Sorry it's been a while guys! And that its a little short and not too good. This is more a stop gap, after all, time doesn't stand still.
Three years later
Time moved in the blink of an eye, but, Hiccup thought, he ought to have seen that coming. He groaned and stretched out in his bed. Beside him Astrid grumbled in her sleep. All was quiet for once in the Haddock household. Hiccup breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hey! Get your hands off my shield!"
"I need it!"
"Get your own!"
"It's in the forge!"
"Should've fixed it then shouldn't you?!"
"I was busy!"
"Busy playing chase with Buffnut!"
"Shut up!"
"It's true isn't it?!"
"I said shut up!" He groaned again as the voices of his two children echoed up the stairs.
"Finn loves Buff! Finn loves Buff!" His daughter Camicazi sang.
"Cami don't make me hurt you!" Finn, Hiccup's eldest child, his son and heir, yelled.
"You'd have to catch me first loser!" She laughed. He heard the door open and feet thundering down the steps and the call of a dragon.
"Do you think they'll ever stop?" He mumbled into Astrid's hair
"They're not children anymore Hiccup. They will bicker, siblings do. Remember the twins?"
"Remember? They never changed."
"Question answered." He moaned.
Camicazi laughed loudly as she flew through the air on the back of her Skrill, Sparky. Finn had long since given up the chase; his Timberjack Guillotine was no match for Sparky's speed. She let her legs slide down Sparky's neck, relaxing from her standing position atop his back in favour of a more comfortable seated one. Cami was the best rider out of the young Viking dragon riders. But she had been riding longest, the other riders dragons had only begun to fly with riders about two years ago. Cami had settled into life on Berk with relative ease. Having only arrived here three years ago, having been lost to her family for thirteen year, it hadn't been easy to start with. But after a little love and encouragement, she soon found her place.
Sparky rumbled at her and she grinned, tapping his side gently with her boot, encouraging him to fly down to the academy where the other youths were waiting for the days training. And maybe a chance to have a race. Camicazi loved racing, and she and Sparky were undefeated.
"Top o' the morning gang!" She laughed as she jumped casually from Sparky's back as he landed gracefully. "How is everyone today?"
"Pretty good but your brother looks mighty cross." Buffnut laughed, putting an arm around her shoulders. As the only other female in the group, the two got on pretty well.
"Yeah, I wouldn't let him borrow my shield this morning."
"That wasn't what made me angry Cami and you know it." Finn growled walking in. He was nearly as tall as their dad now, just under six foot. Finn wore his hair longer and had a small stubbly beard; their parents said he was looking more and more like their Grandpa Stoick every day. Cami could see that, but he was less stocky.
She missed her Grandpa. It was hard to believe it had been almost a year since he died. It still hurt her to remember it. First the strange people had come, dragon trappers like Eret. But they weren't the worst of it. They'd been tools in a bigger operation. It was their boss, Drago Bludvist that had been the real threat. They'd fought hard against him, against his Bewilderbeast, but it wasn't enough. It defeated her grandmother's Alpha and took over. No dragon can resist the alpha.
Camicazi had tried to do the right thing, to be a warrior, to defend her family's honour, but it hadn't helped. It had made things worse. Drago laughed in her face and threw her aside as if she were merely a twig. She'd felt so helpless, unable to stop him taking her dragon. Her Dad had protected her, pulling her aside, keeping her safe, reuniting her with her brother and turning on Drago himself, Toothless by his side. Cami had felt safe then, nothing could stop Toothless, they'd stop Drago and his Bewilderbeast.
That's when it happened. Drago had his Alpha take control of Toothless. She'd been so afraid. Toothless turned on her Dad, Finn wouldn't let her go. But her Grandpa had come to the rescue. She remembered that horrid moment when Toothless woke up, he couldn't understand why Stoick wouldn't wake, why her dad was so angry. They'd watched in horror as their dragons left them and then Cami had attended her first Viking funeral, watching as her father shot the first arrow, sending her grandpa up in flames.
She looked up at Finn. He did look like him. It was becoming more and more clear, but in appearance only. Finn didn't have the same hard character their grandpa once had.
"Sorry Finn, I was only teasing." She said quietly. His gaze softened, he knew what she was seeing. He hugged her tightly.
"Well less of it thanks!"
"What?" She laughed. "Someone has to make sure our future chief can toughen up!"
"Oh shut it." They all laughed as Gobber walked in yelling at them to shut up ready for training.
