The Dramatis Personae will be updated with since we have a new addition to the nest.
Hiccup chuckled, scratching the sides of Moondust's head. Over her wing he saw his dragon brother watching with an expression that said Toothless was stuck into silence by what he was seeing. Sharpshot snickered.
[Payback,] he whispered.
Moondust lifted her head, staring at Sharpshot. [Payback for what?]
Hiccup bit his bottom lip to keep from snorting or laughing, or both. Sharpshot shifted a bit but did not respond. Moondust looked to Hiccup.
[I don't understand, Alpha.]
Hiccup smiled. "Sharpshot's just messing with Toothless. Don't mind him."
Moondust stared at Sharpshot then curled her neck and looked over her wing at Toothless. Due to how she shifted, Hiccup could not see what his brother was doing. Moondust turned back to Hiccup.
[Males,] she muttered.
Hiccup did not point out that her comment could have included him as she did not specify dragons. He titled his head instead.
"Where would you like to live?" he asked.
Moondust dropped her hind end to the ground. Hiccup kept from grinning as her sensing lobes, all slightly shorter than Toothless', twitched. He wondered if that was just something Night Furies did as he had seen Toothless' brother and sister-in-law do similar over the course of their visit.
Moondust sighed. [I don't know. I did not think I would gather the courage to ask you, my alpha. I never thought past that point.]
"Moondust," Gyda said from where she and her family sat under Toothless' tree. "You can live with me if you wish."
Hiccup turned to the mage. Just after Stoick declared Bearspit guilty over every charge laid against him and exiled him, Hiccup and the other Riders had gotten Gyda out of the village on Stoick's whispered order. Gyda wanted to kill Bearspit and while she had every right to, Stoick knew her magic would come to bear. Padrig, Hilda, and Baneson still did not know Gyda's true origins and had yet to prove themselves completely trustworthy enough to learn the truth of the dragons.
"You're sure?" Hiccup asked, watching Icewing and her brothers play with the Fireworm hatchlings Wildfire had befriended when everyone had to stay in the cove the day after the Speedstingers' invasion attempt.
"I'm sure."
Hiccup looked back at Moondust. "Will that work? We can find a cave if you'd rather have that."
Moondust cooed and nuzzled against him. [That you ask instead of order shows your kindness and wisdom, my alpha.]
A sharp chirp sounded in the cove. Moondust lifted her head and Hiccup turned back to the mage. Icewing, none the worse for wear after everything that happened, stood next to Gyda's boot. Her wings, now caught up with Snowfire's as his nubs unfurled first, flared. She stomped her tiny paws and chittered. Moondust tilted her head.
[The hatchling is saying I should ask before touching you.]
"It's something we told the young of the nest to do before jumping onto me," Hiccup said. "I didn't want any of them to jump and I be unaware and working in the forge. I don't want them hurt."
[Sensible,] Moondust said before bowing to Hiccup once more. [Thank you, my alpha, for letting me live within the nest. I think I would like to live with the mage elder if I may.]
Hiccup smiled. "Welcome home then, Moondust."
Moondust cooed and then walked over to Gyda. Hiccup heard her thank the mage but his focus turned to Toothless as his dragon brother walked down the cove towards the Fireworm's cave. Astrid, standing with Stormfly, Windwalker, and Sneaky next the rock she and Hiccup told each other their feelings, also watched him. She turned back to Hiccup. He shook his head and walked over to his brother. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Fishlegs look up from where he, Meatlug, and Boulder were talking in low tones next to the cove's north wall. Hiccup shook his head again. Both Astrid and Fishlegs turned back to their dragons.
Hiccup sat down next to Toothless in the same spot they had sat in right after the invasion attempt. He noted the twins and their dragons were engrossed in something Tuff was writing in the dirt next to the far end of the pond. Snotlout and both Nightmares were asleep in a stray sunbeam just up from the twins and the Zipplebacks. Satisfied that all his friends were occupied and not likely to interfere, Hiccup opened his mouth.
"Sharpshot, why don't you and Sneaky spend some time together?"
Sharpshot snorted. [Sharpshot,] he said, his voice affecting an odd accent, [please leave so I can speak sense into Toothless. Sure thing, brother,] he finished, the last three words sounding like himself.
Hiccup swallowed his chuckle, knowing Toothless would take a dim view, even if the Night Fury brought it on himself with all his teasing over Hiccup's relationship with Astrid and Sharpshot's courting Sneaky.
Sharpshot flew off. Sneaky joined him in the tree above Gyda. Hiccup turned to Toothless.
[Don't.]
"You have no idea what I'm going to say, Toothless."
Toothless snorted. [She was just run out of her nest due to a male who thought his rank meant he could have whatever he wanted. She will not welcome my advances, brother.]
"Does this mean you've actually thought about seeking permission to court her?" Hiccup asked.
Toothless heaved a deep sigh and looked away. [She intrigues me and I saw her valor as we fought the Tail-stingers.]
Hiccup smiled. He reached over and ran his fingers along the top of Toothless' head. "You'll never treat her like that male did. I think she knows that. Why don't you two start off getting to know each other as friends and see where it goes?"
Toothless shifted his head and stared at Hiccup. [That male will not like it that she left instead of submitting to him. He will seek her out.]
Hiccup's eyes narrowed. "Let him," he said, letting the thing within his soul coat his words.
While he hated the power it held over the nest dragons, he realized it did effectively get his point across and could serve to thrown someone off enough that unnecessary bloodshed could be avoided.
"I have a few words to say to someone who can't take no for answer."
Toothless' eyes became slits. [Good,] he said. [So do I.]
Prince: Hehe, well, I think if that male tries…he will not like the results
Literally Nobody: Hi, welcome and thank you for reading and reviewing. I'm doing good and I'm glad you like my stories. Aww, thank you. It's an honor to be one of your favorite HTTYD writers. If nothing bad happens, ie myself or a family is put into the hospital or my internet goes down, chapters are daily so expect lots more story. Hehe, Dagur will not show up in book. He's slated to make his debut in the one that follows it. The one about the Thing to happen upon Berk concerning the dragons.