A/N: What up! It's GG! Welcome back to Hiccup the Silent. How ya'll doin, good I hope. Any way sorry this is taking me a while to update the problem is I've been really busy. Anyway sorry for leavin last chapter at a cliffhanger, I just wanted to get that chapter one so I can get to this one. You know this one has been eatin at me for a while. All right that aside lets start the show.

Chapter 13 comfort in the night

Toothless had dodged left and right as he turned around and followed each and every dragon that are carrying something along the way. Hiccup squinted his eyes as he watched each and every dragon haul what he believed to be food. Astrid had been very hesitant at this point when it came what was going on. She had pushed herself against Hiccup. She blushed a little at the close contact; lucky for her Hiccup was a little more busy with looking forward and watching Toothless at the same time. She hugged her head on Hiccups back to enjoy the feel of his body.

Hiccup watched as Toothless maneuvered into a little cave that was in a very high mountain. He looked up and saw all of the dragons moving to the middle of a pit and drop off whatever they were carrying in their legs. Now things were not looking good as Hiccup saw a lot of food being dumped down a whole. He looked back up at the dragons and saw a Gronkle open its mouth and regurgitate a small fish down the whole. He raised an eyebrow at this. Gronkles have strange antics; his eyes went wide when he saw an incredibly large head ate the same Gronkle. The dragon was huge! Quickly Hiccup tapped Toothless a couple of times to signal him that they have to leave. Luckily Toothless already knew what he was telling him and immediately took off into the skies.

They had barely escaped with their lives on this one. Hiccup, Toothless, and Astrid had finally arrived at their home island. While descending into the little valley Hiccup kept thinking of what to do with what they had just discovered. He could tell the Village, but doing that would reveal what he has been doing with Toothless. Which will cause him to lose not only respect from the village, but will cause him to lose Toothless. Since Stoic is one to kill first and ask questions never, he will take away the only being in this world he calls family.

Once they landed he heard Astrid quickly jump off of Toothless while saying something that got him worried.

"Come on lets tell your dad," she said as she started running.

Eyes wide Hiccup unstrapped himself and quickly tackled her to the ground to stop her from going. He turned her around as she struggled to get up. He waited for her to stop thrashing around as she finally grew tired and looked up to see Hiccup shaking his head. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at Hiccup knowing what he was trying to say.

"Wait a minute are you telling me you don't want to tell stoic where the dragon is. Where the nest is. The one thing we have been after since Vikings first sailed here." she said as she pushed him off of her in a fit of Rage. When she stood up she looked Hiccup, who had his face down, with rage in her eyes.

"You're really going to keep this a secret Hiccup! This that we have discovered that can get you the respect I know for sure you have been trying to achieve! Just to protect the your pet DRAGON!" she screamed as she angrily pointed at him.

What Hiccup did had surprised her immediately. Hiccup while Hiccup was looking down his hair had covered his eyes. He looked up with a fire burning in his eyes as he clenched his fists together and said, " I would protect him with my life, Astrid." He said as he gazed into her eyes, challenging her to try to argue with him.

Astrid was surprised as she realized that this whole time Hiccup had finally been talking to her. For the past few weeks he had never even conversed with anybody at the academy. Not even to Gobber, who is his mentor for everything he knows about blacksmithing. Again she was surprised at the fire in his eyes when he made his declaration to her about risking his own life to keep Toothless from getting killed. Now she could not understand his reasoning for this, but she did understand that right now Hiccup would not let anyone endanger the dragon.

She looked down as she decided to hold off on telling the chief and village of this. She hoped that Hiccup had a plan.

"Ok… what are you going to do? You have all till next week to think of something to do before your final exam." She said as she looked back at Hiccup.

Hiccup did not know how to answer this, there are many ideas that come to mind, but each and every single one of those ends up making him lose Toothless. He shrugged his shoulders as he looked away from Astrid.

'He still hardly talks.' Astrid thought ' what happened to you Hiccup? Why are you so distant from everyone?' Seeing that she could not answer her own question she decided to ask.

"Hiccup… why is it you never talk to anyone? Why hide yourself from everyone around you?" she asked.

Hiccup raised his eyebrows, surprised by the question Astrid just asked. He really could not tell her if he wanted to. He did not want to think back to what he had lost all of those years ago.

" I… I can't tell you, Astrid. It brings back too many painful memories" he replied as he closed his eyes and let a few tears fall from his eyes at the thought of his mother. Not waiting to hear her try to get the information out of him, he decided to remove the saddle and tail from Toothless.

Astrid was surprised, she saw Hiccup as a tough kid for someone her age. Yet right now she had seen a sign of him that she never thought she would see. Before he walked away she saw a tear leak from his left eye. Something she had never seen Hiccup do, not even when she snapped at him.

She knew she had to do something here. Anything she could do that could at least give him some comfort from the pain that he is trying to hide. Her thoughts were interrupted as she heard a sniff come from Hiccup. She knew now that she had to comfort him. Without hesitation she walked toward him, turned him around, and gave him a comforting hug. This surprised Hiccup as he flashed back to the night when he dreamt of his mother. Instantly he felt his heart shatter and tears that he had been holding back had finally started to pour out as he held Astrid close to himself.

He couldn't let her hear him sob, but he did accept what little comfort he would have been given. After a while he finally pulled away from her and pat her on the shoulder with a smile signaling to her a thanks. She smiled back before punching his arm.

"You don't have to stay silent around me Hiccup. You can trust me, and You have to let people hear you… let me hear you," she said. She punched his arm one more time saying "that's for kidnapping me." She said as he started to rub his arm and look at Toothless with a shrug. He turned back to her a little hurt from the fierceness of the punch and the fact that she still seemed incredibly angry with this. Now she he looked down as he started to rub his arm again before he felt himself being jerked forward.

Astrid had quickly pulled him forward and kissed him on the cheek really quick before pulling back and looking downwards to hide the blush coming to her cheeks as she says "that's for… everything else." Once said and done she charged for her home to call it a night. She stopped briefly; pondering whether or not to turn around and do something more but shook it off with a blush and ran forward.

Hiccup watched her retreating form as he thought back to the contact she had made with his cheek. He touched his cheek and wondered what that was that she had done. Turning to the side he sees Toothless stare at him with curious eyes. For some reason Hiccup felt embarrassed at the way Toothless was looking at him.

"What?" he asked. Toothless turned back toward the where Astrid had been and made a strange sound.

Astrid now kept thinking back onto why it is Hiccup had decided not to tell Stoic about the gigantic dragon that they had seen back at the island. It almost seemed as if Hiccup saw Toothless as his only friend.

Her eyes went wide as she flashed back to all the times she had seen Hiccup. Many times he would always travel alone on the streets of the village. The times she had been around the other children Hiccup would always just wander off by himself. The times Snotlout had picked on him he would always walk away with a sad look on his face and never show himself around for a whole two days. She grew angry at the thought of Snotlout making his life a living hell. From what she had been through trying to hurt him, which she feels regret for, she knew that Snotlout could not fight hiccup like he thinks he could.

She did not want Hiccup to hide anymore; she wants to get Hiccup out of that silent mask he hides behind most of his times. Along with that she hoped that she could get Hiccup to tell her why it is he has been silent most of his life. She took a deep breath and exhaled as a fire fueled within her heart along with a filled in place holding the young rider in there. She did not realize it, but she had fallen in love with Hiccup the Silent. She hoped that she could bring him out and he can claim his natural name of Hiccup, son of chief Stoic.

With that fire in her eyes she went into her house and went off to bed to wait for the next day with Hiccup.

A/N: hey guys sorry this one is shorter than usual its just that I have been incredibly busy. I swear the next chapter will be longer though. Let me know how this chapter goes. This one is fully dedicated on the scene in the little valley with Hiccup and Astrid. Thanks for reading!