A/N: Look a new chapter! And a slightly longer one than has happened of late! Kind of messed up the end. Took a few rewrites and just couldn't get it right so hoping it'll pass.
Anyway, please enjoy and don't forget to review!
Chapter 14
When Hiccup walked into the Great Hall that afternoon he was greeted by Toothless, who went running over the council table, knocking over chairs as he went. Hiccup laughed as he patted the dragon on the nose and headed over to the table. He noticed Astrid and Fishlegs were already there, Astrid holding Dragon Hiccup while Fishlegs had a few of the baby dragons climbing all over him, while Stormfly kept the over babies from running too far away, and Meatlug was asleep at Fishleg's feet. "What's all this?" Hiccup asked as one of the dragons that had been climbing over Fishlegs rushed down to wrap itself around Hiccup's metal leg.
"I thought we should show the council the new babies and well the whole family came," Astrid answered before noticing the amount of benches and tables Stormfly was knocking over in her attempt to get the babies under control. "And already causing havoc."
"This could help with my argument about the name," Fishlegs said as Toothless went to help round up the babies. "Look at them! How could you not look at them and instantly think Night Nadders?!"
"So who's ready for me to win this debate!" Snotlout exclaimed as he came into the Great Hall, followed by the twins, Hookfang, and Belch and Barf. The baby dragons ran out in front of them, making them stop fast and knock into each other as Stormfly and Toothless followed them. "What are those?" Snotlout asked as the dragons ran past them again, this time in the opposite direction.
"Those are Toothless and Stormfly's babies," Hiccup answered trying to untangle the baby dragon from his leg. "They're in the process of wreaking the place."
"What are they doing here?" Ruffnut asked as she, Tuffnut and Snotlout made their way to the council table while their dragons went to help Stormfly and Toothless.
"My idea. Thought we should introduce the council to the dragons," Astrid said.
"And it's a disaster already," Tuffnut said. "Nice one Astrid, always take pride in the destruction you cause. Oh this is going to be glorious."
As if on cue there was the sound of an explosion coming from the other end of the room. Hiccup sighed and closed his eyes in the hope that when he opened them again everything would be fine. "I'm not even going to bother turning round," he said. "And don't tell me how bad it is."
"It's really not that bad," Astrid said not that convincingly.
"It's mayhem," Tuffnut added.
"Can you all just help me get this place straight before the rest of the council get here?" Hiccup asked opening his eyes again. He found the baby dragon still at his feet and the other dragon that had been on Fishlegs had now joined it. Fishlegs, Snotlout and the twins went off to clear up the mess, leaving Astrid and Hiccup alone.
"Ok we can both agree this is not the worst idea I have ever had," Astrid said. "Top three maybe but not the worst."
"Your intentions were good," Hiccup said. "I must be rubbing off on you."
Astrid gave Hiccup a kiss on the cheek before handing him Dragon Hiccup. "Thank you for not being mad at me for this," she said.
"Really, how can I be mad when the idea had crossed my mind too? With how my luck used to be if it had been me bringing them in the whole Great Hall would be up in flames by now," Hiccup said. Astrid just smiled and went off to help clear up the mess before anyone else arrived. She didn't get far before the doors opened but much to everyone's relief it was only Valka and Eret, with Cloudjumper, who just stared at the destruction. "This was not my idea," Hiccup said as Cloudjumper went to help round up the baby dragons. "I seem to be trapped rooted to this spot my baby dragons. Any chance you can help with the attempt to get this place straight before the rest of the council turn up?"
"On it Chief," Eret said before went to help the others, while Valka went to get the baby dragons off Hiccup's legs so he could move. Hiccup glanced back to see how the others were getting on, to see the escaped baby dragons had taken to climbing over Toothless, giving the humans in the room the chance to straighten the hall up and clear away any evidence of the explosion.
"It's going to be ok," Valka said, the two dragons that had wrapped themselves around Hiccup's legs now in her arms as she straightened up.
"It's going to be long," Hiccup replied. "I'm hoping the gods don't decide to have some fun and make this whole meeting one big disaster."
"Oh I don't think they'd do that. I think we can all manage to keep these little ones under control for the whole meeting."
"I hope so." But then Hiccup could hear the sounds of the other council members coming up the steps to the Great Hall, their laughter and talk growing louder as they came closer. Hiccup glanced back at the others to see if everything was as it should be before they arrived. They were just about finished and had heard the other council members too, making them rush to finishing picking up tables, chairs and benches as they made their way back to the main table, the dragons rushing off in front as fast as they could.
The doors of the Great Hall opened wider just as everyone but Hiccup sat down around the table, their dragons falling into place behind them. As far as the rest of the council knew nothing had gone wrong into the hall, and Hiccup could only pray it would stay that way and the meeting would go ahead without anything else going wrong.