The next morning, both Caverna and Hiccup were up early and they both dressed quickly, Caverna in her normal flight suit and Hiccup in his green shirt, brown pants and furs, before they headed downstairs and found Stoick pouring porridge into four bowls.
"Do we have company?" Caverna asked as she and Hiccup sat at the table.
"Gobber will be joining us for breakfast today, then he and me will get started on plans for your room Caverna." Stoick told them, putting bowls of porridge in front of the two teens as the door swung open letting in a rather cold draft, which had Hiccup shivering. "Gobber, shut the door."
When the breeze was gone, Hiccup looked at Caverna as he noticed that she hadn't shivered. "Weren't you cold?"
"Nope, that's another advantage of a leather suit, you can't feel the cold." Caverna told him, looking up from her porridge. "The sooner I make you one, the sooner you feel the benefits." She told him.
"You're making him a suit?" Gobber asked.
"Yeah." Caverna told him.
"And how are you with iron and silver?" Gobber enquired.
Caverna looked at him and she stood up, pulling a knife from her many hidden places and she offered it to Gobber, handle first. It was the same one that Hiccup had admired when she was first here.
"Aye, look Stoick, the craftsmanship on this dagger is remarkable, did you make this?" He asked Caverna, who simply nodded.
"Yes Sir, I did, I've made all of my knives and my swords." Caverna told them.
"You will have to show us your skill sometime." Gobber told her.
"I will." She smiled, before she and Hiccup finished their breakfast and they left the house, walking down towards the Great Hall where they found Toothless and Snowcap, still curled up together.
The moment, in which everyone noticed that they had entered the Great Hall, Astrid walked to them.
"Morning, babe." She smiled at Hiccup, kissing him, and he kissed her back.
"Morning, m'lady." Hiccup told her when they finally broke the kiss.
"Morning to you too Caverna." She smiled.
"Good morning Astrid." Caverna smiled, before she walked over to her dragon and she stroked her, causing her to lift her head up sleepily. "Hey girl."
Snowcap nuzzled her hand gently, before she looked at a sleeping Toothless next to her and she nuzzled him awake, before she got up and walked over to her owner as she headed towards the table where everyone else were sitting and as she sat in front of the table, she felt a presence behind her, and as she turned around she felt a soft nuzzle and she knew it was Toothless.
"Hey you two, save it for after breakfast." She told them with a laugh as she threw Snowcap some fish.
Toothless just seemed to roll his eyes at his mate's rider, before he ate the fish that Hiccup gave him.
"Once you guys have eaten, does anyone feel like going for a ride?" Hiccup asked the group.
"Sounds like fun." Caverna smiled.
"I'm in, definitely." Astrid smiled.
"Me too." Fishlegs told them. "Actually, I need to talk to Caverna, alone, if that's okay."
"That's fine Fishlegs." Caverna smiled, standing up and the pair walked out of the Great Hall and closed the door behind them.
When they were sure that they were alone and couldn't be overheard by anyone at all, Caverna looked at him. "What's the matter?"
"Well...Um...This is a sort of delicate subject..." He told her, immediately going red and starting to stammer.
"Take your time Fishlegs." She told him, moving to sit on the barrier that went along the side of the steps that led to the Great Hall.
"Well, um, we...You know...We...Um..."
"Kissed?" Caverna asked.
"Yeah, that...I was wondering what you wanted to happen from here you know now that you're not going to die...And...All...That..."
"Well, we could, have a relationship...If you want to and that kiss wasn't just because you felt sorry for me." Caverna told him.
"I didn't do it because I felt sorry, I thought that you were extremely beautiful when I first saw you, and I felt something for you. Then as I got to know you, the feeling got stronger, at times it felt like I couldn't breathe and like something was hitting me in the chest so many times, it was almost unbearable." Fishlegs was telling her.
Caverna looked at him as he spoke, and she noticed how he shifted in nervousness and his hands wrung together and she decided to try and help him to calm down.
"Fishlegs, give me your hands." She told him.
Fishlegs looked at her, and then at her hands which was at least four sizes smaller than his own, and he put his into hers, looking at her as she squeezed his hands.
"Fishlegs, I've felt the same way about you, and when we kissed back in my bedroom on my family's island, I felt real, like nothing mattered. I kept fighting for you Fishlegs, and call me selfish for fighting for only one man, but I fought for you, so we could have some sort of future together as friends or as lovers."
Fishlegs simply looked at her. "Is that true?"
She was only about to get a nod out as her answer, before Fishlegs slid his hands from hers to cup her face and he kissed her lips ever so gently, and he felt a swell of happiness as she collapsed into the kiss.
Their kiss went on for a while, before they pulled away at hearing the doors open, and they found that the twins and Snotlout had joined them.
"Awe, Fishlegs and Caverna, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" The twins sang, whilst Snotlout just scowled at them.
"Shut up you two, anyway where are Hiccup and Astrid?" Caverna asked.
"They are waiting for you two to get back inside to get your dragons." Snotlout told them, he sounded bored. "You know, if you two are finished sucking each other faces."
"Jealousy doesn't become you Snotlout." Caverna told him before she took Fishlegs' hand and the pair walked into the Great Hall after Fishlegs helped her off of the wall.
When they got inside, they kept hold of each other's hands, which caused people who saw them to smile at the young couple.
"Hiccup, look." Astrid whispered, nodding over to Fishlegs and Caverna as they petted Snowcap and Caverna checked her wounds.
"They will make a wonderful couple." Hiccup told her, looking at Caverna and Fishlegs.
"They do." She smiled, before she stood up. "Hey you two, are you still coming for the dragon ride?"
Caverna looked at them. "Yeah, but Snowcap might not be ready to fly."
Snowcap nudged her, trying to tell her that she was fine and in the end, she simply pushed her over.
"Okay, scratch that, I think that she's fine." Caverna laughed, trying to push her dragon off of her. "Snowcap, get off me, saliva doesn't wash out."
Everyone watched them and laughed as she eventually pushed the dragon off of her and she stood up, stroking her gently behind the ears.
Astrid watched and she laughed as the stroking that Caverna was giving to Snowcap, made Snowcap's back left leg move happily.
"You know, for the 'Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death' these two acts like our pet puppies." Astrid laughed.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Caverna laughed, looking at Toothless and Snowcap as they played with each other.
Toothless suddenly pinned Snowcap to the ground on her back and he nuzzled her neck.
"Come on, let's go on this flight, I can't wait any longer." He told her.
"I thought there were other things that you couldn't wait for, and I don't just mean a flight with your rider." She replied.
"Ew, that's gross you two." Stormfly squawked and she pushed Toothless over with her nose.
"Stormfly, what was that for?" Astrid asked as she watched Toothless get back up and nuzzle Snowcap, before he nudged Stormfly as payback for being pushed over and they all walked to their riders.
When all of the riders were seated on their dragons, they all flew off out of the Great Hall, and they flew out towards the forest, with Toothless and Snowcap flying side by side, Stormfly flying not far behind them and finally Meatlug kept up the tail end. They didn't fly for long, before they landed in a rocky clearing. Looking around, the teens decided to dismount and they let their dragons rest, as they all sat around, Astrid sharpening her axe as Caverna sharpened her swords.
"Do you need help sharpening your weapons?" Fishlegs asked, coming to sit beside her, and he pulled down her hood, brushing her long brunette hair out from where it hid it.
"Yeah sure, just pull them off when you need them, I won't mind." Caverna told him, her eyes on sharpening her swords so that she didn't injure herself.
Fishlegs done as she said, just pulling off the knives he wanted to sharpen, and he admired all of them since each one had a different yet ornate design as the rest.
Astrid watched Caverna and Fishlegs, and she smiled softly, before she looked at Caverna and she put her own axe down beside her.
"Hey Caverna, do you mind if I try fighting you, just for practice?" Astrid asked, causing everyone to look at her.
Caverna just shrugged. "Yeah, sure Astrid." She told her, standing up and picking up her swords. "Do you want to use a sword, or your axe?"
"I'll use my axe, because it will make it more interesting." Astrid told her with a laugh as she too got up, and she and Caverna started to circle each other as Caverna pulled up her hood and her mask.
Soon enough, the pair started to practice their fighting skills between each other, and they were both good, but Caverna ended up giving her some pointers.
"Keep moving Astrid, all because you've stroked your opponent, doesn't mean that you are safe, you must continue to move you feet, anticipate your next move and remain three steps ahead of the person that you're fighting." Caverna told her.
Astrid gave her a nod in understanding, and with every point given, her way of fighting had changed. Yet, despite the changed Astrid put in place, Caverna was still able to disarm her and force her onto her back on the floor.
"And finally, remember to watch where you put your feet and never loosen your grip on your weapon." Caverna told her.
Astrid just laughed. "Thanks for the pointers Caverna, they are really helpful."
"You're very welcome Astrid, anything to help." Caverna smiled.
"You know, we don't really need to fight anymore, I mean we have our dragons to fight for us." Snotlout told them as he suddenly landed with them.
"What happens if you get separated from your dragon?" Caverna asked.
Snotlout just scoffed at her. "That will never happen; Hookfang and I are never apart."
"Well, in that case, I feel sorry for Hookfang."
Everyone laughed at Caverna's comment, but Snotlout just scowled at her and Caverna, Astrid, Hiccup and Toothless watched Snowcap and Stormfly play fight with each other, though Toothless only watched so he could be the knight in shining armour and protect his mate if he felt that she needed it. However, Snowcap was doing just fine and she even managed to pin Stormfly to the floor. When she had pinned Stormfly, she didn't expect to be suddenly thrown off, and she ended up landing in a rather awkward position, with Toothless on top of her.
"What on Earth, Toothless?" She asked, looking up at him.
"I just thought that I'd have some fun." He told her, nuzzling her neck.
"Well it hurt, and you're very heavy." She informed him, watching him quickly climb off of her.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." He told her immediately as she stood up.
"It's alright Toothless." Snowcap told him, moving to sit right in front of him and she nuzzled him softly, though it soon turned even more affection than she had originally planned and they both gave off purrs of enjoyment.
Stormfly rolled her eyes at the pair of them, it was just like Toothless to take her play partner away from her, and she stalked over to Hiccup and Astrid who were cuddled up together and she sat next to her rider.
"Are you feeling left out, girl?" Astrid asked her dragon as she stroked her. Stormfly just butted her head against her rider, which caused Astrid to take pity on her. "Don't worry Stormfly, you'll find a mate soon enough."
Caverna and Hiccup were looking at Astrid and Stormfly, as Caverna snuggled into the warm and calming embrace that belonged to none other than her boyfriend. Whist Snotlout watched the group with an unimpressed look.
After a while of relaxing and some more practicing, but this time it wasn't just between Caverna and Astrid, but Caverna was against Hiccup at one point and even Fishlegs, though she went easy on him. Whilst Snotlout went against both Astrid and Hiccup, separately, though he got knocked over during both fights by Astrid, mainly because she won her duel against him, but she took offence when he deliberately tricked Hiccup. That was when Caverna and Fishlegs had to drag her off of Snotlout. They managed to calm the situation, just as the twins flew in on their dragon, Barf and Belch and they landed next to the group.
"Hey Hiccup, Caverna, Stoick's looking for you two." Ruffnut told them.
"And he looks angry." Tuffnut told them.
"That's no change." Hiccup told the twins as Caverna put all her weapons back onto her outfit, and stole a quick kiss from Fishlegs as Hiccup done the same with Astrid, and they both got onto their dragon's backs, flying back towards the village. When they reached the village, they landed outside of their home and walked inside the house, finding both Stoick and Gobber sat at the large table by the fire.
"Dad, you wanted to see us?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes I do, both of you sit down." Stoick told them as he gestured to the two empty seats in front of them. Only when they were both sat did he decide to speak, but not before they noticed Toothless chase Snowcap outside with Gobber's help of opening the door. "What's got into them?"
"They're mates now." Caverna told him. "So, what did you want to talk to us about?"
"Well, two things really, one being that we wanted to get you used to being part of the family Caverna, and also, we would like to hold a feast in celebration." Stoick told her.
Caverna nodded. "A fest sounds fun." She smiled. "I've not been to a feast before."
"Then we shall hold it tonight." Stoick told them, clapping his hands together. "Now there was something else."
Both Caverna and Hiccup looked at him, wondering what else the chief could want to speak to them about.
"Gobber, I and the warriors o the tribe have been asked to go to the aid of Caverna's homeland, Alvin the Treacherous is leading an army against them." Stoick explained. "Which means, that you two are going to be in charge of the village whilst we are gone."
"But don't worry, we will make a list of the jobs that need doing whilst we are away and you guys can just do them and look after your dragons." Gobber told them.
"That sounds fair, when do you leave?" Hiccup asked.
"In two days." Stoick told them.
Both of the teens gave them a nod and they both walked away, heading out of the house, deciding to leave the dragons where they are for now.
When they were outside, they both headed down to the forge where Caverna took Hiccup's measurements and he helped her with her own before they started designing their new flight suits. They spent the rest of their day in the forge, changing their designs and starting new ones, until they eventually lost track of time and they forgot about what they were actually meant to be going to a party. Meanwhile, Astrid and Fishlegs were walking around the village looking for the two teens, and they were just about to give up and head back to the Great Hall when they heard laughter coming from the forge. Walking side, they found Caverna and Hiccup lying on their stomachs across from each other on the floor, and they were playing with the designs.
"Hey there you are, we've been looking everywhere for you." Astrid told them as she walked inside the forge.
"Sorry babe, we got distracted." Hiccup told them as he stopped laughing and stood up, helping his sister to her feet.
"Don't tell us, tell your dad." Fishlegs told them.
"Oh no, the party." Caverna groaned. "Hiccup, we're late."
This seemed to get his attention and all four of the teens ran up towards the Great Hall, forgetting that at that moment they were dragon less, however, Fishlegs didn't fail to notice.
"Hey guys, where are your dragons?" He asked.
"We have no idea." Hiccup told him.
"We went home and they didn't come back downstairs before we left, and we haven't seen them since." Caverna finished and they looked at each other as they got to the doors of the Great Hall.
"He's going to fry us." Hiccup muttered.
"Just try and sneak in, we can try and hide you." Astrid told him, and both of them crouched down behind Fishlegs and Astrid, but they were still noticed.
"Ah, here they are!" Stoick boomed, walking over and he pulled both Caverna and Hiccup over to where they would need to sit as the children of the chief. They were in trouble, they could tell that, so they tried to put on a brave face.