Chapter 9

'Now what?' Hiccup thought as he surveyed the situation unfolding in his living room when the doorbell rang. It was supposed to be an uneventful weekend but Hiccup learned to accept that with a demon girlfriend things could get crazy, just not this crazy. He went to the door and opened it as the knocking turned frantic.

"Eret?" Hiccup asked with a raised brow as he took in the harried expression on the demon hunter.

"Hiccup we have a situation." Eret exclaimed.

"You're telling me." Hiccup mumbled as he stepped aside to show Eret his living room full of shivering and traumatized demons.

"Oh" Eret mumbled surprised. "So you know."

"Yes I know." Hiccup quietly said as he let the man inside. They went to the kitchen counter as another portal opened. Several new demons fell through it.

"Hiccup!!" Was suddenly shouted and both turned around to see Cookie being cornered by several succubi who wanted to cuddle him. Toothless was laying on the armrest, getting petted by a colorful harpy, and let out a chortle at Cookie's unfortunate dilemma.

"Is that a dragon?" Eret asked as he hadn't met Toothless yet.

"Yup" Hiccup told him as he picked Cookie up and out of the reaches of the pouting women.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Snotlout wailed as he came out of the bathroom with a red handprint on his cheek. "The cookie jar can score a couple of women but I can't even impress a water sprite?!"

"Who is that?" Eret wondered as he watched the short man eye some of the female demons who weren't traumatized.

"My cousin." Hiccup sighed as he introduced them just as the harpy petting Toothless screeched at his cousin while Toothless set his pants on fire. "Snotlout meet Eret, Eret meet Snotlout."

"AAAHHH" Snotlout yelled as he ran into the kitchen and used the faucet to put out the fire. "Pleased to meet you." Snotlout said as he inspected the hole in his pants while the little dragon let out a dragonic version of a laugh.

"I swear that that dragon hates me." Snotlout grumbled.

"Don't be so melodramatic Snot." Hiccup sighed. "Toothless is very well behaved."

"For you maybe!" Snotlout countered. "Don't you remember what happened when you asked me to dragonsit?!"

"What happened?" Eret asked as several demons were also leaning in to listen to the conversation. Snotlout's eye twitched as he shot the little dragon a glare.

"The better question is what didn't happen?" Snotlout grumbled. "That crazy reptile ate my dinner, chewed holes in my shoes, usen my back as a scratching post, and set my hair on fire........ Twice!!!"

Several demons sniggered and gave the cute little black dragon who was laying on his back a few bellyrubs.

Another portal opened and a new demon stumbled through. "They've gotten through the sixth layer!!" He shrieked.

"Asmodeus are you alright?" A succubus asked as she helped the disheveled demon to a couch. She held a platter of cookies in front of him and Hiccup realized that he had to bake some more. They were being eaten faster than lightning.

"Of course I'm not alright!" He shrieked. "She almost got me!"

"What of the other Sins?" An ox headed demon asked.

"I fear for their safety!" Asmodeus mumbled as he took a cookie and munched on it. "Beelzebub managed to flee to another part of the realm. I don't know about the others. It might be too late for them."

That statement caused several demons to shudder.

"Isn't he the demon of Lust?" Eret whispered as he eyed the group of demons in the living room who were trying to cheer up poor Asmodeus.

Hiccup nodded and then whispered "It's that bad."

"I never thought that it would be this bad." Eret mumbled as he then asked "But what are they doing in your living room?"

"They started coming in around noon." Hiccup told him. "Seems Astrid was in a meeting when it happened and she sent them here for safety."

"Oh" Eret now understood. He then looked around in confusion "Where is Astrid now?"

"She went to see if she could do something."

"I feel somewhat responsible for this." Eret whispered as he didn't want the whole horde of demons to turn on him.

"How so?" Hiccup asked as he and Eret moved further back into the kitchen. He opened the oven and pulled out some more chocolate chip cookies as he listened to Eret.

"I might have suggested it." Eret told him sheepishly. Cookie who was now sitting on the fridge was looking at the bunter curiously.

"You suggested the invasion of Hell?" Hiccup muttered. Eret held up his hands in a placating. "No No!" Eret quickly said. "It was just supposed to be relaxing." he explained.

"Relaxing........" Hiccup mumbled. "Relaxing?!"

Eret nodded a bit sheepishly. "Have you seen my living room?" Hiccup asked dryly and then gestured to several demons who were still rocking back and forth while muttering the word 'monsters' over and over again. Others simply had a haunted look in their eyes.

Another portal opened and this time two figures rushed through. One was Astrid and Hiccup raised a brow at her being covered in feathers. The other was a big muscular man who had several roosters in his arms. He was panting heavily and when he spotted Asmodeus he thrusted several of the birds at him.

"Satan?! What the hell??" Asmodeus asked as he nearly got some feathers in his mouth.

"Hold these!!" Satan growled before taking a deep breath and facing the portal again with a steely determination.

"Wait what are you doing?!" Asmodeus asked perplexed. "You can't just leave your pets with me!!"

"I'm going back for the rest!" Satan stated as he took a deep breath. With one foot in the portal he turned towards Asmodeus "If I don't make it back tell them papa was a hero!" He said before stepping through.

Asmodeus and several other demons blinked. "Hero?!" Asmodeus mumbled "More like bat freaking crazy." Several of the roosters clucked in agreement.

"Why hello" Snotlout greeted Astrid from where he was sitting. "Those feathers look fab. Is it a new trend?" He asked trying to stay on her good side. One glare from Astrid silenced him as she walked over to Hiccup who was looking at her worriedly.

"So I'm guessing that you didn't stop them?" He mumbled as he tried to brush some of the feathers off of her.

"I fell into a boar pit which was filled with tar and feathers." Astrid grumbled.

"Why would a boar pit be filled with tar and feathers?" Eret asked. Hiccup, Astrid and several other demons gave him a weird look before he mumbled "Nevermind.... I don't want to know."

"Why don't you get cleaned up honey." Hiccup suggested. "I might have to find another place for the water sprite first though." He told her.

"Undine can stay where she is." Astrid told him as Hiccup noticed Toothless watching Astrid's appearance in curiosity. "I'll get cleaned up after we catch them. I didn't think they would be so fast."

"I think you might need bait." Hiccup suggested as Astrid and several others quirked an eyebrow. "Why chase them if you can get them to come to you."

"And what would you use as bait to attract them?" Eret asked as he noticed wicked smirks appearing on both Hiccup and Astrid.

"I'm so glad you asked Eret." Hiccup said as he and his girlfriend moved closer to him.

"Why do I have a feeling that I'm not going to like this." Eret mumbled.

After that the situation ended very quickly. Even Hiccup was surprised at how quickly. He now sat with Astrid in a giant bathtub in her parents' mansion. He was helping her pick out the feathers that were still stuck. "Who would have thought." Hiccup mumbled.

"Indeed who would have thought." Astrid stated. "All it took from stopping the twins from rampaging through Hell was dangling Eret, dressed in only a speedo, over a pit of lava. If I had known that would work I'd have taken him sooner."

Hiccup hummed in agreement as he continued picking out feathers. Astrid was leaning against him in content and tried to snuggle closer. "Can you believe the twins?" Astrid then mumbled. "Why in the name of all creation would they take a vacation to Hell?"

"I believe Eret suggested it." Hiccup told her. Astrid was quiet for a while before she spoke up "Well then....... I don't feel bad at all for dangling him above a burning pit. I might even do it again."

"Right" Hiccup said as he saw his phone vibrate. He decided not to take the call as he saw it was Snotlout. He was sure Snotlout could handle watching Toothless and Cookie for a couple of hours.

"So honey...." Astrid smiled as she turned around in his arms. "Why don't we have some fun once we get rid of the feathers?"

"What do you have in mind?" Hiccup asked as he pulled her on his lap.

"Well..... We do have this very very large bathtub." Astrid giggled.

AN:

Dragon1010: "What are you doing?"

Vala: "Writing an invoice."

Dragon1010: "Why?"

Vala: "Someone needs to pay for all the shrinks that the demons needed."

Dragon1010: "And who are you going to send that to?"

Vala: "Why TimPlazasta of course. He did give me the idea."

Dragon1010: "And what are those stacks of papers on your desk?"

Vala: "Damage reports from Hell. I need to make another invoice for those."

Dragon1010: "Poor guy. I hate to be the one to get all these bills. Wait... are those also going to TimPlazasta?"

Vala: "Of course..... Unless you want them."

Dragon1010: "I'M GOOD!"