Two seconds is all it takes for their world to erupt in chaos. Four steps carry them to temporary safety. Sixteen inches of concrete are all that separate them from certain death. People scream, a sniper waits to pick them off, and oh, right. He's already been hit. Which means he's pretty sure he has less than two-hundred-fifty-six minutes left to live. Sequel to Timing.

Wild West AU. Hiccup becomes an outcast at age fifteen for being weak, a horrible gunslinger, and an all around klutz. Three years later, and although Hiccup's no longer the little boy he used to be, he still can't shoot straight to save his life. But when Hiccup accidentally ropes the famed wild mustang "The Night Fury", how will this untamable beast change Hiccup's fate?

He hadn't heard the second arrow fly, but there it was, buried deep in his chest. He felt himself falling to his knees, his back slamming against the rough bark of a pine tree. He gasped in pain but it felt as if he were breathing around a wad of cotton..