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Reviews:
thearizona: I love suspense and feelings in chapters. If I can express that kind of raw emotion in a person that reads my story then I've succeeded. You're response, just like the others that reviewed are exactly what I strive for in writing. I want people to connect to the characters, I want them to feel the pain they are feeling, the stress they are going through and the despair going on. It's that raw visceral emotion that I want. Now for the conclusion of the mental battle with Hel. Btw I told you that I could go suspenseful two lines later, but it would change the suspense type, now you'll see why.

Dragon Lord Draco: You're the first person to show that you really care about Razor. Thank you my friend, she is becoming my favorite character to write alongside Toothless and Hiccup in this story.

CalvinAndHobbes4: Evil is the nature of being a writer that writes Action/Adventure because I have to give you suspense and as it comes closer towards the end of any Arc, I dial it up to the max as the climax of the arc draws closer. Just be prepared for the ride to come to a stop in a few chapters.

Now let's see the conclusion of the mental battle that Hel has for our friends Hiccup, Razor, Åsmund and Toothless.

Chapter Word Count: 4,695

Notes on how my writing style will be below:

Words typed like this are thoughts in their head
Words like this are scenes/locations where it is occurring
Words typed like this is Dragonese
Words typed like this are the Mental Link between Razor and Toothless

Past and Present Meet

Toothless's Mind

Hiccup could feel his body losing strength as his vision continued fade to black. I'm sorry Toothless, I couldn't protect you like I should have, Hiccup thought regretfully as he felt his body succumb to lack of air and go limp.

"No Hiccup, you did more than enough," Hiccup heard and then fell to the ground as a plasma blast hit Hel's shoulder, causing her to release him with a pained hiss. A second blast hit Hel's leg from behind, knocking her off Razor.

Hiccup coughed as he worked on regaining his breath and looked over at Razor, and then behind him. Not believing his eyes, he saw Toothless crouching a few meters away with his back arched and wings spread, charging up another blast. He crawled over to Razor and covered her head as another stronger blast whistled through the air and blew Hel away into nothingness.

Toothless quickly came over to the pair on the ground and nudged Hiccup on his shoulder. "Hiccup are you okay?" Toothless asked. Hiccup nodded before checking once more on Razor. He felt his chest tighten in worry at her faint heartbeat and almost non-existent breathing provided the only proof that she was still alive. Razor slowly opened an eye and let out an exhausted smile when she saw Toothless there standing over her. It's over, thank Odin.

"Hiccup, you need leave quickly, if you're still in here when I die, you will die as well. To leave Toothless' mind and return back to the arena, just picture yourself where you last were," Razor urged weakly as Toothless licked her chin.

"Hiccup go, please. I need to stay here to help Razor and I can't stand the thought of losing you," Toothless said. Hiccup, feeling quiet joy at hearing his best friend 'speak' for the first time, quickly hugged Toothless.

"I'm glad I could get to hear you, even if it's only for a short time. See you soon, bud," Hiccup mumbled, thinking about the academy.

Dragon Academy

Everyone deposited the last of their wood for the pyre, arranging them in a form that would ignite the easiest but not burn itself out too quickly. Inside, they noticed the pair of riders and their dragons still frozen in their positions from earlier, different only due to Åsmund dripping blood. They cast each other silent glances of worry for them, flinching slightly when a bolt of lightning struck a little close to the arena.

As time crawled a little more, they began to notice the gray clouds fade in color, their forms spreading across the increasingly clear sky. A final flash of lightning lit up over the arena before the sky became completely dispelled of the remaining clouds. From their positions, they noticed a bright light illuminating from the arena, specifically from the spot where the beings inside occupied. While everyone and the dragons stood in wait, Astrid rushed over to the gate and tried opening the gate. Valka took a second to process what was happening in the arena before attempting to grab Astrid's arms, saying, "Astrid, we need to wait just a little longer."

"What?! Are you kidding me?" Astrid shouting, momentarily stunned and providing an opening for Valka to press the girl's arms against her sides. "That light and the disappearance of the lightening must mean they've done what they needed to do! If there's any time to go down there and help, it's now!"

The older woman lightly shook her head, feeling the girl shrug off her contact and resumed her attempts. Each time Astrid was close to opening the obstacle though, Valka would gain the upper hand in pulling her away from the gate.

Inside the arena, the light surrounding the three faded and Hiccup slowly sat up, feeling his muscles quietly complain in protest. He looked towards the gate and saw Valka holding back Astrid as she screamed and tried to open the gate. He turned away from them to see Åsmund hunched forward, in his spot, blood covering his armor. Blood was dripping out of Åsmund's mouth as Hiccup stood up and exited the rune circle. Once out of the circle, he stood there in a worried silence at the prone bodies of his best friend and their guests as Astrid pushed Valka away to open the gate and ran to Hiccup. She embraced him tightly and cried hard into his chest while Valka tried to usher them out of the academy.

Cloudjumper swooped up the couple and followed behind Valka, who merely cast a look at Åsmund before leaving as well. "Valka why aren't you helping Åsmund?" Astrid screamed as the couple could only stare on at the beings remaining inside of the academy.

"We can't. Those three are still linked together. Disturbing them when they're like this may kill them," she explained sternly. With a tense breath, Hiccup weakly added, "Toothless is safe but Razor is dying right now inside of Toothless's mind. She told me to leave before she did or I might have died too." Valka didn't openly remark on Hiccup's information as she followed Cloudjumper to the entrance, where the dragon deposited a still dazed Hiccup and distressed Astrid, who broke her hug but interlocked their hands. Although Valka's posture didn't falter, there was a tightness in her face that clearly expressed her uneasiness with the situation as well.

The other young adults stood in ready silence by the pyre they had created, awaiting nervously for their next orders. Valka cast a look back into the arena and turned back to the group, thinking over her last words with Åsmund. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath, trying to calm down her own emotions. "While we have everything ready for Razor, we need to make sure to take care of Åsmund as well," Hiccup stated, catching everyone's attention. "One of you needs to go to the Great Hall and retrieve Gothi, preferably someone fast."

Everyone turned towards Astrid, knowing that she and Stormfly were only second in speed to Hiccup and Toothless. Since the top pair was out of commission at the moment though, the task rested on them. Stormfly slowly moved forward, lowering herself as she waited for her rider to embark.

Astrid, on the other hand, didn't move as her body continued shivering with nerves, her hand nearly crushing Hiccup's. A protest resided at the tip of her tongue, ready to insist that she should stay and make sure Hiccup was alright. The protest quickly died, however, when Hiccup took his other hand and gently cupped her cheek, moving her head up to focus her vision on him.

Flickering blue locked with steady green and the pair continued standing in silence. With a small sigh, Astrid lowered her eyes and Hiccup released his hand from her face, wrapping it around her back and giving her a one armed hug. She didn't make a motion to return the gesture, only tightening their still joined hands before quickly slipping out of his grasp.

Not casting a backwards glance, she jumped onto her dragon's saddle and said, "Come on, Stormfly. We got to make up the time." The Deadly Nadder merely chirped in agreement and took off into the air, speeding towards the Great Hall where the old woman had taken refuge with the other villagers.

Before she was even out of their sights, the rest of them turned back to Hiccup, who didn't shift his focus away from the retreating figure. Without moving his eyes, he stated in the same tone from earlier, "Ruff, Tuff, make a quick scout of the area. I want to make sure there isn't anything hanging around here that will cause us more trouble."

The twins, understanding the severity of the order, replied in unison, "You got it, Hiccup." They swung over their dragons' thin necks into their saddles and flew up, executing an actual path around the academy.

With that task being filled, he turned to the remaining pair. "Unless Gothi requests something specific when she arrives, you two station the pyre. Razor will need the fire to heal once this is all over." Snotlout and Fishlegs nodded, their dragons hissing with them, and made another inspection of the pyre.

Turning away, Hiccup caught the eyes of his mother, who let out a small, proud smile. He acknowledged the look with a slight turn of his lips, placing himself in front of the still open entrance to the academy. Below him, none of the trio had moved at all, creating a knot of worry in his gut. If any of them did not make it through this ordeal, their blood would forever stain his hands, no matter that it technically wouldn't be his fault. His weakness and cluelessness in dire situations is what had killed his father those months ago, and he prayed that it wouldn't cost him again in this moment.

Suddenly his leg gave off a flare of pain and it took all his strength not to collapse onto his knees and hide is pain from everyone's eyes.

Toothless's Mind

Toothless lay down next to Razor and started to lick her chin, trying to divert her focus away from the pain. "You can't leave me Elise, not after I just found out who I am and who you are. Please, you can't die now." Toothless pleaded as he kept licking her chin.

"You called me Elise. I'm glad you remember me Tokka." Razor muttered weakly as her breathing became hoarser and labored, "If there is one thing I'm glad about before I go. It is that I finally got to meet you again after all this time." Razor's heartrate slowed down more as Toothless pushed his head against hers. Despite the situation, he couldn't help but take some time in thought to formulate his words, wanting her to know exactly what she meant to him.

"I may have only known you as Razor during our time here, but you are my Elise. Those memories of our colony are amazing and I'm not going to lose you, not this soon after reuniting with you." The power within Toothless grew in strength as it started to transfer a little bit of his essence into Razor. Her breathing and heartrate began stabilizing and she gradually regained her mental functions.

"You're coming back with me, so wake up Elise," Toothless promised as he looked past Razor to the figure of Åsmund, standing exhausted, but content as phantom blood dripped down from his mouth. "You too Åsmund. Neither of you are dying this soon." The area became filled with a bright white light as both Razor and Åsmund forms faded from Toothless's mind with a small part of Razor staying behind and melding with Toothless.

Dragon Academy

The twins returned to the ground to announce that they spotted Stormfly flying back and haven't found anything suspicious. The birdlike reptile gently landed on her strong legs less than minute after the short report, stretching a wing to the group so that the tiny, old woman could slide down instead of jump. Astrid dismounted on the other side and ran around to stand beside Hiccup. He gave her a quick kiss in thanks on her forehead, eliciting a smile in place of 'you're welcome,' and asked the old villager. "Gothi, do you think you can help Åsmund once it's safe?"

The woman frowned in what could only be annoyance, writing her responding runes in a spot that had several lighting scorches with her stick. Fishlegs looked over her shoulder, translating, "I wouldn't have come if I didn't." Hiccup let out an embarrassed smile at her response. "Sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. I'm just really worried, that's all."

Gothi nodded at his words, writing once more. "I feel a powerful energy in the area, and I think it's… a sheep lizard?" Fishlegs questioned Gothi. The woman gave him a light rapt on his head, redrawing her last symbol. The boy scrunched his face, then provided the correct information. "Ah, no, Toothless!"

At everyone's confused expression, she elaborated. "There's a strange energy coming from Toothless. It feels similar to the energy he exhibited during the fight with Drago's Alpha, but it also feels more... ancient and… godly."

Just as Hiccup was about to ask her what she meant, Cloudjumper let out a loud growl, calling more for attention than expressing any danger. Hiccup turned his head to the arena and saw Toothless carefully stand up on all fours.

"These two need help now!" Toothless roared, his meaning clearly stated to everyone by his body language. Hiccup's mind quickly raced when he realized no one else, besides Cloudjumper and the other dragons, seemed to understand his friend's words.

How can I understand him? I'm not in his mind anymore, I shouldn't be able to understand him.

He tabled those thoughts however when he realized he needed to move everyone quickly. "Snotlout, get Gothi down to Åsmund."

"Hookfang, I need you to come down and let me put Razor on your back. Once she's on, ignite yourself," Toothless ordered at the same time.

Snotlout swept up Gothi onto his shoulder and followed Hookfang down into the arena. As those two did that, Hiccup addressed, "Fishlegs, Ruff, Tuff, set the pyre on fire. Hookfang can only stay ignited for so long at a constant temperature." Although Fishlegs was the only one of the three not looking confused at Hiccup's explanation, he and the twins immediately set to work with their dragons beside them.

Once they reached the rune circle, Snotlout set Gothi beside Åsmund and helped the woman lay him on his side so she could examine him without worrying about blood flowing back down his lungs. Hookfang also followed his instruction, laying as flat as he could while Toothless tried pushing Razor on top of the Nightmare's body. A body suddenly appeared next to him and assisted the Alpha dragon with the unconscious form of his forgotten friend. He and Cloudjumper took a step back as Hookfang's body ignited, the flames centered where Razor lay.

"I'll hold out as long as I need to," Hookfang told Toothless.

"I appreciate that," the Night Fury thanked, looking up in time to see Hiccup gesture him up, the smell of burning wood hitting his nostrils. "Though it seems they're ready up there now. Let's go."

The trio of dragons exited the academy and made a beeline to the pyre, still being flamed up by Meatlug, Barf, and Belch while their riders stood a safe distance away. Gently, they lowered Razor into the flames, pushing the wood around her so debris wouldn't fall on top of her.

Meanwhile, Gothi halted her examination and turned to Snotlout, making a few hand gestures. Surprisingly, the boy understood their meanings, shouting to Hiccup, "Gothi says we need to get Åsmund up to her hut."

"Alright," he responded, halting himself before he called out to Toothless. The dragon was staring intently at Razor, poking his head into the flames every now and then to make sure she was comfortable. It was obvious he wanted to stay with her, and Hiccup wasn't going to deny him that. "Fishlegs, go with Snotlout to Gothi's hut."

"Alright," the large boy said, frowning a little. "Do you expect us to carry him there ourselves? Her hut is on the other side of the island and Meatlug isn't the best dragon for injured passengers."

"Yeah, I know, but Toothless probably wants to stay here. Am I right, bud?" Hiccup asked. The dragon obviously agreed with his rider, but he also knew that Åsmund needed help as well. Before he could make up his mind though, he heard,

"I'll go." Startled, Toothless snapped out of his thoughts and realized it was Hookfang who volunteered. "The fire is much hotter than what I could produce, and it looks like the rest of you can handle this." With a grateful nod in agreement, Hookfang headed down into the arena, followed by Fishlegs after Hiccup gestured for him to follow the dragon.

The boys, under Gothi's eye, laid Åsmund carefully on Hookfang's back and climbed up themselves. Snotlout took his spot on his saddle, Gothi sat herself directly behind him and worked on steadying Åsmund's upper body, while Fishlegs took up the rear holding down his legs. Without another word, they flew off towards the hut, leaving the rest of the group to watch over Razor.

Now that everything was no longer so much touch-and-go, Hiccup felt it was the best time to bring up the change in their communication. He walked over and stood next to his dragon, but instead of jumping straight into conversation like he planned, he found his arms tightly wrap around Toothless' body once the severity of what could have happened hit him like the Evil Queen's clubbed tail.

Toothless groaned as Hiccup locked himself against him, pleading out, "Air please, Hiccup, I know you were scared, but I'm fine now." He made a gesture for the boy to let go, under the continued assumption that he still could not understand him.

Joyful tears fell from Hiccup's eyes, as he said, "I can understand you, bud. I can hear you just fine."

Toothless's eyes widen at the revelation, wondering how this was possible as he looked over at Razor laying quietly in the bonfire. "It's a side effect Tokka, I'll explain more after we are better," a voice suddenly explained in his head. Recognizing the tone as Razor's, or Elise as he just learned, he thought back, "We…we can talk like this Elise?" He didn't receive a response back, chalking it up to Razor shutting her mind down so she could heal.

Toothless looked at Hiccup, still clenched to his body, giving his partner a few licks across his face. "Oh come on Toothless, you know that doesn't wash out," Hiccup complained, detaching himself from his reptilian friend. Toothless just gave him a gummy smile, but tensed up when he heard a log break behind him. The Fire Fury wasn't in danger of being in the way of the wood around her, but he was far from relaxed at this point. "I'm tired right now Hiccup, if you don't mind. I'm staying out here with Razor until she wakes up," he said, slowly moving to the bonfire. Hiccup gave him a sad smile and followed silently after him, his friends and family joining beside him.

Toothless looked at Razor in the bonfire, feeling the heat hit his face. What should I call her now? She is both Razor and Elise… I guess we'll discuss that after she wakes up. He lowered himself near the fire and watched as she breathing normalize, the flames slowly diminishing as she absorbed the fire into herself. She'll be fine and I'm going to be right here when she wakes up, he thought. He addressed the remaining dragons with, "Please keep the fire going strong, she is very weak right now so keep bringing wood until she wakes up."

Cloudjumper took over organizing shifts for the other main riders' dragons into retrieving timber from the forest. Having heard Toothless, Hiccup looked to the twins and suggested, "Why don't you two go with the dragons to collect more wood. Judging from what we've seen, it will take a while for Razor to recover." The adults in question agreed, heading into the forest with their dragons following them, after Cloudjumper make a quick adjustment to the shifts.

Hiccup winced in pain as he cast a glance down at the leg that took the shot when he was in Toothless' mind. There wasn't any blood flowing nor was there an arrow sticking out, but it still felt like the weapon was embedded in. Astrid moved to stand beside Hiccup, reclaiming his hand, as he stood behind Toothless. "So Astrid and Mom, don't freak out, but I can understand Toothless now. Don't ask how, but I understand him, and him alone." The two women shifted focus to him, then Toothless, and then over to Razor.

"A gift from Razor maybe, babe?" Astrid asked, kneeling down as Hiccup sat down next to Toothless.

"Before we came out of my mind, she mentioned something about side effects. I guess it means that you can understand me now." Toothless suggested, deciding to keep the information about now sharing a mental link with Razor from Hiccup. He still had not figured out how he should feel about it so he was going to wait until he had sorted his thoughts out.

"So what did he say son?" Valka asked curious if he really could understand his dragon.

"So before she left his mind, Razor said there would be side effects. I guess since I was inside of Toothless's mind fighting to save him, I came to understand him as the side effect." Hiccup patted Toothless on the head slowly and then realized something.

"So your real name is Tokka huh?" Toothless turned and looked up at Hiccup with a smile.

"It is, but I like the name you gave me. I'm still Toothless but I'm also Tokka."

Astrid and Valka became confused as the two held a small conversation between each other, only able to hear one side. "Wait, so Toothless isn't his name anymore?" Astrid asked confused.

Hiccup let out a laugh, replying, "No it's still Toothless. He likes his name now, but he's remembering things from his past now, one of them being that his name was Tokka. There's probably a lot more he wants to tell me, but I think we all need rest right now."

Hiccup rubbed Toothless's head slowly as he looked at the fire as it slowly became less intense. He watched Razor continuing to absorb her element and smiled as he slowly got off the ground with Astrid.

"I take it you want to stay here bud?" Hiccup inquired. Toothless simply nodded in response. "Alright, stay here and wait with her. I'm going to get some sleep at home with some womanly help I take it," he said sarcastically to Astrid.

Astrid smirked then punched him on the shoulder causing him to wince in pain. "That is for scaring me half way to Helheim," she then leaned up, kissed him on the lips deeply and then released his lips from hers. "That's for coming back to me in one piece this time." Hiccup smiled as he leaned on Astrid while they and Valka started heading back towards the village.

With the humans leaving, Cloudjumper looked to Meatlug and Stormfly, and said, "Barf and Belch should be flying by with more wood any second now. Could you two go ahead and take your shift?" The Gronckle and Deadly Nadder gave him a knowing look, but complied with his request, leaving the two males.

Once he was sure they were alone, Cloudjumper started, "Toothless, I have something I want to say to you." Toothless perked his ears up and turned his gaze to Cloudjumper.

"Can it wait, I'd rather not have to think or do much right now after what I just went through."

Cloudjumper shook his head and pressed on, "I just want to say that I was wrong about those two and I hope that they both survive. That's all my friend."

The pair sat in silence for a while until they heard the flaps of Barf and Belch above them. The twin-headed dragon dropped the wood away from the pyre and gave them a questioning look. Cloudjumper merely nodded in thanks for their contribution and grabbed a few things of wood shaped into logs. Toothless just stared on as the other added fuel to the fire, moving his head back into the flames to give Razor a comforting lick.

Gothi's Hut

Once they made it to Gothi's hut, frightening the Terrible Terrors that resided around the building, Snotlout and Fishlegs immediately slid off and gently lifted Åsmund off Hookfang's back while Gothi wobbled inside. She pulled out a clean sheet and guided them to set Åsmund down on the ground. She started pulling off his left wrist guard but halted her movements when he screamed out in pain. Gothi checked his heart rate and forehead, frowning at her findings.

Gothi turned and wrote runes on the ground while Fishlegs translated, "Okay, we need to carefully take off his armor Snotlout. It seems he's got injuries from whatever he did earlier." Snotlout was about to say something in protest, but was silenced when Gothi smacked his head with her stick. "Okay, okay, I'll do it." Snotlout said as they about carefully removing his armor.

It took a while, Åsmund letting out soft cries of pain when one of them removed a piece too quickly or messily, but once he was down to his loincloth the damage to his body became obvious. The stress of what he did appeared as multiple cuts and bruises decorating his whole body. When Gothi checked the wrist that he had he screamed out in pain from, she found it to be broken.

Checking him over more thoroughly, she pointed to Snotlout and then the door, indicating for him to leave, knowing he would only get in the way at this point. Not hanging around inside for another second, the hut went down in occupancy from four to three. She wrote down runes with instructions for Fishlegs to start setting Åsmund's injuries while she would make some salve for the cuts.

After nearly an hour of work, all of Åsmund's wounds were covered in bandages and his wrist was put into a splint. Once all of that was done, she pointed to a bowl and then to Åsmund. "He needs to drink this I take it?" Fishlegs asked as Gothi nodded. Fishlegs slowly and carefully coaxed the dark green liquid that was in the bowl down his throat.

Åsmund's breathing slowed as the liquid began to relax his body. No longer needed an extra hand, Gothi pushed Fishlegs out of her home, leaving just her and the unconscious patient. Gothi would help him as best as she could but at this time, it would be Åsmund's personal strength that decided whether he would recover.

Hiccup's Home

Valka opened the door as Astrid helped the chief into his house, who had yet to reveal the pain flaring down his leg. He quickly sat down and started to roll up his pants so he can see what was causing the pain. He looked down and saw a bruise formed at the spot where he was hit with the arrow. Astrid looked at the bruise, wondering how he got it. He softly muttered to himself, "The arrow pain somehow transferred to the real world."

Astrid looked up at him and then to Valka. "What do you mean Hiccup?" He didn't answer, his mind elsewhere as he thought back to all of the incidents that happened during Toothless' rescue. He then thought about all the injuries or near misses that Razor had taken when trying to save Toothless. Although he hadn't gotten a clear look at her, he knew she should have more injuries on her. Suddenly, he sat up and widened his eyes. Åsmund took the damage for Razor, which is why he's was so bloody and hurt.

"By Odin's beard! Tell me what Åsmund did after Razor and I went into Toothless' mind?" Hiccup asked, straining himself to keep from shouting. Valka and Astrid gave each other a look and told Hiccup what he had said before they went in, what he did afterwards, and the few times they saw him move while Hiccup and Razor were rescuing Toothless. Taking all the information in, his head dropped as he realized what must have happened that would account for Razor not having so many injuries when they returned.

"Whatever he did, it might have given Razor energy, but it caused him to take the damage she received during our mission. He's probably in just as bad of a situation as Razor, or worse. Let's hope Odin spares these two souls."

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"How is she?" Toothless looked up at him and stood up pulling his wing back into his side. "Better but she's still not awake. We need to get the fire going again. I'll come and help you gather wood." Hookfang nodded before he took off into the sky with Toothless following below him into the woods.