Chapter 25

The other teens and I were just hanging at the back of the Great Hall. My Dad was trying to give the villagers some piece of mind about the dragons leaving. Me, I had other things on my mind, like how Toothless looked so sad when he told me about where the dragons were going. Did he want to have children but he never asked it of me because he thinks I would turn him down? Or did he and his first mate have children but lost them in battle?

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Snotlout suggesting that we leave. Since it seemed that we weren't needed there, it seemed like there was nothing that said we had to stay.

We walked through the village all trying to think positive because we all knew that the dragons were going to be back, but still we had all planned on having the dragons here with us.

"That was depressing." Ruffnut sighed.

"I know, I was actually looking forward to spending the holiday with Stormfly." Astrid replied.

Anyone could tell just by listening to her that she was losing the enthusiasm she always had. That only told the rest of us how out of place things had gotten with the dragons gone.

"It's not like they're gone forever. They just left to lay their eggs, they'll be back." I said trying to lift everyone's spirits.

"Easy for you to say. Your dragon won't go anyway without you." Tuffnut snapped back pointing to the cliff where Toothless usually sat looking over the ocean.

"Must be nice to have a dragon as a lover who wouldn't do anything to hurt you." Ruffnut said only making me feel worse.

"She's right you know. Toothless doesn't go anywhere unless you're with him." Snotlout said as he walked off.

"Guys come on, that's a bit harsh to blame her for Toothless not wanting to leave her?" Astrid said reprimanding them.

"Yeah, Toothless loves her. If he doesn't want to leave her that's his choice, and it's not right for you to blame her for that." Fishlegs said as they walked off.

I just stood there thinking about how Tuffnut was right. If I wasn't with him, Toothless wouldn't go anywhere. I loved him, but I felt like I was holding him back. I walked back home and tried to get some sleep, but I couldn't even get my eyes to close. Toothless came in through the window above my bed and settled down on his own bed across from mine. As I looked at him, I thought about how he must be feeling. All his friends having children but he doesn't have any.

Finally I couldn't take it anymore. Even if I couldn't give him a child, I could still go with him to watch the newborn dragons coming into the world. I got up ,changed into my dragon form and gently shook Toothless awake.

"Toothless, Toothless wake up." I urged softly.

"What is Hiccup, are you okay?" he asked as he blinked awake.

"Not really. I was just thinking about how much it must hurt to know that all your friends are having children and you probably won't. So I wanted to ask you…"

"Hiccup, you may be a dragon, but you are way too young to have children." He said cutting me off.

"That's not what I was going to say. I was going to ask you if you wanted to go to the hatching grounds to be there to watch. I know I can't have children now, but I thought until I'm old enough, maybe you and I could be there to watch. Just so you don't feel so left out." I said correcting him.

"Oh, sorry. I just thought that…"

"I know, but don't worry, we will be able to have a family someday. So what do you say, you want to go visit?" I asked.

"I loved too." He answered getting up.

I changed back to my human form and wrote a note for my Dad explaining where I was going and when we would be back and wished him a happy Snoggletog. Once we were outside I changed back and we flew off.

'In time Toothless, we will have a family, I promise.' I thought as we got farther and farther from the island.