Finding Yourself

Author:Nightstar Productions(Nightstar Fury).

Rated: Mfor Mature.

Pairing:Toothless & Hiccup.

Disclaimer:I do not own the HTTYD movies, Dreamworks Dragons series.

Chapter 11: The Hospital.

The ride to the hospital was mostly silent except for the paramedics talking about Toothless's injuries, not that he had a lot. He had pulled his arm when he went over and held both Stormfly and the edge of the roof to keep them from plummeting to the ground. Hiccup had by this point let go of Toothless's hand and sat back out of the way, his mind was still stuck on the fact he admitted to himself that Toothless was handsome. He was straight, why would he think that way about his friend? Well the guy was good looking, there was nothing wrong with saying that about your male friend right? Hiccup sighed as he closed his eyes, he wondered how far they were from the hospital.

"Excuse me..." Hiccup started, the paramedic looked back at him, "How far are we from the hospital?" He asked curiously.

"Should be arriving in 10 minutes. Have you called his parents?" Asked the paramedic now. Hiccup swore at himself, how could he of forgotten. He quickly searched for Toothless's phone and scrolled through the numbers to find Toothless's mother's number.

"Um...what should I tell them?" Hiccup asked curiously.

"Let them know what happened, that we're going to be at Bashem General Hospital, and his arm is likely to be sprained but won't know until we get him in for X-Rays." The paramedic explained. Hiccup nodded as he pressed the contact labeled 'mom' and put it to his ear listening to the rings. After 6 he hung it up, and searched for what he assumed would be labeled as 'dad' in Toothless's phone. Finding it he pressed it and waited again.

After 3 the call connected. "Son? You should be on your field trip right now, is everything alright?" Markus's voice came through.

"Hello, Mr. Fury...It's actually...Hayden calling from Toothless's phone. There was...a bit of an accident on the field trip and Toothless got hurt." Hiccup began slowly.

"What! What happened, where are you right now?" Markus exclaimed, clearly worried.

"Headed to Bashem General Hospital. We should be there in about 7 minutes...I'm riding with him in the ambulance." Hiccup told him calmly.

"Oh thank Thor...Hayden son, please tell me what happened. Don't leave anything out..." Markus asked trying to remain calm himself.

"Our field trip location turned out to be...the orphanage where you adopted Toothless from. And during a fire drill there was some new girl on the roof who wanted to jump, Toothless went up there and talked her down but as they were getting ready to leave...the girl slipped and Toothless caught her but he leaned too far over and fell himself. They didn't fall, he held her with one arm and the roof edge with the hand. The force pulled his arm to much, me and my friends got the girl up then I pulled Toothless back over. The paramedics said they think it might just be a sprain but won't know until they get him in for X-Ray...Also...he's unconscious. He passed out at the orphanage...I assume from pain..." Hiccup explained.

"Is he still unconscious?" Markus asked curiously.

"Yes sir." Hiccup answered.

"I am leaving work right now. I'll let Lilly and his siblings know, would you mind sitting with him until we get there?" Markus questioned.

"I...Uh...Don't have much choice. I came on the bus with the other students who I believe are still at the orphanage. I don't have a ride home. I'm gonna call my parents but yeah, I'll sit with him until you get here." Hiccup replied.

"Thank you lad, he's lucky to have such good friends. I'm going to text our insurance information to Toothless's phone and when you arrive at the hospital just give it to them. They'll have access to all his medical records with it." Markus informed him.

"I understand, Mr. Fury." Hiccup gave a nod even though he knew Markus couldn't see it.

"Alright, thank you for letting me know. We'll be there in about 3 hours..." Markus said.

"No problem sir. Oh we just got to the hospital, I'll keep you posted until you get here! Bye." Hiccup said quickly as he hung up the phone as the ambulance came to a stop at the emergency entrance. Hiccup put Toothless's phone in his pocket with his own and let the paramedics get Toothless out in the stretcher and wheel him in, Hiccup soon followed. Once inside, Toothless was taken right away as Hiccup was stopped by the triage nurse.

"What is your relationship to him?" Asked the woman.

"I–I'm just his friend ma'am...his dad asked me to sit with him until they get here." Hiccup answered truthfully.

"Can you come with me and give me as much information about what happened?" The nurse asked, Hiccup nodded and followed her in to the office. He was in there for about 35 minutes giving all he could, they were basic questions like name, age, height, weight, address, parents, siblings, school. Hiccup explained what happened again to her, then she asked for his insurance information and medical background so Hiccup just showed the text Markus had sent with the numbers she needed to look it up herself. Hiccup just sat there while she was working on the paperwork, he was worried about Toothless. He hadn't gotten an update on him yet, not that they'd tell him because he was just a friend.

Feeling Toothless's phone vibrate he pulled it out to see Toothless's mother calling, he answered it. "Hello?" Hiccup answered.

"Hello, Hayden how is my boy?" Lilly asked quickly with concern.

"I don't know...they won't tell me because I'm not family..." Hiccup mumbled as the nurse cast a glance his way when he said it.

"I won't be having none of that, you put me on speaker phone this instance and I will give that worker a piece of my mind!" Lilly stated quickly, in the background Hiccup swore he heard Markus tell her to calm down. None the less, Hiccup put the phone on speaker.

"You're on, Mrs. Fury..." Hiccup said gently.

"To whomever is listening, I want an update on my son Toothless Fury and I want it right now." Lilly ordered firmly. Hiccup couldn't help but snicker a bit, you never messed with a concerned mom. He remembered when his own mother freaked out because he crashed on his bike and was taken to the hospital and they tried to deny her information too. Oh that was an interesting day indeed.

"Mrs. Fury, I cannot simply give information over the phone. I have no way of seeing if its really you or not..." The nurse began. Just then, then screen changed from the dial pad to the facetime screen showing her face.

"You tell me about my boy right now. I know you can see our pictures in his records. I am his mother and this is his father..." Lilly said as she turned the camera to show Markus driving the car. "Now we are on our way, about 2 ½ hours out still. I want to know how my son is please..." Lilly asked nicer.

"I will see what I can find out, I've been doing intake with his friend. He'll have to wait in the waiting room..." The nurse sighed.

"Unacceptable. I don't want my baby waking up alone, you have my verbal permission to give him updates and let him in my son's room...Do you understand me!?" Lilly demanded quickly.

"Yes Mrs. Fury...as long as you say its okay." The nurse replied.

"Hayden saved my son from going over that edge, he is every bit of family as we are to Toothless." Markus added now.

"I understand Mr. And Mrs. Fury. I will let Hayden in the room with your son. For now I believe your son is still being examined or in X-Ray. When he is moved to a room, I will let his friend in to sit with him. Wait here a moment..." The nurse stated as she left the room quickly. Hiccup heard Lilly and Markus sigh heavily.

"Thank you again, Hayden for saving his life...Have you called your parents yet?" Lilly asked now.

"Not yet, they are working and still think I'm on the field trip. I'll text them though..." Hiccup nodded to them holding the phone up.

"How did all this happen, Hayden? I know he helped a new girl there but...I don't understand the rest." Lilly questioned in frustration.

"There was some new girl there about...14 years old who purposely pulled the fire alarm to make a break for the roof when everyone was exiting the building. Someone saw her on the roof, and Toothless just...immediately darted up to the roof. Tyr, Frank, and myself followed him. When we got up there he was trying to get the girl to come down of the edge, but seeing us he had us go back down and leave him alone with her. After 20 minutes or so...we saw her take his hand and got to get down, but she slipped and went over. Toothless grabbed her and tried to pulled her up, he had trouble so we rushed back up to help him. He leaned too far and went over himself, he held her with one hand and the roof with the other." Hiccup paused to take a breath.

"And then he pulled her up himself with the one arm?" Markus asked from the distance.

"Yeah...Once he had her around the waist, Tyr and Frank pulled her up. I reached for Toothless but he said he'd pulled his arm and couldn't lift it. I leaned and grabbed him by his arms then pulled him over, after that we all went back down to ground level...He was okay for a few minutes then just blacked out as the police, fire department, and ambulance arrived. I chose to ride with him and well here we are now..." Hiccup explained for the now 3rd time in a row.

"He talked this new girl out of suicide?" Lilly asked softly.

"He did. Calmly too, he didn't panic. He...I don't know I guess connected with her. We didn't hear a lot from the ground but whatever he said must have worked because he talked her out of it. All we heard was 'you don't want to do this' and 'I've been where you are now, don't waste the sacrifice of life'. I can ask Toothless when he wakes up...?" Hiccup offered. "Oh and the head mistress made mention...that Toothless always knows how to handle these things." Hiccup added.

"Yes, at the orphanage he helped many kids through their depression though this is the first time I'm hearing him talking someone out of suicide. But don't ask him, he'll tell us when he's ready." Lilly smiled gently, just then the nurse returned.

"Alright them, I just heard from the doctor taking care of your son Mr. And Mrs. Fury. He was just placed in a room and is still unconscious. According to the X-Rays he does of a broken wrist and sprained arm from it being pulled so fast and hard when he fell and held on. Other than that he should be perfectly fine, his hand is currently cast and arm wrapped. He's been given pain killers, the doctor estimates he should be out another hour or so." The nurse smiled.

"Oh thank Odin...How long will be injured?" Lilly asked.

"You'll have to ask the doctor when you see him. Now there is no cell phone use inside the emergency room so you for me to take your son's friend back there, you will have to end the call. You can text him until you arrive." The nurse said.

"Alright, thank you. Hayden dear when you see him just let him know where on our way alright? We should be there in 2 hours. Maybe more, depends on traffic." Lilly smiled.

"No problem, ma'am. I'll let you know when he wakes up." Hiccup replied. She nodded as the call ended, Hiccup flipped the sound to vibrate only then put the phone in his pocket while getting up. The nurse nodded as she led Hiccup past the emergency room doors then around a center desk area with doctors and nurses were all sitting. On the left and right there were rooms with patients.

"This is Toothless's friend, he's going to sit with him until his parents arrive in 2 or so hours. His name is Hayden and the mother gave permission to give him updates on Toothless." The nurse told a man sitting behind the desk who Hiccup now assumed was the doctor taking care of Toothless.

"Nice to meet you young man. I'm doctor Solberg, taking care of Toothless until his parents get here. Your friend's room is just over there, room 1-8 on the right. He's still asleep so just make yourself comfortable." The doctor introduced himself.

"Nice to meet you too. When will...he be able to go home?" Hiccup asked.

"After his parents arrive. He didn't suffer anything life-threatening, its just a matter of when he wakes up. And my opinion says within the hour." Doctor Solberg smiled.

"And how long will he take to heal?" Hiccup asked.

"Between 4 and 6 weeks. Its only a sprained arm and broken wrist. His arm is wrapped in an ace bandage, the wrist in a cast. We've already transferred his status to his family's doctor back in Berk so when his parents get him they can take him for a follow up in a week to check on it." Doctor Solberg nodded.

"Okay, thank you doctor." Hiccup smiled back as he then moved to the right of the center desk area and found room 1-8, he walked in past the curtain there to see Toothless laying on the bed. His right wrist wrapped in a blue cast and laid over his stomach, an IV running in his left arm. Hiccup sat down in the chair sighing as he sat back, he guessed he should let his parents know what was going on so they didn't freak out when he didn't return to the school at 6 from the trip. He pulled his phone and opened a message to send to both his mom and dad.

::Mom, dad don't freak out. Toothless got hurt on the field trip and I rode with him to the hospital in Bashem...I'm sitting with him until his parents get here so don't panic if I'm not home right away. Love you both -Hayden:: After typing it out he sent it and relaxed. 'I guess I should let his parents know about his recover time too...' Hiccup thought as he used Toothless's phone to text Lilly knowing Markus was driving. ::Hi, Mrs. Fury. Hayden here again, I'm in the room with Toothless, he's still asleep but doc think he should be up within the hour. Says his right arm will take between 4-6 weeks to heal and sent the files to your family doctor so they can follow up. He can be discharged as soon as he wakes up and you get here. Just thought I'd update you.:: With that, he sent it.

Just as he closed his eyes, he felt his phone vibrate a few times. It was set to vibrate once for each text received so when it vibrated 3 times, he knew 3 people had texted him or multiple replies to one. He took it out to see the one from his mother, who had said 'Okay son, you're such a good friend. Hope he's okay and let us know if you need a ride home. Is your sleep over still on for tonight? Mom' Hiccup responded to her that he wasn't sure yet, would have to wait and see. The next message was from Fishlegs asking if Toothless was okay. Then the other was from Tyr asking the same because the teacher wanted an update.

'Ugh, I am not updating everyone with texts...' Hiccup mumbled as he used his phone to call Tyr back, he'd just have to keep his voice down since they weren't supposed to use their phones but for fucks sake everyone did so why shouldn't he. He waited a few seconds as the call connected and he was greeted with, "Hiccup! How's Tooth?!" Hiccup rolled his eyes sighing. "Calm down, Tyr. He's okay...still unconscious with a sprained arm and broken wrist..." Hiccup responded.

"Thank the Gods its only that, did you let his parents know?" Tyr asked.

"Of course I did...They are on their way now, bout 2 hours out though. You guys still at the orphanage?" Hiccup questioned.

"Yeah, when does Toothless get released?" Hiccup heard Fishlegs ask now, okay so apparently he was on speaker phone. Would explain all the background noise.

"Doc says when he wakes up and his parents get here." Hiccup replied.

"So you are sitting with him until his parents get there?" Try asked next.

"They asked me too so Toothless wouldn't wake up alone and confused...How's that girl he helped?" Hiccup asked.

"She's alright, talking to a counselor right now I think...But she's real worried about Tooth. She wants to see him, to thank him again so the orphanage is trying to find a way to get her there but they don't know if its allowed." Tyr sighed.

"Not sure either, I'm allowed because Toothless's mother reamed the triage nurse a new rear end for trying to deny me access. Was pretty funny actually." Hiccup chuckled lightly.

"Hah, did she really? That's awesome. Alright, we better go for now, keep us posted when he wakes up kay?" Tyr said.

"Will do. Let me know when your headed back to Berk guys, see ya later tonight if we're still on for it. I don't know if Toothless will join us but I'll ask when he wakes up." Hiccup nodded.

"We're still on as far as I know. See ya later, Hic." Tyr responded before the call ended. Hiccup sighed putting his phone away in his pocket and relaxing back against the chair. The room was so quiet except for the beeping of the vitals monitor showing heart rate, blood pressure, and pulse. Hiccup closed his eyes now thinking back to the ambulance ride when he though Toothless was handsome looking. Why had he said that? Was he attracted to him or just though he looked good? There were a lot of good looking guys in the school, it didn't mean he liked any of them in that way right? Hiccup grumbled to himself, he was getting a headache from all the thinking. Maybe he was just over thinking it all, yeah that was it.

Hiccup looked over at Toothless again, he was laying so still. The doctor said he would wake up within the hour, Hiccup hoped it was true because was incredibly bored sitting here. He pulled out his phone and started playing a game on it to pass the time.

(45 Minutes Later)

Hiccup had begun to nod off to sleep waiting, just as his eyes were about to close he heard Toothless start to shift in the hospital bed. Hiccup got up walked over to the bedside with a calm smile as Toothless slowly opened his eyes and looked around blinking to adjust to the light. "Wh–where...am I?" Toothless asked first.

"Bashem General Hospital..." Hiccup answered.

"What...happened?" Toothless looked over at him.

"You saved that girl from going over the roof...hurt yourself and passed out. We've been here about an hour, I rode with you in the ambulance...You sprained your arm, and broke your wrist." Hiccup told him gently.

"Explains why it hurts still...You've been...sitting here the whole time?" Toothless asked. Hiccup nodded to him, "Must of been boring. I take it my parents are coming?" Toothless looked up now.

"Yeah...I called them almost 2 hours ago on the ambulance ride, I used your phone..." Hiccup smiled handing it back to him.

"Its alright, don't worry. So they should be here in an hour then...where's everyone else from class?" Toothless asked curiously.

"As far as I know still at the orphanage until 3...Its about 2:45 right now." Hiccup shrugged. Toothless nodded as he closed his eyes. "How do you feel?" Hiccup asked him.

"Better than before, just sore I guess, tired too." Toothless told him.

"Probably the pain meds they gave you bud." Hiccup chuckled.

"Sounds about right. How's...Stormfly?" Toothless quizzed, wanting to know more.

"Tyr said she was in with a counselor 45 minutes ago, and that she was worried about you. A lot of the kids want to visit you but don't know if they can since they aren't family. I'm allowed in because your mom tore the triage nurse a new one if she didn't let me sit with you." Hiccup smiled.

"Sounds like mom alright...I'll let her know I'm up, should calm her down." Toothless said as he used his good hand to text his mother.

"So...Tooth, can I ask you something?" Hiccup questioned curiously sitting in the chair closest to the bed.

"Sure, ask away Hiccup." Toothless smiled gently putting the phone down.

"How did you...you talk Stormfly down from killing herself? You kept saying you knew she didn't want to do it, that you knew how she felt..." Hiccup looked over at him now. Toothless seemed to close his eyes sighing as he lowered his head.

"I just...understand people is all...When...bad things happen to people they go into these states where they feel like they don't have anything left to live for...and when it happens all at once you do irrational things. She didn't want to kill herself, she was just scared and alone and didn't want to feel that way anymore." Toothless explained slowly. Hiccup looked over at him now with wide eyes. "What...what did I say? Why are you looking at me like that, Hiccup?" Toothless asked now.

Hiccup's expression seemed to sadden, "You knew because you've been there before..." Hiccup whispered but Toothless still heard him. Toothless's eyes widened a bit, "You have felt the same way, thinking you had nothing left to live for...haven't you?" Hiccup asked him. Toothless sighed as he lowered his head again, eyes closing then gave a nod.

"More than thought about it...I've tried, Hiccup." Toothless admitted finally.