Prologue

-Hiccup's POV-

It's been 2 years since our battle with the Red Death. It hasn't been easy only having 3 good legs in my dragon form to which I need a special prosthetic for the 4th one, but I guess we all have scars to show. I've made a more stable auto-fin for Toothless and become a better flier since then. Toothless and the others are still better than me, but I haven't exactly been going easy on them that's for sure. I bet I won't ever be as good of a flier as them, but that doesn't really bother me. I also learned that Tyler and the other sand wraiths pretty much have the same speed and agility as a night fury and they have been giving Toothless a run for his money regarding the being best flier on Berk.

Speaking of Berk, the entire village has begun to accept dragons living with them more and more to the point that now everyone has their own dragon companion. We replaced out massive torches with dragon feeding trays. We're building a massive dragon stable right now to house the dragons that live in the village and life is pretty peaceful. Today Toothless and I were flying over the ocean with Tyler, Jet, and Jade swimming bellow and rounding up fish for food when we landed. I looked to my best friend in the skies with me and saw he was enjoying the morning breeze. Toothless had his tongue flapping in the wind and held his mouth open with his teeth retracted. I laughed at the sight of this and Toothless immediately stopped and looked at me. "What's so funny?" he asked.

"Nothing, bud." I replied jokingly. He rolled his eyes and looked forward again.

"You're impossible." He remarked.

"Hey, you're the one who taught me to be a night fury, so…" I began.

"But you're the one who always comes up with those hare-brained schemes of yours." After he said this I deadpanned him. He chuckled a little bit and he then dipped his wing in the water, splashing my face with the mist. After I shook the water off myself I deadpanned him even more.

"So that's how you want this to play out huh?" I asked him. Then before he could respond, I flew over him and pushed him in the water for a few seconds. He was not to happiest dragon when I let him up that's for sure. Toothless was about to come at me, but before he did, a dragon shot from the water.

"Food's caught. You guys hungry?" Jade asked us. I nodded and Toothless did as well. "Ok then I'll tell the others and we can head back." As soon as she said this, she dived back into the water for a few minutes. Then the other two sand wraiths emerged, fish in paw, and we began heading to back to Berk. After a few minutes of flying, we landed in Berk and I morphed back into my human self. We then walked to the Mead Hall and found a table for us to eat our food at. I set my 4 fish on the table while the others simply ate off of the floor. We all ate our fish raw of course like the other dragons did, which earned me some glares from the villagers. Over these last two years I really have started accumulated a taste to either freshly killed meat from the woods or fresh fish from the sea. I guess my night fury side I now have is really developing fast.

As I was eating, I saw Toothless not really eating much of his fish, which I found odd because of how he usually is the first one finished, and he had a face of longing. "What's wrong bud?" I asked him.

"It's, uh, nothing important." He replied. At this point the others looked up from their fish piles and looked at us.

"Are you sure it's nothing, Toothless? We're your friends, you can tell us anything." Tyler said.

"In all honesty, I haven't been able to get my old island out of my head. Don't get me wrong, this Viking nest is my home and nothing would ever change that, but I just would like to se how my family is doing since I haven't seen them in 9 years." He answered.

"Then why don't we go to the Isle of Night then?" Jet asked.

"Yeah, besides I'd like to meet some more of the cousin species. Maybe one of them would be a challenge in races." Jade stated. Toothless deadpanned her before responding to Jet.

"Are-are you guys sure about this? I mean I'm home sick, but I'm not that home sick." Toothless stated.

"Toothless you're barely eating because you feel so cut off from the rest of your own kind. I don't know about any other Vikings or dragons, but I do know that we wouldn't mind going there for a few months to let you visit your family." I told him.

"I guess you're right. Are you sure your father would let you leave though? Isn't he training you to be the next Viking Alpha?" Toothless asked me.

"It's called a chief to us Vikings, Toothless, and I'm sure he wouldn't mind it. As long as we get back within a few months we should be fine." I replied.

"Well, while you talk to your father about that Hiccup, I'm going tell my parents our plan." Tyler said as he finished his food. He then walked out of the Mead Hall; luckily the door was left open today so Tyler didn't need to become a human again. He stayed true to his word on that part that's for sure. Jet and Jade soon left to follow him leaving me alone with Toothless and I decided to go find dad. Toothless followed me and I found him at the forge talking to Gobber.

"Hey dad." I called out. Dad looked to me and said his goodbyes to Gobber.

"I see you're back Hiccup, Gobber just asked me when you were going to get back to the forge." He said.

"That's uh, kind of what I wanted to talk to you about. I'm planning on taking a few months to fly north." I replied.

"So what did you find this time that wants to take you away from the village for that long?" He asked.

"It's not that I found anything, it's just Toothless wants to fly back to his old home and reconnect with his family for a few months." I answered.

"I'll never understand how you can speak to the dragons Hiccup, but I can tell that this is something that you feel you need to do. Go ahead and take the time you need. Just make sure it is at most 5 months, no later. I can't afford to have another incident with Dagur or Alvin and have you two away for too long." He told me. I nod to him. "Good."

"I guess it's decided then." Toothless said as dad went into the village again.

"I guess it is. I'll pack up some stuff and then we can head out." I said. Toothless nodded and we then walked to my house. When we arrived, I climbed up into my room and grabbed my notebook, pencil, journal, and a few changes of clothes. I put them in a bag and then put the strap of the bag around Toothless' neck. I tightened the bag around his neck and he looked at me with a semi-grumpy expression.

"Why is it that I always have to carry your stuff?" He asked.

"Because you can't put the bag over my head and tighten it around my neck." I replied.

"I guess it is fair then, but it still feels a little uncomfortable." He said to me as he tried scratching at it with his forepaw. "Damn the fact I can't reach back there." I chuckled a little and we walked back outside to meet up with the others. Tyler arrived a few minutes later with Jet, Jade, and apparently his little sister Star. I raised my hand and pointed at Star as if to ask why she was coming along, but before I could ask, Tyler spoke up.

"They want us to watch her while we're away and they think that it would be good for her to meet some night fury hatchlings." He said.

"No arguments here. So are you all ready?" Toothless asked them.

"r-r-re-ready." Star struggled to say while she was on Tyler's back. I morphed into my dragon state and then we all took off into the air. We flew out towards the harbor and then turned northward from the island. Isle of Night, here we come.