HTLANF AU: How to Raise Your Night Furies

Part 4 ~ Chapter 25

A few hours later, the small Fury family was relaxing in the main chamber of the nest, Valka elsewhere tending to nest residents as part of her daily routine.

Hiccup was sitting on the ledge they chose, Kala clinging to him as she cuddled close to his chest in his lap on the brink of falling asleep as they watched dragons fly past them. Toothless was resting next to them in dragon form, but that was short lived as many Scuttleclaw hatchlings began to play with him roughly, waking him from his power nap. He screeched in annoyance and the Scuttleclaws scattered, but after a couple seconds Toothless' eyes widened slightly and he moved his tail into his line of vision only to see a Scuttleclaw gnawing on it.

Hiccup noticed and chuckled. "Seems like you've got a new friend there, bud."

Toothless grumbled and lowered his tail, flicking it to get the hatchling off much like he would with Kala when she would gnaw on his tail, although he was much more gentle when it came to his sister. The flick worked and the Scuttleclaw scurried off when it hit the nest floor to go play with someone else.

Toothless huffed and stood as he transformed back into his human form and sat beside his father and sister, who were also in their human forms.

"Not funny.." Toothless muttered.

Kala smiled at him sleepily as she rested her head on Hiccup's shoulder. "I thought it was..."

Toothless rolled his eyes with a small smile. "Yeah, yeah.."

Hiccup smiled and held Kala closer as he looked around the nest then stood. "Okay you two, we should get going. Can't wait around for Drago to attack this place. We've gotta find him first."

Toothless nodded as he stood himself and dusted off his flight suit. Kala whined and buried her face in Hiccup's shoulder.

"But I wanna sleepppppp..." She whined.

Toothless rolled his eyes as he crossed his arms and Hiccup chuckled as he kissed the top of Kala's head.

"You can sleep on the flight there, my little flower. Promise." Hiccup promised.

Kala purred sleepily and looked up at him with a sleep filled smile. Then as she went to lay her head back down on his shoulder to fall asleep, she lit up when she spotted her grandfather making his way toward them.

"Hi Grandpa.." She mumbled out with a sleepy wave.

Hiccup stiffened slightly and quickly turned around with wide eyes that just widened further when his eyes locked with Stoick's.

Toothless looked in that direction and groaned. "Are you kidding me? How'd you get in here?"

"The same way we're getting you out." Stoick said as he turned back around with a determined look, heading back to the entrance.

Hiccup and Toothless exchanged glances of confusion as they began to follow.

"We?" Hiccup asked, and he got his answer when Gobber poked out of the entrance.

"All clear!" The blacksmith said before he made his way back through the entrance.

Hiccup grew nervous as they all got closer to the entrance, catching a whiff of his mother further in the cave system they were about to trek through.

"Dad! There's something you need to know!" Hiccup exclaimed, covering Kala's ears as he did so as to not wake the now sleeping hatchling as Stoick made his way through the entrance.

"Yeah, yeah, tell me on the way." Stoick said offhandedly.

"This isn't really an on-the-way kind of update, actually..." Hiccup said as he maneuvered to keep Kala from scraping against the cave walls as they made their way through the cave system.