A/N: Um, I'm so sorry about the LONG wait for this one. I hope you guys are still reading this! Whoever you may be. Anyway, like 'Animal House' there will be a few changes to the time setting and such. Well, read on folks!
Berk. Boast in the kind of fun in the sun climate that will give you frost bite on your spleen. The one upside? The annual holiday. They call it, Snoggletog. Why they chose such a stupid name, remains a mystery. But with the war long over, and dragons living amongst them, this year's Snoggletog, promises to be one to remember.
Hiccup's eyes blinked open at the sound of Toothless on the roof making a ruckus. He glanced up and tried to block the noise by pulling the blankets over his head. Along with the pillow. It was too early for crying out loud! Hiccup finally gave in and sighed.
"Okay, okay I'm coming." he said. He was still half asleep as he reached out for his helmet. He put it on and headed outside. He yawned as the cold, chilly, air instantly woke him up. He looked up at his dragon. "Well good morning Mr. Bossy." he said. Toothless laughed. Still a bit annoyed, Hiccup wasn't sure if he was just playing with him, or mocking him by imitating his laugh.
"Do you always have to wake me up so early to go flyyyyyyiiiing!" as he was walking, Hiccup's prosthetic leg slipped on the ice. Luckily, Toothless caught him before he fell. Hiccup sighed in frustration. "Stupid leg! Stupid arm..." he said. The fall had caused his arm to hurt a bit and numb up a little. He rubbed it to get the feeling back. Toothless cooed. "Oh, thanks buddy, I'm okay. Yeah, we-we can go flying now." Toothless cooed again and smiled as he did so. The smell hit Hiccup hard. "E-ew! What! Ew, oh, Toothless..." he laughed.
He knew that he wasn't suppose to fly yet, on Gothi's orders, but Toothless needed to fly once in a while. To stretch his wings. It's actually been a few days since Hiccup had flown, so he was just dying to do so.
In less than a second, they were in the air. "Come on! Let's see what you got today!" said Hiccup. Lately, before Hiccup's arm injury, they've been practising a few tricks. Yes, it was a rocky start, but they've been getting better. Toothless dove down and flew along side the mountain. He then levelled out just above the water. "Wooooohhoooo!" shouted Hiccup.
This was the moment. "Okay. You ready?" said Hiccup. He arranged the tail appropriately for the trick. Then he carefully stood up while hanging on tightly. "Steady, easy..."
They were coming to a sort of arch. It wasn't as big as the one that Hiccup had run over. Definitely not as big. It was more like, three times smaller. Hiccup got ready as did Toothless. Then- he jumped. Toothless flew underneath the arch and Hiccup jumped over it. Toothless caught him gracefully. He arranged the tail so they could level out. "Yes! Finally!" shouted Hiccup. They've been practising that for weeks. Now after a few more times, they could show it at the next best trick competition.
Meanwhile, back in the village, Berk's residence were getting ready for the holiday. They had decorations, dragons, and the tree. A little kid, dressed up as a Gronkle, yes, they even had costumes, went up to Meatlug and did her best roar. Meatlug playfully roared back. Then they ran off playing. "That a girl Meatlug!" laughed Fishlegs.
They ran past Astrid and Valerie who were setting up the tree. It was decorated with a bunch of shields. "Are you ready girl?" said Astrid. She and Valerie tossed up a few shields. Stormfly whipped her tail and pinned them to the tree.
"In Odin's name Gobber, Vikings spending the winter holidays with dragons! What would our fathers say?" said Stoik. The two walked along the village making sure things were alright. "They would think we've lost our minds!" said Gobber. Stoik laughed. "Well done! Well done! All of you! I never thought I'd live to see this day! Peace on the island of Berk! This will surely be the greatest holiday we've ever seen!" said Stoik. The crowd cheered.
Suddenly they heard roaring. "What the-" said Stoik. The people looked around. Then in the sky, they saw a whole- herd? Of dragons? Is that what you'd call it? Then the island dragons started acting strange. "What in Thor's name?" said Gobber.
Soon all of the island dragons followed! "Come back! What are you doing?" called Snotlout. He dangled from the roof of a building. He was sitting on Hookfang at the time before he flew off.
Fishlegs shrieked, and ran off. "Meatlug!"
The teens all gathered together amongst the crowds. "Where's Hiccup?" asked Valerie. No one knew.
"What do ya say bud? You wanna go again?" said Hiccup. It had gotten cloudier- and there were more dragons. "Whoa!" said Hiccup. They had come out of nowhere! They were flying in the opposite direction of them, and tried to dart every one. Hiccup suddenly heard the sound of claw against metal. Then there was nothing on his head. "Oh no, my helmet!" he said. A sudden pain jabbed him in the chest. That was the only thing he had of his mother. Of course that pain could have come from his arm. Toothless sensed him tense up, and darted down after it. "Whoooooaa! Toothless! No, no, no! No, no, no, no! Ah-" shouted Hiccup. He clutched his arm for a second. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait Toothless! Stop!" Toothless glanced up and stopped. "We'll get it later bud, we need to get back, and find out what's going on." Hiccup looked up at the gigantic herd of dragons as he rubbed his soar arm. Toothless' eyes searched downward for the helmet.
The villagers were worried and tried to get the dragons to stay. "No, no, no, Stormfly, don't go!" shouted Astrid. But it was no use. Stormfly flew up.
Soon Toothless and Hiccup landed back on Berk. "Hiccup! What's going on? Where are they going?" said Valerie once she saw him. She ran up to him and wrapped her arms around him. "Valerie-" They broke apart as the other Vikings surrounded him with similar questions. "St-stop-" Hiccup tried. But his voice wasn't big enough.
"Stop! Let him speak!" Stoik said loudly. He walked up to Hiccup. "Hiccup, where are all the dragons going?" he asked.
"Dad, I don't know." Hiccup said quietly. They looked back at the dragons. Stormfly and Toothless seemed to be saying goodbye or something. Then Stormfly flew off with the others.
Later that night, a town meeting was held. The villagers were all in a fuss. "It's not ruined!" shouted Stoik as he entered. "We're Vikings! We've been perfectly happy celebrating without dragons for generations. And there's no reason we can't do it again! Now we don't know where they've gone off to. But we have to have faith, that they'll be back again soon." said Stoik. "Am I right?" the Villagers agreed.
"You're right! We are Vikings! We are tough!" said Gobber. He glanced up at his hooked hand, that was now a thing of bells. "Most of the time." he finished. Some people laughed.
The teens all stood together in a corner of the room. Snotlout sighed and began to leave. They all followed. "That was depressing." said Ruffnut once they were outside.
"I know! I was looking forward to spending the holidays with Stormfly." sighed Astrid. The others agreed. Well, most. Tuffnut and Tannr looked at Fishlegs who was- whistling? "What are you so happy about?" Tuffnut said.
"Don't you miss Meatlug?" said Tannr. Fishlegs stopped whistling. "Me? O-oh, yeah. I miss her so much!" he cried. "Well. Goodnight." he then scurried off somewhere as the gang watched.
Suddenly Astrid gasped. "I've got an idea! Let's come up with a bunch of new holiday traditions!" she said excitedly. "You know, to burry the sadness!" The gang sighed. Astrid looked at Hiccup.
"Actually Astrid might be on to something." he said.
"Easy for you to say." said Tuffnut. "Your dragon can't go anywhere without you." He gestured up to said dragon who was on the roof of a building.
"Must be nice." muttered Ruffnut. They left Hiccup.
As they were walking, Tannr looked glanced around to make sure no one was looking. "Hey Ruff," he whispered. "I'm gonna go see where those dragons went." Ruffnut looked at him. "What? How- Oh. Hold on, you're not gonna turn into one without me being there!" she whispered back. She glanced around to make sure no one heard. Tannr smiled. "Why would I do that? I've got a plan. First, we go home so that our parents think we're asleep. Then meet me at the gorge around eleven o'clock." he said.
"Got it." she said.
Later that night, Tannr got out of bed after his family fell asleep. The villagers had built his family a new house to live in for the time being. He walked over to the window, and jumped down. "Huh. That was surprisingly graceful." he muttered. But as he started walking, he slipped on some ice and landed on his back. "Ow! Man. I knew it was too good to be true." he said quietly. He looked around to see if he had woke anyone up. So far, so good. It was a good thing that their house was closer to the forest than the others. He got up and started walking, although, he was more cautious.
Ruffnut knew that her entire family was full of deep sleepers. Sneaking out would be cake. Believe it or not, she's done it before. Right out the front door. Of course she always checked to make sure no one was out and about. So far, so good. She made her way through the village to the woods.
Tannr climbed over the rocks to the entrance. He'd gotten there before Ruffnut, so he had some time to kill. He walked around while trying to think of which dragon he should turn into. Sure, a Night Fury would be cool, but that could be dangerous since Toothless is supposedly the only one anyone has seen.
"Hey." said Ruffnut. He turned to see her on the rocks he'd just climbed over seconds ago. She jumped down from the top one. "Hey. No one around?" he asked, she shook her head no. "Okay. So, which dragon should I turn into first? I'm thinking that since Toothless is the only Night Fury anyone's seen, it's probably, and sadly, a bad idea. It could be dangerous." said Tannr. Ruffnut nodded in agreement. "Yeah. I guess. But it sucks though, I'm the only one who hasn't ridden on him yet." she sighed. Tannr smiled. "Hey, you'll get your chance. Besides, um, maybe sometime...I can turn into one." he said. Ruffnut smiled.
"Oh, we should probably come up with something in case we get back after everyone's awake." said Tannr.
"Okay." said Ruffnut.
"Okay." said a voice behind them.
That made them jump and turn around. Tannr sighed. "Fishlegs! Would you stop doing that!" he said. Fishlegs climbed down the rocks clumsily. "Sorry, I can't help it." he said.
"What are you doing here anyways?" asked Ruffnut.
"Well, I saw Tannr sneaking out when I was feed- uhm, coming back from the bathroom." Fishlegs was obviously lying, but they didn't have time for that. Ruffnut punched Tannr in the arm. "Ow!" he said.
"So. You're planning on turning into a dragon and following the others? That would help us figure out where they're going, and why they're going." said Fishlegs. "Um...so if Ruffnut gets to go, can I?"
"Uh, actually, I was thinking that we need someone to cover for us incase they notice we're gone. So, that will be your job." said Tannr. Fishlegs looked at him. There was a moment of silence. "Alright. Can I at least stay to see you transform?" he asked, getting back into his normal character.
"Uh, yeah. But which one should I turn into?" asked Tannr.
Fishlegs thought on this for a moment. "Hm...well, I say start off with something small like a Terror. You know, since you haven't experience any form of flying, not even on a dragon." he said. Tannr glanced at Ruffnut. "A Terror? Would that get me as far as the other dragons?" he asked.
"Terrors speed is ten. So, they're pretty fast."
"Did...any Terrors go out with the others?" asked Ruffnut.
"Oh. Good point. Okay um...well, I'd still start off with a Terror. Try flying around here first." said Fishlegs. Tannr glanced at the both of them. A Terror wasn't exactly his first choice. But then again, neither was anything else at the moment.
"Okay..." said Tannr. "Hm, now all I got on how to transform was to just think about it..."
He closed his eyes. The other two watched in awe as a white light faded into view around Tannr. It wasn't blinding though, which was good, because the other two really wanted to see this. Soon, he was nothing but light. Once it enclosed around him, the light bubble began to shrink closer to the ground. Then the light began to fade. What came into view, was a red Terrible Terror. The two Vikings stared at him.
"Whoa..." they said in unison.
Tannr blinked open his eyes. Instead of being the same height he was before, he was now looking up at the other two. "Whoa. What's it like being a dragon?" asked Fishlegs.
"It's weird." said Tannr. But then the other two glanced at each other oddly. Tannr tried again."I said, it's weird." he repeated.
"Uh oh. Sorry man, all we hear are squeaky Terror noises." said Ruffnut. Tannr let out what seemed to be to them, a Terror-like sigh. "Okay, now try flying." said Fishlegs. Tannr began to flap his small wings. It was quite the struggle. "Wow. You're really off balance." commented Ruffnut. Tannr tried to straighten things out, but that only caused him to flip over and land on his head. There was a pause before Ruffnut and Fishlegs burst out laughing. Tannr grunted and stood upright. "Hey. It's hard!" he said. But again, all they heard were growls. "Okay, okay. Sorry. Maybe try a different dragon. One that can hold one person. Oh, and one that's familiar on Berk." said Fishlegs.
Tannr transformed back into a human. "Okay. That was weird. Um, so which other dragon should I turn into?" he asked. The two thought on it. Then they looked at each other. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" asked Ruffnut. Fishlegs beamed with excitement. "Oh yeah!" he said.
"Gronkle!"
"Zippleback!"
The two looked at each other oddly. Tannr also gave them a weird look. "Um, I think I'll try a Gronkle. No offense to the Zippleback, I just don't know how I'll do with two heads." he said. Ruffnut sighed, while Fishlegs cheered quietly. Tannr backed up a bit, considering that the Gronkle was much large than a Terror, and transformed. He turned into a green Gronkle. "Wow." said Ruffnut. Fishlegs was giddy with excitement. "This is so cool!" he said quietly. "Ooh! Ooh! Try flying!"
Tannr flapped his wings. This seemed much easier than the Terror. He flew around perfectly. "Awesome! You're doing great! Just like a normal Gronkle! Oh! Now try it with Ruffnut on your back! If she's gonna travel with you to the other dragons, then you're probably going to have to get use to that too." said Fishlegs. At that last comment, Tannr lost balance and flew into the wall. He landed hard on the grass. The other two winced. Ruffnut suddenly got tense, but it went unnoticed by the others.
That's right. She'd have to ride him. She'd have to ride- Tannr. For some reason, it didn't really hit her until Fishlegs' request. To her, it also looked as though the same was for Tannr. Hence the reason he crashed. Or he just coincidentally lost balance. Either one makes sense.
Tannr got up and shook off the dirt. He hadn't really thought about the fact that Ruffnut would be sitting on his back. This suddenly became awkward. Tannr glanced at Ruffnut, who also seemed to tense up. But for some reason, Fishlegs payed no attention to the tension that had arisen. "Come on try it!" he said excitedly.
Ruffnut glanced at him and slowly made her way over to Tannr. The two of them avoided eye contact at all times. This was again unnoticed by Fishlegs. After a moment of hesitation, Ruffnut climbed on to Tannr's back. With both of them tense, it was a bit awkward at first, but with in a few minutes, they, eventually, sort of got use to it.
"That's great! Now you can go find the other dragons!" Fishlegs said. "Make sure to be back before sunrise!"
The two nodded, and took off.
Fishlegs watched as they flew away. "Good luck." he whispered, then he headed back to Berk.
The next morning was a bit dull.
"Yaknog! Get your Yaknog! Come on, get yourself a frosty delicious cup of cheer!" shouted Astrid. She was carrying a plate that held a few mugs, and a kettle. She then saw the other teens and walked up to them. "Hey you guys! Try this tasty new beverage I made for the holidays!" she said excitedly. They leaned in to see it. But moved back just as quickly. "Wah, what's that smell, that you?" said Tuffnut. He pushed his twin sister away from him. Astrid lifted the container of the drink. "It's Yaknog!" she poured the stuff into a mug. It was lumpy, and gross looking. "If I drink that I'm gonna yaknog all over the place!" said Tuffnut.
"Maybe you'd rather taste a punch to the face?" said Astrid. Snotlout walked up to her. "Astrid, it sounds delightful. I'd love a mug." he said. He boldly took a mug and drank. He swallowed after nearly barfing. He placed the mug back on the tray. "Oh you can really taste the Yak." he said, trying not to barf.
"Mmmm! Yum! What is that?" Fishlegs had suddenly came from nowhere. He walked up to Astrid. "Oh! You want to try some, it's my new traditional drink!" said Astrid. Fishlegs looked at Snotlout who was telling him not to behind Astrid. Astrid smiled with pride and looked at Fishlegs. "Oh, you know, um, I have, suddenly, in- uh, inexplicably, changed my mind." said Fishlegs as he pulled his hand away.
Astrid turned away from them. She somehow missed Snotlout desperately trying not to barf. "Are you crying?" asked Ruffnut.
"Hiccup? Valerie? You here?" said Astrid as she walked into the blacksmith shop.
"Yeah we're here Astrid, coming." called Hiccup.
"Here! Happy holidays, from me to you!" said Astrid. Hiccup took a mug and handed it to Valerie. She looked in it, and regretted doing so. She then pretended to take a sip. "Thanks Astrid." Hiccup said. He took a mug for himself. "What are you up to?" Astrid asked before Hiccup took a sip.
"Okay, you guys are gonna think I'm crazy, but, I just couldn't stop thinking about what Tuffnut said last night. Toothless can't come and go like the other dragons, and that's just not fair. I was up all night, and I think I've found a way to fix that." said Hiccup. He took a gulp of the drink instantly regretting not looking at it first.
"No way! You built him a new tail?" said Astrid. Hiccup tried very hard not to swallow. "So he's gonna be able to fly without you!" said Astrid.
"Mm hm!" said Hiccup. He blushed at the fact his voice was so high. But Astrid didn't seem to notice that, or the fact that his face was bigger. "Wow! What a great gift!" said Valerie. Hiccup carefully put the mug down. "Mmhm." he said.
"What if he never comes back?" said Astrid. Hiccup glanced at her. "Mm..."
"What am I saying? Of course he will!" she said.
"Mm hm." said Hiccup. He really wished he could spit that stuff out. "Well, I'd better go spread some more holiday cheer!" said Astrid. She walked off. The other two watched her leave. Once she was gone, Hiccup looked at Valerie and made some kind of sound. Valerie laughed. "Go ahead!" she said. Hiccup felt himself blush as he turned around and finally spat the stuff out. He turned to the new tail and sighed. He picked up the tail and they headed out.
They stepped out to see Toothless on the Haddock house jumping up and down. He was no doubt trying to wake up Hiccup. "Toothless! Come on down bud!" he called. Toothless instantly crawled down and sniffed at the thing in his hands. "I got something for ya." said Hiccup. Toothless sniffed it a couple of times. "Yeah, what do ya think of that?" said Hiccup. He went around to latch it onto Toothless' tail. The only problem was, that he kept turning out of the way. "Would you just- settle down. Come on bud, let me get this on you." laughed Hiccup. He got down and eventually got the tail on.
"You are going to love this." said Hiccup. He was less enthusiastic now. He didn't know if he wanted to see how Toothless would react. He was right. Toothless started whipping his tail around causing the two humans to duck. "Toothless, calm down, wait!" said Hiccup. Toothless flicked his tail and the prosthetic one spread out. Toothless stopped and stared at it. Hiccup sighed in relief. "See, there you go." he said. Toothless folded the tail in and out. "You got it?" said Hiccup. Toothless turned to look at him as if saying thank you. Hiccup reached out to pet him, but he moved back. Toothless turned and spread his wings. "Toothless-" said Hiccup. But Toothless flew off. The only thing that he and Valerie could do was watch.
A couple nights had passed, and it was the third day after Toothless had left. Hiccup had gotten no sleep. Not that he had the first two nights. The pain from his arm didn't help either. He knew he shouldn't have tried that stunt with Toothless just days ago. But he didn't listen to himself. In his defence he thought he was fine. But in Gothi's defence- she told him specifically not to fly at all. She even slapped him on the back of his head for doing so. He sighed as he stared up at the ceiling waiting for the familiar sounds of Toothless. Of course he knew it probably wasn't going to happen. He turned over and tried to go back to sleep. He prayed that the gods would stop that noise- wait. What?
Hiccup looked up at the ceiling. A louder clanging sound occurred. This time, Hiccup sat up right. A little too quickly though, the pain from his arm made him wince. There was more noise. "Toothless!" he said happily. He got out of bed, ignoring the pain, and went outside. "I knew you'd come back! Whoa!" Stupid ice. His leg slipped again and he fell flat on his back that sent a jolt of pain through his arm. "Morning son!" said his father. He was fixing the roof. Toothless was not in sight. "You'd better not forget to be careful- or Gothi will have your head!" said Stoik. Hiccup sighed as he glanced at his arm.
"Y-yeah. I know. Uh, morning to you too." he said glumly.
"Glad you're up though, I was looking for your helmet!" said Stoik, ignoring the tone in Hiccup's voice. A light went on in Hiccup's mind. His helmet. "My-my helmet?" he said. Stoik climbed down the ladder. "Odin needs a place to put your goodies!" he said happily. Hiccup looked down. "Oh yeah right I'll uh...get right on that." he said. He started walking away.
"Hold on." said Stoik. Hiccup stopped. "Alright, hold on. Come on." said Stoik as Hiccup turned around.
"What's on your mind? Out with it." said Stoik. He's still not the best with comforting and well, that ordeal, but he's been working on it. It was getting better. "I- uh," Hiccup sighed. "It's been three days dad. I just thought Toothless would be back by now."
"Oh I'm sure he's with the other dragons." said Stoik.
"Yeah? I wish I could be that sure." Hiccup said dully. Stoik sighed. "Listen. I know what it's like to miss someone you love this time of year. But what do we do when they can't be here for the holiday." he put a hand on Hiccup's shoulder. Although he instantly removed it when Hiccup flinched. "We celebrate them. I imagine that's exactly what Toothless would want you to do." said Stoik. Hiccup sighed. "Right?" said Stoik.
"You're right." said Hiccup.
"Good." said Stoik. "Now go get that helmet. We've had enough disappointment around here." That last part didn't really help.
The day carried on like any other. Hiccup carried some boat supplies for Stoik. He and Gobber were going fishing for a bit. Hiccup suddenly nearly got knocked over by Fishlegs. He was carrying an awful lot of fish. A barrel full to be exact. "Oh, Fishlegs. You hungry? There's enough fish there for a dragon!" said Hiccup. Fishlegs laughed. But it was obvious he was hiding something. He wasn't great at lying. "Oh! A dragon! Haha..." he said awkwardly. He then turned and left without another word. "Yeah..." said Hiccup. He followed after him. There was no question about it, he was hiding something.
Fishlegs came to one of the sheds that lately, wasn't being used for anything. Or so they thought. Fishlegs opened the door and stepped inside. Fishlegs came out of the building, and walked away. Now was his chance. Hiccup walked in front of the doors, and he yanked them open. They were shocked to see Meatlug tied back by chains. "Whoa!" shouted Hiccup as Meatlug shot forwards, destroying the chains in the process. The doors shot back against the walls and almost flattened Hiccup. Meatlug slammed against him and carried him off with her.
"This is not helping my arm!" shouted Hiccup. "Meatlug!" She zoomed around town as fast as she could. They passed Valerie and Astrid who had heard the commotion. "Hiccup! Where are you going!" shouted Valerie.
"I have no idea!" shouted Hiccup.
"Meatlug!" came a voice from behind them. The two girls turned to see Fishlegs beside the busted building. "What about presents? Hey!" he said. Tannr looked at him. "Dude. Seriously." he said.
"I can't believe her..." said Fishlegs. Astrid glared at him. The girls, and the rest of the teens, were now at the scene of the crime. "You can't believe her? You kidnapped your dragon!" Astrid shouted. She slapped Fishlegs hard on the head. "Ow!" he yelled.
"Well that makes it sound so mean." he said.
The twins started to look around in the hay for some reason. "Hey guys?" said Tuffnut.
"She flew away the second she was unleashed!" said Astrid.
"I'm seventy-two percent sure she wanted to stay." said Fishlegs.
"Guys!" shouted Tuffnut. They walked over to where they were. "Whooooa. Meatlug barfed up a pile of rocks!" said Fishlegs. Astrid bent down and looked at the small pile of blue prickly-
"You're such an idiot. Those aren't rocks! Your dragon layed eggs!" said Ruffnut.
"Hey wait. I bet that's why the dragons left! This is their time to mate!" said Valerie. Astrid shot up. "Hey! Everyone's missing their dragons. Right?" she said. Snotlout leaned back against the wall and sighed. "Oh here we go." he said. Astrid went over to a shelf and grabbed a ribbon and tied it around the egg.
"I got an idea! It'll be another new Snoggletog tradition!" she said excitedly. It was perfect! No one was up yet either. Once all the eggs had a ribbon around them, the teens snuck out and made sure that everyone was still asleep. "Oh this is gonna be so good!" Astrid whispered. They all spread out and placed the eggs in various houses.
In a few minutes, Hiccup and Meatlug were surrounded by a grey fog. It was incredibly difficult to see. They nearly hit a rock head. "Whoa!" shouted Hiccup. "Meatlug, where are you taking me? Ah!" Hiccup pulled upwards as soon as he saw the dragon on one of their old forgotten ships. Flying was certainly a lot easier with Toothless. He felt awkward riding a different dragon.
Meanwhile, Tannr and Ruffnut landed on a small island. "Wow." breathed Ruffnut. Tannr let out some kind of soft growl. Then he changed back into his human form. "Babies! Oh wow!" he awed. Every dragon that went missing on Berk, came here to have babies! This was their mating season! Suddenly Tannr realized that all of the dragons were staring at him. Maybe turning back into his human form was a bad idea... "Uh oh." he said. Small voices caught his attention.
A few baby Terrors crawled up to him, their mother not far behind. "Mommy, how did he do that? He's not like us, is he a human? What was that light surrounding him?" They all asked various questions similar to those. Their mother laughed gently and shook her head. "Oh children. All of your questions will be answered shortly." she said. She looked up at Tannr, who shifted awkwardly. "You are him, aren't you? The saviour? You can understand us is that true?" she asked him. Tannr smiled.
"Yeah. That's right. I'm him." he said. He heard gasps from the other dragons. Tannr blushed from embarrassment. He wasn't one that liked being stared at. Whether it be humans, or dragons. But soon enough, all of the dragons went back to their own business. He turned to Ruffnut who was smirking at him. "What?" he said.
"I've never seen you're face that red before." she chuckled. That just made Tannr blush more. This only made Ruffnut laugh more. "Oh, shut up." sighed Tannr. But he couldn't help smiling a little.
Suddenly Ruffnut pulled him down. "What? What is it?" he asked. They peaked out from the ditch they were hiding in. Tannr's eyes widened at the sight. Hiccup had arrived on- was that Meatlug? "So that's what Fishlegs was hiding." he muttered. Ruffnut shushed him.
"Right now we have to focus on us hiding!" she whispered harshly. Tannr nodded.
Hiccup stared at the sight before him, ( thankfully not noticing the other two Vikings hiding in the sand.) It was a beautiful island with a large pond that was connected to the ocean by a small stream. This was where the herd of dragons was. There was every size imaginable! From the large adult to...babies. Babies! Of course!
"You guys come here to have babies." Hiccup said in awe.
He watched a large mother Nadder feed her babies as a bird would. "Whoa..." said Hiccup. He heard a small noise and looked down to see a Gronkle rolling her eggs towards a whole. "Huh." he said. He carefully climbed down the small cliff he was on to see what was up. "Aah!" he said in surprise. He nearly stepped on a couple of Gronkle babies. That would have been disastrous. As he got closer to the whole, he saw that it was actually filled with water. The last egg was pushed in. Hiccup peered in. He saw a small green baby swim up to the top and crawl out. "Awe. Wow." said Hiccup. The rest of the babies came out and snuggled around their mother. Hiccup noticed an egg that hadn't been thrown in the water. "Hey look over here, you missed one." he said. He got up and walked over to it.
It was a good thing that he didn't get close. The egg exploded! Egg shards went every which way as Hiccup had gotten flown back. "Whoooaa! Arg!" Hiccup cried. He'd landed against solid rock. "Stupid arm." he sighed. He sat up wincing, and looked at the scene. The other two Vikings flinched. That had to hurt. A young baby brown Gronkle spread it's wings and stretched. "Man. It's a good thing those don't hatch on Berk." said Hiccup.
Speaking of which...
The teens had just finished placing all of the eggs into the houses. "Wasn't this a great idea?" Astrid asked. She was so excited, and hoped that this helped everyone become more cheery. "Uh huh! Everyone is gonna be so surprised!" said Fishlegs.
BANG!
The teens all looked around in shock as one house had been exploded! Something hit Fishlegs in the head and he went down. "Ow!" he said.
"Surprise!" shouted Snotlout. He would certainly enjoy this. Then something landed on Fishlegs just as hard. A baby Gronkle. Uh oh. "Awe!" said the teens. Minus Astrid. "The eggs, explode?" she said.
BANG! BANG! Soon there was a chain reaction! "THE EGGS EXPLODE!" Astrid shouted. She began to run about apologising to everyone who had run out screaming.
"Awesome!" exclaimed Ruffnut.
"Wow!" said Tuffnut.
"This is your best idea yet!" said Snotlout. Astrid cringed. It certainly was.
In no time the explosions had gotten to the tree. The people of Berk all gathered round. "What in Thor's name is going on?" demanded Stoik.
"The eggs explode." was all Astrid could say. Another house went off.
"Toothless!" called Hiccup. No answer. "Toothless?" Nope. "Toothless where are you." Hiccup kept walking until he came across a Nightmare. Not just any Nightmare though. "Hookfang!" said Hiccup. He ran over to him. He then noticed another familiar dragon. "Stormfly! Oh, you have no idea how happy I am to see you guys!" exclaimed Hiccup.
"And you have, babies! Aw, look at you guys all, happy and together! Who knew you were leaving to celebrate, your own, sort of, holiday." said Hiccup. He stood up. "I should get back to my holiday." he looked at Hookfang who sounded as though he agreed.
"So what do ya say there Hookfang, think you could give me a ride back home?" asked Hiccup. He hopped on to Hookfang despite the small amount of pain in his arm. Yes, he would have a beating from Gothi, but flying wasn't actually suppose to be apart of the day's events. He winced a little when the bouncy flying began. "I'll see you all back on Berk when you're good and ready. Okay gang?" said Hiccup.
Suddenly the rest of the dragons started to fly up. "Oh, no, no. No, I uh, I think I just started the return migration." Hiccup said, mostly to himself. The babies soon got excited and started running. "Well, if you insist!"
A few babies took off. "Come on." encouraged Hiccup. But as soon as they left, they were flown back. "Oh boy, this is never gonna work." he sighed. He looked around for an answer to this problem. Then he found it. "Oh! Hold on! I've got just the thing!" he said.
Tannr and Ruffnut quietly watched Hiccup gather up the babies onto a near by old ship. What was he planning? Their question was soon answered when Hiccup instructed the dragons to hold onto the ropes of the ship once the babies were on it. Brilliant!
"Hey what are you guys doing?" asked a tiny voice behind them. Tannr gasped slightly and turned around. Ruffnut looked at him, and did the same. Before them was a young Gronkle. "Oh hey, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with the others?" Tannr asked quietly. The Gronkle looked at him oddly.
"Well, what about you? Shouldn't you be with your human friend?" she asked.
"Um, we would be normally, but he doesn't exactly know we're here." said Tannr. The young Gronkle nodded in response and ran off towards the ship. The two Vikings sighed in relief. They watched in silence as Hiccup led the migration back home. Then Tannr realized something very important. "Gah! Ruff! We have to be back there before them! He doesn't know we're here!" he said. He quickly transformed into a Night Fury. Ruffnut stared at him for a few seconds trying to process what had just happened.
The guy had just turned into a flipping Night Fury! He looked pretty darn cool! He looked very similar to Toothless, but there were a few differences. One being his body shape. He was a bit thinner than Toothless was, but he still looked fierce. The second thing being his eyes. While Toothless' were a yellow-green colour, his were still the same dark hazel. There was also the fact that he had his whole tail. Ruffnut realized what she was about to do.
She was about to ride a Night Fury! She smiled and hoped onto Tannr. They shot into the sky as fast as lightning in a different direction than the others towards Berk.
Meanwhile, back on Berk, the babies were soon sleeping for the night. The people were cleaning up their mess. "Oi Gobber. This is a disaster." said Stoik.
"Oh it's not so bad." said Gobber.
"Not so bad? The village is destroyed, the dragons have- have gone and left us, let's face it," he and Gobber made their way through the crowd. "This holiday is a complete- what are these people looking at?"
Something strange was in the sky. A...ship? "It's Hiccup!" shouted Stoik. Soon plenty of dragons emerged from the dark clouds. With Hookfang and Hiccup in the lead. "And the dragons!" shouted Valerie.
The crowd began cheering. The ship then landed, albeit, not gracefully, but it landed. The dragons let go of the ropes and flew down themselves. The crowd cheered even louder and "awed" as soon as they saw the babies. They all ran up to their dragons. Hiccup turned and looked at the amazing scene. Suddenly he was taken into a bear hug. "Ahhaha! Well done son!" shouted his father.
"Th-thanks d-dad!" wheezed Hiccup. "U-um, d-dad- arm!" Stoik instantly let go and quickly apologised. "Everyone! Grab your dragons! To the Great Hall! We've finally have something to celebrate!" shouted Stoik. He walked towards the crowd and left Hiccup alone for a bit.
It was such a wonderful sight! Seeing everyone so happy because of him! The Great Hall had never been so packed before. Hiccup walked around the scene. A sudden movement caused him some pain in his arm. He rubbed his arm again to make the pain go away. It helped sometimes. Then he felt a warm welcoming hand on top of his. "Hiccup," it was Valerie, "I know that this must be really hard for you seeing everyone with their dragons." she said. Hiccup glanced down. "But you really did a wonderful thing!" she tilted his head up. "Thank you." She wrapped her arms around him carefully avoiding his arm. He hugged back and blushed as her familiar sweet sent engulfed him.
"Valerie where did Toothless go?" he suddenly said. Then he mentally slapped himself. As if she would know. "I don't know." she said. He seemed to not be paying attention to the door opening- and a certain young dragon poking his head through looking for him. Or the people gasping excitedly. Astrid saw him, and winked at Valerie. She walked behind Hiccup. "Wow. Man, wouldn't wanna be you right now!" she said. Valerie played along. She smiled at Astrid before speaking. "Yeah, I mean, you brought back everyone's dragon, except yours!" she said. Hiccup pulled apart and looked at her, surprised. "What-"
She smiled and he couldn't help but let his confusion drift away. Valerie turned him around and pushed him towards the door. He understood once he saw his scaly friend. "Toothless!" he shouted and ran up to him. "Hey bud!"
Hiccup hugged his best friend. Then he let go. "Bad dragon! Very bad dragon! You scared me to death, don't ever stay away that long again and what is in your mouth?" Toothless lifted his head and placed something on Hiccup's. Oi, the amount of spit a dragon can have. It was as if Hiccup had taken a bath. Hiccup laughed. "Yeah, you, you found my helmet." he said. While wiping off the spit he realised what he had just said. "Wha- hey! You found my helmet!" He petted his dragon. "That's where you've been?" said Hiccup.
"Buddy, thank you! Toothless, you are amazing." with that, Hiccup hugged him once more.
Nobody seemed to notice two certain teenagers sneak into the building. Well, they didn't exactly go unnoticed. Valerie walked up to them smiling. The two smiled back. "Hey Val. It's great isn't it?" said Tannr. Valerie nodded and glanced at the scene.
"Yeah it is." she said casually. "So... where were you two?" she asked. The two tensed up at the sudden question. Fishlegs had told a good lie right? Oh who were they kidding, this was Fishlegs they were thinking about! "Didn't Fishlegs tell you where we were?" asked Tannr. He tried to act as casual as he could, but it was difficult. His sister knew when he was lying. Heck, she knew when everyone was lying. Even the professionals. "Oh, oh he did. He did." she said with a smirk. The other two looked at her oddly. Then Tannr blushed as he realized something that was very important. Valerie smiled victoriously at him. "Uh, come on Ruff, we've got to find Fishlegs." he said, and waited until they were out of ear shot before he finished. "And teach him how to lie properly." he finished. Ruffnut eyed him suspiciously.
"Why is your face the same colour as your hair again? I don't get what's happening." she said. Tannr blushed some more. Gods this was embarrassing. Fishlegs had some explaining to do.
"Happy Snoggletog!" shouted Astrid. The crowd roared with happiness.
That night Hiccup had the best sleep in a long time. Either it was from the dragons being back- or the uh, sleeping draft that Gothi had made him. His arm had been hurting a lot that day after all. Luckily the draft worked almost instantly after he took it. Almost because he still had time to actually go to bed before being knocked out. Thankfully. But soon, he was woken up by the familiar sounds of Toothless on the roof that Stoik had just rebuilt.
Hiccup got up and went outside. It was brisk, but nice. the scene was beautiful. Everything had a fresh blanket of snow on it. The sun was shining, and the wind was actually calm. Toothless made some more noises. "I'm coming Toothless!" he called. He went around back to meet him. "Alright bud, come on down, I was just-" he stopped once he saw Toothless sitting on the ground. With his old tail and saddle in front of him.
"Toothless what'd you pull this out for? You don't need this anymore." Hiccup kicked it gently to the side. He tried to get on Toothless. "Come on let's get going." Toothless circled his old tail as if in protest. "Toothless, would you quit fooling around, you have your new tail now." said Hiccup. "Toothless..." he still wasn't getting it. Toothless lifted his tail and looked back at it. He looked at Hiccup. Then he began banging his tail on the ground determined to destroy it! "Toothless!" said Hiccup.
"Stop! What are you doing?!" Hiccup gave up once he saw the tail he'd made fly off somewhere. Toothless gently pulled the saddle in front of him. Hiccup stared at him. Toothless nudged the saddle with his paw. Hiccup understood.
Winter in Berk lasts most of the year. It hangs on with both hands and wont let go, and the only real comforts against the cold, are those you keep close to your heart.
"Okay bud, you ready?" said Hiccup. He arranged the tail appropriately. Then he jumped off of Toothless. "Yeeeha!" he shouted. Soon the two were falling in sync. They smiled at each other and Toothless made Hiccup spin by pushing his right arm. His left arm was feeling a bit soar, but at that point, he didn't care.
That year turned out to be the best Snoggletog ever. That year Hiccup gave his best friend a pretty great gift.
Soon Hiccup climbed back on to Toothless' back. He shouted as the adrenaline came rushing over him. Toothless did the same.
Toothless gave Hiccup a better one.
A/N: Again, I'm sorry about the wait. Hopefully the next chapter won't take that long! :)
R & R please! It's greatly appreciated! :D