Hiccup grinned as the crisp coldish air whipped on his face. It was early morning with the sky almost black with so many clouds, but that didn't bother neither Hiccup or Toothless. Both could see just fine, because they were used to it.

As they flew farther and farther from town, Hiccup became aware of dark shapes in the forest below. They seemed to be watching him. Waiting for something.

What did that mean?

Hiccup urged Toothless upwards a bit, so to put more distance between the shapes and them, but as Toothless got higher, his balance started to feel strange. Like he was about to tip. Hiccup felt it also, and he looked back in suprise to find that the connector rod was somehow bent at an un-useable angle.

Until it broke.

They instantly went spinning. They hit the side of the nearby mountian, throwing Hiccup off of the dragon. "Toothless!" Hiccup called, terrified at seeing how high they'd really had been. Hiccup had freefallen before, but never this high. He'd always had the chance to save them.

But he had no chance here.

Hiccup hit a ledge on the mountain hard, Toothless doing the same. Object after object they hit, some injuring them majorly, some minorly, and others doing nothing but a few scratches.

Finally, they hit the ground. Hiccup couldn't breath. His chest was on fire, and he could taste a lot of blood in his mouth. He felt as though he was drowning.

Drowning in his own blood.

With much effort, he looked over at Toothless, to see in horror, the dragon was also severly wounded. It had many major wounds, along with many minor, but also major ones. Quite a few scales were missing, showing bleeding flesh beneath.

Toothless called weakly for Hiccup.

Hiccup, try as he might, could not move. He quickly found his prosethic had been ripped off, and his other leg was broken. His left wrist was gashed open and pouring blood, and his right arm was bent completely around. He could feel the broken ribs, and he could also tell they were puncturing his lungs.

They were both dying.

With one last effort, Hiccup used his bleeding arm to pull himself over to Toothless. So that way if they died- No. When they died, they'd be together. "I'm sorry bud" Hiccup whispered as the dragon did his best to wrap him in his wings.

The dragon cooed in response.

Hiccup still could barely breathe. More and more blood was pouring from his mouth, and onto the soil beneath his head. He was drowning, his dragon and best friend was dying with him, and no one knew. They always took early morning flights. Sometimes they wouldn't come back until around dinner. No one would worry until tomarrow. And by then, they'd be long gone…

Hiccup groaned as he sat up, and held his head. He looked around and noticed in was in the forest, and as he was watching, it started to snow.

What happened? The last thing he remembered was something about flying then…..

His eyes widened in shock and he was quickly to his feet. He sprinted to where he knew where it was.

And he we right.

Laying there, in the freshly falling snow, was the cold bodies of him and Toothless.

Toothless…

"Toothless!" Hiccup imedeatly yelled "Toothless! Are you here bud!?" To his great relief, Toothless soon came bounding out of the forest, looking quite shaken, but Hiccup expected no less considering how shaken he was. They'd just died.

So why were they still here?

A rustling in the bushed had Toothless growling instantly. A few moments later, a strange figure walked out.

"Who are you?" Hiccup called. "What are you?"

"I'm mostly the same as you" A female voice replied. The figure finally stepped into the light, and they saw the female features of it. The curves, the face, and her clothes. That of a warrior, but yet a princess. "As for my name, my name is Makaleana."

"Makaleana" Hiccup repeated. "Nice name" "I know right? I don't even know how my parents came up with it."

She looked around for a moment, before her eyes landed on they're bodies, not five feet away.

"Oh. New timers. I'm so sorry" She said after a few moments of silence. Hiccup frowned "New timers?"

"Newly dead." She explained "It's what we call those who died very recently. And before you ask who 'we' are, I'll tell you. We're the people who died on this island during the first generation and on."

Hiccup's eyes widened "Wait a second. You're the Makalena? The great cheif's daughter?"

She smiled and gave a poliet bow "That would be me." Hiccup smiled back, but it falted "I don't want to sound rude… But… How did you…-" "How did I die? I was poisoned. By my younger brother. Sinceence I was the eldest, the cheif spot was to go to me, but my brother had other ideas. He thought women should bow down to men, that men were greater and more powerful, so he posioned me. He became cheif that same night, because he also poisoned our father. Everyone believed his claim that he'd been immune to the poison, but his son learned the truth when my brother'd been talking to his wife."

"Then what happened?" Hiccup asked, curious. Makalena guestured for him to sit, and did the same. "Well, after he found out, he went and told the only person who he knew would believe him. The village Elder of our time. Those two found the poison, and slowly told the entire town of their thoughts. Most claimed them to be liars, but those who'd been close to both me, and my father, thought it through. They'd known that my brother hadn't liked the idea of a girl being cheif. So they slowly started to perswade people to their cause. When my brother heard of it, he questioned everyone, but none knew who'd actually started it, because my nephew and the Elder had been very secretive, only doing notes that didn't match their natural hand writing."

Hiccup smiled "So what did they do?"

"They poisoned him. In front of everyone. Everyone knew that he'd been the one to posion me and my father, so none objected to him dying. He was thrown into the ocean, so his soul wasn't to haunt Berk. My father was burned on a boat, but sinceence I'd done no great deeds, no matter how much they'd wanted to, they wern't allowed to burn me. They burried me not to far from here."

Hiccup nodded "So, if your burned, does your soul leave?" He asked.

"Yes. For quite a while, my brother told them to just burry us, sinceense we wern't 'allowed' into Valhalla sinceense we wern't 'immune' to the poison. We'd just roamed the Island, until finally my brother was poisoned. They marched right out here, gave me a new, much more proper burrial, and burned him. My nephew said that he wished that he could send me too, but I know that only great people can be burned. It's how it is for us."

Hiccup nodded. "But, Makalena-" "You can call me Maka." She interupted. "Maka, what about me? I normally go flying everyday, so no ones gonna realize I'm missing untill tomarrow, or late tonight. By then, the snow might be covering our bodies."

Maka sighed "I don't know what to say Hiccup. Even if we went into town, it would take a day to walk, and even a few hours by dragon. And even if we got in there, no one can see us, but other dead. That's how it works. The Line between Life and Death. We can see, hear, and feel them, but they can't do anything to us. If we try and tell them of our presence, something will keep us from doing it." She smiled a little "Unless, you know, you steal a boat like I did" She laughed lightly, and Hiccup followed.

Hiccup turned to Toothless "What do you think bud?" He asked. Toothless cooed at him quietly. "I don't know Hiccup. I think maybe we should listen to her. She's been dead the longest of the three of us."

Both teens laughed, until they suddenly stopped, and stared at the dragon surprised.

"What?" He asked.

"We can understand you!" Maka gasped. "That is amazing! The language of Dragonese and Norse must not matter here! We can talk to eachother and understand eachother!"

Hiccup grinned along with her. "Toothless! This is great! Though we may be dead, and all that, at least I can actually understand what your saying to me!"

Toothless sighed in relief "Thank Odin! Because sometimes, Hiccup, you worry me in your communication skills"

All three of them laughed. They talked for hours before Maka finally said "Hey guys, It's getting pretty dark, and that's when the Dagyrs come out. How about we head back to my place? Stay there until light and try and figure out a plan so you two can have proper burrials?"

Both dragon and rider frowned "Dagyrs?" They asked.

Maka shook her head as she stood and brushed the snow from her skirt. "You two have got a lot to learn"

And she lead the way.