Okay guys! Enough with the mini updates! This will be a real update! Even if hiccup haddock dragon only gave me 435 words to work with. I'm trying to make the best of it.

And as an apology for all the "mini updates", I've made this chapter….Don't know if it'll be good or not because I'm building on 435 words here….

Disclaimer: Neither I nor hiccup haddock Dragon own HTTYD.

Toothless sniffed, twitching his nose as something hit it. His brow furrowed as more things fell on him and he was jerked awake when a larger thing hit his head.

Small rocks were tumbling down the rock wall, landing on and around him. Toothless narrowed his eyes and looked up. What he saw made his heart stop.

A hooded figure stood on the cliff above him, villagers on their dragons hovering around her. She raised her hand and started to speak.

Toothless let out a mighty roar, waking Hiccup and startling the Vikings above them. Hiccup jerked up and had no time to speak as Toothless rushed off, pulling her along with him by her tail.

"Toothless! What are you doing?!" She screeched, scrambling to find her footing as they kept running.

"The witch! They've found us!"

Hiccup gasped and looked back to the cliff where the witch stood. She was in mid spell, concentrating on the two dragons.

Hiccup jerked her tail from Toothless' mouth and spun around, rushing to keep up with Toothless.

"What do we do?!"

"We have to get off of this island!"

Hiccup nodded and spread her wings. The two Night Furies launched themselves into the air, shooting off and away from the ground. They beat their wings furiously, trying desperately to get away from the witch and the Vikings.

A fireball shot past Hiccup's head, narrowly missing her. Toothless glanced over his shoulder and growled.

The villagers were chasing after them. Toothless looked around before turning his head towards his mate.

"Hiccup! I'll lead them away! When they're distracted, fly as far away as you can!"

"But what…"

"No buts, Hiccup." Toothless growled. "They're after you and I will not let them catch you!"

Hiccup pursed her lips, deep in thought.

She knew that Toothless would do anything for her and if the villagers caught him, they surely wouldn't harm him. It was her they wanted, not Toothless. She glanced behind her. If they seceded in capturing her, the witch would turn her human again. Hiccup couldn't let that happen.

She looked at Toothless and nodded. Hiccup trusted that he would find her after he led them away.

Toothless nodded and jerked his head upward. Hiccup got the message and nodded. Without any warning to the Vikings not far behind them, the two Night Furies shot straight up into the clouds, disappearing from view.

"After them!" The Vikings hollered and took off after them.

Hiccup and Toothless had used this trick many times before when fighting enemies but now since the two of them were both dragons, Hiccup was unsure if the trick would work. She could only trust her faith in Toothless and hope for the best.

The immense cloud cover made Hiccup extremely thankful that the day had been a cloudy one. Sticking to the plan, Hiccup continued upwards as Toothless curved backwards and shot back downwards. The Vikings' shouts of surprise reached her ears has Toothless shot past them, going so fast that he appeared as a mere blur.

"Quick! Follow it! A few of you go after the other one!"

Hiccup took that as her que to vanish. She swerved around and shot to the left. The Vikings would think she was still flying upwards. Hiccup knew she had at least a minute or two to make her escape. She could only pray that it was enough.

Hiccup dove downwards, bringing herself into a dive. She shot through the clouds before pulling up and swerving towards the right. Hiccup shot across the sky, flying faster than she had ever flown before. She was determined to escape her pursuers.

Hiccup was over the island, she knew that much, but the clouds were giving her cover. Just a few more pumps of her wings and she would be over and away from it.

Hiccup wasn't expecting the invisible binds and was caught by surprise as they suddenly wrapped around her, locking her wings painfully close to her and immobilizing her legs.

She screamed as she plummeted towards the earth, trying desperately to fight the spell cast over her.

Toothless beat his wings hard and fast, zipping down and away from the Vikings chasing after him. He would lead them away and keep Hiccup safe.

He dodged nets that were thrown at him and blasts shot from the dragons. He turned, firing a few blasts at them. The Vikings yelled as their dragons swerved to avoid them, some throwing their Vikings from their backs.

Toothless roared at the dragons, ordering them in their dragon language. The dragons instantly stopped at the command. The Vikings were confused, urging their dragons to go after him, but they wouldn't listen. Instead, they only nodded to the Night Fury and turned around, flying the other way.

The Vikings cried out in outrage and Toothless only smirked before turning and flying back to where he left Hiccup. The dragons had listened to him and they wouldn't be bothering them again.

However, a piercing shriek stopped him as his heart dropped. He knew that shriek…

"Hiccup!"

Toothless dove, beating his wings as fast as he could. His mate was in trouble.

"How could I be so stupid?! I shouldn't have left her on her own!" he berated himself.

As a mate, it was his duty to protect her, to make sure no harm came to her. He couldn't fail her now.

Toothless burst through the clouds, his eyes widening as he caught sight of Hiccup. She was free falling, gaining speed towards the island that was rushing up to meet her. His brow furrowed. Why was she struggling? Why wasn't she trying to fly?

"Hiccup!" He shouted, shooting through the sky towards her.

Hiccup looked over at the shout of her name. "Toothless!" She struggled with the invisible binds. "Help me!" She pleaded.

Toothless dove next to her. "Why aren't you trying to fly?! What's wrong?!"

"It's a spell! I can't move!"

Toothless frowned before flying above her. "Hang on!"

Hiccup clenched her eyes shut. The ground was getting closer and closer every second that past. "Please Toothless! Hurry!"

Toothless moved to grasp her body with his paws, but he couldn't get a grip so he reached for her paws. He managed to hold on to them and furiously beast his wings to pull them up from the fall, but gravity fought back. Toothless managed to slow the fall, but not by much.

"It's not working!" He growled, trying with all his might to stop their decent towards earth.

Hiccup bit her lip. The ground was rushing up to meet them fast. "Toothless!" She cried.

They were plummeting from thousands of feet in the air. The fall alone would kill a mere human and could severely injure a dragon if they hit the wrong way.

Toothless growled, giving up on trying to stop the fall. His only goal now was to protect his love. Toothless let go of Hiccup and quickly moved to angle himself behind her. He quickly wrapped his paws around her, pulling her to his chest. Hiccup wasn't human anymore and he couldn't protect all of her, but he could only hope for the best.

Hiccup gasped as her mate's wings encircled her, wrapping around her and pulling her to his chest. Her eyes widened when she realized his intentions.

"No! Toothless, you can't!"

"As a mate it's my job to protect you! I love you, Hiccup! I would gladly give my life for you!"

Hiccup's eyes watered and she buried her head into his chest, safe in his wings as they fell towards the earth and possibly towards their deaths.

"I love you too, Toothless! But please! Don't do this!" she pleaded.

Toothless shook his head as the ground came nearer, now only a hundred feet away. "I'll always protect you, my Hiccup!"

He tensed, bracing for the impact, wrapping his legs, wings, and tail around Hiccup tightly, keeping her safe and secured in his embrace. Hiccup jerked as they crashed into the earth of the island, hitting the ground with a loud thud. She cried out as Toothless roared, pain clear in his voice.

Pain consumed his entire being as Toothless made contact with the ground. He roared as rocks ripped into his scaled skin and he roared from the sheer blunt pain of the impact. He held on tightly to Hiccup as they rolled and bounced downhill, crashing through the trees and into boulders. They hit a bump that sent them into the air only for Toothless to hit the ground hard on his already injured back, knocking the breath from him and momentarily causing him to lose his grip on Hiccup.

Hiccup yelped as she was torn from her mate's protective embrace, immobile as she tumbled and crashed down the hill. Toothless growled as Hiccup was thrown from his grasp and he tried desperately to get to her. He tried to move, to stop, but his head was only smashed against a particularly hard boulder and it stunned him, temporarily causing him to lose consciousness.

Hiccup groaned as she hit a tree and tumbled out and onto the sand where she finally rolled to a stop. She was dazed and she couldn't move. The spell still held onto her.

She moaned, moving her head to desperately glance around for her mate.

"Toothless!" She yelled upon seeing him lying a few feet away but the joy upon finding him melted away as panic sat in. "Toothless!?"

The male Night Fury was motionless upon the sand and the area around him was tinted a pinkish red. Hiccup's eyes widened.

"Toothless! Toothless, wake up!"

The heavy thud of feet landed behind her and she glanced over her shoulder to see a Nadder. A hooded figure jumped off the dragon and slowly moved towards her. One hand was up, holding the spell that bound to her, keeping her immobilized, as the other slowly raised. The witch began to chant an incantation under her breath, no doubt the spell that would change her back.

Hiccup cried out, struggling weakly against the unseen binds that held her. The witch drew nearer to her and Hiccup could feel the magic gathering in the air, slowly creeping towards her.

She could feel herself being pulled, her soul struggling, fighting against the magic that was trying to change her. Hiccup clenched her eyes. She would not turn back! She couldn't!

Just as the magic started to take over, to start to change her, a plasma blast caught the witch by surprise and made contact to her leg. Her hands fell to clutch at her limb and she screamed a agony filled scream.

As soon as her hands dropped, the binds disappeared and the spell was broken. Hiccup looked over to see Toothless glaring at the witch, steam coming from his mouth. He had saved her!

Toothless quickly turned to her, allowing her to see the blood running down his face from a gash on his forehead. "Hiccup! Run! Get out of here!"

"I can't just leave you!"

"GO! NOW! If you don't the witch will turn you back!"

Hiccup, torn between staying and leaving, knew that her mate was right. So with one last glance, she smiled softly at him.

"I love you, Toothless."

And with that she turned and ran, pushing her legs to run as fast as they could. She could hear the beat of wings and she looked up to see the Vikings that she lost in the clouds chasing after her. The dragons fired down at her and she narrowly dodged them, the scrapes from the fall screaming at every movement.

Hiccup spotted a cave up ahead. It was the right size for her as the larger dragons chasing her could not fit in it. Hiccup barreled into the cave just as the dragons from above fired a few shots. Once shot hit the top of the entrance to the cave while the other hit the cave wall, just beside her. She narrowly missed it, but her heart stopped when she heard that sound.

Hiccup's eyes widened and she screamed. "NO!"

Cracks ran through across the wall and through the cave. She turned and tried to make it out in time, but was stopped as the roof caved in, rocks tumbling down, blocking her exit and falling on top of her.

"We've got it trapped!" A Viking called. "Go tell the witch!"

"You'll pay for this dragon!" The Viking on the Nadder cried out, jumping down to help the witch who clutched at her leg.

Toothless remained unfazed. As long as Hiccup was okay, he would be too.

A loud rumbling sound reached the beach and its occupants turned to birds flying away as a cloud of dust rose to the sky. Toothless' heart pounded and he prayed to the Gods that his mate, his Hiccup, was okay.

A squawk sounded as another Nadder landed on the beach. The Viking on it smirked.

"We've got her trapped in the cave! There's no way she can escape!"

The witch smirked before looking over at Toothless who lay unmoving in the sand. All he could think was that Hiccup was in danger. These men had trapped her. They had hurt HIS MATE!

Blood raging with fury, Toothless turned and quickly fired a shot at the man who had no time to dodge. It hit him, sending him flying backwards. The other Viking rushed towards him, ax raised.

Toothless roared, pushing himself to his feet and ignoring the screaming pain of his wounds. He dodged the blade and bit into the man's leg, grabbing him and throwing him into the ocean, breaking the ax in the process.

He turned to the witch, nostrils flaring before he lunged. Toothless screeched as he was pushed back by an invisible force. The Witch held her hand in the air, words mumbling under her breath. Toothless narrowed his eyes but they widened as the suddenly stood rigid and collapsed, revealing another hooded figure behind her holding a sword that was bloodied at the base.

"That's enough of that." The figure hissed before looking at Toothless.

Toothless panted. His wounds screamed out and the pain from the fall was starting to set in and take over. The last thing he saw before he lost consciousness was the hooded figure walking towards him, hand outstretched.

When Toothless awoke, he noticed he was in a cave. His wounds had been treated and a fire blazed next to him. A rabbit roasted over it and when he looked to the side, he saw several baskets of fish lining the wall. On top of each basket was an eel which told him who's ever this cave was, they didn't want any dragons stealing their fish.

He groaned as he tried to move, the movement startling his wounds sending pain coursing through him.

"I wouldn't move much if I was you. That was a pretty nasty fall."

Toothless' head swiveled towards the voice and his eyes widened. A figure stood near the back of the cave, watching him. He growled lowly and the figure put up their hands in a harmless gesture.

"Woah there boy. Easy there." It said, coming closer. "Don't you remember me, Toothless?"

At the sound of his name, Toothless cocked his head to the side, eyes narrowed. Who was this person?

"I'm hurt." It said, holding a hand to its heart before reaching up to pull the hood from its head. "It's me. Heather."

Toothless' eyes widened.

"Now I'm surprised to see you without Hiccup." She started and was startled as the Night Fury started panicking.

'Hiccup!' Toothless thought, quickly pushing himself to his feet and rushing towards the entrance, ignoring the pain coursing through him. 'Hiccup's in trouble!'

Toothless skidded to a stop as a grey dragon blocked the exit, hissing dangerously at him. Toothless growled back, ready to fight the Razorwhip.

Heather walked in between them, hands outstretched. "Settle down, both of you. Toothless, you are in no condition to go out there. Now tell me, is Hiccup in danger?"

Toothless nodded vigorously, trying to push past the girl only to be scolded.

"Windshear and I will find him, okay? You can trust us."

Toothless growled at the girl. He didn't trust her. She and the Razorwhip stood between him and his Hiccup and that did not go well with him. This girl would pay if she didn't get out of his way. His mate needed him and nothing would stop him from finding her. Nothing.

AN: Ah…okay. I really wish it was longer, but hiccup haddock dragon only gave me 435 words to work with. I turned that into this…Also, its 2:27 in the morning so I'm a bit frazzled from lack of sleep. I promised a chapter for either Friday or Saturday and technically it's kinda still Saturday…if we look at it as night time and not the wee hours of Sunday morning.

Oh never mind. I'm posting this now, so early in the morning, because I know I will forget to tomorrow…er…today? Since it's 2:30 in the morning now? Hmm…Idk.

Heather and Windshear=Characters from the Riders of Berk and Race to the Edge series.

If you haven't already, go check out my other HTTYD stories; Eve of the Solstice, Homecoming, and Best for Everyone. (Homecoming is being rewritten so excuse the sloppy writing for the time being)

We are nearing the 200 review mark for this story. It would be a milestone if we reached it ;)

Remember, it's always polite to review!

~Scarlet