A cool breeze swept through the dark Isle of Berk as Stoick and Gobber walked through the deserted town square, headed toward the ice storage where the village's meat was. "It's almost time for the hunt," Stoick mentioned. When they opened the ice storage, both men's eyes scanned the interior, quickly noticing the lack of meat in the containers.
"Aye, and now we don't have to worry about any raids coming and stealing our kill right off the lines." Gobber replies.
At the mention of the raids, which meant the dragons, the chief of Berk sighed in sadness as he closed his eyes. "It's been a week, Gobber; I thought Hiccup would be back home by now, but he's still out there with that beast, and even worse, he still claims to be in love with it." He gestures towards the forest that leads to the cove where, ever since Hiccup woke up from his coma, he, along with his dominant mate, had been staying, only coming to the village as needed for supplies and meals. Stoick would always see the pair together, and Hiccup was either on the night fury's back or walking beside the dragon by holding on to the saddle due to still learning to walk with a prosthetic. The chief would try to engage his son, and the younger Haddock would acknowledge Stoick as either by his name or chief, never dad or father.
Gobber sighed and glared at his friend. "Stoick, it's only been a week; ye can't expect him to forgive that easily. He was mistreated for years by the folks in the village, even his peers, and lost his mate once and almost did again." He emphasized the word mate, showing he disagreed with Stoick's views on Hiccup's choice of life partners. "I know something that might be able to help. How about taking Hiccup on a hunting trip? He hasn't been on one since he was five and has since learned to control his powers." The one-armed Viking suggested, his gaze softening a bit.
The older Haddock shuddered at the memory of the last hunting trip he took Hiccup on but then debated the idea. "Perhaps some one-on-one time just him and I." He ponders to himself.
"I'll tag along, of course, and watch the other youngsters. They're the same age you and I were when we started going out on hunting trips for the village. The elder blacksmith suggested with a twinkle of merit in his gaze as he began to retell all the hunting trips they went on as teens.
With a nod to his friend, Stoick waited until Gobber was out of the ice storage and shut the door. "We'll meet at first light tomorrow and pick up Hiccup on the way, " he said to his rambling friend before leaving and going home. Before entering, he looked towards the forest with a sad sigh.
Unbeknownst to the chief, a green, terrible terror overheard the conversation and flew to the cove. "My Alpha, I have some news concerning the Queen, "the terror whispered once he landed outside the cave entrance. He was waiting for permission to enter, as it was forbidden to enter the Alpha's den without permission.
"You may enter."A low voice echoed back, and terror crept into the cave as it spotted Toothless lying on his side, with his wing and tail curled protectively around Hiccup. Soft snoring could be heard from beneath the wing, revealing that Hiccup was asleep, explaining why the Night Fury had not met the dragon outside the cave.
"I overheard the Queen's sire and the blacksmith talking about the harsh winter that is to come and that the humans don't have enough meat for it. The Queen's sire is suggesting a hunting trip and wants to take the Queen with him."The terror reports.
Toothless growls lowly, not wanting his mate to be placed in a dangerous situation but knowing that Hiccup, along with the other humans on this island and the dragons, needs meat. Especially with the mating season coming up and the possibility of being snowbound. Although he knew the dragons could get the meat in the forest and on other islands,"Is that all he mentioned?"
"He also wishes to try and make amends with his son."The terror replies as all the dragons are familiar with the fact that the young heir's relationship with his sire isn't good.
The black dragon nods, knowing that the relationship between father and son is strained with tension even a week later. Not that he blamed his beloved; he had every right to be angry and hurt for everything Stoick and the village did throughout his life."Thank you for the information, Sharpshot."
The terror bows to his Alpha and sleeping Queen and flies off.
Toothless lifts his wing and gently nuzzles his sleeping mate."If you wish to go, I shall accompany you, my love."He purrs, watching with half-lidded eyes full of love as his mate responds to his purrs, grabs onto the dragon's chest, and pulls himself closer. A strong wind blows into the cave, and Hiccup shivers a little, his brown fur skin not long enough to keep him warm as the night fury covers him again with the wing and paw."Perhaps it's time for you to have new fur skins as well; I feel like this winter will be brutal."The dominant Night Fury muses as he smirks, knowing all the animals he could hunt down so his beloved could use their fur for patchwork. He also thinks it would be a good way to show off for his submissive as any good dominant would.
The Next Morning
"Toothless, wake up."Hiccup whispers playfully into his mate's ear, his forest green eyes shining with all his love and admiration for his beloved dominant until he's abruptly extended by the dragon's tail and is left hanging in front of the now-awake Night Fury.
"Well, good morning, my little submissive, and I've been awake for some time now,"Toothless responds lightly as he brings the human closer and kisses him, to which the human responds eagerly. The two stay lip-locked until the human breaks for air, and Toothless places his love on his back and begins walking out of the cave to catch breakfast for himself and his mate."Hiccup, there is something I need to discuss with you."He says a sense of seriousness lingers in his voice.
The submissive human gulps a little, and his eyes flicker with a hint of fear. "Yes, Toothless, " he asks nervously, his trembling voice giving away his anxiety.
"One of our subjects came last night after you fell asleep and revealed that your sire wishes to go on a hunting trip to secure meat for the upcoming winter. He also desires for you to join him."
Hiccup pales and begins to shake. The fear in his eyes increases as he remembers the last time he went hunting: "The last time I went on a hunting trip with Stoick, I nearly destroyed the whole forest. The Vikings that went with us lost a few limbs as well."
Wrapping his tail around his love to soothe Toothless sends calmness through the bond:"If you wish to go, I'll gladly accompany you, Hiccup, as I will be there to protect you if need be."
The frightened human relaxes a bit."That would be a good idea. If things get hairy between Stoick and me, you could get me out of there so I don't say something I would regret later. I'm still angry and hurt, but he's still family and my dad. I just need more time, " he mumbles.
"You don't have to explain, Hiccup, I understand. I was informed that he'll be here later this morning."The onyx-colored dragon explained.
Nodding at the information, Hiccup suggests they eat breakfast and meet Stoick outside the cove. The dominant mate agrees, and the pair go towards the lake and proceed to fish.
A few hours later
After checking in with their subjects, ensuring they were settling into their new dens, and even taking care of a few incidents with the male dragons providing for their mates. Hiccup and Toothless were waiting outside the cove for Stoick to come and get them. Well, Toothless was waiting while he watched his love pace back and forth anxiously."I hope I don't screw this up like I did the last time I went on a hunting trip." Hiccup whimpered.
Toothless comes up, presses his head into his mate's chest, and purrs,"Relax, my love; besides, you won't be doing any of the hunting; leave that to me."
"But I doubt that Stoick will even let you go with me, let alone do any hunting. He'll probably say, 'You need to learn to be a man, not rely on that beast for anything, and get a new life partner while you're at it.'Hiccup mimicked his father.
"Well, thankfully I'm not bound by his laws, and I would like to think that your sire would be grateful that his only son has such a loyal, protective partner."The black dragon scoffs with an eye roll.
"Yeah, you would think, but this is the guy who believes that I have some pact with the gods and some day may have to start offering sacrifices to them to quell their anger."Hiccup adds as he shudders at the thought.
Suddenly the mates hear rustling in the bushes, and Toothless curls around Hiccup protectively and snarls as his green eyes become slits as Stoick walks into view with Gobber right behind him. Along with the other teens and the arena dragons, who recently just became guard dragons in case Toothless needed to be away from his mate.
"Good morning, Alpha, Queen."The dragons greeted as they bowed to their leaders.
"Good morning, um, not that I mind, but um, what are you guys doing here?"Hiccup asked in dragonese, ignoring the humans for the moment
.Hookfang Barf and Belch shuffled their paws nervously while looking at the ground."We're slowly becoming attached to the humans that went along with us the day the Red Death was killed,"Hookfang admits, still wary of the loud mouth of Jorgenson but growing to see him as a sibling.
"Really!"Hiccup yelled with a burst of excitement. The other teens looked at the auburn heir in confusion at his sudden outburst, and the three dragon heads nodded.
"And Rocky is slowly coming around with Fishlegs; he lets the human pet him and feed him a few rocks, but it's better than nothing."Meatlug informed her Queen
Feeling a sense of accomplishment, Hiccup goes over and excitedly tells his dominant mate what had occurred, causing the night fury to smile at the event and the excitement radiating from his submissive. The moment is ruined by someone clearing their throat, and Hiccup leans his back against his mate's chest and faces the humans, "So I heard that you wanted to go on a hunting trip."
"And how exactly did you know that none of us came and told you?" Astrid accused, crossing her arms over her chest as she glared at the chief's son.
Hiccup pointed to the mating mark and then gestured to his dominant mate and gave the shield maiden of Berk an unamused look of 'Really' as he distinctively told anyone who wondered why he was talking to Toothless that he could understand dragonese.
"Yes, our stock of meat is rather low, and Gothi predicts this winter will be brutal." Stoick informed his son.
"So we thought that it would be a good idea for you youngins to start learning the ways of hunting. I'll take you lot." Gobber gestures to the group of teen Vikings, "and I guess the dragons too. Hiccup, you can go with your dad."
" 'Oh joy.'The young heir thought as he began to get on Toothless's back, but Stoick's voice stopped him.
"Actually, son, I was hoping it could just be the two of us, you know, father and son bonding time." Stoick wondered with a glint of hopefulness in his voice.
"Nope, anywhere I go, Toothless goes. He is my dominant mate after all, and besides, he wants to go so he can protect me." Hiccup remarked.
Stoick grits his teeth as a low growl comes from his throat. "Hiccup, that dragon is not going. This is your hunting trip, not his. Besides, isn't he the Alpha or something? Doesn't he have duties to the dragons to take care of?"
Toothless also growls, angered by the fact that the human chief believes the dragon's duties as Alpha are more critical than his mate and safety.
However, Hiccup holds his arm out to calm his beloved and prevent a fight. "We already took care of it, and most of the dragons are settled, and any fights have been taken care of. So no, he doesn't have Alpha duties to tend to and can come with me to keep me safe."
Realizing that his apprentice wasn't backing down, Gobber comes up and places a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Just let the dragon come, Stoick. He leans closer and whispers, "If you want to repair your relationship, this is a starting point." With that, the blacksmith calls for the remaining teens to follow him.
Sighing, the chief of Berk gives in, "Fine, he can come, but remember, this is your hunting trip, not his." With that, he begins to head north more profoundly into the forest.
Hiccup hops onto his mate's back and follows after his father, smiling that Gobber could talk his father down.
Hours later
Stoick sets up more traps for more animals to kill after catching a few for eating and setting up a temporary shelter while Hiccup and Toothless look inside caves."You think we'll find a bear or maybe a wolf, Toothless?"Hiccup asked through the bond as his eyes scanned the deep, damp cave.
"Perhaps I smell a few bears around here, but they can smell me too, so they may be keeping their distance. If we do encounter some, I want you to get to a safe place, even if it's with your father. I won't have you hurt. Understand Hiccup."The human nodded slowly, but the dragon wasn't satisfied with that."Words Hiccup."
"Yes, Toothless."He replies obediently.
After checking the cave, a low growl comes from the back, and Toothless immediately wraps his tail around his submissive and growls back. Suddenly, a large black bear comes out of the shadows and looks at the black dragon as a challenge but looks at Hiccup and licks his lips.
"Toothless."Hiccup's terrified voice comes through the bond as he grabs onto the dragon's neck and slowly begins to back up, knowing that in this tight space, a plasma blast would likely cause a ceiling collapse, creating a greater chance of Hiccup being hurt.
"Hiccup, when we get to the mouth of the cave, I want you to run to Stoick."Toothless orders his submissive;
"But what about you? I can use a spell or something to protect you. I don't want you to be alone or get hurt."Hiccup protested, terrified of his dominant mate getting hurt.
Although touched and grateful to have such a caring mate, Toothless shakes his head no."It's too risky, and the protection spells tire you out quicker than healing spells. Keeping it up for too long would drain you too much." He remarks as he nears the mouth of the cave, cursing himself for not thinking of having Hiccup reattach the riding gear after checking on their subjects earlier.
Unfortunately, the bear saw what the dragon was doing and charged Toothless. It tackled the dragon out into the clearing and pinned it down. However, the bear saw that the human had jumped off the dragon's back before being pinned. The bear tried to go for the human, but the dragon pounced onto the bear's back and bit into the furry neck. A gurgling roar came from the bear as it thrashed around, trying to dislodge the dragon and get to the human.
"Hiccup, go now!"Toothless orders his mate after letting go of the bear's neck, but Hiccup remains frozen, staring at Toothless with a wide-eyed, terrified expression. The back fins on Toothless's back glow blue a little, and he roars,"HICCUP, GO NOW! GO TO YOUR FATHER!"He commands using his Alpha voice combined with his dominant voice, and it works as Hiccup's eyes go from terrified to glaze over, and he quickly runs away from the scene.
Hiccup runs until the campsite comes into view. Unfortunately, he is still not entirely used to having a prosthetic leg. He trips over a hole and almost lands on a sharp rock, but his father saves him.
Stoick quickly pulls him to his feet and checks for injuries. He brushes off the dirt from Hiccup's clothes and steadies him, ensuring he's not hurt. "You've got to be more careful, lad," he advises, concern etched on his face," Stoick asked as he lifted his son's chin and saw the teen's eyes gloss over as if he was in a trance.'What in the name of Odin is wrong with him?' thechief thought.
"My dominant and Alpha need help." Hiccup says in an emotionless tone, though Stoick can hear a slight undertone of worry in his voice.
"Hiccup, that beast is not your Alpha. You're not a dragon, and you need to consider a different life partner, preferably one of the same species. I'll go and get Toothless. I get the feeling he did this to you." He gestures at Hiccup's glassy-eyed stare. The chief starts heading in the direction his son came from but notices Hiccup isn't following. He stops and turns back to Hiccup. "Come on, Hiccup. Let's go find your dragon." He waits patiently for Hiccup to follow, but the boy stands frozen. "Son, come on."
"I can't move until my dominant and Alpha tell me to. He told me to come to you." Hiccup replies, staring at the ground.
"Oh, Odin's ghosts." The Berk chief sighed exasperatedly as he walked back and led his boy to the makeshift tent, and gently sat him down. "Please, son, for once, just stay put. Please." He turns and runs deeper into the forest until he notices plasma blasts in the distance. He turns the corner and sees Toothless standing over a now-dead black bear. Stoick quietly walks into the clearing, but the night fury whips around, another plasma blast in his mouth until he observes that it's Hiccup's sire, and he discontinues his attack. Keeping his face neutral to any fear of this unnatural beast, Stoick halts in his step as he sees the night fury looking behind him, and he immediately knows what the dragon is looking for. "He's safe and back at the campsite."
That's all Toothless needs to hear as he quickly rushes past the chief and races to the campsite. He is filled with relief as he spots Hiccup sitting inside the tent. "Come here, submissive." He orders his love gently.
Hearing the command of his dominant Alpha, the human stands up and comes over as the black dragon curls around him. The human brings his love to his chest, breathing in his scent.
"Very good my love you did exactly what I told you and most importantly you're safe."He purrs, nuzzling his mate's neck.
"I did what you told me to do, my Alpha and dominant."Hiccup replied with a soft sigh as the night fury felt relief through the bond.
The dragon nodded, leaned over, and bit the mating mark along with the command, "AWAKEN!"
Hiccup's eyes became forest green again, and he quickly checked his mate over for injuries. He found a few claw marks on the dragon's chest and hind legs, but nothing life-threatening.
Stoick comes through the bushes carrying the dead bear on his back, cloak covered in blood, as he observes his son back to his old self and having a moment with the night fury.'What is that dragon doing to Hiccup? He went from being almost soulless to going back to his regular self, and why was he called Toothless, his Alpha and dominant?'the chief thought as he tossed the dead bear onto the pile.
Gobber, the other teens, and dragons come from their trip and pile their kill onto the others. "So, how did the first day go?" He asked his friend.
"Ah, that dragon about got Hiccup killed. They found a large bear, and it nearly killed Hiccup." Stoick, in an accusatory tone and manner, gestures to Toothless.
"I doubt that's what happened; that dragon fiercely protects Hiccup." The one hooked Viking countered as he went over and started a fire as the kids crowded around it.
"Hey Hiccup, looks like you got nothing as usual. Thought Toothless was supposed to be the Alpha and a strong dragon." Snotlout insults as he shoves Hiccup aside.
Hookfang snarls and blows on his new rider's pants, which causes them to light up on fire. He chuckles, seeing Snotlout running around frantically until he hits it in the dirt to put the fire out.
"Hookfang, while it was appropriate for you to defend Hiccup, try not to kill the humans."Toothless warns, though not sounding the least bit sorry for the Jorgenson.
"Yes, Alpha, sorry, my Queen."The nightmare apologizes, and Hiccup waves a hand and tells him no harm done and grimaces as he sees a few scorch marks on his cousin's backside.
Snotlout blushes lightly but tries to play it cool. He flirts with Astrid but starts screaming like a banshee when his cousin touches one of the bright burn marks.
"Will you just hold still!" Hiccup yells in an acidic tone that the young teen rarely uses as he closes his eyes, not wanting to stare at Snotlout's butt, and heals the wounds. Heill,Bruun.
Stoick walks over and sits beside his friend. "It looks like between our two groups, we got enough meat for the winter. So, tomorrow, we'll head back to the village and Snotlout and Astrid, I'm going to need your dad's help to skin the animals." He looks at both Vikings, who nod. He then looks at his son and offers him a cooked rabbit once his son is done healing the burns.
The heir of Berk looks at the animal, and then his dad, and his lips curl into a small smile. 'Maybe he is trying to change; he was worried about me earlier.'Hiccup thinks, only to see Toothless sniffing the rabbit,"Um, Toothless, what are you doing?"He asked, feeling his mate wanted his dinner.
"New rule: I check every food before you eat it, even a simple piece of fruit or bread." I don't believe your dad would ever do anything to threaten your health, but you never know what diseases these animals might have or if an enemy might try to sneak into food."The dragon explains.
"And if I refuse?"Hiccup asked with a challenge in his voice.
"Then you will be punished."
The dragon's mate gulps, remembering his last punishment, which was a spanking. He nods and allows his dominant to examine his food until he deems it safe. Once he gets the ok, he takes a large bite and savors the meat.
As the human eats, The midnight dragon looks at the kill pile and realizes that he has yet to find an animal for Hiccup to use for new fur , we can find one, possibly a tiny the humans get ready for bed, Stoick sees Hiccup curled up to Toothless's side as the dragon nuzzles the human's mating mark.
"Um, Hiccup, if you want, there's room in the tent if you and, um, your dragon want to come over." He offers.
Both human and dragon look at one another before nodding. "Thank you, Stoick." Hiccup answers. As they make their way to the tent, Toothless inspects it before he motions for his love to enter. Once his mate is inside, the dragon moves into the corner, opens his wings, and paws for his submissive to come and lay, which the human quickly does. Stoick looks inside and sees Toothless cuddling his son. He also sees him nuzzling the bite mark on Hiccup's shoulder and hears Hiccup sigh in contentment. "I'm going to do a quick patrol, but go ahead and get comfortable." He says as he heads off into the forest.
"I get the feeling he didn't want to be in here with us for fear that we might have sex."Hiccup giggles as he stares at his dominant mate with a lopsided smile. He angles his body so his head is next to the dragon's heart.
Toothless leans down and licks his mate's hair as his claw moves down to the helm of Hiccup's tunic, teasing the bare flesh peaking out. "Well, we could, but then all the other humans here would think I was mauling you because you are not very quiet, my little mate."He teases back, sounding very frank about his mate's noise levels during sex, causing the little human to turn beet red in embarrassment.
"Yeah, well, it's been a long day, and I'm tired."Hiccup yawns so big his jaw pops. He grabs his mate's chest and clings to it as he breathes in his mate's musky scent. His mate's scent and soft breathing lures the human into a peaceful sleep.
Toothless purrs and covers his mate with his wing, but not before planting a delicate kiss on Hiccup's head as he lays his head down and goes to the land of sleep.
Stoick goes over and sits by Gobber, who is inspecting the kills. "I take it you weren't successful in your endeavor?" Gobber asked.
"I just don't know, Gobber. I just can't accept it; I keep hoping that this is just teenage love and it'll just blow over, but he talks to them as if he understands them."
"Stoick, he does understand them; haven't ye heard him saying that because of that mark, he can communicate with the beasts? Look, I know you have a deep hatred for dragons, and I know you think it will just blow over, but whether you want to believe it or not, Hiccup is and will always be in love with that dragon. And every time you dismiss it, it hurts him, and your chances of repairing your relationship are higher. You know as well as I that Toothless would never let anything happen to Hiccup, and you blaming him is more blaming yourself because you can't accept who Hiccup has chosen to love." Gobber accuses as he goes back to inspecting the meat, leaving Stoick to ponder his thoughts and his friend's words.
The next day
All the teens and grown-ups are heading back to the village. Hiccup is seen on Toothless's back, but the dragon seems uneasy."Everything alright, Toothless?"He asked his mate.
"I feel like we're being followed."He answers as he growls slowly as his eyes become slits.
"I smell something in the air, my Alpha, a pack of wolves."Barf admits as the Zippleback stops, confusing the twins.
"Guys, stop the dragons. They believe we're being followed by a pack of wolves." Hiccup announced.
"They must be drawn to the smell of meat from the dead animals." Fishlegs admits nervously.
"Gobber, you and I will take the meat and draw the wolves away while you kids head back to the village and send reinforcements." Stoick orders as he and Gobber begin to pick up their catch and slowly split from the group.
Unfortunately, it's too late. Thirteen black wolves suddenly circle the group, led by a giant black Alpha wolf. All the dragons growl as Toothless covers Hiccup with his wings, his tail lashing wildly behind him.
"Let's show these pups how it's done." Gobber grins as Stoick nods, and the two charge the pack of wolves as Stoick swipes his axe and makes contact with one wolf's side. A howl of pain came from the injured animal as its pack members came to its aid, but a plasma blast stopped them.
"Barf and Belch form a wall of fire around Stoick and Gobber."Toothless ordered as the Zippleback did as commanded.
"Whoa, that was awesome." Tuffnut shouted with enthusiasm dancing in his eyes.
The remaining wolves turned their attention to the teens and began to advance, but they kept their eyes on the dragons. The Alpha wolf growled and stalked towards Toothless as if knowing he was in charge.
"Hiccup, go stand by the guard."The Alpha dragon says, looking back at his submissive.
"Please be careful, Toothless."He whispers as he slides off his dominant's back and hugs his mate's neck, and the night fury nuzzles his mate's cheek.
"This won't take long, and keep your eyes on me,"Toothless says with a slight tease in his voice, much to his mate's confusion, as he guides his mate to Meatlug and Stormfly and then stalks towards the Alpha wolf.
Hookfang scoops up Snotlout, much to the teen's protests, and swats at the three wolves that try to come and attack with his tail. The three wolves slam into the trees and fall unconscious.
The twins try to take on a pair of wolves and manage to get a few hits in by blinding one of the wolves with a mace, but its partner tackles Ruffnut and takes a swipe at Tuffnut, causing a massive gash on the male twin's forearm.
Seeing their riders in distress, Barf and Belch raced to their defense, pulled the one off of Ruffnut, and pinned the other wolf with their tail."No one hurts our humans."Barf growls.
"Well, no one but maybe us,"Belch adds as the twin dragon presses on the squirming animals until the wolves can hear their crunching. Then, they lay lifeless on the ground.
Stormfly and Meatlug growl and stand protectively before Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs. Hiccup watched his mate as the two Alphas circled each other, both snarling at one another. The wolf Alpha growls something to the wolves, trying to face Stormfly and Meatlug, and the pack looks directly at Hiccup.
"Meatlug, can you hang back and protect the Queen? I'd rather not risk you getting injured and risk your eggs."Stormfly asked the gronkle.
"Yes."Meatlug coos as she nudges at Hiccup."Luna, please stand behind me."
Hiccup nods, "Astrid, Fishlegs, come here." The husky Ingerman quickly gets behind the gronkle, and as Hiccup remembers that the gronkle is pregnant, he closes his eyes, and his hands begin to glow blue, and he speaks a spell as a rectangular shield forms in front of Meatlug.
"I'm not afraid of a few dogs," Astrid growls as she charges into battle, eyes blazing with the fearless fighting spirit she's known for. Ax in hand goes directly for the Alpha wolf.
Hiccup gasps and tries to concentrate harder, and he yells a powerful spell, "Storr, Geir-vangr!" A green dome-like shield forms around the shield maiden as another wolf tries to attack the charging shield maiden; he grits his teeth as his face scrunches up in pain and begins to feel his energy leaving him, keeping two large shields up.
Astrid pauses and looks around, seeing the shield form around her as the lone wolf charges into it. She shudders in fear as terror overcasts her features, thinking she could've been killed because her blind spot was exposed.
Stormfly fires spines at the approaching animals and catches them in a cage made from her spines. However, three wolves jump over them, except one gets nicked by the tip of one of the spines, and the poison spreads through the wound, causing the wolf to whimper in pain. The blue nadder shoots two more spines and spears two more wolves, who both fall to the ground dead. She then fires a single spine shot right into the back of the wolf, trying to break through the shield to get to Astrid.
"Wait, there were thirteen wolves, and we've only taken care of eleven." Fishlegs mentions that all the dragons crouch down and protect the humans as Gobber and Stoick, who just finished killing the two they encountered, try to go after the Alpha wolf, but Toothless growls and swats at them to back off.
Suddenly, a lone wolf pounces from behind and grabs onto Hiccup's metal leg. The young teen loses focus, and the shields drop as he's dragged into the forest. "Hiccup!" Fishlegs yells, which causes Toothless to take his eyes off the Alpha wolf, who howls loudly as more wolves come from the forest and take the meat away.
"Gobber, get the food; I'll go get Hiccup." Stoick begins, but Toothless leaps into the air after firing multiple blasts at the Alpha wolf, effectively killing it, and running towards the direction of the beast that took his mate. He follows the scent and sees Hiccup lying on the ground, covered by a shield, but he is struggling to keep it up as, due to the new power he developed in the moment of battle, which weakened the one-legged human, the wolf continues to tackle the shield.
The night fury slams into the wolf hard, savoring the crunch he heard when the wolf smashed into the rock. He pins the wolf by the neck, applying pressure with his sharp talons as they tear into flesh, and the poor animal whimpers as if pleading for the dragon to stop. After a few minutes of struggling, the wolf finally passes away, and Toothless lets go of its neck. He then rushes over and lays down, and curls around his beloved.
"Hiccup, are you alright?"He coos, sounding concerned, as he goes about nuzzling his mate. Hiccup weakly reaches up and clings to his mate despite his pale features and panting.
"Yeah, it grabbed my metal leg, so no harm done." Hiccup wheezed."Guess this didn't turn out to be such a good idea."He adds.
"I disagree, my love. For one, no one was killed; well, no human or dragon was anyway. We secured quite a lot of food now for the winter, and now thanks to this wolf and the Alpha wolf, I've secured enough fur for you to make new fur skins for the winter."
Hiccup blinks as he realizes what he has seen through his tired eyes:"Wait, that's why you faced the Alpha and the main reason why you agreed to this trip, isn't it?" He smiles,"For fur skins?"
"Of course, my love, wolf fur is quite comfortable, and with the Alpha's fur, you could make quite a few patchworks, and we could use the rest for covering over the cave or for a stone slab bed someday."Toothless leans down and licks his mate's sweat-covered face. However, one plan didn't go as well as I expected. I originally planned to show off for you with my hunting skills; it's common to prove to a potential mate that the dominant can provide and protect."
"Well, I think you proved that the first day we met love, and every day you proved it, so it was a very successful hunting trip."The tired human smiles even wider as he presses his forehead to his mate's before remembering something. "Wait, where's everyone else? How's Stoick and Meatlug? She didn't get hurt, did she? Is all the meat still there or did it get eaten?"Hiccup fired off many questions but was met with a gentle nudge towards the dragon's chest as he inhaled the scent of his dominant mate.
"Calm my love, everyone is fine, and your sire and cousin, along with Hookfang, secured the meat. Although your cousin was trying to show off for the blonde and blue-eyed shield maiden, what was her name again?"Toothless asks gently.
"Astrid."
"Yes, well, Meatlug is fine. Your shield protected her, and it seems like the Alpha signaled his pack to go after you after he knew you were my mate due to me being an Alpha, and my scent completely covers your body so they could smell it."
Hiccup shuddered, looked down, and saw that his leg had been bent, making walking impossible."Can I please get a lift back to the others?"
Toothless smiles,"Of course, my love."He gets under his mate and lifts him as he feels a Hiccup slide down his neck and onto his back. The mates walk back to the site, carrying the now-dead wolf by Toothless's tail.
"Thank you for saving me, my love."Hiccup whispers as he plants a kiss on top of Toothless's head.
"Always and forever my Hiccup. I'll always be there to protect you."
The mates clear the trees, and everyone looks up. And Stoick rushes over, takes Hiccup off Toothless's back, and hugs him tightly. "Are you alright, son?" He checks over his offspring, seeing no sign of injuries; his green eyelashes try to conceal his unshed tears.
"I'm fine." Hiccup smiles a little. Seeing everyone alive and well and the reason for the hunting trip was a success, the young teen sighed that this one didn't have the same outcome as the last time.
A few days later
Hiccup is seen sitting by the Cove Lake, sewing the new fur jacket made from wolf furs his mate got from the hunting trip. After getting back to the village, despite feeling like his father made a little progress in the right direction towards forgiveness, Stoick still didn't respect Hiccup and Toothless relationship and didn't want a dragon in his house all the time, which is why the mates continued to stay in the cove. Despite the large catches on the hunting trip, the adults took two more trips, Stoick saying that overall, the kids did a good job.
"You'll be absolutely divine in these furs, my love."Toothless coos, nuzzling the exposed mating mark.
"I could make about five or six more outfits with these furs."Hiccup comments as he blushes at his mate's comment and begins to lean back.
The night fury quickly lays down and catches his mate in his forepaws."They're here for whatever use you need them for, my love."
Hiccup readjusted himself so that his back was against the dragon's forepaws, and his foot and metal leg were near the dragon's chest."I thought Stoick was changing when he allowed you to go on the trip and he allowed you to come into his tent. Guess it must have just been wishful thinking."He mumbles, sounding a little heartbroken. His eyes glisten with unshed tears as he stares blankly at the cloudless, blue sky. His lower lip quivered a bit as Hiccup bit his lip to keep from crying.
Toothless leans down and licks his mate's cheek as a tear rolls down."Change doesn't happen in a day, my heart, but I don't mind it being just us for the time being. I do know you're sad and wish to have a good relationship with your sire."He leans down and gently kisses his submissive's lips.
Hiccup nods, grabs his mate's head, and hugs it tightly."Well, we got three riders on dragons, so that's a start. And Rocky is slowly coming around with Fishlegs. Baby steps. Slow and steady and lots of patience is what it will take."
Both mates stay in their position, cuddle, and bask in each other's presence, knowing that there will be a lot of work getting dragons and humans to live together, but one thing they know for sure. Is that nothing is impossible as long as they're together.
Notes:
heill-healthy, unscathed, in health; hale; sound, safe; healed; blessed, happy; whole, complete;
Bruner-burn; well; spring
Storr- big, huge, great
Geir-Vangr-shield, 'spear field'
The Queen is called Luna in wolf packs, so the dragons sometimes call Hiccup that.
Because they were the first dragons Hiccup befriended and the mates would spend the most time with them, Toothless made the arena dragons his mates' guards.