We finally arrived. Frostbite was so tired. She was heavy like the last time. I went fishing for the both of us. I wanted to make sure she had enough to eat. Frostbite went to sleep right away. I was thankful she never fell into a hyper sleep. I never slept that night. I was either watching out for danger, or making sure she stayed alive.
The next morning after we woke up, Frostbite had stomach pains. After a few hours she laid an egg. It was as black as night. Frostbite was still heavy though. It was going to take a while to lay all the eggs. It did last time. Frostbite would not leave the egg. I left to get more fish for Frostbite.
As the day continued, Frostbite pushed out one more egg. We now had two black eggs. But Frostbite was still heavy. Late that evening, another black egg came out. She finally was back to normal... Well physically. Emotionally, though she tried to hide it, Frostbite was unstable.
Three days later, We brought our eggs to the tidal pool. Both Frostbite and I were hesitant to drop in the eggs, but after the moved in our mouths we let go. It seemed as if hours passed by as we waited to see the explosions. Finally one orange glow was seen and I held my breath hoping I would see my new dragonet come to the surface. Finally, a dragonet came out. It was a boy! He looked stronger than the one that hatched the first time. His scales were black and his eyes were a dark green. His little dragon wings would grow in time but they were still quite small. He looked at me and smiled. No teeth. Not yet anyways.
Another explosion happened and another dragonet came out of the water. This one was also quite black but his eyes were more of a yellow green. This one was a girl. She was strong too. This was becoming too good to be true.
One last explosion sounded through the water and the dragonet surfaced. This was was also black, but it was different. On some spots of his scales, there were patches of grey. He stumbled around a bit as if he didn't know where he was going. His eyes were as white as the clouds in the sky. I wondered why. Why wasn't there a pupil? Frostbite looked at him and smiled.
"It's okay baby." she cooed. "Mommy's here." She scooped him up in her mouth and we followed the other two back to the nest. Frostbite and I took shifts. She would hunt during the day, and I would hunt at night. There wings grew bigger and stronger. They are the first thing that grows on a Night Fury. My youngest son's eyes were slowly starting to gain color, though it was a very pale color. One time when our dragonets were sleeping, I went to Frostbite.
"Why are his eyes white?" I asked. Frostbite looked back in concern.
"I have a feeling he is going to have my eyes." She started. "I was completely blind till I was five days old. That's when I was told my eyes developed. I think that he must have some albinism in him." We looked over his grey patches and I couldn't help but want him to make it through.
"Well so far, they are all healthy and happy." I said with relief.
"I just wonder if his eyes will be ready in time for the trip." Frostbite stated.
"Me too." I replied.
The day we had to leave, the dragonets wings had grown enough so they could fly a little bit but they were not strong enough to fly back to Berk. Our oldest boy and our daughter rode on my back as Frostbite scooped our youngest boy in her claws. We both agreed since his eyes hadn't changed color, that it was too dangerous for him to ride on our backs.
The flight was wonderful. The two on my back played together while our youngest sniffed around intently and used his ears to see where he was. As we neared Berk, Frostbite and I saw Hiccup, Astrid, Hackett, and Unn waiting for us. Frostbite put down our youngest gently and then landed herself. I landed and the older ones scurried under me.
"TOOTHLESS!" Hiccup exclaimed wrapping his arms around me. "I've missed yah bud! Are those your babies?" he asked me. I nodded.
"It's okay. He is safe." I cooed to the babies under me. They slowly went out to meet him and Hiccup reached his hand out. My oldest snapped at him. "Hey! That is not nice!" I scolded.
"He is a feisty one isn't he." Hiccup smiled. "What do you think of the name Snapper?" I looked over at Frostbite. We hadn't thought of names. She seemed to like it. I nodded. "Snapper it is then."
My daughter was more tolerant of Hiccup, but I could tell she wasn't sure about him.
"Well aren't you a pretty girl!" Hiccup said scratching her head. My daughter nodded.
"Look at how light her eyes are!" Astrid said.
"They are like green crystals." Unn added. "Hey how about Crystal?" Frostbite nodded.
"Hey dad check out this one!" said Hackett. They all went over to my youngest. My youngest rubbed against Hiccup and he picked him up.
"Looks like he is blind." Hiccup said. Hackett just smiled.
"I like him." he said. "Look at the gray patches on his scales." Hackett paused then smiled. "Speckles. Let's call him Speckles." I nodded.
We were now one big happy family and Frostbite and I had offspring that we could finally claim as our own.