"What do you think?" Hiccup asks while sitting on a fence while watching as the three white dragons were now mingling with the other dragons that were being trained or had been.
"There are so many different types," Gunilla says in awe at the number of dragons around them, all being trained in different ways. "I don't know where to start."
"Start with one of these guys," Hiccup says before whistling. "Swordfang."
A deep growl sounds out and then snow thrown everywhere when the sabertooth dragon slams down in front of them. This one giving a certain glare to the two.
"Down you. Behave now," Hiccup instructs before getting into the pen area and leads him closer to Gunilla. "This is the newest species of a dragon we have discovered. So new, we are still discussing names for them," Hiccup introduces.
"You have any?" Gunilla asks curiously.
"For the species themselves?" Hiccup asks.
Gunilla as she gets closer to the dragon carefully. "Yes. I'm sure you have one."
"I am thinking something that mentions their big teeth right here," Hiccup says patting one of Swordfang's large saber teeth.
Swordfang growls and eyes them both as Hiccup keeps patting his teeth before he gets a slap behind the head from both a hand and tail fin. "Enough of that you grouchy dragon," Thorve scolds and Toothless growls with her as they carry some baskets of meat over to the other dragons.
"Go get some food you," Hiccup says.
Sabertooth chuffs and walks off to the feeding going on. "Stubborn…isn't he?" Gunilla asks as they watch the dragon start to feed with the others.
"Eh, he isn't the worst dragon I have helped train," Hiccup says as something wraps itself around his neck.
Gunilla hums before turning to him. "Like wh…what is that one?"
"Arrowback here? No, he is just affectionate," Hiccup says petting the whispering death.
Arrowback chitters and hisses while nuzzling him.
"He is a baby still after all," Hiccup says.
Arrowback growls shrill over to her, nodding along.
"Hiccup!" Astrid calls.
Hiccup looks over a bit concerned as Astrid runs over. "Something wrong?"
"Bior's group just got back. Bior is a bit messed up. He claims that one of the new dragon species attacked them," Astrid informs.
"New dragon species…Thorve is going to love this," Hiccup says the last part to himself before whistling. "Swordfang!" Hiccup calls
The white dragon growls as it walks back, food still in its jaws. "Get ready. We are going to go look for more of your pack," Hiccup informs.
Swordfang stares at him before throwing his head up and swallows the food in his mouth in one gulp before grinning and bends his forelegs down for him to get on.
"Astrid, get Iric and Jodis's teams ready. We will head out with them to find these dragons," Hiccup says getting onto the new saddle on Swordfang.
Astrid nods and runs off to find the two teams as Stormfly notices the urgency from nearby and screeches over to Skyler who then perks up immediately and rushes after her. The baby dragons on Stormfly still playing around without a care.
"You coming?" Hiccup asks offering a hand to Gunilla.
Gunilla was surprised, to say the least. "Really? You want me to come along?"
"If you want. Just know it will be dangerous," Hiccup informs.
Gunilla now smirks. "You do realize what I do for fun most of the time, right?"
"You will fit in well with the riders," Hiccup says lifting her onto the saddle as Gobber and chieftess Smolder watch them ride off to where Thorve was.
"Ok Thorve, time to work," Hiccup informs.
Thorve hums as she watches the pack of the dragon type Swordfang is as they lumber around, but their eyes were obviously on the lookout for any sort of intruders wanting to ambush or possibly kill them. So it is not going to be easy to get one calm and collected enough for her to do her thing. Thorve kept thinking to herself of how to handle this while still watching the pack in case something happens.
"If worse comes to worst," Hiccup says showing her another of what he used to stun the ones they had.
Thorve raises an eyebrow at the sight of a device. "What is that…I'm going to really tie you down and make you explain yourself," she says frowning now.
"It's what blinded many of the riders we brought when we first came here," Hiccup informs.
"Blinding…that's it?" Thorve presses.
"Would you rather it kill?" Hiccup asks.
Thorve didn't say anything at that point, but rejected the thing and starts to crawl down. Slowly heading towards the pack and to stay hidden.
"Remember how they went crazy over honey?" Hiccup whispers to her.
Thorve shakes her head as she kept trying to stay behind snowbanks. Digging into her bag for the honey as he so eloquently put it.
"Prepare for the hoard," Hiccup jokes as Swordfang and Gunilla moved up with them.
Thorve rolls her eyes and tosses the jar. Shattering it in the middle of the dragons and slowly they started to move to it. Soon they start to lap it up and Hiccup pats Swordfang's side letting him know to go in. Swordfang happily bounds down the hill and goes to the honey pile, easily joining the others as they enjoy lapping up all the honey that was spilled. Meanwhile, both Thorve and Gunilla sneak up on the group and reach out before petting the heads of their chosen dragons. Both of the dragons pausing in their eating and enjoying the petting before going back to eat as the two girls smile at each other. Enjoying the fact they got one of the strangest dragons around.
Hiccup motioned the other riders they had brought to do the same and soon Swordfang gave a howl-like roar and the rest did the same before starting to follow him. "Alright everyone, back to the settlement. We got more than twenty new dragons to take care of," Hiccup calls as Gunilla gets into Swordfang's saddle and Hiccup walks over to Astrid on Skyler. "That went very well, don't you think?" Hiccup asks.
Astrid smirks as she leans onto the saddle towards him. "Depends on what you mean by well."
"Thorve is happy and we got more of these new dragons to study," Hiccup says.
Astrid smirks. "You counted Thorve's happiness into that?"
"Yes, because if she isn't happy, then we need to beat the crap out of someone," Hiccup says smirking.
Astrid snarks and Hiccup climbs on behind her. Hanging onto her, Astrid takes off as the rest of the vikings and the girls lead the dragons back to the village on the ground. Wanting to enjoy themselves with the large creatures and learn what they can from just walking alongside them.
"It was fun, but now that they are established, we will be heading back to Berk. I want terror reports on how you are doing teaching them how to tame whispering deaths and how they are being integrated into the mining," Hiccup says to the Outcast leader Alvin who had sent at his request.
The outcast waves him off as Hiccup gets on Swordfang. "Alright, Thorve and Astrid, take our dragons back to Berk. Camicazi and I will lead the Saber Snowhorn and speed stingers to where the ships are waiting to take us back," Hiccup informs.
"I still am not sure of the name for the dragon's breed," Astrid says.
"Bit of a mouthful for the ones we have at the moment," Thorve points out.
"We'll talk about it while you are making room back on Berk for them. We will be there when the ships reach Berk with the shipment of ore," Hiccup says.
Astrid and Thorve look to each other before shrugging. "Sure thing. Just make sure you hurry back. Who knows what big idea needs to be made," Astrid says.
"That is what Thorve is for," Hiccup jokes.
Thorve just slings some honey onto him and makes the snowhorns pant eagerly and lick his honey-covered head much to Swordfang's annoyance.
"Also, expect a visit soon. I expect we will be getting a visit from some of the other tribes hearing about a new dragon breed," Hiccup says patting Swordfang's neck, signaling for him to start leading the convoy.
Swordfang roars and makes all the snowhorn pay attention to him before leading them on the set path they had followed by the speed stingers and those of the village being sent to learn to be riders.
A few weeks later, Hiccup and others of the tribe caught sight of their home island of Berk as the new snowhorn dragons stayed in a group pile while Swordfang stayed beside the dragon tamer.
"That's Berk Swordfang," Hiccup says as the boat they were on drew close to it.
Swordfang wags his tail eagerly and actually smacks a viking away into the cargo hold.
"You like this slightly warmer weather, don't you boy?" Hiccup asks scratching his favorite spot.
Swordfang wags his tail harder and even rolls over to enjoy the scratching.
'He's like a big cat now,' Hiccup thinks before patting him and lets him back up.
Swordfang stops and picks his head up before looking toward him with a very pleading and innocent look. Trying to still act cute.
'Cute. But not Toothless cute. She does amazingly better,' Hiccup thinks smiling before shaking his head and makes Snowfang grumble and roll over again.
"Come on boy. You and the others have wanted to get off the ship and onto dry land to run around, right?" Hiccup asks spotting a crowd now at the docks.
Snowfang grumbles and seems to speak to him at that point, almost in a sarcastic tone and eye roll.
"You are learning well boy. You see that big one right there?" Hiccup asks pointing out his dad. "He is my dad," Hiccup informs.
Snowfang narrows his eyes at the viking as the ship pulled into port before he eagerly jumps out just as quick and barrels toward Stoick who couldn't do anything against the large dragon and is immediately taken down as the dragon snuggles him like a large stuffed animal.
"Hi, dad. I see you meet Swordfang, the newest addition to the family dragons," Hiccup says getting off as the ships were started to be moored and dragons and ore were starting to be offloaded.
"Get him off!" Stoick bellowed as he tries to push off the dragon.
"Swordfang," Hiccup says before whistling.
Swordfang growls and gets off of Stoick before bounding over to Hiccup and stands by him.
"This is the new species I was informed of eh?" Stoick asks as the pack happily gets off the boats and makes for solid land followed by the familiar rushing of the speed stingers.
Hiccup smiles. "I'm sure we can find places for them in both the tribes and the islands. Though the Saber Snowhorns we will need to call a meeting for them of the dragon riders," Hiccup says motioning for them to walk up to Berk. "So how have things been while I was away?" Hiccup asks.
"Well enough," Stoick says as Swordfang walks beside him.
"Any trouble with Toothless, Thorve, Blazesnap, or Seer?" Hiccup asks.
Stoick gives a deep chuckle. "If you mean almost blowing up the forge a few times, yes."
"Oh boy," Hiccup says shaking his head a bit.
Stoick sighs. "But what can you do? She leads our new ideas and plans."
"She needs to be supervised at times though," Hiccup says as his backpack started to move.
A growl came from behind him and a little whispering death head yawns over his shoulder and lays there.
"Sleep well Arrowback?" Hiccup asks scratching its head.
Swordfang, seeing him, moves up and Arrowback hops onto his head and curls up happily.
"Well isn't that nice. Now you won't have to lug around a baby too much," Stoick says smiling at the sight as Snowfang tries to give some soft nuzzles.
"Yeah, Swordfang here is the alpha of his pack. His pack now includes Arrowback," Hiccup informs as they make it to the top where they saw the Saber Snowhorns everywhere. At stalls, on buildings, and in the road.
"Hiccup…get to work," Stoick mumbles dryly and pinches his nose at the sight. Dragon training all over again.
"Watch this. Swordfang," Hiccup says.
Swordfang blinks and sees the mess going on before roaring out at them all. Bringing all the dragons to a halt before Swordfang roars again and all of them scramble and stand in like before him like a strong viking tribe. Something that even Stoick is very impressed with the amount of control as the people went back to their business. Another Hiccup and dragon debacle resolved quickly.
"These are very strong pack mentality. Now come on guys. Let's take you to your prepared home. There will be honey there, " Hiccup says.
All the dragons start to bounce and jump with excitement, threatening to pounce on him.
"They got a weakness for honey," Hiccup whispers to his father.
Swordfang roars at the rest to calm them down, but it didn't help when he went back to his excitement as well and the others followed.
"Easy to get them to train that way?" Stoick asks chuckling a bit before Hiccup got into Swordfang's saddle.
"Why wouldn't it?" Hiccup asks shrugging before leading Swordfang along and the other dragons which follow along like a gaggle of baby ducks following their mother.
"Alright. Time to gather the riders and riders in training on the island," Stoick says before watching the dragons take off quickly in a run. "Fast on land I see. Though not as fast as the speedstinger," Stoick says a speed stinger growled in agreement beside him.
Later in the great hall, everyone was gathered for the recent events with Hiccup at the front. "Alright, everyone. Calm down and let me have your attention," Hiccup calls.
Soon all gathered quieted down and look to Hiccup, waiting to hear him. "As you all know, we have a new breed of dragons on Berk and, as some have asked me, when will we start letting riders adopt them. The short answer is, that won't happen for a bit," Hiccup says before an uproar started to erupt.
"Oh crap. Here we go," Astrid sighs standing to the side of Hiccup, rubbing her head in the oncoming headache.
"Seer, Blazesnap, Toothless," Hiccup says.
"Thornado," Stoick says.
Soon all four dragons roared at the riders, quieting them immediately.
"Thank you guys," Hiccup thanks as he looks between them before frowning to the riders. "There is a reason for this. There are around only twenty-six of these dragons. So for now, we will have them focusing on breeding," Hiccup informs.
A few of the riders started to chuckle a bit, hearing that.
"So for now, we will look after all the dragons and start giving them to riders once their numbers are up. Next, we have a few new trainees joining our academy. Make sure to make them feel comfortable. Instructors, see me later to discuss training details," Hiccup informs. "Dismissed."
Everyone starts to file out as the rest in the hall looks to each other in their current situation. "So…what's the plan besides all that?" Astrid asks.
"Well, now we can relax for a bit. Nothing is currently in danger, nothing demands us to go to battle, so we can just relax for a bit," Hiccup says as Toothless, Blazesnap, and Seer lay their heads on him.
"Who wants to do a little camp in the forest?" Thorve offers as she walks up.
"Guys, give Thorve some love," Hiccup requests.
"Stop or I won't give you some good fish," Thorve counters smirking and makes them go halfway to a skidding stop.
"Oh, by the way, Thorve, did you get the honey I requested for this meeting?" Hiccup asks.
"Not falling for it Hiccup. I know what happens. It's outside in case you want to know," Thorve says smirking still.
"Ok," Hiccup says before whistling and four terrible terrors come flying in with a jar of honey in their claws and proceed to dump it on Astrid when they get close.
"Hey!" Astrid complains before stopping as they all heard a rumble. "Oh no…"
"Guys, I told you Thor…is that fish I see in your mouth?" Hiccup asks looking at the guilty-looking dragons.
Thorve sticks her tongue out at the strong smart leader while giving a giggle. "Don't try me Hiccup. I am the inventor after all and have to come up with backup plans on backup plans."
Soon Swordfang ran in sniffing around before spotting Astrid and bounding up to her.
"Experiment done. Snowhorns have an excellent sense of smell. I put him at the docks and asked him to wait there," Hiccup says.
"Yeah. Excellent results," Astrid says dryly as she stood there getting the honey licked off of her.
"You're welcome for the good test. And Hiccup, I have backup plans for almost anything you do," Thorve reminds, stepping up and staring him down with a very scary smile that made Hiccup take a step back.
"Oh?" Hiccup asks before pulling her close and kissing her on the mouth, freezing her in place. "Astrid, you want to take over?" Hiccup asks pulling back to look at her.
"Busy," Astrid merely replies, still getting the honey licked off her.
"Cheap move," Thorve finally said.
"I thought you had a backup plan for almost everything?" Hiccup asks.
Thorve frowns at him before smirking again. "I do. And it involves you being a test dummy."
"Speaking of inventions, serious talk later," Hiccup says.
Thorve hums and nods before looking to Astord still not looking happy that she isn't that clean yet, but it seems Swordfang is and happily lays down to relax. "I'm going to go take a bath," she mutters before walking off.
"Oh, then Thorve can help clean you as an apology, right Thorve?" Hiccup asks.
"You made up this whole test. You have to clean up after yourself," Thorve shot back.
"You think it is appropriate for me to wash a naked woman?" Hiccup asks as Astrid took notice of his choice of words.
Thorve and Hiccup ended up staring each other down now before Toothless came between them and barks with her tongue out happily. "I can handle myself," Astrid finally says with that break in interruption and walks out of the hall.
"Also, there is one thing you can not get around right now," Hiccup says.
"What is that?" Thorve asks.
"I told Swordfang I really care for you on the way back," Hiccup informs.
Thorve now is just confused. "Why is that something I can't get around? You tell that to almost every single dragon."
"Thorve, turn around," Hiccup says smirking.
Thorve blinks slowly and hears a huff behind her. "Great…it's Toothless all over again," she whispered and Toothless snickers behind a paw. She slowly turns around and then cries out when Swordfang pounces on her and hugs her tightly.
"Swordfang is a hugger. He hugged dad as well," Hiccup informs.
Stoick sighs. "It's true."
"Astrid's turn will come. Don't you worry," Hiccup assures.
"I will turn him on you. Count on it," Thorve threatens, pointing at him.
"Oh, he has done it to me. A lot and the same to Camicazi," Hiccup assures.
"I will make it a stronger dragon hug. Just you wait," Thorve promises.
"It's good to be back," Hiccup says before starting to scratch on Swordfang, making him purr and roll off Thorve. "Taking note of where?" Hiccup asks.
"Shut up," Thorve mutters, sitting up and stretches a little.
Hiccup chuckles as he helps her up. "Let's have that talk," he says before leading her away.
"You know Stoick, we really should talk about wedding plans for those two. After all, Thorve's parents are in Valhalla," Spitelout says as they walked away.
"Yes…we do," Stoick sighs. "But…I see Astrid is in the same way as well. Hiccup is almost treating her the same way as that girl. The same amount of time as Thorve even. If wanted, we would have to ask them."
"Stoick, we both know what those last three secret meetings you had were about," Spitelout says.
"I have no idea what you are talking about," Stoick says innocently.
"I was there," Spitelout reminds.
"Yes. But almost half asleep," Stoick reminds.
"And now you don't deny it," Spitelout adds.
"They are going to one-up each other now," Thorve yawns as she leans against Hiccup. "One last test for the day."
"Can you imagine a world without dragons Thorve?" Hiccup asks thinking back to his previous life.
Thorve sighs. "I'm not sure I can. Because it made me this…and gave me you and Astrid. If dragons never existed…I don't think we would be what we are today either. Just…another pair of vikings."
"I never want to lose them or any of our dragons," Hiccup says as all nine of dragons start to show them some love.
Thorve slowly wraps her arms against his arm. "I never want them gone either. They are my life almost like yours."
"I am happy to hear it," Hiccup says smiling before bringing out two new plans.
"Let's just enjoy this before that," Thorve whispers, leaning her head against his chest.
"Yes," Hiccup says before pulling her onto Toothless before they all started to get covered up by the other dragons.
Thorve gives a small giggle as Hiccup holds her closely as possible. "Hiccup…?"
"Yes?" Hiccup asks.
Thorve gives another small giggle. "How much do you love me?"
Hiccup hums teasingly. "Well, if there is no afterlife, to the ends of the earth. But with Valhalla, I would make sure you are always remembered as a great warrior and a great leader. If there is one thing I can't match with you, is both."
"Ok, no more talking like that," Thorve says holding him close.
"Why? It's the truth. I will never lie to you or Astrid for that matter," Hiccup admits smiling, lightly brushing her hair.
Thorve smiles along with him and nuzzles her head a little against him. "So…that invention?" she asks, pulling her head away now.
"We can work on them both together. Tomorrow. For now, get some rest," Hiccup says closing his eyes. "You also know you are going to get payback by her as she knows you told our terrors to drop it on her," Hiccup adds.
Thorve giggles a little that made him smile a bit more. "I know of some ways…want to join maybe?" she asks teasingly.
"I have plans for Astrid. I have to make time for all of my friends and you and she are more than that," Hiccup informs, still not opening his eyes.
"Sappy," Thorve whispers into his ear. "How about opening your eyes just once?" she suggested, looking to Toothless as all the dragons smiles back.
"Fine," Hiccup says opening his eyes. Before becoming surprised as they stood under some forest canopy and it is much quieter than before. While the stars shine above them all.
"Thank them for getting us someplace quiet," Thorve says before placing her head against his chest again. "Amazing view…isn't it? Just want to fly up and try to grab one?"
"Yeah, though the scenery will change in the morning," Hiccup says smirking.
"I won't doubt it. With you…well the impossible happens and we usually clean it up one way or another," Thorve almost snarks, wrapping her arms tight around him as all the dragons start to curl up and sleep around them, keeping them warm.