Berk: Present day

"I don't know. He's just acting weird."

Hiccup was sitting forward in a chair in Gobber's blacksmith shop. Gobber nodded at everything the child said, paying little attention as he worked on the new hand he had fashioned for himself.

"Oh yeah? Oh. That's too bad."

Hiccup sighed. "He seems so unhappy. I've never seen him like this. Not even when I first found him."

"Well…you know…he is a wild animal." Gobber said. "Maybe its time to…you know…let him go."

"I can't! He needs me to fly! And…he's my best friend. How am I supposed to just let him go?"

Gobber was suddenly interested. "You know, I've planned out a diagram for a new wing a new wing." He reached into his drawer and pulled out a huge sketch.

"This wing, if it works, would make Toothless completely independent in flight. Connects with the severed muscles in the tail, It's all quite complicated. I could build it. You know…if you want to let him go."

Hiccup got up and looked at the diagram. "That's pretty awesome. How did you do it?"

"A good blacksmith never reveals his secrets." Gobber replied proudly.

Hiccup sat down again. "I'm...i'm just not sure."


Hiccup returned home around midnight. He had simply walked around the woods. Usually he'd spend the days on his dragons back. But Toothless had been reclusive for the last couple days.

Hiccup was considering Gobber's advice seriously. Maybe Toothless just wanted to be with his own kind. Hiccup knew he couldn't stand between Toothless and his species.

It occurred to Hiccup that he had never even thought of if Toothless had a family at the time that he made him his pet.

He got into the house and crept towards his bed. Toothless was curled up in the corner.

Hiccup approached carefully. He didn't know what to expect from the troubled dragon.

Unfortunately, having a leg made of wood and metal is not the most careful setup. He tripped on a nail sticking out of the floor and fell on the dragon.

Toothless woke with a start, looking around angrily. He was in alert mode, ready to kill whatever threat he saw. He realized it was Hiccup and calmed down.

"Hey buddy. How you doing?"

Toothless grunted in response.

"Sorry about the whole falling thing." Hiccup started scratching behind the dragons ears.

Toothless purred happily. His mind was finally off the dream. He rolled over and lay there next to his human friend.

The two of them sat there next to each other for about an hour. Hiccup realized he had finally calmed his dragon down.

Suddenly a loud thump shook the house. Stoick was awake.

"Uh-oh. We woke dad up." Hiccup said worriedly. Vikings did not like being awakened early.

"Hiccup? What are you doing up?" Stoick mumbled, rubbing his tired eyes.

Toothless's ears shot up. The dream came rushing back.

"Enough of this! Just kill it and be done with it!"

Toothless screeched at the top of his lungs. Hiccup and Stoick were practically blown off their feet by the volume of the sound.

"Oy! What's he on about?" Stoick demanded.

"I don't know! Maybe you startled him." Hiccup said trying to calm the dragon down.

Toothless growled at Stoick, then ran towards the door. With a purple flash he blasted through it and ran off into the forest.


Elsewhere, near the coast, a Viking guard was trying hard to stay awake. He was in a watchtower overlooking the cove that housed all the ships.

Though not at war with dragons any longer, Vikings always had to look out for other Vikings. Wars had been spreading from island to island in the great sea.

The Rogues were threatening from a nearby island. Berk would be at war soon.

Suddenly there was a purple flash. One of the ships disappeared beneath the sea. The water splashed up where it had just been.

"OY! WHO GOES THERE?" The guard shouted, instantly awake.

The guard didn't have time to think because suddenly, with another purple flash, his body was destroyed. He didn't even have time to cry out.


Toothless ran through the woods, incapable of flight. He tried lifting off, but smashed into a tree. He lay in front of the splintered tree, his side hurting from the impact.

Suddenly a creature landed before him. He stared in shock and horror at the creature.

It was a Night Fury. About his size, but one side of his face was horribly mutilated.

His right eye was completely lifeless, staring off into space.

He looked at Toothless with happiness. He smiled with the one side of his face still capable of doing so.

"I am so happy to see you again brother. Father misses you. Come home with me."

Toothless was still in shock.

"What? No greeting for your beloved brother?"

Toothless finally got his brain working again.

"I can't leave yet. I have a...friend here."

The Creature's eyes widened. "A human one?"

Toothless nodded. "Yes."

The Creature growled. "Then kill him. The humans must pay for what they have done to our species."

"We are at peace. We do not need to fight the humans. They understand us now."

"They'll never understand you brother. I do. Open your eyes, don't you see? Don't you see what they've done to me? DON'T YOU?"

"That was a long time ago brother." Toothless attempted to ease his brother down. It didn't work.

"A dragon never forgets. And he never lets a grudge outlive him. Join me. Together we will rid this island of it's human infestation."

Toothless growled and showed his teeth. "Don't do this brother. These are good people. Don't make us enemies. We need not go to war with them."

The Creature stared at Toothless with an intensity, as if looking into his very soul.

"Is this the side that you stand on?"

Toothless hesitated. "I guess so."

The Creature turned. "Then you will die with them." He looked at Toothless with sadness. "And I will mourn the brother I lost."

With that, he extended his wings, and flew away. Toothless watched him leave.

Then he turned and charged back into town, as fast as his legs could carry him.