A/n: Hey-yo! Truly making up for the days of no chapters, here's another one. I don't think it'll be the last of today's, either, so there should be even more to look forwards to! This is a continuation, of sorts, of one of trystrike's ideas.

The dragons were gone, as usual, for the few days leading up to Snoggletog. It was a tradition now, one that everyone looked forwards to greatly. After all, the greatest present of all was a large group of adorable baby dragons.

The dragons residing in the caves of Berk had slightly different traditions for egg-hatching, which meant that the Viking residents of Berk got their presents early; the dragons hatched their eggs in lakes around the island, and took them straight back to the village to show off.

Despite that, Astrid noticed that people were just as enthusiastic as ever to welcome their own dragon companions back home. Perhaps even more so, as now both parties had something new to share.

For her, there was a slightly different reason to be happy. Hiccup had gone with the dragons a few days ago, and she was looking forwards to seeing him again. And seeing Stormfly's babies - she already knew that the nadder planned to let Toothless care for them, but she still couldn't wait to see them.

"Hey, look!" one of the Vikings in the crowd yelled, pointing skyward, "They're back!"

The usual cheers sounded out as the dragons flew in, carrying their babies in the same old boat that Hiccup had first used to help the return migration. Inside the boat, Astrid was sure, were Hiccup and Toothless, probably looking after the new babies that had just been entrusted to them.

The cheers increased in volume as the ship touched down, tipping gently to one side to let the hatchlings out. Sure enough, Hiccup was one of them, carrying a nadder in his arms.

"Hey Astrid!" he yelled above the cheers, rushing out to greet her, "Look, Stormfly -"

"Gave you and Toothless her children?" Astrid cut him off. "She told me before she left. Isn't it a great idea?"

Hiccup grinned. "Yeah!" he agreed happily. "Wow, it's so amazing... Toothless will finally feel less left out!"

Astrid's smile matched Hiccup's.

For the first few days after Snoggletog, all was quiet. It was technically a holiday still, for the chief as well as the villagers, which meant that Hiccup could dedicate most of his time to the two new dragons in the house, Trip (Hiccup had held good on his promise, after the dragon's balancing issues continued) and his sister, Firestarter (the tradition of literal names gave a good indication of what the nadder liked to spend her time doing).

It wasn't until a week had passed that problems started to arise.

At first, juggling alpha/chief duties while looking after children was manageable; the two friends always helped each other, and they didn't spend the whole day working. As more Vikings started having problems, and more dragons came up with complaints, however, Toothless and Hiccup's free time all but disappeared.

Between running a village and caring for young dragons, the two had much less time to spend together. That meant no more morning flights, less evening flights, and sometimes, no flights at all.

"We're going for a flight tonight, whether we have the time or not." Hiccup decided, pulling Firestarter away from the fireplace.

'Are we just forgoing sleep?' Toothless asked, using his tail to put out the small flame Trip had just caused.

Hiccup considered that for a moment, then nodded. "Looks like we'll have to." he admitted. "How does anyone do it?" he wondered, placating a disappointed Firestarter with a fish.

'No one else has as much work as we do.' Toothless reasoned. 'Why don't we get someone to help?'

Hiccup stared; Toothless wasn't one to ask for help so casually.

'What?' Toothless asked defensively. 'I want to have more free time! And you have to admit, skipping morning flights is the worst.'

"True," Hiccup relented. "So, who to ask? Stormfly?"

'Stormfly.'

Luckily, Stormfly completely understood the reason behind her new position of babysitter. She couldn't deny that it was a bit strange, babysitting her own children, but she was happy to see Hiccup and Toothless getting the time off they deserved.

She shared that with her rider, who was also happy to have some other dragons to look after, after Sleekscales had officially decided to leave the house and start living with the other dragons in the nest until she found herself a rider. It gave her something to do, and it was helping her boyfriend.

The fact that the hatchlings were adorable didn't hurt either.