Chapter 7

It was a normal day for Hiccup. He had made breakfast for Astrid and himself. She had kissed all coherent thought out of him before heading to work and when lunch rolled around Hiccup made himself a triple decker sandwich. He had just gotten off the phone with a difficult client and was about to bite into his sandwich when his Facebook messenger dinged. Hiccup put his sandwich down and looked at his phone. He raised a brow when he saw that it was a friend request and message from granny Hofferson. He accepted the request and then looked at the message. "I seem to have come across this. Would you like to have it?" read the message as Hiccup saw a picture of a black egg. Hiccup guessed that it might be an ornament of some sort and he was actually curious so he messaged granny Hofferson back that he could try and take it. He got a message back that read "Great! I'll drop by in a few minutes."

Hiccup put his phone down and began eating his lunch. There was a poof in his living room when he had finished a quarter of his sandwich. Hiccup put down his food and washed his hands before coming out to greet granny.

"There you are sonny." Granny laughed before showing him the item. It was larger than he expected. Slightly larger than a human baby. She had it wrapped in a colorful knitted bundle that looked like a tote bag and handed it to Hiccup.

"Now deary keep it warm for just a bit longer. It's almost ready to hatch." Granny told him with a smile.

"Hatch?" Hiccup asked shocked. "Wait.... This is an actual egg?"

"Of course dearie. It's really harmless." Granny laughed before poofing out of the living room. "Take good care of it!" was the last thing Hiccup heard as he looked down at the egg.

He decided to take the egg and the apparent egg cozy it was in and head back to the kitchen where his sandwich was but before he could even reach the kitchen his doorbell rang. Hiccup frowned as he wasn't expecting anyone today.

"Cuz it's me!" Came from the other side of the door in a sweeter tone than was normal if it was Snotlout. Hiccup opened the door to indeed see his cousin standing there.

"Snotlout why are you here?" Hiccup asked confused. "Didn't you already gather all of your furniture about now?"

"Well you see........" Snotlout trailed off as he stepped inside while twiddling his thumbs. He then noticed the large egg that Hiccup was carrying. "What..... Is.... THAT?!"

Hiccup looked to where Snotlout was pointing. "An egg." He deadpanned.

"Where did you get such a huge one?"

"Astrid's grandmother brought it by." Hiccup explained. "Apparently it's supposed to hatch any time now."

"And do you know what kind of egg it is?" Snotlout now asked a bit fearfully as he took a step back.

"No idea" Hiccup mumbled as Snotlout followed him into the kitchen.

"So wait back up." Snotlout muttered. "You just took a mysterious egg from Astrid's demon grandmother which could hatch anytime now. ARE YOU CRAZY?!"

Hiccup just shrugged. "It can't possibly be anything bad." He told his cousin who was watching the egg vibrate a bit.

"Eh Hiccup, I think it's about to hatch." Snotlout mumbled as Hiccup placed the large egg on the counter. The egg was shaking and some cracks had started forming. Soon a black snout made its way out of one of the cracks.

"This reminds me of a scene from Jurassic park." Snotlout mumbled as he kept his distance while Hiccup helped the creature remove the egg shell parts. Soon a black scaly head with vibrant green eyes was poking out. Hiccup got the creature out of the rest of the egg and placed him on the counter.

Snotlout blinked at the little thing that was sniffing everything. "It's a black reptile." He mumbled as he took a few steps closer once he was sure that it wasn't dangerous.

"Well I think I know what it is." Hiccup let out a laugh as he pointed towards some small wings that the baby was trying to flap.

"A reptile with wings?" Snotlout asked only to have a small fireball hit him in the face.

"ACK!!" Snotlout shouted as he closed his eyes. When he opened them again he immediately felt his face. He stopped at his eyebrows and noticed that they had been singed off. There was some type of growling and both Hiccup and Snotlout noticed that the baby was giving them his version of a laugh.

"That thing did this on purpose!!" Snotlout accused.

"That 'thing' Snotlout is a baby dragon." Hiccup laughed until he noticed that said baby dragon had just gobbled up his sandwich. "You're still hungry aren't you?" Hiccup asked as the little dragon let himself be picked up. It cuddled into Hiccup's arms, showing off toothless gums.

"Huh toothless" Hiccup observed.

"Dragon or not Hiccup that thing just burned off my eyebrows." Snotlout commented. The baby dragon then turned to Snotlout while still cuddling in Hiccup's arms, giving the shorter man a view of some sharp teeth.

"See!!! See!!" Snotlout shouted as Hiccup observed the retractable teeth.

The little dragon let out a little fireball before acting all cute for Hiccup who placed him back on the counter before going to the fridge. Snotlout stood next to the counter and he could have sworn that the little dragon shot him a 'you-are-my-prey' look.

"Hiccup are you going to keep this thing?"

"Why not Snot?" Hiccup asked as he placed several tupperware containers on the counter. "Now what do dragons actually like to eat?" He asked aloud. "What do you think Toothless?" He asked as the little dragon cocked it's head quizzically before deciding that he liked the name. Toothless inched forward and began sniffing the containers.

"Who calls a dragon Toothless?" Snotlout remarked which caused said dragon to turn around and glare at the man.

"Hiccup I'm telling you that thing is evil!" Snotlout whined.

"Don't be a dramaqueen Snotlout." Hiccup huffed as Toothless turned his nose up at a container of broccoli.

"Okay so no vegetables." Hiccup mumbled. Toothless then began pawing at the container of roasted salmon that Hiccup had made for dinner last night.

"Fish bud?" Hiccup asked as Toothless wagged his tail happily.

Hiccup placed the container in the microwave before he returned to playing with the baby dragon. "So what did you want to ask Snot?"

"Right" Snotlout said as he remembered why he came here in the first place. "I just need one more piece back."

"What is it Snot? I'm sure Astrid will tell you the location if you bribe her with those glazed donuts again."

"Yeah.........." Snotlout mumbled as the microwave dinged. Hiccup got the container out and set it on the counter for Toothless who dug into it greedily.

"I'll message Astrid that you are here. I might as well ask her what dragons eat." Hiccup told him as he opened his Facebook.

"Demons have Facebook?" Snotlout asked surprised. Hiccup nodded and added "and way better internet than us."

"Hey Astrid Snot is here looking for another piece and do you know what dragons like to eat other than salmon?" He typed before sending it. Hiccup got a reaction in no time. Or more precisely a rapid succession of texts.

"What piece?"

"Wait dragon?!!"

"What dragon?!"

"Where did you get a dragon?"

"Hold on I'm coming as soon as I sent this soul into the boiling pit!!"

In no time they heard the telltale poof of Astrid who appeared in the living room in all her demon glory. She was still carrying a pitchfork and also a net.

"What's the net for?" Hiccup asked as he had picked Toothless up and was cradling him in his arms.

"A couple of souls thought they would try escaping." Astrid smirked wickedly which told Hiccup that she had caught them. She then looked towards the little black dragon who had its big green eyes trained on her.

"Oh right. Your grandmother dropped him off after messaging me if I wanted an egg." Hiccup explained. "I thought it was an ornament at first but isn't he cute?!!!" As if in response Toothless let out a yip before cuddling closer.

"Oh granny!!!" Astrid muttered in exasperation. "She must have gotten one from one of her boytoys." Astrid explained.

"Wait your grandmother has boytoys?!" Snotlout suddenly asked astonished.

"Don't ask" Astrid warned.

"Right"

"So what are you looking for?" She then asked.

"Eh....." Snotlout turned a bit crimson as all eyes were on him now. "So..... I had a box next to my vintage Playboy collection." He mumbled.

"Oh you mean your box of toys." Astrid stated.

"Shhhhh!!" Snotlout hushed as his face resembled that of a tomato. "Do you want everyone to hear?!"

"If you are looking for that then it's somewhere in Saint Petersburg." She told him. "I expect more donuts on Friday."

"Right!" Snotlout said before quickly bidding his goodbyes and dashing out of the door.

"I don't even want to know." Hiccup mumbled as he shook his head before placing Toothless on the couch. The little dragon was looking between Hiccup and Astrid with curiosity before it found a pillow more interesting.

"You know how we've been talking about getting a pet." Hiccup told Astrid who observed the baby dragon wrestling with a cushion.

"I was thinking more along the lines of a cat." Astrid mumbled. "Not a dragon."

"Well....... He's like a cat." Hiccup pointed out. "A..... somewhat fire breathing cat."

"A dragon isn't something normal couples get." Astrid told him.

"Since when are we a normal couple?" Hiccup countered.

"Touche" Astrid laughed. "I guess it wouldn't hurt. He is quite adorable. I'd just advise against giving any dragons eels."

"Why?" Hiccup asked as he pulled Astrid close and gave her a peck on the cheek.

"They tend to go crazy." She explained.

"Oh" Was all Hiccup said before Astrid pulled him in for a not so chaste kiss. Toothless who had gone back to observing them covered his eyes with his paws.

Hiccup raised a brow quizzically when he noticed that. "Dragons are pretty smart." Astrid told him. "I have to get back to work now. Souls to torment and all that. I'll see you tonight honey." She said before adding "I'll bring some dragon toys with me." And with one final kiss she was gone again.

Hiccup turned to the little dragon who was now wagging his tail.

When Astrid returned she had with her a small bed for Toothless as well as some squeaky fish shaped stuffed toys. Astrid found her boyfriend and the baby dragon in the most interesting way. He was working in his office and the little dragon was snoring away on his head.

She greeted him before they placed Toothless in his new bed.

"So honey" She purred once they were in the bedroom. "How about we......"

Toothless woke up not long after when he heard noises from somewhere in the apartment. His ears stood up straight as he trotted out of bed followed the noises. Curious Toothless came to a closed door and pressed his earplate to it.

Breathless noises were coming from the other side of the door as Toothless' ears perked. They however suddenly stopped and Toothless heard the following conversation.

"Eh..... Hiccup, I'm stuck."

"What do you mean you're stuck?! Wait stop tugging!"

"I think I might have used the wrong 'oil'."

There was some rummaging... before Hiccup spoke again "Astrid why is Demonic fast drying super glue next to the oil?"

There was a nervous chuckle. "I was fixing my heel that broke this morning."

"Youch!! Astrid please stop tugging on it!"

"I can't help it! My hands are stuck. We could probably use alcohol to get our self loose but it will hurt."

"Great.... Pain.... Love it."

"Hiccup...... are you being serious or sassy?" Astrid asked. "I really don't know anymore with all our bedroom activities."

"Sassy!! I'm being sassy!!"

There was more shuffling before Hiccup spoke again. "Astrid, next time please check the bottle before you decide to give me a back massage."

----The End?-----

AN:

Vala: (Eating popcorn while watching the reactions)

warorpeace: O_O

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thearizona: (Gibbs smacks both thedragon and warorpeace) "Get your minds out of the gutter!"

Vala: "I think everybody's mind was in the gutter" :3