AN: hihi, a new chapter is here. The plot was inspired by RedHawkdude so kudos to you my friend!!!

Hiccup let out a relieved sigh as he looked at his new place. He had decided to become a mechanic. The shop was on the first floor. It featured a wide garage as well as several work areas for other projects. The second floor housed his new home since he had to move out of his old apartment because it was for those working in the hero business and because he couldn't keep a growing dragon there without arousing suspicion.

Astrid had already come to check out the new place and she insisted that they throw a housewarming party. Hiccup had agreed, and now that he had finally moved in last week and everything was unpacked, the party could take place tonight.

Hiccup came out of the kitchen with a tray of chocolate chip cookies and nearly shouted when he saw Toothless, who had now grown to the size of a large dog, glare at his sofa. "Toothless don't you dare!!" Hiccup warned. He had thought the dragon to control his fire blasts but ever since his sofas had suffered. "I swear if I have to buy a new couch for the third time then you'll be sleeping on the floor!"

Toothless let out a coo as he looked at Hiccup with big innocent eyes. The dragon gave the sofa a glare before trotting off towards the bedroom.

"Crazy reptile" Hiccup muttered as he went back to baking.

Hiccup looked satisfied with the food he whipped up two hours later and went to get ready. He decided to forgo the costume and mask this time and dressed in a black button down shirt, black pants, and black shoes. Toothless looked at Hiccup curiously from where he laid curled up on the bed. "Too much black bud?" Hiccup asked as he adjusted his collar. Toothless let out a huff and looked at his own scales as if to say 'really!'. There was a knock on the door and Hiccup went to answer it.

"Hello Hiccup!" Astrid cheerfully greeted. Those with her did the same as Hiccup opened the door wider to let them all in.

"Looking good Hiccup." Heather said as she gave him a wink.

"This place is so nice." Dagur commented as he looked at the livingroom.

Hiccup recognized a few others like Alvin and his gang, and he was quite surprised by the last guests.

"Yzma and Kronk?!" Hiccup asked as his brow rose when he spotted the duo.

"Why hello there. Great to see you again!" Kronk greeted as he shook Hiccup's hand.

"Yes yes hello." Yzma said as she entered as well.

"Wait. Weren't you two in South America the last time?" Hiccup blinked as he looked at the two. "And weren't you a cat?" He asked pointing at Yzma.

"Let's not bring that up again." Yzma muttered.

"Personally I was there for the sights." Kronk explained. "But, the job comes first. Besides we wanted to congratulate you on your new business."

"How fast does news spread between the villains?" Hiccup asked as he looked at the guests curiously.

"Pretty fast." Astrid said as she handed him a newspaper. "You even made 'The Villainous Times'."

Hiccup opened the newspaper and read the article about him resigning and opening his shop. There was even an article about Toothless with a cute picture attached. "Still how do they get these stories so fast?"

"Ninja reporters." Dagur cackled.

"Ninja reporters." Hiccup repeated and looked to the others thinking that Dagur was joking. However all nodded in agreement.

"Aye, the paper is owned by a woman named Mala who employs ninjas as reporters." Alvin explained.

"Oh" Was all that Hiccup could say as the world just keeps on surprising him.

(they heard a 'hiyah' and a camera flashed them)

Hiccup's brows shot up after the flash but the person had already vanished. "I see what you mean but I'm also worried about anyone going after Toothless." Hiccup stated as he pointed to the article.

"No need to worry about that." Astrid said. "The other villains aren't really interested in dragons. It's the heroes who have been pushing dragon related research and they don't have a subscription to this paper."

"That's nice," Hiccup said, seeing Toothless start sniffing the guests. "How much does the subscription cost?"

Dagur shouted from the kitchen, "Your soul!" which was followed by evil laughter.

"My brother is just kidding." Heather said before strutting into the kitchen. The door closed and the guests cringed when they heard the sound of metal hitting something hard.

"That better not be my good skillet!!" Hiccup shouted not at all surprised any more with how these two acted. This was one of the reasons why he was happy when they crossed paths. They ended up knocking each other out for him.

"I'll buy you a new skillet!" Heather shouted from the kitchen as a groan was heard. She came out a minute later dragging a grumbling Dagur by the collar. "Why must you always resort to melodramatics?"

"Hey!" Dagur indigently shouted. "I'm not melo-....... Is that dragon eating the cookies?"

Hiccup whirled around to see Toothless standing on his hind legs near the table while gobbling up the chocolate chip cookies. "TOOTHLESS!!!!" Hiccup shouted as he made a grab for the dragon.

Toothless seeing it coming grabs the last cookie before hightailing it to the bedroom. The guests laughed at the dragon's antics before getting something to eat themselves. Everybody enjoyed the conversation and after all the food was eaten they settled down to enjoy the evening further.

"How about some poker?" Kronk suggested.

"I don't have a poker table." Hiccup said as he looked around.

"No worries." Kronk said before fishing out a collapsable poker table from his bag.

"How the hell did that fit in there?!" Hiccup asked shocked.

"I learned not to ask." Alvin whispered to Hiccup as he shuddered.

Kronk quickly sets up the poker table and pulls out a deck of cards.

"So what do you want to play, Blackjack, Canasta, Baccarat, five hand, Pineapple, seven card stud, or texas hold 'em?" Kronk asks as he starts shuffling the cards.

"I say we play... play Texas hold'em" Alvin says before they heard a knock on the door."

"Hiccup!!" Was shouted from the other side. "I know you're there. We need to talk."

Hiccup stood up from the table as his eyes went wide. "That's my dad." He freaked out before he quickly pushed Alvin and his gang into the bedroom.

"Just a minute!!" Hiccup shouted as the others looked at him shocked as they were promptly shoved into the nearby closet. "Shhh" Hiccup whispered to them as Heather was about to ask. "We're all dead if my dad catches you."

They nodded as Hiccup closed the closet door. He looked around the room and steeled himself before opening the door. "Hey dad. Hi dad." Hiccup greeted quickly as Stoick entered the house. "What are you doing here?"

"We needed to talk." Stoick said as he took off his coat. Hiccup took the coat and opened the closet door quickly and chucked it in.

"Oh what about?" Hiccup asked nervously.

"Did I interrupt something?" Stoick said as he saw the poker table as well as the cards still scattered about.

"Eh....... Just cleaning up. I had some friends over." Hiccup explained as he tried to act naturally.

"Friends?" Stoick mouthed as if he could not believe it. He had always thought that his son was a loner by choice and didn't have much friends. Hiccup didn't notice the shocked look of his father as he was trying to calm his nerves.

"So... eh... what brings you here?"

"I was wondering if you would consider returning to work with the heroes?" Stoick asked as he let out a sigh.

"Wait what? Why?"

Stoick looked a bit uncomfortable for once. "The damage reports for this month came in. They were through the roof."

"What does that have to do with me?" Hiccup now asked as he folded his arms over his chest.

"Well..." Stoick trailed off. "It seems the twins and Snotlout, who has finally stopped rhyming; thank Thor, are a lot more destructive when working solo."

"That's old news." Hiccup stated. "Let me guess. You want me to come back and work with them so that damages will go down."

"Yes" Stoick stated.

"And I would be working as a hero or as a sidekick again?"

"Now son you know why I can't add you to the hero division." Stoick tried to say. "You're not cut out to be a hero."

"You know that is the smartest thing you've ever said." Hiccup stated as he glared at his father. "You're right. I'm not cut out to be a hero. They treated me like dirt, as if I was useless. That's even what they called me!!" Hiccup shouted. "Why would I want to be anything like them?! Why would I want to even work with them?!!"

Stoick was taken aback by the hostility. "But I thought you wanted to help people."

"Oh I do dad!" Hiccup spat. "But helping people, while your colleagues insult and belittle the work you do is not something I want! You will have to deal with your heroes on your own because I've had enough. Now please leave if that is all you came to ask."

"Hiccup I..." Stoick tried to say but he noticed how angry Hiccup was. With a sigh he turned around and opened the closet to get his coat.

"Here you are." Was said as the coat was handed to him.

"Thank you." Stoick said and was so deep in thought that he didn't think about what had just happened. He put on his coat and opened the door. He did not see Hiccup go ghostly white when the coat was handed to him. When Stoick closed the front door Hiccup immediately acted. Those in the closet where quickly dragged out with a yelp and shoved into the kitchen.

Meanwhile Stoick was walking away when he stopped. 'Wait a minute?!' He thought and then walked back through the door.

Hiccup stood there in the livingroom. "You forget something?"

Stoick gave Hiccup a look before opening the closet, which was now empty. 'I must be going senile' Stoick thought. "My mistake." He said before departing once again.

Hiccup let out a breath he was holding and flopped onto the coach.

"Is it safe to come out now?" Alvin whispered as he opened the door a crack.

"Yes" Hiccup said relieved.

"Best housewarming party ever!!" Dagur exclaimed as the others came from the kitchen.

"Meow!" Was yowled and all turned to see a small fluffy light purple cat angrily hiss at Kronk.

"Eh......." Kronk said as he held out a potion bottle. "It spilled."

"Why do you even carry that around?" Astrid facepalmed while Heather started cooing over the fluffy cat.

"Still best party ever!!" Dagur exclaimed.