Chapter 25 - The New Arrivals

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Almost all of the Hidden World was gathered to chat about the new arrivals, chattering amongst themselves.
"Has anyone seen the new offsprings yet? I'm dying to meet them!" Thunderhorn said excitedly.
"No one will be meeting the newborns until Toothless and Luna are well rested and ready." Cloudjumper sternly reminded everybody. He was Toothless' second in command when he and Luna were unavailable for whatever reason. "We must all be patient and calm while the King and Queen settle with their new family."
"Of course." Thunderhorn nodded in understanding. "I'm just itching to see the little guys, do you think they've hatched yet?"
"Obviously not. It's only been a few days since they were born." Stormfly said. "I'm sure Toothless will let us know when they have hatched."

Cloudjumper kept everybody in check while Toothless was in his den with Luna, eagerly awaiting for the eggs to hatch. The parents eyed their eggs carefully and watched how the smallest egg shook a little bit, before hearing a little crack. Toothless jumped, startled. "Ooh look! I think they're going to hatch!" He whispered to Luna excitedly who smiled brightly.
    The smallest egg broke free first, popping out from the top was a black and white Nightlight with baby blue eyes and a white nose. Luna leaned over and immediately picked them out with a purr and groomed them gently. "It's a girl." She whispered to Toothless.
    Luna and Toothless continued to patiently wait as the black and white egg began to shake together. They also cracked at the same time, and out from the black egg was black Nightlight with green eyes and a white chest and white paws, and out from the white egg was a white Nightlight with green eyes and black nubs.
    Toothless picked them both out gently from their eggs and settled them down with Luna who sniffed and licked their litter clean. "These are two boys. Two boys and one girl... They're so beautiful." She whispered to her mate who agreed silently and watched as she bathed them from the gooey egg moisture covering the cubs who laid there blinking their eyes half open, still tiny and weak.

Toothless gave Luna a moment to bathe them, coming out from the den and stood on his perch where the dragons eagerly looked up to him as his presence was silently announced. "The eggs have hatched! Two strong boys and a beautiful girl."
    There was an uproar from the whole of the Hidden World as Toothless announced the new offspring, and the King beamed with pride. He turned back to be with his family, watching as the black Nightlight yawned and curled against Luna, drifting to sleep. The black and white Nightlight crawled on top of the biggest, the white Nightlight, and drifted off to sleep with him. Toothless was ecstatic to finally have a family of his own, curling around Luna and the sleeping dragonets with his tail bundled around them like a protective shield. He found peace here, with his new family and friends in the Hidden World, it was the freedom he longed for, and he hoped that back home Hiccup felt the same.

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