The grass under my bare feet gave way to mud as I descended the hill behind Hiccup's house. I could hear him stumbling after me, calling out for me to stop.

The forest welcomed me as I dodged under a few branches and skirted around a couple large boulders. The sweet pine smell filled my nose and the soft earth squished between my toes as I did a combination of running and tripping.

"Hey! Wait! Come back," Hiccup called out, and I could hear him a few feet behind me.

Gathering my hair in my hands, I ducked behind a fallen log and prayed that he wouldn't find me. I calmed my breath and held as still as possible, listening intently for the Viking's footsteps.

A twig snapped to my right and I could make out the shadowy figure of Hiccup standing in front of me, his back facing towards me. I suppressed a gasp, knowing that any movement would give me away.

"Where did she go?" Hiccup whispered to himself, "Who was she?"

I resisted the urge to reach out to him and give him what he wanted. What could I do? Lie? Tell the truth? No, I had to avoid him. There was nothing else I could do.

The whimper the escaped my lips made me jump.

I'm done for…

As soon as the sound escaped my lips, Hiccup was searching behind him for the source. He saw me almost instantly, and knelt down slowly with his hands raised, showing me he was not dangerous.

"Let me help you," the boy said quietly, "I won't hurt you. Just let me help you."

Oh Hiccup, I know you won't hurt me.

"What's your name?"

That question again. Was he determined to forever make my mind go numb with the confusion? Anora? Toothless? Human? Dragon? I didn't know myself anymore.

"You have a name, don't you?"

I look up at Hiccup. "Of course."

My voice still sounded strange to my own ears. Was it shrill? Or just high pitched? Did it bother Hiccup? Maybe I shouldn't talk, in case he doesn't like my voice.

"Well what is it?" The look Hiccup gives me is happy and hopeful and my mind is fuzzy for a moment

"Nnnnn-" I think about it, " Anora. My name is Anora."

"Anora," Hiccup says slowly, nodding to himself, "That's a nice name."

"Th-thank you?"

I'm unsure of what I should say to Hiccup. I figured I should have been telling him everything; how I feel when we are together, how my Mother has been teasing my about him, how I feel when he is with Astrid. Everything I have wanted to tell him over the years failed me now, because he didn't know me as Toothless in this form. When I was human, I was Anora. I had dug my own grave.

"So, where are you from?" Hiccup started with small talk, and then he was going to turn to the more penetrating questions, like why I was in his house, and how I knew his name.

Wrapping the blanket tighter still around me, I answer, "Far away from here."

"Really…"

Crickets were somewhere in the distance, chirping and making our silence awkward. I twiddled the corner of the blanket and stared at the ground, waiting for Hiccup's decision on what to do next.

"I've never seen you at Berk before."

"Yes you have," I whisper, not able to help myself when it came down to it. "Hiccup, you really don't know who I am?"

"Well I know that you are a really weird girl by the name of Anora, whom I have never seen before in my life except for tonight. I know that you are the most mysterious human being I have ever met, and I know that I'm not sure if you are a dream or if you are real."

I stare at him in wonder, soaking up every word. My lips form a small smile. "What if I am a dream? Will you wake up in the morning and wonder about me?"

"I usually don't wonder about my dreams, but I think that I would most certainly wonder about this one."

The smile on my face grows wider, "Then I am a dream, Hiccup. Go back to your home, and do not think of me again until you wake up in the morn."

A sly smile appeared on the boy's face as he said, "If you were a dream, would I be able to feel your skin?"

His hand held my own for a split second before I flinched away. I hadn't noticed when he grabbed my hand, but it was a pleasant feeling. It was a natural feeling.

"I'll go, Anora, but I have a feeling I will be seeing you in my dreams again."

I nodded, unsure if I should say anything. Watching Hiccup go, I wanted to reach out for him again and tell him everything. But he disappeared in the shadows, not looking back at me once as he left.

Well now, who wanted to be called Toothless?

I glare at the sky. Sometimes, I really hated my mother.

It seems he has accepted you. Are you going to try sneaking out earlier? Hm? I could always change you into a human permanently, if you don't want to cooperate with this deal.

This was one of those times.