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"Yes, I do want to stay with him."

Did I just hear that right? Straining my neck to the side, I tried to make out any other mumbles. Maybe I had misheard – Jack wanted to stay with me?

The same way I wanted him to stay?

Well, maybe not, but at least it was better than me always being in the dark on how Jack felt.

"Jack," Tooth sounded somewhat disappointed. She slowly let her feet touch the ground and she stepped closer to him. "That boy, he can't live forever," she saidd as she reached out her small hand and gently touched Jacks shoulder.

"I know." Said Jack, he lifted a hand and covered the fairies small one for a moment before he took her hand and held it out in front of them. "Thank you for your help, though, Tooth. I know the trouble you must have had to go through to get here."

"It's fine Jack." The woman moved slowly and wrapped her small petite arms around Jacks neck. He hesitated for a moment before sliding his arms around her waist.

A bolt of electricity ran through me as I watched them embrace. A part of me wanted to jump out of hiding and storm up there but then the other part wanted to be rational about this because I hadn't even known the half of what was going on.

When she finally pulled away, Jacks hands lingered on her curved hips.

"I'm going to miss you Jack. You do understand, once I return we cannot speak of our meeting to any of the others."

"Don't worry, Tooth. I won't get you in trouble."

"I'm sorry it has to be this way," she finally pulled away completely, her wings began to flap flamboyantly again as she hovered above the ground.

"Take care of yourself, Tooth."

"You as well, Jack." She said as she began to turn away and she took off into the night.

It was quiet again, and Jack stood in that spot for a couple of moments before slowly turning around and heading towards the canyon where Toothless was.

I knew I should have been worried about him finding me, but my mind was swimming with new found questions. Who was that woman and how could she see Jack?

I thought I was the only one who could see him.

A wave of emotion hit me, sadness and betrayal being the bigger players as they crept through my veins and tingled in my flesh. My chest began to ache as my heart was beating.

The entire meeting, I just didn't know what to make of it. I should have left and stopped watching, but I didn't. It hurts so much to know that there was something Jack hadn't told me – like being seen by someone else.

I wonder if he was ever going to tell me, though.

And then, there was some sort of warning – about Pitch? Just who was that? It was a concern that they both seemed pretty distressed about.

I groaned, and wiped my hand over my face. I wasn't getting anywhere with these answers my head was making up. And I wanted answers; this would be the best time to get them - Jack was only a couple feet away all I had to do was get up..

Right now.

Recklessly, I jumped up and rushed over to a small trail that I knew Jack would have taken.

"Jack!" I called out, the night cloaked the forest now and it made everything fuzzy and hard to see. "Jack, where are you?"

Wouldn't he be able to hear me by now? I thought.

"Jack?" Stopping, I looked around. Suddenly, everything looked very strange. The trees looked almost morphed in shape. Squinting I tried to get a fix on them, the more I stared the more they looked unnatural. They bent oddly and slowly – it was like looking at them through water.

"J-Jack, where are you?" Hairs on the back of my neck stood up. My knees began to shake and I felt very uncomfortable suddenly. I felt as if someone was watching me from every angle. I glanced around and around but still couldn't find any sets of eyes on me.

"Who's there?"

Suddenly, I was spinning in circles now – I didn't want to keep my back unwatched. Reaching for my belt, I grabbed my small knife and held it out in front of me, "Who's there? Come out."

As if on command, an enormous wave of energy knocked me off my feet. I flew flip side and landed on my back, my knife was now just a couple feet in front of me. I jumped up as fast as I could and tried to reach it.

"It's Hiccup, correct?" Suddenly a sinister voice asked.

"Who's there?" I yelled out again, looking around, "I'm not afraid of you."

"You should be."

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Authors Notes:

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! I am putting a lot of words into this story and not a lot back! It takes the pressure off me to know that the story is being liked or what not!

THANKS!

Cassie.