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Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Return

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It had been one week and three days since the transformation, and Hiccup had gotten a lot better at hunting, as Toothless had promised. He had learned to use his newly senses, and tracking down animals was now easy work. He still needed some practice in actually_catching_ his prey, but he was making progress. If Toothless didn't know any better, he would have thought Hiccup never had been a human before.

The sky was covered in stars, and the moon was extra bright tonight, making the cave where Toothless and Hiccup stayed at, light up. Hiccup stared into oblivion, thoughts swirling around his head, keeping his brain busy. He let out a sigh.

"I miss home." he said.

"This can be our home." Toothless said, looking back at Hiccup.

"It doesn't change where I was born. I've lived in the village my entire life, and besides, my dad has right to know what has happened to me. Maybe it's time to return."

"Hiccup, how will your father know that you've transformed into a Night Fury? The moment he sees us, he will attack and try to kill the both of us. He's also got the entire village behind him, and their solution to solve things has always been with their fists, not their heads."

A small smile formed on Hiccup's face. "Then we just have to find someone who does."

"Like who?"

"Like...Astrid."

Toothless growled as the other dragon mentioned the blonde's name.

"Toothless, what's wrong with you? Any time I've mentioned her, you start growling. She has never done anything to you, so why are you doing it? Explain it to me."

"I don't like her!"

"That's not an answer!"

Hiccup waited, but when he realized that Toothless wasn't going to respond, he just huffed and lay down his head. "By Thor that dragon is more stubborn than any Viking I've met!" he thought.

"Whatever you're thinking, we're going back to the village first thing in the morning, whether you like it or not" Hiccup said.

Toothless just puffed some smoke out of his nostrils, not wanting to take the conversation any further. Hiccup sighed, and closed his eyes before falling asleep.

-{}-

When morning came, Hiccup was up early to prepare himself for the trip back home. Not that it was exactly hard to prepare for a dragon, but he let the fresh air wake him up. He looked down at the sleeping Toothless.

"Hey bud! Time to wake up!"

The dragon shifted a bit, but otherwise lay still.

"Toothless, wake up!" Hiccup nudged the dragon lightly. "Come on buddy, you're even lazier than my dad!"

Unwillingly Toothless got himself up. He did not want to go back to the village, but he wanted to see the blonde even less. He gave Hiccup a sleepy look.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked. "We could..."

"Yes, I've made up my mind." Hiccup interrupted.

"Alright, alright!" Toothless said. "But I'm only going because you are. They would probably mistaken you for me as well if I didn't go."

"Okay, so are you ready?"

Toothless yawned, and stretched his wings. He gave a last look at the cave, before turning to the opening.

"Yeah, let's go."

-{}-

The weather was wet, and the forest was covered with a light fog. Two figures were trudging through it, one with its wings folded, and the other having them hang down loose.

"Hiccup, if you keep dragging your wings, you might da-.."

"Yes I know! You've said that like a million times now!" Hiccup growled. He snorted and shrugged his wings before they kept going. "How do you breathe fire anyway? Because I really want to fire a semi-solid mass at you right now."

Toothless chuckled before replying.

"It's not something that can be taught, you need to feel it yourself. You'll feel it soon enough."

"I've learned that every dragon species has a limited number of shots before they run out of fire, but I've never seen you run out. Why's that?"

Toothless smiled.

"You remember the time when I told you Night Furies had the strongest connection to magic?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, with such strong connection to it, the fire in us is created entirely out of magic, which means that we basicly have an unlimited number of shots. But because of this, our flame requires a slightly bigger amount of energy than what a normal flame from the other dragons would require. So it's really just one's stamina that is the limitation."

"Sounds like a good advantage."

"It is indeed."

They continued the walking for a while longer, before Hiccup changed direction. Toothless stared puzzled at him.

"Hiccup, where are you going? That's not the direction of the village."

"I'm going to the cove. It's where I think Astrid might be."

"What makes you think that?"

"Well, it was original our secret place until she showed up, so she might think it's where we would first return to, if we ever decided to come back."

It seemed reasonable enough to Toothless, so he followed Hiccup. "At least it would keep us away from the village a little while longer" he thought.

-{}-

Astrid was staring at the ground. She had hardly done anything else since Hiccup's sudden disappearance. All that was left of him was his prosthetic leg. Without it Hiccup would be helpless in the woods if Toothless was not there to help him. Over a week had passed, and thoughts of Hiccup being attacked by a predator had started to appear in Astrid's mind. The village had retired their search party for Hiccup, claiming that he probably wouldn't return, or that he was dead, but Astrid refused to accept that. Every day she went to the cove, hoping that Hiccup may have returned, but it was empty. It always was! Even as there were no sign of him, she would still just sit there, believing in the slightest chance that Hiccup might just pop up from nowhere. But of course that was too good to be true. Nevertheless, she kept coming.

"It's that damn dragon's fault!"_she thought._ "He went too far this time! Keeping me away from Hiccup is one thing, but kidnapping him is just...Argh! If he ever returns, I'll give him a piece of my mind!" She looked at the sky, praying the Gods to help her. Right now, she didn't have anyone else to turn to.

"Hiccup, where are you!" She screamed.

Not a second later, she heard sounds coming from the forest. It rustled in the bushes not far from the cove. She quickly picked up her battle axe, hoping that her scream hadn't attracted any predators. She waited, and waited, until a black figure suddenly jumped down on the ground about thirty meters away from her. It was a Night Fury, and she noticed it was missing a tailfin.

"Toothless!" she yelled, in a brief moment she felt happiness, but then she noticed Hiccup was nowhere to be seen. He wasn't even wearing the harness anymore either, and the fake tailfin was gone as well.

"Toothless, where is Hiccup?"

The dragon just growled at her, and sat down.

"Toothless, where is Hiccup! ?" She screamed. "You better explain or I swear I'll chop off your head with my axe!"

Toothless looked pretty much unamused about Astrid's outburst, and kept still. Only moments later a new figure jumped down in the cove. It was another Night Fury! But a bit smaller than Toothless! It walked up to Toothless and started growling at him. It seemed that they were arguing, Astrid figured. She looked with mouth wide opened at the two. All this time Toothless had been the only one of his species, but now all of a sudden another Night Fury just seemed to come out of nowhere. But she quickly snapped out of it. She couldn't be surprised at this moment, Toothless was here, but not Hiccup.

"Toothless, stop the talk and tell me where Hiccup is!"

The two dragons stopped their arguing and looked at the teen that had just interrupted it. Toothless looked at her, before pointing at the other dragon.

"Yes Toothless, I can very much see that you got a new dragon friend, but right now you need to explain where Hiccup is."

Toothless growled back at Astrid, irritated that the blonde didn't catch what he meant. He walked back at Hiccup, and nudged him.

"This _is_Hiccup!" He growled at her.

Astrid glared back confused, but then suddenly getting what Toothless probably meant. She stared at him in disbelief.

"Toothless, please don't tell me that you're trying to say the other dragon actually is Hiccup?"

Toothless nodded back at her.

"But that's impossible! How could.." She took a few steps closer, eyes focused on the other dragon. She looked at it, searching for anything that could resemble Hiccup, but she found none.

"Are you really Hiccup?" She questioned the dragon.

Hiccup whined softly and nodded.

Astrid gasped at the dragons nodding. "Could it really be him?" She thought. She wasn't fully convinced, but then got an idea.

"Alright, a simple nod isn't convincing enough for me. Now, if you really are Hiccup, you would know where we spent that romantic night together." She smiled to herself. "Show me where."

The dragon looked confident enough of the task she had been given him, and lightly trotted over to a tree nearby, and sat down under it. He then pointed at a big tree branch further up the tree. It looked back at her, waiting for any respond.

Astrid looked wide eyed at Hiccup, overwhelmed by joy.

"It really is you Hiccup! By Odin's name, it's you! You live!"

She ran towards him, and clung around Hiccup's neck.

"You don't know how much I've been worried about you! I've missed you so much!"

Hiccup purred loudly at the contact. Toothless...not so much. Obviously jealous he leapt towards them, screeching at Astrid. Hiccup hissed back, which made him stop. Astrid retreated from the contact, and cast an angry glare at Toothless.

"I've just seen Hiccup after him being gone for over a week, and that because of you! I must be able to welcome him without you going all crazy about it!"

Toothless snorted back and walked up to where Hiccup stood. Hiccup let out a small growl as Toothless was approaching him. Toothless whined apologies, which made Hiccup's face soften a little. He nudged Toothless, accepting his apology, and soon, it looked like the situation never even occurred.

"Yeah, it's nice to see everything turning all right between you two, but I think it's time to let the rest know of your return Hiccup. As well as yours Toothless."

Hiccup looked at Astrid and nodded lightly.

"However, it may not be so easy to prove that you're a Night Fury Hiccup. I'll try my best to explain to Stoic, but be ready for anything."

"We are prepared for the worst" Hiccup answered back.

"All right, just remember that I can't understand you Hiccup, okay? Anyways, with everything seemed settled, let head back!"

They started walking, and Toothless frowned at Hiccup.

"Romantic night, huh?" He grumbled to him.

"Oh please, don't start this now Toothless..."

-{}-

They followed Astrid into the woods, in the direction of the village. While Astrid had stayed quiet all the way, Hiccup and Toothless were having quite a conversation. Behind she heard a mix of whining, growling, groaning, hissing and..yeah, pretty much every sound she could come up with! She felt a bit left out with Hiccup being a dragon, and came to think that this was what Toothless might have felt when she and Hiccup spent time with each other. For a moment she felt a little sympathy for Toothless, but it was blown away just as fast as it had come when she remembered the dislike the dragon felt towards her.

"...and why did you have to jump down?" Hiccup asked. "If you had just listened to me, it would all had gone so much faster"

"Hiccup, if I had stayed one minute longer, I swear my legs would have fallen asleep. Besides, it all went well didn't it?"

"I suppose it did" Hiccup agreed. "But you didn't have to growl at her like you did. She poses no threat to me at all, you know that! She would never hurt me!"

"Maybe not, but nevertheless she got too close to you."

"So, and what's the pro-...wait a second! Were you, jealous?"

Toothless shrugged.

"A bit."

Astrid noticed that all the noises behind here suddenly stopped, and when she turned around, he saw both Hiccup and Toothless busy nuzzling each other. She sighed.

"I guess I'll never understand the two of you. Just seconds ago you were arguing like you were mortal enemies, but just look at you now! It's like it never happened!

Toothless and Hiccup chuckled while smiling to each other. Astrid let out another sigh, before turning around. They were close, and she could now spot several houses in the distance.

"We're there. Be ready guys!"

-{}-

As they stepped out of the forest and into the village, shouts could be heard everywhere! Everyone were yelling the same words. "She has found Toothless! Astrid has found him!"

"And another Night Fury" a few else called.

In less than a minute, the entire village had gathered around them in a circle! They could see Stoic pushing himself through the crowd not far away.

"Let me through! I need to see if ma'boy's alright! Hoark, if you don't move I swear by Odin's beard that I'll personal have you banished from the tribe!"

When he finally got through, he spotted Astrid, and two Night Furies, which didn't surprise him a bit at the moment, but, no Hiccup.

"But where's..." He glared at Toothless. "You devil, what have you done to my son! ?" he roared, and ran towards Toothless, whom immediately started growling.

"Stoic, don't do it!" Astrid cried out. "Hiccup is right here!"

Stoic stopped, and looked questionable at Astrid.

"Where! ?" He demanded. "I can only see two devils behind you, and they're going to pay for whatever they've done to Hiccup.

"He here whom you call devil", she pointed at Hiccup, "is actually Hiccup"

The tribe looked at her like she had lost her mind. Stoic laughed deeply.

"I don't know about you Astrid, but what I see is two Night Furies"

Astrid tried hard not to get furious at the looks the village gave her. "Just calm down. They would soon disappear if I just could prove to Stoic that Hiccup really is the other Night Fury" She thought to herself.

"Stoic, you have to believe me! It really _is_Hiccup, I'm sure of it! I don't know what caused it, but somehow I think Toothless were able to get Hiccup healthy again, but it also transformed him into a dragon in the process. Look, I met them in the woods, and he was able to answer all the questions I asked him!"

Stoic looked intently at Astrid.

"You really are serious of what ye're sayin' girl!"

"I've never been more serious in my life! Just ask him yourself if you don't believe me."

Stoic looked at Hiccup, and walked slowly until he was right before him.

"A-Are you my son?" he stammered.

Hiccup nodded, and let out a small whine. "I am dad" he said.

Stoic focused his eyes on Hiccup's. He stared at them, looking for something. He stayed motionless for what seemed like forever. Then, his eyes widened.

"By Thor it's you! You really are Hiccup! My son!" Stoic shouted while wrapping his hands around Hiccup's neck. Hiccup purred loudly, happy that Stoic had realized it was him.

The crowd just stood and watched with confusion, silence enveloping the village. For Valhalla's sake, their chief was calling a dragon his son, what would one expect! ?

"Hiccup has returned!" a Viking suddenly cried out among the crowd. Then the rest of the village leaped to their feet, cheering and shouting for the reunion between father and son.

Stoic loosened his contact with Hiccup and looked him.

"Did he really save your life?" he asked, giving a quick look over at Toothless.

Hiccup nodded vigorously. Stoic smiled and looked at Toothless.

"Well, I guess I owe you an apology then, devil. I let you go this time, but if you do as much as anything like this again to my son, I'll chop you into bits and make myself a sandwich out of you! You got that clear?"

Toothless let out a small grow, but Stoic just laughed. He let his gaze fall over to Hiccup again.

"So, you've joined them for real now haven't ya, eh! ? Looks like we're going to have a big and strong leader after all!"

Hiccup stared back and blinked dumbly.

"What? You thought just because you're a dragon, you would get away with the responsibility of becoming a chief! ?" Stoic said laughing. "You're still my son, no matter what you look like. Now, let us not discuss these problems. You're finally back, so it seems only right that we should celebrate it. We're throwing a party tonight!"

The village cheered and hurried to get the preparations done for the evening's feast. Stoic looked over to Astrid, who still hadn't moved.

"You should probably help the others with the preparations" Stoic said to her. "I'm sure Hiccup is tired, so he could use some time alone"

Astrid looked back disappointed, but wasn't going to protest to the chief, and walked slowly after the others.

Soon Hiccup said farewell to Stoic and walked towards his house, with Toothless following closely behind.. The window to his room was still left opened, ready for them if they ever returned. Hiccup smiled and jumped in.

"Well, that wasn't so bad" he said, getting himself comfortable in the room.

"Much better than expected" Toothless agreed.

"I really didn't think my father was going to take it so easy! I thought it would end up running back to the woods."

"I wouldn't mind that" Toothless said in a small voice.

"Aren't you happy that it turned out alright?" Hiccup asked, a bit of anger in his voice.

"Of course I am!" Toothless answered. "But we were having such a good time together in the forest. I miss it already" he whined.

"Look, if you really want to go back to the forest, we can do that sometimes too. How does that sound?" Hiccup asked, trying to cheer up his friend.

"Sounds good" Toothless purred.

The room fell into a silence, and Hiccup and Toothless curled up on the floor to get some well deserved rest.

Their sleep was interrupted when Stoic banged the door opened.

"Get up sleepyheads! Both Vikings and dragons are hungry, but the party can't start without you two! You don't want to be late for your own party now would ya! ? Now, let's head for the great hall!"

-{}-

Shouting and laughter was echoing all around the hall. The Vikings were gathered around the tables, eating and drinking while many were telling stories of amazing adventures they've had. Most dragons couldn't handle that much noise though, and preferred to stay outside. After arguing with Toothless, Hiccup let everyone take a good look at his new self, many gasping at the sight. As everyone had taken their turn, only Fishlegs, Astrid, Snotlout, and Ruffnut and Tuffnut were left.

"Wow Hiccup, you look awesome!" Tuffnut burst out.

"Yeah, we totally don't want to mess with you now!" Snotlout said. A big grin then formed in his face. "Hey, since you're a dragon now, how about me being your rider, eh?"

Hiccup looked surprised back at Snotlout. How could he ask such a ridiculous question! ? He shook his head.

"Oh, c'mon Hiccup, it'll be fun!" Snotlout continued, and tried getting himself up at Hiccup back.

Hiccup didn't like this one bit. Couldn't Snotlout just take no as a no? Anger started to boil inside him, and for a moment he felt like he was about to explode! He pushed Snotlout away from him, and suddenly sent out a blue burst of fire, missing Snotlout's face by mere inches. The fireball flew across the hall room at lightning speed, exploding when it hit the wall. The impact was so hard it made the ground shake. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Hiccup in shock. Snotlout stared wide eyed back at him.

"Hiccup...That. Was. AWESOME!" He exclaimed. "Do it again!"

The Vikings then jumped and cheered. Their future leader could breathe fire, who wouldn't want that! ? Hiccup looked rather confused, not entirely sure of what just happened.

"Wow, did I just do that?" He asked, looking at Toothless.

"Sure looks like you did" Toothless chuckled.

"With that kind of power, you could take down a whole army all by yourself!" Snotlout said laughing.

"That must be the most powerful shot I've ever seen!" said Fishlegs "The firepower must at least been twenty!"

The teens kept bragging about Hiccup's new abilities, which also led the twins into a fight, to everyone's amusement.

"I bet Hiccup could hold a fire for a whole minute!" Ruffnut said confidently.

"Stop talking nonsense" Tuffnut laughed. "I bet he could hold it for at least five!"

"Says who! ?"

"Says me! A minute would seem offending to Hiccup. Maybe he'd just shoot a fireball at your head right now! That sure would keep your mouth shut!" Tuffnut yelled.

"Maybe he would shoot one at you! He'd rather take sides with me!"

"Keep dreaming!" Tuffnut chuckled, and pushed his sister.

"How dare you!" She said furiously, and leapt forth and tackled Tuffnut to the ground.

The other laughed at the sight, but soon continued their talk, while the twins where occupied with what they do best.

As time went past, Hiccup gestured to the others that he was about to leave. He wasn't going to go through the night on an empty stomach, so he went looking for some fish in the bowl further down in the village.

"Hey Astrid" Snotlout suddenly said, "Since Hiccup is a dragon, how about you and I-"

"Don't even think about it!" Astrid said, glaring pointedly at Snotlout.

"Okay okay, just chill. I was just asking" he grinned.

The party kept on for hours, and as long as there was food left, there was no real reason to end it either. Also stoic held a speech dedicated to Hiccup, and was received with loud applause from the crowd when he finished. But it all had to end at some point. The Vikings never leaved the hall though, and soon they were spread out all over the room, sleeping both on the tables and the ground.

-{}-

Hiccup woke up early next morning in his room. Toothless was still sleeping, so he thought he would take a walk through the village by himself. As he was trotting through it, he was constantly greeted by all the other dragons, taking the opportunity to thank him fully for saving them from the Dragon Queen, now that he could understand them. They all treated him like one of their own, which left him feeling warm inside. He really was one of them after all! It looked like it was going to be a good day. That was, until he was stopped by Astrid, and she didn't look happy.

"Hiccup! I've been looking for you, we need to talk! Your transformation has caused a lot of problems. The dragon training program has become a total mess! Without you, the Vikings can't even get near a dragon without it snapping back! One even attempted to fly on a Nadder, which ended in broken bones. I'm completely lost, who can possibly replace you?"

"That's not good" Hiccup thought, but he knew exactly who could replace him. He looked at Astrid, before poking a paw at her. She looked back, and raised an eyebrow.

"Me! ? You're joking, right?"

Hiccup shook his big head, and watched her with big eyes.

"Hiccup, I can't do this! I mean, who can but you! ?"

Hiccup didn't know any other way to explain, so he started whining. He kept on and on, while looking at the ground pitiful, until Astrid loosened her angry look, and finally gave in.

"Alright alright, I'll do it! Just stop all that whining, please!"

Hiccup stopped, and returned a Toothless smile at her, indicating his happiness.

Astrid laughed.

"You don't need to smile that way, you look ridiculous" She chuckled. "But you've just given me a lot to do, so I need to go now. I'll see you later!" She gave him a hug, before she went off.

And then she was gone, disappearing behind a house. "Huh, I can't believe that actually worked!" Hiccup thought to himself, smiling. Then he heard a loud screech, which he immediately recognized as Toothless'. "Oops, I better get back before he wakes up the whole village" He thought. He didn't need to go many meters before he saw Toothless coming running right at him, tackling him to the ground.

"Hiccup, why did you leave me like that! ?"

"Toothless, calm down! I was just out of the house a little early to get some fresh air. You slept so peacefully, so I thought I'd just leave you as you were"

"Don't do that ever again! I get worried when you're gone."

Toothless smelled the air around him, before looking down at Hiccup.

"You didn't get too close to anyone did you?"

"Well.." Hiccup started, "..I met Astrid on my way for some breakfast, and we had an conversation, sort of."

Toothless growled at the mention of her. He knew that scent was familiar.

"Oh, please Toothless, don't start that again! I've said to you before, she's no danger to me!"

"I don't care. You can't get too close to her, and I will make sure of that."

"Oh yeah? Then how! ?" Hiccup asked challenging.

"Oh, you'll see." Toothless said grinning.

Hiccup regretted with all his heart that he had mentioned Astrid, for Toothless was now clinging on to him, everywhere_he went! He made sure to not let anyone near Hiccup, besides Stoic and other Vikings Toothless didn't see as any immediate threat. Anywhere where Hiccup went, Toothless followed, no matter where it was. Even if Hiccup needed to do the slightest thing like needing to pee, Toothless was right there beside him, which made him flush. He felt really embarrassed having Toothless so close to him, _really close too! Not to mention when walking through the village.

"Toothless, can you please stop it, it's embarrassing when everyone looks!"

"I said I wouldn't let anyone near you, you just have to deal with it. And I don't see how this is in any way is embarrassing. We're just close to each other."

"Well for humans, that can usually mean many things."

"At this point you're not exactly a human Hiccup" Toothless grumbled.

Hiccup sighed. It looked like there was no way he was getting any privacy anymore, as long as this kept going.

With the next days, life finally started to take a normal turn. Hiccup could now use his new strong body help the others move heavy materials from one place to another, and learning about becoming a chief went mostly good as well. It was a bit hard for Hiccup and Stoic to communicate with each other, but after practice Stoic could understand much just out of body language, which helped a lot when Hiccup tried to explain something. And his work in the forge was far from over just because he didn't have hands! He had learned to hold a fire for minutes, and making weapons went a lot faster, since his flame was so hot. Stoic had also started to treat Toothless a lot better now when his own son also was a dragon. He talked to Toothless like he was a human, and fully a member of the family! He even called Toothless 'Toothless' now! It made Hiccup happy, and he wanted to screech out with joy. It all felt so right!

-{}-

Hiccup was in his room, and had just finished doing some errands for Gobber. It was late, and he was about to sleep when he suddenly felt a tongue run across his head.

"Toothless, what are you doing?"

"Just cleaning you."

"I just took a bath in the cove today, is there anything to clean at all! ?"

"No, not really" Toothless answered while continuing his licking.

For some reason Hiccup just accepted that answer, and let Toothless continue his cleaning. It actually felt good, and it seemed like Toothless was enjoying it as well, as purring noises kept coming from him. But the feeling soon become too intense, and Hiccup could feel as he started to get aroused by Toothless' continuous licking. Hiccup flushed and moved away from the dragon.

"That's enough, no more licking"

"Why?" Toothless asked. "For me it seemed like you were enjoying it."

"I did, a bit maybe, but..i-it's started to get late, and I should probably get some sleep."

Hiccup just couldn't tell Toothless that he got aroused by it, and flushed at the thought that he actually did in the first place. His body was working against him! Toothless was just his best friend, nothing more, so this shouldn't be happening. Besides, he liked Astrid, didn't he?

In the following days Hiccup would still allow Toothless to clean him, if that really was what he was doing, but always stopped before it went too far. This sudden caring didn't stop there though. Toothless had also started nipping him, and would bite his tail for no real reason. He jumped around playfully and tackled him while he was trying to work. This kept on for over two weeks before Hiccup couldn't let this keep going. Toothless was really starting to get on his nerves, and decided he would force an explanation out of him. Toothless was acting very strange, and he wasn't going to sit back and do nothing. He needed to get to the bottom of this.

-{}-

It was starting to get late, and Toothless was on his way to Hiccup's room. There, he found him, but his face was a mix of anger and worry. Toothless stopped in the doorway and looked puzzled at him.

"Is something wrong Hiccup?"

"You..."

Toothless looked back, startled.

"Me?"

"Yes, you're the problem Toothless. I don't know what's going through your head when you all of a sudden start biting or tackling me, but it's starting to annoy me. I noticed this similar behavior a long while ago when I was human, but at that time it would be hard to just ask you, since I couldn't understand you. But now I can, and I demand an explanation!"

Hiccup paused for a brief moment, thinking through what he just said, before continuing. This time, with a more anxious look on his face. "I'm worried about you Toothless, but unless you tell me what's wrong, I can't do anything to help you. You're my best friend, you can tell me anything! You don't need to keep acting this strange way, because it's just making me confused. Please, just tell me what's wrong so we can work this out."

"I guess there's no way around then" Toothless thought to himself. He had given strong signals, but it wasn't enough for Hiccup. If he ever wanted Hiccup to understand, Toothless would need to talk with him, face to face. He had pushed Hiccup to the limits, and now when he demanded an explanation, Toothless saw it as time to reveal his feelings to him.

He walked up to the window, and gestured Hiccup to follow.

"Where are we going?" he asked.

"Just come," Toothless said, and leapt out of the window.

-{}-

Hiccup followed him, and soon understood that Toothless was taking him to the cove. "Wonder why he's doing that?" He thought.

When they reached it, Toothless stopped by the lake, the water sparkling due to all the moonlight shooting down at it.

"I.." He started, "I don't know how to say this, but I'm just going to say it as it is. Hiccup, I love you.." Toothless paused for a brief second, but before he could continue, Hiccup interrupted him.

"Toothless I love you too, there's n-...'"

"It's not what you think it is Hiccup!" Toothless almost screeched back.

Hiccup froze...

"You don't understand, there's more to it than just friendship. Ever since we killed the dragon queen, our bond got so much stronger, and I wanted to see it as much more than just friendship. These new feelings kept me up at nights, and it drew me mad! I was confused at first, but then I understood, these feelings came because of you. It's you I want Hiccup! If there are any other Night Furies out there, I don't care, it's you I'd rather be with. My behavior back at the village, they were all hints, strong hints that I hoped you'd understand, so I wouldn't have to confront you like I'm doing right now. This could seem all so sudden to you, but these feelings have gnawed my head for months, and it drew me crazy that I couldn't tell you sooner! When you wanted an explanation, I saw no other way than to tell you, because I felt our friendship slowly would break if I kept keeping all these emotions hidden. I don't know how you'll react now, but I just want you to know that no matter how you will, this will always be how I feel about you, and always will, to the day I take my last breath, and whatever might come after."

Toothless looked at the reflection of himself in the water. No wind disturbed the water, it was all so clear. And he could see it, his body was shaking. There was no turning back now. No more secrets, no more hiding. This was it!

"Hiccup..". Toothless looked down, his claws digging into the soft ground. He took a deep breath, Then fixed his gaze at Hiccup once again, his eyes more serious than ever.

"I've chosen you as my mate."