Part One

The sun slowly rises on Berk. It's a cold morning, but I don't care. Today we were going on a picnic with Stormfly and Astrid. Hiccup just needed to wake up first. I sit on the roof and wait for the bell to ring just like it does every morning. That's my signal to wake my bud. I never allow Hiccup to sleep in. I live for our early morning flights when it's just the two of us.

Ding. Ding. Ding. The bell rings, rang by some unseen viking, that I never did care to find out who it was. I leap from my perch and land on the ground. I quietly creep into the house and into Hiccup's room. The sound of soft breathing is in the air. Hiccup is still asleep.

"Bud wake up," I growl. Hiccup doesn't wake up, but he does start to stir.

"Hiccup." I growl again, this time a little louder. This time, he rolls over.

"HICCUP!" I growl as loud as I can.

Hiccup sits up suddenly, eyes wide in shock. He looks around wildly, then notices me sitting there.

"Good morning Toothless," he says with a slight laugh as he stretches and climbs out of bed. He pulls on his clothes and boot. Boot. I've never gotten used to saying that. The accident happened over a year ago, but I still feel horrible when I see his metal foot. I don't even remember how it happened. I just know his foot was so messed up they had to cut it off. I'm so glad Hiccup wasn't awake for that. It was horrible to watch.

" What's wrong Bud?" Hiccup's voice cuts into my thoughts. I realize I had been staring at his foot again. I shake my head and bounce down the stairs. Hiccup follows, still half asleep. He shoves a loaf of bread, some chicken, and a couple of bottles of yak milk into a bag. He puts it on his back as we go outside. Hiccup climbs onto my back and I take off.

~Defiant One~ Part one~

The air is freezing, even to me, so we only take a short flight. Then we head to Astrid's house. Stormfly sees us coming and roars excitedly. I roar back and land. Astrid comes out of the house to see what the commotion is. She smiles when she sees Hiccup and runs to give him a hug. They talk for a minute then we take off.

We fly for a few hours, despite the freezing wind while Astrid and Hiccup talk about how nice and quiet it is without the others. I agree, but don't say anything. Hiccup eventually spots an island and decides that it's time to stop for lunch. We descend slowly, this island gave me the creeps. I had a bad feeling about this.

Once we've landed, Astrid and Hiccup set up their picnic while Stormfly and I catch some fish. The uneasy feeling never leaving. Why did I have a feeling we shouldn't be here?

After I ate, I decided to have a look around while Hiccup and Astrid discussed yesterday's training. I smile as I remember the target I destroyed with a blast of fire. It took ten minutes to put that out. Stoick was not happy, though my Bud thought it was good. The twins loved it too.

"Hey Bud, It's time to go," Hiccup calls bringing me out of the memory that had distracted me from my investigation.

He starts shoving the leftover food into his bag. Astrid walks over to Stormfly and gets her ready to leave. Hiccup walks over to me and starts to climb onto my back. Suddenly, Stormfly runs off. The uneasy feeling grows as I hear voices in the air. Something human hearing couldn't pick up yet. If Hiccup hadn't been holding onto me, I would have been running after Stormfly.

Astrid runs after her dragon, around a corner and out of sight. A moment later I hear a sound that makes my heart skip a beat: a terrified scream. Astrid was in trouble.

Hiccup yells "ASTRID!" and slides off my back. He runs towards the sound, out of sight. I follow but am stopped by the voice of a man I never wanted to see again. Now that it was closer I could tell who it was. Alvin. I suddenly realize why I didn't like this place. We were close to Outcast Island. We had been so distracted that nobody had noticed. And now Hiccup had ran right into the hands of the enemy.

"We meet again boy," Alvin says.

"What do you want Alvin?" Hiccup asks in an annoyed tone.

"The dragon boy, of course."

" I will NEVER help you," Hiccup says defiantly.

Alvin starts to laugh. A cruel laugh that sends chills down my spine. The wind starts to blow and the sky seems to darken. I have to see what's going on. I don't like seeing Alvin's face, but I have to check on my Bud. I slowly peek my head around the corner and watch.

~Defiant One~ Part one~

Stormfly is trapped in a net , held by at least 5 outcasts. Astrid is nowhere in sight. Hiccup was standing a few feet away from Alvin. He didn't look scared at all, even though I was shivering in fear.

Alvin stops laughing and says "You wont help me? Not even to save your little girlfriend?" He looks behind him as an outcast steps forward holding a knife to Astrid's neck. She yells "Don't do it Hiccup!"

" I have to." Hiccup realizes out loud.

"NO! DON'T DO IT!"

"Astrid," Hiccup sighs," I can't let him hurt you."

He walks towards Alvin. Alvin says with a grin " Finally. The boy has some sense."

"I'll help you if you let her go." Hiccup said to Alvin.

"Fine," Alvin grunts to the outcast holding Astrid," Let her go."

The outcast lets go of Astrid and she runs to Hiccup's side. "Why? Why did you do it?" she asks.

"I didn't want you to get hurt." was Hiccup's answer.

Astrid says " Hiccup..."

He gives her a hug. "Sorry Astrid. I have to do this."

My Bud slowly walks closer to Alvin. I want to run. To stop him from doing this horrible thing. But, my legs seem frozen. I stand there in shock. No. There was no way Hiccup would actually help this man. Hiccup stops in front of Alvin and says "Let me say just one more thing."

Alvin grumbles in annoyance as he says "Just one more thing."

Hiccup says "I'll NEVER help you." as he pulls his small dagger out of his vest and stabs himself in the chest.

Astrid screams "HICCUP!"

My scream of horror was caught in my throat. "Hiccup. No!" I wanted to cry.

"NO! WE NEED HIM ALIVE!" Alvin screams.

"I'll die before we reach Outcast Island," My Bud says, " No point in taking me with you now. I can't help you if I'm dead." A look of confidence masking his pain. He still didn't know where we were. And I pray that Alvin doesn't remember.

Alvin turns and stomps away from my injured friend. He has forgotten where this island is. Thank the Gods.

Alvin's parting words are "You may have outsmarted me now, but when you die from that wound, I'll come to Berk and steal the Book of Dragons. And there will be no one to stop me."

His words hang in the frosty air until he's out of sight. His boat swallowed by the grey mist hanging over the water.

~Defiant one~ Part one~

Hiccup waits until Alvin is gone then collapses with a moan. Astrid runs to his side. I snap out of my shock and run over to my Bud. His face has no color and blood is pouring from his chest. Hiccup sees me and whispers "H-hey Toothless." His pain now clearly showing on his face. Tears roll down Astrid's cheeks as she cries "Why? Why did you do this Hiccup? Why?"

"I-I... had to... save... y-you."

Astrid stands up. " Well, now I have to save you."

She runs to Stormfly, cuts the dragon free, and jumps on her back. "Toothless, stay with Hiccup," she yells as they fly away. Don't worry Astrid, there is no way I would even think about leaving Hiccup.

~Defiant One~ Part One~

As I watch her go, snow begins to fall. Hiccup moans weakly. His breath comes out in ragged gasps. He's still bleeding. I raise my wing over his small body to shield him from the falling snow. " Thanks... Bud." he whispers.

We wait in silence. The minutes ticking away as slow as hours. The longer we wait, the worse Hiccup looks and I'm starting to worry that he's not going to make it. His breathless gasps and face whiter than the snow around us worries me. He's still bleeding. A lot.

"Please hurry Astrid," I silently pray, glancing up at the sky, looking for any sign that help was on the way.

"Toothless," Hiccup suddenly says, " I ...love you... Bud." His voice is so soft and weak, I almost don't hear him. He starts coughing violently and I raise my wing to see how he's doing. He looked worse, if that was even possible, and had curled himself into a ball. At this angle I couldn't see if he was still bleeding. He was shivering from the sudden blast of air, so I covered him again.

"Toothless! Hiccup!" a voice calls. I look up and see Astrid and Stoick. They land and run over as fast as they can. I raise my wing and let them see my Bud.

Stoick cries "Son! Oh No."

Astrid says "Hiccup we're here to help."

" A-Astrid. I... need t-to tell you some..thing." Hiccup says as Stoick starts wrapping a bandage over the still bleeding wound.

"Yes?" Astrid asks.

" I l-love... you." he declares as he passes out. The loss of blood finally taking it's toll. Astrid smiles and tells Hiccup " I love you too."

The next couple hours pass in a blur. Hiccup is taken home on Thornado. I am taken home on a boat sailed by Gobber who had sailed up a few minutes after my Bud passed out.

Once he's home, Hiccup is properly stitched up and put into bed. I wait by his side the entire time. Unable to do anything else. Afraid something would happen if I left.

How many times had I done this? Waited for Hiccup to regain consciousness after being hurt. Waited for him to shake it off with a sarcastic comment, and be alright. I hated it when this happened. I felt so lost without him.