Dragons: Gift Of The Light Fury

Chapter 3: Your Dragon Laid Eggs!

Your Dragon Laid Eggs!

"I can't believe him," Fishlegs moaned. Hiccup glared at him.

"You can't believe him?!" he yelled, refraining from straight out punching the guy. "YOU KIDNAPPED YOUR DRAGON!"

"Well, that makes it sound a bit mean," Fishlegs mumbled.

"Uh, guys?" Tuffnut called over by a pile of straw at the back of the barn.

"He flew away as the second he was unleashed!" Hiccup snapped, his fists clenched and his forest-green eyes flashing with frustration.

"Well, I'm still 72% sure that he wanted to stay!" Fishlegs muttered back.

"Hey, guys!" Tuffnut snapped irritably, looking at the speckled objects under the straw. Hiccup jogged over and knelt down to examine the objects, holding one carefully in his hands. On first glance, they looked like very lumpy rocks but Hiccup blinked in amazement when he felt heat emanating from the one in his hands...these were...

"Meatlug barfed up a pile of rocks," Fishlegs chuckled.

"You're such an idiot," Ruffnut groaned. "Those aren't rocks! Your dragon laid eggs!" A realisation hit Hiccup as he examined the eggs.

"Wait a minute!" he exclaimed. "I bet that's why the dragons left! To lay their eggs!" Fishlegs did a double take.

"But...boy-dragons don't lay eggs!" he stammered. Ruffnut rolled her eyes.

"Yeah," she sagged. "Your boy-dragon is a girl-dragon!"

"Oh, that actually explains a few things..." Fishlegs muttered. Hiccup's face lit up.

"Hey! Everyone's missing their dragons, right?" he pointed out, picking up one of the eggs.

"Here it comes..." Snotlout groaned. Hiccup turned around to reveal the egg with a ribbon tied around it.

"I've got an idea. It'll be our new Snoggletog tradition," he grinned. The others caught on and grabbed a couple of eggs. They all then snuck into the village and placed them into helmets and other such present-spots in the houses. "Ooh – this is gonna be so good!"

***

Elsewhere, Astrid was riding on Meatlug to a place unknown. Through the thick fog it was very much like the time she and Hiccup had accidentally discovered the Dragon's Nest with Starlight and she and Meatlug had some very close calls with a couple of rocks.

"Meatlug – where're you taking me?" she asked for what seemed like the thirty-seventh time. The Gronkle very nearly crashed into an old Viking ship that had clearly semi-sunk during one of the many failed Nest Expeditions. Astrid yelped and managed to pull the dragon out the way just in time. She led Meatlug above the clouds and when they cleared, an island was revealed. Clearly it was a volcanic island of some kind, judging by the steaming pools of water dotted around the place. Meatlug landed and Astrid dismounted to see a sight that rivalled the best of sunsets.

Everywhere she looked there were dragons – and not just adults. As far as the eye could see, there were tiny baby dragons of every breed Astrid knew of, and even ones that she didn't.