Guess what HTTYD fans: IT'S HICCUP'S BIRTHDAY! *confetti canons explode and steamers come flying down* so in honor of our awesome one legged viking dragon rider I am making a two shot story for him. But this one is with Hiccup's parents, one parent for one chapter. So obviously the first parent is:

Good old Stoick the Vast! So hope u enjoy the two-shot special

There was no question that Hiccup was five years old even though he is physically twenty years old but that's what happens when your birthday is on the most oddest days of the year. February 29 or in other words leap year. Of course being the pride of Berk, the top dragon trainer, rider of the nightfury surely Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third will be spending his fifth birthday.

Sleeping?

No wait he's waking up but it seems like he had other things in mind than spend this special day celebrating. "Morning bud," Hiccup yawned as he stretched his arms and got out of bed as Toothless was stretching himself to be fully awake from some good sleep. That was when he smelt something a little different about his rider so he approached him, sniffing him for a good five seconds until his detective skills finally reached the conclusion. His rider is now another year older so this means that today is what these humans call, Hiccup's birthday. So to let his rider know that he wishes him a happy birthday, Toothless gave him a good pounce to the floor as he licked his rider's face with his dragon saliva again.

However Hiccup was totally oblivious to his friend's actions so naturally he was trying to get the over-sized dragon off him. "Oh come on bud I had to take a bath yesterday because of your licking! Cut it out bud, Toothless you know that doesn't wash!"

Took him a while but he finally got Toothless off of him and managed to get most of the dragon saliva off of him which by now he was already used to these kind of surprise licking attacks. "Alright Toothless we can go flying now." He stated as he went to grab the saddle while Toothless cooed with confusion at the response. Surely his rider knew that today was his birthday and that he just gotten a gift for turning another year older.

Apparently his own questions was answered when he felt the saddle getting strapped on him as they were getting ready to fly off but that was when he heard the familiar booming voice of the chief of Berk, otherwise known as Stoick the Vast and Hiccup's father who was coming up as he called out, "Hiccup! Are you up lad?"

"Yeah Toothless and I were just about to head out flying," Hiccup answered his father, who entered the room with a smiled as he nodded then asked while he looked out the window.

"Do you have any plans for today son?"

Hiccup gave his father a confused look but shrugged and answered in the most honest way possible. "Not really, just flying around the island, maybe join in the dragon race today, work in the forge and help the village out with the dragons."

"Do you think you can conceal those plans for today son?" Stoick questioned, now making Hiccup a little stunned but once again he shrugged while his hand was rubbing against the back of his neck.

"Well I suppose I could but I don't think Gobber can make all those saddles by himself and Gothi does need help on getting her terrors to stop chewing her furniture in her hut, then there's training Gustav with his extra lessons."

"I'm afraid those proprieties will have wait 'til next time son."

Hiccup looked up at his father now incredibly lost. "What do you mean?"

Before either rider or dragon could react, Stoick instantly walked over to him and without hesitation grabbed his son then carried him over his shoulder as he started to head down while the teen was quick to question his father's actions! "Uh dad what are you doing? Why are you carrying me? What's going on dad!? You can put me down, I'm not a kid!"

"Toothless come," Was all Stoick responded as he winked at said dragon who was happy to follow and see his rider trying to find an explanation to why he was getting carried away from his own room. They were soon out the house where Skullcrusher was waiting patiently for the trio as Stoick put his son down but just before the young man could make a run for it, he found himself blindfolded then up on his father's dragon.

"Okay seriously dad where are you taking me?"

Stoick adjusted Toothless's tail before mounting himself on Skullcrusher behind his son as he answered as simple as he could. "Taking you on a well deserved trip to relax a bit but you got to be blindfolded because I can't risk you trying to escape from this trip." He recalled the many times he had to convince his son to take a vacation when the lad was in his teens but he managed to accomplish that after five hours but he couldn't let this happen this time.

"So basically you blindfolded me just so I won't know the way back from where ever we're going?"

"One might look at it that way," Stoick chuckled then patted Skullcrusher to take off. Soon they were up in the sky with Toothless flying right beside them but Hiccup had to call his name out several times jut to sure since he was blinded for the time being. Other than that, Hiccup was still trying to get answers to his father's sudden actions. "Okay so you kidnapped me from our own home, blindfolded me and taking me to some strange unknown place for a vacation that I am forced to go to and not be able to escape which means I'm being held against my own will," Hiccup sighed while trying to hold in his laughter. "Just are you planning dad?"

"You'll see soon enough."

With that they continued to soar through the sky until they finally got to their destination since Hiccup could feel Skullcrusher make good landing as Toothless landed right next to them. That and the fact that Stoick lifted him off of the saddle then removed the blindfold and once he did, Hiccup could only gasp at the sight of the island they were in. He never seen this island before, not even during those times when he and his friends were exploring outside the archipelago, but this island had a wonderful forest along with one mountain plus a beach then there was waterfalls at the side of the mountains as dragons along with birds flew around in the sky.

Stoick laughed at his son's star-struck reaction as he asked, "So what do you think?"

"This place looks amazing..." Hiccup whispered in awe but then his eyes suddenly caught a sight of something red on the bushes so he went to go see what it was, unaware that his father and the dragons were following him. Once he got close, he discovered that it was a string leading through the forest so he looked at his father with a questioning look as the chief just shrugged and suggesting as he pointed to the string's direction. "We should follow it, just for the fun of it."

Still a little confused, Hiccup decided that maybe it would be fun to follow a strange red string despite what how suspicious this seems. So there they were, following the string through the forest until the string stopped since it was tied around two fishing poles that were in front of a lake so the father and son didn't hesitate to approach those fishing poles which so happened to have an empty basket and a small pouch of bait. "What do you say son?" Stoick asked with calmness as he handed Hiccup one of the fishing poles, "Wanna to do some fishing? Or are you going to hunt for trolls again?"

Hiccup was confused at the sudden appearance of all this but he nodded while turning a little red, "Sure why not, but in my defense, the troll incident happened because managed to convince my six year old self that they existed." The two had to laugh at that memory so they spent this morning fishing until the after came so they and the dragons enjoyed some caught fish even though most of them ended up spitting water at the two when they fished them out of the water. Not to mention that they both fell in the water when one of the fish had a strong hold on the string. It wasn't until long that they finished their lunch that they began to have fun in the lake, splashing water at each other having a good time!

That was until Hiccup suddenly heard some noise coming from bushes so when he turned around to see who was there, no one was there but there was another trail of red string just waiting to be followed. Before they could follow it, they had to dry themselves first and once they were done, Hiccup was on the led again as he followed the trail of string which was longer than the last trail.

"So dad you sure you have nothing to do with the sudden string trails?" Hiccup asked, trying to find clues to be the missing pieces that could fit in the puzzle he was thinking of. "I mean this couldn't be just coincidence."

Stoick only shrugged, trying to hold in his grin. "I'm positive I have nothing to do with this, I just brought you here for a vacation."

"Alright then."

So they just continued to walk, Hiccup still curious about everything while Stoick had to quickly grab something from a tree and managed to hide it from his son's eyes while the dragons grinned, knowing exactly what was going on. They were wondering through the forest for at least a half hour, which was spent retelling hilarious stories of the past, even stories of Hiccup's mother was included until they were at some kind of dead end. "Hmmm," Hiccup looked down to see the string going under this dead end so he stretched his hand through it, which proved that it was only some vines hanging around.

He was about to go through but Stoick stopped him as he stepped forward and insisted, "I'll go through first, you know just to make sure it's safe. I'll tell you when to follow me in."

"Okay," Hiccup nodded so he watched his father go through then waited for a signal but heard nothing which started to worry him until finally he heard his father whistle but before he could, Skullcrusher and Toothless both pushed him forward and through the vines! He stumbled through, catching himself from falling on the ground but he jumped when he heard loud cheering and dragons roars, all shouting:

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY HICCUP!!"

There he was, in a cover like spot in the forest where table were set with food, cake and presents as he could see Gobber, his dad and his friends through streamers in the sky as their dragons shot fire up as they clapped and cheered! But it wasn't just them but literally the entire village were there clapping and cheering 'Happy Birthday' as he just stared amazed.

He felt his father pat his back as he smiled, "Happy twentieth birthday son."

"FIFTH!" Snotlout shouted with amusement, earning himself a punch in the gut from Astrid.

Stoick just shook his head at his nephew then looked down at his speechless son. "So what do you think?" He didn't hear Hiccup say anything for a minute until he finally stated, "I-I don't have the words..." His father then handed him a small book, waiting for him to open which he did and it revealed to be a small portrait of the Haddock family which included Valka, Stoick, and baby Hiccup, all smiling.

"This was the only portrait painted of us as a family," Stoick explained, "Bucket was able to draw a copy but the first one is at home. That day your mother highly insisted that we have our portrait, kinda like a gift for you when you just born."

Hiccup held the picture then he chuckled as his forest green eyes were getting watery as he brought his arm up to wipe those tears away which sent the wrong message to his father who asked with concern, "Are you alright son? Was this too much?"

"No, no," Hiccup laughed, putting his arm down even though his eyes glistened with tears. "I'm just too happy I guess, thanks dad."

Stoick let out a breath of relief as he them embraced his son who was happily able to hug him tight. "Happy birthday Hiccup."

And with that they spent the rest of that afternoon and night partying and feasting to celebrate Hiccup's birthday and boy did that party seem to go on forever, meanwhile in an island miles away from the celebrations, there was a mysterious dragon rider softy singing happy birthday to a picture of her baby son that she managed to draw. Hoping for one day to be able to celebrate her son's birthday.

Part one is done, now off to part two