Lilac was splashing around in the lake. I watched with vague interest, going over more phrases.

My cloak was left in the cave, so my outfit was exposed to the sun. Rarity had made these clothes for us too (Lilac had some stowed in the Bag, in the off chance she arrived to Berk a human). The shirt was a long sleeve dark pink cloth, thin enough to not kill me by the heat but thick enough to keep out the cold. The pants Rarity had made me had the feel of fine cloth, but worked more like denim. One of these days I would ask her what it was...the boots had been purchased at store. Rarity wasn't great at human shoes.

I liked the outfit. There were others, but I liked this one most.

Toothless hopped around the place like a puppy chasing a squirrel. He was precious. He was growing used to us in here, sitting closer and closer to myself as the days went on. I was overjoyed at it.

Lilac climbed up a rock. "Mom! Mom do you see me?!"

"Yes." I answered, watching from the corner of my eye. "Try not to die, Princess."

Lilac held a thump up. Well actually not a thumb, she doesn't have those here. It was just a claw point. But it was in the usual place of a thumb. Plus it was the one she automatically used, so for dragons that must be the thumb.

She prepared to dive.

I continued to watch with the side of my eyes. The rest of my focus was on the notebook in front of me.

Toothless came up to my side. I stayed still while he was beside me, not breaking my routine.

"Mom! Are you watching?!" Lilac shouted.

"I already said I was." I remarked.

The small light purple dragon reared back on her legs. She put on a concentration face- included with a forked tongue sticking out of her mouth. She jumped up off the rock, yelling "CANNONBALL!" to splash in the water.

She came up a few seconds later. She brushed away her head fin from her eyes. "MOM! DID YOU SEE HOW HIGH IT WENT!"

I pointed at Toothless with my thumb. "That high."

Toothless tilted his head. He wasn't sure why he was being pointed at.

Lilac cheered, throwing her arms up. The motion caused her to fall back in the water again. She pushed herself to floating with barely any water down her throat. "I'm okay!"

My thumb went up again.

Toothless sat back on his haunches, staring at Lilac with focus.

A lightbulb went off above my head. "Lilac I'd climb out of the water."

"Why?" She asked.

Toothless ran to the water.

Lilac yelped.

She swam to the edge of the pond, hiding by the rock she'd dived off. Toothless leapt up in the air, splashing down in the pond with a roar. I ducked on the ground, holding the book close to my chest. The water splashed down on my back. Which was just great. The one time I don't wear my cloak...

Lilac giggled from her hiding spot.

I rolled my eyes as I stood back up. Toothless looked rather proud of himself. He even splashed Lilac with his tail. She splashed him right back.

Children.

I'm surrounded by children.

There was a thump sound from up on the wall. Turning that way I saw Hiccup beginning the climb down, a large basket over his basket.

I'm constantly surrounded by children.

"Oh yeah that's fair, Hiccup, come after all the fun is had." I complained, trying to shake off the water like a cat.

Toothless laughed in the pond.

"Watch it, you overgrown lizard." I pointed a finger his way. "I know where you sleep."

Toothless didn't look very threatened. Maybe because he had no idea what I was saying.

Hiccup dropped the basket of fish. I groaned to the sky, making a slow walk toward him.

"Get rid of your dragon, Hiccup. He's being a brat." I demanded. Lilac laughed from the pond, preparing to dive again. "Don't you start, daughter of mine!"

"You know I have no idea what you're saying right?" Hiccup remarked, climbing down the wall.

"That better be you saying you'd submit to my will!" I yelled at him.

Hiccup jumped down the last of the rock wall. He brushed down on his clothes, swinging the basket up. He spotted the dragons swimming in the pond. He glanced at me. "Do I want to know-"

Lilac jumped in, close to Toothless. It splashed the black dragon.

I laughed. Vengeance was mine!

Hiccup heaved the basket along to the pond. He popped the lid of the basket open, sending out the smell of fish.

Toothless and Lilac popped their heads up high. They swam to the shore of the pond.

"Hey Toothless." Hiccup grinned at me. "And...?"

"Kori." I answered. That was the name Lilac and I had picked for her. I repeated it slower for him to repeat it.

Hiccup did so twice before turning to my daughter. "Hey Kori." Hiccup cheered. "I brought breakfast. I hope you're hungry." He pushed the basket on it's side. The fish spilled out. "Okay, that's disgusting."

I leapt to his side, pulling him back when the dragons climbed out of the pond.

"What-"

The two dragons, like the puppies they were, shook the water off their bodies. It practically rained in the spots they were standing. Hiccup stared open mouthed. I laughed. At my laugh, he rolled his eyes dryly.

"Stupid Hiccup." I patted his back.

Toothless and Lilac leapt at the pile of fish, chowing away at the raw fish. I grimaced. Lilac was enjoying herself though, so it was fine.

"Uh..we've got some salmon..." Hiccup listed. I made a mental note of them all. "...some nice Icelandic cod...and a whole smoked eel."

Toothless hissed, pulling away from the fish. Lilac leapt up with a squeak, running to hide behind me from the fish.

"Lilac?" I prompted.

"It smells like sick!" Lilac gagged, sticking out her tongue to the ground like she was trying to spit the taste out of her mouth.

"No, no, no! It's okay. Yeah, I don't like eel much either." Hiccup remarked. He pulled away the eel from the fish pile. Toothless and Lilac squeaked out. I put my hand out at my side, protecting Lilac. Hiccup threw the eel far away.

"Hiccup?" I spoke up, gently pushing Lilac forward.

Hiccup grimaced. "Yeah?"

"No...more 'eel'." I stated firmly. "Go eat the rest. The big bad eel is gone."

"You're sure?" Lilac asked. I nodded. The purple dragon went back to the fish pile, sharing it with Toothless.

"Okay. That's it." Hiccup walked behind Toothless. He pulled the protesthic wing from behind his back, lowering it to the ground. I watched with interest, sitting myself cross-legged on the rock. "That's it, just stick with good stuff. And don't you mind me. I'll just be back...here." He unpacked the wing out. He laid it flat on the grass. "Minding my own business."

Each time Hiccup got close, Toothless unconsciously moved the tail out of reach. I continued to watch, feeling like an eagle watching a lesser bird catch a mouse.

"It's okay." Hiccup accidentally hit his knee on Toothless' tail. The dragon's head shot up. I sat up, not leaving the rock just yet. Lilac looked up from the nearly finished fish, seeing Toothless had stopped eating. "Okay...okay..."

Hiccup tied on the tail.

Toothless stretched out his wings. Lilac ducked inside the basket. I continued to watch.

Hiccup finished off tightening the straps. "There. Not too bad. It works." He looked over at me to see me chuckling. He turned back to his work, seeing Toothless had spread his wings. "Oh no."

Toothless shot up.

Lilac and I fell to the floor, laughing. Hiccup was screaming as he was flying. "Woah! No! No! No!"

I laughed harder.

As they flew above the Pit, Hiccup worked on fixing the tail. Toothless got close to the ground before Hiccup had it out. They shot up into the sky, above and beyond us. Lilac cheered for them. I applauded with her.

They came back to the Pit, flying along the water of the pond. Hiccup cheered loudly. I cheered back. Lilac jumped in excitement.

Toothless noticed the human on his tail. Naturally he didn't like it. He flicked his tail. Hiccup was flung into the water. Without his unwitting pilot, Toothless crashed into the pond.

I laughed again.

Hiccup whooped when he broke the surface of the pond. Toothless huffed in the water, splashing awkwardly with his tail.

I clapped for them both. "Good job, Hiccup!"

He held up a thumb up.