Obsidian growled as if to complain. He definitely did not want to climb up a mountain. He felt sick, and his throat was sore, and he hadn't eaten anything in ages so no thanks, nope. Not climbing. But Calypso had other ideas.

Obsidian took her mumbling as a bad sign. She was scanning the forest floor for a few seconds, and then her face lit up. She smiled and almost laughed. Obsidian hadn't really looked at her face in the sunlight before, but he could see it had a few, tiny, iridescent scales under her eyes. Then she looked him in the eye, frowned, and the scales disappeared.

"Alright, It's been about 48 hours, hasn't it?" She asked, moving the leaf litter away on her knees. She picked up a specific red leaf shaped like a heart, crushed it, and walked efficiently to another tree. "I mean, if it hasn't, then we'll find out soon enough, right?" She spoke as she walked. The night fury tried to growl, but she seemed immersed in whatever activity. When Calypso turned around, she held the crushed up leaf mixed with a couple of bark shavings.

Calypso offered it to him impatiently, but Obsidian didn't know how to take it or what to do with it. It seemed like that was his expression, too, so Calypso rolled her eyes and shoved it in his mouth.

It was a surprise to Obsidian, but he swallowed it, hoping it was what she'd asked. Immediately, a burning sensation spread from his tail to his head, and a second later Hiccup was sitting on the grass.

"Ooh! It worked! That's cool." Calypso said, slightly excited but still nonchalant. Hiccup took several quick breaths, then desperately looked at the person who had dragged him into this.

"What the HELL?!" Hiccup yelled, trying to stand up. He was still dazed though, and his legs didn't seem to comprehend the order. "Necessary." She said, half smiling, half looking Hiccup up and down. Hiccup took a deep breath, his eyes wide. He began to violently cough.

"Stop being a drama king." Calypso yawned, and started to stretch in odd positions. She noticed Hiccup looking at her, and growled. "Stop goggling and have a look at yourself." She fished in her small satchel while doing a split-like stretch, and tossed Hiccup the mirror from before.

The former chief almost dropped it, as he still felt quite dazed. When he was sure he wasn't going to be sick, Hiccup steadied the mirror and looked at himself.

This time, he really did drop it with a gasp. He blocked out Calypso looking at him and scrambled to get the mirror. Frustrated, he tossed it aside and ran to a nearby lake. Which was, in fact, a terrible choice, as Hiccup immediately threw up, barely missing the lake. After a few minutes of spewing and wretching, Hiccup splashed some water on his face and stared into the reflective pond.

Hiccup was in his early thirties, but now he looked like he was in his early twenties. As he stared at the reflection, gobsmacked, Hiccup noticed the imperfections on his face were gone. The freckles he'd always hated, the slight crookedness of his nose, the small scar on his chin were simply gone, fixed. Hiccup wasn't a vain person, but he had to admit he looked perfect.

Suddenly, it felt like ice water was running through his veins. Hiccup held in a deep breath, squinted his eyes shut, and swung his legs in front of him. When he opened his eyes, Hiccup laughed. He smiled so wide, it felt as if his mouth was going to split open. Because sitting in front of him were two, identical legs. Hiccup picked out the broken remains of the metal and tossed Them into the lake. He used a tree to stand up, and wondered how he hadn't noticed when he was running.

With a smile on his face, Hiccup strolled back to see Calypso finishing her stretches. When she turned to look at him, she couldn't help smiling at his face. "Not all bad, huh? Anyways, now you're ready for a brisk hike to..Hmm...About halfway up this mountain?"

Hiccups good mood immediately shattered. Sure, he looked younger, and felt younger, but was he really up for a hike? "Are you sure?" He spoke hoarsely, looking up at the tall mound of earth. Calypso nodded, smiled, and within seconds she was a dragon.

Hiccup was momentarily horrified to see that she wasn't coming with him. "Are you messing with me? I've been sick more times in these few days that I have in my entire life. And you're making me climb up a mountain?"

The fury nodded, as if to say "You expect me to come with you?" Hiccup frowned, sighed, and give her one last pleading look. A small part in his brain that wasn't analysing the mountain wondered if he should call Calypso her dragon name, Silhouette. This small part decided yes.

"If I 'shift'," Hiccup said, emphasising the ridiculousness of the word with air quotes, "Will you let me stay down here?" Silhouette made an odd gurgling sound, which Hiccup took as a yes.

After several minutes of squeezing his eyes shut and concentrating, he felt the large paws of Silhouette on his back, pushing him to the ground. Hiccup was about to yell out in outrage, but when he felt her talons around his midriff he knew what was happening.

Delirious, Hiccup went limp as Silhouette got a good grip on him. He felt the hugeness of her leaf-shaped wings spread, and suddenly he was weightless. Hiccup was only half processing the red, orange and green leafs that gently fell on his head as Silhouette lifted him up. Just by inspecting her talons, wings, and the shape of the fury's head Hiccup could tell this was a dragon meant to fly low and fast, skimming the tree tops and blending in with the shadows. This was definetly not a strong dragon, nor a dragon built for high altitudes. No, this was a dragon built to be a powerful, fast flyer. The other half of his brain was furiously enjoying that finally, Hiccup was back in the air. He may have even let go a few Whoops, before Silhouette silenced him with a with a growl.

They spent the next few seconds in silence, before Silhouette tossed him into an impossibly large cavern in the side of the mountain, and collapsed on the floor as Calypso. Hiccup was too amazed to notice her, and to see her give him a glare.

When they had both had their breaths back, Calypso spoke. "You remind me of someone." She said, not looking Hiccup in the eye. Her words flowed out thick and fast, like the stream of tears running down her face. "I thought-" She coughed. "You didn't look like h- him until you..." Hiccup was uncomfortably shocked. "Do... you wanna talk about it?" Calypso shook her head violently, and wiped her face with her sleeve. Her next words seemed as if they were carefully monitored to seem carefree.

"Nope. All I want to do is finally see you try and fly for the first time."