A young five year old Hiccup slipped from his father's watchful eye. Stoick was helping a few of the villagers repair a fence when Hiccup decided that he was bored and walked off. He made his way back into the center of town, where people gave him polite hellos. Everyone knew that if Hiccup was around that Stoick must be just behind him so they paid it no mind. Hiccup raced out towards the edge of town, where he wasn't allowed to go. His father had always told him that the forest was dangerous, and that he wasn't to enter it unless he was with someone. But every time he asked, his father told him that he was busy and that they'd do it another day. With one final look at the people milling around he entered the forest.

He ran around for a while. Climbing trees and exploring. Until he tripped over a rock. When he turned to see what he tripped on, the rock moved. The 'rock' gave him a tired and confused look, wondering what woke him from his slumber.

Hiccup backed away, realizing that what he tripped over was no rock but a small black dragon. His back hit a tree and he just hoped that the dragon wouldn't kill him. When his immediate death didn't follow, he peaked his eye through his fingers. He watched as the dragon stood and slowly made its way over to him. Hiccup was frightened when the dragon sniffed at him. He lowered his hands as the dragon became more adventurous, sniffing at his chest and hair.

The small dragon sat down in front him. It didn't move other than cocking it's head to the side, wondering what Hiccup was. Hiccup took the not being eaten thing as a good sign. Letting down his guard, Hiccup held out his hand. It ending just a few inches away from the dragon's face. He was about to pull back when the dragon clamped down on his arm. Hiccup screamed and panicked for a second, until he realized that it didn't hurt that bad. He felt the pressure release then tighten again, and again. He watched as the dragon focused on gumming his arm off.

"Hey." Hiccup giggled. The dragon stopped his attack, still clinging onto Hiccup's arm. "You don't have any teeth?" He smiled and used his non trapped hand to point to his teeth. "You're toothless?" He questioned, then pointed to his teeth again. "That will be your name. Toothless. How does that sound?" The dragon let Hiccup go and held open his mouth, almost like a smile. "You like it then? So that's what I'll call you." He smiled.

Hiccup watched as Toothless seemed to be focusing on something. His mouth was still open, and Hiccup peered closer into the dragon's mouth. In a flash an entire set of razor sharp teeth sprang from its gums. Hiccup reeled back surprised.

He watched as Toothless ran around in a circle and yipped happily. Toothless slid to a stop in front of Hiccup again holding his mouth open. He watched as Toothless showed him his new trick. Toothless' teeth retracted into his gums, then extended out again. The dragon yipped again, but Hiccup didn't notice. He was too focused on the much larger version of Toothless approaching them.

Toothless turned to see what Hiccup was staring at. He instantly ran up to it, nuzzling the larger dragon's leg. Hiccup watched as the larger version gave Toothless a few licks on his head, which he shook off. The larger spotted Hiccup and began approaching quickly. Hiccup curled into the fetal position. He knew that the new dragon could easily swallow him in one bite.

It sniffed at him but didn't make a move it eat him. I smaller of the two dragons jumped on him and yipped at the bigger one. He didn't get off Hiccup until the bigger one moved away. It sat down a few feet away and Toothless jumped off of Hiccup.

Hiccup slowly sat up. He stared up wide eyed at the bigger dragon and it stared back. Toothless hopped towards the large dragon, rubbing himself against it's front leg. "Is that your mom?" Hiccup asked the pair of dragons. Toothless yipped at him, then continued to rub himself against his mother. Hiccup smiled at them.

Toothless' mother grabbed Toothless by the neck and started to walk away. "Bye." Hiccup yelled behind them. He waved goodbye. He ran back into the village, but slowed his pace when he saw his house. He slipped in and tried to run up the steps to his room. A large meaty hand grabbed the back of his shirt, lifting him in the air. He tried to get free from it and got his wish when he was tossed onto one of the fur covered couches.

His father began to yell at him. Scold him about how scared he was when he couldn't find him. Them he went silent, and began to stroke his beard. Stoick nodded a few times to himself. He looked at Hiccup, who was picking dirt from under his nails.

"Hiccup." Stoick announced. "I've decided that since no one complained, there wasn't a fire, and no one got hurt that I'll allow you to be on your own." Hiccup looked up wide eyed.

"Really?" Hiccup almost screamed. He jumped up and hugged his father. "Thank you. Thank you." He squealed into his father's chest. Stoick lightly hugged Hiccup back. When Stoick released his grip, Hiccup ran up his stairs into his room. He jumped on his bed, covering himself in his fur blankets. He had trouble sleeping, too excited about hopefully seeing his new 'friend' again.

In the morning Hiccup jumped up and quickly dressed. He ran down the steps, into the dining room. His father gave him a weird look. "I thought you'd sleep in on your first day of freedom." He chuckled.

"What!?" Hiccup exclaimed. "No way. I can't wait to go explore some more. I don't know why you don't want me in the forest." He covered his mouth. He waited for his father to react.

Stoick looked at Hiccup while sipping his mead. He smiled into it. 'Stubborn boy. I should have known that's where he went. Maybe if he gets hurt he'll learn instead of me warning him.' He thought to himself. He finished off his mead, then stood. He put his large hand on his small son's shoulder. "Have fun and be careful." He commanded.

When Stoick closed the front door behind himself, Hiccup sighed loudly. "Thank the gods he missed that." He finished his mutton then ran out the door. He raced through the village, waving to people as he passed them. He soon reached the edge of the forest and instantly ran in.

He returned to the spot where he found Toothless the day previous. He didn't see him anywhere. "Toothless!" Hiccup called out. He looked around again. He called out again. "Toothless! Where are you?" He was about to do it again when he was tackled to the ground. He felt something slimy run over his neck. He flipped over and the slimy thing ran over his face. He forced his eyes open. What he found was a small black dragon licking him. He forced his hands around Toothless' back, pulling him close.

"You came back." He giggled. A few moments later he heard a small thump near by. He spun his head to find the much larger dragon from yesterday laying a few feet away. He smiled widely to her, as Toothless hopped off him. Toothless ran up under her chin, rubbing himself against her neck and chest. Hiccup awkwardly stood up, then sat back down back down in front of Toothless mom. He shyly played with his fingers.

"I'm happy that you guys are close." He whispered. "I never really knew my mom. It's nice to see you two are close." He kept looking at his hands, embarrassed. He looked up slightly to see the the large dragon stand, then move towards him. He froze in place, too scared to make a wrong move. He saw the large black mass plop down in front of him. Hiccup threw up his hands trying to stop her from eating him. He accidentally touched her neck.

"I'm sorry! Please don't eat me!" He squeaked out. He heard a low rumble that could have been mistaken as a laugh. His eyes shot open when he felt her tongue run over his hair. "Ewwwww" He dragged out, while running his hands through his now wet hair. He rung out his hands. Toothless quickly rejoined them, pushing himself under Hiccup's hand. For the rest of the day they sat around resting against Toothless' mom. As the sun began to set Toothless' mother abruptly stood and grabbed Toothless. Hiccup gave them a confused look before waving goodbye.

Each day Hiccup would go to the woods and find Toothless and His mother. Some days they would rest. Others they would play tag or hide and seek. During the winter Hiccup would bring a fur blanket, and they would hide underneath Toothless' mom's wing. He'd bring books and try to read them to Toothless. This all stopped when Hiccup turned seven.

On his seventh birthday, his dad threw him a party with the other kids in the village. Once he could slip out he did. He ran out to the forest carrying a large piece of cake his father had specially made for him. He looked for them in their usual spot for over an hour. When he couldn't find them he waited by the tree he'd first found them. He waited until sun down by the large tree. When he decided that it was getting late he left the wooden plate behind with the two dragon's cake on it.

He could barely sleep that night. His mind was filled with questions. 'Why hadn't they shown up? This is the first time they weren't there. I hope they're okay.' He thought to himself.

In the morning he jumped up at his normal time. He ran past his father, ignoring his call to eat. He paid no attention to the villagers waving and telling him goodmorning. He raced out towards their normal spot. He didn't find them yet again. The plate of cake still where he left it the day before. He stared at it for a few minutes, until he became too sad and ran home.

When he reach his house, he burst through the door. He didn't see his father which he considered himself lucky for. He climbed the stairs slowly, head hung low and suddenly out of energy. He pulled himself into his bed, covering himself in one of his fur blankets. He cried into one of his pillows until he fell asleep from the exhaustion.

He kept going back to the forest every once and awhile to see if they'd show up. Eventually he stopped going, his hope of them coming back gone.