Once in a Nightlight

Chapter 20

3 weeks later

Things had been going well around the Hidden World. Luna had made herself more comfortable with the upcoming litter that was due soon. Toothless had been spending lots of time with her as well as doing his job as King. 

Stormfly offered to help Luna when it came to mothering, being a mother herself it was nice to teach her the basics. She had been spending lots of her time in the nursery too, watching how the cubs acted and learning how to deal with them so she was prepared for her own litter.

The entire Kingdom knew about the soon arrival of the Nightlights, and everybody was prepared to welcome into the world. However it was a long wait, and everybody was excited.

"Hey Thunderhorn." Toothless trotted to his friend who was sitting on the edge of a cliff, observing over the dragons wandering around and greeting each other. "How are you?" The King seated next to him, curling his tail over his paws.

"I've been doing quite alright, me and Wildfang have been settling in far better." Thunder replied and glanced at the King. "How are you and Luna? How long is the litter due now?" His friend asked and glanced forwards again.

"Not long now. It's been about two months. Maybe one or two more." Toothless flicked his tail and yawned, extremely tired after being up most of the night looking after Luna. "She was rather sick last night, but she's doing much better this morning. She's gone to visit the nursery with Stormfly again." Toothless stood up and gestured for Thunder to follow, wandering his way down the slope towards the main area of the Kingdom, dipping his head to a few dragons on his way. 

"Pregnancy for you, I remember when my sister was due for her litter, vomiting everywhere, it was terrible." Thunder chuckled and followed at his side, swaying his tail. "Hopefully she'll get better the closer she is to labor."

"Hopefully." Toothless murmured and clambered his way up a hill and spread out his wings. "Have you got any plans today? What's Wildfang up to?" Toothless flew through the narrow tunnel that led to the entrance of the Hidden World, flying up and perching himself on a rock and tucked his wings back in. 

"No plans from what I know. Wildfang left early this morning to grab a few things from the East, not sure what though." Thunderhorn scrunched his nose and sniffed the chilly air. "Winter is approaching fast, the air is getting colder, and the day's are getting a lot shorter." Thunder shivered a little at the chill of the air around them, scrunching up his nose again. 

"Mmm, I'm sure we'll be okay." Toothless flicked his ear and grinded his claws on the rock below him. "Have you seen Luna's brother anywhere?"

"Luna has a brother? Really?" Thunder perked his ears in surprise. "I've known her for a long time and didn't know that, how do you know?" He was rather confused, having no clue that one of his oldest friends had a sibling. 

"She told me a day or two ago, but thought it wasn't important so she never said. He doesn't live here though, but she said he will be coming over today." Toothless chuckled at his confused expression. "I'm just as shocked, but I'm rather excited to meet him. I wonder what he's like." 

"I hope he's cool." Thunder chuckled and watched the waves roll up on the shore and drift back down, flinching when a wave sloshed against the rock and splashed him a little. "Why don't we go and see Luna? I'm sure she'd want to see you."

"Sounds good." Toothless replied and got up from where he sat, outstretching his wings once more and nosedived off the edge of the rock down into the hole, flying his way through the Hidden World and took his time to admire everything he had done over the past few months, bringing life back to the beautiful world that kept them hidden and secluded from hunters. It was their safe haven, and he couldn't be more proud of everything he and Luna had done together.