A fish... being thrown into the cove. It hits the ground and slide. A moment later, Hiccup and Shade slide through entering the cove.
"I hope you both know what your doing." Gobber groaned.
"Gobber we'll be fine beside I can protect Hiccup if anything happens." Shade smiled.
"Excuse me, but who was the one to get chased by a bear at the age of twelve?" Hiccup aksed.
"You were chased by a bear?" Toothless asked cunserned.
"Shade and mead don't mix well." Hiccup chuckled.
Shade covered her face with her paws trying to hide. The dragons found it funny while Berk was half and half.
HICCUP
"Are you sure one fish is a good peace offering?"
SHADE
"Better than nothing."
"Well that's comforting." Leo sighed.
Both hear a snort from behind them. They turn to see Toothless, crouched on a rock like a stealthy panther. He descends, approaching them with a confused look.
TOOTH
"Shade where have you been and why have you brought a human with you?"
SHADE
"Tooth hey, um sorry but we were just waiting for you to calm down."
TOOTH
"Calm down? Why would you need to wait for me to calm down?"
SHADE
"Um... your... your tail."
Toothless looked at his tail and sighed.
TOOTH
"Oh yeah."
Toothless then spins his head to face them looking very angry.
TOOTH
"Wait, is he the one that did this to me?"
SHADE
"Indirectly."
TOOTH
"Indirectly?"
Hiccup walks up.
HICCUP
"It's true that I'm the one that made the thing that shot you out of the sky dear prince, but it was my idiot cousin and his nut job friends who shot you down."
"Prince?!" Berk yelled.
"Shade and I are the lost prince and princess of our old nest. Speeking of which the rest of our family are going to be furious." Toothless said with a groan.
"Why would your family be furious?" Astrid asks.
"Dad will be ok and maybe our older brother, but mom wanted Shade to be another Night Furies mate from a different nest." Toothless sighed.
"That puffed up lizard will never be my mate!" Shade growled.
"And our little sister will not like it that I've lost my tail fin." Toothless said.
Toothless tilts is head in curiosity.
TOOTH
"Why do you sound so sad when it wasn't you who shot me?"
HICCUP
"I would rather my Island be a place of peace instead of war but until that fat bag of scales it dealt with, I can do nothing."
"Berk ain't yours useless boy." Mildew shouted.
"Oh would you shut up you stupid lizard. Hiccup is the Alpha of Berk so it qualifies as his island." Toothless snorted.
"Quiet beast before I..." Mildew said.
Mildew would have finished if a dagger wasn't impaled inches from his head. Everyone looked to who through it and were surprised to see Hiccup's arm extended.
"You better keep your thoughts to youself Mildew before I snap your neck and leave you for the wolves." Hiccup growled.
Let's just say everyone gulped.
TOOTH
"Your island and do you mean the ugh Queen?"
'Queen' was everyone on Berks thoughts.
SHADE
"Hiccup is the Alpha of this island, that thing is not a Queen, and there is one thing that we both need to tell you. I've kept it a secret from you for over three years now."
TOOTH
"A human who's an Alpha? How did that happen? Also Shade you know I don't like secrets."
Both Hiccup and Shade looked nervous.
TOOTH
"Wait..."
Toothless sniffs both of them and starts to growl.
TOOTH
"Shade your mated to this human!"
"Wait, your telling me Hiccup did, you know already!" Snotlout yelled.
"Son your not old enough for that kind of stuff." Stoick scolded.
"Hey do you have any idea how hard it is to say no when she's in dragon heat. At least I waited till we were married before things went super serious." Hiccup defended.
Shade transformed into full dragon form and started growling at Toothless.
SHADE
"And what if I am?"
HICCUP
"Um guys this isn't..."
[Before Hiccup could finish both brother and sister started to fight. Both went at it for a good five minutes, but when a shot fired from Shade of all things flew right past Hiccups head.]
Everyone was scared for Hiccup being in between two fighting Night Fury's. Stoick and Gobber almost passed out when that shot went by his head.
HICCUP
"ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH!"
Shade shot to attention bowing her head to Hiccup crooning, while Toothless laid on his back watching in shock. Hiccup walked up to Shade.
SHADE
"Forgive me Alpha... I was just..."
Hiccup gently grabbed her head moving it up to look at him.
HICCUP
"I know my dear, but a family should never fight. Now apologize to your brother and we can leave."
SHADE
"Aye Alpha."
Hiccup kisses her head and both turn and walk up to Toothless who is now standing with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Did your wife just let you yell at her and she didn't yell back, what kind of devilery is that?" Spitelout shouted.
"Meh, Shade knows that the only time I yell is either to get someone's attention or if she's done something that even her parents wouldn't approve of." Hiccup answered smiling.
Every husband human and dragon alike thought Hiccup was the luckiest man alive.
SHADE
"I'm sorry for attacking you brother can you forgive me?"
TOOTH
"Your forgiven sister. I'm sorry Alpha of this nest, please mercy?"
Hiccup sticks his arm out palm facing Toothless and turns his head. Toothless looked to Shade and she nods smiling. Toothless places his muzzle into Hiccups palm and relaxes. Hiccup looks right into Toothless's eyes.
"What was that about?" Horak asked.
"That was how I earned Shade and every arena dragons trust." Hiccup said grinning.
"Yep and your tecnique is still used in our time." Leo said fondly.
HICCUP
"I forgive you Toothless and please call me Hiccup or brother we are family after all."
TOOTH
"Let nothing harm her Hiccup."
HICCUP
"If someone tries they will have a slow and painful death."
TOOTH
"Thank you Hiccup and please come back I would like to talk with you some."
HICCUP
"Sure Toothless we'll stop by in the morning."
Both Hiccup and Shade who is now in dragon-human form leave the cove.
TOOTH
"You know I think I just found my missing piece, I guess time will tell if the Elders were right. Oh, they left the fish. Mmmm, Salmon."
Everyone laughed.
Gobber and the teens are seated at the top of an abandoned catapult tower, toasting campfire food around a roaring bonfire.
GOBBER
"... and with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face. I was delicious. He must have passed the word because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg."
"Was it a big black and white Nightmare that took your hand and a redish pink Nightmare that took your leg?" Ignis asked.
"Why yes, yes it was." Gobber answered.
"I remember them, they both came back complaining about upset tummy's." Ingis chuckled.
FISHLEGS
"Isn't weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed it from the inside by crushing its heart or something."
Everyone looked to him questioning his sanity.
SNOTLOUT
"I swear I'm so angry right now. I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face."
He postures to Astrid. She rolls her eyes.
"He really needs to stop, before Alpha beats him." Hookfang groaned.
"Hiccup could never take me." Snotlout boasted.
The arena dragons plus Shade and Toothless were laughing so hard they were crying.
GOBBER
"It's the wings and tails you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon."
Hiccup hides is look of horrified realization from the others. Gobber stands and stretches.
GOBBER
"Alright. I'm off to bed. You should be too. Tomorrow we get into the big boys. Slowly but surely making our way up to the Monstrous Nightmare. But who'll win the honor of killing it."
"Some honor. At least when I take a life I tell it's spirit to walk free." Leo sighed. (If anyone got that reference, I applaud you.)
He hobbles off. The recruits reflect.
TUFF
"It's gonna be me. It's my destiny. See?"
Tuff rolls up his sleeve to reveal a red dragon on his arm.
FISHLEGS
"Your mom let you get a tattoo?"
TUFF
"It's not a tattoo. It's a birthmark."
RUFF
"Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before."
TUFF
"Yes, it was. You've never seen me from the left side until now."
SNOTLOUT
"It wasn't there yesterday. Is it a birthmark or a today-mark?"
Hiccup gets up and walks away from the group in a hurry. Astrid watches him as he leaves the bonefire... and she follows.
"What are you up to Hiccup?" Gobber asked.
"You'll see. Although I'm sorry Astrid for what happened next." Hiccup said groaning.
"That's ok Hiccup I shouldn't have startled you." Astrid smiled.