Yes, dear readers! 'tis I! I have come to update! Yay! Sorry about the wait. Anyways, my FIRST and only update today. I'll do more tomorrow. Anywho, shout-outs:

silverwolvesarecool: Seriously, though. I want to see SOMEONE do SOMETHING to Drago! :)

Stormfly Goes For A Spin: GGGGAAAAAAAHH!

lorde: No problem! Glad to know you like everything you're reading in it. :)

Jesusfreak: I need to see that movie! I've seen the trailer, and it looks ADORABLE. :D

Arcaane: BRILLIANT! :) I WILL write that sometime! Shouldn't take me too long...:) THANKS! XD!

GuardianDragon98: I guess we won't know until later.

Silver Lighting: AHA! THAT IS BRILLIANT! I will have to do that sometime! Or when Hiccup says "HEY remember that time we went swimming and you tried to drown me?" I could do the story behind that line as well! :D THANKS A TON!

thewookie1: Yeah. :)

S. E: I will do a story like that sometime. :D XD!

amillipede: EEEEEEEEEEEE!

AnimeAngel: MORE than that! MORE than just being frozen and thawed a gazillion times! He deserves MORE than THAT!

Three questions: Where was he, where was Toothless, and what had happened.

Hiccup opened his eyes and gazed around the room. HIs vision was fuzzy, but got better as he averted his eyes to fall at different locations of the room. He suddenly realized he was in his mother's cave.

Sitting up was a painful process, but he did it without much of a second thought. Standing up was harder, though, but he knew he had to. He had to find Toothless. He didn't know where his dragon had run off to. Hiccup had to let him know it wasn't his fault; that everything was okay.

Hiccup fumbled around for a moment before his hand ran over a stick. It was about as tall as he was when he set it upright, so he decided to use it for a walking stick, since he wasn't about to try and look for Toothless without one.

He gazed around and saw his mother curled up on the floor beside where Hiccup had been previously laying, sleeping. Hiccup smiled. She didn't have to know he was going. She would never let him. Mind made up, Hiccup slowly fumbled out of the cave, tripping over his own feet the whole way.

He had to find Toothless.

He had to find his best friend.

He looked around for a little bit before searching for a place the Night Fury would run and hide to. He didn't think he would have had time to be controlled again by the Alpha. After all, he was running as fast as he possibly could as far as he possibly could.

"Come on Toothless, where are you?" Hiccup whispered to himself.

It was hard getting along with just his walking stick, but he managed. He was too stubborn to give up just because he was injured. He wasn't going to let his poor dragon live in fear. It wasn't his fault. It was Drago's. Hiccup needed to make sure Toothless knew that. Because if he didn't, bad things could have happened.

"Toothless?" Hiccup called gently when he was sure he was far away enough from the cave for his mother to hear him. "Toothless, buddy, it wasn't your fault, okay? You need to realize that."

No reply.

Desperate to make sure Toothless knew the truth, Hiccup stumbled around aimlessly, searching for somewhere the Night Fury would have went to hide. Then, it met his eyes. He saw a small overhang, darkened by a large shadow. If the Night Fury was hiding in there, Hiccup wouldn't have been able to see him. It was the perfect place.

"Toothless?" Hiccup tried.

Silence.

Some part of Hiccup knew Toothless was there, hiding his shame. Hiccup carefully stumbled over with his walking stick, holding it in a death grip, since it really was the only thing keeping him on his feet. The pain in his chest was pretty much unbearable, but he forced himself to continue on.

"Toothless," he called, "buddy, please come out. I promise it will be okay, you just have to come out now. Bud?"

He heard a slight growl, and he knew Toothless was there for certain.

The overhang wasn't too hard to get to normally, but with broken ribs plus a puncture wound, it proved to be quite a challenge. Hiccup pulled himself into the overhang at length, just laying on his stomach with his walking stick sprawled out beside him when he finally reached his destination.

A growl broke the silence and reminded Hiccup that he still had a best friend to help. Grabbing his walking stick he stood, shaking on unsteady feet. Emerald eyes glowed in the darkness ahead of him, almost as if challenging him to come closer; daring him to make the first move.

"Toothless," said Hiccup.

Toothless curled tighter around himself, scooting backwards to try to stay away from his rider. Guilt plagued the dragon. He had tried to kill Hiccup. His Hiccup. His friend. His buddy. His other half. His rider. His master. He wasn't going to forgive him, Toothless thought. Hiccup couldn't forgive him. And even if he could, Toothless would never forgive himself for what he had done.

He wasn't dense; he knew he had been under the control of the Alpha when he fired that plasma blast; but none the less, he felt it were his fault. He should have been able to resist it. He should have been able to say No. You will not control me. I will not allow you to use me to hurt my rider. I will fight.

No, he went down almost without a fight. The entire time he had been approaching Hiccup, there was this tug at the back of his mind. He knew what he was about to do was completely wrong, but he had no control over himself. He couldn't stop it. He just opened his mouth and fired away.

And Hiccup. Hiccup was standing right in front of the dragon, holding out his hands, begging and pleading for the dragon to snap out of it; to take control over himself; to fight back; to resist the Alpha. But Toothless hadn't prevailed. He had fired. He had shot Hiccup with a plasma blast. He had almost killed Hiccup.

Hiccup had never been one to hold a grudge, but this time, Toothless was counting on it. He wouldn't have blamed Hiccup if he had, either. He would have only blamed himself. It was his fault, he felt. He should have been firing at the Alpha, not his Master.

"Toothless?" Hiccup asked again.

Toothless lifted his head and shrunk back further. He didn't trust himself with Hiccup anymore. He would never trust himself with Hiccup again. Not after what he had done. Not after what he did to the young rider.

"Toothless, it wasn't your fault, bud," said Hiccup.

Toothless growled in warning. Stay away! Don't let me hurt you again! Don't! Please! I couldn't live knowing I'd hurt you a second time, I can barely live now! Stay away! Turn around! Run!

Instead of running, Hiccup carefully held his hand out to Toothless. He couldn't leave his dragon, even though Toothless was making it pretty certain that he wanted him to. He couldn't bring himself to leave Toothless. He wouldn't leave Toothless. He would never have been able to live with himself.

"Please, Toothless, you are my best friend," said Hiccup.

Toothless was taken back a little bit. Are. He didn't say You were my best friend. No, he clearly said Are. Are. You are my best friend. Did Hiccup really forgive him?

"Please, buddy," said Hiccup. "I know you would never hurt me."

But I did! Toothless shrunk backwards, trying to tell Hiccup that he should get away from him. I did hurt you! He knew Hiccup couldn't understand what he was trying to say, so he tried to get his point across by hiding in fear.

"Toothless," said Hiccup. "You know I'm not leaving without you, buddy."

Buddy. Why do you keep calling me that!? Toothless thought desperately. I tried to kill you! I tried to end your life!

"Toothless, please come back," Hiccup pleaded.

Toothless really wished the boy would just give up. He wouldn't allow himself to get near Hiccup, but he wouldn't have been able to drive Hiccup away from him, he knew that much. He just wanted Hiccup to throw in the towel; but Hiccup was too stubborn for that.

"I am never going to give up on you, Toothless," said Hiccup. "I love you, buddy. You, are my best friend. My best friend," he repeated the last line with more force.

Toothless looked at Hiccup, shaking his head. He couldn't believe it. Hiccup really forgave him? Really? Still hesitant, Toothless uncurled himself and inched curiously towards his rider, just as he had done five years ago, the day they met.

Without warning, Hiccup flung himself forward and wrapped his arms around Toothless' neck, sobbing with relief.

"Oh Toothless!" he cried. "Oh Toothless...oh Toothless..."

Toothless purred, closing his eyes and nuzzling against his rider. Hiccup forgave him. Now he just had to forgive himself. Maybe he would never truly let it go, but for now, he decided that he would. Hiccup needed him right now.

Then, suddenly, Hiccup didn't feel like he could stand anymore. His ribs and all around injury had made him feel as if he would just pass out just by sitting up, but now since he'd been walking around, it was far worse. He sank to the ground, Toothless copying him. He wrapped his tail around his rider as Hiccup leaned against his side.

"Oh buddy," said Hiccup, "what would I do without you?"

He let his eyes drift shut, and Toothless asked himself the same question. What would he do without Hiccup?