A/n: This is another of Emerald has been Cumberbatched's ideas. (If you've put a suggestion up, don't worry; I'm doing them in order of when I get them, so yours will be done eventually)
In response to trystrike: I might give it a try, (heh) but I'm not the best at romance, really, and I don't actually have any romantic ships, (they're all platonic and friendshippy) so I apologise in advance for its potential rubbishness.

It was a lovely day. The terrible terrors were chirping, the sun was actually shining, and the occasional sheep was being flung across the village by an over excited dragon. There hadn't even been any injuries yet (save for those occasional sheep). So it was no surprise that Hiccup was capitalising on the moment of calm by spending it with Toothless. The two lay in the middle of a patch of the grass dragons loved so much, watching the sheep fly by.

'Hiccup!' Cloudjumper's voice cut through the moment of tranquillity. Hiccup sat up, startled, and turned to see Valka's dragon floating quietly behind him, trusted rider on his back.

'Hey Cloudjumper, mum.' he greeted. Valka frowned in concentration for a second before smiling.

'Hello.' she replied. Valka had been taking the Dragonese lessons too, and was making excellent progress. Her and her son had taken to conversing only in Dragonese now; primarily, it was for practice, but it also gave them a nice sense of privacy in their chats.

'What brings you here then?' Hiccup asked while Valka hopped off Cloudjumper.

'I wanted to see Toothless!' Valka answered, walking over to the night fury and scratching his face affectionately. 'He really is fascinating.'

Hiccup rolled his eyes. Having a vigilante dragon lady for a mother could be irritating sometimes. Case in point: she would rarely come just to talk to Hiccup; the dragons always came first. Not that he was really much different, but it was getting pretty predictable now.

'So, what crazy thing do you want to do today to "unlock this amazing beast's secrets"?' Hiccup asked sarcastically. He silently hoped that she didn't want to test his accuracy again; that little test had ruined all his good shields.

'I want to go for a ride!'

Oh, something easy then. Great! Hiccup thought. 'Okay, let me just get on, and we'll go!'

'Oh, no,' Valka laughed, 'I want to ride him!'

'Oh.' Hiccup stopped halfway through climbing onto Toothless's back. Although entirely possible, that could take up some time. He knew from experience in teaching Astrid to use the tailfin that it could be difficult. Really, the best way to learn was the way Hiccup himself had: get into a life-or-death situation where one wrong move would result in you becoming a smear on a rock. That wasn't the ideal way to go about it, but it was the fastest.

'So, I'll teach you the controls for the tailfin first, then we can go!' Hiccup said finally, stepping away from Toothless to let Valka hop onto him. 'Okay, this one makes it go...' Hiccup pressed the gear and demonstrated each position. 'The hard part is knowing when to switch to which position.'

'Great! Now let's go!' Valka shouted, clicking Toothless's fin to the take-off position. Toothless, slightly confused but willing to fly, complied with Valka's wishes.

'Wait!' Hiccup shouted from where he'd been left on the ground, despite the high probability that he was already out of earshot. 'You didn't even learn everything!'

'You might as well follow,' Cloudjumper said resignedly, 'Hop on.' he offered, and Hiccup jumped neatly onto his back.

It took Hiccup several hours to find Toothless and his mother. "What were you thinking!" he snapped as he jumped off Cloudjumper, not speaking in Dragonese due to his rage.

'It's fine!' Valka laughed dismissively, 'Toothless sure can fly, can't he? Amazing!'

Toothless snorted. 'Don't listen to her.' Toothless advised, 'I spent the whole time yelling at her which position the damned gear was supposed to be in...'