As time went on Hiccup continued to have dreams about the man named Pitch. Each time it was different, sometimes he would just be himself other times he would morph into one of his friends. One night he woke himself in a scream that caused Jack to jump too.

"What happened this time Hic?" Jack asked as he cuddled the other boy close to him running a hand through his bright hair.

"It wasn't one of my friends this time. It was my dad. Oh Jack why did he have to use dad?" Hiccups voice was soft and sad.

"I don't know Hic, but I do know that your dad wouldn't think whatever it was Pitch said." Jack said still soothingly running his fingers through the shaken boy's hair.

Hiccup cried himself back into a light sleep that wouldn't induce dreams and Jack wondered why Pitch was attacking Hiccup. It was no secret to Hiccup what had happened between the guardians and Pitch not so long ago, they had thought he was defeated for good when his nightmares had attacked him. Sandy hadn't seen many nightmares since then and only the ones that kids normally got after something scared them. Even Sandy had admitted that he couldn't get rid of all the bad dreams that often got termed as nightmares.

The next time Hiccup woke they went to talk to North. They found him of course in the work shop. He was busily working on a little toy and his eyes were bright with joy as he did so. Jack tapped his shoulder causing the man to turn around his screwdriver still raised.

"What can I do for you?" He asked sitting it down on the work bench in front of him.

"Have you ever dreamed?" Jack asked

"Yes, though I don't sleep much since it isn't an actual requirement anymore." North replied looking over the two boys.

"When you dreamed did you ever see Pitch?" Hiccup asked

"Now, that I can't say I did." He raised an eyebrow as Hiccup visible paled. "I take it Pitch is up to something?"

Hiccup turned to Jack and sighed when the look he met clearly said he had to talk about it himself. "He has been appearing in my dreams lately, sometimes as just himself others he morphs into one of my friends and last night he changed into my dad."

North made a noise but didn't say anything for a moment as if he was in thought and when he did say something again it was to Jack.

"Has Man in moon tried talking to you?" he asked "Perhaps he knows something."

"He still doesn't talk to me, not once since he told me my name." Was the reply that Jack gave to North.

Hiccup just frowned he hadn't heard anything from the legendary man in the moon; he had just remembered who he was when he woke up. Unlike Jack, his memories had still been a part of him. They called a meeting with the other guardians and filled them in on the dreams and Pitch and asked for any thoughts they had on it. No one else had been on the receiving end of his dreams before and Sandy didn't know what made Pitch want to go after Hiccup.

As the day wound down Sandy went off to give kids good dreams and Bunny went back to the warren. Tooth hated to think of it but it was a fact that she had never given thought to if Pitch had ever been Human, she had always assumed he had been but she knew every set of teeth in her palace and every picture on them and none of them looked like Pitch so if he had been it was before she was created. She told them this before she went back to her job the same as Sandy had.

Toothless hung around outside the workshop for a while before he got bored of it and went for a flight. He ended up flying over a large lake and landed long enough to get a drink. He could see the small town not too far away from where he was sitting. No one was out and about by the closest of the houses. He watched the snow that fell from the sky and wondered if he would ever get used to being in this new place.

When he heard a noise from behind him, he turned his head and looked. What he saw was one of the little Tooth creatures that always followed the bright one around. She seemed to be stuck. He turned around to face her and gently using his tail got her free. She chirped at him and nuzzled his nose in thanks before taking off again.

When he found his way back to the workshop, he found Hiccup and jack sitting in the snow watching the northern lights, which were shinning many brilliant colors. They were leaning against each other and nearly falling asleep. He nudged both of them slightly in the back causing them to turn toward him.

"Hey boy, where have you been? gone out on another flight I bet." Hiccup said with a small smile at his dragon friend. "Best be getting back to the cave, I'm tired." He climbed up on Toothless' back and they took off toward the cave. When they landed the boys went straight to their bed in the back and toothless curled up on his. They all hoped that this night they wouldn't get woken up by nightmares.

Hiccup did dream that night but for the first time in weeks it wasn't a nightmare. He saw the island with its grounds covered in snow and he could see the others doing training with the young kids. He saw his dad who named his cousin the next chief just before both Astrid and Ruffnut told their husbands about the future young ones. It was with the end of that dream that he woke up to the sunlight pouring into the caves entrance and Toothless yawning.

"Good morning." He half whispered as he leaned over Jack, running his hand down his cheek and kissing him. The winter spirit of fun returned the kiss with passion and flipped them over so that he was lying on top of Hiccup. They continued to kiss until they had stop to breath. They continued to cuddle for a few minutes after that and then Jack got up.

"I have to go bring in winter over in Ireland, so I'll be gone for a while will you be okay?" he asked as Hiccup sat up.

"I'll be alright, Toothless is here and he won't let anything happen; besides if I need help all I have to do is go to North." He replied standing up and giving Jack another kiss for luck. "Have a good time and come back in one piece."

With a final flourish of his staff Jack left the cave and Hiccup feeling sure that when he returned his friend turned love would still be waiting for him. The flight to Ireland took him a few days and when he got there he began frosting things. He patiently waited for the snow to start and then started a few snowball fights after the first snowfall. He smiled as the kids all began to get into the games, if he was honest about it these days, now reminded him of his times with Hic.

Tooth was flying form one side of her palace to the next when she found something interesting, a holder with a picture of a young boy who looked like Pitch but not quite, she wondered how she had not seen it before. This boy had dark brown hair and blue eyes. She was not going to open the tube herself, at least not without the others. She took the tube with her and flew as fast as she could to the workshop knowing that was where she would find, North and that they could call Bunny and Sandy. She wasn't sure if calling in Hiccup and Jack was a good idea until they knew for sure if this was really Pitch.

A week after Jack had left Hiccup woke up for yet another Nightmare, this time Pitch had taken Jack away and was torturing him. He was crying when he woke up. That was the first time Pitch had attacked Jack in his dreams though not the first time that he had brought him up. Hiccup got the feeling that Jack and Pitch being the exact opposites that they were had gotten into many battles over the time before the big battle even if they had done so unknowingly. He went to the workshop in search of someone to listen to his dream as it helped him feel better if he talked about them.

What he found upon entering was the group all gathered around Tooth who was talking about what looked like a tube she was holding. He had to all but yell out to them to get them to notice him and when they did the looks on their faces were mixtures between worry and wonder.

"What is going on?" he asked startled by the looks he was getting.

Tooth was the one who made a move first and literally a move, she brought the tube over to him and placed it in his hands. "I found this yesterday and we were discussing what to do with it. We believe that it maybe Pitch's memories. I don't know how I missed having this for so long."

"Where did you find it exactly?" he asked wondering for a moment about a theory he had come up with.

"In a part of the Palace that is older than I am. I hadn't had a reason to go in there so I didn't think about it." She answered.

"I think," he started turning to face everyone instead of just her, "that you took the place of other guardians who had been among the living but couldn't follow where their worst enemy went. To the spirit realm, the place where people's beliefs take on life and dreams help them to come to terms with things."