It was a peaceful day on Berk, dragons flying, dandelions sprouting everywhere, coating the land in yellow, and most importantly, it was the teen's day off.

"Ready, bud?" Hiccup asked, looking down into Toothless' big green eyes from atop his saddle. It proved to be quite hard, him having to bend in an unusual position in order to do so.

Toothless snorted, shaking his head in the way Hiccup had learned was a 'yes'.

Hiccup pressed his foot into the metal stirrup, taking off in a flash.

They were in the sky not five minutes, when a bright blue dragon flew past, cutting them off short. They turned just in time not to collide with said dragon, its rider giving a hearty laugh.

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "Astrid, what are you doing?"

"What does it look like?" she asked. "I'm winning this race!" She called, speeding off towards the training academy.

Hiccup's face immediately went from playful to serious. "She's never beat us," he said aloud, "now's not the time to start."

Hiccup took off in the same direction as the Viking girl. Astrid had only gotten a small headstart, and now they were neck and neck. She looked back and grinned. Before he could stop her, Stormfly stopped flying, spreading her wings so she could stay in the air but still block Hiccup's view. Surprised, Hiccup flew straight into Stormfly's wing. Not expecting that kind of outcome, Astrid spun, her dragon losing altitude fast. Hiccup was knocked completely out of Toothless' saddle, falling to his death.

Luckily, they had flown up so high, they were almost 200 feet above the ground. Unluckily, that distance closes pretty fast. Astrid was screaming, reaching for her dragon, who had finally caught herself and was flying downwards now, trying to catch her rider. Astrid was about 30 feet from the ground when she landed on Stormfly's saddle. Hard.

Hiccup was a different story, though. He was falling, watching the ground, then looking back up at Astrid who was staring, too scared to move. Her dragon just continued towards the ground, to the village. He smiled, Astrid was alright. He saw Toothless, flailing his wings frantically, trying to reach his falling rider. He managed to grab Hiccup a little later than Stormfly, but he did, and that meant the difference between life and death. Toothless wrapped Hiccup in his wings, protecting every inch of him.

They were falling diagonally now, heading towards a small cluster of houses. They hit the first roof with such force, they bounced off, bringing the roof off with them. Toothless landed on the ground, unconscious. Hiccup flew out of his wings and landed on the ground, Astrid not to far behind.

"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled, running over to the dragon. He placed its head on his lap. "Please be okay, please be okay, please be okay." He chanted to himself, trying to be reassuring.

Astrid sat down beside him and smiled. "He'll be okay. Perfect, probably."

"What do you mean, probably?" Hiccup contradicted.

"Cuts and bruises, minor injuries. Nothing serious." She said. She looked Hiccup in the eye. "C'mon. Let's go get Gobber. He'll help carry him back."

Hiccup was reluctant to leave his dragon behind, but knew she was right. But why couldn't she go alone? Ugh, sometimes he hated how he was a jumbled mess around her. "Alright."

Astrid took off after yelling, "Race ya!", leaving Hiccup and Toothless. Hiccup looked back at his buddy.

Hiccup must've been caught in some sort of trance, because next thing he knew, two people were yelling his name.

"HICCUP!" Astrid and Gobber shouted. Gobber stopped in his tracks, staring at the thing looming over the boy.

Hiccup looked up and saw that the house that they had torn the roof off earlier was not collapsing, him in the way. He started running, knowing that Toothless would be alright. With that small hope, he picked up his speed. He was almost there when Astrid came up beside him, running with him. The wall was just over them now. He made a decision.

Hiccup picked Astrid up bridal style, and flung her with all his might over to Gobber who caught her with ease. She squeaked, surprised at Hiccup's sudden move. She jumped out of Gobber's arms, but he only grabbed her arm. "No, lass," he said.

Hiccup saw the dark shadow cast from the house cover him, stopping right in front of the others. He saw his dad and the other teens out of the corner of his eye. They were stunned at Hiccup's act as well.

"HICCUP!" Astrid cried, her face being the last thing Hiccup saw.

The wall crushed him, leaving behind a pile of rubble and smoke flying everywhere.