Toothless pounced on the little purple dragon in front of her and roared her triumph. Then she stripped the skin off the squirming dragon to reveal Angela, the little tyke. She tied the skin around her daughter and stripped off her own, turning into the girl's human mother. Then she proceeded to scold the child. "You were supposed to stay with Cloudjumper."
"But Mooooooom," Angela whined, "he's no fun. He won't teach me cartwheels, or barrel rolls, or anything."
"Just be glad you can fly," Tristan added from the doorway. "I'm stuck studying swordplay. I think Joey enjoys bruising me."
Hands appeared on either side of Hiccup's firstborn and grabbed him, making the prince jump. "Come on, it's only to teach you to dodge," teased the blond as he dragged the protesting prince in the direction of the training grounds. Tristan huffed playfully, but when Joey let go of him he didn't try to escape the inevitable fate of more weapons training. "Oh, by the way," Joey said over his shoulder, "Hiccup said he wanted you to come with him and me next time we went to your grandpa's castle if you can fly well enough, Angela."
The little girl squealed and untied her skin. Moments later, the scaly little thing was flying off in the direction of the tower where Cloudjumper'd perched, waiting for his errant student. Toothless frowned at Joey. "I never heard him say that," she said, suspicion written all over her face.
Joey shrugged. "At least that way she'll work harder. And I might be able to convince him. He wouldn't want to walk all the way to the castle, after all."
"True," laughed Toothless. "I find him more often in the sky than on the ground, especially since he made those glider wings."
Then a Scauldron landed in the courtyard from the direction of the coast and quickly stripped off his skin. "Milady," he said, bowing.
She sighed. "How many times to I have to tell you not to bow to me, Marco? But what is it you came to tell me?"
The messenger for the coast guard straightened. "We've spotted a large white dragon approaching from the open sea. Should we send out a warning?"
Toothless straightened up. "Did the dragon have tusks and black tips on the long plates by his face?"
"Yes," answered the surprised soldier. She'd described the beast perfectly.
Toothless squealed. "It's my father! Keep watching him and bring him here as soon as he makes landfall. I want to see him tomorrow at the latest. The soldier resumed his draconic shape and flew off. Toothless turned on her heel and headed for the improved forge/inventing room. "Wait 'till I tell Hiccup!"
It's a wrap! Thanks for sticking with this all the way, guys. You've made it my second most popular story, as well as my longest one. That said, there will probably not be a sequel, which is why I gave you this epilogue. I have a lot of plot bunnies driving me crazy, with one Winter Soldier AU for Jack and Hiccup, Battle of the Brothers for all the anime with Ed and Al as the stars, and a teacher/student story for a Yugioh/yugioh GX crossover. Keep checking my profile, and go find other great authors to encourage.