Prologue
"I am so leaving. We're leaving. Lets pack up. Looks like me and you are taking a little vacation, forever."
A skinny boy with a mop of auburn-brown hair that fell in his eyes and the unfortunate name of Hiccup put a large wicker basket down onto the floor with a thump. He looked too small to be lifting a basket of that size, as if his willowy limbs might snap under the pressure. Sweeping his hair out of his emerald eyes with one hand, he stood up and surveyed the cove he was standing in.
"Toothless?" he called somewhat hesitantly. "Are you here, bud?"
Suddenly a dark shape launched itself from a shadowy alcove and began to lick Hiccup's face energetically.
"Alright bud, alright," laughed Hiccup. "Lemme up now. Gotta breathe."
The large black dragon sat back on its haunches and warbled, as if laughing at his soaking rider. Hiccup grimaced as he shook Night Fury saliva of his arms.
"Thanks bud," he muttered. "You know that doesn't wash out."
Toothless just laughed again and lowered himself to sniff at the basket and the bags Hiccup was pulling out from beneath two rocks.
"Yeah, think you can carry all that Toothless?" he asked, nudging the bags into a pile. The dragon snorted, offended that his rider had ever doubted him.
"Yeah yeah," grinned Hiccup. "Just hold still."
The boy began to fasten the bags and basket to Toothless's saddle, calloused fingers from hours in the forge sliding smoothly over the knots, never once fumbling. Once he was finished, Hiccup inspected Toothless's prothesistic tail, making sure it was sky worthy. One bag contained tools to fix it if anything went wrong. Hiccup swung himself up into the saddle with practice ease. He and Toothless looked around the cove together. For one, it was a prison, the other, a place of peace.
"Here we go, bud," whispered Hiccup. "Freedom."
And the two friends took off into the blue sky.
A/N
Sorry about the length of this chapter. Its my first fanfic so I need lots of criticism!