I'm so sorry for not updating yesterday on Toothless! I was really busy with school and I overestimated my time. So, today, I'll be posting TWO chapters to make it up!;)

Enjoy!

Chapter Three: What Happens When You Lose Your Teeth?

"She says to open your mouth, Hiccup," Fishlegs relayed to his friend, staring at Gothi's scribbles in the dirt closely.

The gang was now outside, where Gothi was checking up on how bad Hiccup's mouth injury was. It had only been a few minutes after Stoick had appeared that Hiccup had been pulled out of his hut and plopped down in a chair outside, like a specimen waiting to be examined.

Hiccup obliged to what Gothi wanted, opening his mouth. Gothi grabbed Hiccup's jaw- making him wince in pain- and she studied the inside of his mouth, prodding at the boy's bare gums. For a few minutes, she checked all over Hiccup's mouth for traces of other injuries before she finally finished, narrowing her eyes.

"Is it bad?" Stoick asked, his face full of concern. "Is my boy going to be all right?"

Gothi wrote something else in the dirt, and Fishlegs read it quickly. "She says… Hiccup will be fine, though he will be experiencing major pain from his mouth if he doesn't take medicine for it soon."

Hiccup winced as a flash of pain came from the top of his mouth, but he tried not to show it on his countenance. "Whrell, let meh thrake tha medchine, thhen."

With a raise of her brow, Gothi fished out a bottle of liquid from her sack, handing it over to Hiccup. After she did, she wrote another line of symbols for Fishlegs to translate. Fishlegs grimaced when he read it, but he nodded.

"Gothi says that the medicine won't be pleasant," the boy warned, eyeing the bottle as if it were poison. "You may experience some…" He checked Gothi's words again. "Vomiting, tearing up at random times, extreme pain in your right arm, and unusual hair growth. Hmmm, interesting."

Stoick crossed his arms, aware of how bad it sounded. "Don't you have something else than that, Gothi? I mean, Hiccup doesn't need any more of his… problems." He chose his words carefully, studying Hiccup to see if he had offended him.

Gothi looked thoughtful, and checked inside her bag. A moment later, she brought out a smaller vile, nodding. Hiccup handed her back the other bottle, shivering with relief that he didn't have to take the stuff. It had looked disgusting.

"You'll be up and ready to go in no time, son," Stoick smiled, trying to reassure Hiccup that everything would be fine. He turned to Gothi. "Thank you for helping Hiccup. I'm glad you had something that would help. How can I repay you?"

Gothi waved him off, packing up her bag.

There was a moment of silence until Snotlout interrupted it. "Too bad you only get one set of teeth, Hiccup," he snorted, crossing his arms. "I guess you'll have a gap there forever… well, on that cheery note, I think I'm going to go brush my teeth until they shine as bright as the stars! See ya later, Hiccup!" He started to swagger away happily, but Toothless tripped him with his tailfin.

"Ah!" Snotlout grunted, falling to the floor. "Thanks a lot, Toothless…"

Rumbling in amusement, the dragon returned to Hiccup's side.

For some reason, Hiccup was blushing. He glanced up at his father with a pleading expression, and Stoick seemed to understand what his son meant. "You're wrong, Snotlout," the chief said, placing a strong hand on his son's shoulder. "Hiccup… he, well… he never exactly lost all his baby teeth."

Hiccup blushed even harder.

Astrid felt herself gaping. Hiccup had never lost his baby teeth? That didn't make any sense. He was nineteen with baby teeth? No, he should have lost all of them all by the time he was twelve. Well, he was different than the other kids growing up, Astrid admitted to herself..

"He's... well, he's always been a bit on the dainty side, as you all know," Stoick explained, causing Hiccup to redden even more, if that was even possible. "He lost his first tooth when he was nine." Chuckling, the chief shook his head. "I remember that night… he was screaming about how blood was pouring out, and how he was dying…"

After standing up again, Snotlout burst out laughing, clutching his sides at his guffawing. "Wait, let me get this straight… Dragon Boy over here never lost all his baby teeth, and he's expected to be chief one day?" With another fit of laughter, Snotlout swiped at his eyes. "Hiccup, this has got to be the funniest thing I've ever heard… thanks, cuz..." He snorted.

Hiccup's fists tightened, but he didn't say anything back.

"I mean, I lost nearly all of my teeth by the time I was nine," bragged Snotlout, his countenance prideful. "I've gotten into so many fist fights, it was a miracle I haven't lost any of my adult teeth yet. Of course, we all now know that Hiccup won't ever have to worry about that!"

Astrid narrowed her eyes, poking Snotlout sharply in the chest. "If you keep acting like this, Snotlout, I swear I'll make sure you will have to worry."

Even though he was scared of Astrid's threat, Snotlout couldn't help but go on. "Hiccup still has baby teeth…" He put on a overdramatic sad expression, leaning in to pinch Hiccup's cheeks. "Does da diddle baby need some luv?" Cackling, he did an imitation of Hiccup without teeth.

Toothless roared in indignation, pouncing on Snotlout. Snotlout yelped, staring up into the dragon's now shrunken green eyes. "I-I-I'm sorry, T-Toothless," he stuttered, absolutely terrified of being plasma blasted. "J-just let me up... please..."

"You know, on the other hand, Toothless- keep him there," Astrid said, a twinkle in her eye. "It's about time that Snotlout learned a lesson." She glared down at the struggling boy. "As for you, you're not sleeping in your hut tonight. You don't deserve a nice, warm bed after all the trouble you've caused."

Snotlout rolled his eyes. "Since when do you deci-"

Toothless growled, stopping Snotlout mid-sentence.

Hiccup laughed, grateful for Toothless's protectiveness. "Thranks, buhd," he acknowledged, winking at his dragon.

Snorting in reply, Toothless nodded, like he was saying, Those who are toothless have to stick together.

"So, when does the medicine go into effect?" Stoick asked Gothi, raising his brow.

Gothi grabbed her staff and scribbled something down. Fishlegs quickly translated it for everyone. "She says that Hiccup should take the medicine right away. It takes two hours for it to start working, and Hiccup's mouth will feel worse if he waits any longer."

"All right, son," Stoick sighed, "you drink your medicine now."

Hiccup made a face, but popped the cork out of the vile. The liquid inside was a glossy white color, and when Hiccup smelled it, he nearly gagged. But, despite his body's protests, Hiccup took a swig of the medicine and swallowed.

Nearly right after, he was dragged into a fit of coughing that made his mouth pound with pain. Gods, the medicine tasted awful! What in Odin's name was in there? Toothless looked up at Hiccup, concerned. He finally released Snotlout from his hold and walked over to his rider. With a comforting snort, he put his giant head in Hiccup's lap.

Laughing while coughing, Hiccup scratched right under Toothless's chin, making the dragon rumble with delight. Thank you, bud. I needed that, he thought, smirking.

Toothless almost seemed to hear his thoughts, and blinked in return.

You're welcome, Hiccup, Hiccup knew his dragon was saying. I'll always be here.

Sorry there's not a bunch of Hictooth in this one, but next chapter, I promise there will be more. Deal?

I'll post the next chapter later today, though it'll probably be pretty late. BUT I WILL POST IT. NEVER FEAR.

*you all say, 'thepurplewriter333 is here!*

Now, let me take a minute to get my story unicorn under control… she's still upset for me kicking her last chapter… and… there we go. Yee-haw, I'll see you guys later!

*rides away on unicorn much happier than last time*

-thepurplewriter333