Chapter 22: Snoggletog!

Five years later (after Stoick's death)…

Third Person's P.O.V.

Hiccup slowly opened his eyes and rubbed the sleep away. Then his eyes widened in realization and he sat up quickly.

"Merida and Adelaide are coming today!"

He threw off his blanket and nearly ran out of the house shirtless and with bedhead but his mother stopped him.

"I think you're forgetting something," Valka said and Hiccup noticed he forgot a shirt and to fix his hair.

"Thanks Mom," Hiccup ran back up the stairs and threw on a shirt and ran a comb through his hair before running out of the house.

Vikings were already busy at work preparing for Snoggletog. Nadders were using their spikes to nail shields on the tree in the center of the village, young Vikings and dragons were playing in the snow, and the Hangar had been turned into a new nesting place when Hiccup found out how to make make-shift hot springs in the center so now the dragons didn't have to leave. Toothless greeted Hiccup before he had to head to the Great Hall and discuss what was left to do today for Snoggletog. His wife and daughter were coming today to spend the holidays with him. That's right, wife and daughter. The day Hiccup and Toothless destroyed the Red Death was the day little Adelaide was created. When their parents found out Merida was pregnant, they were a bit angry but also very happy and the two were married right away on DunBroch. Adelaide was born eight months later, a month early, and was very small. When Stoick first saw her, he said that was how small Hiccup was when he was first born. Hiccup pushed open one of the doors to the Great Hall and met Gobber at one of the tables.

"Morning Hiccup," Gobber waved.

"Good morning Gobber," Hiccup sat next to the older man on the bench.

"I can tell you're excited."

"It's been a month since I last saw them," Hiccup pointed out, "What's left to do?"

"Snotlout and Fishlegs are decorating in here now which was one of the last major things. Astrid was thinking of decorating the Hangar for the dragons," Gobber explained.

"That sounds like a great idea," Hiccup said, "Let's just hope the dragons won't try to eat the decorations."

Toothless was eating out of a barrel when he raised his head and ran out the door of the Great Hall.

"Toothless!" Hiccup ran after him.

A boat had pulled into the docks and Hiccup recognized it as a DunBroch boat. A smile appeared on his face when he saw a familiar red head and a small child get off.

"Daddy!" the small five year old girl yelled and ran right into Hiccup's arms.

"Hey Adelaide," Hiccup greeted and rested her on his hip.

She was the perfect combination of Hiccup and Merida with curly hair that was a similar color to Hiccup's but was a bit lighter, freckles across her cheeks, and two different colored eyes, one blue, one green. Gothi had deemed her as a child gifted by the gods because of her different colored eyes. Adelaide was holding the stuffed Night Fury Stoick had gotten her when she was born. Merida ran over and hugged her husband and planted a kiss on his lips.

"Ew," Adelaide scrunched her nose up and her parents laughed.

Toothless nudged Merida's leg and she kneeled down and scratched him under his chin where he liked it. Adelaide clambered onto the Night Fury's back after she was put down.

"Let's go see Grandma, Toothless!" Adelaide exclaimed and Toothless did a slow jog toward the Haddock household.

"She was so happy tae be coming here," Merida grabbed Hiccup's hand as they walked towards Hiccup's house, "but she was a bit sad when she remembered Stoick wasn't here."

"We all are," Hiccup looked at the statue of his late father in front of the Great Hall, "My mom will be happy to see you again."

"I think she's more excited tae see Adelaide," Merida chuckled.

"I think she's just excited that she's a grandparent."

Hiccup pushed open the door to his house and saw Valka conversing with his daughter.

"Hi Daddy, hi Mommy" Adelaide waved and walked over to him with her arms up.

Hiccup picked her up and rested her against his hip again.

"I see Adelaide found you," Hiccup chuckled.

"Yeah, we were talking about making cookies for the party tonight," Valka smiled and hugged Merida, "Hello Merida, it is good to see you."

"It's good tae see ye too," Merida said and hugged back, "Was Adelaide wantin' tae make vanilla cookies?"

"Yes she was. She told me they're her favorite," Valka answered, "How's your speech going Hiccup?"

"It sounds good and I have most of it memorized but I may collapse in front of everyone from stage fright," Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck.

"Ye'll be fine," Merida smiled and pecked his cheek.

"Daddy's gonna do a speech?" Adelaide asked and looked at her father.

"Yeah."

"Can I do one?" the little girl asked.

Hiccup couldn't resist those big eyes, but then again no one on the island could.

"Sure."

"Yay!" Adelaide yelled and kissed Hiccup on the cheek, "Thank ye Daddy."

"You're welcome," he said, "How about you go make those vanilla cookies with Grandma Valka?"

"Okay," Adelaide said and Valka followed her to the kitchen.

"I should see the progress in the village and then practice my speech," Hiccup said, "You can take care of her while we're gone?"

"Of course," Valka said.

"Shall we go milady?" Hiccup asked as he did a slight mock bow.

"We shall," Merida smiled and they walked out the door.

Toothless followed the two but eventually headed back to the house to see if Adelaide could sneak him any of the cookies.

"Decorations are up in the Hall and the Hangar, the tree is finished, there are lots of dragons making nests in the Hangar and the hot springs are at the correct temperature, "Hiccup listed, "The bakers are making the food and mead, the fish basins for the dragons are full, and all of the dragon safety protocols are up and running in case a dragon sets a house on fire."

"Berk seems tae be in an organized and workin' manner," Merida stated.

"Things like building and fishing have been increased greatly since the dragons are helping," Hiccup said, "And we've got so many Vikings wanting to learn how to train dragons."

"That's great," Merida said, "Let's go practice yer speech."

They got back to the house. Toothless was secretly eating cookies that Adelaide was giving him without Valka noticing and it made the two adults laugh.

"We'll be in my room practicing my speech," Hiccup stated and led Merida up the stairs.

Hiccup picked a piece of paper up off of his desk and cleared his throat.

"Happy Snoggletog to all of you. It is currently our fifth year with the dragons as friends on Berk and it has been amazing. Sure, there were a few bumps in the road but we got through it and Berk is still here. Being a chief for this tribe is a great honor but I want to honor my father, Stoick the Vast, for his service as the former chief. *moment of silence*. Stoick and I also had a few bumps in the road but it happens with all families. It's what brings you closer together. Like this village, sometimes we get into arguments or something happens but we get through it and we become closer, like a family. Now let's celebrate this Snoggletog as a family."

"That's wonderful Hiccup," Merida hugged him and they turned when they heard clapping in the corner.

Valka, Adelaide, and Toothless were waiting at the top of the stairs. Hiccup blushed like mad from the attention and placed the speech on the desk.

"I like it," Adelaide smiled and gave Merida and Hiccup each a cookie, "We had extras."

"It's almost dragon hatching time," Hiccup commented and picked Adelaide up, "Wanna go see some baby dragons?"

Adelaide nodded happily and they all headed for the Hangar. Many dragons were pushing their eggs toward the pools of hot water. Adelaide wanted to get super close to the pools but Hiccup wouldn't allow it and told her the eggs explode and that she could get injured. After a few minutes, lots of colorful baby dragons were crawling everywhere. Adelaide chased many of them and Toothless was trying not to be chewed on by the Scuttleclaw babies that seemed strangely attracted to him.

"Hey Daddy, how come Toothless doesn't have any babies?" Adelaide asked, "Ye said a lot of dragons come here."

"Well, there's no mommy Night Fury," Hiccup kneeled in front of the small child.

"Can't he just have them on his own?"

"Only a mommy dragon can have babies, like how I can't have a baby in me but only Mommy can," Hiccup explained and tried to make it so the conversation wasn't too awkward.

"Oh," Adelaide said, "Can't ye find a mommy Night Fury?"

"We don't think there's any Night Furies left," Hiccup said.

"Where'd they all go?"

"The same place Grandpa went."

"Oh."

Adelaide clutched the stuffed Night Fury close.

"Can I be Toothless' baby?" Adelaide asked, "So he can have a baby tae look after."

"Sure," Hiccup said and ruffled Adelaide's hair.

Adelaide smiled and ran over to Toothless.

"Toothless, I'm gonna be yer baby!" Adelaide laughed and climbed onto Toothless' back.

"She's got a big heart," Merida smiled, "Just like ye."

"Yeah," Hiccup smiled and watched as Toothless played with the child, being careful and gentle of course.

"Party should be starting soon," Valka said, "Shall we head over?"

"Yeah, that would be bad if this tribe's own chief was late," Merida said, "Adelaide, we gotta leave fer the party!"

"Okay, let's go Toothless," Adelaide said and Toothless jogged out with Adelaide on his back.

People and dragons were walking into the Great Hall and chatted with friends, drank mead, ate food, or all three. Hiccup walked towards the center of the room and stopped. Everyone fell silent as he cleared his throat and recited his speech. Everyone was clapping and cheering at the end and Adelaide ran over with a paper in her hands.

"Ready Adelaide?" Hiccup asked and she nodded.

"Happy Snoggletog! I wanted tae say a speech 'cause Daddy was sayin' one. I like Berk 'cause it's full of nice people. Sure, they don't look nice or smell nice but that doesn't matter. There's also dragons which is really cool and I gotta see the babies hatchin' and it was so cool. I learned Toothless can't have babies 'cause there's no mommy Night Furies so I said I would be Toothless' baby. I know I'm not a dragon but it doesn't matter. We don't need tae be the same like we all don't need tae be Vikings tae get along. I heard of what it was like before my Mommy and Daddy got together and it seemed sad but then they proved life could be different and happier if we all just got along, even if we weren't the same. So we can be a family, even if we're different," Adelaide finished and the crowd cheered, causing the small child to blush like mad.

"You wrote that yourself?" Hiccup asked and Adelaide nodded, looking at the ground and dug her toe into the stone floor.

Hiccup hugged her and she hugged back.

"You did such a great job Adelaide," Hiccup whispered.

"Would Grandpa be proud?"

"Yes, he would be really proud," Hiccup smiled and Adelaide beamed.

"Ye did a great job my little angel," Merida congratulated and hugged the little brunette.

Toothless licked her whole face.

"Ew Toothless! That's gross!" Adelaide groaned, causing her parents and everyone around them to laugh.

"So smart for such a young age," Valka observed, "I have never seen a child that smart."

"Gothi did say she was gifted by the gods," Hiccup said, watching as Adelaide wiped the drool off with her sleeves and Toothless laughed.

"Adelaide, wanna get some cookies?" Valka asked and her two different eyes widened.

"Yay, cookies!" Adelaide cheered and grabbed her grandmother's hand as they walked towards the table with food.

All through the rest of the party, people congratulated Hiccup on his speech and the two parents for having such an intelligent child. The party was supposed to end soon and Merida and Hiccup were near the back of the Great Hall. Astrid came walking up with something behind her back.

"Hey Merida, hey Hiccup," the blonde said and gave the red head a hug, "I have a gift for you two."

Astrid hung something small and green above the two parents' heads and they looked up. Mistletoe.

"You know the rules," Astrid smiled.

Hiccup dipped Merida and kissed her. It was long, soft, and sweet and also quite enjoyable.

"Gotta love mistletoe," Hiccup whispered in the princess' ear and she chuckled.

"Thanks Astrid," Merida said and the blonde nodded before walking off.

"This has been the best Snoggletog ever," Hiccup said and pulled Merida close.

"I agree," Merida said and they kissed again.

Life was now perfect on Berk.

A/N: This is sadly the last chapter of this story but I was thinking that I could do a sequel for this story. Let me know what you guys think and also let me know what you thought of this chapter! I don't own Brave or How to Train Your Dragon, I only own the plot and Adelaide.