Chapter 11

Hiccup sat nervously on the couch. He kept twiddling his thumbs as he looked at his parents who sat opposite of him. They were looking at Astrid, who was still in her demon form, in curiosity and awe. Garry had left some time ago, but not before handing both Stoick and Hiccup his business card, while Hiccup was filling his parents in on what was actually going on."

"So your girlfriend is actually a demon."

"Yes" Hiccup mumbled.

"Just to be clear, she isn't a dominatrix." Stoick now asked.

"Yes........" Hiccup answered and then paused. "Well it actually depends on the situation."

"Situation?" His mother asked.

"L.......Let's just keep it at that." Hiccup answered much too quickly as a light blush appeared on his cheeks as Astrid shot him a wicked grin.

"And that jar is a sentient demon cookie jar, named Cookie, that you got from Astrid's mother." His father now summed up what had been explained so far. Hiccup nodded.

"You're taking this extremely well." Hiccup mumbled surprised. He would have expected his father to rant and rave in his booming voice while his mother played the voice of reason.

"I think they are still in shock." Astrid commented as she placed some lemonade in front of them. Stoick downed the glass of lemonade in one go before he looked at his son again.

"So how did you two meet again?" He asked.

Hiccup scratched the back of his head and thought about what to say when Astrid spoke up. "He walked in on me trying to kill Snotlout." She said rather bluntly.

"What!" Valka's eyes widened.

"It's true." Hiccup told his parents sheepishly. "Snotlout summoned Astrid, she gave him three wishes, tried to take his soul, he tried to have his soul taken once he found out the benefits, that didn't go as planned, and Astrid ended up going to dinner with me." Hiccup decided to get it all out in the open. His parents were staring at their son wide eyed and they would have stayed in shock if it wasn't for Toothless flying into Stoick's big red beard.

"What is that?!" His father shouted as he tried to get the black mass that was tangled up in his beard loose. Valka helped him quickly and soon she was looking at a set of cute green eyes that were regarding her curiously. "Oh my Thor! He's so cute!!" She exclaimed as she started cuddling Toothless. Toothless loved it and laid on her lap with his tongue hanging out and warbling.

"Valka that's a dragon." Stoick told his wife as his bushy brows shot up.

"I can see that Stoick."

"Valka you're cuddling a dragon."

"I can see that Stoick. Isn't he just the cutest." She cooded.

"Yes Toothless is." Hiccup chuckled as he watched the display.

"Was this something you forgot to mention son?" His father queried.

"Well I didn't want to overwhelm you guys." He told his parents as he introduced Toothless.

"They just saw me talking and found out that your girlfriend is a demoness." Cookie told Hiccup as he hopped onto the coffee table. "I doubt that adding a pet dragon to the mix would have changed anything."

"Who else knows about Astrid? Besides your cousin." Stoick asked as his wife kept cuddling the small black dragon.

"Well there are the twins. You remember them from school right?" Hiccup thought. "They found out because they are actually angels in disguise."

"Wait what?" His mother snapped her head up. Toothless was wondering where all the attention was and tried to squirm on her lap. "Are you talking about the same twins who put a yak on Old man Mildew's roof because he shouted at them?!"

"Yes sadly. They are angels." Hiccup told them in all seriousness. "I didn't believe it at first either."

"And then there is Eret who is a demon hunter by day and a gigolo by night." Hiccup told them. Both his parents kept quiet at that. They really wanted to know but they thought it might be as bad as the twins. "And then there is Fishlegs and Heather but they only know because the twins animated their lawn gnomes." Hiccup shuddered. He didn't elaborate on that incident and no matter what happened he was never going to mention it again. It was just too............ He shuddered. There wasn't a word for it.

Hiccup thought for a moment "Oh and the really religious lady down the hall also knows."

Valka frowned and looked at both Astrid and Hiccup questioningly. "And why does that woman know?" She asked. She had only met the woman once but had developed a real dislike for her and her bible pushing and gossiping.

"Well as you know, Astrid now practically lives here with me." Hiccup mumbled "and the lady made quite a scene when she saw Astrid in the hall once."

"The woman dared to tell me that I shouldn't be living with a man out of wedlock." Astrid huffed. "I just told her where to shove her opinion and might have set a hellhound or two after her."

Hiccup's head snapped towards his girlfriend "You never said anything about a hellhound!"

"You never asked."

"Touche" Hiccup smiled at his girlfriend as his mother gave her a high-five.

Hiccup was about to continue when his front door burst open. "HICCUP!!!!!!" Snotlout shouted as he ran into the apartment.

"Snotlout what the hell?" Hiccup asked as his cousin nearly tackled him.

"Get this thing off of me!!" He shouted.

"What thing?" Hiccup asked and then saw what Snotlout meant when he turned around. There hanging from his behind was a large blue crab sporting a postman's hat.

"I have no sarcastic response for this." Hiccup mumbled as he and Astrid got the crab off of Snotlout. The crab scuttled onto the floor before producing an envelope with a demon seal on it. Hiccup took the envelope and the crab scuttled out of the still open door.

"Well....... That was weird." Valka commented. As Hiccup opened the envelope and read the letter out loud.

"Dear Hiccup and Astrid, I would like to formally invite you and your family to have dinner at my manor tomorrow night as a thank you for housing us during 'the Rampage'. For offering your home to us demons and my pet roosters I would like to offer you and your family a wonderful evening. I hope this message reaches you in time. I had sent my messenger crab off to your cousin because his pick up lines gave me a bit of a headache...."

"HEY!!" Snotlout yelled indigently while rubbing his still sore behind. Hiccup ignored his cousin and read further.

"......last time and I wished to have a bit of fun. I hope to see you all tomorrow. Hugs and kisses, Satan"

"Did Satan just send a letter with hugs and kisses?" Stoick asked surprised. Hiccup shrugged as he was already used to the weirdness.

"So what do you guys say?" Hiccup asked his parents and Snotlout.

"No way! Count me out." Snotlout immediately said. There is no way that I'm stepping foot in Hell." Hiccup's parents just looked at each other silently before nodding.

"I can't believe I'm stepping foot in Hell." Snotlout muttered as Astrid had lifted him up like a sack of potatoes and dragged him with them the next night. Her reasoning, he needed to get out more. She had poofed them all to Satan's manor and only put Snotlout down once Hiccup had rung the doorbell. The door opened to reveal a demon servant who led them towards the dining room where Satan greeted them. Beelzebub and Asmodeus were also in attendance and their eyes widened when they laid them on Valka.

Valka's eyes widened as well and she waved at the two who immediately scuttled behind Satan in fright.

"She's the poisoner!!" Beelzebub screeched while pointing an accusing finger at Valka.

"Say what now?" Hiccup asked in confusion. His mother had the decency to look sheepish.

"What?!" Satan asked confused as he looked at the two who were still cowering.

"You know!!" Asmodeus hissed. "The THING!" Satan's eyes widened comically as he looked at Valka. "Nooooo!" He now also shrieked.

"Sir, Lady Jezebel has arrived." The servant announced. A beautiful woman with long black hair walked into the room and her eyes widened upon spotting Valka and the cowering demons.

"Oh it's you." Jezebel exclaimed as a smirk made her way onto her face.

"Oh God." Satan mumbled.

"Wait.... Mom.... how do you know them?" Hiccup now asked. The other demons groaned.

Valka smiled as she thought back towards her youth. Her husband was also curious. Even Snotlout was looking astonished. "It was just as I got out of college." Valka told the others. "I had gotten a part time job bartending at a Vegas Casino." Stoick grimaced as he knew what type of alcoholic concoctions his wife tended to come up with.

"Oh God" Satan muttered and facepalm.

"Isn't she the one..." Jezebel questioned.

"SHUT UP!" Satan shouted hastily.

"But...." Jezebel mumbled.

"Don't you dare!!" Satan warned.

"Just what is going on here?" Hiccup asked. Astrid merely shrug. She was watching the scene unfold with interest.

"She's the reason that Satan stole that chandelier!!" Jezebel guffawed.

"FOR GOD'S SAKE SHUT UP!!!" Satan's voice rose a few octaves.

"Chandelier?" The others all asked now. Valka turned towards her son and husband. "Well..... He really couldn't hold his liquor."

"But........ Why a chandelier?" Astrid asked. It didn't make sense to her.

"He was drunk." Asmodeus muttered. "Drunk Satan likes shiny things."

"Oh" Astrid simply said.

"Well this certainly will be an entertaining evening." Lady Jezebel laughed.

AN:

Dragon1010: "No more picking on Satan?"

Vala: (Carrying a pink plastic flamingo) "Not this time."

Dragon1010: "Why do you have a pink flamingo?"

Vala: "No reason.........."

Dragon1010: "Right" -_-

Vala: O_o "You coming?"

Dragon1010: "Does it involve the pink flamingo?"

Vala: ".....yes"

Dragon1010: "Count me in!"