Reading Ledger:

"Normal Speak"

-Dragon Speak-

'Toothless&Hiccup Telepathy' [This telepathy has no limit distance-wise, but only Hiccup and Toothless can hear it.]

*All Dragon Telepathy* [This version of telepathy is not long distance, but can still be used if individuals are close enough even when they are not within each other's vision. Has around a 100-meter distance.]

Chapter 5 - Colpa

Toothless was running as fast as he could through the woods moving closer towards the village just in case his other half needed him. Toothless had realized after Hiccups meet up with the other dragons that bonding with a dragon was problematic for a human because it was giving the boy abilities that weren't meant for the human mind to handle. Even hatchling dragons experienced sensory overload because the abilities take a few months to develop and when they do they're very overwhelming for the hatchlings mind at first. Many dragons have the ability to sense the emotions of other creatures of their kind, but they would be taught how to cope with it as the abilities develop. Young dragons were also trained to lock their own mind so that they wouldn't sense the other dragons if it wasn't necessary, as well as, how to hide their own emotions from others. It also didn't surprise Toothless that the gentle boy felt a large amount of empathy for the dragons trapped by his village.

Once Toothless was as close to the village as he dared to get he tried to communicate with Hiccup again because his soulmate's emotions were still going haywire, 'Did you manage to get far enough away?', but there wasn't a response. "Hiccup?' he tried again still in vain and was about to start panicking, 'HICCUP!?'

'Tooth…. quiet, please. I'm fine. I got far enough away that I can't hear them anymore, but my head is killing me now. I really think I just want to go to sleep for now,' Hiccup responded in a quiet and docile tone.

(-Hiccup3Toothless-)

Hiccup awoke to a small scritch scratching noise that confused him thoroughly in his sleepy state. He sat up dizzy still, but with just a slight headache as he looked around his room curiously. Darkness was everywhere, and he couldn't figure out where the noise had come from. It happened again and his gaze locked in on the window as he moved out of bed to check what it was. When he opened the window a small dragon flew into his arms and nuzzled against him before looking up, *Hi!*

*Hi? I guess, why are you here?* Hiccup questioned the tiny creature.

The small dragon snuggled up against him as Hiccup went back to his bed to sit down, *Just checking in on you. I was worried after you made me flee.*

*You don't have to worry about me. I'm safe here, and even if something happens to me my mate is nearby so I'll be okay,* Hiccup smiled.

*If you have a mate then why isn't he here,* the terror smelled his neck where he'd been licked by Toothless, *Your mate really is a Fury! That's why you smelt of it before.* The terror was clearly shocked.

Hiccup nodded, *Yeah, he's a Night Fury. Why? Does that mean something?*

*They're really rare. You don't see them around very much anymore. From what I heard others of your kind basically hunted them to the edge of extinction,* the terror explained but stopped himself from going any further when he saw he was upsetting Hiccup. He nuzzled the boy while making a mix of clicking, cooing, and shushing noises, *It's okay. You weren't the one who hurt them. No one blames you. It's not your fault. Breathe young one these things happened before you were even born.*

Hiccup had been told previously by Gobber that the Night Fury's were either a legend or extinct. At the time, it hadn't bothered him because he didn't really care about hunting dragons so he didn't really think it had anything to do with him. He'd barely even been listening to Gobber as he'd been explaining different types of dragons to him in more detail then he could read in the book of dragons. Now hearing that other Vikings had hunted his soul mate's species almost to extinction made him feel guilty. Even if it happened before he was born just the fact that the Night Fury's were almost all gone made him feel horrible. Such beautiful creatures killed by his horrible disgusting species, he knew he couldn't change the past but it still left him feeling numb melancholy. He flopped down on his back and closed his eyes, as the tiny dragon snuggled up beside him under the blanket, *It's probably not safe for you to stay here, you know that right?*

The terror just curled up closer to him clearly not planning on leaving him to sleep alone tonight, *It's fine. I'll hide if someone comes in, but until that happens I'll stay with you tonight, okay?*

Hiccup just nodded in response instead choosing to talk to Toothless in his head, 'I have a terrible terror currently sleeping beside me in my bed.'

'How did that end up happening, I thought you'd already gone to bed?' the dragon asked curious about this sudden development.

'I heard it scratching on my window, and I let it in,' was the only thing Hiccup said in response.

A yawn escaped Hiccups mouth and he fell ended up falling asleep before Toothless managed to respond. He slept that night with the terror asleep curled up in his arms. Surprisingly, he went on to have a good night's sleep.

(-Astrid-)

Astrid was positive Hiccup wasn't telling them the whole story and she wanted to know what he hadn't told them. He'd been awfully close to that dragon for a long time and it hadn't done anything to him which was easily the most suspicious thing that had happened. She'd seen Vikings that had lost limbs to dragons less than a quarter of the Night Fury's size, in the blink of an eye, yet Hiccup had basically been with the dragon for a week and it hadn't harmed a hair on his head. She remembered the dragon stepping in between her and Hiccup blocking him from her almost protectively. Yet, that wasn't actually possible, was it? Dragons don't protect humans from other humans, the only thing dragons do is kill humans every chance they find. It is in their nature to destroy everything they come across and that should include a scrawny boy like Hiccup. She was ready at this point to write it off as her own insanity, but she knew to trust her gut no matter what and her gut was telling her that Hiccup was lying to them about something really important.

The question now was what she should do with her suspicions. She could try and tell Stoick that his son had betrayed them like she was suspecting, but Astrid was sure he would either brush her off saying that it was her imagination or turn it back on her somehow for claiming such a thing. She didn't think that he would turn on his son without proof, but if she could find hard evidence then there would be no way for Stoick to deny it. Yet, she wasn't even sure what she was supposed to be looking for, let alone what she was trying to prove Hiccup even did. She just knew with every fiber of her being that he was hiding something from them even now, and if it was the last thing she did she was going to figure this out.