HTLANF AU: How to Raise Your Night Furies

Part 2 ~ Chapter 13

Toothless smiled a bit then frowned as he looked away from her. "Aunt Astrid..how much longer do you think Dad'll be in rut for..?"

Astrid sighed as she looked away from the two hatchlings. "Hard to say."

She then spotted Hiccup peeking into the Great Hall, looking much better than he had earlier in the week, and she smiled.

"Wow, man. I wouldn't wanna be you right now, squirt. I mean, you left Berk all by yourself and didn't tell anyone." She joked as she watched her brother make his way through the crowd when he spotted his kids.

"Yeah, you know, this is not helping, at all Aunt Astrid." Toothless said as he glared at her a bit.

Astrid rolled her eyes and turned the boy to face the entrance of the hall with a smirk.

Toothless' eyes widened when he saw Hiccup and he grew very excited. "DAD!"

Hiccup smiled and began to run to his kids, Toothless doing the same thing to meet him halfway, and he scooped both of them up and hugged them tightly. Kala woke up and chipped excitedly as she nuzzled against Hiccup happily.

The Vikings saw this and cheered. Gobber noticed and nudged Stoick.

"Stoick look!" He said with joy in his voice.

Stoick looked over at the three Night Furies and smiled in relief. "Well would ya look at that."

After a minute or so, Hiccup released his kids from the hug, but kept Kala in his arms since she used her claws to keep from falling.

"You're all better!" Toothless said happily as he bounced in place.

Hiccup chuckled and nodded. "Yeah, I feel much better now bud. And what's this I hear about you leaving Berk?" He asked jokingly as he pulled Toothless into a headlock playfully.

Toothless stiffened up and laughed nervously. "I-it wasn't on purpose I swear!"

Astrid laughed as she came over to the small family. "I wouldn't be too hard on him, Hiccup. In his defense, he was dragged off by Meatlug when he got trapped in the chain connected to her earlier today."

"Why was there a chain on Meatlug?" Hiccup asked as he released his son and ruffled his hair without looking, getting a laugh out of the boy as he pushed his hand away and fixed his hair.

"Fishlegs kept her hidden on the island in a barn the whole time." Astrid said with her arms crossed.

"Oh, so that's what was going on. I heard you shout something about eggs exploding earlier. Let me guess. You and the others hid her eggs throughout the village?" Hiccup asked with a smirk.

Astrid blushed in embarrassment and he laughed and hit her shoulder playfully.

"Happy Snoggletog sis."

Astrid smiled and hit him back just as playfully. "Happy Snoggletog brother."

"Happy Snoggletog!" Toothless exclaimed excitedly.

~~~HTRYNF~~~

The following morning Hiccup shook his son awake with an excited smile. Toothless awoke and gave him a confused look.

"Wha..?" The sleepy hatchling asked, not understanding why his dad had woken him up.

"You wanna go flying as a family for your birthday bud?" Hiccup asked.

Toothless sat up looking even more confused as he rubbed sleep out of his eye. "But I thought you couldn't fly..? How will we go flying without you having to ride Stormfly with Aunt Astrid again..?"

Hiccup smirked and transformed into his hybrid form, then brought his tail in front of him high enough for Toothless to see as he opened and closed his right tailfin, the prosthetic matching its movements. "This is how."

Toothless' eyes widened as a big smile grew on his face. "You made yourself a new tailfin?!"

Hiccup laughed and nodded. "I sure did. I was gonna show you and Kala last week, but then mating season hit and I couldn't. So, what do you say? Wanna get your sister and go flying?"

Toothless nodded eagerly and got out of bed excitedly. "Yes!"

Hiccup smiled and followed his son to where Kala snoozed away still and he gently picked up his daughter. She whined as she woke up and yawned.

"Rise and shine my little flower.~ We're gonna go flying." Hiccup cooed as he adjusted his hold on her as she woke up.

"Fwyig..?" She asked tiredly and Hiccup and Toothless froze with wide eyes.

"Dad..please tell me you heard that.." Toothless said absolutely shocked.

"Yeah..yeah I did..did you just say flying little one?" Hiccup asked as he held Kala closer.

Kala chirped excitedly as her wings flapped. "Fwyig..! Go fwyig!"

Hiccup and Toothless let out joyous laughs as Hiccup kissed her head.

"Yes my little flower, we're gonna go flying!" He said happily.

"This has got to be one of the best birthdays I have ever had!" Toothless exclaimed as he jumped around in glee.

Winter in Berk lasts most of the year. It hangs on with both hands and won't let go. And the only real comforts against the cold are those you keep close to your heart.

Toothless flew ahead of Hiccup and Kala in his dragon form. Hiccup was also in his dragon form with Kala safely on his back as he kept an eye on his son to make sure he didn't crash or pull any crazy flight maneuvers.

"Whoo-hoo!" Toothless roared as he looped around his dad and sister.

Kala giggled as Toothless flew upside down above her and they played for a bit before he flew off ahead of them again.

Hiccup smiled and flew a bit faster to keep Toothless in his line of sight, being mindful of Kala as he did.

Turns out, that was the best Snoggletog ever. That year, I gave my kids a pretty great gift. But they gave me a better one!

~~~HTRYNF~~~

And part 2 is done! Part 3 is going to be pretty canon divergent compared to parts 1 and 2, meaning it's all original content with mentions of canon events here and there. So look forward to some hatchling shenanigans. Peace out my li'l embers!