☾ the invasion of the cute and tiny

[no_eels]

Who: Toothless and you.
Where: Inside, outside, anywhere and everywhere.
When: Anytime during the Puppy event.
Rating: G for now.
Summary: Puppies? What are puppies? Why are they everywhere? Oh no, why are they so fuzzy?

The Story:

Toothless' stay in Wonderland had been a short one, before the place had begun to change on him. He'd been adjusting well with Hiccup at his side, no longer swarmed with anxiety, and, though he tried to stay with his friend to protect him, sometimes he went off on his own for a walk or two. Never for very long, but long enough to get more of the mansion and its grounds into his memory. The woods intrigue him, but he hasn't tried to fully explore them. Not yet, anyway.

And then, one morning, he wakes up with small fuzzy things all over him.

The Nightfury's smelled their kind before, at other viking villages, but older and louder. These are small, quiet and full of drool, seemingly determined to chew on him and his harness. At first, he's annoyed by it.

But then, after a few hours of adjustment, and a restless nap, the dragon realizes that what he's discovered is an endless fountain of other creatures to play with. Creatures who don't expect him to talk or communicate, only chase them and hold still while they climb all over him.

He notices almost nothing else but the puppies, wandering all over the mansion with a small entourage at his feet as the puppies try to figure out what kind of strange dog he is. Every so often, he lays down and rolls around with them, and chases one or two around, until they all wear each other down and take a nap. And then, upon waking, the dance begins again.

Toothless is more or less entirely occupied, and might have to be reminded to do more than eat and sleep. He certainly doesn't really notice any other changes that come with the puppies in question.

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tl;drs all over you

[dragesjef]

The whole thing has been an odd adjustment for Hiccup. Wake up suddenly one morning, covered in puppies, and having everything looking so...grey? It's had him curious and baffled, not to mention slightly frustrated with the sheer number of excitable creatures constantly crawling over him or bouncing around his feet. At least he's managed to only trip on them once.

Taking to moving very carefully through the hallways, trying to avoid kicking any puppies by accident or tripping over them again, it's made getting around very slow. Not impossible, at least, but it's just one more thing adding to the pile of need. The need to fly. At least the sky can't be crowded with puppies, right? The only thing is, he has to find Toothless before he can get this beautiful freedom he so desperately craves right now.

It's been a few hours since he's seen the Night Fury, though, which has the Viking concerned. Toothless doesn't usually stay away so long, especially not while they're somewhere more unfamiliar. Only when he rounds one random corner inside the mansion does he realize what's kept the dragon successfully distracted.

"Weeeellll, looks like someone's made some new friends." He observes, amused, as he seems to have found Toothless in the middle of playing with all the puppies. This probably shouldn't surprise him, really. Laughing a little to see the dragon practically swarmed by tiny dogs, Hiccup folds his arms over his chest and raises his eyebrows. "You having fun there, bud?"

[no_eels]

Toothless gives happy little snorts, while puppies dog-pile (literally) onto his stomach and chest and then onto his neck. It tickles, in a good way. They don't try to snap and chew at him like Terrible Terrors. In fact, he's pretty sure that their little teeth can't get through his hide in any meaningful sort of way.

Which means the whole thing is open season for playing, and the look he gives Hiccup is immeasurably pleased. Look at what I found! he seems to be saying, as a Labrador puppy jumps on top of his head and yips excitedly.

[dragesjef]

It looks like Toothless is having the time of his life, really. Which is good--at least someone is enjoying this bizarre situation. Maybe it'll take some of the stress off of him that he must have from being in Wonderland. If he has any. Hiccup knows he, himself, has been dealing with some, and it wouldn't surprise him if Toothless was too.

It's one thing to go off on an adventure, flying there yourself. It's a whole other thing to be one place, and then suddenly, magically somewhere new with adventure thrust upon you.

So yeah. The fact that he's seeing Toothless rolling around and enjoying himself so much, it's nice. It even puts Hiccup a little at ease, and he can't help but laugh as one puppy jumps on the dragon's head.

"I hope you're not thinking about keeping them," he comments wryly, stepping in closer and leaning over to give some of the puppies attention. "I'll never get any sleep if all this is going on in our room all the time."

[no_eels]

The pile of puppies is happy to divert their attention to Hiccup, or at least half of their attention, starting to swarm at him as well. Toothless rumbles and then snorts in response to the statement. He really wouldn't mind having them... but he supposes they must get bigger and bigger, and take up too much space, eventually... wouldn't they?

It's a bit rough, not having the other dragons around. He misses his full-size playmates. These will have to do, in the meantime.

Toothless ends the snort in a quiet whine. Why can't he keep them?

[dragesjef]

As the puppies, or at least some of the puppies, come hurtling his way, Hiccup just laughs some more and happily offers up scratches and pets. It's weird having tiny, fluffy animals around when he's used to reptiles of all shapes and sizes. But they are pretty cute.

Toothless' whine draw his attention away from the puppy puddle, however, and he eyes the dragon carefully. Almost suspiciously, except the smile on his face ruins the effect he's going for.

"So you do want to keep them?" He asks, despite the answer being pretty obvious. Another quiet moment, more surveying the Night Fury and the puppies all around him. Hiccup puts on a show of it, humming and hawing out loud like it's an incredibly tough decision that he doesn't want to break on.

"Weeelll... I suppose, if you really, really want to, you can keep one or two." He finally 'decides', though his amusement is clear on his face. Even as he puts on a faux-stern expression and points a finger at Toothless. "But you have to take care of them, got it? They're your responsibility."

Obviously he'll help, if Toothless really does want to keep any, but it's all for the sake of the joke right now.

[no_eels]

This is met by a happy couple of snorts. Toothless might change his mind in the future, or they might simply disappear, but for right now, he's pleased to have the puppies around. He's also pleased to watch them attempt to climb Hiccup in the way they seem happy to climb the Nightfury.

He lifts up his wings and several of them slide off, then lowers them back to the ground again. The same puppies jump on, and the ride begins again. Toothless just looks at Hiccup. Look at how good he is at taking care of them!

This is how you take care of them, isn't it?

[dragesjef]

Having expected this to please the dragon, Toothless' snorts are met with more laughter. Although, the puppies trying to climb him help a little with the amusement, too.

"Easy, guys, easy." His efforts to slow them down don't really work--they don't really seem as comprehending as dragons--but Hiccup stays crouched where he is all the same. If the puppies want to use him as a playground too, well, that's okay for now.

Smiling widely, he looks up from the rambunctious balls of fur only to find himself meeting Toothless' gaze. Eyes trailing down along the dragons back to his wings, he watches the puppies slide. It's officially impossible to remove the grin from his face at this point. It's too much cute for one person to handle!

"Oh yeah, that's really good," he nods, getting the idea from Toothless' look. "That'll wear them out at least. But you've gotta feed them, too. Pets are a big responsibility, bud."

[impalementarts]

Clint is...a little confused. It's big and black and the dog seems to love it and Lucky Pepperoni seems to love it or at least want to love it given how he instantly starts squirming to get down when he spots the dragon offering a series of "Let's play" yips and barks.

"Okay, okay hold it now fella." nope. Not holding it. With a solid little kick to his solar plexis there's another small yellow furry thing running for the big black thing.

Clint is not happy.

"Hey! Hey come back man. Come back!"

[no_eels]

There are already a swarm of happy, loud fuzzy things all over him, but the addition of a new one from a viking whose scent he doesn't recognize is noted. Toothless looks to the new puppy before baring his teeth playfully. It might look alarming, for a split second, before the giant mouth closes and then the Nightfury gives the puppy a nudge.

Come and get him, small furry creature. He's ready for you.

[impalementarts]

He is fearless. When he started existing he got food and he ate all of it all by himself and only got a little sick! Which means he can handle anything right? Right. flopping back he looks back towards the human wagging his tail before hopping forward toward toothless's nose.

He barks, one, two, three before jumping forward as Clint tries to grab for him to be knocked to his feet by more of them.

"Lucky heel! Lucky stop!"

[no_eels]

Toothless' head is flat, mostly, and good for smaller things to sit on. Even if he rarely lets them do it. Terrible Terrors try to take his food, more often than not, and those are the only vaguely puppy-related things that the dragon knows.

These certainly aren't dragons, though. Too fluffy. Maybe Hiccup can explain.

But for now, the Nightfury lets the pup hop onto the front of his face and only puffs little wafts of air at him playfully. Surprisingly gentle, given the size of him, but he's had practice with Hiccup.

[impalementarts]

Lucky the puppy is having the best time ever. Tail wagging, he grins at Clint who...stops. Nothing that big would let anything near it's head.

"Nice lizard."

Lucky could practically facepalm. Silly pink toy this is not a lizard. It doesn't smell right. Instead he whines.

[no_eels]

This particular puppy does seem to be attached to a viking, unlike the others which are roaming free. Toothless rumbles and looks in Clint's direction curiously, over the pup's fluff. He doesn't exactly strike terror into anyone's heart in this pose, but still, he doesn't want the viking to worry. So he rumbles quietly, a friendly greeting. To the both of them, really.

[onsilksheets]

After almost a full day of wrangling puppies and keeping them away from her belongings, Bela was ready for an escape outside in the hope that there wouldn't be so many of the animals around. And even if there were, at least she would have space to breathe out in the open.

She was about to make her way into the gardens when a strange sight caught her attention. Bela shouldn't be surprised to see a dragon rolling around with puppies because she was in Wonderland, but the dragon looked so friendly. That was the most jarring thing about the situation.

Bela hangs back and watches the scene, making no move to approach.

[no_eels]

The puppies play a sort of king on the mountain game, taking turns scrambling on top of the dragon and knocking each other off. And, inevitably, tumbling off themselves due to their not-quite-developed senses of balance. Toothless, for his part, is mostly content to watch, although occasionally he wriggles around and shifts himself.

He's warm in the sun, and happy to be there. None of the fuzzy creatures can hurt him if he's careful — and the most they can do is poke at his eyes, anyway, or chew off bits of his harness. With the undeveloped jaws on most of them, that last one is unlikely.

Toothless is so caught up in the moment that he doesn't notice Bela for several long moments, opening his eyes to look over at her curiously but making no other movements.

[onsilksheets]

As long as the puppies were distracted by the dragon they would leave her alone. That was what Bela was telling herself anyway, hoping it would actually happen.

But then the dragon was glancing in her direction and she wasn't sure what to do. Not panicking would be a wonderful start Bela thinks. Don't give a reason to rile the dragon up was another one.

"Hi." Bela says finally, offering the creature a small smile. She doesn't know if it can talk but if the dragon didn't view her as a threat then it would work in her favour.

[no_eels]

Toothless watches Bela, upside-down, for a long moment before he responds in a lazy rumble which seems to be a greeting. The sun has the effect of making him rather lethargic, and the puppies don't exactly help that.

Then a white Husky tumbles off of him and next to his head, and the Nightfury is forced to shift himself or be blinded by fuzz. He makes a playful snort in the puppy's direction. Clumsy little creatures — but that does make them somewhat endearing to the dragon. For now, at least.

[onsilksheets]

Well, that solves the question of whether it could speak or not. But the dragon seemed to understand her.

Bela laughs a little as the scene unfolds, hoping that it would help to relax her. She vaguely remembers Jesse telling her about a dragon he had befriended a while ago- maybe this was the very dragon he was talking about.

She takes a cautious step towards the dragon, a smile still on her face. "Having fun?"

[no_eels]

A second rumble is her confirmation, the Nightfury not making any sudden moves aside from nudging a few of his playmates as they bite a bit too close to sensitive areas. It's hard to sit up when there's a fuzzy, warm thing on the spot that turns you into jello, the dragon's discovered. He can barely coordinate at all, between them and the light of the sun.

[seekingbrother]

This event has been a particularly vexxing one for Alphonse, torn between enjoying the presence of so many playful little puppies and the very real need to keep an eye on his brother. Getting Edward to accept emotional support was like trying to get blood from a stone sometimes, and this was proving to be one of them much to Al's worry and frustration.

So Alphonse is taking a walk to give his brother some space and relax a little bit when he happens to come across Toothless and his pack of playmates. He stops and stares for a moment and can't manage to stifle a laugh at the sight. How can he, it's too darned cute! "Enjoying yourself there?"

[no_eels]

Enjoying himself is putting it lightly. The very pleased Nightfury looks in Al's way, recognizing the friendly viking and giving him a rumble in greeting. But he's pinned down by puppies and can't do much else, a Saint Bernard sitting on his neck and two separate piles on top of his wings. He's been using them as slides for his playmates' delight, but is currently resting them.

All in all, he doesn't look ferocious in the slightest.

[seekingbrother]

Al chuckles and steps forward to gently remove a few of the puppies from Toothless--that doesn't look terribly comfortable, especially the Saint Bernard sprawled out on him. "Well, that's good to hear! You found your friend, right?"

[no_eels]

Toothless nods, pleased, giving another rumble. Which doesn't dislodge any of the puppies, now that Al has been kind enough to shift them around. The pile is happy enough to divert half of its attention — at least — to the newcomer, and Toothless, it seems, is a magnet for the larger puppies running around. And a few of the tiny ones, though they seem to be the ones resting on his tail and chewing on the artificial fin.

[seekingbrother]

"That's good--whoop!" Al doesn't get much farther with freeing Toothless before he's bowled over himself by the swarm of wriggling, barking bodies. He goes down with a laugh, letting himself be pushed onto his back and attacked with kisses. "Ack! Stop that, you're tickling me, haha!"

[no_eels]

Watching Al be aggressively targeted by his fuzzy compatriots, Toothless lets out a serious of low, rolling sounds that seems to be the dragon version of laughter. Alone, these creatures can't do much. But together, they seem capable of taking on almost anything they find. Toothless somewhat included. He watches Al with wide, amused eyes as the puppies slather him with attention.