The new families
Hiccups POV:
It has been four months since Glacia hatched and there have been some big changes since then. For starters I've been able to design all sorts of new things including a ton of special arrows. The first new arrow I designed was a gas arrow which when hitting the target the head gets pushed down which makes a small canister just behind the arrow head lift up releasing hideous zippleback gas before the canister closes letting out a small spark which ignites the gas and let me tell you it's powerful since the first time I used the arrow I was tossed back five feet but I was wearing armor so I wasn't that badly hurt! I developed a similar arrow but this one was different because instead of a canister behind the arrow head the gas came out the back of the arrow when the arrow head hits its target pushing it down releasing a powerful gas which doesn't explode but knocks out anyone who inhales so I call it knock out gas. Another arrow I designed was an arrow like my zippleback gas arrows but these ones explode on contact. I expanded my armory and made it a little more organized as well by making individual weapon racks for each weapon and also a shelf holding the arrows with each type I made getting their own shelf.
Another thing that has happened is I've restored the dragon hunting ship to its former glory by adding new sails, replacing the destroyed mast, replacing all the rusty and worn out metal parts including the ram at the front of the ship, sealing up all the holes in the walls and floor and of course taking out all the dragon proof cages and dragon proof cage doors and melting them down into metal plates and I also reinforced the ship's hull making it harder to sink. These are the repairs I made to the ship but I also made some alterations, which were converting the dragon cells into pens for my dragons to rest in with water troughs against the left wall with a fish barrel to the right of it. Resting against the back of each wall was a rock for them to warm up and sleep on. The commanders' quarters had been converted into my quarters after I replaced the door since Toothless blasted the first one. There was a bed against the right wall with side table that had a candle and metal jug of water with matching metal cup. The desk remained where it was except the armor, dragon skull and bone hand had naturally been removed from the chair, there was a bird rest next to it now, two animal beds against the back wall, a bookshelf against the left wall along with some armor racks for me to put my suits of armor onto. It was perfect for long trips through stormy areas and breaking through icy waters. I had also taken the liberty of installing two Polybolos that were repeating ballistae on each side of the deck. I learned how to make them from a book I got off one of the ships in the ship graveyard but I had made some modifications to my ones so they could hold ten bolts instead of the regular seven, the bolts I fired had deadly nadder spine tips and I had also made some special explosive bolts like my zippleback arrows except the gas and lighter were in the deadly nadder spine at the end of the bolt. I also designed this ballista to fire a grappling hook I designed which was like the dragon trap the snapper but it had three claws and when it hit its target it would latch onto it allowing me to reel it in so I could get on board and take down the crew and take the ship for my own.
Speaking of ships, I had two new ships at my port all from the old ship graveyard. I figured it was a shame to leave them there since they were still in pretty good shape and just needed a bit of work put into them. It took some convincing for my dragons to go back to that place with those giant eels but I was able to convince them. After a bit of work the ships were good as new and I had some new ships in my dock each altered to have a different purpose. For example, my original ship was built for small exploration voyages but I changed it up a bit so it was now designed for small island explorations so basically for islands that were only a few days away. It had a harness for my tidal class to pull the ship with along with a private quarters which consisted of a bed against the left wall, a table that came with a map of the known territory in the middle, a few of my notebooks to write in placed in a shelf against the right wall with some maps and blank scrolls of paper so I can better draw out the islands and a few armor wracks against the back wall should I need to change for a situation. Outside my quarters was the storage hull which had a rock for Toothless and barrels of dried food and tankards of water for sustenance.
The first of my new ships was built specifically for fishing expeditions. It came equipped with harnesses for my tidal class dragons, three fishing nets, four different fishing rods, a large trap door to the hull for my dragons to drop the fish they caught into and incase I had a run in with any sharks ten harpoons to fight them off with. The final ship was a special one since it was used for sunken ship explorations. It had a large storage area for me to store all of the stuff I found on the sunken ship, my quarters had a table with chair in the middle for me to work on, a book shelf with a few old journals I got from trader Johan telling of locations where some ships went down and a few maps to some sunken ships, a few hooks and ropes to throw into the water so I could tie them around any treasures I found so I could have them pulled up, harness's for my tidal classes and since this ship was for deep sea exploration I designed a wooden bell that would allow me to reach the bottom more easily and give me a way to get air without needing to go all the way up to the surface. This bell was made of wood with gronkle iron holding it together, a bench on the inside circling around the wall for me to sit on, weights circling the bottom to pull it down, four glass windows so I could see what was in the water outside of the bell, a metal hook on the top to pull it out of the water and lower it in, and a harpoon standing up on the wall in case a shark tried to get in so I could fight it off. (AN: A diving bell with a weapon!)
Each of these ships have come in handy in the past few months since with my fishing ship I was able to triple what we got on our fishing trips which was already a lot so I had enough to feed a village and still have enough to feed my dragons. Thanks to my original ship I was able to go to multiple islands and stay there while I took count of the different species of bird, animal and dragon that lived there all while drawing a map showing me where their territory was so I knew what to find where on the islands I visited. Thanks to my deep-sea exploration ship along with Zap and Ray allowing me to ride on their back in the water I was able to explore ships and find treasures that were said to be lost for eternity and because of this my vault was overflowing with gold, jewels and priceless artifacts. I did have a few run in with some sharks but they weren't anything a powerful stab in the right place with my harpoon couldn't take care of which got me some new shark skins which now rested in storage so I could use them to trade with Trader Johan next time I saw him.
Things did happen for some of my dragons to though I did help with some of it. The thing that happened was I noticed Smoky seemed a little homesick for his old nest so I planned an excursion to it. When we got to Break Neck Bog as I predicted the ship we were on was swarmed by Smoky's old flock that were more than happy to see him again. I docked the ship on a beach near their nest and had Coal pull a wagon full of old scrap metal I had as a gift for them to the nest. The flock greeted me warmly thanks to my last meeting with them and the wagon was empty of all the metal in no time. While they welded the metal to their nest I decided to explore the nest since I didn't get the chance last time and when I checked out the back I got quiet the surprise. Turns out they had looted more from some ships than I originally thought since I found some old treasure chests full of jewels but anything metal or gold was taken out and welded onto their nest. When I asked them if I could have the jewels one flew up to the chest, picked some jewels up in his maw and flew to the wagon before dropping them into it before another did the same and this repeated for a while till my wagon was full. I thanked them and had Coal take the wagon back to the ship so I could drop them off before we returned to thank the Smothering Smokebreaths for the jewels, which got me plenty of, nuzzles in return. When I left surprisingly half the flock came with me. I'm guessing they all wanted to stay with Smoky and me while the other half didn't want to leave their nest but I promised them we'd visit as often as we could and always bring some more scrap metal for them which made them screech in joy. The way I saw it is it just meant new friends for the gang and a more powerful fighting force against enemy ships. We did have to enlarge Smokies nest when we got back and give a ton of my weapons in storage to them for their nest but they were easily replaced once I made new ones in the forge.
Then there is Gnaw whom now had a job which really helped fill up my vault a bit more. A few weeks back I decided to return to dragon island to check it out since the last time I was there I never got to really check out the dragons' nest with my tribe being there and after that I've had a lot going on with Glacia hatching, worrying about my wolves when I sent them to find mates, preparing for the winter, surviving the winter and studying the dragon eye lenses. I had gone with Toothless, Diggs, Coal and Gnaw. Toothless to fly me over there, Diggs to help me should there be a cave in that I need to be dug out of, Coal since he likes the rocks on dragon island and Gnaw to see if he could sniff anything worth taking from the island. We had started in the hole where the Red death had burst out from and worked our way from there. After exploring some of the tunnels that ran around the mountain Gnaw started acting weird and began scratching at a cave wall. I figured he had smelt something on the other side of the wall so I had Diggs make us an entrance and I'm glad I did because on the other side was a diamond mineral deposit meaning the tunnel we broke into was full of diamonds. After that we mined all the diamonds we could and went home where I put them in the vault before I started to come up with plans for a mining operation on dragon island but it would take a while since those tunnels are pretty unstable. On that note I used Gnaws knack for sniffing out diamonds helps me sniff them out when we go exploring caves and I would be going over plans for mining operations.
Glacia has also been going through some changes in the last few months such as growing to the size of a two Viking huts and her tusks were growing as with her body. I had to have Diggs dig a new water filled cove just for her but I made it large knowing she'd grow into it. I also had Diggs dig her an aquatic exit for her to leave through. When I first moved her into it she was thrilled and swam around in it continuously. The cove was as large as the grove where my plants grew, is water filled with a large underwater tunnel leading out into the ocean, an tunnel for me to enter through which had a dock at the end for me to stand on since the water was quiet deep. I had my ice spitting dragons freeze over the top so light could still come in but if a storm or blizzard happened Glacia wouldn't be disturbed.
I've started to let Ikan out of his cage more in order to train him to help in some ways and be able to assist us in battle. I had taught him a few things like for example how to fish for himself which took a month and a half but with Sharpshot helping by demonstrating it went by fast so now whenever it was dinnertime Ikan went and got his own dinner. I had also trained him to be able to assist in battles by swiping clawing at enemies' arms making them drop their weapons. I did so using a dummy and covering the arm in fish before I sent him to get it. Took me two months to get him to attack the arm on command. Another thing I had trained him to do was fetch me keys like if I should be stuck in a cell he'd get the keys off the guard, get them to me and should the guard try to stop him he'd drop the keys and go for the eyes. I also trained him to find me boars to hunt from the air so they wouldn't be spooked if they saw one of my dragons. Another thing is I trained him to come to my arm when I held it out for him to land on so I'd be able to give him a checkup every now and again. As for his eating habits he eats nothing but fish, water and the occasional rat he finds which I am grateful for since it means he doesn't go after any of my monkeys like they do in the wild. In order to better accommodate him I put a few perches for him around the lair and made his cage a bit deeper so he'd have more room to stretch and also added a tunnel that lead into the garden for when he wanted to go out for a flight but I close it up like a trapdoor at night.
Ah Tabai and Maya have been growing up well but they're still too young to really survive on their own but I have been helping them learn how to survive by aiding them in learning how to climb trees by putting meat up there for them to fetch, building up their muscles by having them carry a few weights that weren't too heavy on their backs and having them run laps around the garden and training them to hunt for themselves by making them catch fish in a stream with fish in it. I'm very proud of how they're coming along and have a feeling the next time I visit the Mayans it's also going to be to let them go find mates for themselves.
Speaking of which on of the more difficult things that has happened is I felt it had come time for one of the hardest moments of my life. Let Shadow and Snowflake go find mates on the same island I found them on! I took my original ship there and lead them into the middle of the forest and said.
"Okay guys I have raised you and trained you to be able to survive on your own out in the wild so you will be fine. I know it's hard but you guys need to find yourselves mates to live with. I will come by every few weeks to check on you guys but I won't interfere with things for you guys. Now remember look out for each other and be strong."
I gave them each a hug and pat on the head before I sent them into the forest to live their lives and as soon as they were gone I let the tears fall from my eyes and why shouldn't I? I had raised them from pups and I loved them as if they were my own flesh and blood. I cried all the way back to my ship and up until dinner. I had been watching them from a far every few weeks from Toothless' back using a spy glass and they had adjusted well from what I could tell since they found their own dens that were close to each other and caught their own food easily enough. I am worried about Snowflake though since I haven't seen her in a while but I see Shadow plenty of times and last time I did he was with another brown furred wolf with a white underbelly but not with that wolf recently. Anyway today I was going to go back to that island, find Shadow and have him take me to Snowflake because I was beginning to really worry about her, which brings us to where I am now.
I was on my ship with Toothless heading to the island where I left Shadow and Snowflake with Scaulder pulling the ship. I looked out at the sea hoping I'd find them and that they hadn't gone completely wild so they won't attack me because the last thing I want is to be forced to hurt them. Once we docked I told Scaulder to keep an eye on the ship while Toothless remained at my side as we trekked into the forest.
1 hour later
We've been looking for an hour now and still no sign of either of my wolves. I turned to Toothless and said.
"Were could they be bud?" He crooned at me. "Maybe we should start looking from the sk-" I was cut off when something pounced on me from the side and before I knew what was happening my face was being licked rapidly. When it stopped I opened my eyes to see my attacker was none other than Shadow. I chuckled at seeing him again before saying.
"It's good to see you to pal!" He barked in reply before he let me up as I rubbed his head. "I don't suppose your sister is around as well is she?"
He barked in reply before turning around and walking away with Toothless and me behind him. We followed him for ten minutes before we arrived at a cave entrance with a white wolf with a black patch of fur covering the top right part of his head, black back and the rest of his fur was white. When he saw me he growled aggressively before Shadow jumped in front of me and growled back. The wolf bowed his head which I guess meant he trusted Shadow who barked a few times at the den before the snow white wolf I've been worried about came out of the den and as soon as she saw me she ran at me faster than I thought possible before knocking me to the ground licking my face as I laughed before I said.
"Good to see you to girl!"
When she let me up the other wolf growled at me but Snowflake and Shadow got in front of me and growled back. The last thing I wanted was to see a fight but luckily Snowflake walked up to him and growled and barked at him a bit and he did the same for two minutes before Snowflake nuzzled him. I smiled before she and him approached me but he was more cautious so I decided to calm him down a bit and pulled out some boar jerky I brought with me and gently held it out to him and said.
"This was my wolves favorite treat when they lived with me so I think you'll like it!"
He cautiously approached me but an encouraging bark from Snowflake and he took the meat from my hand and ate it happily before I gently pet him. Once he was done Snowflake gestured me into the den so I crawled in and found something that surprised me. Three wolf pups looking at me curiously before Snowflake crawled in and they started jumping around in excitement. It was then that it hit me. That wolf outside was Snowflakes mate and these were her pups and the reason I hadn't seen her in a while since she was taking care of them. I smiled and said.
"Congrats girl! I was hoping you'd find that special someone to have a family with." She simply walked up to me and licked my cheek. I chuckled at her as I wiped my cheek. "We'll play later I need to check on your brother okay girl?" She barked before I crawled out of her den. As I went outside I found Shadow waiting for me. "Well that sister of yours seems to have settled down nicely. How about you boy any luck finding the right girl?"
He barked then moved to another cave a few feet away from Snowflakes. I remember this as his den so I crawled into it slowly and when I entered I found that brown furred wolf with a white underbelly with two pups looking at me confused. Shadow walked up to the wolf and nuzzled her and then I knew this was his mate and pups so I chuckled and said.
"You sly dog!" He barked before I tossed some boar jerky to the female who sniffed it a bit before eating it. "See girl I'm not so bad!"
7 hours later
Toothless and me had spent our time playing with both the wolves and pups and it has been a really enjoyable time since I really got to bond with Shadow and Snowflakes mates to the point that they trust me enough to let me near them without Shadow and Snowflake needing to be close and they trust me enough with the pups. Unfortunately we had to go so I got up from being pinned by the pups that wined at this before I said.
"Sorry all but me and Toothless have to head back home!" This got the pups whining so I kneeled. "Sorry but that's how things have to be." I stood back up and was about to walk back to my ship when Shadow and Snowflake cut me off while whining with their ears folded back. I looked at them and sighed since I was always a sucker for their puppy dog looks. "Sorry guys but I have to go home and you guys have your mates and pups to think about." Then their mates came up beside them and gave the puppy dog look as well so I asked. "So you all want to come back with us?" They each barked in approval and I couldn't help but smile. "Okay but I'll have to make a new room for you guys okay." They just barked in joy before me and Toothless lead them back to the ship so we could go home.
On the way I decided to name the pups and new adults. I was sitting on the deck with the pups in front of me playing which took me back to the days Shadow and Snowflake were pups. I smiled at the memories before something jumped onto my lap. I looked down and found one of Shadows pups sitting there looking up at me. This one was a pure black male just like his father. I smiled down at him and said.
"Hey little guy now what should we name you?" I rubbed my head as the pup curled up in my lap before I gently pet his head. "How about Shade?" He barked up at me and made me smile. "Like it?" He just barked again before I chuckled. "I'll take that as yes!" Right before he hopped off my lap and ran up to his father who nuzzled him lovingly. I smiled at the adorable sight. "Must be nice having a loving father who doesn't call you a disappointment!"
I then felt something pawing at my boot. I turned down and found a pup pawing at it. This one was Snowflakes daughter and from what I could tell she was just a ball of energy just like her mother at that age. I picked her up and said.
"Well aren't you a playful little ball of fur?" She merely barked as I laughed at the small pup that had light brown fur with a white underbelly. "You're going to be as beautiful as your mom when you grow up. Now what should we name you? How about we go with Hazel? You look like a Hazel to me! Do you like it?"
She licked my nose in reply making me laugh in return. I put her down before she was pinned by a male pup with black fur with white underbelly barked at her. I smiled at him knowing he is one of Snowflakes sons and said.
"Well aren't you a little rascal?" He barked at me as I snapped my fingers and said. "That's what we'll call you. Rascal!"
He merely barked before Hazel pushed him off and play tackled him. I smiled before I felt two things hop on my lap. I looked down and found Snowflakes last two pups. One was a pure white female pup and the other is a grey furred pup with a white underbelly. I smiled and said.
"Hey there you guys. Guessing you want your names to don't you?" They barked in reply before I pet them as I thought of names. Then they hit me as I looked down at them and said to the little white one. "You'll be my little Snowdrop!" I then turned to the male and said. "And you'll be my little Frost! You like those names?" They barked up at me as I smiled.
I then felt hot breath against the side of my head. I turned and found myself looking straight into the eyes of Snowflakes mate and the father of the two pups on my lap. I smiled at him and said.
"Easy big guy just naming the pups so they know when I'm calling them and what I can refer to them as."
He just sniffed at me before I realized what he wanted. I reached into my pack and got some boar jerky out of my satchel. He was all too quick to scoop it in his mouth and start munching before I pet him.
"Now what should we name you big guy?" I rubbed my chin in thought before I remembered a name I once read about a tribe known as Navajo. "Bidzill!" He looked at me confused before I rubbed his head. "We'll call you Bidzill which means 'He who is strong' and if you can protect Snowflake I know you're strong!"
He barked in what I think was thanks before walking over to Snowflake. Then Shadow and his mate came up to me. Shadow nudged my bag a bit before I chuckled and asked.
"Want some jerky just ask pal?" I reached in and pulled some out before I held it out to him. He picked it up with his mouth before putting it down in front of his mate. I smiled as she ate it before I remembered a name that would be perfect for her so I said.
"We'll call you Wyanet! We'll call you Wyanet which means beautiful since you are quiet a beauty!" She simply looked at me confused but I just chuckled before I got up and went to see how much farther till we are able to reach Berk. I saw that by the looks of things we'd be back by sundown so I'd have to build the wolves' den tomorrow, which meant I could draw up plans for it tonight.
2 hours later
We arrived back home and my dragons, Jaguars and monkeys were more than happy to see Shadow and Snowflake again and even more so to meet their pups. I chuckled at them before I said.
"Welp I'm going to my inventing room to draw up some plans for the wolves den. Try not to cause any trouble while I'm gone!"
I turned away from them and made my way to the inventing room. I passed the door and walked into the inventing room to work on the design for the wolves' den and I knew it shouldn't take long so I figured I could also spend this time checking on my other designs that I have yet to get to after I was done with designing the wolves' den. I walked over to a small rock table that had some small metal sheets lying next to it along with a hammer and some metal stamps. I picked up a sheet of metal and placed it on the table before getting to work on a small plaque. It wasn't long before I had a new plaque with the words 'wolf den' on it. With the plaque in hand I walked over to a large bookshelf that I had divided into square shelves each holding scrolls and each with a small glass window that could be opened or closed like a window shutter. Some of these shelves were closed showing the completion of the projects design while others were open due to their projects not being complete or the shelf was empty. Under each shelf was a small plaque with the name of the inventions design or the rooms' name. I walked over to an empty shelf and put the plaque underneath it since this was where I was going to put the designs for the wolves' den. After that I went over to the desk and opened one of the draws before pulling out a scroll of blank paper. I unrolled the scroll, picked up my charcoal pencil and began designing the den.
1 hour later
I was finished up with drawing the plans to the wolves den and I have to say if they turned out right my wolves should be quite happy in their new home. It was large enough to hold them and their pups even when the pups are fully grown, a small waterfall that would go into a small pond for them to drink out of, a small tunnel that would lead to the outside if they felt like hunting for their own dinner which could be closed to avoid the pups running out, a large bed that went across the whole back wall for them to sleep on and a small fence at the entrance to keep the pups in. I smiled at the design before rolling it up and putting it on its shelf before leaving the room to get some sleep since it was nightfall now.
Afternoon the next day
I just finished the wolves' den and I had to say I was pretty happy with how it came out and by the looks of things so were my wolves' since as soon as I finished they ran in. The adults took to laying down on the bed in the back while the pups took to playing and biting on this old piece of rope and old ball I left them. It was so cute watching them play tug of war with the rope. It made me smile seeing Shadow and Snowflake finding mates and starting families of their own. I'd say if all went well I'd have a well-trained pack of wolves at my disposal. I shook the thought off and remembered my other plans that I've been meaning to do! I decided I should get started on some of them like this idea I had for a new spyglass that would allow me to see far greater distances that I'd been meaning to build. (AN:Like the ones in race to the edge episode Quake Rattle and Roll) So I walked back to my inventing where I pulled out the scroll that was on the shelf labeled spyglass two. I then walked over to the desk I had in the room and pulled out the chair I used with it and sat down before unrolling the scroll to examine the plans for any flaws. I did this for an hour before I stood up with the plans and stuck them up on the wall so I could see them more easily before gathering the material and getting to work on it. I spent the remainder of my day working on it before I was finally satisfied with the results. Once I was done I moved it into the entrance room so it could be tested in the morning.
The rest evening went pretty normal with me having dinner with my dragons and animals except my wolves that got their own food and ate together. I didn't mind though since it was their kill and if they wanted to eat alone I didn't mind. After dinner I went to bed and wondered what tomorrow would bring since if my life kept going the same way it did then it would mean surprises and adventure.
AN: Hope you all liked the new chapter! If you have any ideas let me know and I'll see if I can fit them in somewhere! Please leave kind reviews!
