Sometime during the night Jack left the cave to look up at the stars. It didn't take long before he was lost in thought.

It was raining. It had been a very boring trip so far and according to his parents they were almost there. He was five and all he wanted to do was play. Too bad there weren't any other kids on the ship.

"Look Jackson, you can see the island now." His dad pointed out picking him up so he could just make out the island in the distance. "That is Berk, the island where your mommy is from."

He looked back over at his mommy, her long brown hair pulled back into a braid that fell down to her waist , her bright eyes shining with laughter as she watched them. They went back into the ship and he curled up in a ball close to his mommy and daddy. Two days later they finally anchored at the docks.

"Welcome Friends."

Jack looked up at the voice and saw a big man with lots of red hair and hiding behind him a young child, redish-brown hair and green eyes looked back at him. He let go of his mommy's hand and slowly walked up to the child.

"Hi."

"H..h..h..hi" the small child stuttered out and moved out from behind the man. "My name is Hiccup."

"That's a funny name, but I like it." He smiled

"What's your name?" Hiccup asked

"I'm Jackson, and I'm a boy." Jackson answered

"So? I'm a boy too." Hiccup said

"You're a boy ?" he said surprised "You don't look one."

Hiccup pouted at him, then turned and ran toward a group of other kids. With a look back at his parents asking for permission Jackson took off after the little boy.

"Hiccup Wait!" he called out as he ran.

"No we don't want you around!" a bigger boy said pushing Hiccup away from him.

"Snotlout you're so mean." Hiccup said sitting up with tears rolling down his face.

Jackson ran as fast as he could and got between the bigger boy and Hiccup, intercepting the punch that was thrown that way. He stared the bigger boy down his grey-blue eyes burning. The other four kids moved back leaving them standing in the middle of a semi-circle.

"Who're you?" the boy asked looking him up and down.

"I'm Jackson, and Hiccup is my friend." He turned a smile at the smaller boy. "I won't let you hurt him again."

The others ran off. He turned back to Hiccup and grabbed his hand pulling him up off the ground. He could see a red mark on his cheek from where the boy, Snotlout had hit him. He lightly touched it with the tips of his fingers and Hiccup winched away in pain before he turned around.

"Thank you." Hiccup said softly. "I should go tell my dad."

"Then let's go." Jackson said once again grabbing his hand and pulling him along behind him. He could hear Hiccup breathing a little harder than could be called normal. They found Hiccups dad and his parents in a large building at the center of town. Hiccup's father picked him up as soon as they were close and checked him over for injuries. Hiccup told his dad what had happened and how. A few minutes later he was back on his feet and breathing easier as he made his way over to Jackson. Green eyes shined like a small smile as he stood on his tiny tip toes and placed a kiss on his cheek. After that they were almost never seen apart. He made it his job to protect the boy who was now his first and best friend on Berk.

Jack came back to the here and now as the moon began to set and the sun to rise. Toothless came out to sit next to him and Jack leaned back against him and closed his eyes. That was how Hiccup found him an hour later sleeping soundly with his hair falling into his eyes.

"Strange isn't it?" Hiccup whispered to Toothless as he sat down too. "I spent years of my life mourning him and our time together, I know you could feel it from time to time when I would get lost in that pain. I always wanted to be with Jackson, he was my best friend, and meant the world to me. I knew how I felt about him but after he was gone no other guy made me feel that way and I tried to be with Astrid but that never would have worked because I couldn't let her close or love her the way she deserved. Now here we are I've technically been dead for three hundred years and I still love Him, I should probably tell you what I remember about when I meet him huh?"

"It had been a long day, Dad was busy putting together a feast for a family who would be coming in by ship. He said the woman was one of us, a Tribeswoman from Berk originally who had left with her parents after an attack on the village. He didn't know if she and her husband had any kids they hadn't said in the letter. I was only four at the time, my hair was longer than most of the boys kept theirs with the exception of Tuffnut who kept his long like Ruff. When the ship docked I hid behind dad's legs. I saw the group then. A woman with long Brown hair that was braided down her back and dark brown eyes, a man with lighter hair and blue eyes, and between them; I saw the boy, I didn't know his name but he was pretty. That was the only word that came to mind when I first saw him. Dark hair pulled back from his face in a short pony tail, his grey-blue eyes sparkled. He came closer, said Hi and I stuttered out my own Hello, then told him my name. He thought I was a girl, that made me mad and I ran off. I ended up meeting up with my cousin and the others Snotlout punched me and I fell to the ground. A minute later I was looking up at Jackson who had just taken the second punch meant for me and still had the nerve to tell Snotlout that he was my friend and wouldn't let anything happen to me. It was that moment that I knew he would be important in my life, it was then that I decided he was mine. He would be my friend, and I would always care for him. Later I learned it was that moment that he earned the others respect as well. He helped me up and lightly touched the mark on my face then took me back to my dad. After that we were together as much as possible. Some nights he would stay over and I would wake up the next morning with him laying close to me much like now. It broke me when he died Toothless and everyone knew it. When I met you I got part of that joy in life back and I've always been thankful for it."