Freckles

Chpt. 1

The morning was edging towards the brighter hours of the afternoon at the time that Hiccup was stomping through the forest, looking for his dragon. Well, it was more like tripping. He hadn't had the best morning and in his haste to get away from the village for a little bit, he was having trouble paying attention to the rocks and roots and tree branches in his way. Finally he slid his way down into the gully with the lake where he usually found Toothless. All he wanted to do was see the one creature that understood him all the time. He had fought with almost everyone this morning over pointless things. At this point, Astrid wasn't even talking to him, so that was great.

Sighing, he scanned the area around the lake for Toothless. Yet, he didn't see anything. It seemed as if even his faithful best friend had abandoned him. Finally, he just collapsed to the ground where he stood, even though, he figured it would probably be a little bit harder to stand up alone, he just didn't want to go anywhere else. Maybe Toothless would come back soon …

Hiccup was drawing his third picture of his dragon in the dirt when he finally heard something like footsteps approaching. He looked around but didn't see anyone. It went silent again a few moments after so he shrugged and went back to his picture. The next time he heard a noise, he didn't bother to look up .. but then again he didn't have to because the person making the noise slid down the hill and into him.

Shakily, Hiccup pulled himself backward and away from whatever it was. It shook the dust off of itself and smiled at him. The teenager could only stare in disbelief for the moment. The creature in front of him had a human-like figure but it's skin was a deep black color, blueish when the light hit it just right. Scales were scattered over parts of it and wings sprouted from it's back. It had long thin fingers with equally long sharp nails on the ends. It's smile showed a row of white pointy teeth. It was obviously male, Hiccup noted with a small blush, since the creature was naked, and also dusty from sliding down the hill. He had shaggy black hair that stuck out in places and fell in his eyes, and horns as well. But what made Hiccup really take notice was the fact the creature had very familiar large yellow-green eyes .. and to top it off, his long thin tail, that at the moment he was swishing back and forth happily, was missing a tail fin on one side.

"T-Toothless?!" he gasped, almost choking on the name. The creature in front of him nodded happily and practically jumped on top of his master. Hiccup wrapped his arms around the dragon in surprise. "B-but how can-- I mean – this is --- oh gods, this is NOT supposed to be possible."

The dragon just swished his tail again and licked Hiccup's cheek. That actually calmed the teenager down a little because it tickled and it made him laugh. He pulled one hand up to wipe his face and laughed. "Ew, Toothless, that's gross!"

Toothless seemed to chuckle in reply, a deep sound coming from his throat. He just smiled.

"I guess you can't talk .. huh?" Out of curiosity, Hiccup reached up to pat his dragon on the head and ended up running his hand over Toothless' smooth hair. The dragon's eyes closed and he leaned into his master's touch, his expression relaxing. Sighing to himself, Hiccup knew he'd have to get up. He was enjoying this new level of communication with Toothless .. and it was just beyond amazing (and a bit confusing really) that his dragon could take this form, but he wanted to go back to the village to try to sort everything out. He got up shakily with Toothless' help and blushed again as he glanced over the dragon.

"Toothless .. we have to get you some clothes ..."

The dragon looked down at himself and then back up at Hiccup with a confused look on his face. Obviously he didn't see the need for clothes but the teenager thought clothes would probably be a good idea. He'd just have to rip a hole for the tail .. Already thinking out plans for clothes for his dragon, he took Toothless' arm as they headed back toward the village.

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Hiccup peeked around the corner and waited until he was sure no one would see them before quickly pulling his indecent dragon into his house and up the stairs to his room. He immediately went over and dug through his clothing to try find something suitable. In the meantime, he didn't notice that Toothless, who now had hands, was also busy touching everything he could, and knocking things over with his tail as he explored. Finally when he turned around, finding an old pair that just might fit his dragon (even though Toothless was actually a good bit taller than him), he found Toothless sitting on the floor in the middle of a pile of his things. A shirt was on his head. He seemed to be trying to put it on but it got stuck on the horns on top of his head and apparently he had given up and left it there. In his hands, he had one of the teenager's sketchbooks. And he was busy going through the various sketches, which were pretty much all of Toothless.

For no particular reason, Hiccup blushed and snatched the sketchbook out of Toothless' hands. It was almost as if he were embarrassed for the dragon to find out exactly how obsessed he was. The dragon looked up at him in confusion but Hiccup just threw the pants to him and looked away, putting his sketchbook back in it's proper place.

It took a lot of shuffling (and a little more cutting and sewing on Hiccup's part) to get Toothless properly into the clothes. But it seemed to look okay when he was finished. Even if the pants didn't cover the dragon's ankles at all. Hiccup nodded at his handiwork.

"Well, at least you're clothed now. But still .. how am I going to explain this to everyone? You can't even tell me how you got like this .." Hiccup sat down on his bed with a sigh.

Toothless sat back down on the floor, tilting his head, wanting to help his master with the apparent dilemma he was having, but yet he had no way to explain his human form, he didn't know how to speak. Suddenly, he recalled seeing Astrid do something once that cheered Hiccup up when he was sad, and he decided he'd like to do the same thing. Popping up from the floor, he bounced over and sat down next to Hiccup and put an arm around him.

"T-toothless?" stammered Hiccup, surprised by the dragon's appearance next to him.

Toothless shut his large yellow-green eyes and leaned forward, pulling Hiccup towards him. Before the teenager knew what was happening, Toothless' lips were on his, soft and warm. The dragon carefully cupped his chin with his hand, and kept an arm about Hiccup's waist. Hiccup felt his eyes flutter shut and he almost melted against the warm comforting lips over his. He felt safe with Toothless, so he couldn't help it. Until his reasonable mind reminded him that he was kissing his dragon, and not his girlfriend. Pulling away, he stared back at Toothless who seemed relatively happy with himself, a smile showing his sharp teeth again.

"Toothless ..." Hiccup began but he was interrupted by a knock at his front door. Well, it was actually more like banging if anything. The familiar voice of Astrid drifted up the steps.

"I swear, Hiccup, if you don't come down and let me in --"

He jumped up, looking at Toothless and then out his bedroom door and down the stairs.

"Oh, boy." he muttered.

A/N: Don't like, don't read, don't comment. Let's make it easy, okay? c8 Start of a chaptered fic, hope you guys like it. Look forward to more.