The next morning began with sun-filled skies and not a cloud in sight. Everyone gathered in the Great Hall for breakfast and Stoick was going to announce the death of Red Death by his son and peace would be returning to the islands very soon. Stoick had also let them know that Hiccup did lose his left leg from the ankle down and also try not to talk about it much because they didn't know if it bothered him or not and as of last night, his mood wasn't great. Hiccup said he would join them in the hall, but then Drago got mentioned, and his anger had him going on a late night flight to clear his head. They all left the nest after he took off and had yelled out, they knew he was not only mad but upset too. Thus far this morning, they hadn't seen him yet.

"Do you want me to go check on him?" Astrid inquired to Stoick.

"No, let's give him his space for now. We can check on him after breakfast," Valka offered as Astrid nodded while breakfast began right after Stoick gave the announcement about Red Death being defeated by Hiccup five days ago, and that he lost his leg in the process. Everyone was both saddened and overjoyed to hear the news, and then they talked among themselves while eating too. When breakfast ended, there was still no sign of Hiccup, Emma, or their dragons, so the decision was made for them to see if he was alright. The chieftains were coming as well as Gobber, Hilda, Heather, Thyra, Thuggary, Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut, Fishlegs, and Tuffnut.

As they reached the nest, they listened for any noise but heard nothing at first. Then finally, "Papa! You need to rest!" came Emma's worried tone. The group looked at one another before making their way inside to see Emma trying to keep her father on the couch and covered up.

"Emma, I have way too many things to do than just lie around," Hiccup told her, he looked horrible. They could easily see he was pale and hadn't slept a lot.

"But you're sick! You always make me stay in bed when I'm sick, Daddy." Emma huffed at her stubborn father.

"You're still a child; I'm an adult. It's different," Hiccup responded.

"That explains why he missed breakfast," Hilda sighed heavily as Hiccup now noticed them standing there.

"It's because I overslept. I just got up about ten minutes," Hiccup replied to her with a roll of his eyes.

"You've been up for twenty minutes and threw up three times, Papa," Emma crossed her arms over her chest, clearly not about to let Hiccup sugarcoat his sickness from them.

"Hiccup, why didn't you tell us?" Astrid frowned a little.

"Because I'm not a baby and I can take care of myself, babe. I have been for years since I was seventeen, as well taking care of Emma and Selby..." Hiccup retorted while sitting up slowly. "I'm fine," he added coughing a little.

"You don't sound fine," Heather pointed out as Hiccup glared at her and she kept her mouth shut.

"I'm okay. I already took something for it; it takes a little to start working. Emma, what are you supposed to be doing right now?" Hiccup asked arching a brow to his daughter.

"Um...uh...pl-playing with...Stingwhip?" Emma tried.

"Nice attempt. No, go clean your room. Unless you'd like to go back in the corner and bed early tonight too?" Hiccup stated as Emma shook her head quickly and hurried to her room to start cleaning, "AND IT BETTER NOT ALL GET PUSHED UNDER THE BED EITHER, I WILL CHECK!" he called out and then sighed heavily.

"Can we get you anything?" Hilda questioned.

"Not really, what brings you all by?" Hiccup looked at them curiously now as he got to his feet slowly.

"Well, we were supposed to have that meeting after breakfast son, remember?" Stoick told him as he groaned now remembering that little piece of information from the night before. "But you're sick, so we can wait," he added.

"No, it's fine, let's just get it out of the way before this stuff kicks in and I fall asleep again." Hiccup told them while motioning for them to take a seat around the room and he pulled out a few extra chairs for them to sit down. "Alright, what do you wanna know?"

"Everything, your father explained after you left five days ago. Seeing what we have first hand, hearing the story and given that the Red Death is gone, we've all decided to remain allies with a few conditions." Mogadon started.

"You want to learn about the dragons, don't you?" Hiccup sighed closing his eyes with his arms over his chest.

"It we're to have peace with them, would it not make sense to learn about them?" Thyra questioned.

"I wasn't asking the reason behind the condition; it was to make sure I was right about it. You also said conditions, so what else?" Hiccup asked.

"If...it's not too much trouble, some of us want to learn how to train and ride them?" Heather mentioned slowly.

"We'll see. Training and riding are another whole set of learning that takes a lot of time to do. Two months for these guys to get it all and I don't assume you have that kind of time," Hiccup retorted looking at them.

"No, we still have to get back to do our chiefing. However, we had the idea of leaving our Heirs here on Berk to learn and train and then they could teach us?" Alister inquired calmly as Hiccup closed his eyes and thought about it. It would be easier to train the younger generation rather than the entire large group of them all. And he would have help from Astrid and Hilda no doubt.

"Just the Heirs to the rulers staying on Berk to learn and then teach you back on home islands, that is what you're suggesting?" Hiccup looked at them curiously.

"Yes. You teach them everything they need to know about dragons. Species, training, riding, all of that and then they can return to their home islands and teach us the same. In return, we will continue to hold all alliances between our tribes, and if we have any trouble at all, we will agree to summon for you and not harm the dragons. We'll even sign contracts to the terms," Vidar offered to him.

"Very well. The Heir's stay and I will teach them the dragon knowledge, training, and riding. I will also leave you all a way to contact me without the need of a ship messenger. You hurt my dragons or use the information for bad, and I will come after you. Is that clear?" Hiccup faced them with stern look plastered on his face.

"Crystal," the young adults replied.

"Good. Now, since I didn't get to meet anyone five days ago...thinking it might be a good idea to know who I'm working with?" Hiccup questioned.

"Oh, of course, son. We can go by island," Valka smiled gently.

"Papa, I finished my room!" Emma called to him softly as Hiccup turned and looked towards her room.

"Did you make your bed and get your laundry in the basket?" he asked as she didn't answer and quickly backed up inside her room. "That's what I thought," Hiccup chuckled a bit as he faced them, "You were saying, Mom?"

"Right, yes. Go around the room then?" Valka looked to the others.

"I'll start. I'm Mogadon, Chief of the Meathead Tribe and this is my son, Thuggary." Mogadon put his hand out.

"Alvin, Chief of the Outcasts. My daughter is Thyra," Alvin introduced.

"Madguts, Chief of Murderus Tribe. My eldest son is Magnus," Madguts shook Hiccup's hand now.

"Chief Dagur of the Berserker Tribe, no Heir currently or chieftess but my younger sister, Heather is next in line for the time being." Dagur introduced.

"Alister of the Peacekeepers, and my son Sigurd," Alister smiled calmly.

"Vidar of the Visithug Island, home of the Visithugs Tribe. This is my son, Svein. A pleasure to meet you," Vidar shook Hiccup's hand.

"Bjorn, Chief of the Shivering Shores. My daughter, Helka," Bjorn informed with a mere head nod.

"Bertha Boggs, Chieftess of Bog Isle. My daughter, Camicazi," Bertha shook Hiccup's hand.

"And I'm Anders, chief of the Hysterics Tribe. And this is my son, Egil." Anders shook Hiccup's hand after Bertha had.

"Well, I'm Hiccup Haddock. Son of Valka and Stoick Haddock, older brother of Hilda Haddock and father to Emma Haddock. Oh, and rider of Toothless the Night Fury." Hiccup introduced himself.

"Didn't...you call your daughter by another set of names yesterday?" Sigurd remarked confused now.

"Emma Selena Andarsen-Haddock. Her full name. Selena means moon because she was born on the night of a full one, and Andarsen is the last name I was given by Reynir when he didn't know who I was. It's also the name my former wife and I were married under and gave to Emma when she was born. I only use it when she's in trouble," Hiccup explained.

"Ah, makes sense then," Egil nodded in agreement with Sigurd who now understood the choice in names for Emma.

"Papa, I finished for real this time!" Emma announced coming out of the room with a big smile on her face.

"You're sure?" Hiccup glanced at her now as she nodded her head affirmatively. "Alright, let's see it then," he added while excusing himself from the others and stepping into her room to check it and make sure it was right. After five minutes he stepped out and looked at her. "Good girl, now you can go play with Stingwhip and Windstrike until lunch. Stay in the nest, got it?"

"Yes, Papa," Emma nodded as she hugged tightly and he cringed a bit while fighting the urge to throw up, thankfully, though, he kept it down as Emma rushed off with the Razorwhip and Triple Stryke.

"You should get some rest, Hiccup," Astrid tried gently.

"I'm alright for right now, don't worry about me." Hiccup told her with a soft smile. "Alright, so I'm training just the Heirs, and there are nine of you. I guess it's easier if you just stay here in the nest with me, I'll pull out some sleeping pads, blankets, and pillows for you to use."

"We're fine with that, when are we starting?" Heather inquired.

"When I feel better, tomorrow or maybe the day after." Hiccup told them as they nodded. "Astrid. You, Hilda, and the other four can start working with them on dragon knowledge. Classes, stats, and species for now."

"We will, babe," Astrid nodded to him. Hiccup moved over to a closet and started passing out sleeping pads rolled up with blankets and pillows inside them. Once he was sure everyone staying in the nest with him had one, he closed the closet and moved a few things around so they would be comfortable around the fire pit.

"There, all set," Hiccup stated with a sigh while sitting down to relax.

"PAPA!" Emma's voice echoed through the nest and Hiccup sat up quickly. Without warning, she rushed right to him crying loudly.

"For Odin's sake, Emma, you know better than to yell like that unless it's for emergencies." Hiccup picked her up in his arms and set her down on his lap to look at her, that's when he saw the cut on her knee. "You were playing on the rock formations again, weren't you?" Emma sniffled a little and nodded shyly knowing she wasn't supposed to do that. "Alright, let's go clean and wrap it," he got up with her in his arms taking her over to the washroom. Hiccup used a few rags to clean up the blood, then some water on it to clean it out. When that was done, he got a small jar from the shelf and rubbed it on it carefully, then he got a few wrappings and got them around her knee, tying it off. Hiccup brought her back into the main room and kissed her forehead.

"It still hurts," Emma sobbed a bit wiping her eyes.

"It's going to for a few days. You know those rocks are slippery and sharp, Em. I've told you a million times, if not more to stop playing on them. Two weeks ago it was your arm; now it's your knee. Maybe you start listening to Daddy, and you won't get hurt anymore." Hiccup smiled at her.

"Okay, Papa. I didn't mean too, but there is a dragon egg in a cave high up. Windstrike spotted it," Emma explained softly.

"Dragon egg? It's not nesting season, that's not until Snoggletog which is still two months away." Hiccup mentioned slowly. "Show me, Em," he said while picking her up and she nodded now leading him to where she saw the egg was, the walk wasn't long maybe five or so minutes, and the others were following curiously.

"Right up there in that cave. I don't know what kind it is, Papa but we can't just leave it," Emma told him. Hiccup looked up now wondering how he was going to get up there; climbing would have been a breeze if he had both legs.

"Dragons can't get close enough. Hm, that makes it complicated. Alright then, Toothless, go get my shield for me?" Hiccup asked, Toothless rushed back towards the main area, got the shield, and hurried back to him. Hiccup took the shield and looked up again. "Windstrike, spine shot right above the entrance please?" The Razorwhip got into position and whipped her tail towards the entrance of the cave as three struck the rocks above and then Hiccup aimed his shield and fired the grappling line as it hooked onto the spine and then he pressed a button that began pulling him up towards the cave. When he was up there, he climbed in and left the shield hanging.

Hiccup lit Inferno as a source of light and looked around, and that's when he saw it. A black egg with some lighter patches of dark gray. So Emma was telling the truth about there being an egg in there and even Hiccup didn't know what kind it was, maybe Icefire or Toothless would know. Hunter picked up the egg carefully and moved back to the shield, then pressing another button he began to lower back to the ground.

"Woah, is that a dragon egg? It's huge," Ruffnut said with wide eyes.

"What kind is it?" Astrid inquired.

"I don't know. I've never seen one like this before," Hiccup admitted as he had the grappling hook release and it returned inside the shield. Hiccup carried it back to the main nest area and saw Icefire. "Icefire I could use a little help in identifying this egg."

"Hm, black with lighter markings? Not sure I've seen one like that before either, but a possibility Hiccup, is that it could be a Night Fury egg. Perhaps ask Toothless?" Icefire answered after sniffing and inspecting the egg in Hiccup's hands. Now Hiccup's eyes widened a bit, a Night Fury Egg? That would be incredible, but he knew nothing of care for them. Would Toothless?

Hiccup now turned and faced his friend, "Toothless, can you tell if it's what Icefire said?" Toothless came close and sniffed the egg a few times, circling it after Hiccup placed it down for him.

"It's a Night Fury egg for sure. I can smell it," Toothless replied to him with an affirmative nod.

"So how do we care for it? Submerged in the water as the others?" Hiccup inquired.

Toothless shook his head, "No, it requires an entirely different type of care. They like heat, and fire just as an Eruptadon egg does. It's losing its heat, and the baby will die. Use the fire in the main room, stick it right on the bed of coals and I'll do what I can until it hatches. I want to know where it came from, surely a Night Fury would have been seen coming in here," Toothless stated while walking beside Hiccup as they reached the main area of the house and Toothless moved the wood in a stacked square fashion and Hiccup placed the egg on the coals.

"No dragons have come through here, Hiccup. It would have had to be very fast to go unseen by myself," Icefire interjected while coming to the open window area that Hiccup built so he could watch the nest from the house.

"Well, Night Furies are known for their speed and being unseen. The mother of the egg likely came at night, dropped it off and left. Perhaps it was wounded and knew it would be safe here?" Hiccup offered as a possible idea for how it happened.

"That would be the most likely scenario for this situation." Icefire gave a nod while Toothless shot a controlled blast at the fire to give the egg more heat before he put his ear to it, listening closely for a heartbeat.

"Is it okay, Toothless?" Hiccup asked slowly while hoping they weren't too late.

"It's still weak, but I think it will be okay with close observation and a lot of heat. Some fireworm dragons might help too, let them sit on the egg to even out the heat distribution," Toothless told him.

"I'll send for them," Icefire then backed up out of sight. Not more than fifteen minutes later, five small dragons flew on and landed on the egg while glowing.

"They are adorable..." Hilda smiled and tried to touch one.

"I wouldn't do that sis. Fireworm dragons burn hotter than the sun," Hiccup warned while his little sister backed up nodding quickly. Hiccup and Toothless continued to watch the egg, after another ten minutes, the egg gave a soft blue glow.

"The baby will be fine now, plenty of heat until it hatches," Toothless informed calmly. Hiccup breathed a sigh of relief while rubbing Toothless's head.

"You plan on adopting it, don't you, Toothless?" Hiccup asked him as the dragon gave a single nod in response.

"I have to; my species is limited already as it is." Toothless replied.

"I understand bud, don't worry." Hiccup smiled a little.

"So, how long until it hatches?" Valka questioned now.

"Toothless said he wasn't sure, all we can do is observe and wait. This egg, its a Night Fury one. The Night Furies are a rare and limited species; we don't know a lot about them. Everything I know is because of Toothless, but we don't know where the rest of them are. Toothless told me that he was a baby when he lost his pack, and flew solo on his own until attacked then landing in the old nest where I got raised. Toothless was three like me, and he has been with me since that day," Hiccup explained.

"Well, if all we can do is watch and observe then we shall," Stoick said firmly as the rest nodded.

"Alright, medicine is kicking in, and I am beat. You can all stay in here if you want, just keep it down. Emma, don't give anyone any trouble. You have to listen to grandma, grandpa, your aunt, and Astrid as much as you do me, understand?" Hiccup reminded her.

"Yes, Papa," Emma nodded to him with a smile.

"Toothless, you going to stay with the egg?" Hiccup asked.

"Yeah, for now, I will." Toothless replied calmly while laying down near the fire.

"You still want us to teach the others in the meantime?" Hilda inquired gently.

"Sure. Just the basics like I said before," Hiccup informed.

"We will, Hiccup. You just worry about you right now," Astrid smiled lightly as she kissed his cheek. Hiccup nodded as he moved into his bedroom and shut the door behind him. Once he was inside, he laid down, closed his eyes and fell asleep not even ten minutes later. Outside his room, the others were all just sitting around while Valka, Stoick, Astrid, Hilda, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, Fishlegs, and Snotlout began to tell the chieftains, and their Heirs the basics of dragons just as Hiccup had asked them too. Everyone was a little more at peace knowing the alliances would remain intact, and they would get to learn what everyone else did, this was good for everyone.