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Ok, Book 2, based on the Gift of the Night Fury and the Riders of Berk. Like Hiccup, Ingrid does have a certain ability with Dragons, but a certain type. It leads up to what have planned to change for the written version of the 2nd film. Anyway, R,R&R.

This is Berk, boasting the kind of balmy, fun-in-the-sun climate that will give you frostbite on your spleen. The one upside is our annual holiday. We call it Snoggletog. Why we chose such a stupid name remains a mystery. But with the war long over, and dragons living among us, this year's Snoggletog promises to be one to remember.

There was large banging on the celing, Hiccup and Ingrid look up, Blaze , thw baby Night fury was on Ingrid's head. She yawned.

"Hiccup, control your dragon, please..."She curled up again, Blaze cooed in agrement, she too going back to sleep. The older Night Fury bounced on the roof again.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming." Hiccup got up, he headed outside. Toothless looked down at him. "Well, good morning, Mr. Bossy!" Hiccup said. Toothless laughs at him, Hiccup mimcked the laughed. "Do you always have to wake me up so early to go flying-" Hiccup's metal foot slips on the ice, but Toothless catches him. "Stupid leg. Oh, thanks, buddy, I'm okay. Yeah, we can go flying now." Then Toothless burps in Hiccup's face. "Eww, eww, what? Eww! Argh! Toothless." Hiccup gags, hold his mouth.

Soon, they are up in the air above Berk. "Come on! Let's see what you've got today!" Toothless snorts and dives down a cliff face towards the sapphire oceon below. WHOOO-HOOO!" Toothless heads towards a rock possioned like a bridge. "Okay, you ready? Easy..." Hiccup unhooks leg and stands on Toothless, and jumps over a cliff while Toothless goes under. Hiccup lands on Toothless and hooks leg back in. "Yes! Finally!" He laughed, remebering what happened last time.

"Here?" A viking asked, the Viking was on a Gronckle is holding up a shield.

"Yes, yes, nooo, nooo, no, that one a wee bit higher!" Gobber told him, Gobber was on the ground as the Viking and the Gronkle were decortating.

"Here?" The viking moves it up a little.

"There! Ah, that's the spot!" Gobber nodded

"Alright!"The Viking hammered it into place, A costumed Viking child growls at Meatlug, and Meatlug playfully roars back.

"Attaboy, Meatlug!" Fishlegs smiled

"Morning Fishlegs!" Ingrid waved, she walked past. The 3 baby night furies were holding on to her shoulders.

"Hi Ingrid. Hiccup off with Toothless again?" Fidhlegs asked

"Yeah, usual morning routin." Ingrid sighed, Blaze snorted as if copying Ingrid. Ingrid and Fishlegs laughed.

"Well, catch you later. Taking this little ones to the cove. See if I can learn anything about them..." Ingrid said, then Bllast shot a small flame, blowing up a barrel. Ingrid smiled appolgyically at the viking who owned them. "Sorry, still not sure why he does that..."

"It's ok. It's snoggletog." The Viking smiled, he left the teens and baby dragons talking.

"Well, better go before he blows anything else up." Ingrid said "Speak to you later Fishlegs!" she rushed off.

"yeah..." Fishlegs watched her go with a small smiled

"Are you ready, girl?" Astrid asked Stormfly, she throws two shields in the air, and Stormfly uses her tail spikes to nail them to a giant, wooden Christmas tree-like structure.

"Odin's beard, Gobber. Vikings spending the winter holiday with dragons. What would our fathers say?" Stoick asked, walking with his best friend.

"they'd think we'd lost our minds!" Gobber laughed

"Hahahahaha. Well done. Well done, all of you! I've never thought I'd live to see this day. Peace on the island of Berk. This will surely be the greatest holiday, we've ever seen!" Stoick told the whole village, Vikings and dragons was a sudden roar. "What the...?!" Hundreds of dragons are flying above Berk, and the island's resident dragons all join them and fly away.

"What in Thor's name?!" Gobber asked

"Come back! Where are you going?" snotlout called to his dragon

"Meatlug!" Fishlegs rushed off to find his dragon

"Where's Hiccup? and Ingrid?" Astrid asked

Ingrid sat on a rock in the cove, The hatchlings play fought. Ingrid was joting everything down, Blaze looked up, so did her brothers. Ingrid looked up too and gasped. So many dragons! She looked down at the hatchlings, they didn't seem t want to go, but more like they were looing for something.

"Do you know what is going on?" Ingrid knelt down by them, they all look at her with sad cooing sounds. "Let's get back to town."

"What do you say, bud? Wanna go again?" Hiccup asked, before Toothless could asnwer, they had to swerve out of the way of the the Dragons en masse. "Whoa! Aaaaahhh! Oh, no! My helmet! Aaaaaaaahhhhhh...!" A dragon knocks off his helmet, Toothless dives after it, dodging the many dragons. "Toothless! No, no, no, no! Whoa... Wait! Toothless! Stop! We'll get it later, bud. We need to get back and find out what's going on." hiccup told him

"What's the matter? Where are you going?" A Viking asked, as his dragon flew off.

"Nonono! Don't leave, Stormfly, don't go! Please?" Astrid begged, but her Nadder also joined the ranks.

"Astrid!" Hiccup and Toothless landed, he rushed over to her. Ingrid was just entering town too.

"Hiccup! What's going on? Where are they going?" Astrid asked, Suddenly Hiccup was bombarded with questions

"Why did they leave?"

"What's happening?"

"Will they ever come back?"

"Stop! Wait!" Hiccup said

"Calm down! Give him a chance to speak! Hiccup, where are all our dragons going?" Stocik stopped then.

"Dad... I don't know." hiccup signed

"Whatever it is..." Everyone turned to see Ingrid, she was looking at Hiccup sadly. "I believe all dragons are meant to go." She nods behind them, everyone saw Stormfly tryng to encourage Toothless to join them, but Toothless can't because of his tail-fin.

Later, everyone was gathered in the great hall. The teens were in the corner. The baby Night furies had gone to sleep in Ingrid's arms.

"Where'd they go?! Snoggletog is ruined!" A Viking signed

"It's not ruined! We're Vikings! We've been perfectly happy celebrating without dragons for generations! And there's no reason we can't do it again! Now we don't know where they've gone off to. But we have to have faith that they'll be back again soon. Am I right?" Stoick said

"You're right, we are Vikings! We are tough!" Everyone looked around, only then did Gobber notice all the shiny bells and baubles attached to his arm and helmet. "Most of the time..." He corrected

"But what about them?" A Viking pointed to the hatchlings. Ingrid suddenly got protective.

"What about them?" She asked

"Why haven't they gone?"

"Firstly, they are just babies, they can't fly yet. Secondly, when we were in the cove, they didn't seem to interested in following them, but they seemed to be looking for something..." Ingrid told them.

"Ingrid, those babies are in your care, don't lose them." Stoick sad

"Seriously Dad, am I likily to lose these? They won't leave me alone." Ingird said, the Vikings turned away from the teen.

"Let's sing some Snoggletog songs!" Gobber suggested, all the teens left.

"That was depressing..." Ruffnut signed

"I know! I was looking forward to spending the holiday with Stormfly." Astrid said, Fishlegs was whistling.

"What are you so happy about? Don't you miss Meatlug?" Ingrid asked, confused.

"Me? Oh! Yeah!" He pretends to cry. "I miss him so much! Well, good night!"

"I've got an idea! Let's come up with a bunch of new holiday traditions! You know, to bury the sadness!" Astrid smiled.

"Maybe..." Ingrid said, unsure. Ruff,Tuff and snotlout groaned.

"Actually, Astrid might be on to something." Hiccup looked at her, Ingrid gave him a look, but he overlooked it.

"Easy for you to say. Your dragon can't go anywhere without you." Tuff said, Toothless looks over the ledge of a cliff. Hiccup signs, Ingrid watches the older Night fury, thoughtfully.

"Must be nice." Ruff muttered. They all head home, apart from hiccup.

The next morning..."Yaknog! Get your Yaknog! Come on! Get a frothy delicious cup of cheer!" Astrid called, Ingrid hurried past with the hatchlings. she planned on getting to the Cove unnoticed. Astrid sees the Twins and Snotlout. "Hey, you guys! Try this tasty new beverage I made for the holidays."

"Ugh! What's that smell? Is that you?" Tuff shoves Ruffnut

"It's Yaknog!" Asrid smiled, Tuffnut gags.

"Ugh! If I drink that I'm gonna yak nog all over the place!" Tuff gaged

"Maybe you'd rather taste a punch in the face?" Astrid threatened

"Astrid, it sounds delightful. I'd love a mug." Snotlout smiled, Snotlout swallows reluctantly. "You could really taste the yak!" he halt back his agging reflects.

"Hmmm! Yum! What is that?" Fishlegs hurried over excitedly

"Oh! You wanna try some? It's my new traditional drink." Astrid smiled, just as Excitedly. Snotlout stands behind Astrid, shaking his head with a look of warning on his face, and Fishlegs takes the hint that it's not for human consumption.

"Oh... You know... Ehm... I have... suddenly inexplicably changed my mind." He said

"Well, you don't know what you're missing. I bet Hiccup will love this." Astrid hurries off to find him. Ruffnut notices Snotlout's discomfort.

"Are you crying?" Ruff asked, Snotlout did not look well.

"Hiccup?" Astrid found Hiiccup working.

"Yeah, I'm over here, Astrid. Coming!" Hiccup was at the back fecthing a tool. He goes round to where Astrid was waiting.

"Here. Happy holidays, from me to you." Astrid gave him a mug

"Thank you, Milady!" Hiccup accepted it.

"What are you up to?" Astrid asked, before Hiccup could take a sip. He placed the mug down.

"Okay, you're gonna think I'm crazy, but I just couldn't stop thinking about what Tuffnut said last night. Toothless can't come and go like the other dragons, and that's just not fair. I was up all night and I think I found a way to fix that." He lifted up the mug and drinks the Yaknog, realizes how disgusting it tastes, and keeps from swallowing.

"No way! You built him a new tail? So he's gonna be able to fly without you?" Astrid gasped amazed, oblivious to Hiccup's dislike to her drink.

"Hmhm!" Hiccup said with a mouth full of yaknog.

"Wow, what a great gift!" astrid smiled

"Hmhm..." Hiccup nodded

"What if he never comes back?"

"Mh..."

"What am I saying? Of course he will!"

"Mhm!"

"Well, I'm going spread some more holiday cheer! You're amazing!" Once Astrid gets far enough away to not notice Hiccup, he spits the Yaknog onto the floor.

"Blaaaaagghhhhh!" He shivers, it was as bad as the raw fish Toothless made him eat, maybe even worse.

Toothless was banging on the roof again.

"Toothless! Come on down, bud! I got something for ya!" Hiccup jumps down and sniffs the contraption. "What do you think of that? Yeah!" Toothless turns away from Hiccup. "Would you just settle down! Toothless! Come on, bud! Let me get that on you! Yeah! You are going to love this. Okay." Toothless starts to moan about the new tail, trying to trow it off "Nonono... To-Toothless! Stop! Please, wait! Toothless, please!" It suddenly expanded on it's own. "Ah... Here you go. See? Got it?" Toothless first looks to Hiccup, then to the tail-fin, then back to Hiccup. "Toothless... Whoa!" Without warning, Toothless shoots into the sky, flying away from Berk and his best friend.

Three days later, Hiccup is still worrying about Toothless. He's lying awake in his bed, when suddenly there is a rhythmic banging on the ceiling. Waking up Ingrid, she looks up. Hiccup, however, jumped out of bed and rushed outside.

"Toothless! I knew you'd come back... Urgh!" Hiccup runs around to the side of the house, but slips, landing on his back, then he sees Stoick repairing the roof.

"Morning, son! Morning Ingrid." He smiled, Ingrid had got up too. She helped Hiccup to his feet.

"Oh, hey, Dad..." Hiccup signed

"Morning." Ingrid nodded

"Glad you're up! I was looking for your helmet." Stoick said, Ingrid looked at Hiccup, He looked worried

"My- My helmet?" He stammered

"Odin needs a place to put your goodies." stoick smiled

"I don't have a helmet dad..." Ingrid told him.

"Yeah, right... I- I'll get on that. Great..." hiccup said

"Hold on! Hold on. Alright... Come on. What's on your mind? Out with it." Stoick told him

"Oh, it's been three days, Dad. I just thought Toothless would be back by now." hiccup signed

"I'm sure he is with the other dragons." Stoick said

"Yeah? I wish I can be that sure." Hiccup looked down.

"Ah, listen... I know what it's like to miss someone you love this time of year. But what do we do, when they can't be here for the holiday? We celebrate them! And I imagine that is exactly what Toothless would want you to do. Right?" stoick told him

"You're right." hiccup agreed

"Good! Then go get that helmet! We've had enough disappointment around here. And I'l, get you a helment Ingrid." Stoick said.

"You said that last year." Ingrid mummbled. The twins walked down the road. Inferno had jumped on to Hiccup's shoulder's. They saw Fishlegs, carrying a basket of fish. "Oh, Fishlegs, you hungry? There's enough fish there to feed a dragon!" Ingrid smiled, hiccup rolled his eyes, why didn't she just tell Fishlegs she liked him. Everyone know he like her.

"Hahaha... Oh, a dragon? That's..." Fishlegs chuckled nervousily. Fishlegs runs into a house carrying the fish barrel. Hiccupand Ingrid follow, when Fishlegs leaves,they creep forward and open the doors. Meatlug breaks his chain and rams into the Twins,carrying them away, along with the hatchlings.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" hiccup yelled

"Meatlug?!" Ingrid asked as Meatlug flies past Astrid.

"Hiccup? Ingrid? Where are you going?!" She yelled

"I HAVE NO IDEAAA!" Hiccup answered

"Meatlug? What about presents?! Hey!" Fishlegs yelled,

"I can't believe him." Fishlegs mummbled a while later, the remaining teens were in the house Meatlug had been in.

"YOU can't believe HIM?! YOU KIDNAPPED YOU DRAGON!" Astrid growled

"Well, that makes it sound so mean." fishlegs sighed, the Nut twins spotted someting in the hay, they moved it out of the way to reveal stones.

"Hey, guys?" Tuff said

"He flew away the second he was unleashed!" Astrid told Fishlegs

"I'm seventy-two percent sure he wanted to stay." Fishlegs said in defence.

"GUYS!" tuff broke them up.

"Whoa... Meatlug barfed up a pile of rocks." The teens were knealing by them

"You're such an idiot! Those aren't rocks. Your dragon laid eggs!" Ruff said

"Hey, wait! I bet that's why the dragons left! To lay their eggs!" Astrid gasped

"But, boy dragons don't lay eggs." Fishlegs muttered

"Yeah, your boy dragon is a girl dragon." ruff told him

"Okay, that actually explains a few things." Fishlegs said in sudden realisation.

"Hey! Everyone's missing their Dragons, right?" Astrid gasped.

"Oh, here it comes." Snotlout sighed

"I've got an idea!" Astrid tries a red ribbon around on of the eggs. "It'll be another new Snoggletog tradition! Oh, this is gonna be so good!" They hide dragon eggs inside everyone's helmets.

"Whoa! Meatlug, where are you taking us?" hiccup asked

"Hiccup, I have an idea on what's going on." Ingrid said

"What's that?" Hiccup looks at her.

"All the older dragons left...the babies didn't seem interesed, but they looked like they were looking for something...what don't these hatchlings have?" Ingrid asks, Before he could answer, Meatlug lands on Dragon Island, there all of the Dragons are, looking after eggs and new hatchlings. The Baby night furies run off to fin new friends.

"You guys come here to have babies!" He looked at Ingrid. "The night fures were looking for their family..." she nods. "Whoa!" They watched a Gronkle mother roll her eggs into a holde of water. Eggs glow and explode. Little baby dragons crawl to their mother. Hiccup saw one she forgot. "Hey, look over here, you missed one." The Gronkle tries to warn him, but egg explodes, throughing Hiccup back. "WHOA!" Ingird laughed, taking out her note book and wrote that down.

"Man, it's a good thing those don't hatch on Berk!" she chucked

"Wasn't this a great idea?" Astrid asked, she had placed the last egg in a nearby house.

"Uh-huh! Everyone's gonna be so surprised!" Fishlegs smiled, there was a sudden explosion and something flies at Fishlegs, knocking him down "Ow!"

"SURPRISE!" snotlout laughed, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Snotlout coo at the baby Gronckle, when Astrid realizes something.

"The eggs explode?!" She gasped, Houses all around her explode. "THE EGGS EXPLODE!" she yelled, a Man runs screaming from his home. "I'm sorry! Sorry!" Houses continue to explode everywhere. The "tree" sets on fire.

"Awesome!" Ruff smirkes

"Wow!" Tuff nods, impressed

"This is your best idea yet." snotlout smiledd at Astrid, who looks horrified.

"What in Thor's name is going on?!" Stocik asked

"The eggs explode." Astrid said in a small voice. Final house over Astrid's shoulder explodes, and Astrid smiles nervously.

"Toothless! Toothless? Ah, Toothless, where are you?" Hiccup called, as the twins walked through the crowd of dragons. Ingrid was collecting data on how each different type of dragons eggs hatch in a different way. Hiccup sees his dragon friends. Hookfang! Stormfly! Oh, you have no idea how happy I am to see you guys!" He rushes over, Ingrid follows. They see the baby Nadders, Ingrid picks on up, it rubs it head against her. she laughs, she realises a lot of baby dragons are watching her. She goes and sits in front of them. "And you have... babies? Oh, look at you guys! All happy, together. Who knew you are leaving to celebrate your own sort of... holiday." hiccup looked arounsd, he caught Ingrid's eye. she nods. "I should get back to our holiday. So what do you say there, Hookfang? Think, you could give us a ride back home?" Hiccup pats the Monterous nightmare.

"we'll see you all back on Berk when you're good and ready, okay, gang?" Ingrid smiled, getting on behind Hiccup. Hookfang starts to take Hiccup home, but everyone follows. "Oh... Nono nonono... I think wejust started the return migration." Ingrid laughs, she notices how the baby dragons are eager to follow. "Well, if you insist!" Babies try to follow but don't have enough strength against the wind.

"They won't able able to return to Berk, Hiccup..." Ingrid climbs down Hookfang's tail and jumps to the ground, and the babies crowd round her.

"Ah, boy this is never gonna work. Oh, hold on, I've got just the thing." Hiccup lends Hookfang away.

"Ah, Gobber, this is a disaster." Stoick exited a burnt house.

"Ah, it's not so bad." Gobber said

"Oh, not that bad? The village is destroyed. The dragons have gone and left us. Let's face it – this holiday is a complete - What are these people looking at?" He too looked up and gasped. the Vikings watched shimmering creatures high in the sky. "What is that?" a Dragon Figureheaded ship is being carried by dragons. "It's Hiccup!" Stocik cheered

"And our dragons!" Astrid smiled, the vikings cheer, but stop as the ship landed. Ingri gets if the boat with the baby Night furies, she is followed by the other babies.

"Yeah! Whoo-hoo!" Snotlout cheered, Meatlug spots her babies and flies down, she regruitates a load of fish.

"MEATLUG!" Fishlegs yelled, raming into the side of the Gronkle, they rolled to the ground.

"Stormfly! You're back!" Astrid hugs her, she sees the baby Nadder's. "Oh! And there are babies!"

"Hahaha! Well done, you two!" Stocik smiled at Ingrid and Hiccup.

"Thanks, Dad!" they smiled back.

"Everyone! Grab your dragons! To the Great Hall! We finally have something to celebrate!" Stoick told them all, the vikings cheer.

"This is the best holiday ever! Uuuuhhhhh! Howsa baby!"Fishlegs was playing with Meatlug's babies. Hiccup looks around, seeing everyone having a great time with their dragons. Well, almost everyone. Ingird joins him, giving him a weak smile, Inferno crawls on to his shoulder again.

"Hiccup, I know this must be really hard for you seeing everyone with their dragons. But you really did a wonderful thing. Thank you." astrid came over to talk to Hiccup, Ingrid steps aside as Astrid kisses Hiccup and hugs him.

"Astrid, where did Toothless go?" hiccup asked

"I don't know." she answered, Astrid sees Toothless creeping into the Great Hall.

"He'll be fine." Ingrid sighed as equally sad.

"Wow, man, I wouldn't wanna be you right now! I mean you brought back everyone's dragon except yours!" astrid suddenly changed her tune, Ingrid glared at her.

"Yeah, you know, this is not helping, at all." Hiccup said annoyed, Astrid turns Hiccup and Ingrid around to see Toothless running excitedly towards them.

"TOOTHLESS! Hey, bud!" Hiccup yelled, running over, Ingrid not far behind. They both hug the Night fury, the babies climb onto Toothless' head.

"Stoick!" gobber nudged the chief and nods to the Twins

"Bad dragon! Very bad dragon! You scared me to death. Don't ever stay away that long again, and what is in your mouth?" hiccup told him,[Toothless puts Hiccup's now spit covered helmet on his head. Ingird -and pretty much everyone else- cringinged. Snotlout, Astrid, Fishlegs, Tuffnut and Ruffnut groan in disgust. "Yeah, you found my helmet. What-hey! You found my helmet! That's where you've been?" He looked at Toothless, Ingrid smiled. "Buddy, thank you! You are amazing!" Hiccup hugs Toothless again. Ingrid smiles, Blaze jumps on to her shoulder, so did another random hatchling, she chuckles.

"Happy Snoggletog!" Astrid cheers

The next morning, the twins were woken by Toothless is banging on the roof again. Ingrid got up with Hiccup today.

"I'm coming, Toothless! Alright, bud, come on down. I was just-" He stooped, so did Ingrid, Toothless had pulled out the old flight gear. Ingird smirks, looking at Hiccup.

"Toothless, what'd you pull this out for? You don't need this anymore. Come on, let's get going." Toothless moves away from Hiccup as he tries to get on. "Would you quit fooling around? You have your new tail now. Toothless?" Toothless looks at his tail and opens it by himself, he looked back at Hiccup, then started banging his tail on the ground. Toothless! Stop! What are you doing?" The tail is flung away. Toothless pulls up the old gear again, and Hiccup realizes something: Toothless truly wants to need Hiccup to help him fly.

"You ain't getting out of this one, brother." Ingrid smiles, she pushes him forward. "Get out of here." she grins.

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.

The pair of them were in the air. "Okay, bud, you ready?" Hiccup unhooks his leg and somersaults off of Toothless, and they freefall together. "Yee-haw!" Toothless taps Hiccup, spinning him in the air.

Turns out, that was the best Snoggletog ever. That year, I gave my best friend a pretty great gift.

Hiccup hooks back onto Toothless and shakes the snow off the mountain. "Whoo-hoo!" hiccup cheered

But he gave me a better one!