"What are you guys doing?" Hiccup sighed. Hiccup was currently looking up at the Twins, who were suspended in a tree in a net.

"Hey get your elbow out of my rib!" Ruffnut shouted.

"Get your rib out of my elbow, troll breath!" Tuff barked back.

"How did you guys end up in there?" Hiccup asked before the situation escalated.

"Well you see the thing is-" Ruffnut began.

"You know what never mind. I shouldn't even be surprised. Let's just get you guys down." Hiccup stated as he searched for the rope that held them up.

"Where's your dragon?" Hiccup asked as he searched all around the tree.

"The traitor looked at us, laughed and walked away!" Tuffnut exclaimed.

"When I get outta here I'm gonna knock their heads together!" Ruffnut shouted,

"Not if I get to them first!" her brother countered.

"Oh yeah? What if I get to you first?" Ruffnut sneered before reaching around to slap her brother.

Before anything serious could happen, Hiccup found the rope that was suspending them in the net. Using his knife attached to his left arm, he swiftly cut them down. After a brief moment of them screaming, they hit the ground with a thud, accompanied by a pair of groans.

"Come on guys. You just had to get stuck in a net? You're lucky I found you guys." Hiccup chastised as he pulled apart the net. "I can't believe I am going to ask this even when I said I wouldn't but, how did you guys end up there?"

"You see, me, Ruffnut, and Kassandra, were fixing a fence in Sven's yard which held all of his sheep-"

"Long story short, Kassandra may have 'accidentally' fallen into a patch of mud, subsequently allowing some of the sheep to run loose." Ruffnut finished.

"So while she stormed off to clean up or do whatever it is ladies do when they are dirty, we and Barf & Belch went to go get the missing sheep."

"And we may or may not have stepped into an old dragon trap."

"Be careful next time guys, I won't always be there to-" Hiccup's scolding turned into a yelp as a thick rope wrapped around him, flipped him upside down, and suspended him high in the air. Hiccup was disorientated as his world literally turned upside down. He blinked open his eyes and realized he was swaying slightly, about 20 feet in the air.

"What the-"

"I think you stepped into another trap." Tuffnut pointed out.

"I think he knows that, idiot!" Ruffnut retorted.

"If he did he would've said something about it, obviously."

"GUYS!"

Both twins stopped their bickering and looked up at their chief.

"Get me down!"

Brother and sister looked at each other and nodded. Grabbing their chins in thought simultaneously, they tried to figure out a way to get their leader down. All the while, they were ignoring Hiccup trying to get their attention.

"I got it! We can get Astrid's help. She will know what to do!" Tuffnut exclaimed.

"Uh stupid, she can't do that. She has a kid, she is in a worse situation that he is! We can get Toothless!" Ruffnut countered.

"How are we gonna find a dragon who blends in at night?!"

Ruffnut slapped her hand to her face. She knew her and her brother weren't exactly the smartest in the bunch, but she couldn't help but roll her eyes and sigh.

"Just come on!" she exhaled as she dragged her brother with her, away from the forest.

"Wait wait wait! You guys!"

"Don't worry Hiccup we will find Toothless!" Ruffnut shouted distantly.

Hiccup adorned a defeated look upon him, and gazed down, then to his left and right. He tried squirming but that seemed to make things worse. He realized he was tiring himself out more quickly struggling, so he gave up and went limp. He tried calling for his dragon a couple of times but it didn't work. That meant, he was either really far away or doing something.

"I just had to help them." Hiccup said to himself.

Meanwhile, back in the village, Toothless was walking around the village, making sure the dragons weren't getting into too much trouble. Usually, he had no qualms about this, but ever since they defeated Drago and the Bewilderbeast, it had been hectic. All of Valka's dragons moved in, increasing the total dragon population by a few hundreds. There obviously wasn't enough room on Berk, so about half of them relocated to the forest surrounding the small, bustling village.

Truthfully, that wasn't the biggest concern on his mind. Dragon tensions were usually short and resolved themselves one way or another, but this particular problem was difficult for Toothless. It was Raeya.

He didn't know what to make of it. He didn't know how to express himself. Yeah sure, he could be affectionate when he wanted to be, but he was sure it would creep her out if he did it to her. Usually, dragons gift their potential mates with gifts, letting them know they were interested and wanted to make something more out of it, but all Toothless could conjure was a half-eaten Tuna.

She ate it, but Toothless was sure she ate it out of pity. Or maybe she didn't. Toothless groaned and shook his head quickly. He couldn't think of what else to do. He wish there was a definitive answer, but when it comes to mating, usually there wasn't. Wherever he looked, he saw dragons enamored with their mates. Heck, even the the smelly, big, hairy Vikings could find mates better than he could.

Then again, there were many to choose from. If a male Monstrous Nightmare got rejected by a female, he would simply move on to the next one until he found a suitable mate. It didn't work so easily with Night Furies. In all of his travels, he has only seen two Night Furies. Well, technically two and a half.

There was Windwalker. He didn't like her at first. She did attack his village for no obvious reason. He liked that she was very objective and impartial about most things, and he had to admit she was attractive. Although, she was very grouchy. Then again, she was fighting a war during the time. Toothless deduced war would probably make anyone be that way. But he stopped thinking about like that when he found out she and Tenor became mates. Tenor was a male, so that was simply out of the question. All that was left was Raeya and to him, she couldn't have been a more perfect candidate.

The way her scales glistened in the light. The way her beautiful green and blue orbs sparkled whenever she was happy or determined. Her voice. Her laugh. Her personalityă…ˇshy, yet bubbly and caringă…ˇwas unlike that of most dragons. Gosh, his heart fluttered, but his mind repressed that. He couldn't love her. Love was rare these days, but he couldn't deny he felt something for her. A need to protect her, even though she was more than capable of taking care of herself. He simply couldn't fathom the irrationality of it all.

"I guess that's what lo-"

Toothless stopped walking as he forced himself not to finish the sentence.

"You barely know her Toothless."

"Well we are growing closer."

"She won't mate with a stranger."

"Well I am not a stranger."

Toothless frowned to himself. Why was he even having this argument? It didn't help that he was arguing against himself. He already had this argument!

His train of thought was broken when he heard several grunts and groans ahead of him. He looked up and saw Snotlout and Eret, arguing.

Toothless rolled his eyes. "What are they up to?"

With nothing to do, Toothless trotted over to the bickering men. They were so wrapped up in their argument, they didn't see the black dragon approach them. Toothless looked back and forth we between Eret and Snotlout. His eyes narrowed in annoyance and roared at them loudly.

"Hey, this is perfect! Toothless, would you please tell Eret that it's his turn to haul the cart up the hill!" Snotlout shouted.

"Oi! He doesn't even know who did what. Besides, from my stay here, everyone knows you are always the one who never does his fair share of work. So you push it up the hill!" Eret snarled back in his thick accent.

"Uh no! I did that last time!"

"No you didn't you lazy bum! You were dozing off with your dragon while me and Skullcrusher were gathering the wood! That's how it works! One of us and his dragon go get wood and pile it onto the cart and the other and his dragon haul it up the hill then that pair goes and fetches the wood!"

Toothless quickly snarled and gave both of them death glares, effectively shutting them up. They both pulled back in fear, Snotlout more so than Eret. The Night Fury huffed and rolled his eyes. He went around the front of the cart and picked up the rope in his maw. With a grunt he heaved forward, dragging the cart full of heavy logs forward. To any human, this would be a laborious task, but to a dragon like him, this was a breeze.

"Wher ish that 'uman uf minesh?" Toothless questioned as he looked around with a mouthful of rope in his maw.

He would deal with his rider later. First he had to get this pesky cart up this hill. Within a minute, he was at the peak of the hill. He dropped the rope once he saw Skullcrusher and Hookfang lounging lazily a few yards away from them.

"Hey Toothless. Why are you hauling up the cart?" Hookfang ask.

"Because your riders were getting awfully annoying, bickering over who's turn it was to pull the cart up the hill." Toothless exhaled.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. You see, we decided to take a break when they started arguing. It's been about 20 minutes since then." Skullcrusher remarked.

"And it didn't occur to you two that maybe if one of you just hauled the cart and continue on with your task?" Toothless asked dryly.

"Trust me alpha, we tried. They did not want us to get involved, because they were 'handling it like men' whatever that meant." Skullcrusher replied.

"Besides, the task was getting tedious, so we decided why not. It's not like we could screw up moving logs from the forest to the center of town. It is too easy. Why not take a break before dying of boredom?" Hookfang explained.

"Well perhaps if you just focused on the task at hand and take care of those little situations, you would have completed this task much sooner and would be enjoying your leisure time instead of taking a break like you are right now. The quicker you get this done, the sooner you have more time for yourselves." Toothless slightly chastised.

"Our alpha has a point." Skullcrusher told Hookfang.

"And why didn't you guys just fly the wood directly to here instead of stopping to put it in a cart, just to haul it the rest of the way here? That seems more work than necessary." Toothless pointed out.

"Vikings are just as stubborn as dragons. My rider was whining like a hatchling to do it his way and I did not have the patience to argue." Hookfang answered.

Toothless closed his eyes, shook his head, and sighed. It was at that moment that Raeya landed a few feet away from them. When Toothless saw her he immediately tensed and looked away, trying to seem busy.

"Hello. I hope I am not interrupting anything." Raeya said.

"Not at all Raeya." Hookfang answered.

"And how are you today?" Skullcrusher asked.

"Not bad, and you?"

"Well today could be better, but I'm not complaining." Raeya shrugged.

Toothless was lost in his thoughts. Why had Raeya decided to come now? He didn't even know what to say. He hoped he looked presentable. Since when has he ever cared about how he looked?

"Toothless!"

That snapped him out of it. He looked up and saw all 3 dragons staring back at him. "Yes?"

"I said: what are you doing Toothless?" Raeya reiterated, looking at Toothless.

Toothless blinked and pulled back a bit. "Uh-uh, nothing much. I mean-I don't know. I was ca-carrying these logs-" However, Toothless stopped when he heard a groan and a crack. As Toothless was talking, he unconsciously stepped backwards until he was close to the cart. As he was finishing his statement he swung his tail sideways, making contact with the cart. It shook the cart backwards, and rolled down the hill quickly. To make matters worse, Toothless' left paw was inside the place where he dropped the rope so when the cart rolled down, the rope snagged on his paw and dragged him down the hill.

Toothless roared as he roughly slid down the hill. He dug his claws in the ground, but he got no traction whatsoever. He knew that he hit Eret and Snotlout when he heard their high-pitched screams and grunts pierce the air. He looked back but could do nothing as the cart crashed head on into another cart full of fish. The contents of both carts flew into the air. A second later it was raining fish and logs, hitting Toothless a bit as he recovered from the crash.

His vision blurred a bit and his head throbbed momentarily. When his vision focused he saw Hookfang and Skullcrusher roaring with laughter while Raeya looked concerned and approached.

"Hey are you-"

"Yeah don't worry. I'm fine."

"Wouldn't it be better to go to that dragon healer?"

"Serenity has enough on her plate as it is. I just need to relax and walk it off." Toothless said quickly before dashing off. He stumbled a bit as he rounded the corner of a building, but he made a successful escape. The pain didn't bother him as much as the embarrassment of the situation. Here he was trying to prove to Raeya he was a smart, strong dragon when he just showed otherwise.

"Way to go Toothless, you really wowed her." he said to himself. His ears twitched slightly when he heard something familiar. It was faint, but familiar. He heard it before. As he tuned in, the noise became more audible and clearer to him.

"TOOTHLESS!"

He tensed. It was Hiccup! He was in trouble! Without a second thought, Toothless sprinted into the woods

Hiccup groaned. He was tired and his head was starting to hurt. He figured the twins would forget about him, so his only option was to call for Toothless. He was voice was becoming raspy at this point. A headache was starting to form. He closed his eyes and groaned, praying to Odin someone would answer.

A roar shook him out of his stupor. He glanced up and saw Toothless looking up at him from below.

"Toothless! Oh thank Thor you're here! I got caught in a trap bud. Shoot the rope and get me down!" Hiccup pleaded, wiggling.

Toothless roared softly, analyzing the rope. Squinting his eyes a bit, Toothless aimed and fired a small plasma blast. The blast instantly severed the rope and caused Hiccup to plummet to the ground, screaming. With a quick jump, Toothless caught him in mid air, thudding and rolling to the ground with Hiccup in his protective clutches. When the dust settled Toothless opened his eyes and gazed at his rider. His rider looked a bit uneasy but overall safe. Toothless crooned and licked his face a couple of times.

"Yeah yeah bud. I want to explain, but not really." Hiccup said as swatted the tongue away. He slowly got up and out of his dragon's paws. "Let's just go home."

Toothless leaned down and obeyed, waiting as Hiccup clutched his head a bit before mounting him, locking his prosthetic into place, and flying out of the forest with him. It was good to know that he wasn't the only one having a bad day.

"When are we going to set your plan into motion?" Moonfyre asked as she joined her mate atop a cliff.

"Soon. In about 2 days from now, when the sun sets." Sylerion answered, looking over the edge of the cliff.

"Good, because I grow tired of entertaining the Draconians." Moonfyre hissed "They are a bore after 10 minutes."

"I know how they are and thanks to you and our children, we have enough information to get them right into our clutches." Sylerion nodded, never tearing his gaze away from what he was observing.

"Don't worry, this will be easy." Moonfyre soothed.

"It will be if everyone does their part. You will be able to subdue them, right?" Sylerion asked as he looked into the sickly-green orbs of his mate.

Moonfyre stepped forward and gazed down at the bottom of the cliff, watching the dragonets and the human girl playing in the woods.

"Too easy, my mate. Too easy."