Toothless grunted, pain shooting through his bleeding front leg as he tried to march forward; droplets of blood staining the white, untouched snow as the dragon jerked his paw back to his chest and balanced in on the rest of his other aching snow was falling heavier now, wind stronger, more so when they had crashed just hours before. Toothless turned his head back to see how Hiccup was doing, his rider was broken and limp as he laid on his back, one arm dangling over Toothless' side as blood dripped down his arms and off his fingers, joining Toothless' own dark blood in the snow.

Toothless whined and turned back around; he was a smart dragon, smarter than most, he knew Hiccup wouldn't be able to survive if they stayed out in the open much longer, Hiccup would surely freeze to death, so the dragon stepped forward, ignoring the pain running through every muscle in his injured leg as the continued to walk in search of refuge.

It took too long, in the dragon's mind, to find a place safe for both him and Hiccup, Toothless had no idea how long he had walked at this point or in watch direction, only that it took all the dragon's strength to find a large enough cave that would protect them both from such a storm.

Dragging himself he last few feet, Toothless found that the cave's floor was cold as ice, and wouldn't help Hiccup in the slightest, but going back out into the storm was no longer an option. Toothless moved to the back of the small cave, laying down his wing across the cave floor before curling up on it uncomfortably before carefully sliding Hiccup off his back and onto his wing. His rider groaned, face twisting in pain as a shaky breath slipped past his pale lips before his eyes opened partly.

"T-toothless?" Hiccup let out weakly, in words almost unclear as his head swam, his eyes unable to focus on anything as the dragon whined, crouching closer to Hiccup as he drape his other wing over his body in hopes of warming the boy.

"W-where?" Hiccup stuttered out; although his was shaking from the cold, Hiccup could no longer feel it as his body gave a tremble, unable to feel Toothless' warmth while the dragon pressed himself closer. Hiccup blinked and he turned his head to the side, eyeing the cave wall with dull, unfocused eyes before turning back to Toothless and smiled faintly though the pain "Good boy, T-toothless"

The dragon smiled and pressed his nose against Hiccup's icy cheek, cooing at the cold touch as he tried to give his rider as much warmth as possible without injuring him anymore. Taking in a sharp breath, his rider's body gave another tremble. Hiccup wanting nothing more to curl against his dragon and return the feeling onto his body, but Hiccup could barely curl his fingers to make a fist. He heard his dragon whined miserably, reaching out with his good paw and pulled him closer, a shot of agony ran through his other arm as he shifted his body onto it, the limb too numb for Toothless to be able to move it out of the way.

The dragon settled down, holding the cold body of his human close to his chest, praying that his own trembling body would give enough warmth to keep them both alive until the storm past.

Found this deep within my old files, can't believe I never posted it! It's not half bad :v

If you guys want me to continue it with one more chapter just let me know, and if you do feel free to tell me what you want to happen and I'll pick my favorite :D

Sorry for any mistakes. Please read a review for a cookie ^3^

~LMDR