Chapter One - Reminiscing

Toothless laid awake on his slab of stone, the rock Hiccup had found in the first week of sleeping in the house. Toothless loved to fall asleep in warm areas, that was why he created plasma rings before lying down. It gave him a sense of comfort in a world where he could be attacked at any moment, but as he slept along with his trainer Hiccup, he no longer had to worry about such things. As Toothless has done this ritual for most of his life, it has grown on him, it was an unbreakable habit.

Toothless couldn't fall asleep. He was thinking about all that had happened in the last 68 months between him and Hiccup. How Hiccup shot him down, only to come back to "rescue" him afterwards. How he'd visit the cove to study Toothless. How he finally built up the courage to approach the night fury. Hiccup used fish, a cod if you will, as an offer to the dragon. Toothless thought this was an unorthodox way to treat a beast that he just shot down. Why he wasn't killed by the viking was beyond him. Toothless stayed awake all night long worrying about the viking returning to cause him harm, to make his village proud. Soon, Toothless found out, Hiccup was not a normal viking. He was… different. Toothless sensed this the second time he was being watched by Hiccup, as Hiccup had carried no weapon, but only a book with him.

Toothless reminisced the day Hiccup created trust with him, that day his admirer came down the cove wall to give him a piece of fish. After the little encounter, Hiccup stayed for hours watching Toothless as the dragon came to realize after waking up from his nap to find the Viking drawing in the sand with a stick. This subconsciously told Toothless that this Viking was about as harmful as a butterfly. How his soul reflected his own. After attempting to draw in the sand himself, for the first time Toothless enjoyed his companion's presence. This was the moment when Hiccup tried to touch him. The intentions of his contact with Toothless was only to study him better and to feel his scales. But for Toothless, this was not allowed. He notices Hiccup's eyes trained on him. He knows that harm could be done to him at anytime. But until Hiccup does something totally unexpected. He turns his head away. And Toothless was blown away. He realizes at this moment, that this viking had put enough trust into him to be completely helpless if the dragon had tried anything. Toothless returned the favor. He closed his eyes and approached Hiccup's hand, resting his snout on top of the human's palm. This was an unforeseen pact they had created, a new blooming friendship that would last forever.

Toothless thought about the time they had first flown together. That day Hiccup brought a basket of various types of fish and a smoked eel. But little did Hiccup know, that, every dragon's fear, was eel. When Toothless saw it, he started hissing at the boy. Hiccup noticed what was going on and then he picked up the eel and threw it into the lake besides them to assuage the dragon, "No, no, no eel!" he said in confirmation. As he began eating the fish, Hiccup crept around behind Toothless. The dragon noticed this, but he knew his human companion meant no harm, mainly because he knew Hiccup had no weapon on him. He had noticed this the morning Hiccup strolled down to the lake. When eating his third piece of fish, Toothless felt something looming over his tail. He knew something was approaching, as dragons have a very keen sense of danger, much more than any other living creature. He moved his tail away, but he still had the sense that something was lingering around. At this point all he just wanted to do, was to eat. He didn't care what the viking was doing. So he let Hiccup attach a strap onto his tail, on the side that had no fin. He kept eating fish, but after finishing the current smoked salmon, he saw no more. He digged his head around inside the basket some more to find that the rest of the fish was gone and he lifted his head up. Now Toothless realized two things. One, there was no more fish. Two, Hiccup had attached some kind of leather onto his tail. He knew how smart vikings were. He knew that this was an artificial fin. Toothless thought, he could finally fly away, get away from the cove and be free. Hiccup mumbled to himself, "That's not too bad, it works." Then, as the basket fell off of Toothless's head, his mouth drops in surprise. The night fury spreaded his giant wings, with the intent of knocking off the viking and leaving the forest. He took off and heard Hiccup yelping in surprise. Flapping his wings as hard as he could, Toothless knew right away this tail was not working. 'Stupid Viking.' No sooner as he had that thought, he realized he was plummeting toward the face of the cliff filled with jagged rocks. But right before he crashed, the tail suddenly sprang to life. He couldn't control it, but it was working. He flew high above the trees. He felt the tail go towards the right, and he followed the lead. He was heading back to the cove. Flying above the water, he turned his head to his tail. 'The Viking!' Toothless realized. The thought of Hiccup still being on his tail never crossed his mind once. With a quick whip of his tail, Toothless sent Hiccup flying into the water. Toothless had not in any way meant to harm the human, just to get him off. Toothless attempted to fly away, but as he tried, the tail kept giving out. He knew it was because of the viking. He knew he could only fly with Hiccup.

Toothless had such a warm feeling about remembering all the good times him and his trainer had experienced. The time the dragons had a cold and Hiccup had flown miles to get the cure. The time Hiccup's father had flown around on him to tend to his village, and help all his people. Eventually Stoik did find a dragon of his own, a thunderdrum. He remembered the time when Hiccup and himself found "the dragon eye" as his trainer puts it. How they battled enemies to retrieve it back after it had been taken. He really liked how he was in control of it. Creating light from a premature plasma blast and directing it towards the pupil of the "eye" had created a large scale map. This invention had taken them through some dark times. But it had also bonded the two quite well. They learned features about themselves that they didn't know about, it only came to light when challenged. They learned how to communicate better. It had taken them all through the land, to eventually claim an island. The edge. Though he thoroughly enjoyed the island, Berk was still his home. Toothless had had some of the best times of his life in the past 5 years. But through all the good times, he still held one dark secret. A secret not only hiccup knew about, one he hoped would never come to light.