A/N: I don't say this enough, but I love you reviewers. I love seeing your thoughts on the story!

On that thought, be sure to check the end of the last chapter for the new scene! Dragonrider's Fury pointed out that it would make sense for the Hunters to use the Edge to repair their ships since it is the closest island. It was a factor I was going to ignore (they are forever leaving the Edge as soon as they loose the fight in canon), but that review changed my mind. The Hunters are down, but they sure aren't out!

Guest review responses:

DawnJay: Thanks! And I post a new chapter every Thursday (sometimes later in the day than others...)

Random Fan: Dragon hugs for everyone! Yeah, well, Astrid is fond of all her limbs. XD Oh, everyone will be making noise real soon... Thanks!

Muffled voices roused Hiccup. He twitched, then stilled in confusion. He was stuck. When he opened his eyes, everything was dark. He focused on the voices, and wanted to growl when he couldn't understand them. He stiffened as he remembered the previous day.

Stormfly telling him to go to Astrid, Heather attacking him. The Nightwing grabbing Hiccup when he tried to escape.

The Nightwing -who'd called himself Toothless, even though Hiccup had seen his teeth on the Hunter's den- must have brought him back to humans. Not the Hunters, but the ones that Stormfly had called Riders.

Hiccup didn't move as he tried to figure out where he was. Large, blunt paws cradled him and there was something flat and scaly under him. Wings? Was Toothless shielding or hiding him?

Hiccup focused on the voices in vain. He gave a small grumble when the Nightwing remained silent.

The paws holding him shifted. A bit of light shone on Hiccup as wings opened slightly. A single green eye peered down at him with a coo.

"Hiccup awake?"

The humans had gone silent when Toothless spoke, though there was a quick murmur when Hiccup growled.

He had to get out now! Hiccup bared his teeth and bit the closest paw. Toothless flinched with an annoyed grumble. Hiccup's teeth had barely made a dent, but it distracted Toothless for a brief heartbeat and Hiccup wasn't about to waste it.

Hiccup pushed Toothless's paws away and slipped free. He scrambled up the larger dragon's muzzle and pushed his way through the gap in his wings. Toothless roared and spread his wings, letting Hiccup tumble to the ground. Taking in the humans and dragons on one side in a glance, Hiccup turned to run in the opposite way.

And fell flat on his muzzle.

Hiccup flipped onto his back and raised his hind legs, wondering why they were unresponsive. All thoughts escaped him when he did.

First his tail, and now half a leg? How did he keep losing his limbs?!

Hiccup finally blinked and looked past his remaining paw. Five humans and five dragons -Toothless, Stormfly, a Rockspitter, a Two-Headed Sparker, and a Fire-Scale- were watching him without moving.

Hiccup rolled onto his side and growled. The second-largest human made a loud sound and wrapped his forepaws around his belly. He was… laughing?

Hiccup rumbled uncertainly, then Astrid hit the laughing human so he fell onto his back. He continued to laugh, but the other humans ignored him.

Astrid stepped away from the others and held out a paw, crooning. Hiccup snapped in her direction. Astrid jerked away, even though they were a Fire-Scale's length apart.

"Flock," Hiccup said in a rumbling growl, then louder "Hiccup flock!"

"No call!" Toothless urged, standing. Hiccup roared even louder. "Hiccup safe! Riders friends!"

A Nipper, attracted by Hiccup's call, poked its head from the bushes. Toothless snorted at it, and the Nipper scurried away. Hiccup huffed.

"Hiccup safe," Toothless said firmly.

"Friends," crooned Stormfly. She waved a head at the other dragons. "Meatlug, Barf and Belch, Hookfang."

"Not flock," Hiccup snarled. "Hiccup find flock! Riders leave Hiccup!"

Toothless rumbled, stepping forward. "Hiccup stay."

"No!"

Hiccup spun and kicked off his one hindpaw. Terribly off-balance, Hiccup had barely made it two steps when he heard Toothless following.

Luckily, Hiccup was much smaller than Toothless and the brush was thick. By diving through bushes and between close-growing trees, Hiccup put some space between himself and Toothless.

Unluckily, Hiccup knew it wouldn't last long. There were many more Riders; they could easily surround him. He needed his flock! Hiccup threw back his head and roared for help.

Hiccup's hind paw snagged on something. He stumbled, then tightly weaved vines sprang up from the ground and wrapped around Hiccup, jerking him into the air.

"I said." Astrid pressed a hand to her face. "No. Traps!"

"One wild Hiccup, as requested," Tuffnut said, ignoring Astrid's anger.

Astrid made herself not hit the twin, but only because Hiccup was already freaking out without her help.

Hiccup was tangled in a net, five feet in the air. He was thrashing wildly and occasionally biting a rope, but it was getting him nowhere. His dragon-like screeching was more concerning as it attracted the attention of nearby dragons.

"We have to get him calmed down," Fishlegs said. He was fiddling with Hiccup's prosthetic, which he'd picked up back where Toothless and Hiccup had been sleeping.

"And how do we do that?" Astrid asked. "This…. this isn't Hiccup!"

"Maybe we should give him a fish," Snotlout said, still laughing.

"What if we did what Hiccup always does?" Ruffnut suggested. "The hand thing!"

"We are not doing that to Hiccup," Astrid ground out.

"Okay, fine," Ruffnut said, crossing her arms. "We caught Hiccup, you can figure out what to do with him."

"We're taking him back to the Edge," Astrid said firmly.

"Tuff and I will get a stall ready!" Ruffnut volunteered.

"We are not putting Hiccup in the stables!" Astrid said, horrified.

"Well, how do you intend on keeping Hiccup around? As soon as you let him out, he's going to bolt."

"We'll take him to his hut. He'll be fine there."

"Fine, maybe, but why would a dragon stick around Hiccup's hut?"

"Hiccup isn't a dragon!" Astrid snapped.

"But we need to treat him like one," Fishlegs said. Astrid spun to scowl at him. "J-just a bit, Astrid! We can't talk him into calming down, I doubt he understands us like this. If we don't want to scare him off, we need to treat him like a scared dragon. We need to earn his trust."

If anybody except Fishlegs had made such a suggestion, Astrid would have thrown her axe at them. Treat Hiccup like a dragon? It felt wrong. But, Astrid knew the idea had to be as absurd to Fishlegs as it was to her, so she'd have to go along with it.

"How do we do that?" Astrid asked.

"I'll get the fish," Snotlout snickered.

Astrid opened her mouth to retort, but Fishlegs responded before she could. "Actually, Hiccup could be hungry after all of this. Why don't you get some fish back at the Clubhouse ready? And, Snotlout? Cook it. We aren't letting Hiccup get sick on raw fish."

"Well, duh," Snotlout said, expression saying he might have not thought about that.

Astrid watched Hookfang fly off. "Thanks, Fishlegs."

"This is going to be tricky enough without the possibility of Snotlout upsetting Hiccup," Fishlegs said.

Astrids just nodded. "Come on, Toothless."

Toothless stood from where he'd been waiting with the other dragons. He seemed as confused about dealing with Hiccup as the Riders.

Resolutely pushing down the wrong feeling, Astrid stepped forward. Hiccup, who had stilled while the Riders talked, starting squirming and growling. Astrid continued to walk until she was within arm's reach of Hiccup.

Toothless warbled as he stopped at Astrid's side. Hiccup growled back. The pair seemed to have a conversation until Hiccup ended it with a snap of his jaws. Hiccup squirmed, then yelped with his leg stump slipped through a gap in the net.

Astrid remembered Hiccup's confused expression when he discovered his prosthetic missing. He really had forgotten everything. But… that gave her an idea.

"Fishlegs, toss me his leg," Astrid said.

Fishlegs did as Astrid asked, making Hiccup growl. Astrid had to roll her eyes. Most dragons they encountered weren't half this antsy. Though, he had been captured by the Hunters. Had they hurt him?

Pushing that thought aside, Astrid focused on Hiccup. He was too tangled in the net to move much, so Astrid quickly stepped closer and grabbed his stump. Ignoring Hiccup's screeching and thrashing, Astrid hurriedly reattached his prosthetic.

"Stormfly, cut him down!" Astrid ordered, hopping back.

Stormfly flicked out a tail spike, slicing through the rope holding the net. Toothless rose on his hind paws to catch the net, then carefully set it down. He pulled back the net from a furious Hiccup, then easily snagged Hiccup in his tail when the boy tried to run.

Astrid took another step back at the sight of Hiccup writhing, scratching, and biting. "Oh, Hiccup…"

Hiccup abruptly stopped. Blinking quickly, he stared at his prosthetic. He gave a soft roar, and Toothless rumbled back. Hiccup cooed.

Astrid couldn't believe her plan had actually calmed Hiccup down. But, she wasn't going to waste her opportunity.

"Hiccup," Astrid said softly, stepping closer.

Hiccup gave a low rumble and shifted away from Astrid and Toothless, but he stayed calm. His eyes had less suspicion in them, prompting Astrid to continue approaching.

"Hiccup, we want to help you," Astrid said, wondering if he even understood her. "It's okay."

Hiccup rumbled, prompting Astrid to murmur more reassurances. She forced herself to not think of Hiccup as Hiccup, but a scared dragon and tried to respond as Hiccup would.

Eventually, Hiccup's body language relaxed. His eyes flicked past Astrid when someone walked up behind her, but he didn't turn defensive.

"Do you think he'll come to the Edge now?" Fishlegs asked.

"One way to find out," Astrid murmured. "Toothless, can you take Hiccup back?"

Toothless warbled, then roared at Hiccup. The boy rumbled, tilting his head to the side. Toothless stepped closer and offered his back. Hiccup rumbled something that made Toothless give a throaty laugh, but willingly hopped onto Toothless' back.

Astrid ran to Stormfly and mounted her. "Let's just walk, girl. Toothless can't fly without help, anyway."

Toothless roared playfully, then leaped into the air. Astrid blinked as he flapped a couple times, then steadied into flight. Hiccup gave a howling roar that sounded excited.

"How long as Hiccup been keeping this from us?" Tuffnut asked.

"You're telling me that Toothless has been able to fly this whole time?" Ruffnut added.

"That's really what you're focusing on right now?" Astrid asked, then urged Stormfly to follow.

"It's kind of a big deal!" Ruffnut yelled after her.

A/N: Make sure you've read the added scene in the last chapter!