AN- welcome to chapter 10. I made this one extra long for a guest whose dog is passing away tomorrow. I'm sorry for your loss. I know how heart breaking it is to lose a family member. I have lost plenty in my life and even worse is most died young. Just remember you gave her a good life and she'll always be with you in spirit. I give my condolences to you.
I hope that you and everyone else enjoy this chapter.
"Text" - dragons speaking
Stoic gave a sigh as he sat at a table in the great hall - drinking some mead. Gobber came over and sat beside him.
"'ow you 'olding up Stoic?"
"Not good Gobber. First I lose my son then another teen is taken off. It happened right in front of me and I couldn't stop it because of a mere injury. What kind of chief am I if I can't protect my people? I couldn't even protect my family."
"Don' be so 'ard on yourself Stoic. No one knew the Thorston girl would jus' jump onto the nigh' fury like tha' and tha' was no mere injury from wha' I 'eard, I' tore the jugular. You're lucky to be alive."
Stoic still looked downcast.
"And you shouldn' blame yourself for 'iccup either. He was always getting 'imself into trouble. I' was a miracle 'e survived until now."
"The only reason he got himself into trouble all the time and got in the habit of wandering into the forest was because of me. I've always been disappointed in him. I didn't mean to, I wanted him to grow up to be a strong Viking but he always failed my expectations. He constantly tried to impress me only to make it worse. The village found him to be a nuisance and caused me great shame. " He stated with remorse.
"If he hadn't found the need to escape their glares and disdain, he wouldn't have been in that forest with the night fury. He'd still be alive - mumbling in is sarcastic humour and testing out another invention deemed to fail." Stoic sighed as a tear rolled down his cheek.
"I miss him Gobber. I always hated his remarks and un-viking habits. But now, I wish to see and hear them more than ever. "
"We all feel tha' way Stoic. It's strange 'ow you only miss something when it's gone. Even the things you can't stand and wished were gone and would jus' stop everyday." Gobber said, trying to cheer his friend up. "We've all los' someone. It's an occupational 'azard for us Vikings. But we grieve, we move on, and we forgive ourselves."
"How can I forgive myself Gobber? Ever since he was born I stopped being a father to him. I just could never accept that fish bone as my son, my heir. Valka though, she loved Hiccup despite his small and weak body. She truly believed he'd become a strong man one day. I envied her for that. If she were still around, I'm sure that could have come to fruition. But instead, I didn't believe in him and I tried to turn him into something he's not. All I did was get him killed. Valka wouldn't forgive me for that, so I can't forgive myself for that. "
They both stayed in silence for a while, depression thick in the air as they drunk their mead.
The chief let out a sigh, "I'm heading out for the nest tomorrow."
"Tha' soon? Don' you think you should give yourself some more time to gri-"
"No! I can't rest until that night fury is dead. There's always the chance the Thorston girl is still alive as well. Who's to say she didn't fall off and wash up on an island? I don't want to lose more of my people Gobber. I need to take down that nest!"
Gobber sighed, "All righ', I'll pack my undies then."
"No, you stay here. I need you to train some new recruits."
"The teens? You think they're ready?"
"We've lost two already and we can't lose any more. They need to learn to defend themselves before it's too late. I'll be back before the final exam."
"O-okay sure thing." Gobber replied. He decided not to tell him of the taming the teens were planning to try out. It would most likely fail anyway and they'd get straight onto the real training. No need to bother Stoic with any more worries.
With that, the chief left the hall to go to bed. He expected to have another night of restless sleep in the empty and silent house, without the sound of his sons' snores.
The remaining villagers watched as the fleet sailed away, headed for the nest.
Tuff watched with a solemn expression, hoping they'd find his sister along the way. He shook off the sadness before heading for the training ring. He grew excited at the prospect of taming a dragon. He'd brought some fish, bits of meat and bread along. He knew a good way to make a friend was to offer them free food so maybe it would work on a dragon. He just didn't know what to feed it.
"How's it hanging guys?" He yelled over to the others all ready in the ring.
"Nervous!" Yelped Fishlegs. "I still don't how I became involved in this."
"Jeez Fishlegs it'll be fine. It's only a terrible terror. It couldn't kill you if it tried. They're only dangerous in groups. You're the walking encyclopedia, you should know that." Astrid stated.
"They can still really hurt though," He whined.
"Please! If anyone's getting hurt it's the dragon. If it even tried to bite me I'm putting a fist in its face to show it whose boss." Boasted Snotlout.
"Just remember we're taming the dragon, not trying to kill it Snotlout." Replied Astrid.
"What you got in the basket Tuff?" Asked Fishlegs.
"Some food."
"Your not gonna have a picnic with a dragon running around are you?" Laughed Snotlout.
"No! It's for the dragon. Thought it might like me more if I gave it some food."
"Ooh, that's smart." Said Fishlegs, "Could I have some?"
"Sure, just don't go and eat it. I know you get hungry when you're nervous."
"I do not!" Cried Fishlegs.
The other two laughed.
"You totally do Fishlegs, " Said Snotlout.
They heard the gate close as Gobber made his way in.
"Alrigh', let's ge' this over with shall we. I'll give you the whole day. You can give up at any time 'owever."
"Alright, a whole day!" Yelled Tuff excitedly, thinking that Gobber was making this too easy.
"I'll be standing over 'ere to make sure no one gets too 'urt. It's only a terror so it won' kill you unless it gets your throa' so make sure to guard it with your hands. Also mind the fingers as you may lose a few if you don' watch I'."
Fishlegs grew more nervous.
"If anyone needs a break come over to me so I can guard you be'er. Is tha' all clear."
They all nodded in confirmation.
"Good." And with that he opened the door to the little dragons cage.
None of the teens were armed as to take Ruff's advice to heart. Would it really not attack them? Is what they all wondered.
"Heh, look at it, it's the size of my-" Before Tuff could finish it leapt up and started mauling on his nose.
The dragon clearly hadn't liked the insult and the others scattered away from it.
"Oh I'm hurt, I am very much hurt." He yelled.
"Looks like a frontal approach won't do it, let's try the food." Said Astrid as she swayed side to side ready for a possible attack.
Snotlout was the closest so he ran up and grabbed the basket, only for the terror to jump up and latch onto his arm. He dropped the basket and started running around waving his arm frantically.
"Get-it-off-get-it-off-get-it-off!" He cried.
"I'm really not liking this plan." Said Fishlegs as he moved over to the safety of Gobber.
"Jeez, you guys are hopeless." Stated Astrid as she moved in for the basket.
Tuff was getting back up, massaging his swollen nose.
"What happened to punching it before it had the chance to bite you?" Asked Tuff.
"Shut up!" Yelled Snotlout, the terror was still clinging to him. He managed to pull it off only for it to cling to his other arm.
"Oh come on," He cried.
He went to punch it only for it to bite into his fist. It was becoming quite the show for Astrid and Tuff who couldn't stifle their giggling.
As much as Astrid enjoyed seeing Snotlout in pain, she wanted to try the food method. She went near Snotlout and held out some meat close to the ground.
"Come on little guy. You hungry?" She tried to say softly which wasn't too easy for her. The terror noticed the food and let go of Snotlout before creeping over to her.
"That's it, come on closer." She encouraged. But something was odd. He wasn't looking at the food in her hand; he was looking at her head. Before she knew it, it leapt on her and she let out a yelp. She tumbled away and looked behind her. It was... eating a fish.
"What?" She questioned. She heard laughter and saw Tuff rolling on the ground.
"Hahahaha that was hilarious, you should have seen the look on your face." Tuff laughed.
He'd gone and placed a fish on her head as a small prank. She was not amused and stomped over to him. He looked up only to get a foot to the face.
"O-ow, Astrid. S-stop. It was just a joke." He pleaded as she kicked him into the ground.
"Don't ever do that again." She scorned, seething in rage. Unbeknownst to them, the terror was watching them in amusement. Vikings were strange and funny creatures it thought to itself.
While the teens were laughing and bickering, Fishlegs was sitting next to Gobber and had helped himself to some bread. The terror took notice and wandered carefully over to him, wary of the armed viking next to the large teen.
Fishlegs was rather frightened at first when he saw it. Gobber was taking a quick nap so didn't see it approaching. He thought of waking him up but saw the curiosity in the dragons' eyes. He looked to the bread in his hand. Maybe it was just hungry. He should probably throw the bread before it pounced for it like with Astrid. He threw the bread over.
"There ya go, "He whispered.
It gobbled down the food and continued its approach. Fishlegs froze, he didn't have any more and he really didn't want to get bitten. But before he could alert Gobber he heard...Purring? The sound was coming from the terror and it came right up to him only to rub against his arm and go to sleep. It reminded him of a cat.
"Hey look guys, Fishlegs did it." Exclaimed Snotlout.
"What!?" Tuff and Astrid cried.
The one person who wanted no part in this was the one to tame the dragon? But it was true. The small creature was purring against him in a peaceful slumber. Gobber soon awoke to see the tamed dragon as well.
"Wha'!? Beard of Thor, I can' believe my eyes."
"I actually tamed it. " muttered Fishlegs in dis-belief.
"I actually tamed it!" He shouted and put his arms in the air out of triumph.
The terror awoke from the sudden noise and ended up climbing up Fishlegs' arm and onto his shoulder.
"Agh," Yelped Fishlegs, still not used to being so close to a dragon.
"I wonder if we could tame the other dragons," Gobber wondered aloud. "Think of the possibilities. we could have our own dragons to defend the village from other dragons and any other tribes. "
He'd only just started to see the positive side to this as before, just the thought they could be tamed was just blown off as a silly idea. There wasn't any point to looking past it. But now!
"Hey aren't you forgetting something," smirked Tuff.
"Yeah, you said if we could tame a dragon, you would do whatever we wanted to you." Snotlout finished.
"O-oh um. Do we 'ave to decide this now? Don' you wan' to try out some more dragons firs'."
"As tempting as that sounds, I'll have to decline for now. We should probably study what it likes and find some easier methods of taming before moving onto the dangerous ones." Said Tuff.
"T-that sounds like a rather smart idea. A-are you actually Tuff in there." Stuttered Astrid.
The other teens were also staring at him. Since when did Tuff think logically and safely. Maybe the abduction of his sister had affected him more than they thought.
"Of course it's me. Who else would I be?"
"N-never mind," sighed Astrid. A safer Tuff was a better Tuff in her eyes.
"Now, onto Gobber's punishment," Tuff grinned. "I think we deserve constant access to the ring, including unsupervised. " Well there went the safety.
"Are you ou' of your mind, wha' if something wen' wrong and I wasn' around to protec' any of you." Yelled Gobber.
"Please. We can protect ourselves. Isn't that right Astrid." Asked Snotlout in his smug manner.
"Well I don't doubt my skills, but I don't know. I think it would be safer to have Gobber watching us. Although having access whenever we want sounds good." She replied.
Gobber let out a sigh. " Alrigh', those are terms I can accep'. You ge' access to the ring when ever you wan', but I'll need to be here before you open any cages. The teens looked thrilled.
"'owever, I do advise no' moving to the other dragons yet as you lo' got attacked several times before I' calmed down. With one of the other dragons, that would mean los' limbs or even death. I'll get some more terrors in for you to practice with. Is tha' all okay?" He Asked.
The teens nodded a few times in anticipation for more training.
"Grea', oh and one more thing. When Stoic gets back, no one is to mention the training straigh' away. 'e'll need it broken to him gradually. He asked me to start you lo' on your dragon training, but I doub' you want to do tha' now you're taming them right?"
The teens started mumbling to themselves in thought for a few seconds.
"I don't see why we can't still do it. Even if we do tame them, we'd need to know how to fight off wild dragons and the one's attacking the village. Maybe we could fight them in ways that wouldn't hurt them or do the fight training after they're tame." Reasoned Astrid.
"I think that's a good idea," Stated Fishlegs. I'm starting to warm up to this little guy and I wouldn't want to hurt him. And I doubt any dragon that you practice fighting on will trust you enough to become your pet. So I think training first then pretend fighting would be best."
"Yeah! like what Ruff was doing." Cried Tuff. " She was play fighting with her pet night fury right? So that means play fighting is fine. We'll get all the dragon fighting training we need as well as pet dragons."
The teens grew excited at the possibilities awaiting them if they could figure out how to tame the other dragons. Although it certainly wouldn't be as easy as they hoped and expected.
It was late evening on the island. The sun was just starting to set turning the already orange trees into a golden and burnt umber colouring. Ruff was catching fish again, in the cool water of the ocean. The waves swaying back and forth across her legs as she remained still, waiting for her prey.
Toothless had walked off after their 'moment'. She had been stunned at how their bond had happened. One moment she was discussing with Hiccup about making friends with Toothless and his ideas of a prosthetic fin. How she'd need to ride him for it to work. The next, Toothless was close enough to bite her head off. But he didn't and just blew her hair with his breath a few times. He must have been interested in the drawing since he began doing it himself. It had been rather funny seeing him use such a large branch.
When she got up to look at it, he hadn't liked her stepping on the lines he'd made. She had some fun teasing him at first before dodging the lines like he had wanted. Before she knew it she was dancing, and she was dancing closer and closer to him.
She'd felt his breath against her back again and had turned around. Since he'd let her this close, she'd wanted to touch him. He didn't like it at first, so she turned her head away. She was scared that he'd bit off her hand, but she realized she had to make the first step. If she showed him she trusted him, maybe he'd trust her.
When she felt his warm scales against her hand she'd felt elated. He trusted her!
She realized it would still take time to become as close as she was to Hiccup though. Not to mention this was a true dragon. She figured she'd start with food. He'd accepted her touch so she hoped he'd accept her fish now too. He must be starving by now after all.
Hiccup was beside her trying to sneak up on some of the fish. It was cute to watch. Even though she now knew who he really was, she still saw the cute little dragon she'd grown to love.
Once she'd caught enough to feed herself and two dragons, she left the water in the direction of where Toothless lay.
"I caught you some fish," She yelled.
Toothless perked up an ear and took a glance at her over his shoulder.
"I know you're hungry, stop being so stubborn and have some." She laughed.
Toothless wanted to ignore her, he really did. He wasn't going to eat fish someone had caught for him, he was too full of pride to be given charity. He'd catch it himself.
But still, the smell of fresh fish reached his nostrils and he couldn't help having a good sniff. His pupils went large and he turned around to look at her. She'd caught some Icelandic cod, his favourite.
He shook his head, trying to get his mind off how wonderful it would taste. He wouldn't accept her pity!
"Jeez, you really are too prideful aren't you? If you like, you can accept this as a favour and not a gift. When you can catch your own you can give me some back." She offered.
Toothless' ears twitched. Maybe he could accept it if it wasn't charity. He felt so conflicted with his emotions and ideals. He didn't know what to do. Accept or decline?
"Just take it!" Muttered Hiccup. "You're being as stubborn as a Viking!"
"I'm nothing like a Viking." He yelled.
"Are too."
"Am not!
"Are too."
"Am not! Fine, I'll have the stupid fish."
Toothless edged over to Ruffnut, his back arched right up and his head stayed low to the ground. He reached out for the fish in her hands and bit down - making sure not to take her fingers off. He gulped it down happily and approached her for some more.
"Okay okay, just follow me to your pile, " She chuckled as he sniffed her.
Hiccup grinned, he'd won the argument. It was a nice feeling. Back at the village he'd never won one, from the blame going on him for disasters that weren't his fault to his dad not listening to his opinion on something. It felt good to finally win. A dragon had seemed like a terrible fate the gods had damned him with at first, but now it felt like a blessing. He was being showered in care, was getting his opinions across and was praised for the things he did. There were lots of perks to being a dragon as well. He had a body that could fight and defend itself and he'd eventually be able to fly, something he couldn't even fathom before. Life was looking up.
Toothless was in heaven. After he'd eaten his fill he noticed Ruffnut giving Hiccup a scratch. He'd said he'd loved them and how good they felt, but he'd been repulsed by the idea of a Viking touching him. He'd already let her touch him though, and he'd eaten her fish so maybe a scratch wasn't too bad? He could at the very least try it out. He walked over and looked at her then down to Hiccup with big puppy dog eyes.
Ruffnut understood straight way and although a little stunned she carefully approached him and started to stroke his face. She moved to his neck and gave some light scratches. Then she used both hands to scratch his back and his neck.
It felt so good. Toothless leaned into her touch, momentarily forgetting about his hate for humans. Then she hit a nerve under his chin and he collapsed in ecstasy. A satisfied expression on his features.
"Whoa! How did I do that?" She asked herself. She called over Hiccup to try it out on him. She started scratching him and moved under his chin before he also gave a small grunt before slumping down in ecstasy.
"That might come in handy," She thought out loud.
A couple of days later, Toothless had definitely warmed up to Ruffnut more. He liked getting scratches and ate the fish she caught with out the previous hesitation.
They had even played games together such as hide and seek and chase. At some point she'd made a ball out of leaves and branches which the three of them enjoyed playing with.
They had also swum out to sea a bit where Toothless finally caught a fish of his own. It was only the one so he had it to himself, but he had a proud smirk on his features for the entire day.
Hiccup was nervous. Ruff had been able to make friends with Toothless so it was about time to tell him the truth. He worried how he'd react. Sure he was okay with being around a Viking now, but how would he feel when he found out the dragon who'd convinced him Ruffnut was safe, used to be a Viking themselves?
Maybe he should wait for a better moment. He had the perfect idea. He'd already made the plans for the prosthetic so he'd tell Ruffnut about going into the wilderness of the island to search for materials. But at the same time, they'd just have some fun and explore this new place. They could bring Toothless along, build up the friendship some more.
He wanted to make sure Toothless was completely happy about Ruffnut first. He really liked Toothless and he didn't want the truth to hurt their bond. Leave it too long though and it could hurt even more than telling him too soon. It was a tough balance, but he'd figure it out.
So here they were. They had set off to explore an hour prior. Toothless and Ruff had both been excited about the adventure. They'd all been stuck on the shingle beach for too long and needed some new entertainment.
The trees were truly spectacular, their trunks stretched so high and their roots protruded from the ground. Birds could be heard singing within the canopy among other creatures. Flowers of different colours and shaped littered the forests floor and tree trunks. The occasional red deer was spotted in some more open areas. Roars from predatory animals could also be heard in the distance, a large cat maybe?
This place was full of life and very beautiful.
Toothless' ears pricked for a moment before stepping backwards, dodging something that had fallen from above the trees. From the looks of the splattered remains on the floor, it had been a fruit. It had a yellow skin with orange flesh and black seeds inside. Hiccup had never seen anything like it. He gave it a lick only to be scolded by Toothless.
"What are you doing?! You don't just lick some strange object that's fallen on the ground. What if it's poisonous?" He yelled. "Not to mention we are carnivores. We don't eat plants."
Toothless turned away after giving his lecture only to see Ruffnut doing the same thing. He shrieked in alarm and nudged her away from it.
"Aww, come on it tastes nice. I've never tasted a fruit so sweet before. It's amazing." She said in awe.
The only fruit that would grow on Berk were apples and they were always sour and powdery. Sometimes they had blackberries and strawberries brought to them by traders, but they were also not too pleasant.
Toothless watched her with a wary eye as if to make sure she didn't suddenly come out in a rash or begin choking to death.
Hiccup found it nice to see how protective Toothless has become over Ruffnut. It was like he'd come to see her as a reckless hatchling just like Hiccup. After the fun with the fruit tasting and luckily having no side effects from it, they moved on with the exploration. Wondering what mysteries they would find on this amazing island.
They were deep into the forest now and the flow of water could be heard. They were all rather thirsty so they went to take a look. Their only form of hydration so far had been the fish meat, snow and dew off the leaves in the early morning. The chance of fresh water couldn't be passed up.
It was a waterfall. It cascaded down into a stunningly clear pool of water that reflected a wide range of colours from the rocks beneath it. It was very deep and looked to even go down into some underwater caverns.
Toothless and Hiccup carefully made their way down the slippery rocks. Ruff on the other hand had a better idea. She jumped. There wasn't even any hesitance as she made the leap.
Worry crossed the dragons' features at the sudden action but passed when she surfaced and let out a triumphant cheer of joy.
"That was awesome!" She yelled. " You guys should try it too."
Toothless scoffed and carried on making his way down the safer way. Hiccup however was curious and stayed staring over the edge. It did look fun.
"You're not seriously going to jump are you?" asked Toothless.
"I might. It looks fun."
"You can't even fly yet. What if you break a wing?"
"Ruff can't fly but she jumped, if I keep them folded I should be fine."
"I advise against it."
"I think I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna be brave for once in my life and just go for it."
So with that he backed away a bit and then ran off the edge, shrieking in delight. The adrenaline rush made him feel alive. Then he started to fall, a bit of panic washing over him. He'd meant to keep his wings folded but instinct had other ideas. He automatically opened all his fins and wings, before he knew it, he was gliding.
He was shocked and thrilled at the same time. He was flying. He was flying...past the pool of water... and heading straight for a tree! He tried to swerve to avoid it only to spin out of control. luckily he was over the water again and crashed into it. He struggled to swim to the surface since his open wings weighed him down but the desperation for air urged him on.
When he broke the surface Ruff swam over and gave him a hug.
"That a boy Hi-Blacky!" She yelled, almost forgetting about Toothless' presence. "You're braver than I thought and you actually flew. That's amazing. Well done."
Hiccup was blushing from all the praise under his scales, he wasn't used to all the positive treatment. Wings now folded, he swam over to a side of the pool and climbed up to greet Toothless who had made it down in a hurry to check he was okay.
"What were you thinking?! I told you it was dangerous, you could have been badly hurt." He fretted.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. Jeez, it turned out okay. Not to mention I actually flew." He grinned.
"That wasn't flying, it was gliding. It's like falling in style." Toothless remarked.
"Such a kill joy." Hiccup pouted. "Come on let's have a drink and a swim."
Toothless leaned down and lapped up the water. It was the cleanest water he'd ever had and it had a slight sweetness to it.
"This water's delicious," Said Ruff, hovering in the water as she cupped the liquid in her hands.
They swam around for a while, splashing each other in the water. At one point, Toothless dove down to catch a golden cultured fish only to not eat it since it tasted terrible. The expression on his face causing the other two to fall into a giggle fit. It seemed not everything was delicious on the island after all.
Hiccup soon noticed something strange about the waterfall, it didn't seem to have a backing. He swam over to it and stuck his head inside it.
"Hey Toothless, come over here. You have to see this." Hiccup cried in excitement.
He also motioned Ruff over before going behind the waterfall fully. It was a cave. The rocks were just as colourful as below the pool water but there was something special about these. Littered across the walls, floor and ceiling were yellow - orange crystals and rocks. Hiccup recognized them as Topaz. They'd discovered a gold mine, but it was too beautiful a sight to even think of harvesting it.
"This is amazing." Remarked Ruffnut, before she began shivering. The water had been refreshing but also very cold. The ground had been covered in snow after all.
She decided to strip down to get the heavy wet clothing off her before it sapped any more heat.
Hiccup started to blush when he saw she was only in her underwear and breast band. She knew who he was but had striped down regardless. She didn't look embarrassed at all, she had no shame.
"What you staring at?" She teased.
Hiccup quickly looked away, clearly embarrassed by the display. Toothless didn't seem to notice as he looked around the cavern.
"Lets explore further," He suggested and started walking forward.
Hiccup and Ruff soon followed after him, curious as to what this cavern would entail.
AN- so there we go. hope you enjoyed. I was originally going to end it after the papaya tasting. ( that's what the sweet fruit was) but I wanted to put some of the next part in for the guest whose losing a dog.
did anyone catch the toy story ref? also I had Hiccup do the jump since he's turned into quite the adrenaline junkie in the second movie. I can imagine him being even more so as a dragon. :D
reviews ( I'm gonna try getting some of the user reviews done too from now one)
UnknownBlackHand - I didn't want to use the Snoggletog tail because in my opinion, it doesn't look to allow that much freedom during flight. I expect that sometimes the fins are in different positions for turning and such. just mirroring the real fin wouldn't work too well. If you remember Hiccups cheat sheet, He had several positions that required two foot pedals. So simply tightening the fin isn't enough for comfortable flight.
Breyannia - I'm still trying to figure out how to go about the reveal myself. I have an idea but it conflicts with other ideas I have. I'll get it figured out though. I wouldn't have it end negatively though, don't worry.
snowflake - That's actually a great idea and I'm going to implement it into the story. thanks for the idea. :)
Phantom Earth - Glad you liked the bathing scene. It was fun to write haha. also thx again for viewing and faving my fan art. (link in profile for anyone else that wants to see it)
Fireflame159 - I'm trying to reach a happy medium with that. he'll eventually change back but there will be plenty of time for toothless and Hiccup to bond, have cute scenes and have toothless train him as well before then.
maximumride1444 - sorry for not replying sooner. Was still thinking of ages myself. I'm gonna have hiccup be 4/5 now and Toothless is gonna be 20. I wanted Toothless to be older than Hiccups real age in this fic and Hiccups dragon age is because of his size. the logic behind night fury hatchlings in this fic is they stay with their parents until around 10 years old.
thx to the rest of my reviewers. If I didn't reply here it's either because I wasn't sure how to reply (damn social anxiety) or it would have been thanking you for for support.