Stoick, Gobber and a surprised Toothless whipped their heads to Horrendous, who saw the flash of a red tail fin. Running to the shore with Toothless, Horrendous stood just a short distance away, careful not to be hit by the thrashing dragon.

"Toothless! Is that you bud?"

The dragon stopped flailing and blinked a few times at Horrendous before flipping off his back and pouncing on the man.

"Hiccup! I can't believe you're safe! I didn't know what was going on when that blue box hit you and everything going dark and….Hiccup! Thank goodness your safe!"

Winded from the heavy dragon jumping on him, he gave his dragon a few pats.

"Nice to see you too bud."

Looking up, the dragon stared straight into the face of another night fury.

"Who are you?"

Narrowing his eyes in annoyance, the younger Toothless responded dryly.

[If the big Hiccup is right, I'm you from the past. Apparently you traveled back in time.]

Taking in his surroundings, from the younger Astrid at the edge of the crowd to the large mountain looking over head, the elder Toothless widened his eyes.

"So you mean this is when we fought the Queen?"

Young Toothless nodded, a bit annoyed at the reminder of what just happened earlier.

[Yes, and my Hiccup is now in a coma!]

Blinking a bit, older Toothless finally noticed the large remains of the Red Death. With that he frowned, rolling onto his back and whining.

"No fair! Why did I have to arrive so late!"

Horrendous and younger Toothless exchanged a confused look.

"I could have been so awesome! Swooping in with Hiccup to save my younger self! Could have been all 'ALPHA TOOTHLESS TO THE RESCUE!' but nooooo! I have to be late!"

Younger Toothless's jaw dropped and he angrily growled.

[Seriously?! My Hiccup is unconscious for Alpha knows how long and this is what you are complaining about?!]

Over in the crowd, Tuffnut was the first to recover from his shock. Jumping off of the zippleback and running over to the whining night fury, he stood with an impossibly large smile.

"This is sooo cool! Horrendous's dragon can speak norse!

The trio in the water froze, looking at him with shock. Slowly turning around, the older dragon spoke up.

"Wait a moment…you can understand me?"

The viking nodded, a large grin on his face. A few blinks later, Toothless gave a large smile himself.

"YES! Everyone can now understand just how cool I am! Listen up humans and dragons of Berk! I am Toothless the Night Fury! Partner to Chief Hiccup and Alpha of our herd! Praise me!"

Tuffnut gave several bows to the preening dragon.

"Yes my liege! All hail to the talking Night Fury!"

Smiling at the viking, older Toothless laid a forepaw on his shoulder.

"Tuffnut Thorston. As Alpha Dragon, I ask you to join me in a victory dance to celebrate my return and the defeat of the Red Queen!"

"With pleasure!"

The entire crowd stood in silence as the two started to wiggle around stupidly. There were looks of confusion and incredulity on humans and dragons alike at the scene. Horrendous was still gaping at the two, no longer able to think. The younger Toothless shook his head.

[Is this seriously future me?! An Alpha?! Understood by Humans?! Then it is official! I have gone off the deep end! ]

Thowing himself face first into the water, the young dragon groaned.

-Stoick-

Stoick glanced between the night fury now bashing its head against the rocks in the shallows [I've gone crazy! Insane! Mentally screwed!], the new dragon clapping his back fins and wiggling around with Tuffnut ("…booty booty rocking everywhere!") and the bemused look on a frozen Horrendous. Gobber just laughed at the antics and smiled at Stoick.

"Make that four sons!"

Rubbing his forehead to stem the growing headache, he sighed.

"Odin spare me…."

Author's Notes: Okay, there you go. Stop asking me where Future Toothless is now!

Still have to decide how to distinguish between Future!Toothless and Past!Toothless now. Maybe a new name? I don't know. Let me know if I made any spelling or grammar mistakes in your review!