Ah now this chapter was hard to grind out but now that its done I hope you all enjoy it.

"OW, for the love of Thor how many damn roots are there to trip over in this damn forest?" Hiccup declared as he picked himself up again from the forest floor. He gave an exasperated sigh as he dusted himself off and looked around for Toothless. "Hey buddy where did you go?"

"Up here"

Hiccup looked up and sure enough he saw Toothless hanging in a nearby tree looking at him amusedly. He laughed at Toothless's casual appearance, "What the heck are doing up there? I thought we were going to the lake."

"You're slow, I got bored waiting"

Hiccup rolled his eyes, "Yeah well its hard to traverse the forest with a fake limb. I was clumsy enough with both of my legs so now I'm pretty much twice as clumsy, give me a break.

Toothless cocked his head slightly at his statement and gave a confused growl. "Is that even possible?"

"Oh very funny you're such a comedian, I'm not that clumsy.", Hiccup said in an annoyed tone but noticed that Toothless actually seemed honest about what he had said. He laughed mentally at how comical Toothless looked right now. "I was joking Toothless, that was sarcasm."

Toothless was silent for a while before giving a frustrated growl and let go of the branch he was on, returning to Hiccups side. "Humans are really weird. I never know when you are serious or not"

Hiccup laughed at Toothless's comment, "Yeah well dragons aren't too well understood either." He scratched Toothless behind his ear, causing a content purr from the dragon.

Toothless shook his head contently and looked at Hiccup, "Dragons are sophisticated. Much isn't know by you"

"Well yeah, there's a lot we don't know about you. Which is why I want to get to the lake so you can explain everything that's gone on so far.

Toothless emitted a growly laugh at his statement. "Trip less and we'll be much faster"

"Oh shut up, its hard walking through the forest when you're missing half of a leg." Hiccup said in an amused tone. He gave Toothless another scratch behind the ear eliciting another purr from the dragon.

Toothless let out a content growl as he stretched out on a clear spans of earth near the lake, fully expanding his wings as to absorb more warmth.

Hiccup watched as the dragon lay relaxed on the ground and gave an annoyed groan, "Uh hey Toothless, this isn't the time for a nap." He waited for a response but merely received silence. Hiccup rolled his eyes and walked over to the lazing Toothless, "Hey lazy scales get up." Toothless cracked open one green eye and looked at him casually, letting out a faux yawn in the process. "Well, when are you gonna explain this mind stuff to me?", Hiccup asked impatiently, his mind still wrestling with itself over his experience.

"Patience"

Hiccup laughed sarcastically at Toothless, "Hey, I am patient but we don't have a lot of time out here until the storms arrive and I really don't want to be stuck out here soaking wet. Remember, I don't have scale armor to protect me from the rain. Besides if anybody overheard me just talking aloud with no response they'd think I've gone around the damn bend."

Toothless now raised his head and looked over towards Hiccup with his equivalent of an amused smirk and raised one of his wings, beckoning Hiccup to his side.

Hiccup rolled his eyes impatiently but eventually sat down near Toothless. He gave an exasperated sigh ,"Well, are you going to talk or what?", he said and looked at him expectantly.

Toothless let out an amused snort and gave him a calming gaze. He gently put his raised wing around Hiccup, wrapping him in a blanket of warmth and laid his head back down.

Hiccup tried to object but rather enjoyed the warmth. He leaned back on Toothless's side and closed his eyes, letting the rays of sun relax his tensed body and mind. After a while he noticed that his headache was lessening and he actually felt calmer.

Toothless gave a long content sigh and looked back at Hiccup with a calm smile. "Now we may talk"

Hiccup smiled back and gave a slight chuckle at how stressed he seemed to be before. "Thanks buddy, I needed that."

Toothless nuzzled Hiccup, purring affectionately, and removed his wing. He got up and stretched, much like a cat. Giving one last contented yawn, he walked towards the lake for a drink.

Hiccup also stretched contently but instead laid down, enjoying the warmth. Suddenly a thought entered his mind, he looked over towards Toothless, "Hey Toothless", the dragon finished drinking and gave him his full attention. He motioned Toothless over.

Toothless gave a snort and walked back over to Hiccup, laying down next to him and purred comfortably. "Yes yes let the questions come forth."

Hiccup gave a chuckle and leaned back on Toothless's side. He gave a sigh, "When you first talked to me mentally, why did you speak in such short sentences?"

Toothless glanced over to him, putting on a thoughtful look.

"Our minds are alien to yours, difficult to connect with. I didn't want to overtax your mind again like before."

Hiccup rubbed his temples, remembering how his head went for a spin after Toothless had said just a few words to him. "Okay so you've been steadily building up how much you say to me so I wouldn't pass out like at the docks?"

Toothless nodded.

Hiccup smiled at how serious Toothless was about his safety, it always touched him. "Well I think you can try and extend your sentences, my head isn't pounding like it was before so feel free to talk more.

"Okay, but please tell me if you start to get light headed and Ill stop."

"Have I ever said you are way too protective?", Hiccup said in a joking tone.

Toothless gave him a serious look.

"You're MY Hiccup, I wouldn't let anyone hurt you. Besides, better safe than sorry."

"Alright I think Ill be fine, lets get back to the questions.", Hiccup said impatiently. "So is it easy for you or other dragons to communicate with humans?"

Toothless thought about the question for a while.

"Not really, humans are often too rushed, thoughts of go here, get this, kill that. Storms often plague their minds, like you were, and that makes it impossible to communicate. Very few have mental clarity, also like you. It is rare that a dragon can mind speak with a human."

Toothless paused, letting what he said so far sink in.

"Well that makes a little sense, so can you communicate with fellow dragons mentally as well ?", Hiccup asked, now intrigued.

"Oh yes, dragons can mind speak from birth. However, hatchlings are taught to control their ability and fortify their own minds since the mind is thought of as a sacred place to us. Much like human homes, you wouldn't want anyone entering as they pleased any time, right?

Hiccup nodded affirmably.

"Often mind speaking is done with family and trusted friends. We resort to our native tongue, dragonese as you humans call it, for common conversations. Dragons who attempt to invade that privacy are badly looked down upon and often shunned, though not many try."

Hiccup smiled in awe, he knew dragons weren't mundane but he never knew they regarded each other with such respect. He was enjoying learning from Toothless, he was a pretty good teacher. His mind buzzed with countless other questions but he picked one carefully, "So did other humans try to communicate with you mentally also?

"Through my life so far, none have had a mind as unique or as strong as yours."

Toothless purred lovingly at the last few words, gently nuzzling Hiccup.

Hiccup gave a small chuckle at Toothless's affection. "Oh, so you're saying that you never met anyone who was able to speak to you with their minds?"

"I never said none were able to, I merely said your mind is far better than those who have managed to mind speak with me. That is what you humans call a 'compliment' I believe."

Hiccup rolled his eyes, "Alright you don't have to be so analytical, sheesh. Well, since you did communicate with other humans, how did it go? "

Toothless gave a heavy sigh, not really wanting to divulge the information, but knew Hiccup would be relentless for an answer.

"Well if you must know many of them destroyed themselves, their minds couldn't take the strain. Your mind howe-"

Hiccup cleared his throat rather loudly, interrupting Toothless's explanation, "Whoa whoa back up, the humans who actually tried to mentally speak with you died, how?"

Toothless let out a long sigh.

"Its very rude to interrupt Hiccup but if you must know they destroyed their own minds."

Hiccups eyes went wide with both shock and confusion, "How did they destroy their minds?"

Toothless now let out a slightly irritated growl

"Hiccup, if you wish for me to explain you must first allow me to finish speaking."

Hiccups face lightly flushed with embarrassment, "Right sorry, please continue."

"As I was saying before, your mind is strong enough and if you concentrated enough you could probably achieve it. Be warned though, it may be very taxing. Remember, our minds are nothing alike. Dragon's minds are naturally stronger due to our longer lives but yours might not be able to handle the strain"

Hiccup sat up and pondered whether he should try it. Curiosity and fascination gnawed at him like a rabid wolf to attempt it. He looked up at the sky, "I wont die or anything like that right?"

Toothless gave him a discerning look.

"If you try it I would quickly sever the mental link if I sensed you were in any danger besides there is really no "death" if you overstrain your mind. The two possible outcomes would be, if you completely delved your mind into mine and couldn't handle the strain, your mind would then be destroyed and you would be left a husk, or your mind would be so badly scarred from the experience that you would hardly be able to live a sane existence. Both are worse than death itself though.

Hiccup swallowed hard as he heard the last sentences and looked at Toothless. "Odin, that's gotta be the worst damn thing that can befall anyone." He then stared at Toothless with a confused look, "Wait if you can sever the link when I'm doing it why couldn't you do it when the other humans attempted it.

Toothless let out another sigh, slightly amazed at his Hiccups endless curiosity and looked at him with a very serious look.

"The humans who attempted it and failed not only tried to speak with me, they attempted to break into my mind to sate their own ravenous curiosity. As I said before, we dragons view the mind as a sacred place so I took no pity and let them reap their "reward"

Hiccup was taken aback at how deeply Toothless felt about this. "Toothless, if this is too touchy of a subject we can stop."

Toothless shook himself out of his sour recollection and looked over to Hiccup.

"No no Hiccup, I'd learned long ago how to deal with my emotions. However, do you at least see how dangerous this can be if you try and force yourself into someone's mind?"

Hiccup gulped and sat up, still trying to imagine the hell of losing his mind, and nodded. "Do you think I could try it?", he asked still curious.

"As I said before, if your mind cant take the strain Ill sense it and sever the link before anything happens. Don't worry Hiccup, I wont allow anything to befall you. Now this is the method that we use to train our young but it should be easy enough for humans too. First you want to clear your mind of any distractions, meditating may help in your case. After your mind is clear concentrate on the individual you wish to mind speak with. Now when I say concentrate on the individual I don't mean to simply think about them, I mean you should be able to sense their very mind. Next think of something to say, in your case I suggest a single word to be safe. Then, after you have chosen what to say, project it with perfect clarity to the other. Be careful though, it is at this stage that one might delve too deeply into the others mind since they are extending a portion of their own to contact the other. Also I must add that you keep your curiosity in check, I cannot stress this enough.

Hiccup gave an exasperated laugh and looked at Toothless, "Sheesh Toothless this prospect seems to get more complex the more you explain it." He laid back down with a huff and stared at the sky, trying to process all that he was told.

Toothless gave an amused snort as he watched Hiccups frustration, 'humans have absolutely no patience'', he thought to himself.

"Well I don't want to skimp on any details, sorry if I confused you. My apologies but I cant put it any simpler."

Hiccup laughed at his dragon's answer, "Well how about this, Ill just give it a whirl and you show me what I'm doing wrong; simple enough, right?"

Toothless paused for a bit, he hadn't thought of that. His Hiccup was always teaching him even when the boy was supposed to be learning. He let out a growling laugh and nodded.

"Very well but remember, I sever the connection at any hint of trouble"

Hiccup sat back up and laughed, "Alright alright but if I do manage to do it I want to try something more difficult."

"If your energy stands up to the strain then Ill consider it."

Hiccup rolled his eyes but dropped the conversation. He thought up of a single simple word and relaxed again. Closing his eyes, he allowed himself to relax and started to calm his mind. He felt his heartbeat slow and muscles relax as he cleared his head. He carefully searched for something that sounded like Toothless. He came across something he couldn't really identity and decided to investigate. The more he concentrated on the faint source the more vast it started to become. Fear slightly gripped him at how alien it seemed, could this actually be Toothless's mind? He took a breath and thought of one word with all his concentration, sending it with as much clarity as he could. The vastness of Toothless's mind was astounding, the memories he must have. He circumnavigated Toothless's mind curiously. He came across a rather bright area and curiosity tapped his conscious, he decided to probe a bit deeper. He felt a slight pull towards the back of his skull as he touched the entity and instantly got dizzy.

"HICCUP NO!"

Toothless felt Hiccup begin delve into his mind and severed the bond immediately.

Hiccup gave a shuddering gasp as his conscious was ripped from Toothless's and staggered away, he had thoughts and memories that weren't his racing around in his mind, his body felt numb from the brief contact. He looked around him but couldn't manage to see clearly, whenever he tried to concentrate his mind screamed with pain. He felt his stomach begin to convulse, he leaned over and vomited painfully on the ground. Toothless's frantic roars and growls came as distant echoes to his ears, as if in a cave. His vision began to blacken and he collapsed to the ground, barely feeling the fall. Looking up to the sky, all he saw was Toothless's quickly blurring form frantically nudging him and roaring trying to get a response. One stray thought echoed dominantly throughout his mind as the world around him went silent and disappeared, 'What have I done?'

Time froze for Toothless as he watched Hiccup collapse to the ground. He ran to the boy's side and frantically nudged and pawed him to try and elicit a response. He touched Hiccups mind and could just barely pick up a faint ember. "Hiccup, HICCUP answer me dammit you can't die YOU CAN'T DIE!", he shouted mentally, hoping to rekindle his consciousness. He looked around him for a possible way to scale the steep rock walls with Hiccup to get help but couldn't find any without leaving Hiccup, he roared in frustration as he found no possible way out without leaving Hiccup. Rage licked the back of his mind at his helplessness, violet flames flicked from his mouth as his anger built. He let out an enraged roar that shook through the forest and echoed deafeningly off the rock walls. Stopping and taking a deep he calmed himself, losing his head isn't going to help the situation. He walked back to where his Hiccup was and gently licked his face, still trying to elicit a response. He looked to the skies as a rumble sounded and saw that the storms were nearly upon them. Remembering the nearby cave, he gingerly carried him to the shelter.

Toothless laid the unconscious Hiccup down and curled around the boy, blanketing him with one of his wings protectively. He gently entered Hiccup's mind and saw that it hadn't gotten any better but also didn't seem to be getting any weaker, that gave Toothless a sliver of relief. Anger licked at the back of his skull at his inability to help his Hiccup but he knew getting angry wouldn't help the situation. Slightly bowing his head, he closed his eyes and mentally prayed, putting his very soul into the effort. "Mother dragoness, please help guide this lost hatchling back to his nest." A lone tear silently glided down his scaled skin and fell to the cold stone floor as he ended his prayer. He laid his head down next to Hiccup's and gently purred. Protectively pulling the boy slightly closer to him, he lightly licked his auburn hair caringly. "Please Hiccup…don't leave me.

Well theres my version of a cliffhanger(hate me love me do what ya do) . So what do you think, like I said before this chapter was hard to grind out but overall I think I did a good job. Im still thinking of a suitable continuation and am open to suggestions.

Please review and as I have said before only good sensible reviews, I am deaf to the words of the asshole.

Again if you have a suggestion then let me know. :3

P.S I also have a quick oneshot uploaded, so check it out!