Two years have passed. Hiccup's age: 7

"Sir we found the Night Fury." A guard yelled up to Stoick through the open window in there house He was helping Hiccup clean up after dinner. Stoick dropped the plates he was holding. He ran up to the window with the guard.

"Are you sure it's the Night Fury?" Stoick asked the out of breath guard. The guard rapidly nodded his head.

Hiccup pulled on his dad's tunic.

"What is it dad?" He asked.

Stoick turned and knelt down, holding both of his son's shoulders.

"We found the dragon that's been attacking the village. Some of the guardsmen caught it."

"Them. Sir." The guard announced.

Stoick quickly spun back up to the window.

"Them? It had a child?"

"From what I was told, sir. The child is at least a few summers old. But not old enough to attack us like the older one."

Stoick nodded. "I'll be out shortly. Wait for me." He turned back to Hiccup. "I have to go. I don't know when I'll be back."

"Can I come?" Hiccup squeaked. Stoick laughed at his son.

"I don't know Hiccup? Do you think you're old enough?"

"I'm old enough." Hiccup insisted. Stoick laughed again, got up and walked towards his front door.

"Come along then. Let's go." Hiccup ran after his dad and outside. The guard met them out front. He led while Stoick and Hiccup quietly followed. After an hour of going through the forest they came into a small clearing. A circle of guards stood around two sets of large wooden restraints. Both dragons were struggling to escape. Hiccup tried to step forward to see his old friend. Both dragons stopped there attempt to escape when they saw Hiccup. Hiccup was held back by his father.

"Where do you think you're going? You're not big enough to fight those two." Stoick chuckled. He looked over to the dragons who had been terrorizing their village. "None of us are." He whispered.

Stoick stepped into the middle of the circle.

"Take these two, to the arena. I'll deal with them in the morning." Stoick commanded. The men closest to the dragons did as they were told, lifting both easily. Stoick followed by Hiccup lead the the way back. When they reached the village the dragons were paraded around while villagers threw what was in arm's reach at them. Both dragons were pelted with rocks and bits of food. Hiccup didn't like what was happening but was powerless to stop it. Once finish with their victory lap, the dragons were taken to the arena. They were locked up in one of the cages, normally meant for a Monstrous Nightmare or Nadder. Guards were posted at each side so no one could get in from the front.

Stoick and Hiccup returned home. Stoick was ecstatic about capturing the Night Fury's. He'd only thought there was one but two made it all the sweeter. He sent Hiccup to bed so that he could think of the best way to deal with the dragons.

Hiccup went to to his room without any fuss. He knew what he was going to do and going to his room only helped his idea.

Hiccup hadn't heard anything from downstairs in a while so he sprung to action. He tied his blanket to his bedpost and opened the window. Carefully climbing out he slide down his makeshift rope. He let go of the end, softly landing in the grass below. Slowly and quietly he made his way to the arena. He opened a secret door that Gobber used to feed the dragons when dragon class was going on. He'd shown it to Hiccup one day when he needed to feed the beasts but couldn't leave Hiccup in the forge by himself. He made Hiccup promise not to shown anyone so that no one would get hurt.

Hiccup easily tiptoed through the hallway that Gobber normally had trouble getting through. His hand lightly tapped every bar of the cages. The cracks in between the large wooden doors giving him just enough light to not to trip over anything in his way. He heard something thrashing around further down the hall.

Toothless was desperately trying to get out of his trap.

"Mama I can't move. Please help me! Please!"

"Be calm little one. There is nothing I can do. I'm sorry."

"How can you say that!" Toothless roared. "You can always get us out. Why can't you this time? Please! Please get us out." He struggled again. Hiccup kicked a small rock that bounced down the hall. It hit the bars of the dragon's cage.

"Be quiet now young one. Someone is coming." Hiccup stopped when he saw his two friends. He fell to his need, held onto the bars, and hit his head against them.

"I'm sorry." Hiccup whispered. He reached into the cage trying to touch his old friend. His fingers missed Toothless' side by inches. He moved over slightly, pushing his shoulder through, followed by his head. He pushed himself the rest of the way through. He landed softly just below his friend's head. Hiccup reached up to scratch his friend's neck. He stopped in case they forgot about him and would attack if he got too close. He scooted himself away just far enough away that they couldn't jump at him.

"Do you remember me?" Hiccup asked. He reached out again, close enough so that he could pull away. Toothless struggled harder than before. He needed for the human he met long ago to trust him again. He stuck out his tongue and licked Hiccup's hand.

Hiccup jumped forward, wrapping his arms around Toothless' neck.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Hiccup repeated himself. "I don't know what to do for you guys." He stood to move over to the larger dragon, sitting quietly. He took her head into his hands. "I'm sorry Mama Dragon. I can't do anything for you. I don't have anything to get this thing off of you and even if I did I would get in trouble. Were you hurt when they were throwing things at you? I'm sorry about that too. They shouldn't have done that. I hope you understand that I couldn't do anything. They don't know any better. They just think you're dumb animals. I wish I could tell them that you wouldn't hurt them. If they would just give you a chance."

Hiccup returned to the smaller dragon and sat under his chin. He leaned back into Toothless' chest. "Will you protect me tonight?" Hiccup asked. He reached up, scratching under his chin. Toothless nuzzled the top of Hiccup's head. "Thanks."

Hiccup crossed his arms and went to sleep.