A/N: Been a long time. I've been concentrating on original stuff and working on this whenever I got a few moments I thought I could get away with it. This is longer than recent chapters and to be honest the chapters are likely to only barely break the 1,000 words mark from now on anyway. Either that or it'll be months before I get to update again. And I really should start figuring out how this will end.

So enjoy this chapter and don't forget to review.

Chapter 16

Hiccup was woken up by something wet on his face. He could tell by how slimy it felt that it had to Toothless, but when he opened his eyes all he saw was Dragon Hiccup sitting on his chest. He gave a toothless grin at the human who shared his name before jumping off and rushing over to the door, where Astrid was leaning against the door frame, in Hiccup's tunic and her leggings. "Morning Chief," she said as she walked over to the bed.

"Morning Milady," Hiccup replied, still half asleep. He glanced out the window to see the sun was already starting to rise. "I am so glad I don't need to rush back," he said. "I'm just going to roll over and go back to sleep, and get dragon spit all over your bed in the process."

"Oh no you're not," Astrid protested as she sat down on the bed, grabbed Hiccup's hands and pulled him up into a sitting position. "I'm making you breakfast so what you're going to do is get up, wash that dragon spit off your face and then come down to eat. The Night Nadders are about to start flying today so me and Stormfly are taking them to the Academy to give them some flight practice. And I would love it if you and Toothless could join us."

"I do have the morning free," Hiccup said.

"It won't be the two of us though. Your mum and Eret and Fishlegs will be there too. Maybe even Snotlout and the twins."

"I don't care. It'll be like old times."

"Just remember at the Academy I'm the one in charge." Astrid got up and headed back to the door, Dragon Hiccup running along behind her. Hiccup watched her go, waiting until the door closed behind her before he got up to do what Astrid had told him to.

When Astrid got downstairs she found the other five baby dragons sitting perfectly still by the fire, watching the stairs expectedly. Toothless was asleep beside them, while Stormfly was at the open back door, keeping a close eye on her babies. It had been a week since they'd all hatched and they'd grown a tiny bit, Dragon Hiccup still being the smallest of the six. "So, who fancies some fish?" Astrid asked, making the Night Nadders run forward and wrap themselves round her legs. "Well now I can't move." The baby dragons ran to the basket of fish and started running around it until Astrid walked over and opened it up. They lined up and waited for Astrid to throw them a fish, rushing off towards Stormfly once they got one to eat.

"How'd you manage to get them to do that?" Hiccup asked as he walked down the stairs.

"I honestly don't know," Astrid replied getting out some more fish and throwing it to Stormfly. "Yesterday I jokily asked them to line up and they did. Seems they like that idea."

"Wow, Astrid Hofferson; Master Baby Dragon Trainer."

"Shouldn't that be Astrid Haddock; Master Baby Dragon Trainer?"

"Will be in three weeks."

"And I've already got a house full of dragons." Astrid put some fish down in front of Toothless, who woke up at the smell and ate it in one big bite. Hiccup slipped an arm round her waist, using his other hand to push her hair back so he could kiss her neck. "Next it'll be a house full of dragons and children," Astrid said watching the baby dragons run around under Stormfly's feet. "I'm convinced one day I'll come home to see you and the kids surrounded by injured baby dragons they found in the woods. We'll probably end up dealing with angry mothers coming to look for them."

"You've given it a lot of thought then?" Hiccup asked as he went up to kiss behind Astrid's ear, making Astrid lean back into him.

"Well what else am I going to do during the nights without you? Thinking about what life would be like when we're married is the only thing that gets me through them."

"And you imagine our life will be complete chaos?"

"I wouldn't want it any other way."

Hiccup went back to kissing Astrid's neck as she watched the baby dragons play, running around Stormfly or climbing over Toothless. "I really should start doing breakfast for us," Astrid said trying to unwrap Hiccup's arms from around her waist. Hiccup just pulled her up onto his good foot and started walking her over to the kitchen. Astrid squealed and laughed, holding on tight to Hiccup's arms so she didn't fall off.

"There we go," Hiccup said. "You can start breakfast while I stay here and help."

Astrid just laughed and shock her head before she got to work preparing breakfast, standing on Hiccup's foot with his arms tightly around her waist the whole time.

When Hiccup and Astrid arrived at the Dragon Academy Eret, Valka and the other dragon riders were already there, their dragons waiting patiently while Snotlout tried to persuade everyone that they really should start breeding hybrid dragons. He was cut off mid-sentence when the Night Nadders rushed him, knocking him to the ground as they climbed all over him. "Get them off me!" Snotlout exclaimed as the baby dragons started licking his face. Toothless and Stormfly went to get the babies off, which just left Snotlout feeling even more trembled on. "I'm seriously regretting agreeing to help with this," he said as he lay there, waiting for someone or some dragon to help him up.

"The more of us to keep an eye on the babies the better," Astrid said. "We should get started before they cause all sorts of havoc around here."

"Would be great to see what glorious destruction they'll cause in the village once they're properly flying," Tuffnut said as Ruffnut helped Snotlout to his feet. "They're so small they can easily hide somewhere and blow stuff up."

"Then it's a good job there's more of us to make sure we don't lose sight of them," Valka said.

"Yeah, I would rather not have to deal with any emergencies caused by dragons today. Or by the twins," Hiccup said. "Especially the twins."

"We won't make any promises Chief," Ruffnut said.

"I thought you wouldn't."

"Right then, First we'll start by seeing how far they can fly around the academy," Astrid said before noticing that Toothless and Stormfly were busy chasing the babies around the room. "Just as soon as we get them organised."