3 Years Prior- Hiccup

I was walking back to my hut. Today had been weird, that's for sure. Well, other than the fact that I woke up, only to find my leg missing, and dragons living peacefully on Berk, that is.

I'm talking about this weird feeling I'd had all day. Also, I could understand Toothless, which made me think I was going crazy, which he assured me I wasn't. I was thinking about telling Dad, but he'd tell me it was impossible, right? I mean being able to understand dragons? That's a good one! The funny feeling he'd say was me just having woken up today, and I was still getting used to my prosthetic. That is not the case.

I opened the door to my house, and was not expecting what I got.

"Hey son! Have a good day?" Dad asked the minute I closed the door.

"Uh, I guess…" I wasn't quite sure how to respond. I was used to him ignoring my very existence, so this was new, very new. You know… I could tell him about that weird feeling I had today, see what he thinks. That voice in the back of my head said. That is, if he's willing to talk, which it seems like he is.

Toothless had gone and layed down next to the fire, opposite Dad. I went and sat next to my best friend, absentmindedly petting him. "Uh, Dad, can-can I ask you about something?"

"Sure, son. What's on your mind?"

"Well, um, I've had this really weird feeling all day, and…" I said very cautiously.

"Define weird feeling."

Uhhh… great. How do I describe this? "Well, um… I'm not exactly sure how to describe it."

"It could just be that you woke up today, or you're still getting used to your prosthetic." What!? Oh wait, I knew he was gonna say something like that. Let's see what his reaction is to this.

"Okay, so, uh, let's say your right." Dad went to say something, but I cut him off, "No, let me finish. How do you explain the fact that I can also understand Toothless now? And don't say that's impossible, because it's true."

"He's right, Stoick. And he's not crazy either." Toothless told him.

Dad looked confused, especially as I looked at Toothless and said, "You know he can't understand you, bud. I can, but Dad can't."

"Oh, right." Toothless looked disappointed.

"Okay, if you can understand him, what did he say?" Dad asked.

"Uh, which time?"

"Before you told him that I couldn't understand him."

"He was telling you I was right, and that I wasn't crazy either."

Dad looked at Toothless, most likely to determine whether I was right or not. Toothless nodded, and Dad leaned back in his chair, like he was deep in thought.

"Uh, Dad?"

He didn't answer, and I was about to ask again, when:

"Could you understand him before today, son?"

"No…" Dad gave me a strange look.

"That wasn't english, Hiccup. It was dragonese." Toothless told me. That's why Dad is looking at me funny, I thought.

"Uh…"

"Son," Dad actually sounded kind of worried, "you sounded like a dragon just now."

"I know, well I didn't until Toothless told me, but…" I hesitated before continuing, "I don't know why I can speak dragoneese, or understand dragons. Because it's not just Toothless that I can understand, I was able to understand what Stormfly, and Hookfang, and the twins' dragon, and Fishlegs' dragon were saying today too!"

"Hiccup, you need to calm down. I think you might be part-dragon. If you don't calm down, you could hurt your father or yourself."

I couldn't have heard him right. Part-dragon? Me? No way! "Uh, can you say that again bud, I don't think I heard you right."

"Which part? All I said was that I thought you might be part-dragon. From what I've heard about Halflings, it fits."

"Hiccup? What's wrong?" Dad asked. My confusion must have shown on my face or he wouldn't have asked.

"Toothless, what exactly is a Halfling?" I asked my friend, completely ignoring my dad's question.

"Halfling?" Dad asked. I held up my hand, because Toothless was being extremely quiet. It was as if he didn't want to tell me, or he didn't want it to be true for some reason.

"A Halfling is someone who is part-dragon. Biologically, that is. One of their parents is usually one of the original Fyrests, and the other is a human. This results in the Halfling having some dragon powers, two different forms, but appearing mostly human. Like you do."

"And how did you come up with this theory, bud?"

"When you spoke dragonese before, I started wondering. Only a dragon or a Halfling can speak it. And when you seemed to be freaking out over the fact that you can understand all of us, your hair started to change color a little bit. It's still that way, but it's not very noticable."

"Okay, and what does the hair color change have to do with anything?" I had to ask.

"Before Halflings gain control of their powers, when they are feeling a single emotion in the extreme, like you seemed really scared before, you still do, their hair color changes slightly to have the color they are as a dragon, in it as well. Once they learn to control their powers, the color stays there permanently."

"Oh." I then turned to Dad, who was sitting in his chair, extremely confused. The last thing he had understood was me asking Toothless what a Halfling was, so I had a bit of explaining to do.

"Uh… Dad?"

"What were you two talking about?"

"Uh… Toothless said that he thinks that I might be a Halfling. Which after he explained what that was, I'm starting to agree with him. There's just one thing that I'm not sure about."

"And what's that, son?"

I took a deep breath before answering, unsure as to how he was going to react to this. "One of my parents would have to be a full dragon."

"WHAT!? There's no way that's possible!"

Toothless seemed to shrink back a little, probably because he had been the one to bring it up.

"Dad, I think it would explain quite a few things-"

"You just said that either your mother or I would have to be a dragon, Hiccup," Dad deadpanned.

"I know! I don't get it either! I know that none of this makes any sense!"

There was suddenly a flash of purple light from in front of me. When I could see again, I realized that my hands were smoking, and Dad was laying on the ground, with a very severe burn visible on his arm.

"Yeah, uh, pretty sure you're a Halfling, Hiccup," Toothless said. I didn't respond, just kept looking at my hands, which had stopped smoking.

"Hiccup?" Dad asked, as he started to wake up. He looked really dazed and didn't seem to know what happened.

"Hiccup?" Dad asked again. I looked up at him. I was horrified. I almost killed Dad! I gotta go! I thought frantically, as I turned and ran out the door.

Stoick

When I started coming to, I wondered what had happened, and I'm on the floor. Why am I on the floor?

I remembered the flash of purple light, right before I blacked out. It came from near Hiccup, and looked like a Night Fury blast. Hiccup had said many times that Toothless wouldn't harm a thing, unless Hiccup was in danger, but that was my only explanation for what had happened.

I had to make sure Hiccup was okay. "Hiccup?" I asked. I looked up to see him standing there. Toothless was sitting up next to him. I looked at Hiccup's face, he looked terrified, but was staring at his hands.

"Hiccup?" I asked again. This time he looked up at me, the look in his eyes, was even more scared than before, if that was possible. We looked at each other for a moment, before he spun and ran out the door.

"Hiccup!" I called after him. His dragon had gone with him, leaving me alone in the house. I stood and ran to the door, opening it. I looked out just as Hiccup was getting on his dragon, and flying off. I closed the door and went to sink back into my chair.

What had happened? I wondered, as I looked on the burn on my arm. Hiccup seemed so scared as he ran off.