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LAST CALL FOR TOOTHCUP!
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A single month had passed since the discovery of the baby dragon, and even since Toothless and Hiccup's talk after their flying practice, things seemed to have returned to normal. Toothless was no longer acting like a total pouty baby (Saving his pouts for a few occasions instead) after Hiccup's constant reassurence that Val was not Toothless's replacement as Hiccup's favorite dragon and that he was his one and only flying dragon. This seemed to help and Val was acting even more like a baby now that she was being cared for by Hiccup without the older dragon's jealous fits. That was until that month passed and Hiccup decided to make an announcement during the academy's daily training session.
"Um, guys?" Hiccup began, trying to get the attention of his fellow viking teens. "Guys?"
Astride frowned at the sight of her friend's struggle, for all of the other vikings were either getting burned to a crisp by the dragon, goofing off, or whatever it was Fishlegs was doing, so she swiftly walked to his side and placed two fingers into her mouth and whistled loudly and sharply, causing everyone to groan loudly and grab their ears from pain.
"Hey! Shut up so Hiccup can talk!" She bellowed, efficiently getting everyone's attention.
"Geez, why didn't he just say so?" Ruff-nut muttered, before Tuff-nut added in 'You didn't have to nearly blow our heads off.'
With that, all eyes were suddenly on Hiccup and his two dragon companions, one being his beloved Nightfury friend, and the other being his imprinted 'daughter' Valka, who by now was just a little smaller than her 'mommy's forearm with strange curls about the length of his middle finger. She hadn't done much growing in the past month, but she was a little bigger in a few places, and that was apparently what caused Hiccup to make this choice in the first place.
"Um, I have an announcement to make, actually." Hiccup said, clearing his throat quite a few times in an attempt to dislodge whatever it was that wasn't in his throat so that he could speak a little less nervously. "Which is- um..."
"Valka the Great is going to be joining us at the training academy now." The viking beside Hiccup said suddenly, apparently sick of his beating around the bush. "Oh, and also hes trying to teach her how to speak human, so go ahead and laugh at him about it until he proves us all wrong other wise like he did with Toothless over there."
"Human speak? Really?" Ruff-nut spat on the ground and laughed. "Really?"
"H-hey, if she thinks her mommy is a human- Then it could be possible. Heck, if dragon's can speak their own language then why not English?" Hiccup mused, looking down at Toothless for some reason or another.
'That is different. Our language is a collection of grunts and hisses. Not actual words.' The older dragon hissed with a frown.
'I don't weally care, I want momma to be happy!' Val squeaked, earning a slight look of disapproval from Toothless.
"Also, I would like to add that Val is going to be flying with Toothless and I for the time bein-" A loud growl from Toothless cut him off from speaking. "Hey, whats wrong buddy?"
"I don't think hes to happy about that." Astrid laughed, watching as the dark-haired viking tried to calm down his dragon.
"Oh come on! Its been a month already! Why are you still upset about this?" Hiccup sighed, adjusting Val on his shoulder before turning to face Toothless. "Shes not going to be a riding dragon!"
'Sure, you say that now! Toothless muttered, wanting at least one dragon-thing to himself and Hiccup. 'Can't we share one thing that doesn't involve that!?'
"Toothless, shes a baby dragon, we can't keep her grounded forever you know." Hiccup sighed, shaking his head slowly as the other vikings watched the two bicker.
'Yes we can.'
"Look, the baby dragon is my responsibility now and since I say she gets to fly with us then she will." Hiccup said sternly as Toothless huffed and stomped off. "Oh, real mature! We're not done talking here you know!"
"Um... Hiccup?" Said viking turned around quickly and saw the group of very disturbed looking Vikings.
"Um... I apologize for that- Um, I'm going to go to talk to my dragon again now- Oh gosh that sounds... So very weird- Um, I'll be off then." Hiccup muttered before ducking out of the academy and rushing after Toothless. "Toothless!"
By then the dragon had already disappeared from sight, leaving a very annoyed viking and a very confused Valka in the clearing. Hiccup huffed loudly as he looked around for his dragon before tossing himself down in the dirt and sighing heavily. Valka frowned, mistaking the dramatic fall as one from pain or injury and crawled onto her mommy's tummy, listening all over to make sure he was okay and not hurt.
"I'm fine, Val. Just frustrated with my dragon." Hiccup sighed, pulling the baby down in his arms and hugging her gently.
'What did I do? Or you mean other dragon?' Val cooed in a concerned way.
"Toothless is just being a big baby." Hiccup sighed, sitting up a bit and cradling Val. "I just don't get what his problem is with you."
'Wike me? I a baby too?' She chirped, nuzzling Hiccup's chest gently.
"If you're going to be here and a part of this family, then he needs to learn to accept this and deal with it." Hiccup said, standing up suddenly and gently placing her on the ground. "I'm gonna try and go find him. Can you go back to the academy or at least back to the house and stay with dad?"
'But momma! If draggy is gone to, then I wanna find him also!' Val chirped again as she nodded her head, which Hiccup mistook as understanding.
"Good girl. I'll be home before dinner, okay?" Hiccup assured her before taking off in the direction he thought Toothless had gone in.
'Good? So I can look for him too? Okay, momma! I'll find him!' Val smiled, and scampered off in the opposite direction of her mommy.
She ran as fast as her tiny legs could carry her, not stopping even after they began to hurt a little, after all, her mommy was a viking! So she was a tough little girl, or at least thats what her 'granddad' had said about her just the other day, and his words of encouragement helped her to run faster! At least she thought it did, until she finally found herself in desperate need of rest and that she had only run about three or more yards from where she was originally.
'I going nowhere at this!' She groaned, pouting softly as she took a brief rest and then tried to run again.
After what felt to be about 12 yards and four breaks, Val finally felt like she couldn't go any further and she laid down on her tummy for a much needed nap. Just as she was about to drift off to sleep, she heard harsh running steps coming towards her and she heard and angry sound. Looking up, she found that the missing nightfury was now standing in front of her, which was good because it meant that she didn't have to look any farther for him.
'What are you doing here?' Toothless growled, looking down at the baby with fire in his eyes.
'Lookin for you! I found ya!" Val giggled, sitting up a little and smiling. 'Now we can go find mommy an-'
'Hiccup is not your mother!' Toothless bellowed suddenly in annoyance. 'Stop calling him that!'
'Is so! And he says I'm apparta this famiwy now, and you gotta deal with it ya big baby!' Valka did her best to impersonate Hiccup but clearly failed.
'I don't have to deal with anything!' Toothless muttered in response, sitting down in front of the baby and sighing.
'Yes you do! You gotta stop not liking me so momma can be happy with you again!' Valka shot back in her high pitched baby hiss.
'The only way'd I'd stop hating you is if you stop stealing Hiccup from me!'
'I not stealin momma! Momma wuves us both!'
'Ever since we found you, you've been stealing him! You stole my spot on the bed, most of Hiccup's time and attention, eels, and even flying! Flying is something Hiccup and I do together!' Toothless spat out, standing up boldly over the smaller dragon.
'I not stealin! Momma just wants me ta be happy and a good dwagon an-' Toothless suddenly cut in with a low growl.
'Hiccup is a human boy! My human, who found you in a nest! He isn't your momma and I won't let you take him from me!' Well, Toothless could probably add that sentence to the list of things he never thought he'd say.
Valka sat there, looking momentarily stunned at the mean words of the older dragon. Sniffling softly, she slowly sat down on her tiny bottom and held her tail to her chest like a little blankie, and then began to wail loudly. Toothless winced at how loud her cries were, and even felt a bit of remorse for snapping at her, but he didn't have much time to feel this as terror soon took over in his heart as a voice called out to them.
"Toothless! Val-...ka?" Hiccup's voice came in, lowering suddenly when he heard the baby's cries and quickened his pace until he was at his side and scooped her up into his arms. "Whats wrong, baby?"
'H-he yelled at me! A-and says you isn't my momma and that I steal!' The baby cried, and even though Hiccup couldn't understand this, he could understand who accusing finger currently pointed at his Nightfury.
"Toothless!" Hiccup exclaimed, his earlier concerns suddenly turning to anger and annoyance. "You know, I've just about had it with this feud of yours! Sure, I understand pouting and what not, but actually making the baby cry is just drawing the line!"
The nightfury was about to tell his friend about how it was the babies fault, but then thought against it and chose to stay quiet as Hiccup fumed. Valka still sniffled as she felt the rising tension in the atmosphere and quickly crawled onto her momma's back to use him as a type of shield.
"You know what, until you decide you want to grow up and act like a civilized dragon, then you are just grounded from flying until then!" The human said, suddenly getting to his feet and pulling Valka into his arms once more. "I don't know whats gotten into you, or what it has to do with the baby, but you really need to knock it off... Lets go Valka."
Toothless watched as the two left, and only felt his dislike for Valka grow even more now that Hiccup was mad at him because of her. Pouting, he made it a plan and a mental note to figure out a way to not only make his human happy with him again, but also to find a way to get Valka away again. Or at least out of the way long enough so that he could spend some time with Hiccup again. Which ever would make the human less mad.
