[It is my judgement that she be stripped of her title and position as Head Elder of the nest. She will no long serve as an Elder either.]
Hiccup did not move, even as Toothless' father began speaking. He heard what he now knew as the Night Fury in his soul purring. He felt as the dragon's soul swelled in power and, for a lack of a better term, reached out to Toothless' aunt. It was similar and vastly different than what Hiccup felt when he fully connected to Toothless while battling Onyxwing. That seemed more intense, more complete. This held a softer note and felt as if only one part of the whole was active. Hiccup could not really understand it, but he did not stop it. He knew just as with Shadowfire and Onyx, this had to happen. Toothless' aunt needed this.
She buried further into his embrace. Tears soaked his sleeve. He did not care. Tears fell from his own eyes as well.
[She will be allowed to remain in the nest, but she must never again spread her lies or test another nest member. Do you accept the judgement of your alpha?]
Toothless' aunt warbled something in the Old Tongue but did not move.
[Then the judgement is passed. Head Guard!]
Claws skittered across stone. A male voice answered Toothless' father.
[Yes, my alpha?]
[Please find the next oldest Wind-shrieker and the Elder Ice-shooter and escort them here.]
[Aye, my alpha.]
The claws skittered again. What could only be orders barked in the Old Tongue echoed just before more claws began skittering away. Silence fell as the skittering faded. Hiccup continued to hold Toothless' aunt and began to run his hand down the back of her neck. He did not offer spoken words to soothe her. Her brother's soul did that, though Hiccup did know how it was possible. He chose not to question it.
Many heartbeats later, Toothless' aunt stirred. Hiccup let her step back. He let her decide the embrace ended. His arms fell to his side as she moved away and all but fell to her belly. Her wings hunched close and her tail curled around as if to protect her. Onyxwing slowly walked forward and just a slowly laid down beside his daughter. Hiccup turned away, knowing his part in this was over.
He found Toothless and the others staring at him with varying expressions upon their muzzles. Toothless and Sharpshot, who had jumped down when Hiccup ran to stand in front of Toothless' aunt, looked half-exasperated and half-resigned to everything. Shadewing appeared astonished, as did Toothless' mother. She also had tears streaking down her cheeks. Spitfire was shaking her head as if she was not sure what she had seen was real. Toothless' father just stared.
Hiccup felt his shoulders hunch inwards. The blank expression worried him the most. He knew he had overstepped a boundary. Toothless' father was the alpha of the nest. Toothless' aunt was one of his dragons. Hiccup knew he should have never interfered in the alpha's judgement of one of their own. The Changewing king had said that another alpha doing so was seen as a violation of Civility Laws.
Hiccup went to open his mouth, to apologize for his actions, when Toothless' father walked forward and sat down in front of him. Hiccup blinked then his jaw dropped further as Toothless' father reared up, hooked his forelegs over Hiccup's shoulders, and pulled him into the same embrace Toothless' mother had used before. The wings even enclosed around him, leaving Hiccup in a warm darkness.
Toothless' father lowered his chin until it rested upon Hiccup's back. Hiccup felt the Night Fury's soul fused to his rise again, purring softly. Toothless' father rumbled in the Old Tongue.
[Thank you, my son,] Toothless' father whispered. [Had you not given forgiveness I would have had no choice but to exile her.]
Hiccup could not respond. He just buried closer to Toothless' father. He felt the wings shift, closing tighter around him. He heard another dragon move. A warble had Toothless' father grunting but releasing Hiccup. Hiccup had a heartbeat to watch Toothless' father hop to the side before he was grabbed and pulled against warm dragon scales again.
[Thank you,] Onyxwing whispered in a tear clogged voice. [I can never repay the debt I owe you.]
Hiccup felt warmth flow down his back and realized those tears were falling. Hiccup just hugged the dragon.
[My alpha, I have found the ones you requested.]
The same male voice from before faltered slightly as he began but finished strong. Hiccup bit back a snicker as he could imagine what the guard dragon was thinking. It was likely he had never seen a dragon hug a human before.
Onyxwing released Hiccup just in time for Toothless to move across the room and rub against Hiccup's side. Hiccup automatically let his hand run along Toothless' top half as the dragon moved. Toothless sat down, Hiccup's right arm loosely hanging around him and resting upon the wing joints.
Hiccup smiled as Toothless' left wing curled around him, the wingtip resting over Hiccup's shoulder. Hiccup looked down, not surprised that Toothless tail wrapped around his feet. He chuckled when Sharpshot walked over. The little dragon stared up at him, shook his head once, and then nuzzled against both of Hiccup's legs before turning and sitting down in front of Hiccup's foot.
Hiccup looked up, finding that the Head Guard was a Groncicle the color of ice splashed with dying sunlight. Beside the dragon stood a Light Fury with green eyes and muted sparkles along its hide. Beside the Light Fury was a Woolly Howl the color of twilight. The Light Fury and the Woolly Howl bowed.
[Come closer,] Toothless' father said.
Both dragons walked into the room. Hiccup saw both glance around the cavern, their gazes lingered upon Hiccup and the direction where Toothless' aunt lay for a heartbeat longer than the others before returning to Toothless' father.
[My aunt has been removed from her post,] Toothless' father stated. [As such, you,] he continued, staring at the Light Fury, [are the new Elder of the Wind-shriekers. That makes you,] Toothless' father said looking to the Woolly Howl, [the new Head Elder of the nest.]
To their credit neither dragon questioned their alpha decision. Hiccup suspected they would do so later when they could speak to Toothless' father without the others present.
A commotion outside of the chambers pulled the Head Guard's attention. He stepped out only to return a moment later.
[A Fire-spiraler approaches the nest, my alpha. It appears to have flown far and with little rest.]
[Scale colors?] Toothless' father asked, tilting his head.
[The color of fire, my alpha.]
Hiccup heard Onyxwing hiss a heartbeat before the dragon raced out of the cavern. Toothless' father sighed then grunted.
[It seems the past is destiny to fully appear today. Toothless, Hiccup, would you and your flock go assist Onyxwing with his approaching flock member before both crash into the sea?]
Don: Hehe. Well, she has to get past this first though. My readers are why I update as I do. They are why I write this story. I am glad and humbled that my story makes your day a bit better. Thank you for reading it.
Literally Nobody: Hehe, you do that. They'll find it funny and give you tips. Sometimes mis-types are funny. Thank you for your confidence. Yep, there are women villains. Good guess and you are right. Toothless will always be protective of Hiccup. Have a good day/night as well.