…Unfortunately I took far longer to actually return to Jack's village than I had intended ...
...My dad never really had the time to organize an entire crew, supplies, and a ship that would be able to take us back to Jack's village. Each time that I asked him about it he used the same sort of excuses…
"Hiccup I'm busy right now, we'll talk about this later."
"I know you miss Jack, but we don't have time to go to his village right now, but we will soon, I promise"
"Hiccup just...go play with the other kids in our village for a bit, I'm in the middle of something."
Each day he told me these excuses, that little glimmer of hope of seeing my friend I had grew smaller and smaller. I couldn't help but have that fear that I would possibly never see my best friend again... yet I would always try pushing that horrid thought away into the deepest parts of my mind and just try my very best to think as positive as I could.
Little by little weeks turned into months... and those months slowly became years.
It took me time to adjust back to the usual lifestyle without Jackson around anymore, but I mean hey I managed... Of course as time passed, and I grew older, Jackson was no longer the only thing on my mind as much as he was when I was younger... and I mean after a certain amount of time, you start forgetting the tiny little things that you don't really take to much effort into keeping.
But of course I could never forget Jackson. In fact that couldn't even be farther from the truth. No matter what I would go through, or how much time passed, I could never really forget that stupid goofball. And most importantly I could never forget that promise that I had to keep to him...
Although during the time without Jack, I realized I had changed a lot from when I had last seen him. I had obviously gotten much taller from that time, my shoulders had broadened, my voice had gotten much deeper, my teeth became a bit less crooked then how they were in the past, and I developed, well somewhat muscle? Not a lot of it, but it's there...? Sort of.... But on a plus side my freckles have become a lot less noticeable … or at least in my own opinion they had. If I'm lucky enough Jack might stop calling me those weird nicknames related to it.
I wondered multiple times If Jack would even recognize me now...? Would I even be able to recognize Jackson..? I mean it had been so many years after all...hmm...
And not only was I able to grow physically during my time without Jack, but I grew as a person really... I was able to make a new unlikely friend... a friend who was able to teach me that the only one who I really need to be...is me, not what anyone else may tell me to be...
And...that's when I finally realized something... I had Toothless now! I've had had for almost a year now, and I don't need to depend on my dad and the village in order to visit Jack's village, all I had to do was pack some things, get the map from my dad, and just go!
It had taken me a while convince my dad to let me go since he kept saying it was so far away from Berk, but eventually he was able to see how badly I needed to go, how important it was for me to keep my promise, and so he gave me his full support. He then gave me the map which would take me to Burgess and explained everything to me to the dot.
I quickly packed all my things ;food, water, clothes, and all other necessities that I would need. I then said my temporary goodbyes to everyone and quickly went off my way early in the morning.