A/N: Ok, so I was on a roll so I decided to update early. Luckily might get a new chapter for Sunday too. There was a scene I decided to delete from this chapter because it was getting long anyway but I'm planning on doing a one-shot type series with deleted scenes and one-shots inspired by moments from this story so I'll post it on there.

Also I will try and put more Toothless and Stormfly scenes in. So enjoy this next chapter and please don't forget to review.

Chapter 3

Toothless couldn't sleep. He was far too busy worrying about when Stormfly was going to lay her eggs. And how Hiccup and Astrid would react when they found out. The house was quiet now and Toothless could only guess that the young lovers were now sound asleep. Most of the village were asleep and those who weren't were in the Great Hall. Toothless could hear the faint sounds of their laughter coming up from the slightly open door. He walked over to the entrance of the stables to watch as some people left the Great Hall to make their way home. He noticed Eret and Valka leaving, deep in conversation as they walked towards the Haddock house. Deciding that Valka should know what's going on and with a quick glance back at Stormfly-who was sleeping by the nest she'd made-Toothless sneaked out of the stables and rushed through the streets as fast as he could towards the Haddock house.

He kept to the shadows, making sure he made no noise and draw attention to himself. No doubt Hiccup would find out he'd sneaked out soon enough but he'd rather it come from Valka rather than a random villager who heard him knocking things over. When he got to the house, he jumped over a sleeping Cloudjumper, who was at his usual spot outside Valka's bedroom window, and went round to the front of the house, just as Valka and Eret arrived. "Toothless, what are you doing here?" Valka asked, surprised to see the dragon there. She was sure it would be morning before she saw them.

"Hiccup sneaking in is he?" Eret asked.

"Far too early for that," Valka replied. Toothless nudged Valka's hand and looked over at Astrid's house. She followed his gaze and then looked at Eret, both of them realising Toothless wanted Valka at least to follow him. Toothless rushed off back towards Astrid's house and Valka and Eret followed. Eret kept his hand on the hilt of his dagger, ready to draw it as soon as they came face to face with whatever danger Toothless wanted to warn them about. But when they arrived all they were was Stormfly, now awake, and already starting to lay her eggs.

"Is this what you wanted to tell us?" Valka asked in a whisper, aware that her son and future daughter-in-law would be asleep in the house.

"Should we really be here?" Eret asked also whispering. "What if they wake up and find us here?"

"Then we just say that Toothless brought us here. I think he might be a little bit worried. But no need to worry. She looks like she's got it all well in hand." Valka then noticed the colour of the eggs and took a step closer. "Well that is odd," she said. "These are not normal Deadly Nadder eggs."

"Do you think that's why Toothless is worried about her?" Eret asked.

"I guess so. Father's always worry about the birth of their children don't they?"

"Father? Toothless?"

"Toothless may be the first Night Fury I've ever seen up close but I know what Night Fury eggs look like. And there's black on those eggs. Toothless is about to become a father."

Toothless went rushing to Stormfly's side, feeling a bit reassured that everything was going to be fine. "I think we should leave them to it," Eret said. "Before Hiccup and Astrid wake up and find us here."

"Yes, we should. The two of them will find out about this soon enough," Valka said. Valka gave Toothless a scratch under the chin before patting Stormfly on the side of the nose, making sure not to get in her blind spot. She then followed Eret out of the stables and looked up at the top floor of the house and smiled, silently wishing her son goodnight before she started making her way back home.

The dawn light was just coming through Astrid's bedroom window as Hiccup got dressed. As he sat on the bed putting his boot on he was aware of Astrid watching him from behind him, but he didn't look round for fear that if he did he'd be tempted to climb back in there with her. He hated leaving her this early but he had to. The last time he stayed too long his dad had found out what was going on and he had to beg him not to tell anyone because he didn't want the whole village to find out and start talking. And for once Stoick had listened to his son and agreed not to say a word on the promise that Hiccup at least tried to put a stop to his all night visits. And Hiccup had tried not going round and spending the night but that had lasted about two weeks.

"Just one more month babe," Astrid said watching as Hiccup got up from the bed and grabbed his tunic from where he'd thrown it the night before. "Then all this sneaking around will be over."

"I know," Hiccup said turning round to face her while he put the tunic back on. "I can still hardly believe it's going to happen."

"Neither can I. If someone had told me five years ago that I'd end up being Mrs Haddock I'd have laughed. But here I am, not only about to be just that, but the wife of the chief."

Hiccup walked over to the bed and rested one knee on it as he leaned down and kissed Astrid gently. Astrid smiled up at him and he smiled back. "I love you," he said, playing with a strand of Astrid's hair.

"I know," Astrid said.

"You get back to sleep and I promise you I'll find some time today to get to the academy and see you."

"I'll try and sleep without you by my side."

Hiccup smiled again and gave Astrid and quick kiss on the lips, then on her neck and bare shoulders before back to her lips. He then got up and Astrid pulled the fur covers a little further up as she rolled onto her side, watching as Hiccup left the room, closing the door behind him.

Hiccup rushed downstairs to see Toothless waiting by the window. It was unusual for Toothless to be ready to go before Hiccup and with the look on the dragon's face it was enough to let Hiccup know that something was wrong. "What's wrong bud?" Hiccup asked as he let the house, not caring that he had yet to put his flight suit on and was likely to not be home before his mother woke up at this rate. Toothless headed into the stables, making Hiccup follow. He tried to push down the fear that was starting to rise up from his stomach, worried that Stormfly was ill or something. He wasn't expecting to see the Deadly Nadder sleeping next to a small nest. Or that the nest would be filled with eggs.

Toothless was right by Stormfly's side, looking into the nest at the blue and black eggs that were inside. Hiccup took a step closer to get a better look at the eggs. Deadly Nadder eggs were not blue and black. They were normally just blue. He looked round at Toothless and saw the look of pride on the dragon's face. It didn't take long to work out what had happened. "Well that's unexpected," he said before getting closer to the nest, making sure not to wake Stormfly along the way. The dragon may have trusted him enough to get close and then touch the last lot of babies she had but he didn't want to risk her reaction if he got too close to her eggs. He sat down next to Toothless and started scratching under the dragon's chin. "Wow, so you're going to be a father," Hiccup said. "That's great news. Night Fury babies. And Deadly Nadder babies. Deadly Nadder and Night Fury hybrid babies. That's…That's going to be a heck of a lot of work. It'll be a whole new sub species to find out about. And Astrid isn't going to be best pleased with you when she finds out."

That was when Hiccup remembered Astrid was still asleep upstairs, unaware of what her dragon had spent the night doing. And he couldn't possibly leave her to find out for herself. He got up and rushed out of the stables. "Astrid!" he called as he ran back into the house and up the stairs. "Astrid wake up!" He burst into the bedroom and Astrid sat up, a little confused as to why Hiccup was still there when she thought he would have left already. The big grin on his face told her that Berk wasn't under attack though, which just left her even more confused. "Get dressed," Hiccup said. "You have got to come and see this."

"Why? What's going on?" Astrid asked.

"It's Stormfly. She laid eggs last night. You've got to come and see!"

Astrid gave a sigh, wondering if there was ever going to be a moment her future husband would not get excited over the sight of a dragon egg. But then, it was her dragon that had laid eggs and this was the first time she was going to be there to see them hatch. She grabbed her clothes and quickly got dressed, and once she got her boots on she followed Hiccup out of the house and into the stables.

Stormfly was awake now, watching over the eggs and making repairs to the nest. The two dragon riders slowly walked over to the nest and were relieved to see Stormfly allowing them to get close. Astrid gasped when she saw the eggs and looked up, seeing Toothless and the look of pride on his face and the big smile on her fiancé's face. "Those eggs are partly black," she said. "Nadder eggs aren't partly black."

"I know!" Hiccup exclaimed. "And what dragon have black eggs?! Night Furies!"

"We've never seen a Night Fury egg."

"Well they're most likely to be black. Night Furies are black. But do you realise what this means?! Toothless is going to be a father!"

Astrid just stared at him, part of her wanting his enthusiasm to rub off her on. But all she could think about was that they'd never dealt with hybrid dragons before and had no idea what they were going to be capable of. They could cause havoc around the village and it had just got back to normal after Drago's attack. "This village is not ready for hybrid dragons," Astrid said.

"Of course not," Hiccup said. "We weren't ready when there were non-hybrid dragon babies. But just think, this is a first. This could be a whole new species of dragon. A whole new class. The start of a brand new section in the Book of Dragons."

Astrid couldn't help but smile at that. He hadn't had a chance to discover new dragons and update the Book of Dragons for months. This was something he loved to do, a chance to take a break from chief duties and enjoy himself. And that was what got her in the end. The chance to see him get busy doing something he enjoyed. "Ok, so it might be fun to discover all about these new dragons," she said. "And they properly will end up being really cute. But, you know they're going to end up causing havoc right?"

"Dragon babies always do," Hiccup pointed out. "But we can handle it. I'm sure we will."

"I hope so. Now, I'm going back inside to wash up and get some fresh clothes on. You get home before your mother discovers you haven't been home all night."

"Ok. Come on Toothless."

But Toothless made no attempt to move, giving Hiccup a pleading look. He really wanted to stay. Hiccup sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Ok, fine. You can stay," he said. "I'll just walk."

"Don't forget your flight suit!" Astrid reminded him as she left the stables. Hiccup followed her out, glancing back at the dragons as they watched over the eggs. He couldn't help but smile at the sight, knowing Toothless was going to get something neither of them deep down had thought possible. Toothless now had a family.