Just to clear something up, Hookfang is a girl dragon (just watch how to train your dragon: a gift of the night fury) it will explain
The next morning, Astrid found Caverna asleep with her head against the wall, since she had stayed sitting in that chair the whole night, and she quietly got up and walked over, shaking her right shoulder.
"Caverna, wake up, its morning." Astrid told her, and she watched the girl blink her eyes open.
"Did I fall asleep?" Caverna asked.
Astrid nodded. "You needed it; you hadn't slept for the whole journey back here."
"I usually don't sleep at all; I'm usually trying to save my village from being burnt down by the people who wish to destroy our home." She told her as she got to her feet, stretching as she yawned. When they were fully awake, they walked up to the top floor and sat with the rest of Astrid's friends as they ate breakfast. However, they didn't fail to notice that neither Caverna nor Eridor ate.
"Caverna, Eridor, why don't you join us?" Ruffnut asked, batting her eyelashes at Eridor, who didn't fail to notice.
"No thank you, we have jobs to do, and I suggest if you're all here to help then you should do the same." He told them, putting his jacket of spikes on as he left the room.
"Moody much?" Snotlout asked.
"Pay no heed to my brother, he's always like this in the morning, but Ruffnut, I wouldn't put your hopes up with trying to impress him, every girl has tried and most have failed...Sometimes the same girl on more than one occasion." Caverna told them.
"You said most." Ruffnut pointed out. "So, I have a chance?"
"A limited one, but he swore off love a long time ago." Caverna told them, standing up. "When everyone is finished, I'll meet you all in the town centre."
"How do we know where that is?" Tuffnut asked.
"Just look for me, I can't blend in with a crowd." She told them, before she pulled her hood up and left them to finish their breakfast.
When Caverna was gone, the group decided to talk amongst themselves.
"So, what do you guys think actually goes on here?" Ruffnut asked.
"What do you mean?" Astrid asked her.
"Well come on, they obviously don't get attacked, their village is intact." Tuffnut told them.
"In case it has escaped your minds, Caverna's family sleep under the house." Astrid told them.
"Astrid's right and you only do that if something i going to happen to your home, such as having it burnt down." Hiccup told them.
"So, why do they sleep under ground again?" Ruffnut asked again, which had both Astrid and Hiccup face palm themselves.
"Forget it." Hiccup told them, before he sighed. "I feel sorry for her."
"Why?" Snotlout asked.
"Because she and her brother run everything around here, and well we've seen what's happened with her sister, maybe she feels like her brother did before he left just then."
"What, moody?" Snotlout asked.
"No, stressed and unhappy." Hiccup told him.
"But we are going to help, right?" Astrid asked the group.
"Of course, I mean someone as pretty as Caverna shouldn't have to deal with things like this." Fishlegs told them, before he went bright red at realising what he had said. "I mean...Um..."
"Ooo, Fishlegs had a crush." Ruffnut teased, causing the boy to go bright red.
"Come on; leave him alone, it's perfectly fine to have a crush on someone." Snotlout told them. "But he knows that he doesn't stand a chance."
"Snotlout, Caverna won't touch you with a barge pole, you know that." Astrid told him as she stood up and put her breakfast dishes into the bucket that had been left for them, before she watched the others do the same, and they all left the house, walking towards where they could see Caverna, in her usual suit and she and Eridor were handing out what looked like rations to the villagers that stood in a line in front of them.
"Are those rations?" Astrid whispered.
"It looks like it, wow; things must be really bad here." Hiccup told her as they walked over to Caverna and Eridor.
"Caverna, what can we do to help?" Astrid asked her when they were close enough.
"I need you to do a scout, but only four of you need to do it." She told her. "The rest need to remain in the village."
"Okay, will we need our dragons?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes, one needs to go north into the hills, Hiccup could do that one Toothless, one needs to go west to the beach, that could be the twins on Barf and Belch, someone needs to go East to the farmlands, that could be Snotlout on his dragon, and then Fishlegs and Astrid can stay with me and Eridor."
"Um, you forgot south, duh!" Snotlout told her.
"There isn't anything to find out in sea Snotlout." She told him, with a roll of her eyes. "Look for anything that could be out of balance, such as people lying on the ground and not answering if you say something."
"Whatever." Snotlout mused, walking off with Hiccup, Ruff, Tuff and Eridor, who showed them to where the dragons were, and Astrid, Fishlegs and Caverna went back to giving out food rations.
Meanwhile, in the stable, Toothless woke up with a smile on his face as he noticed Snowcap curled into him and still fast asleep. It looked as if it was still dark due to the panels of wood that made up the shell of the stables, but he still managed to find the pile of fish that were set out in a pyramid at the far end of the stall. So being careful, he got up without jostling the sleeping dragon too much, and he walked over to the pile of fish, throwing one towards her for each one that he ate. Soon enough, the scent of fish was enough to wake her up and Snowcap stirred.
"Toothless?" She asked.
"I'm here Snowcap, I have split the pile of fish that we have been given, though I admit there is very little." Toothless told her.
"There will be, even we dragons are rationed, we hardly have enough food to feed the humans of the village." Snowcap told him, eating the small amount of fish in front of her, before she stood up and nuzzled him.
Toothless nuzzled her back, accidentally pushing her over onto her back, and he froze realising what their position suggested and he moved away from her, watching her get back onto her feet.
"I'm sorry; I don't know what came over me." Toothless told her, as he blushed a deep red colour.
"It's okay Toothless." She told him, walking over and sitting in front of him. "I know that we've only know each other for a few days, but, well, I wanted to ask you if we could be mates."
Toothless looked at her wondering if she was actually asking what he thought she was, and when she cocked her head, he knew that she was telling him the truth. "We can be mates, Snowcap."
She gave him a goofy smile, before she licked his cheek just as the door to the barn opened and Hiccup, Snotlout, Ruff, Tuff and Eridor walked in.
"Hey Toothless, buddy." Hiccup smiled and Snowcap watched as Toothless ran over and nuzzled him.
Ruff and Tuff went to get their dragon, as Snotlout done the same thing, before they waited outside as Eridor got Snowcap, Stormfly and Meatlug outside and had Snowcap lead them off towards where their riders were, but before Snowcap could get too far away, Toothless ran after her and nuzzled her, before they gave each other a loving lick to their cheeks.
"Awe, that's just sweet." Ruffnut told them with a smile, and when she noticed the surprised looks she got she shrugged. "What?"
"You don't usually call anything sweet." Hiccup pointed out.
"Well, I'm trying to be girly." She shrugged. "But I don't like it." She got onto her dragon had as her brother done the same, and she flew off along with Tuffnut, Hiccup and Snotlout as Eridor followed the dragons back towards where Caverna was just finishing off giving out rations.
"How did we do?" He asked as Fishlegs and Astrid walked over to their dragons, and Snowcap joined her rider.
"We did well, we had enough, just." She sighed. "We can't carry on like this, we need more supplies."
"And where will we get them from Caverna? There is nothing left." Eridor shouted.
"Do not treat me like some deaf child." She warned her brother, the twins squaring each other up despite Eridor being taller than his sister.
"Whoa, hey come on guys don't fight, look what else do we have to do?" Astrid asked, trying to keep the peace between the twins.
"We need to visit people in their homes, to make sure that they are alright." Caverna told them.
"Great, let's go and do that." Fishlegs told them.
"Alright, Astrid you start on the left, Eridor the right, Fishlegs and I will take the middle, all meet back here afterwards."
"Okay, can our dragons come with us?" Fishlegs asked.
"Of course, as long as they don't mind walking." Caverna told them as she started to walk away, Snowcap at her heals and Fishlegs followed close behind.
As they walked around the village, Fishlegs decided to get to know more about Caverna, s he decided to keep her talking.
"How long have you had Snowcap then?"
"Since she was an egg, she's ten years old now, and I found her when my brother and I had reached eight years of age." She smiled at the memory. "We were climbing the cliff that stands near our home and on the way up, we found a nest, and two eggs were inside it though they looked really different to each other."
"Really?" He asked. "What did the Nightfury egg look like?"
"t was midnight blue, with a lighter blue colour from the markings, but did you know that when they are born, Night furies aren't actually the colour she is now?" Caverna asked.
"Really?" Fishlegs asked.
"Yes, they are blue, not sky blue, but this flower blue." She picked up a flower which was a deep blue.
Fishlegs took the flower and he admired it for a few minutes, before he tucked it behind her left ear. "There, it matches your eyes."
Caverna gained a soft blush to her cheeks. "Um, thank you Fishlegs." She gave him a smile, before she carried on with their checks. When everything was done, she joined Astrid and Eridor back in the town centre, and they were soon joined by the others, and Caverna seemed surprised when Toothless and Snowcap shared a loving nuzzle.
"Looks like someone, has finally found a mate." Caverna smiled at her dragon who gave her a nod.
"So, what happens now?" Ruffnut asked.
"Well, now we can go and find somewhere to relax before the next hand out of rations." Eridor told them, as he climbed back onto the back of his dragon and his sister done the same.
"Come on, we know the perfect place, and we get a great view of the village." When everyone was on their dragons, they all flew off; following Eridor ad Caverna to the top of a mountain where there was a large grass verge and they all set their dragons down on it. It didn't take long, for everyone to lie down on the grass and find that they were falling into a state of relaxation, especially Fishlegs. However, the twins managed to stay awake, as did Caverna, Eridor, Astrid and Hiccup.
They weren't able to relax for long, before a loud horn sounded through the mountains, jolting everyone into a sitting position and they all looked around frozen.
Uh, what was that?" Tuffnut asked.
"The call, something is wrong." Eridor told them as he stood up and he held his hand out to the side, Lightning flying up into the sky, before he hovered in front of his rider so he only had to jump off of the cliff edge and he would land on his dragon.
"Eridor, our sister..." Caverna only got that far before her brother flew off and she whistled, Snowcap running and letting Caverna jump onto her back, and the other teens followed her as they flew back towards the village.
When she got to the centre of the village, Caverna had dismounted before Snowcap had gotten within a metre of the ground and the group soon joined her, as they were met by an old man who was obviously an elder.
"What is it?" Caverna asked her voice urgent and worried.
"Your sister, it is time for her child to be born." The Elder told her, and this had Caverna breaking into a run towards her home and Snowcap tried to follow her rider, but the Elder grabbed her neck, ignoring the growl that this elicited from Toothless, as he stopped the dragon from following.
"No Snowcap, you stay here with the rest of the dragons."
As the other teens looked around they noticed that the whole village had joined them as they waited for news upon the birth. And after a few hours, they looked to finally be getting some, as everyone stood up as they saw figures approaching and the sound of babies crying followed, however no one from the village rejoiced. Especially, not when they saw Caverna get thrown to the floor in front of them and Snowcap growled in a warning to Caverna's father as he was the one to throw her to the floor. However, everyone looked on as three nursemaids walked forward carrying three bundles of blankets.
"Brock?" The Elder asked.
"Triplets, my daughter gave birth to triplets, they are all sisters." Brock told the crowd, and everyone from the village gasped, before Brock started speaking again. "Give me a knife Caverna."
"No."
"Caverna, do as I say." Brock ordered, watching his daughter stand up.
"I would rather slit my own throat." She told him, but this caused another Viking, grabbed her and another pulled a knife from her suit, and Hiccup realised what they were going to do, as Brock walked over to the three babies and Astrid got an idea of their place when he pulled her so that her face was buried in his chest. When it was eventually over, they all noticed Astrid look at her father with nothing but hatred.
"I will never consider you to be anything to me now." She told him, her voice layered with venom and she walked back towards her home. The group watched her leave, and Hiccup looked down at Astrid who had suddenly started crying, and he brought her somewhere where they could sit down.
"Hey, it's alright Astrid." Hiccup soothed, looking up to see Toothless, Stormfly and Snowcap joining them. "Look, the dragons have come to see if you're okay."
Astrid looked up at the dragons, giving them a weak smile, before she went back to sniffling with her head against Hiccup's chest. "He just...He just killed them...His own grandchildren...Because they were daughters...That shouldn't matter." She managed to choke out.
"I know, but we need to be strong now and keep in mind that they have gone to a better place, somewhere where they are safe an won't be rationed like everyone else is." He told her, rubbing her back. He stayed there with her until she had stopped crying, and then they decided to try and find everyone else.