Secrets

It's been eight years since that day. At first, Lin struggled with being a parent, it was only natural being a single guardian. Bit with time she adjusted, and whenever she needed any help Tenzin and Pema where just a phone call away.

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"Hiccup!" Lin called throughout her house, she managed to get off work early and decided taking Hiccup around the city, "Mother?" Lin called from the base of the stairs, the sound of movement confirmed that Toph was awake.

As she descended the stairs she had a stern look on her face, "Crap, what happened?" Lin asked sitting in a chair. As Hiccup grew Lin found out that Hiccup had a knack for getting into trouble, not that he meant to, just that he sometimes made mistakes, yet every time it happened both her and her mother would help him when he needed. And now most of the time he managed to avoid trouble, most of the time.

"Brace yourself." Toph started, "You know how we seem to miss a few cods and trout whenever we buy them?" Lin's face faltered, "He's stealing food? Why on earth...?" Lin started, one of her greatest fears was that Hiccup wouldn't get enough to eat growing up and would become anorexic, "Think about it, a young boy, taking food without his mother knowing?" Toph said, grinning as her daughter struggled to figure it out.

After moments of thinking Lin made the connection, "He has a pet." Toph nodded, "Nice work detective, took you a bit but you got it." Tooth said smiling, Lin wasn't amused, Hiccup repetitively asked for a pet, although Toph didn't mind the idea, Lin was against it to say the least.

She was about to go into the boy's room to scold him, asking for a pet was one thing, but getting one, feeding it, and not telling her was something different altogether. "Before you go skin the boy alive, let him explain himself." Toph said, "Mother he went behind my back and he has to face the consequences, plain and simple." Lin said with a steel gaze.

Toph huffed, "If you keep putting walls up he's just gonna find a way around them, that's what I did. I mean, he's homeschooled, you don't let him go out without you around, he just wand a friend." that made Lin stop dead in her tracks, she had met her grandparents of course and she immediately saw why Toph ran away, they literally put boundaries up between her and the real world, and she wasn't going to do that to Hiccup. She continued up the stairs, Toph smirked, Knew that'd work.

Hiccup's room stood at the end of the hallway, Lin took a breath and opened the door. Drawings scattered the desk and toys spread out on the floor, Hiccup himself was in bed sleeping, with a good amount of drool on his face. Lin walks over to the end of his bed and sat down, "Hiccup, wake up." she said as she gently shook the boy. Hiccup slowly awoke from his slumber.

His green eyes immediately went wide seeing his mother was home, putting on his best smile he figured if he acted vary good his mom wouldn't be as mad, "Hi mommy." He said with a big smile, "I know about the pet." stated, Hiccup's smile fell, "Mom look I can explain." he said raising his arms in surrender, "Let me hear it." Lin said gesturing him to continue.

"A few weeks ago I heard something outside, when I went to look I saw him on the ground and he looked hurt, so I took him in the garage to see what's wrong with him. I found out he was hungry and I got...well a bit if everything, and when I found out he ate fish." He stopped for a breath, "After he was full I put him outside and I thought he'd go away, when he didn't it became a daily thing and, he became my friend." Hiccup finished.

Lin took a deep breath, "Do you know what you did wrong?" she asked, Hiccup nodded, "I lied." he said simply, Lin raised a eye, "And I took food, and took food." he finished looking down. Lin nodded, "Good, now lets see him." Hiccup's head shot up and gave her a confused look, "You heard me, just because I'm mad doesn't mean you can't keep him." she said, a small smile tugging on his lips, Hiccup threw off his covers and gave her a platypusbear hug, "Thank you thank you thank you!" he repeated with joy in his voice.

Hiccup dropped from the side of his bed and looked under it, "Toothless come out!" a small reptile, a tad bigger than a lemur came out, Lin at first thought it was a cat at first, but saw the wings on it's back. She was speechless to say the least.

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"A dragon?" Tenzin asked in the living room, Lin nodded, "It's not even hostile towards Hiccup, in fact the thing adores him." she said looking out front. Hiccup had taken Toothless outside and was playing, or training him, to fetch to no avail, "It...he doesn't mind me or mother at all, in fact I think he likes us." Lin said looking towards Tenzin, " Only father and firelord Zuko have even seen a dragon and they where nothing like this one." Tenzin said striking his chin in a contemplative fashion. "What do you want to do?" he asked, Lin shook her head, "I told him he could keep him, and I think one of his wings are damaged since he can't fly, so Hiccup won't wake up one morning to a missing pet, but I'll keep an eye on him just in case."

As they talked Hiccup burst into the room with Toothless in tow, "Mom! Uncle Tenzin! Watch this!" he exclaimed he turned to his friend, "Toothless, smile." he commanded, the dragon opened his mouth, showing his sharp teeth, which retracted into his gums, much to the grown ups surprise, and curved his mouth into a smile. Lin thought it was one of the cutest things she had seen.

AN: The first few chapters will be before the series and go into the series. I'm also thinking of filling the gap between the six months between book 1 & 2. Don't forget to review!