A loud roar out of the sky alerted both boys to the presence of another creature. Hiccup looked up at the sky and smiled a huge smile. His green eyes zeroed in on the large flying figure as it dropped down from the sky. Large yellow eyes stared in to his and he didn't think twice about leaving Jacks arms long enough to place a hand on his friends head. Toothless rubbed into the hand and made a small sound of contentment.
"Uh…Hic?" Jack was slowly backing away from the strange creature. Hiccup looked back at his friend with a small smile.
"It's okay Jack, this is Toothless, and he is my dragon." Hiccup smiled back and forth between the two of them.
Toothless moved around so that he could get a better look at this new human…though he wasn't sure that's what these two were anymore. The other boy had ice blue eyes and white hair; he was just barely taller than Hiccup, his strange garments where blue and brown. He took a sniff of the air; it was a strange smell that met his nose. He couldn't name the scent this boy carried.
"Come here Jack." Hiccup said holding out a hand to his friend. Jack looked skeptical but slowly moved forward and placed his hand in Hiccups. "Toothless, this is Jack, he and I are old friends."
Toothless noticed that the sadness he had grown accustomed too from Hiccup was no longer present and his smile was complete. He cautiously moved to sniff at the boys hand and relaxed when he felt it softly touch his nose. After a few moments of the soft touch he moved back and then knocked Hiccup down and licked him in happiness. He had missed his boy. He wished that he could somehow show him that his friends had lived a good life. When he let him up he cocked his head as if to ask if they could go flying.
Hiccup climbed on to his back. "Try to keep up!" he called back to Jack as they flew off into the night sky. The wind was blowing and the stars were shinning. Before he knew what to think he was staring down at a town that seemed to spiral out in a circle from its center. He spread his arms out to enjoy the feel of the wind and laughed.
Jack fought back laughter at the look on Hiccups face, it was as if his friend was more at ease in the air than on the ground and he wondered what had caused that. He was very glad that his friend had found a friend after he had passed on. Thankful even that someone (does a dragon count as a person) he wondered had taken the time to look past Hiccups outside to the heart that was so strong and true. He flew as fast as he could and still nearly lost sight of the black figure that was Toothless.
The moon shinned down on them throughout the night as they flew around and did tricks, often enough scaring Jack witless even though he knew that Hiccup was the same as he himself was basically immortal. As the sun began to rise they headed back to North Pole and toward the palace, Hiccups mind no longer doing dives of its own. He realized that his friends must have gone to live their own lives and he could only hope that they had been happy and fulfilling.
Before they could get to the North Pole Toothless turned in another direction and Jack thanked god that normal people couldn't see them unless they believed in them and that the belief in dragons was very rare. He followed behind the two and frowned as they came to a small town. As they neared the edge of the town Toothless dropped down toward the ground and prepared to land.
When they did land Jack could sense confusion coming from Hiccup and so he landed next to his friend and together they walked toward a small sign that Toothless was staring at. The sign read as follows: Welcome to the town of Berkshire, given its name by the Vikings who founded it. Hiccup placed a hand on the sign and closed his eyes as flashes of pictures came through his mind. Astrid and Tuffnut, a little boy who looked like a mix of the two, Ruffnut and Snotlout with another little boy and finally a Fishlegs and some girl with a child as well, they all seemed to be happy.
Jack held on to Hiccups hand and laughed inside as he saw the same images as his friend. He couldn't quite get his head around the idea of Astrid as a mother but it sure made her look happy. The children in these visions all seemed to be having a lot of fun and as the images flew by the places changed and the people and their clothes as well up until what Jack figured had to be the present with three young kids two boys and girl with varying shades of blonde hair and blue or green eyes.
Toothless whipped around at a small sound that caused Jack to laugh when he saw what it was. A young girl, the one from the visions was staring at the sign too right through them. She couldn't see them which meant she didn't believe in them. She closed her eyes for a moment and hummed some song that seemed to cause Hiccup to freeze. Toothless was back by his side just as quickly as he had left it. Hiccup looked over at the little girl and smiled.
"She can't see or hear us can she?" He whispered as he leaned close to Jack's ear.
"No, only those who Believe can see or hear us." He whispered back.
"That song, it was our song for Snoggletog don't you remember?" he asked
Jack traced his staff across the ground creating a small design, and he smiled. "I do remember at least partially, some of those things are still slightly fuzzy."
"Dragons, and Vikings." The small laugh that left the girls throat was amused. Her blonde hair was braided back away from her eyes and she was smiling. "I wonder what my mom would think of all those stories I hear from Grandpa?" she turned around and left leaving the three spirits to watch her retreating.
"Jack!"
The sound of his name startled the boy as he wasn't expecting to hear his name. He turned around found Tooth surrounded by the little versions of her.
"What are you doing here?" he asked as he quirked an eyebrow at her.
"My job silly." She laughed "Hello Hiccup, I'm glad to see your doing better now."
"I'm sorry that I ran out like that but it is a lot to take in." he said
"I'm sure it is." She said "if you hadn't remembered things than I would have offered you to look at your memories which are held in your teeth."
Hiccup looked at her strangely but she just smiled at him. Okay what else did he not know?
"If you want to learn about us why not come back to the palace with us?" she asked
He just nodded and climbed on Toothless. He looked at Jack as if asking him if he wanted to ride too. Jack took off into the air in answer. They flew for a long time the four of them and the little ones and ended up back at the palace just as the sun began to rise again. They found the other guardians all in the map room watching the lights as they glimmered in and out.
"Hic would like to know more about everyone." Tooth said with a smile gaining everyone's attention.
"What would you like to know?" North said with a chuckle.
"For starters what your Jobs are." He asked looking once again at the group around him.
"I am who kids call Santa clause, you may call me; North." The man told him.
The large Rabbit stepped up toward him. "I am the Easter Bunny, mate, you can call me Bunny. No one calls me by my whole name."
Hiccup raised an eyebrow at the Rabbit. Okay so I guess he doesn't need to tell me his whole name. The strange colored girl gave him a smile.
"My name is Tooth, I'm the Tooth Fairy." She said and giggled "I'm sure you figured that out what with me telling you about your teeth earlier."
He turned to the little man who seemed to be made of sand. "You're the sandman right?" he asked and a little smiley face appeared above the man's head made out of sand. "You give people good dreams right?" Again a smiley face showed up and the little man nodded happily.
Now knowing what they all did helped him understand things somewhat better. Now he just had to figure out what it was he was meant to do. They talked into the night and watched the lights as they did. He wondered what would be next as he heard about how they had gone up against a guy they called Pitch, who he was told by Jack was actually the Bogeyman.
