AN:Well, I'm back. You guys really know how to make someone feel good about their story. Thank you to all of the people who reviewed.

Disclaimer: This fic is rated T. It will contain mild language, blood and violence. There will be no slash.

I will be continuing this fic and hopefully everyone will love it as much as I do. I will try to release a chapter a week, but don't hold me to it.

So with that I give you:


Truth and Reconciliation

Safe and Sounds


The flight away from Berk was filled with depression and resentment. Hiccup starred down at Toothless below him. The Night Fury's scales were glistening in the sunset. Hiccup wasn't really keeping track with how long there voyage was. According to the sun, it should have been about seven or eight o'clock. He was twitching his foot along, allowing Toothless to lead the way. He figured the dragon had a just as good of a chance to find a resting place as he did.

Hiccup's mind kept racing back to event back at the ring as he scanned the horizon. He kept hearing his father's words over and over playing in his head. "You're not a Viking, You're not my son." 'How could a man say something so hurtful to his own son?' He looked back to the dragon that started all of this. 'I guess Toothless is my family now.' Hiccup realized that even though he hated leaving the only 'home' he ever knew, nothing would be worse than losing the best friend he's made in the past few weeks.

Hiccup looked back only to see a stretch of vast water and whitecaps. He thought about how awfully the village had treated him. "I never wanted to hurt anyone. I just wanted to help. All of those terrible nights when we would struggle against force of the dragons, I only tried to help. I may have made a few mistakes along the way, but I never thought they were 'that' bad."

Toothless looked up when he heard the sound of his humans voice. He completely understood why Hiccup was upset, though he remained silent; all that could be heard was the water below rustling and the occasional beat of his wings. His own mind was racing through what had just happened.

|| I was so close….So close. If I had been a minute later, then his body would have been nothing but a few scattered limbs and a puddle of blood. || Toothless shivered at the thought of his human being taken. There was nothing worse than having him being killed. Toothless knew that if the strike of that sword had come down, then he would have died as well. The words echoed through his brain. 'A downed dragon is a dead dragon.' His mind threw a picture of the dragon who told him that. He had fond memories of that Skrill. Toothless knew that even his tail wouldn't have been the cause of his death though. Even 'if' he could have flown away, he would never be able to survive without Hiccup at his side. || I cannot let that happen again. He will not die as long as I contain the power to stop it…Never again. ||

The boy and the dragon continued on as the sun neared the horizon. Both remained silent as they replayed the day's episode in their heads.

A wave of relief washed over the duo as a small island came into view. "Finally, a place to relax and get some sleep." Toothless crooned to the boy as he briskly flew over to the landmass. Hiccup clicked the tailfin to lower them down, but Toothless stayed level. "Come on bud, we really need to take a break. I'm too exhausted to do aerobatics."

Toothless huffed at the boy. || You really think I have the energy for that right now? || Toothless remained high above as he crossed over the beach. He was searching the island for any and all life forms. He did not want to deal with another human village if one were established.

Hiccup finally caught on to what his dragon was doing and realized how ignorant he was being. "Oh… Right."

After circling the island and confirming that there were no living beings residing on its surface, they located a good location to stop and rest for the night. There was a small gorge at the highest point of the island with a few crevices that could keep them out of the rain if need be. Toothless lowered slowly and rustled the leaves by the wind from his wings as he landed.

Hiccup slid off the dragon's and stretched, aching from the long journey. "Oh man, fleeing from your own village really takes it out of you." Toothless narrowed his eyes at the boy as he stretched his own tense muscles. || And you didn't have to do any of the work. || Hiccup looked to the dragon with pity. "Here, let me get that saddle off of you. I don't want you to get a rash from those straps."

Toothless stayed completely still to let the boy work with ease. Once the saddle was off Toothless walked over to the grass and rolled leisurely. || That feels so much better. ||

Hiccup chuckled at the dragon and started to gather some wood for a fire. He walked along the edge of the tree line picking up any small branches and sticks that would burn well. He heard some rustling from just behind him and quickly turned to see what it was. The boy nearly fell over laughing when he caught sight of the Night Fury uprooting a small tree. "Haha, you know you don't need to help gather wood for me." Said dragon huffed and continued to drag the now dead tree over to their makeshift camp.

Hiccup finally had a pile of wood stacked into a small area. He nodded to Toothless, which lead to a bright blast of plasma being shot straight into the middle of the pile. The blue plasma faded and was overtaken by the orange mass of warm fire. Hiccup sat down with the Night Fury and leaned back against the pitch black scales. "Thanks buddy. You're much more efficient than me trying to start a fire with some flint." Toothless nudged the boy's head, purring softly.

Hiccup scratched the dragon to show his appreciation. "Well Toothless, we're finally on our own. No one else except you and me. No more leaving at dark to go back to the village and no more 'dragon training'…..From now on our days are going to be filled with new places, meeting new dragons, and maybe even convincing a few people to trust you guys. We can even find a deserted island that we can call our own." Hiccup was staring up at the stars smiling with optimism. He felt a yawn escape and turned to his dragon. "Would you mind if I slept on your side tonight?" Toothless cocked his head and gazed to his human. || You think you're sleeping anywhere else? || The dragon unfurled his wing and draped it over Hiccup's fragile body.

Hiccup laid his head down on Toothless' foreleg. The heat radiating off the dragon's body was incredible. He wondered if he had ever had this comfortable of a place to sleep in. He closed his eyes and thought to himself, 'I wonder if he will let me sleep here every night.'

With that, Toothless scanned the surroundings once more before placing his head under his wing. He examined his now sleeping human with satisfaction. || I could get used to this. ||

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Hiccup woke to a blinding light through his eyelids. He immediately raised his hands to protect his eyes. "What is that light?" Hiccup groaned at the pain from the illumination. He started to allow little bits of the bright white come through to slowly adjust. He was blinking rapidly, but all he could start to see was white and….clouds? "Where am I?" He was feeling around, but there was nothing. All he could make out was a gentle mist. "Toothless?... Hello?... Anybody?"

{{ Hello Hiccup. }}

Said boy quickly turned to find the source of the voice. It was almost like it was all around him. "Where are you? Who are you? Where is Toothless?" He nearly shouted the last question.

{{ Calm down my son. Your admirable Night Fury is fine. He is still back with your body. }}

Hiccup didn't understand what the anonymous voice was saying. "What do you mean? He's with my body, but am I not here?"

{{ Only spiritually, I have called you here so that I can expand your mind. }}

"I still don't get it, are you saying you're….. a god?"

{{ Somewhere along the lines of that Hiccup. }}

Hiccup had an awestruck look on his face. 'Why would a god want to deal with me?' He scanned the area but nothing was in sight. "What do you mean 'expand my mind'?"

{{ Being that you are a human, you typically only use twenty percent of your brains capability. Vikings like yourself, don't need very much to get through their daily lives, and the human brain won't work unless it is needed. A typical dragon, such as a Deadly Nadder or a Monstrous Nightmare, will use just under half. It takes more power to breathe fire and use extra limbs. But a Night Fury, the most intelligent of creatures, they have the potential to use all of their brain power. }}

"So you're saying that you're going to let me use the rest of 'my' mind, like Toothless?"

{{ Not entirely. I will grant you access to a specific area in your mind. }}

"What area will you expand?"

{{ That is for me to know and for you to find out. }}

Hiccup was slightly frustrated, but he didn't see the point in trying to argue with someone who could probably end his life in an instant. "But what did I do to deserve this. I mean, I've never done anything worth bragging about."

{{ Maybe nothing to brag about to humans….Yet. }}

The boy tried to think about what the voice was implying. "Do you mean befriending Toothless?"

{{ Exactly Hiccup. No one has ever even considered trying to make peace with the dragons. Hiccup, you have done something truly remarkable, and I can see a bright future for you and your friend. }}

"So it's a good thing I didn't kill Toothless?"

{{ Yes, this is why you are being rewarded as such. You deserve to know some of your brain's potential. It will help you achieve your destiny. }}

Hiccup saw the light dimming and felt the world starting to fade. "Wait, how will I know to use it? Will I ever come back here again?"

{{ You will notice the power instantly. Whether you are called back here depends on how you live your life. You will face challenges ahead and you must choose to either fight or fly. Your bond with Toothless has shown great accomplishment and I expect you to protect him with honor. That Night Fury of yours is more important than you know. }}

"I will always protect him. He means more to me than any other in the world."

Hiccups vision darkened to a black haze as he heard the voice speak once more.

{{ I know Hiccup, I know. }}

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Toothless was frantically running around Hiccup's motionless body. 'What's wrong with him? He's not moving, he's not responding.' The dragon nudged the boy's face to try and bring him from his deep slumber. || Please wake up Hiccup. ||

It had been two hours since the dragon woke and he had been trying to wake Hiccup ever since. Toothless had tried everything from shouting to shaking the boy's body, but nothing seemed to work. But finally, after what seemed like ages, the boy started to twitch and groan.

Hiccup groaned as he started to wake from his hours of endless sleep. He started to hear a deep frantic voice calling his name. His senses all started to work at once.

|| Hiccup! || Toothless started getting ecstatic as he noticed the boy coming to.

Hiccup couldn't make out who it was that was calling his name. "Who's there?" There was a waft of warm air brushed across his face. He opened his eyes only to see the Night Fury's face inches from his own. "Hey Toothless, what's wrong bud?"

|| Thank the heavens you're alive. ||

Hiccup threw his body around searching for the deep voice that just sounded. He looked to Toothless puzzled "Who was that bud?" The dragon starred deeply into the eyes of his human.

|| Hiccup…. can you hear me? ||

Hiccup did nothing but bob his head slightly. The two sat in silence for a moment longer. "To-Toothless, I think I can hear you! This- this is amazing! I never thought that I would ever get to have the sound of your voice fill my head!"

Toothless had a blank stare as he thought about the miracle that just transpired.

|| How did this happen? ||

"I don't know! I mean, I was in the heavens and there was this god. Now I can hear you, it's wonderful!"

|| There was a god? ||

"Yeah, he said something about how I deserved to have my mind…..expanded. That's it!"

|| What's it? ||

"Well he said that humans only use like twenty percent of their brain power, and he was going to expand mine because what you and I have done together."

|| You mean because we bonded together? ||

"Yeah exactly. Man this is great, you sound just as I imagined! Your deep profound voice, it makes you sound like you have a long and respected history."

Toothless curled around his boy and huffed into his hair. || Probably more than you would like to know. ||

"But that's just it! Now we can finally share our pasts and actually have a two-sided conversation."

|| You have no idea how much I've wanted that….. It's always been me trying to convey an answer through mixed emotions and sounds.||

"And now we will always be able to know what the other is thinking." Hiccup leaned into the dragon's side and wrapped his arms around his scaly neck. He shed a tear onto Toothless' side, who which crooned wholehearted to the boy. "I-I'm just really happy buddy."

They both sat and enjoyed each other's presence. Hiccup tried to think of a good question to ask but didn't want to sound dumb. "So, how many years have you lived?"

Toothless looked puzzled at the boy. ||You mean how many winters have passed? ||

"Yeah. Sorry, forgot that you probably wouldn't keep track of the years."

|| Well, I'm not entirely sure, but probably somewhere around seventy winters. ||

"Seventy! Bu-but how many years will you live?!"

Toothless chuckled slightly at the boy having a nervous breakdown. || Relax, they say a typical Night Fury lives for about a thousand years. I'm just getting started with my life. You will perish long before I will. ||

Hiccup was now awestruck. "Wow, a thousand years. You could do so much in a lifetime. You could outlive me almost fifteen times!"

|| Yes, perhaps if I had not met you. ||

Hiccups enthusiasm started to fade. "What do you mean?"

|| I have had a long time to think about it, but I don't think my heart will be able to take it when you die. My body will most likely give up after a heartbreak like that. ||

"That's terrible." Hiccup looked to the ground slightly let down. "So, if you never met me then you would have had a full life?"

|| Yes….But I wouldn't trade it for the entire world. You have changed my life so drastically, there is nothing more I want except to share every second with you. ||

Hiccup's heart sank. It wasn't just that he dramatically shorted his best friend's life that shocked him. It was how strongly the dragon felt about him and how he felt the same. "I feel the same way about you buddy."

Toothless purred and laid his head down on the boys lap. They were amazed, going without words for so long and now realizing how close they actually were to each other. The two admired each other endlessly. Their eyes never leaving the other's; what they saw in each other was loyalty. Loyalty that showed how either one would gladly die for the other. It was the pure loyalty that said, 'I will never leave your side; I will never let you fall.'.

They sat in silence for little longer, lost in the others mind. Hiccup blinked rapidly when he remembered what Toothless had mentioned. "When you said 'they say a typical Night Fury lives for a thousand years', wouldn't you know? I mean, what about your family? Haven't they told you about your heritage?"

|| I thought you knew. ||

"Knew what?"

|| A Night Fury is the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. ||

"That's what the book of dragons says, but that doesn't tell me about how you guys live."

Toothless sighed as he didn't know he was going to have to explain this. || When a Night Fury dies, a storm will come. A bolt of lightning mixed with plasma will reign down and into the dragon's body. The combination of the two forces will- ||

"Spawn a Night Fury."

|| Yes, exactly. Because of this, there has never been more than one Night Fury. It has always been the Night Fury's job to lead and change something within the world in a meaningful way. ||

Hiccup's mind drifted to the encounter he had with the God as he whispered. "He is more important than you know."

|| What was that? ||

"It was what the god said right before I left. He said that I need to protect you and that you are more important than I know, but now I understand. You're supposed to change the world in a meaningful way."

Toothless raised his head and stared of into the distance. || Every Night Fury before me has done something in the past that was significant. The most recent ended the war between the Skrills and the other dragon species. That was the longest any war had ever gone on for. They fought for centuries over which species would rule the skies. ||

"How did he end it?"

|| He showed them the truth and reconciled their differences. He showed them that skies could never belong to one single species. ||

Hiccup was blown away by the story. "So what is that you have to do?"

|| Night Furies are never told what they must do. They should feel it in their heart. Whatever it is to be done, it is always spectacular. ||

Hiccup eyed the dragon astonished. "What do you feel it is for your ambition?"

|| I have to make peace…..Peace between the humans and the dragons. ||

"I was kind of hoping you weren't going to say that."

|| Me too Hiccup….Me too. ||

"How long have you known about your destiny?"

|| Since the day you placed your hand on my snout. When you touched me, everything became clear. From that moment on, I knew that this was my purpose. I am to end the war that is as old as human and dragon existence. ||

There was a moment of silence as the weight of the conversation bore down on the two. Neither could imagine the difficulty in trying to convince the stubborn Vikings and the isolated dragons to work together.

Hiccup's stomach decided to break the silence. "Maybe we should try and find some food." Hiccup's face was turning several shades redder by the second.

Toothless chuckled at the pathetic sounding moan. || Was that your stomach? ||

"Yes. Now come on, I need to feed it before it eats my other organs."

|| It doesn't really do that, does it? ||

"No. Well, at least I hope not."

The two got up from their resting place and walked over to the sea. Hiccup cast his fishing line into the water and waited patiently. Toothless was just off to the side, tracking a rabbit. As soon as Hiccup had caught about a dozen fish he returned to the camp. He turned around to see the smug looking Night Fury trotting towards him with a large bunny hanging from his mouth.

"Well that didn't take long, but I thought you would have brought more than one."

|| I already ate the other seven. This one led me straight towards the family. ||

Hiccup had a shocked look on his face. "Well, apparently there will be no more of those on the island by the time we leave."

|| I don't mind ridding places of pests and infestations. ||

"It's obvious. Would you mind starting the fire again so I can cook my fish?"

Toothless fired a blue ball of plasma; instantly relighting the cooled embers. || I don't know why you insist on burning your food before you eat it. It completely destroys the flavor. ||

Hiccup took a fish and jabbed a stick into its side to roast it over the fire. "Well unlike you, my body can't handle raw fish all the time without throwing it all back up."

|| You just need to train your stomach to handle it. ||

"I'll be ok. I'm perfectly content cooking my food before I eat it."

Toothless snorted and swallowed a fish whole. || Suit yourself. ||

The boy and the dragon ate slowly and relaxed until the sun was nearing its journey. Hiccup noticed the day was almost over and turned to the Night Fury.

"Where did the day go? It hasn't been that long has it?"

|| Well when you're busy sleeping in until the suns past noon, then there isn't much time to work with. ||

Hiccup eyed the dragon angrily. "It's not my fault a god called me to the heavens."

|| It's half your fault. You're the one who bonded with 'The Great Night Fury'. ||

Hiccup rolled his eyes and went to grab the saddle. "I want to go flying. Even if we just circle the island a few times. It will still feel good to feel the fresh air."

Toothless walked over to his human and stilled himself to make it easier for Hiccup to secure the saddle. || No complaints here. I've been waiting to stretch these wings all day. ||

Once Hiccup attached his safety lines to Toothless, they launched into the air. Spiraling away as they flew up, Hiccup shouted to the heavens. "Yeah baby!"

The two flew on until the sun finished cascading. They had circled the island and found a stretch of trees to fly through at terrifying speeds. Toothless barrel rolled through a stack of rocks that jutted out of the ocean while Hiccup screamed in joy. They flew several miles up only to freefall like they had on their first real flight. Toothless spread his wings at the last possible moment, forcing the water below him to rupture outwards.

They landed gently at their dark camp once again and Hiccup proceeded to unsaddle Toothless. "Now it feels like we accomplished something today."

Hiccup put the saddle away so that it would be ready the next day. "I'm going to have to find a way to change that saddle and your fin black, so they don't stick out like a sore thumb."

|| So the lanky boy riding my back won't be a dead giveaway of my position? ||

Hiccup huffed at the dragons words. "Well, maybe I won't have to be. I can make up some new clothes and dye them all black. It will be a little hot in the summer, but at least we could stay secluded."

|| If we go on trying to convince humans to befriend dragons, I think we're going to need every bit of reclusiveness we can get. I don't think the humans are going to take to dragons very well. ||

"Well, hopefully they won't take too drastic of measures. The more people we get on our side the better though. We probably shouldn't go around stealing things and getting a bad name for ourselves."

|| We can cross that bridge when we come to it. We have many years ahead of us to change the minds of the humans. ||

Hiccup nodded his head and walked over to his basket. He rummaged through some of his belongings and pulled out an extra shirt to use as a pillow. He didn't think he should bother the dragon about sleeping on his side again.

Toothless watched as Hiccup flattened an area of grass across from the fire from him. || What the hell do you think you're doing? ||

"What did you say?"

Toothless snorted at the ignorant human.|| I said, 'What the hell do you think you're doing?' ||

"I'm making a bed. What's wrong with that!?"

|| What's wrong with sleeping on my side!? ||

"I thought it might have bothered you with me sleeping on you every night."

Toothless glared over at Hiccup for a moment. || You better get that scrawny ass of yours over here before I light it on fire! ||

"Ok, ok…. So much for me trying to think about others for a change."

Toothless huffed as his human lay down on his side. || You really think I'm going to risk letting you sleep out in the open? ||

"Look, I honestly thought that you would be uncomfortable with me sleeping on you. I'm sorry!"

Toothless chuckled slightly at the boy's tantrum. || I like to get my sleep just as much as you. Sleeping with one eye open to watch over you does not count. I feel much better with you at my side. ||

The two sat in silence and watched the fire die down. Hiccup laid his head on his friend's foreleg and listened to the massive heartbeat. "Toothless?"

|| Yes Hiccup? ||

"Do you really think we can do it?"

|| Do what? ||

"Convince everyone to stop the war. I'm just a little nervous about it. I finally got a friend who really cares about me, and I don't want to risk losing him. You're the first living creature that ever paid any attention to me, or even went out of their way to help me or make me feel comfortable."

|| I'm not going anywhere Hiccup. You will never need to worry about that. If someone tries to separate you from me; I will make sure that they are nothing but a puddle of blood, flesh, and bones. ||

"So you're saying that every time someone tries to hurt me, you're going to make a mess."

|| At least. ||

Hiccup closed his eyes and yawned. "I'm sure that will go over well."

Toothless noticed that his human had finally drifted off to sleep. He unfurled his wing and stretched it over the boy. After scanning the area once more he tucked his head under his wing to gaze over his boy.

|| I will never let anyone hurt you Hiccup. ||

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