A/N: WOOT! THE WEEKEND IS FINALLY HERE! :D

I have a whole…plan on what to do, it might just take a few more chapters to get there fully. Every chapter means something, and I know where I'm going, you all just…sit back and let me do the thinking, alright? X3

A Toothless and Hiccup reunion is…coming up…in a few chapters I think? But the reunion will be something sort of bittersweet, if you will.

Just finished my math homework, so I have some creativity to burn out right here…hope you enjoy~! Francesva Hiccup says that he wants to go to the mall with you tomorrow to see the Muppets and Santa Clause. Have fun with that. Maybe you'll see me there, those are my plans tomorrow~

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"So what do you want to do now? You want to go flying? You want to go hunting? You want to just sit here and talk? It's been a few days since I showed you around the tunnel, we could play hide-and-seek! That would be really hard! Do you remember when we used to play hide-and-seek? You always beat me at it! Let's see if I could win this time!" Nightflight bounced around Toothless excitedly, eyes sparkling as she looked at him teasingly.

Toothless blinked, looking over at her for a moment or two before blinking rapidly. "What?" He asked, Nightflight leaning back to roll her eyes at him. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Say it again?"

"Toothless, it's almost nighttime! We've been on our feet all day working and hunting! I want to do something fun! Let's go take a walk around the tunnel or something. Or do you want to do something else?" Her ear flicked as she added the last part, head tilting to the side. Toothless straightened, looking around the cavern that they sat in decisively.

His eyes landed on the one tunnel that sloped down, and the words came out of his mouth before he could stop them. "I want to go to the nursery." He declared, looking over at her. Nightflight looked somewhat confused as she stared back at him, but then she recovered. She shrugged, as if she was at a loss of anything else to do.

"Sure!" She chirped, getting to her feet. "But- why?"

For a moment, Toothless had forgotten himself why he wanted to go to such a place. Realization crashed back into him, and his thoughts flashed back to the small Night Fury from before. The image of the small thing stuck in his mind all day, along with the flash of green eyes that weren't those of a dragon. It had worried and prodded him for the longest time, and he was sure that if he saw the small youngling one more time, it might help jog his memory somewhat. "I wanted to see…Shadowclaw." The name almost slipped his mind.

Nightflight started at the familiar name. "I know him!" She said happily. "Isn't he so adorable? I just want him as my own! When did you meet him?"

"Oh, a few days ago." Toothless said nonchalantly, mind not really on Nightflight as he started for the passageway in front of them. "When you left to see if I could make it out of the caves. Actually, Nightflight, maybe you can help me." The female glanced over at him as he spoke, ears flicking back and forth to show she was listening. "Shadowclaw reminds me…SO much of somebody. I can't remember who though, and it's really starting to bug me. I think it's the way he talks so much, and the fact that he's so small. And his eyes…it's weird, whenever I look at his eyes I feel odd."

Nightflight's eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at him. Toothless gave her an odd look, stopping in his tracks as he looked at her. "What?" He asked. Nightflight rounded over to stand in front of him, her impassive stare seeming to bore into him. But Toothless's hackles rose. "What?" He repeated, louder this time. "All I did was ask you a question, what's your problem?"

Nightflight opened her mouth to say something, but a loud yell from deeper into the passage echoed over to the two, making them turn around. "Toothless!" The Night Fury spotted the small youngling as it dashed forward, his mother eyeing him where she sat back in her den. Others of the baby Night Furies poked their heads out of their nests, but made no move to follow Shadowclaw. The young child skidded to a stop in front of him, lifting those startlingly familiar green eyes up to Toothless's own. "…Hi! I didn't think you would come back! …You are here to see me…right?"

Toothless was too busy staring at the small thing with slightly narrowed eyes, racking his brain over and over for something or someone that would be looking the same as him. He obviously had a weird look on his face, for Shadowclaw's ears slowly started to flatten against his head. Nightflight broke in, starting him out of his thoughts as she shoved him in the side, nearly sending him sprawling onto the ground. "Uh- yeah!" He said a little too loud. "Yeah, both me and Nightflight wanted to see you."

"Really?" He chirped, giving a wriggle of happiness. "That's great! Nightflight, I was meaning to tell you this really cool story! But I couldn't find you, so let me try and remember it." He paused for a moment before he jumped, waving his tail triumphantly in the air. "Oh yeah! There was this really big piece of food, you see? And my older brother tried to take it from me! So I-"

"Uh-huh." Nightflight mumbled, looking over at Toothless out of the corner of her eyes. The Night Fury's ears were flattened to his head and he was still looking at the small youngling thoughtfully. Her thoughts raced a mile a minute as she looked back at Shadowclaw, who was still talking. He didn't look like that insolent twig that they had escaped from! Okay…maybe his eyes were a little like the thing's, but that was it! The thing was a human, not a dragon!

And yet Toothless was thinking of the human. Nightflight shuffled her weight from foot to foot nervously, wings trembling by her sides. This couldn't happen now, she had to try and get a look at him again. It couldn't happen, the dragon was just starting to get comfortable here! He had just settled in, and knew the land on the outside of the tunnels! He might leave before he could really give this place a chance.

She couldn't loose him again. The thought made her stiffen, eyes widening to be the size of rocks. It was terrible without him here with her, it felt as if there was an emptiness where he had been before. She couldn't loose him again, she had to make him stay here. She was sure that his family would be devastated too, if he left. Everybody would miss him. All over again.

She had to do something fast. Something to make him-

"What's this?" The small voice of Shadowclaw made her snap back to reality. Blinking rapidly, Nightflight looked down to where the small dragon was crouched. Green eyes filled with curiosity, Shadowclaw reached out and prodded something on Toothless's tailfin. "What's this?" He asked, looking up at Toothless, puzzled. "It's yellow. And it's sharp! What is it?"

"It's what I use to move my tailfin." Toothless explained, having to crane his neck to look back at Shadowclaw to see what he was doing. Shadowclaw blinked, straightening to a sitting position and sweeping his tail forward to look down, the puzzled look frozen on his face. "But…I don't have one on MY tail." He said, looking somewhat crestfallen.

Toothless leaned over to examine the youngling's tail, eyes widening as he saw the lack of the golden object that was on his tail. Whirling around, he looked down at Nightflight's, but it wasn't there either. "What…?" He breathed, looking lost as he eyed the golden thing. "Then what is this?" He asked, reaching over and prodding it harshly. It didn't budge. If it wasn't a part of his tail, it was stuck on pretty good. "Why wont it get off?"

"I'll help!" Shadowclaw purred, pouncing forward and landing squarely on the black fin. It felt odd under paw, it didn't feel scaly like regular dragon skin. "It feels smooth!" He gasped, sliding his front paw back and forth across the surface of the strange thing. "This is so weird!" He flopped down on the tailfin, small enough to do so as he started to nuzzle it playfully. "It feels good!"

Nightflight let out a chuff of laughter, but Toothless deadpanned down at the small dragon. "Can you try and get it off?" He asked rather impatiently. "If you all don't need it, why is it on so tight?" Obviously Shadowclaw didn't have an answer, so he looked up expectantly to Nightflight, meting her gaze with a glare. She blinked, giving him a small, aimless shrug.

Shadowclaw giggled where he sat, "HA!" Toothless looked back down at him, feeling slightly dizzy from looking back and forth so much. "There's a funny mark on it, too! It's weird, it doesn't look like anything I've ever seen before! Do you know what it is, Toothless?"

Bending over to the side, Toothless put his head by Shadowclaw's with difficulty. The small dragon was looking intently at something near Toothless's actual tail, and it took the Night Fury a few moments to finally spot it. It looked like a small gray smudge. Shadowclaw was right, it didn't look like anything that any dragon might have ever seen before.

"Now what is THIS on my tail?" Toothless nearly roared, loosing patience by now. "What makes my tail so different than all of the other tails of the Night Furies? Nobody has mentioned it before to me, why is that? I've been here for more than a week! Is it not noticeable?"

Nightflight slunk forward to copy the movements of Toothless, looking down intently at the tail. "It's barley noticeable." She said dismissively. "Although…it is a little weird." She sounded as though she were choosing her words with care. The thought made Toothless shoot a glance at her from the corner of his eye. "I wonder what it is. Will it come off?"

Before Toothless could see, Shadowclaw tilted his head to the side, reaching out one of his front paws and pressing it against the odd mark, trying to rub it off. Toothless stiffened at the movement, eyes widening as he looked with astonishment at Shadowclaw. The smaller dragon sighed, coming back and looking back at Nightflight. "Nope. Still there." He said affirmatively.

"Shadowclaw! It's close to bedtime!" His mother called. "Come back into your nest and thank Toothless and Nightflight for playing with you!" Shadowclaw groaned loudly and dramatically at his mother. But he turned around and touched Nightflight's nose with his own in an affectionate gesture before turning back to Toothless, ready to do the same. But he stopped as he looked at the dragon's expression oddly.

Toothless's mind was fuzzy, there was a wall there where he felt like memories should be. Memories that have been trying to resurface for more than he had thought. In Shadowclaw's small, innocent gesture, something finally wriggled its way into Toothless's mind finally. One small thing that came right beside the image of the odd green eyes. A voice that seemed like it should have rang a bell to him.

A shout of his name, bright and clear like it was shouted now. The voice was slightly higher-pitched compared to his, and the tone suggested something of adoration or even…affection. "Toothless!" The dragon jerked as he heard the telltale shout, Nightflight looking at him with concern in her eyes. She had no idea what Toothless was hearing, hearing inside of his head. It might have caused somebody to wonder about their mental standards, but all Toothless could wonder about was who the mysterious voice belonged to.

Nightflight shook herself, looking down at Shadowclaw with warm eyes. "Off to bed, little one." She purred, leaning down and nudging the small thing back to his mother. "We'll come visit you again sometime, alright?" Shadowclaw let out a joyful coo at this, stumbling over his paws as he raced back to his nest. Nightflight looked after him for a moment or two before she turned to look at Toothless carefully. "You alright?" She asked, subdued to once.

Toothless blinked rapidly, looking down at the stone floor of the cave. Suddenly, the world seemed to be spinning around him. The walls of the cave pressing down on him, cutting off his air as he struggled to breath. "I have to go get some air." He choked out, spinning around and dashing for the exit of the cave.

He knew the tunnels by heart by now, and burst into the cold night air before he even knew it. Huffing and gasping for air, Toothless leaned against the outer wall of the cave, trying to push the confusion and worry away from him before it got to him too much. Footsteps behind him told him that Nightflight had followed him out. The female stared at the dragon worriedly, a lump in her throat as she tried to find what to say.

"I want to be alone right now." Toothless whispered, being the first to speak.

"…Maybe you need me to talk to-"

"No." Toothless squared his shoulders. "I want to be alone."

Nightflight paused for a moment before she spoke, almost involuntarily. "I don't want you to shut me out." She said clearly. Toothless started at her words, turning to look at her carefully. Those words felt like they should ring a bell too, but he was too busy looking at Nightflight to realize that. "I can't be without you, Toothless. When you were gone for so long before, I didn't think that I could make it through without you. That's why I left. I figured that I should go out and try to find my own way in life, like you always used to say when we were small like Shadowclaw. It was a miracle that I found you, and please don't leave, because you just got used to this place again. If you leave, I wont be able to go on. You're my BEST FRIEND, Toothless. And…maybe….more than that."

Toothless stared at her blankly.

Her voice cracked as she said weakly. "I love you, Toothless. I always have."

Silence followed her words, and Toothless and her could only stare at one another, waiting for the other to speak. Nightflight looked about ready to turn back around, when Toothless spoke, his words just as quiet. "Maybe I feel the same way." He blurted out. Maybe was the key word. His thoughts and emotions were so messed up by now, he couldn't tell which was love and which was hate. But the way Nightflight looked at him and caught him in her memorizing stare so that he couldn't look away must mean something.

And maybe the flash of green eyes…were her eyes. Just maybe. Who else could it be?

Nightflight let out a gasp, darting forward and burying her face into his chest, a purr coming from her throat as loud as thunder. Toothless shifted, blinking as he looked up at the starry night sky above them. Hopefully he hadn't just made a big mistake.

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A/N: Sorry I have to cut this short, I have to watch my little sister!

I hope you liked a lot, and I hope you R & R! ^^