Hey everyone, now I know I promised to upload more often and you have every right to complain since its been four MONTHS, but let me

I found out while a writing this chapter that I'm not good at writing romance type stuff. I kept starting over because I wasn't happy with how it turned out. So I decided to take a break from it and come back when I'm all refreshed and with a new perspective.

Now I need to clear something up about Khaine and his powers. In this story the gods do exist yes, but they have realised that even they are not truly immortal, Ragnarok in norse mythology his a prophecy of the end of the world, but in this story the gods have foreseen that they will be wiped out and Midgard will be the only world left intact (when I say world here I mean it in the dimension sense not the planetary sense.) The problem is that religion has spread across the world and humanity is too reliant on the gods protecting them rather than doing it themselves.

The God's solution to all of this is to raise champions amongst humanity to set examples for what they need to become. They can't get the message across directly because of the corrupt individuals posing as religious authority (like priests and saints) that could use this to manipulate people for their own benefit and humanity would get nowhere.

There are also individuals who wish to take over or destroy the world, the gods then see an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and raise a champion to counter this threat to humanity, this way humanity is saved without the help of the gods (directly) so humanity will thank the hero instead of the gods, this way people will loose faith in the gods and have more hope in themselves.

Someone also left a review about Hiccup falling in love with elf somewhere along the way. Sorry but there are no elves or anything like that in this story. This story is more like real life history but set in HTTYD universe and with gods, no fantasy races in afraid.

TRIGGER WARNING! Now it's not anything to horrific, I don't even think it even goes beyond a teen rating but I thought that I should put this in here just in case. I'll put a note in the story so you know when it starts and ends.

Chapter seven: Darkest of Nights

High up in the clouds of the northern Archipelago, Hiccup and Toothless rode toward their destination with much uncertainty. Earlier they had happened upon a fog bank, they could have waited on a nearby island for it to pass, but that would have been too easy for the duo. No they had to fly straight through it and now they were lost, all they could do was keep flying straight and hope they were still on track.

"For Thor's sake, where are we!" Hiccup was fruitlessly trying to make sense of his map, even though he knew a map was worthless if they didn't know which way they were going.

*I thought that thing was supposed to be helpful.*

"Not now Toothless, finding out where we are when I can't even see clearly is hard enough as it is."

*And whose fault is that?*

"you're not helping you know."

*Oh I know.*

"Urgh. How are we getting out of here!" As if his prayers were answered, light streamed in from the fog ahead of them, guiding them out. Upon breaking the fog wall they were greeted by the coppery hue of the horizon and the silhouetted shape of their destination. The Murderous Mountains.

"Well, looks like we found it bud. Hasn't changed much has it?"

*you've been here before?*

Hiccup remembered the time his father took him to the Murderous Mountains so that he might pick up on a few things at the yearly meeting of the chiefs.

"Let's go look for somewhere to set down for the night. We can go look for this stranger in the morning." Hiccup and Toothless set up camp in a cave deep in the forest, the thick tree line and the isolated area hid them from the nearby Murderous tribe that lived on the island.

Hiccup was in the middle of setting up camp when Khaine showed up, his body highlighted in the orange glow of the camp fire. Toothless warbled a greeting to Khaine, able to distinguish him from the surrounding darkness with his superior senses. Hiccup turned to see what had caught his friend's attention, it still took him a couple of seconds before he managed to make out Khaine in the pitch darkness.

"Khaine! About time you showed up. Now you can finally explain to me in detail who to is we're looking for."

Khaine moved forwards to crouch down by the fire. "Well I don't know exactly who it is we are actually looking for."

"Wait! So you've dragged us all the way here, to the doorstep of one of the most dangerous viking tribes in the Archipelago, looking for some random person, and you don't even know who it is!?"

"I know roughly what they look like, that's as much as I know."

"Well that helps a bunch doesn't it? What do they even look like?"

"I can tell you that she-"

A scream from deep within the woods shattered the conversation and all three of them were on alert.

"This way!" Hiccup led the way as they ran out towards the person in danger. They ran for about a minute, the light of the camp fire had vanished behind them in the clusters of trees, until they saw a two figures struggling with one of them pinning the other to a tree. Hiccup fell into a slide and stopped behind a bush, Khaine and Toothless crept inline with him half a second later.

Upon closer inspection it didn't turn out to be some random scuffle.

Yeah this is the bit, just skip past the all caps part below if you don't want to read.

A man that couldn't have been much older than Hiccup had a woman pressed up against a tree. She was desperately trying to fend him off but he easily wrestled her arms away, she was powerless to stop him.

"PLEASE STOP!"

"SHUT UP!"

"PLEASE JUST LET ME GO!"

"I SWEAR IF YE DON'T SHUT UP I'M GONNA-"

A punch sent the man stumbling back, as he tried to right himself a heel struck him in the temple. He collapsed, unmoving, with blood starting to pool next to his mouth.

Hiccup stood over the man, chest heaving, fists clenched, nostrils flared. It took several more moments to take his eyes away from him and focus on the victim of the situation. She was curled up into a ball and crying, her arms were shielding her head.

Hiccup was hesitant to do anything, he didn't know how to deal something like this. He slowly approached her, careful not to intimidate her.

"Hey..." She looked up at him, the look on her face broke Hiccup's heart, she was terrified, shaking and sniffling. She looked to him and to the man that had attacked her.

"Is... is he..." Hiccup walked over to the man and checked for a heart beat, luckily he found one.

"He's still breathing."

"Good."

"Did he hurt you?"

"My throat hurts... but other tha- than that I... think I'm fine."

"I can take you back to the village of you need me to-"

"NO! I can't go back there! They'll kill me!"

"Woah, woah, woah. Slow down. Why would they want to kill you?"

" I- I was branded a traitor by my tribe, because I defended a dragon. "

The last part of that statement hit Hiccup like a rock.

"Wait, you defended a dragon?"

" LOOK I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO OK, IT WAS DEFENSELESS AND I JUST-"

"Nononono, that's great, that's amazing!"

"Wait, you thought I was right, for defending a dragon."

" yes I- I understand, I'm exactly the same, I know what dragons are really like. "

"R- really, you believe dragons are kind... just like me?" Her tone was one of disbelief, she didn't think for a second that there was someone else out there that felt the same way about dragon, yet here they were.

hiccup was about to further the conversation when he remembered the to two individuals he brought with him. He looked over to the bush that they were still hiding behind.

"Ok you guys, you can stop hiding now." Toothless bounded out from behind the shrubbery with the most innocent look on his face, while Khaine stepped out slowly.

"Wh- who is that?" She pointed to Khaine. Of course he had gotten used to Khaine but she didn't know him at all.

"Oh don't worry, that's Khaine, he might look intimidating but he's quite shy around new people."

"How original." This didn't do much to dissuade her. Fortunately Toothless took an interest in her and wandered over to her side, she scratched under his chin, just where he liked it. Toothless rolled onto his back with his head in her lap, purring like an overgrown cat making the girl laugh slightly, which was a lot to ask of her considering what had just transpired.

It wasn't until now that Hiccup noticed the girl's other features. She had piercing emerald eyes much like his own, with black flowing hair reaching all the way down her back and a soft smile on her face, she had run barefoot with scrapes and cuts across both feet. She had a small slender body, nothing like the standards set by viking tradition, that coupled the fact she had been found caring for a dragon, a night fury no less, no wonder she had been chased out of her own village.

Khaine walked over to stand next to Hiccup.

"It's her."

"What do you mean it's her? "

"She's the one we came here to find."

"Wait. Her?"

"What? Did you think it was going to be someone else?"

"I just didn't think it would be that easy." Hiccup came over to see how the girl and Toothless were getting on, she was scratching his belly whilst he was rolling around in ecstasy.

"You seem to really know your way around dragons, he's usually more cautious around new people." Hiccup was still amazed that there were other people that saw dragons as friendly, intelligent creatures and not bloodthirsty monsters.

"I dunno, it just comes naturally to me I guess."

"I uh... I didn't get your name earlier."

"Ileana." She said, finally mustering the courage to look him in the eye.

"I'm Hiccup. Now I think you should come with us, there are probably people still looking for you-"

"Wait! You can fight, right!" She was suddenly panicking.

"Yeah, why?"

"The dragon that I tried to protect, the chief took him away, probably to the prison. Please help him, they'll kill him!" She was starting to break down again, crying and mumbling incoherently. Hiccup leant down to her level and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Ileana, I need you to look at me." She complied, looking into his eyes as he looked into hers, were she saw courage and determination, Hiccup saw fear and hopelessness.

"What does the dragon look like. I need to know." She took a few moments to collect her thoughts and calm down.

"Um... he looks... sort of like him, but smaller." She pointed towards Toothless.

"Wait, your dragon is a night fury?" Hiccup had thought Toothless was the only night fury left, the gods had really thought out this whole destiny thing.

"Ok, we'll go get him and bring him back, Khaine will take you to our camp site, you will be safe there."

"W-with him? " she was obviously still scared of Khaine.

"Don't worry, he's not going to hurt you, I promise." Those last two words seemed to reassure her.

"Now go with him, me and Toothless need to rescue that dragon as quickly as possible."

Hiccup hopped up on Toothless' saddle and they took off into the midnight sky, blending with it seconds after.

"Alright bud, now let's find out were these guys are keeping that night fury."

They circled the village from above, examining the different structures and patrol routes from the safety of the night sky.

"There!" Hiccup pointed to a large stone building, the windows were barred and the place was well guarded, archers lined the rooftop and armed guards stood watch at the entrance with patrols passing by every few minutes. This prison break wasn't going to be easy, but they weren't going to just up and leave because things get a little tough.

"That place is a fortress."

*Shouldn't be too hard for us.*

"Well let's hope that stealth training actually comes in handy."

Hiccup had to think strategically, one false move could mean the end for both of them. They couldn't just storm in by air, the archers would definitely see them coming and alert the rest, they'd have to land somewhere nearby. The prison was a talk building, it must have had at least four different floors to the thing, they should be able to take out the two guards stationed at the door, so long as they keep it quiet.

"There's gotta be guards inside as well. Let's head down bud." The two headed to the houses were they landed in an alley out of sight. They crept their way towards the prison street by street, being mindful of any bypassing patrols.

After a few minutes they found themselves in the shadow of their target, hiding in a bush, Hiccup and Toothless watched as a patrol group passed the prison, it wouldn't be much longer before another one passed by, they'd need to get in and get out faster than originally planned.

With the shadow of the prison shielding them from the moonlight, they were able to pass through the open area to the side of the building relatively easily. With just a couple of feet between them and the guards, they could rush them, take them out quietly, and not attract too much attention.

"On my mark, 3, 2, 1." Hiccup and Toothless ran as fast towards their targets as possible, Hiccup drop kicked the first guard in the face, and Toothless rammed the other into the wall. Now that both guards were out cold, time was of the essence, they had to act quickly.

"Toothless, wait for me here, but stay hidden." Hiccup entered through the door whilst Toothless stood guard outside. Once Hiccup was inside his job got a lot harder, there were indeed multiple floors with at least ten different cells on each one, he wasn't going to have enough time to search them all. He needed a distraction.

There were no guards on the first floor and there was a monstrous nightmare in a cell to his left, an idea sprung to mind. Hiccup snuck over to the cell, the dragon noticed him immediately, eyeing him up and down with threatening glare. He saw a left over chicken bone lying on the floor and picked it up.

"Sorry boy, but I've gotta do it." Hiccup threw the bone at the dragon, whacking it in the eye. The nightmare roared loudly, alerting all of the guards. Hiccup moved to a corner and waited for the guards to come.

"What's goin' on down there!" A guard called from one of the upper floors.

"Get down there an' shut it up!" Shouted another. Guards filed down the stairs to deal with the problem. Hiccup used this chance to go up the stairs while they were distracted , our of the ruckus that filled the air, one sound in particular caught his attention, it was the call of a night fury, he couldn't mistake it, only it was much squeaker than Toothless'.

On the floor above, on the other side of the room, a dark silhouette bounded about in its cell, agitated by the sudden commotion. As Hiccup moved across the upper floor, he could hear the screams of the nightmare he had pinned the guards on, he didn't want to imagine the things they were doing to it just because they could. He felt guilty, he didn't want to put that dragon in that situation, but there was no other choice.

Hiccup shook his head free of those dark thoughts, he couldn't let himself get distracted now. He reached the cell with the night fury in it. Ileana was right, this one was a lot smaller than Toothless. It curled up in the corner of the cell when it saw him approach.

"Hey, don't be afraid little guy, I'm not here to hurt you, I'm a friend." It seemed to understand him, it edged slowly towards him, Hiccup stretched his hand out through the bars, showing his empty hand, the dragon sniffed his hand curiously. It took Hiccup a while to gain Toothless' trust but this night fury seemed to warm to him quite easily. After a few tense moments, the dragon pressed its head against his palm as a sign of trust.

"Well, that wasn't so hard now was it? Now let's get you out of here." The cell door was kept secure by a padlock and chains, not the most secure prison, but at least it made his job easier. He didn't have time to go pick pocket one of the guards for the key before the patrol showed up and found Toothless, he's have to use brute force, he unsheathed his spear and struck the chains shattering the metal and letting the remains clatter to the floor.

"Oi, what was that!?"

"Get up there an' go check it out, if tha chief finds out we let a dragon loose he'll 'ave our heads!"

He could hear the footsteps of the guards rushing up the stone steps towards them. The scared night fury curled around his legs.

"I'm sorry little guy, looks like we're fighting our way out of this one." Hiccup poised himself ready to fight, not only for his life, but the life of the new dragon in his care.

Just as the guards stormed the room, a hole was blown in the wall of the open cell, as the dust settled, Hiccup saw utter devastation.

A dragon raid had just started, houses were on fire, warriors ran in different directions to try and defend the village.

"Toothless!" At his call, Toothless burst from the bushes.

"Come on little guy, we're going for a ride." Hiccup took a running leap out of the hole, followed by the small night fury. Hiccup landed safely on Toothless' back, although slightly winded.

" Thanks for the save bud, wait where's-". The smaller night fury landed next to them with its wings flared and ready to fly.

"INTRUDERS! DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY!" The alarm was raised and they needed to get out of here fast before the entire village was on their asses.

"Alright, let's get out of here! " Both night furies took off into the sky, dodging bolas and arrows as they disappeared into the night sky.

"We can't fly straight back to camp, they'll come looking for us, let's fly out towards the sea and circle around to the other side of the island."

*Good idea.*

Toothless diverted his course out to sea, the cacophony of the raging battle behind them fading and eventually mixing with the clashing ocean waves.

*Where Are we going?*

Toothless was unable to answer for a moment, he couldn't remember ever hearing the voice of another night fury, he had vague memories of who he assumed was his mother. The youngling's voice was female, but she was also scared and confused, she was just faced with what could have been her death and forced to flee in the company of two strangers.

*We're going to turn back and hide in the forest, your friend is there waiting for us.*

*You know Ileana! Is she ok?*

*Yes she is. Are you hurt?*

*No.*

*Well You don't look ok.*

*I'm hungry, the bad humans didn't let me eat.*

*We'll get you something to eat when we get there.* Toothless offered a sympathetic smile which was mirrored by the hatchling.

"We should be well out of their sights by now, lets turn back Toothless."

At Camp

"So that's why you're all like... "

"Yes." While Hiccup and Toothless were gone, Khaine took it upon himself to inform Ileana about who he really was, why they were here and the story of his past. That and he figured she could use something to take her mind off of her earlier ordeal.

"You said you've been to Helheim yourself, what does it look like?"

"Well if Valhalla is a reward for the brave and the innocent, then Helheim is a punishment for sinners and murderers. There's a lot of fire, magma, and the odd lost soul roaming here and there."

"If you're technically dead, does that make you immortal?"

"In a sense yes, I will live forever but I can be killed, although I'd be surprised if anyone could best me." Ileana paused for a moment before speaking again.

"Do you think they'll be back soon, they've been gone for awhile."

" That prison is probably well defended, it will take time for them to sneak in and out without being caught. " Ileana looked back towards where she knew the village was, she knew what was likely to happen to them if they where found trying to break a dragon out of it's cell.

"You're sure they'll be ok?"

"I trained Hiccup myself, it'll take more than a few 'run of the mill' guards to beat him. Oh and speaking which." Ileana followed Khaine's eyes, looking into the sky she could see two silhouettes descending towards them. One was Toothless with Hiccup on his back, the other was a much smaller night fury, almost half Toothless' size. The small dragon made a beeline for her, chirping as it tackled her to the dirt, wagging its tail in excitement.

"Hahaha, oh my thor! I never thought I'd see you again!" Ileana's eyes were tearing up again, it has been an emotional night for her, hopefully she would be ok after this.

"Di- did they hurt you!" She frantically looked the dragon over, searching for any injuries. Her response was a wet lick to the face. The dragon showed a gummy smile and bright green eyes with black pupils the size of moons. In the flickering fire light, Ileana saw a scar just under her night fury's left eye and an audible gasp escaped her lips.

"Hiccup he's hurt!"

Hiccup hadn't noticed the wound before, he got over there as quickly as he could to examine it. He took the young night fury's head in his hands and tilted it to see the scar clearly. The scar wasn't deep, there was no sign of infection and it was already healing.

"He's fine, a bit of bruising but he'll be fine, nothing to worry about."

"Thank thor, I was worried he'd been hurt, wouldn't put it past those monsters." She cast a cold gaze toward the floor while she held her friend close.

"We shouldn't stay here, they'll start sending out patrols again come morning." Hiccup said starting to pack up some of the blankets into one of the bags. A loud grumble sounded from the smaller night fury followed by a whine, the poor thing was hungry, the guards probably didn't feed him, he should've figured, why would they?

"Do you have any food?"

"Yeah, I should have some in here." Hiccup reached for a smaller satchel and took a look inside, they didn't have much left. There were there fish and a small crab, all covered in salt to keep them from rotting. He took out two of the fish and gave them to the small dragon, Toothless got the last fish, Hiccup would have to share the crab with Ileana.

"Why does she get more?*

"Come on Toothless, who knows when she last ate." Hiccup skewered the crab on a long stick and started roasting over the fire. A long silence hung over them for awhile until Ileana spoke.

"So what do we do now? We can't stay here, they'll find us sooner or later."

"We'll leave in the morning, but we need to rest for the night, it's been a long day." Hiccup rummaged through a bag and pulled out a blanket, usually he'd have the blanket, but she needed it more than he did. "Here, you might need this." He said as he passed the blanket over to her.

"Uh, thank you." She sounded nervous whenever she spoke, did she still not trust them?

The little night fury had just finished eating the fish she was given, now she leapt on top of Ileana, pinning her to the ground and lapping her face with a wet, sloppy tongue.

"H-hey, cut it out, you're messing up my hair!" She tried to push away the young dragon whilst giggling the whole way through. Ileana rolled over, turning the tables on her dragon friend, subduing her with a belly rub.

"Did you give him a name?" Hiccup asked.

"Huh?"

"Did you give him a name?"

"No, I was so focused on keeping it all a secret that I never really took the time to make friends."

"Well you can name him now."

"Oh, well what's a good name for a night fury?" While she pondered the thought, her dragon friend righted itself and looked up at her.

*Why are they trying to name me? I already have a name?*

*Well What is your name?*

*Starfire. But how do we tell that to them, they can't understand us. "

*leave that to me.*

"Ok so how about something beginning with night, night... something. " Toothless growled loudly.

"Well if you don't like it Toothless, what's your idea for a name?" Toothless gently nudged the younger night fury forward. Hiccup seemed to get the message.

"You want her to decide her own name, ok that seems fair. "

"But how will she tell us, it's not like she speaks norse."

Starfire started barking at the night sky.

"What's she trying to say?" Ileana would be confused, she hadn't spent as much time around dragons as he had. Hiccup tried to analyse what the dragon was trying to tell them. Her name obviously but what about it, she was barking at the sky so...

"Sky!"

"What?" Ileana asked confused again.

"Sky. It's her name, right?" Hiccup looked to Starfire who shook her head.

"No? Hmm, what else."

"Night, you know, night sky and everything." Again Starfire shook her head.

"How about star?" Khaine commented from the edge of the fire light. Starfire Sat up on her hind legs, chirping and nodding her triangular head.

"That's it! Star. So your name is Star?" Starfire shook her head again but this time she turned to shoot a tiny fireball into the campfire.

"Ok so it's Star- what, Star something, Star-"

"Fire! Starfire!" Ileana finished. Her dragon barked and leapt over to her with its tongue dangling loosely from her mouth. Then the licking started

"Ok, ok I get it girl, your happy, now quit it, you'll get my hair all sticky."

Everyone laughed as the pair rolled around on the ground playing, Toothless joined in at one point, playing tag with Starfire and the two chased each other around the campfire.

They were having so much fun that Hiccup almost forgot he was cooking the crab.

"Hey, the crabs ready." He pulled the stick from the fire and used a knife to slide the crab off. Hiccup cut the crab down the middle and handed her one half. Ileana didn't look keen on eating it, but it was all they had, so she picked it from him with two fingers holding it by the claw. She never liked seafood, but she was so hungry she could have a whole yak to herself.

"Is there anything on this I shouldn't eat, like the shell or..." She trailed off, waiting for him to finish a mouthful.

"Well the bones of you can help it, but everything else is fine, the shell, the mandibles, the eyes-"

" Please don't, it's gonna be hard enough to keep it down as it is. " Hiccup gave a half hearted chuckle.

"Sorry, didn't know you weren't a fan of crab." She looked back at the half of a crab she was holding and cringed.

"You don't know the half of it." The next twenty minutes passed by very slowly for Ileana, Hiccup stripped his half of the crab clean in couple of minutes, but she had trouble keeping it down at some points, the shell was crunchy and sometimes flaky in some areas, the meat under the shell was tough and dry, which she didn't mind, but the meat in other places was soft and slushy. Hiccup could see her struggling with her food and offered numerous times to get her something else, but she refused and insisted that she could handle it.

Now everyone was sound asleep. Ileana was under her blanket with Starfire curled up next to her. Hiccup, without his blanket, had to sleep under Toothless' wing, not the most comfortable place to sleep, but at least it was warm.

Much later in the night, Starfire woke to a strange noise, it sounded close.

She lifted her head to see what it was. Her ear plates twitched as she tracked the sound to its point of origin.

It was coming from Ileana. Starfire nudged her back to wake her up. Nothing. She nudged her again, she shuffled a bit but still she didn't wake. Starfire walked around to her front side, that's when she knew something was wrong.

Ileana's fists were balled up, her eyes were shut right and her brow furowed, sweat was pouring down her face and she kept making small groaning sounds. Starfire didn't know what was wrong, but she knew she needed to get help. She bounded over to Toothless and jumped up and down on his back.

*Toothless! Toothless! Wake up!*

*Wha- what's going!* Toothless woke up startled and confused.

*Starfire, can't this wait 'til morning?*

*Something's wrong with Ileana!* The commotion had gotten everyone's attention by now, Hiccup was waking up mumbling to himself and Khaine had been on watch who was now rushing over to see what was wrong.

hiccup finally got his bearings and made his way over where everyone was gathered.

"What happened, what's going on!"

"Something's wrong with Ileana, but we don't know what." Khaine answered. Hiccup rushed over to her, she was sweating and she looked like she was in pain. Next to her was Toothless who was trying to calm down Starfire who looked to be on the verge of tears. He had to act now, Hiccup grabbed her shoulders and shook her frantically, trying to wake her up.

"ILEANA! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"

Ileana awoke in blind panic, screaming and struggling to get away from whatever had terrified her. Hiccup had to press her arms to her sides to stop her from potentially hurting herself.

"ILEANA! CALM DOWN! IT'S ME!" None of this was working, she wouldn't listen. She didn't understand that she was safe and no one was trying to hurt her, if Hiccup could get her attention, then she would calm down. Hopefully. Hiccup turned her head towards him and kept it fixed in that position.

"ILEANA! IT'S OK! IT'S ME, IT'S HICCUP!" Finally she stopped to look him in the eye. Her pupils were tiny in the green spheres of her eyes, the skin around her eyes was red and puffy from all the crying, she was shaking and her breathing was erratic. She was well and truly scared.

"Hi-hiccup?" She whisperedwhispered, almost as if she was questioning whether it was him or not.

"Its ok, your safe, it was just a dream." Hiccup had to reassure her, judging by her reaction whatever sort of nightmare she had just have been an intense experience. After a few moments of staring at each other, Ileana looked around to see Khaine, Toothless and Starfire all staring at her with worry.

"Ileana, are you ok?" Hiccup didn't get a response, well not a vocal one at least. Ileana wrapped her arms around him and started bawling into his chest. Starfire climbed on to Ileana's lap, crooning to help calm her down. Hiccup was unsure what to do at first, he hadn't dealt with anything like this before, he didn't want to make her feel alone by not do anything but at the same time he was afraid that if he did do something he would set her off.

After a couple of awkward moments Hiccup put his arms around her, she had been through something traumatic tonight and she was going to need a lot of help if she was going to recover.

A long while later she had calmed down a bit.

"Feel better now?"

"S-sort of." There was a long silence between the two until Hiccup spoke again.

"Was it about..."

"Yeah." Ileana finished.

"Wanna talk about it?"

"Not really." Another long pause hung heavy in the world around them.

"Will you be ok if we all go back to sleep?"

" Actually could you stay with me a little longer, just until I fall asleep? "

"Of course Ileana." Toothless curled himself around the two and Starfire cuddled up on Ileana's lap. Khaine watched over them from a couple meters away, being vigilant of their surroundings in case any viking search parties passed through.

"Heh, those two are in love with each other and they don't even know it." Khaine muttered to himself.

As the minutes went by and the moon descended from its apex, Ileana fell into a peaceful slumber, Hiccup, Toothless and Starfire followed suit soon after. Ileana would need Hiccup and the dragons in the events to come. Although Hiccup would need them just as much, he may have been chosen for great things, but he couldn't accomplish them alone, he would need friends, allies.

Hiccup had faced hardships that have shaped him into the man he is today, and he will face many more. But on this night Hiccup found something to fight for, not just for the world he knew, but something more personal.

Hiccup, even though he may not know it yet, has found love, here in the worst of places and on the darkest of nights.

Thank you all for watching and leave a review of you have an idea and I might put it into the story.