A/N: Ok, so this is another short chapter. But it's been longer than I expected due to being busier than I thought. And of course struggling a little. I'm hitting a slump I'm determined to work through so from now on I'm just going to post chapters when they're ready. Hopefully the story will pick up soon. I know it's not exactly a plot heavy story and I'm still working out where it's heading but I hope you're still enjoying it anyway.
Chapter 13
It was dark out when Toothless slipped out of the stables, leaving a sleeping Stormfly and baby dragons behind. It'd been so long since he'd gone flying and he really wanted to. Just a quick flight around the island and then back to his family. He could be back before they'd even woken up. Of course he needed to wake Hiccup up for a flight and that meant going back to the chief's house, where Hiccup would be sleeping in his own bed, at the insistence of his mother. So Toothless made his way through the streets as fast as he could, not slowing until he saw Cloudjumper sleeping outside Valka's bedroom window. He climbed up to Hiccup's window and dived through, right on top of the sleeping chief and waking him up.
"Ow, Toothless!" Hiccup groaned rubbing his stomach and sitting up. Toothless swung round to face his rider, a big grin on his face that made it hard for Hiccup to be mad at him for long. "What are you doing here bud?" Hiccup asked. Toothless looked up through the window, and Hiccup realised what he wanted. "You want to go flying now?" Hiccup said. "It's still kind of dark out." Toothless gave Hiccup a pleading look and Hiccup sighed.
Truth be told Hiccup was missing flying with Toothless and didn't really want to miss the first chance they'd got in days. He just hoped it was close to morning and he wasn't going to lose too much sleep. As he climbed out of bed Toothless started bouncing up and down in joy. "Keep it down ok," Hiccup said as he went to get dressed. "Mom's a light sleeper. We don't want to wake her." Toothless immediately stopped and sat back, waiting for Hiccup to get dressed, including his flight suit.
When Hiccup was ready he went down to his mother's room to check she was still sleeping before he went back upstairs, jumped on Toothless and the two of them flew up out the window. "So where to bud?" Hiccup asked as they flew higher up into the air. Toothless head off in the direction of the cove, gliding over the tops of the trees as they went. "Maybe we should go a little higher and do some solo gliding," Hiccup said as they neared the cove. Toothless just glared back at his rider and Hiccup just gave a small laugh. "Ok, maybe not," he said. They flew round the island for a little longer, until they noticed the sun starting to come up on the horizon. "Think it's time we went home," Hiccup said. "Before everyone wakes up."
He flew back down, landing outside Astrid's house. As soon as Hiccup climbed off Toothless, the dragon rushed straight back into the stables to check on Stormfly and the babies. Hiccup headed over and leaned against the side of the entrance as he watched Stormfly and the babies start to wake up. "With you here so early people will think you stayed the night again," Astrid said coming up behind Hiccup and slipping her arm round his waist. "Nice to see you back in the leather."
"Well Toothless fancied a flight," Hiccup said. "When it was time to come home, he came back here."
"Only been two or three days and he already thinks of this place as home. Looks like I've gained another dragon."
"Oh he'll be back sleeping in my room before long."
"At this rate he'll be back sleeping there on our wedding night."
"He's not going to be in our room on our wedding night. He promised."
"That's good to know." Astrid gave Hiccup a quick kiss on the cheek. "Going to stay for breakfast?" she asked wrapping her arms round Hiccup's neck while he placed his hands on her waist.
"Would love to but I think I should get back before my mom wakes up," Hiccup said. "I'll try and pop round later though. Although with my To Do List I can't make any promises."
"I'll see you at the council meeting then." Astrid then kissed Hiccup deeply, savouring the few moments they had.
"Now that is exactly what I needed to get me through the day," Hiccup said when they came up for air. He then gave Astrid a quick kiss on the cheek before he said a quick goodbye to Toothless and Stormfly and headed home. Astrid watched him go, not realising Stormfly had wondered over until the dragon nudged her in the arm.
"Ok girl, I'm getting there," Astrid said patting the dragon on the nose. She headed back to the house and picked up the basket of fish she'd left in the door, taking it back to the dragons so they could finally have their breakfast.