Chapter 1:

It's here! And I honestly don't know how long this series will go! This will start a few months where we left off, and progress over the years slowly.

Raising a child isn't always easy. At least that's what I've heard.

And I'm sure that not even half of the Vikings in our village have as many kids as we do. If you count the Red Death that we adopted after he hatched, we have four kids.

There's Mortem, the Red Death, Draco and Camicazi, the twins, and finally, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Fourth.

Hic for short.

But, like I mentioned before, raising a child isn't always easy.

Especially if the Red Death that you adopted, is about to have dragonets with his Bewilderbeast mate.

It was a week before Snoggletog, and the entire village was bustling. There was still time to get ready, but they liked to get it done a week early.

Mortem and Fera were in the plaza, the Bewilderbeast's abdomen bloated, making her nearly twice as big as she really were. They had both just reached their full size, and were looking to become the new Dragon King and Queen.

Draco and Camicazi were in the plaza with Astrid, who was carrying Hic. The twins had celebrated the holiday before, but they wanted this one to be extra-special. Draco spent more time with his Night Fury, Jet, while Camicazi practiced with her axe. She still liked to train with Eclipse, though. Heather was doing what she could to help hang up the Snoggletog decorations along with Torch and his family.

Camicazi was over by the Snoggletog tree, testing out her axe. Eclipse watched from a distance, not wanting to get cut. Camicazi was slashing away at anything she could find that wasn't alive. Anything she saw, the axe touched. Hiccup had told her often enough that she was a lot like her mother, and there was no doubt in his words. Draco was with Jet, feeding him some fish. He tossed his dragon a cod, and Jet backed up, snarling. Draco picked up the cod and held it out to his dragon, who screeched, backing up further. Panicking, Draco tossed the cod away and took out a salmon instead. Jet gobbled it up without hesitation.

"Another cod?" Eclipse asked her brother. Jet shook his head. "I keep telling Mortem to tell them that I'm allergic, but he seems to keep forgetting." Junior seemed to approach from nowhere, and he sat down next to Jet. "So, you really are allergic to cod?" he asked. Jet sighed. "I can't eat it, my throat swells." Junior nodded in understanding.

It was then that Astrid arrived with Hic in her arms. She nearly bumped into Camicazi, who was still trying out her axe. "Camicazi, you have to be a little more careful," she said, "You could hurt someone." Camicazi put her axe down and turned to face her mother. "I just want to be a tough warrior like you," she said. Astrid smiled, shook her head, and knelt down next to her daughter. "I only act tough when I have to," she said gently, "It's fine that you want to be tough like me, but for now, you have to take it easy. You're still pretty young, you know." Camicazi understood what she meant, and nodded. Then, without warning, she hugged her mom tightly. Astrid smiled, hugging her daughter back with her free arm.

Camicazi snuggled further into her mother's embrace. "I love you, Mom." Astrid's smile widened. Whenever it came to this sort of thing, Camicazi acted a lot like her father. "I love you too." And she could tell that Camicazi already knew that.

Hic chose that particular moment to start fussing. Astrid let go of her daughter, and tried to get her son to calm down. Nearby, Junior heard the little boy fussing, and bounded over to them. He nuzzled the little boy, and he suddenly stopped crying. He looked up at the black dragon, his eyes wide. Junior nuzzled the boy again, a little more gentle than before. Astrid smiled at the dragon, and patted him on the head. There was a high-pitched shriek from above, and Astrid and Junior looked up to see Toothless flying above them with Hiccup on his back.

The two friends landed in the middle of the plaza. Astrid smiled and stood up. "You're back early," she said. Hiccup shrugged. "I wanted to make it back before the Breeding Migration," he said with a smile.

Hic started to fuss again, and Hiccup walked over and took his son in his arms. "It's okay," he said gently, "It's okay. It's okay, Daddy's here. Daddy's here." Hic calmed down at the sound of his voice, and then he went to sleep. Astrid laughed. "It's funny," she said, "He's seen you for only a couple months and he stops crying when you talk to him." Hiccup looked at her with guilt in his eyes. "If I had known about what was going on while I was gone, I could have tried to get back sooner, you know." Astrid shook her head. "It's not your fault," she said, "I should have let you know when I had the chance. But all that matters is that you came back." Hiccup smiled at her. "Of course I did," he said, "I'd never leave my family." Astrid smiled back at him.

At that moment, there was a loud roar, and everyone looked up to see a huge flock of dragons flying overhead. Mortem and Fera both picked up their heads at the sound of the dragons. This time, it was their turn to join them. Many of the new full-grown dragons, some of which were the dragons that hatched three years ago, were already taking off and joining the flock. Mortem rose to his feet, and flapped his huge wings, taking to the skies and joining the others. No sooner after he took off, Fera soon joined him, swimming in the ocean underneath him. As the two gargantuan dragons joined the flock in their own way, Mortem looked back to see his parents watching him leave. He knew that they understood why he was doing this, but he also knew that they were going to miss him as much as he was going to miss them. He looked away, and then he and Fera continued to lead the flock of dragons off where they were told New Birth Island was. Fera took another look back at the place that had become her home before joining her mate.

Toothless, Starlight, Stormfly, Torch, and Violet watched them leave for a minute before the female Night Fury noticed the entire flock of Night Furies following the other dragons. She realized that some of the other litters of children that she had with Toothless were sitting on nearby houses, watching them leave. Dragons almost always mated more than once, and would end up having many litters of dragonets. While Jet, Eclipse, and Junior preferred to stay with their parents, the younger litters liked being with the other Night Furies. They still came to visit, though. Starlight, Stormfly, and Violet spread their wings and followed the other dragons, while Torch helped Toothless get on his back. The Typhoomerang then took off with the Night Fury on his back. Toothless looked back at Hiccup before he lay down on the Typhoomerang's back, falling asleep.

Jet, Eclipse, and Junior watched their parents leave, knowing that one day, they would be old enough to join them. The was a swooping noise, and they turned to see their youngest brother, Starflight, nearby. Starflight had gotten his name by the white star-like shapes that decorated the underside of his wings. Starflight was soon joined by their remaining siblings, Nightwing, Midnight, Negro, and Fury. Negro and Fury were twins, and so were Nightwing and Midnight. Starflight, however, was the only one of his litter. All of the Night Fury dragonets watched as the flock of dragons disappeared from sight.

Camicazi and Draco joined their parents and Hic, watching their brother and his mate leave them.

I know, it could be better, but I wanted to get it started as quickly as I could. I don't want to keep you all waiting. Review, follow, or favorite.