Raindrops splashed all over Hiccup as he walked through the woods, not looking for any shelter or anything to protect himself, simply walking away from the outpost, where his friends were. After what he'd done to Astrid, he didn't know how he could make it up to her – to everyone. A lightning bolt struck above the trees, followed by loud rumbling. He had his arms wrapped around himself, somehow trying to warm up in this freezing weather. His hair all wet, dangled before his eyes as he stared down at the ground every step he took. Turning around, he took a look at the distance between him and home, and even though he was already far from them all, he still didn't feel them safe from him. Technically, he didn't think they would be until he was off the island. He didn't know how Toothless was, or how he might live without him now that he was too dangerous to be around any living creature. He couldn't be blamed, Hiccup didn't know about his powers on dragons had zero effect, and now he wasn't planning the right thing. Running away was the only solution which made sense to him at the moment. Right now it was dark, stormy, wet and cold... And he was alone out here. Hiding under the thickest canopy of trees he walked, just to be sure none of the riders would see him if they ever came looking for him. He knew them too well; they would obviously be looking for him. What a stubborn group... For some unknown, strange reason, compared to Heather and Dagur, he didn't seem to enjoy what he had, and he was scared. This was too powerful, and even without having tried, he knew he could kill someone with those powers. He could feel its strength running through his body. His powers had quit sparkling at his hands, and he was grateful for that. He could state that, like dragons, his fire couldn't work if he was wet.

It may be the cold water dropping down on him, but he could swear he was shaking now. Not just a little – quite violently in fact. Thinking he was able to take another step forward, Hiccup collapsed on himself, not even minding avoiding his fall by unwrapping his arms from around himself. Instead, he shut his eyes tightly and let himself drop to the muddy ground. Weakness had won over him. Worried and afraid, plus with the freezing air had taken all energy out of him and he was able to stand no more. Doing his best, he crawled to the nearest tree, which turned out to be a massive one, and pressed his back against the bark, where he laid for the rest of the night. The day had gone incredibly quickly, and he was wondering if he had somehow traveled through time. Remembering the events from earlier brought hate towards himself. But he wasn't going anywhere right now, even if he'd managed to walk, this storm was still roaring.

The sky above was dark grey, raindrops pouring down from them, creating large puddles of water here and there on the forest floor.

Slowly, against his own will, his eyes simply slid shut from exhaustion and he wished that the moment he would wake up, everything that had happened never did, and it was all just a dream. He didn't want those powers. He hadn't asked for them and never would've had. What he'd seen himself do was horrifying, and he just kept pushing his powers away – which he would do as long as they were out of control – as long as he was out of control. If there was one way to take away magic, he would. But he couldn't. He knew it wasn't possible even with knowing very little about this whole mess. And taking away his powers would be taking away part of him. Which he didn't want, but then again, if it was to hurt his friends, then yes, he would search for something, anything that might help. At least getting off this island would be a start.

...

Hiccup's eyes cracked open at the morning light spreading down beneath the canopy of trees, green light spreading on the ground. The very first thing he felt was the same feeling in his hands he had felt yesterday. Little bright sparks flashed in his palms, and everything suddenly came back to him like a hammer to the head.

''Okay, calm down.'' he told himself as he shook both heating-up hands before him, getting up to his feet. He had clearly dried over night, which he didn't take as a good note. At least he had gotten some rest and was standing once more.

''Hiccup?'' a familiar voice called from behind him. Instantly turning around, he met Astrid approaching, her hands up to show him she wasn't there to harm him, as if he was a frightened dragon suffering from a serious injury, nervous and aggressive.

''Astrid?'' he said, surprised to find her here. He would've thought she'd stay back and give him the space needed while he figured this all out. But apparently, it wasn't the case – she just wouldn't give up. What was he thinking? Of course she'd never give up! ''What are you doing here?''

''I've been looking for you all night.'' she said, still taking a few steps closer. Hiccup took a few backwards as she did.

''Astrid, I told you to stay away.'' he reminded her, keeping a distance between them. ''I can't control those powers of mine right now. Listen, don't worry about me. I'm gonna find a way to fix this, but until I do... You got to go.''

''No.'' said Astrid all too clearly, almost snapping. ''You always think that pulling away from people will fix your problems, but it doesn't. Plus. Dagur's still lurking on the island. I won't leave your side just because you tell me to!''

She reached out a hand for him to come, getting closer, but all Hiccup did was back off. If she didn't stay away, then he'd have to. But all that seemed to do was make him even more nervous and scared, and he could see – feel – the energy rising up and the sparks in his palms getting bigger and brighter.

''Astrid, wait- I-'' he said between gasps, unable to calm down and an over-charging noise rose as bright blue light grew all around him like a shield. Closing his hands tightly in fists, he bend down on himself, closing his eyes shut as he blew up once again. The burst of energy sent from every side of him blew on the many trees surrounding him, including Astrid that was just a couple feet away from him. Like thunder, the light was followed by a loud rumble and soon enough died just like all the singing from the birds and other little animal noises. Leaves from the trees were detached from their branch and carried away with Hiccup's explosion of energy.

Hiccup looked up once more, only to sight Astrid lying on the ground further away. She wasn't dead, to his great relief as he saw her pulling herself to sit with a huge effort. ''Astrid! Are you okay?'' he called, and his very first reaction was to run to her – hug her and tell her he was sorry – but that didn't happen as he stopped mid-track while she pulled herself to her feet, gasping. ''You okay?''

She reached the back of her neck, and touched a deep cut. She brought back her hand before her to have a look at the amount of blood at her finger tips. ''Yeah – I – I'm fine...''

Unfortunately, Hiccup saw the blood too and only stared up at her, eyes wide in horror and shock. ''Astrid, what did I do?'' he asked, unable to hide the trembling in his voice.

''I- Its fine. I'm okay.'' she tried reassuring him, but the fear and shock in her voice didn't help at all. There was absolutely no doubt Hiccup noticed.

''I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.'' cracked Hiccup and she could tell he hated himself right now. But it wasn't his fault and he had to know that.

''Hiccup-'' she said, taking one step closer, but Hiccup was already stopping her, keeping his hands up before him.

''Stop!'' he cried out, almost pleading her to do so. ''Please, don't come any closer. You got to go. Just go!'' And when she didn't make any move, his only thought was to do the following thing. Firing in a tree's direction, it broke with a shocking CRACK!, and unable to do anything about that, Astrid jumped out of the way, just in time as the massive tree hit the ground right between her and Hiccup.

Astrid covered her head as she ducked to avoid the debris and thick dust, and when she looked back up again at the other side of the fallen tree, Hiccup was long-gone. It was heart-wrenching to see him like this. She only wanted to help him, but even after telling him that what he was doing wasn't going to work, he still pulled away. He really had to stop doing that.

With no other option – knowing he was really asking for space – Astrid made her way back to the outpost, where she would think of something else to bring him back.

Further away, deeper in Dragon's Edge's woods, Hiccup slowed his pace from his escape from Astrid, looking over his shoulder a couple times to make sure she wasn't following, and finally came to a stop. He took a moment to stare down at his reddish palms, still glowing bright as a full moon on a cloudless night. He couldn't believe what he just did. This may have been the single worst plan he had ever came up with.

''I know exactly how you feel.'' said an enemy's voice right behind him. With no other reaction at the moment, Hiccup straightened himself the instant he heard the first word coming out of Dagur's mouth. ''Seeing fear in her eyes... ''

Fear and worry were suddenly replaced by anger, and with a single rapid gesture the moment he spun around, another explosion of energy was fired but in the empty this time. Hiccup didn't want to kill Dagur either, so all he could do was fire up at the sky or release his emotions on trees and other things of the sort.

''You really are out of control.'' continued Dagur as he followed the blue burst sent in the air with his gaze. He then returned to Hiccup, wearing his friendly grin, which seemed more like a mad and evil one. ''But, Hiccup, you're not going to hurt me. You can't, and shouldn't. I'm on your side.''

Hiccup shook his hands again and walked pass him, like he was a simple talking piece of trash. ''Just leave me alone.'' he said, continuing wandering deeper in the forest, if he could go any deeper.

Dagur turned to him as he passed him, without chasing after the boy or holding him back. ''You can run,'' he called, only adding more to his pile of troubles. ''But it won't help. The only way this ends, is to embrace who you are.''

''If it means hurting people I love,'' said Hiccup as he stopped mid-step, half-turning to meet Dagur's eyes. ''No thanks.''