Heart Of A Dragon
Author: Nightstar Fury from Nightstar Productions.
Rated:Mfor Mature.
Pairing:[Toothless/Hiccup].
Disclaimer:I do not own Dreamworks Dragons or How To Train Your Dragon.
35: Back Home.
They were nearing Berk much later than they had anticipated too because Astrid kept getting sick, turned out she forgot the medicine at the den so they had to stop more often. They were only 2 days behind but finally they entered Berk's waters. Hiccup was nervous and excited to introduce his and Toothless's babies to his father, and the village. He was currently the one flying with Toothless on his back. "Yes, we're finally home!" Astrid exclaimed happily.
"Aren't you nervous about what your parents are gonna say?" Toothless asked her.
"I am but I don't really care anymore. I know that the people who really care...will always stand with me." Astrid smiled shrugging a bit.
"I'm so the one who told you that..." Hiccup rolled his eyes as he saw the island ahead of them. He took a deep breath as he let out a roar to let the village know they were coming. From the sky they saw everyone starting to form, Gobber and his father forcing their way to the front as everyone was starting to clap. "Well, its time. You guys ready?" Hiccup asked them.
"Ready." Toothless, Astrid, and Dag said. Hiccup looped around and landed on the ground as Toothless climbed off, Hiccup then transformed back to his human state while Dag landed and Astrid got off, then he transformed as well. The babies landed behind them looking around nervously staying near their parents.
"Hiccup, you're back!" Stoick said as he hugged his son tightly.
"Hey dad..." Hiccup greeted hugging him back before they let go.
"That was you flying!?" Snotlout asked a little shocked.
"Yeah? Didn't dad tell you all? Oh never mind...I'll explain everything after. For now...Dad, I want you to meet your grandchildren..." Hiccup said softly.
"Where are my 4 little ones!" Stoick said happily.
"Well first thing you need to know is that they won't be able to turn in to their human forms until they are a year old, but they do understand you...Secondly...when I sent you that letter, we hadn't known. You don't have 4...you have 6." Hiccup smiled at him.
"I–I have 6? Well don't keep me waiting boy, I want to meet them." Stoick laughed as he got down to his knees to be at the smaller Night Furies level.
"Hold on, Hic. I'll make a bond with him, and he'll be able to understand them. No fair he has to wait a year to talk to them. Stand still, Stoick." Toothless backed up and transformed then stared directly into Stoick's eyes, after a moment Toothless looked away blinking. "Can you hear me?" Toothless asked his father in law.
"That is amazin! So now can I hear you?" Stoick asked curiously.
"You can understand all Night Furies now. Children, come here and meet your grandfather." Toothless stated softly.
"Yes daddy Toothless." The children replied lining up in front of Toothless.
Hiccup smiled, he'd been waiting for this moment for 3 days. "I'll introduce you. There are 4 girls, and 2 boys...Kids, this is my dad, your grandfather Stoick." Hiccup began lightly. "The boys are Toothy and Shadow. Toothy is the one whose eyes look like Toothless's, and Shadow's eyes match my own. That's how we tell them apart." Hiccup crouched down a little as Toothy and Shadow both stepped forward and lightly nuzzled against Stoick's hands purring.
"I can see the resemblance." Stoick chuckled.
"And these 4 are Sapphira, Dawn, Skye, and Hicca." Hiccup introduced.
"How do you tell them apart?" Fishlegs asked now.
"Skye has sky blue eyes, Dawn has light purple, Sapphira has very light blue, almost white eyes, and Hicca has a lighter shade of my own eyes. Hence why Toothless wanted to name her after me...and because she was one of the littler ones born, so was Shadow." Hiccup explained.
"Hello little ones. I'm your papa Stoick." Stoick smiled wide, he wanted to cry. His son had found love, and had a family of his own. All in the course of a few short months.
"Hi papa!" The children giggled as they all tackled their grandfather down, jumping on him, playing gently, and licking his face. Stoick laughed having a good time. Toothless had transformed back to human form, standing with his mate and both smiled happily watching the display before them, their kids playing with Stoick. They hadn't noticed their friends moving closer and looking at Astrid curiously.
"Hey...Astrid has a stone!" Ruffnut exclaimed loudly, Hiccup looked over quickly seeing Astrid gasp a little and Dag stand in front of her. "Di–did you and him mate?"
"Yes we did. Is that a problem?" Dag retorted protectively. Astrid's parents walked over now looking at the stone, then their daughter who sighed walking out from behind Dag to face them.
"Astrid dear...is this...true?" Helga asked her lightly. Astrid shy nodded her head to them.
"When did this...happen?" Cuyler questioned in a firmer tone.
"When...I went to the nest with Hiccup, Toothless, and Dag...I–I love him, I love Dag...and I...don't care what you think about it." Astrid said in a more confident voice now.
"Well its...shocking, we didn't think you'd do it so soon...you and Dag have only known each other a few weeks." Helga stated gently.
"You can't fight who your soul mate is, or the urges that come during mating season..." Hiccup said calmly.
"He's right about that one and when we arrived at the nest, there was still 2 days left." Toothless added wrapping his hand around Hiccup's waist and kissing his cheek.
"But wait...how come your stone isn't glowing the same color as Hiccup's? Shouldn't it be white?" Snotlout pointed out, Astrid blushed a little as Dag held her hand and nodded to her to tell them.
"Its because...I'm pregnant." Astrid smiled.
"And we're over the moon about it." Dag said smiling.
"So we're going to be grandparents?" Cuyler asked now. Astrid and Dag nodded to him and much to their surprise Cuyler hugged Astrid gently, then Dag. Both of them went wide eyed.
"U–uh da–dad?" Astrid asked curiously.
"So I have a son in law and a grandchild!?" Cuyler asked, clearly happy now.
"Yes dad, you do. Baby will be here in 9 months." Dag chuckled sarcastically.
"Oh this is wonderful news!" Helga joined in with her husband's joy now. Hiccup smiled with a sigh of relief, thankfully there wasn't anymore fighting and Astrid's parents were happy about all this. Stoick finally got up calming down from his play session with the children and patted Hiccup on the back.
"Now, you have to tell us all what happened!" Fishlegs exclaimed happily.
"Fine...lets go to the hall then." Hiccup sighed, he was tired honestly there had been a lot of flying the last 3 days. More than he was ever used to since it was him flying and carrying someone. Not to mention all of the little quicky fuck sessions they had at night after their kids went to bed. "Come along kids." Hiccup called to them, the babies hurried after him and Toothless as they walked to the hall.
(Great Hall)
Once inside people sat around and waited for Hiccup or Toothless to start explaining. Everyone wanted to know why Hiccup just had to take off suddenly and had been gone for almost a month without hardly a word to anyone. Stoick knew what happened, so did Gobber but all they had given the people was that Hiccup had to leave to handle something big. They didn't understand it themselves so hopefully now they'd get a better explanation of why Toothless's family showed up, then all left the same day.
"Alright, so I guess I'll start from the beginning..." Hiccup sighed softly sitting down. "Normally for Night Furies after mating, they conceive right away...I didn't, or I guess I did but the stone couldn't pick it up because I was still part human. When Toothless's family came it was because they'd been told by Embla, the healer of the pack that my transformation was incomplete and if I didn't get back to finish it...I'd never conceive or I could die because my body wouldn't handle it. So we all left for the nest immediately." Hiccup began lightly.
"Can't you just do that...visiony thing with your magic to show us...This explanation looks incredibly complicated to understand already..." Tuffnut asked.
"Its takes a lot of energy to do it, Tuffnut. Hiccup is always exhausted afterwards, and I don't know if he can still do it being full Night Fury now." Toothless remarked.
"One way to find out love..." Hiccup shrugged with a soft smile.
"But Hiccup that makes you so tired..." Toothless purred lightly, Hiccup kissed his cheek.
"I'm already tired, what's a little more? I'll be alright, besides like you said. I might not even be able to anymore." Hiccup winked.
"You're so stubborn." Toothless chuckled out and nodded. Hiccup got up and took a deep breath as he put his hands together closing his eyes now exhaling the breath he'd taken in. Everyone watched closely as nothing happened at first then a spark between his hands, more sparks until the small blue orb began to form. Hiccup grunted a few times pulling his hands apart as the orb grew in size. Hiccup panted as he looked at the open wall head of him and fired the blast towards it, and just like all the times before it dispersed and became cloudy. Hiccup put out his left hand, the small flame still burning in his outward stretched palm.
"Hah! I can still do it." Hiccup cheered with a grin. Toothless and Dag's mouth dropped open in shock.
"What the...! Oh come on this is so unfair! He's a full Night Fury now and can still do it! Why can he do it!" Dag exclaimed.
"How should I know, Dag! Hiccup's different, he always has been. I guess its because he was made in to one a Night Fury, he wasn't born one..." Toothless growled a bit. It was cool that he still could but it didn't make sense why only Hiccup could do something like this.
"We can talk about it later...It took more force to get this up and running so to speak. I don't know if it'll hold so pay attention. I'll start it from when I met with Embla..." Hiccup grunted tiredly.
/Hiccup's Memories/
"S–so what does this mean? Am I...okay or...still at risk of...dying?" Hiccup said as Toothless transformed back and held his hand comfortingly.
"It means...you are still in danger and two things can be done. You will have to make a choice, Hiccup." Embla said softly.
"O–okay...what are my choices then?" Hiccup asked nervously.
"I can give you the elixir that will dissolve the eggs, and the babies will grow as they would for women in the womb and when labor starts I will cutting your stomach to take them out, however...I am almost certain that because of your small frame... only one child will survive the birthing process." Embla began as Hiccup gasped with worry, he could lose all but one child?
"A–and...my other choice?" Hiccup asked her.
"The other choice...is a theory of mine. You see, Hiccup. You were, made in to part Night Fury by the liquid essence that hatchlings are born in to. However...the essence only gave you our abilities, it did not make you a Night Fury, just to look like one in our human forms. In order to become a Night Fury...you not only have to be in the essence, but also be given some of our blood. I've been wondering since your transformation why it only went this far...Its because you received the magic, not the rest. Its incomplete and now, your life is on the line because of it. Your body can sustain the pregnancy if we finish the transformation before mating season ends." Embla told him.
"Our eggs...will all be alright if he does this?" Toothless asked now.
"Because the transformation is incomplete...I am not certain. If this works, Draken. Hiccup will be able to transform like we can. Between human and dragon, but once he becomes a dragon he will have to stay in that form until he delivers the eggs. But because they've already started to form which is why he feels so much pain...I'm not sure they will survive the transformation...meaning you might lose them, and can try again after its complete...I sense a total of 4 eggs right now but that is a mere estimate. Night Furies can have litters from 2 to 4. I can give you this much, you best decide quickly. Eggs grow quickly seeing as most are delivered mere days after mating season ends and then take a few weeks to hatch. The pain he feels is going to be worse the longer this continues...If nothing is done, Draken...you will lose the eggs, and him. His body as it is now will not survive. It will give out before the eggs can form fully." Embla explained.
Toothless now looked at Hiccup, his eyes full of fear as were his mates. What did they do? Dissolve the eggs and get one, or let Hiccup go through with the transformation and lose them all? "And I should add also...that no matter what...his transformation has to be completed...Or this problem will keep happening." Embla said.
"Tooth...I–I don't know what to do..." Hiccup cried.
"Embla. If you dissolve the eggs...what will happen to Hiccup and the babies?" Toothless asked.
"Because of his small frame, they will not all fit. His pregnancy will last 9 months as a human's naturally does and yes he will have to stay here so I can watch closely. The stronger ones will absorb the others or...they will already of perished when delivered..." Embla looked down.
"Meaning...they will be dead when they come out..." Toothless sighed closing his eyes tightly.
"I–I can't...handle that...Toothless...I can't even...imagine seeing them come out...already...Oh Gods..." He said leaning over the slab he was on trying to keep from throwing up.
"And if we complete the transformation?" Toothless said now.
"If the eggs survive, it will progress normally. He'll only be pregnant a few days before they are delivered, and then a few more weeks before they hatch. If not...they will break down and return back in to the body. Just as I believe the humans use...juniper to rid of pregnancy in its early stages..." Embla stated. Either case resulted in loss, the question was...what Hiccup wanted more.
"How does the transformation work?...The essence again?" Hiccup asked now.
"I will discuss with Draco how we should do it. Like I said, it's a theory...but it involves taking Night Fury blood to mix with yours..." Embla replied.
"So my choices...are stay human and deliver babies that might be alive or dead when they come out...or complete the transformation, and if the eggs survive be fine or they won't survive and just dissolve back in to my body normally...but be able to try again later?" Hiccup asked now. Embla nodded to him, Hiccup closed his eyes looking down now trying to decide what to do.
"Whatever you choose...I am okay with love. I will stand by you no matter what." Toothless told him. Hiccup finally opened his eyes looking at them.
"I know...I can't handle seeing our children if they were to come out...already dead...It will...kill me to see such a sight...If they don't survive...I would...rather not see it first hand...So I choose to go through with the transformation..." Hiccup stated finally. Embla nodded to him as she exited the room to talk to Draco, Hiccup closed his eyes again with his hands resting on his stomach rubbing it slightly.
"I could never imagine having to make such a choice like that..." Astrid said putting her hand on her belly now.
"Be lucky. It was terrifying..." Hiccup sighed. His hand twitched a little, it was already starting to hurt him to do this. He cringed and changed the scene to the transformation part of that day.
"I–I'll be okay when this is done..." Hiccup replied with a weak smile, Astrid nodded as she stood with Alva again. "S–so am I...taking the same amount as last time?" Hiccup asked looking at Toothless now.
"You shouldn't need a lot...You're already part Night Fury...Right father?" Toothless asked. Draco nodded as they brought over a cup with the same blue essence as last time, Hiccup remembered the awful taste it had and now it was going to be mixed with Toothless's blood. Hiccup didn't care, he would do it, he had too. Hiccup watched as Toothless transformed in to his dragon form and bit his paw hard enough to draw blood, Draco held the cup under the dripping paw. As soon as a few drops were in the essence changed from blue to purple and glistened a bit.
No one was talking, they all just stood in a circle watching closely. After 2 minutes, Draco nodded and pulled the cup away and Toothless licked the bite. The saliva seemed to stop the blood, then his singed it close with his fire. Toothless transformed back to his human form and took the cup from his father and held it out to Hiccup. "Tooth..." Hiccup said softly.
"I know. I love you too. I'm right here, I will be the whole time..." Toothless told him smiling softly. Hiccup nodded as he closed his eyes and downed the essence quickly, yep still tasted awful but as bad as he remembered. Maybe that was because of Toothless's blood? Just like the first time, he didn't feel anything at first maybe some tingling.
"Astrid. Alva. Step back...Dag, Eirik be prepared. If this works...he's going to be a lot stronger..." Draco reminded them.
"We're ready." Dag and Eirik said nodding, Alva pulled Astrid back. Hiccup could feel Toothless's hands holding his now, he also felt a searing, burning pain in his back he hissed in pain.
"If its anything like last time, they won't be able to touch him..." Toothless stated, his eyes never leaving Hiccup's. "Relax love...relax and look at me. Don't worry about them...only me..." Toothless whispered to him. Hiccup tried to nod but the pain hit full force like last time and forced him down to the ground, he was whimpering in pain. "Ssh, its okay...its all okay...you can do this, Hiccup...I know you can...Just like last time. Think about us, our babies...our family." Toothless smiled at him.
Hiccup panted heavily but this pain was far worse than what he felt before. "Its starting..." Embla warned stepping back, so did Ryuka and Draco.
"What's going to happen to him!" Astrid yelled with worry.
"Just watch..." Embla told her, their eyes back on Hiccup now who was scratching at the ground. First to change were his legs and arms, now as paws with claws and black as night. Hiccup's eyes closed tightly as he yelled out arching his back breathing heavily.
"Draken back up from him now!" Draco called to him.
"No. I'm not leaving him..." Toothless snapped back. Hiccup's body adjusted becoming longer, his body enveloped in a bright blue orb. "Hiccup!" Toothless yelled for him. All he could hear was Hiccup's screams of pain.
"Everyone take cover." Ryuka yelled, everyone backed up and hid behind something. There was a flash as the orb dispersed, they had to shield their eyes from it. When it lessened they all looked from being their hiding spots to see a Night Fury where Hiccup had once been. Toothless rushed over to him and nuzzled his cheek lightly purring.
"Hiccup?!..." Toothless said quickly with worry.
"Too–Toothless?" Hiccup replied weakly.
"Ssh...yes...I'm here...are you okay? Are you still in pain?" Toothless asked quickly.
"N–no...I just...feel...tired now...d–did it...work?" Hiccup asked softly. Toothless stepped back as the others came out to get a better look. Oh yes it had worked. Toothless nodded and led him over to a small fountain in the middle of the room so Hiccup could see himself. Hiccup looked and gasped. His eyes were a soft, pale green with black orbs. His body the same color as Toothless's with scales everywhere, he saw his wings and tail. Looking back at himself he saw his back left leg was still gone but the metal leg he had seemed to of change too, one that would work for his new body. Hiccup smiled wide as Toothless returned to his night fury form and kissed Hiccup deeply.
"You look amazing..." Toothless said softly to him.
"The babies! Oh gods...are they...okay?" Hiccup asked quickly looking to Embla who came over and placed her hand on Hiccup's stomach feeling around then her eyes traveled to the stone as it was glowing a full purple and white now.
"They are just fine. And I was right, there are 4." Embla smiled wide stepping back now.
"Did you hear that love! They are okay, and you're okay! Oh thank Thor..." Toothless said happily.
"You do have to stay in Night Fury form until the eggs are delivered. Should only be a week or so. After that, you can return to your human form but you can change like us now." Embla said happily. Hiccup was so happy, he couldn't believe it. Everyone worked out perfectly. He was a full Night Fury and their eggs were perfect, nothing could possibly make him happier.
/End Hiccup's Memories/
Before Hiccup could show the birthing scene the fire went out and the images on the dispersed blast faded. Hiccup panted hard as his arm dropped and he blacked out on the floor. "Hiccup!" Toothless yelled with worry as he rushed to his side and pulled him in to his lap. What had happened, Hiccup never blacked out doing this before. No one understood.