Renovations and unpacking

{Hiccups POV}

I woke up to Toothless's gentle nudging but I just pushed his head back and told him.

"Come on bud let me sleep." He then gave my face a big slobbery lick that left me covered in his saliva, which I immediately began to wipe off. "Okay I'm up already." I then stood up and looked around and found most of my dragons looking at me. "Good morning everyone." They all growled back in response before I heard some more growling except this time it was coming from their stomachs.

I chuckled and said. "Don't worry guys we'll get some food into in a moment. I think I saw a few baskets on the ship."

I then proceeded to hop onto the ships deck and grab some baskets and rope. I then hopped off the boat and placed them in front of the dragons before I took the baskets I brought from the village and preceded to tie them around the necks of my dragons except Diggs whose basket I tied to the top of his head since he didn't have a neck and Smoky and Sharpshot since they couldn't carry baskets. I then went over to Scaulder and said.

"Hey big guy we're going fishing so we need you to help us scare up some fish who're hiding at the lower parts of the ocean where we can't blast them out okay?"

He looked at me before growling in approval and went under water waiting for us. I then hopped on Toothless and we took off towards the sea entrance and began to follow Scaulder with our other friends behind us. We flew for five minutes before we saw Scaulder dive. Then a school of fish appeared so I'm guessing he scared them up. Knowing that now was the best time to catch them I said.

"Toothless! Plasma blast!"

He let loose a blast on the school sending them all flying while we caught as many in the baskets as we could. We did this a few more times before we all headed back to the cave. Once we arrived I had them place all the fish near the side of the cliff so Scaulder could have breakfast as well. When it was all emptied out we had quite a large pile that was much bigger than the one from yesterday. I smiled at it before I said.

"Okay everyone I'm going out but I'll be back later so for now just relax and eat up." They all roared happily at this, which made me cover my ears. I then went to the land entrance of the cave and exited the cave and proceed to the village.

When I arrived I headed up to the great hall for breakfast. When I entered I grabbed a plate, some egg, some bread and a mug of water. I took a seat at a table and began to sink my teeth into my food. As I was eating I was wondering how I was going to fix up the boat and I began to think of ideas for how to renovate my cave such as make holes in the wall for my dragons to make nests in, add a dock for my boat, maybe add a room for me to sleep in, add a forging area, maybe have Diggs dig a smaller room for me to get some private time in but I knew that before I could do any of this I would need the material. Sadly as I was thinking three shadows fell upon me. I looked up to find the Hoffersons looking at me. Then Mr. Hofferson pushed Astrid who had her head down forward and she mumbled something I couldn't understand so I said.

"Sorry what was that?"

"I'm sorry I tried to punch you and thanks for bringing me home when I was out cold." Her tone was more hostile then before.

"It's alright I would've done it for anyone." then stepped forward.

"Hiccup the offer still stands if you need anything just say so!"

"There is nothing I need right now unless you can give Snotlout a punch in the face for trying to get my stone." He chuckled.

"I'm afraid I can't do that." I let out a chuckle before remembering he's the village carpenter and could provide me with the tool I need to make planks for a dock and fix the boat.

"Well there is one other thing I need."

"What is it?"

"A few tools to make wooden planks for a project I'm working on in the forest."

"What project would that be?"

"That's my secret." He nodded in acceptance.

"How many do you want, where would you like me to drop off the tools and when would you like them to be dropped off?"

"I'll need a full set of tools and I'll come pick them up after breakfast. Okay?" He nodded before we all said our goodbyes and I got back to my food.

I finished my food five minutes later and left to pick up my new tools. When I arrived at the Hoffersons Mr. Hofferson was sitting in a chair out front reading a book with a sack next to him. I approached him and when he saw me he said.

"Hey Hiccup I've got the tools you wanted."

"Thank you. I'm going to be quite busy in the forest for a while so you might not get them back for some time." He gave me a smile.

"Keep them I've got spares."

"Thanks a lot this will save me a lot of trouble." He smiled then handed me the bag, which I took and found heavy but not too heavy so I could still carry it. I then said my goodbyes and I ran back to the hideout.

When I arrived I drug my new tools in and received help from Bladewing who picked it up for me and put it with the boat. I smiled and thanked him before looking around only to see all my dragons just relaxing and lying down. I stood in front of them and said.

"Okay everyone we're doing some renovations today and I'm going to need everyone's help for different things and once we're done things will be a lot easier around here for us." They all growled in approval. "I'll tell you guys what I need help with and when I need it." I then walked over to Diggs. "Come on Diggs we've got work to do." He got up and I petting him while saying. "Just follow me and I'll tell you what you need to do."

I then began to walk towards one of the walls and called Diggs over. He came over to me and I told him. "Okay big guy I need you to dig a big hole in this wall."

He then growled in understanding. I smiled before I let him get to work. When he was done I saw a huge room, which could hold all my dragons, and more so I said.

"Nice work big guy." And gave him an affectionate rub. "This room will be perfect for you guys to sleep in." I then called them in and once they were all in I said. "Okay guys this is where you guys will be sleeping from now on okay?" They all roared happily. I smiled before taking Diggs back out to finish the digging part of my renovations.

Two hours later

I smiled at what Diggs and me had done to the cave because I had big plans for it. We had dug a few new rooms like one for the dragons to sleep, a place to store food that still needed to be set up, a room to store the resources we get, a room to store different herbs when I start gathering them for injuries, a slope to the bottom of the cliff where I would build the dock, a room on the higher levels where I would put a bedroom for me so I could get away from it all, a room I'm planning to full with ice to store meat and fish in, also while digging he stumbled upon a cavern which contained five hot springs and when I had a sip from one I found it perfectly clean water so I had a place to bath and water to drink and he dug a tunnel to a perfectly big, clear and empty cove with sun shining into it and I knew I could grow crops here for food and he dug many more new rooms for other things incase the need for them arises. I smiled at what Diggs had done before I looked at him and said.

"Great work big guy now you rest up for a bit. Me and the others will take care of the rest." He growled happily before going into the dragons nesting room.

I smiled and looked at my other dragons except for Speedy who was still asleep.

"Okay guys Diggs has worked pretty hard today so he is taking some time off for now which means we'll be the ones working for a while okay?" They all roared in acceptance. I then turned to Bladewing.

"Okay big guy we're going to need wood and a lot of it so I need you to bring in some logs and if you have trouble finding them cut some tree tops off okay?"

He roared in acceptance before he took off. I then got on Toothless and flew with him with the dragons who weren't on break following. We soon arrived at a nearby island full of trees. I looked at Bladewing.

"Okay big guy do your thing."

He let out a roar before flying in low and slicing some tree tops off which were quite big in size so I would be able to make planks out of them. I then directed my large dragons to collect as many of the logs as they could. When they had collected them I instructed them to give some to Scaulder to carry home. They gave him about four before we went home to drop them off. When we dropped them off we went back to get more and did it about two more times before I felt we had enough. When we got back from our last trip I looked at the ship and said.

"Well we best see what we've got on the ship before we fix it up."

I then climbed onto the deck and went down below to see that some of the stuff had been moved around during the movement of the ship when we brought it in. I shrugged and began to look around at the stuff. When I was done I realized that nearly all of the stuff was in crates that I'd need to brake open so I decided I would first unload the stuff. I began to take the smaller boxes to the side and had the dragons put them down on the ground. It was only when it came to the big crates that I allowed some on board because the wood on deck was weak and I was afraid it might break under their weight but I didn't have to worry about the ship falling on its side since before it was put down I had Diggs dig a small crater to place it in so it wouldn't fall over. I had Toothless and Angel pull the crates from the lower decks by tying a rope to the crates and have them pull them out by the rope.

We unloaded for about two hours before we were finally done. Once we were done I looked and saw a large amount of crates and barrels. I smiled and said.

"No telling what could be in those crates but finding out what's in them will have to wait till I'm done fixing this place and the ship up by adding a dock, some support beams and some steps to the upper level." I then turned to look at the bag Mr. Hofferson gave me. "Okay let's see what tools we've got here."

I then took the bag and dug through the tools. I found a saw, two large log supports to hold the logs, an axe and a pick and hammer for getting the bark off. I smiled at the tools before setting up the supports and had Bladewing place a tree on the stand before telling him to go relax. I then started work on the tree.

Five hours later

I was exhausted no that is an understatement I was beyond exhausted, as I had just finished making planks, building a dock, stairs to the upper part of my cave and steps to the dock. I admit things went faster with the dragons help then they would have with me alone but it was still exhausting but it was all worth it in the end as I now had an easily accessible dock, a new boat, steps to my higher levels, a large cavern with plenty of new bookcases which were quiet high so I had to build a catwalk so I'd be able to reach them, some tables and chairs for the library and I also now had a whole lot of fire wood. I collapsed on the ground while my dragons looked at me concerned. I looked up at them and said.

"Don't worry guys I'm just tired from all that work." Sharpshot and Smoky then nudged me. "What is it guys?" I then looked at the sea entrance and realized it was still daylight and it was lunchtime. I smiled before I got up and said.

"Okay guys let's go catch some lunch."

I then put the baskets on and we took off. After five minutes we had caught our lunch and dumped the fish on the ground. I took one fish and let the dragons have the rest. I enjoyed cooking the fish over a fire but as I did my eyes kept wondering to the crates that had yet to be opened. I kept wondering what could those crates hold. I shrugged it off and decided I would open them as soon as I was done eating my lunch.

I finished my fish and then went over to the crates and smiled. I looked at a very large box and caressed its old age wood before I reached the side and slowly opened the box before I looked inside only to find a king sized bed inside with white pillows and emerald green blankets on it with finally carved oak headboards and a crystal green canopy. I smiled and said.

"Well looks like I've got a place to sleep now."

I called Toothless over and had him pull the bed out gently and move it up to the higher-level room and place it against the wall on the side. I felt the material the blankets were made of and it was so nice and smooth. I laid on the bed and found out that the pillows and mattress felt like I was lying on a cloud and it was amazing. I swear I could have stayed there all day but I had other crates to open before I could sleep. So I reluctantly got off the bed and went back down to the main part of the cave.

I looked at a smaller crate that was up to my waist in size. I slowly lifted the top off and found it full of small bags with tags on them. I took one and looked at the label, which read. 'Food: Pineapple.' I opened the sack to see it contained a load of seeds. I then put it down and picked up another one before I looked at the label, which read. 'Flower: Rose.' I looked in and found more seeds. I then realized that this chest was used to store the seeds of different plants so I began to separate the seeds used to grow food and the ones to grow flowers while reading the tags for each. I found that there were different seeds for different fruits and flowers that I hadn't even heard of.

I finished sorting the seeds into two piles in two minutes before I set them aside for planting later. I then looked at a rather large crate that was a foot taller than my dad. I walked to the front of the crate and slowly reached for its dusty side and gently grabbed onto it. I then pulled it open with a little difficulty and looked inside. My eyes widened, as the object inside was a very large bell. (Like one of the Nostradamus bells) I gently touched the old bell and felt its smooth metal body as my mind already began to develop a plan to make support for it and a way to ring it. I then said.

"The metal work on this is incredible." I then called bones over and had him remove the bell and place it in the middle of the cave where it would remain until I could place it on the ceiling.

I returned to the crates I looked at a smaller one this time and slowly opened the top and found four urns. I lifted one up and found the image of a squid on it. I was still unsure of what might be in it so I went over to my firewood and took a small branch. I opened up the urn and dipped the top of the branch in before I pulled it out and found the tip completely black. I realized that this urn contained squid ink. I closed it before going back to the box and checking out the other urns and found each had the same squid symbol on them and they were all squid ink. I smiled knowing I could use these so I put them all back and took them into what is now my bedroom. I placed them against the wall that was opposite to the bed before I ran back down to continue unpacking the boxes.

I walked over to one, which was about the same size as a large boulder and slowly opened it but once it was fully open I felt a large amount of things collapse on top of me. When I opened my eyes I found myself completely covered in books. I stood up only to find myself waist deep in them before I looked at the box only to see that it still contained plenty of books. I chuckled and ran my hand through my hair and said. "I guess the former owner of the boat either liked to learn new things, was a real book lover or was delivering these to a library some where." I then felt something grab the back of my shirt and pull me out of the books. I looked behind me to see it was Angel giving me some help. I smiled at her and said. "Thanks girl." Once she put me down I looked at the books and said. "Well looks library is going to start getting filled up sooner than I thought." I then went over to the wagon that I got from the ship and called Coal over. Once she was in front of the wagon I hooked her up to it before I lead her to the books and began to load them up. Once the wagon was full there were still plenty of books to move and I liked this because it just meant more literature to enjoy. We took them to the library and stacked them up in the middle of the room for sorting out later. We made another two trips before we got the books that I put in the wardrobe and placed them with the other books. I looked at the large pile and said. "Sorting these books is going to take a while." I then shrugged and decided I would do the stacking and sorting when I'm done planting the seeds. I then went back to the crates since there were still plenty to open up. I also put the wardrobe up in my room.

I walked over to a box, which reached, up to my waist. I slowly opened it up before looking into it only to find a large amount of wooden slices. I pulled one out to find it framing a lovely painting of a forest landscape in autumn. I gasped at its beauty before sliding it back in and pulling up the next one only to find it to be a painting of a breathtaking waterfall falling into a sparkling lake. I proceeded to check out the different paintings only to find each one more breathtaking then the last. Once I was done looking at them I moved the box into one of the larger caves so I could hang them once I was done unpacking. I then returned to the boxes to continue unpacking.

I looked at a rather long and large box around my size. I opened up the side of it and found it full of lovely vases, which were painted with breathtaking patterns, and there were two rows of them with each stacked on top of the other. I slowly took one out and saw it was a bit dusty so I made a mental note to dust them off later. I new they would make great additions to my art room with the paintings so I had Angel move them to that cave while I continued to check out the crates.

I opened the top of one that was up to my waist and gasped at its contents. Inside was a breathtaking collection of different gems such as rubies, emeralds, diamonds, sapphires etc. some were on their own while others were pieces of gorgeous jewelry such as necklaces, rings along with some tiaras. I got a great big smile on my face seeing these things before I closed the box and had my snaptrapper move it in to an empty cave where I could sort it later. I smiled since I was going to be able to trade some of those for a lot of good stuff. I then walked back to the other crates that were waiting for me to open them.

I walked over to one that was waist high and pulled the top off. I looked inside to find multiple colored rolls of different fabrics. I reached out and touched a roll and it was amazing. I realized it had a label on one end. I picked it up and read it. I then realized it was silk since that's what the label read. I touched another one and felt like I was touching pure heaven. I read the label on it and it read 'Egyptian cotton' I smiled and knew I would have to make myself some clothing out of these fine materials. I had Toothless help me move the crate another empty room room where I would work on making new clothes for me.

I went over to a long and large crate and opened the front up. I looked inside and gasped because nearly everything I needed to make my own private blacksmithing room. Inside were forging tools, an anvil, a sword sharpener, a blacksmithing bellow and even a few weapon molds for different weapons and two big chunks of metal. The only thing missing was a forge and a smelter. I made a mental note to make them later. I had Bones, Scorch and Thunder move the crate into one of the medium sized caves where I would set up my forge. I had them move it together because it was one of the heaviest ones.

I walked over to another crate, which was long but only up to my waist I took the top off to find it full of wooden targets facing up along with stands for them on the side. I looked in the corner and found a bow. I lifted the bow and found it to be quit light in my grasp. I held it up as if I was about to fire and pulled the string back and found little difficulty doing it surprisingly since I'm so weak. I then put it back and found a set of arrows and a black leather arrow quiver. I smiled and decided I'll make a target range for me to practice my archer skills and help Sharpshot practice with his firepower. I had Angel move it into another one of the caves.

I opened yet another crate and found it full of weird looking crystals. I picked one up and examined it and it looked pretty much like a normal crystal. I shrugged before I put it back in the box and began closing it. As I closed it I noticed a glow coming from the box. I reopened it and only found the crystals. I then muttered.

"My mind must be playing tricks on me."

I then began to close the box again only to see that strange glow again. This time I kneeled down and looked on the inside without moving the top of the crate. I then saw that it was the crystals that were glowing. I then realized they were luminescent crystals, which are crystals that glow in the dark. I remember reading about them once in a book I got from trader Johan. I smiled and figured I could put them in the ceiling in my library and in the walls by my steps so I don't trip on them at night. I set that crate aside and went over to the next one.

The next one was a tall one that was three feet higher than me. I opened it and fell back in fright because in the crate was a two full sized wooden bears. I slowly got up and said.

"Hmm these would look good at the entrance to my library." I rubbed my chin. "Yeah maybe give them metal bowls with wood in them to use as torches, to help light the entrance."

I nodded at this before I noticed something in the back of the crate. I passed the statues and looked down at the item. I saw that it was a bearskin rug. I smiled at this before picking it up and examining it before I said.

"This will look great in front of my bed."

I folded it up and began to go back up to my room but not before I had Toothless push the crate with the sculptures over to the entrance of the library. As I made it up to my room I set the bearskin at the foot of my bed with the head pointing away from the bed before I went back downstairs.

When I got downstairs I saw there weren't that many crates left, which meant I would have to start setting everything, I found in them soon. I walked over to a rather large one and opened it up to find it contained a pair of fancy looking armchairs with red velvet covers. I walked over to one and sat down to find it very comfortable. I smiled and figured I could put these in my library in front of the fireplace. I had Bones move it into the library before I got to the last of the crates.

I went over to a long one that reached up to my head in height. I opened up the side and found a nice oak desk and matching chair inside. I smiled and decided to put them in my room for when I wanted to design some things or just draw something. I had Toothless and Angel move it up before I moved on to the next crate, which was a long and large one. I opened it up only to find it containing three couches, which matched the two armchairs from earlier. I smiled at them and knew they would look great in the library so I had my Snaptrap move the crate into the library.

I looked at the last three remaining crates, which I had yet to open. I went over to the long one and pushed the top off and looked inside. I almost had a heart attack because there were three skeletons in it. I slowly stretched my hand to touch one and calmed myself as I realized they were just fake wooden models. I lifted one up and admired the fine detail that went into it. I realized they could help keep people out if I hung them somewhere around the entrance. I smiled and put it back before I moved on to the second last crate.

It was a large crate and one of the heaviest ones that was on the boat. I slowly opened it up. I looked inside and found it full of exercising equipment like weights and other things that I could use to increase my muscles. I smiled knowing that with these I could put together my own little work out room. I smiled seeing all this but then frowned as I realized I was going to have a tough time setting it all up. I shrugged it off before I looked at the last crate that I hadn't opened yet.

I approached it and stroked the rough wood before I slowly opened it up and looked inside only to find it full of scrolls of paper. I picked one up and opened it before looking at its contents. I found it to be a map of some distant land. I opened another only to find another map before checking out the rest only to see them each to be a map to of different land. I smiled and said.

"These will go great in the library."

I then had Toothless move it to the library and then realized it was still an hour to sundown so I figured me and my dragons should go catch dinner before I went back to the village to have my own dinner and once I was done with my own dinner it would be time for me to come back and get some sleep in my new bed so I could start setting everything up first thing in the morning. I then proceeded to set everyone up with the baskets before I hopped on Toothless and we were off.

Half an hour later

Toothless and me flew into the hideout with the others closely following behind us. I looked around to find Speedy had woken up. I had my dragons drop the fish in the middle as always and they immediately dug in. I smiled at them before I said.

"Okay guys I'm going out but I'll be back later." They all growled in response before I left for the village.

When I arrived I went straight up to the great hall for dinner. When I entered I grabbed a tankard of water and some chicken. I sat down at a table before my dad, uncle Spitlout and Gobber walked up with curious expressions on their faces. Dad then asked.

"And where have you been all day Hiccup?"

"In the woods working on a little project of mine." Gobber then asked.

"Oh really and what project would this be Hiccup?"

"You have your secrets and I have mine." I saw my dad was beginning to get a little curious at this.

"Oh come on Hiccup what are you working on?" I sighed.

"I'm sorry dad but I will tell you when I choose to." He knew that when I kept a secret I wasn't going to tell it so easily if the annoyed look in his eye was anything to go on.

"Very well just don't cause any trouble with this project of yours."

"Don't worry dad I won't by the way I'm going to be out all night so don't expect me home." He nodded before they left me so I could eat in peace.

I finished my supper in half an hour before going to the forge to grab my journal so I could take stock on some of the thing I had like the different seeds I now have. Also I needed to put a 'to do list' together for the different things I needed to do tomorrow. Once I had gotten my book I left the forge and ran in to the forest. As I entered I thought I heard someone following me. I looked behind me and saw the twins along with Snotlout following me. I decided I might as well play a prank on them to throw them off my tail. I then proceeded to walk to a more swampy part of Berk. Once I arrived I went over to the most disgusting smelling pond scum I could see and said.

Good thing nobody followed or they would know that the secret to my success in dragon training is this oozes magical qualities and all you have to do is bathe in it and you'll be able to repel dragons as they fear the smell of it but right now I don't need to bathe in it since I did it this morning so I just need a big whiff of it tonight and I'll just leave the bath till tomorrow."

I then walked away from the scum and hid behind a tree and watched the prank unfold as the twins and Snotlout piled in to the scum and rubbed it all over themselves. I had to hold back my laughter as they did that. Once they emerged Snotlout said.

"I can't believe Hiccup got so good because of this stuff." Tuffnut then said.

"Yeah now we'll be as good as him." Ruffnut put her hands on her hips.

"Yeah let's go home so we can show off our sweet new skills off tomorrow."

Snotlout nodded and they then left. As soon as they were out of sight I collapsed on the ground laughing at their gullibility. I then got up and went back to the hideout and was greeted by all my dragons that nuzzled me affectionately. I laughed at them before saying.

"Okay guys and girls I've got to take stock of everything and make a to-do list so I need some peace and quiet then I'm heading up to bed."

They all growled in understanding at this before I went to work. I worked for half and hour before I had three well written lists which were my flower seed list, food seed list and to-do list. I had a few flowers on my flower seed list such as Roses, Sunflower, Bamboo, lavender and Cherry blossom. However I did have plenty of different food seeds such asbanana, apples, pear, lemon, orange, tomato, cucumber, bell pepper, chili pepper, carrots, sugar cane, strawberry, blueberry, coconuts, coffee, peanut, peach, pineapple, lettuce, eggplant, potato, corn, mango, pees, beans, olive, grape, wheat, tangerine, lime and avocado .I didn't know what most of these foods were but I was always ready to learn what they were. On my to-do list I had plenty of things to do such as feed the dragons, put the books away, sort out my new treasure, hang the paintings, set the bears up with torches, make some statues of my dragons to help spruce up the empty spots of the library and much much more but I knew I would need a goodnight sleep before I could do any of that so l said goodnight to my dragons and went to bed. The second I laid my head against my new bed pillow I was out like a light since it was so comfortable.

AN: Hey everyone I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and have a nice day. Please review.