A month later, Berk was inhabited by hybrid dragons left and right. The town had accepted it without much trouble, although there were few who had a hard time transitioning. Hiccup thought it was only a bit fair, since they had to make major changes not six months ago when the dragons and came to coexist.
His father trusted him in this change when the dragons became humanoid hybrids (no, they aren't demons in disguise, dad) even though the leader was weary, at least he didn't constantly raise his axe against a new dragon that changed. Hiccup was able to calm both down when that happened, with the help of Toothless' growls to restrain the newest addition.
After the first month, Hiccup noticed how the changing of dragons to hybrids have slowed, and even then, how little of the hybrids there were. He had lain his head down at his work table, flicking his charcoal up only for it to slide down as he was in thought, something that occurred regularly.
"Toothless." He spoke, raising his head and turning to face the humanoid form that perched himself comfortably on one of the houses support bridges. The dragon flicked his ears in attention, but otherwise didn't raise his head or open his eyes. "Are all the dragons going to change?"
It was a simple question, one that Toothless had been waiting a while for Hiccup to ask. He stretched his neck and languidly arched his back in a stretch before slinking down to the floor, standing his full towering height before hunching over in a lazed demeanor. There was a nonchalant look on his face, paired with an "I'm not telling" quirking of his lips and crinkle of his eyes.
Hiccup glared at his friend, wondering if it was worth his energy to pursue an answer.
"Useless reptile…" He muttered, vocalizing his need of answers. He turned back around to draw, grated that he wasn't going to learn anything new. He heard shuffling behind him but didn't turn around as a thought occurred to him. Turning around to face his friend again, mouth open and ready to voice his concern. "Toothle—"
A mouth covered his and he jumped at the sudden kiss, face reddening and body jerking back, lower spine digging into the corner of his desk.
Obviously, it was Toothless's objective to scare him, but didn't think through how Hiccup would once again hurt himself. The dragon crooned, hand coming around to rub at the sore spot on his lower back and nuzzle Hiccup's shoulder in apology.
"I'm fine. But jeez, warn me next time, bud." Hiccup said, suppressing a grimace at the throbbing of his muscles. A hand petted Toothless in a familiar manner. He heaved a sigh, seems he's been doing that a lot lately, trying to let the blood return to his body.
A minute passed before Toothless deemed himself forgiven and lifted his head to face his master. Seeing as he had his attention now, without the possibility of scaring him, he leaned in. Hiccup's face darkened again with his inability to breathe but otherwise let the dragon do what he wanted. But instead of another kiss, the dragon just nuzzled their noses together.
Hiccup relaxed, at least the nuzzles weren't as embarrassing as the kisses (which he still didn't know why he let himself be kissed, by Toothless no less). He spoke too soon as a quick peck to his pale lips was made. Arms surrounded his waist and suddenly the two were in motion.
"T-Toothless! Where are you going?!" He yelled as the dragon moved fast with precision down the stairs and through the front door that had just been opened by his father, who was coming home. The man fell on his behind as Toothless squeezed passed him in the entranceway, rather startled at the abrupt movement when he opened the door and watched as the dragon started to glide and take flight, crying out into the fading sunlight.
Toothless got responses from other dragons, especially Stormfly, as the female dragon joined not a moment later with her own rider haphazardly trying to hold on to her neck, legs dangling as she couldn't get a comfortable grip around her middle.
"Stormfly, put me down this instant!" She screamed, not entirely used to the actions provided by her dragon. They all seemed to like to ruffle their rider's feather. Especially now in their easy humanoid forms where they could grab and just take off.
Thankfully, after the first hour of Stormfly changing, they had gotten her some clothes to wear. It was harder to find something for her, since she also needed a top, but the women of the village made a shirt that is able to tie around to her back to hide her naked breasts. She wore short shorts, hanging low on her hips.
Hiccup had stopped struggling when they first took flight, comfortable with how he was in the dragon's hold, though, he felt sorry for Astrid.. It was like when he and Toothless first grabbed her for her first flight.
Toothless sent out another dragon cry, firing a flame to the sky like a beacon before spinning and gliding towards a destination he had in mind.
At that destination, Hiccup noticed it was the area Toothless and he had stayed at after their first successful flight. The dry, rocky coast right off the ocean on the other side of the island. He didn't know why the dragons had decided to rendezvous at this location, but it appeared that the gang was all there. First he and Astrid, then the twins, Fishlegs, and Snotlout with their respective dragons, or hybrids now.
Meatlug was the second to first hybrid people were amazed at the transformation (besides Toothless, since he was the first).
Keeping his large stature, the male dragon took on a muscle-heavy fit frame. A defined face, slight protrusions on its chin and neck. Large yellow eyes, and an upturned nose. He pushed his jaw forward sometimes, letting his bottom canine teeth peak out from his lips that flittered with scales at the corners.
His hair a messy and choppy brown that barely made it passed the top of his neck. Horns stuck out like antennae on top of his head. He followed a similar scale pattern on his face, arms and legs. The scales bunched around the changes between the humanoid parts and the dragon characteristics, around the major joints. Its arms in legs a good proportion compared to his body, even muscle definition. His wings in comparison were a bit small, as they were in his dragon form. Tail slightly different, taking on a rattlesnake like tail end, complete with his horned protrusions.
Meatlug was still his lazy self, keeping all his mannerisms and slouched posture, despite his muscle definition.
Hookfang was just a tad bit larger than Toothless in height, but had a relatively slim figure. A small, bony face with expressive eyes, long trailing shiny red hair and horns on top of her head like a goat's. Her red and yellow scales ducked under her eyes in stripes, following down the back on her neck and body like a tiger. The red licked around her chest like flames, covering her more private areas, her tummy soft with mini fibers of eggshell colored scales.
On her arms, where the rest had a pattern going on, her scales reached from her taloned fingers to her elbows, scattering the more they reached her upper arm, the same with her legs.
Her wings expanded from her back, the color of lava. From the base of her spine, her tail extruded and fanned out with spikes.
She still had a tiny habit of setting herself on fire that they were working on.
Thankfully, she wore an ensemble that resembled Stormfly's. And Hiccup didn't know if it was a good or bad thing that Snotlout was strangely engrossed about his dragon. They were all curious about the changes, why and how, but his cousin seemed just a tad too infatuated…
Barf and Belch, however, was the most interesting of the transformations. They had taken the longest to change and were the last out of the group. At first, they thought they wouldn't change. But when they did, the villagers and the group thought they'd just turn into a two headed person.
That was why when Hiccup saw that they, instead, split into two beings and grew more limbs, he was thoroughly surprised. Identical twins, it was rather ironic.
Their faces were kind of flat, a horn right on their nose like a rhino. Short, dirty blond hair that covered their round cheeks. Their necks long and elegant, a trait that was carried over from their dragon figure. (It was interesting to watch the dragon's neck pop and crack as the bones shortened, but Hiccup had to admit it was also disturbingly sickening. But at least the twins found it cool.)
In mindset, the dragon twins seemed androgynous, neither particularly caring about which category of gender they fall into. In body, they were hermaphroditus. Hiccup couldn't figure out why, since the dragon itself had been fully male. But, he supposed it was a question to ask when their speech got better.
Their bodies followed the patterns of the other dragons. There was one part that was different between this set of Zipplebacks, and others that Hiccup could tell which twin belonged to whom (without the obvious facial and body differences). There was a certain pattern of sales on their back, just under the protrusions of the wings that synced up with one another. And each Zippleback had a different scale pattern that matched their partner's.
In accordance to their wings, one was just a tad smaller in comparison to the wing they had shared in their first body. But their tails had stayed split on each of the twins.
It was a week ago that they noticed a zippleback dragon that changed to a single entity, it's second head morphing back into its neck with pops, crackles, and sick slick noises. Hiccup was glad Toothless had dragged him out to their grotto to play, the noises themselves would have probably made him sick.
Curiosity compelled him to fester and complain to Toothless, who kept his mouth tight lipped and shut. He was used to it, but he still got frustrated at the silence of answers he so desperately wanted. But Toothless would keep saying, "in due time."
The teens were confused as to why their dragons had all, literally, dragged them out here. They started to chat while their dragons went about and collected wood. The twin dragons spreading gas and the spark needed to light it. At least that didn't change, they still needed each other for fire.
It seemed their dragons just wanted to party, and with a shrug of their shoulders the teens obliged and chatted amongst themselves and played with their dragon friends.
Tiny Terrible Terrors flew about, some their regular dragon form and a handful of hybrids, the size of six year old children, and seemingly genderless, chase each other in the sky.
Toothless sat, leaning against a nearby boulder in their circle, having perched Hiccup between his flayed out legs, making him lean languidly against his chest. Hiccup didn't mind, he was tired from this day's activities and learning. It was good to relax like this, even though he was sure his father and the other's parents will freak out by the time they get home; whenever that is.
There was a thought running through his head, wondering about the changes of the dragons. The rest did not seem to change, their faces didn't elongate into human faces or shortening of ribs for new bodies.
Toothless watched the others, content with their laziness as he played with his human's hair. Running his nails through his hair and massaging the scalp, twirling it around his fingers.
"Hey, Toothless."
"Hmm." He gave a hum in attention.
"... What are you?"
There was a pause in his voice at the beginning, wondering how to word it. He shifted his body, turning his head to look up at Toothless inquiringly.
Toothless paused, eyes staring to the shore. There was a silence between them, each in thought.
The dragon let his hands fall to the boy's shoulder pulling the boy closer and spread his wings in a stretch. He pursed his lips and squinted his eyes before relaxing his features with a sigh.
Toothless declined his head down to face Hiccup.
"We have many names." He began softly in a bedtime story telling voice. Hiccup listened tentatively, curiosity growing.
A/N: Oh my god. Can you believe it? /Two chapters in a week/, what is going on I wonder? Well, I'll tell you. I recently got into the Lorax fandom, which directed me to the Toothcup fandom. And with Toothcup fresh in my head, I wanted to put it out for you guys before it gets lost in my brain and you have to wait another year for me to update.
Did you guys like it?
Anyway, it's almost done!
And, I understand that in the movie the genders are different, but just go with me, okay? I like how I did the genders lol
Warrior Nun; I was actually thinking of that, but I don't know enough about the anatomy of conjoined twins enough to write it convincingly. I did some research on it, and it's pretty complex. Since the two had their own lungs, nervous systems, spines, hearts, and so on. So I tried something different. It works... I think. Ehehe.
Disclaimer: I do not own How To Train Your Dragon