AN: I am amazed that so many people like this fanfiction, there is still tons to go. Also, if anyone of my readers is interested in being a beta reader I would greatly appreciate the help. I can't find one so I have been fixing it up the best I can myself. Anyways, thank you for reading and please enjoy this update. ^_^
Reading Ledger:
"Normal Speak"
-Dragon Speak-
'Toothless&Hiccup Telepathy' [This telepathy has no limit distance-wise, but only Hiccup and Toothless can hear it.]
*All Dragon Telepathy* [This version of telepathy is not long distance, but can still be used if individuals are close enough even when they are not within each other's vision. Has around a 100-meter distance.]
Original Character Names:
Terrible Terror - Remi
Chapter 9 - Legato al Cuore
Hiccup was walking through the woods with the small dragon perched on his shoulder. Its tail wrapped gently around his neck almost like he was using it as an anchoring point to make sure he didn't need to worry about falling. They were heading to where Toothless had been staying. It was a nice cove with lots of fish to eat and it was a decent distance from the village, which made Hiccup's fear of Toothless getting caught a lot less.
When they arrived at the cove the very first thing that Hiccup did was run across over to Toothless so that he could hug him. Being apart made Hiccup feel lonely, nervous, and jumpy; and this was due to the strength of their bond. It was like a double edge sword, the strength gave them amazing abilities and allowed telepathy without limits between them, but it was so strong that being apart for to long hurt both of them. It started as a small sting in his heart and would just increase the longer they were apart. They weren't sure if as time passed whether the pain would lessen or if it was going to always be the same. Both Toothless and Remi (the terror) had explained in detail to Hiccup about the soulmate bond, and that because of how strong their bond is that it was natural to crave to be near each other as much as possible. For dragons most of the time it wasn't a problem because mated pairs stayed together almost always.
Remi also mentioned a very rare thing known as heart-binding. There was a very miniscule chance for extremely strong bonded pairs to become heart-bound. When soulmates become heart-bound they tie together so tight that they are basically one existence within two bodies. If either one in the mated pair dies then the other will follow behind almost immediately. Neither Remi or Toothless know if heart-binding was even possible between a dragon and a human, but with how strong their bond had turned out to be there was a high likely hood that they would become heart-bound too if they weren't already. Hiccups heart fluttered when he thought about it and he was almost positive that they were already heart bound.
Hiccup had noticed other side effects over the last few weeks since they'd bound together. His hearing and sight had both become much better, and he could form small black scales on his body at will. The scales appeared and disappeared almost instantly when Hiccup wished. The scales were useful when he almost cut himself, and that was also when he'd found out that he could form the scales, to begin with. They had appeared automatically as if it had noticed danger and acted to protect him. His sight was amazing because he could now see better in the dark than ever before as well as further then he imagined was ever possible. Toothless had mentioned that these changes were probably due to the blood meld that happens to strong mated pairs. His blood had become mixed with Toothless's Night Fury blood which was enhancing his body. Which wasn't too surprising when Hiccup thought about it, Night Fury's were very powerful and naturally, their blood was very potent. So it would be expected that their blood would cause changes to a human body.
After the group talked for a bit they started fishing. Hiccup had made himself a rod that he left in the cove when suddenly he snapped his fishing rod right in half. He just stared at the broken rod and then at his escaping fish, *I'm not exactly sure what just happened but I shouldn't have been able to do that.*
Toothless imitated the way that Hiccup usually laughed but with his own guttural flare, *We must be ridiculously compatible, out bond is strengthening your body too. I wouldn't be surprised if my blood is overpowering your own.*
*You're already basically half-dragon blood wise, at least that's what I would assume. Even for different types of dragons when they've been bonded for a while they can receive traits from each other,* Remi explained before remembering something that he just needed to tell them, *One time this Nadder that I knew was bound with a Nightmare she'd known all her life, and she from him she received the ability to light her sharp quills on fire before from her mate.*
Toothless simply nodded, *I've seen similar occurrences, once I saw a terror receive the ability to light its whole body on fire from its nightmare mate. The damn creature was instantly 100 times more annoying.*
Remi added another small comment, *Dragon blood is more resilient so it is a lot harder for the blood to mix. This leads to less development of special shared traits from mates for dragons.*
Hiccup instantly had an idea about the blood melding as he looked to the two dragons, *With this information, we can assume that human blood is very compatible with dragon blood, especially mine; or very weak so it can be taken over easily. One thing that I am curious about is whether I'm an exception in this situation, or if all humans have blood that is extremely suitable to be bound to a dragon.*
*This is only a wild guess, but I think that you're probably an exception. If it was an all human thing we'd have heard of more human-dragon soulmates binding, but we haven't so I'd assume it is just you,* Remi responded honestly.
*I think that I agree, actually, I think there might be another factor that makes it possible for me to bind with a dragon,* Hiccup theorized, *It was probably part of what made me so different from the rest of the Vikings. Maybe they've been able to instinctively tell that I'm strange from the very beginning. The physical and mental abuse would make a lot more sense if that's how it works.*
Suddenly Toothless had his head resting in Hiccups like a giant puppy nuzzling against him gently. Hiccup smiled, *Okay, I'll stop going down that train of thought.*
*Good idea since we probably won't be able to find out any information unless we travel to a hive that has some elders who've experienced this before,* Toothless replied.
*Okay, then we'll plan for that after I figure out how to get all the dragon's out of confinement,* Hiccup thought to finish his sentence with a loud sigh.
