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 7 - Liberazione

Hiccup giggled as Toothless swatted the terror away again with his tail. He was sitting snuggled up against Toothless in a cave that the dragon had found on the Island. Of course, the terror had followed them the entire way and was now trying to sneak on to Hiccups lap against the larger dragons wishes. Which led to Toothless not so gently swatting the tiny dragon away over and over again. It was funny because both dragons were equally stubborn meaning neither was about to give up, which amused Hiccup beyond belief watching the dragon's childish behaviors.

Hiccup had never felt more wanted by anyone in his entire life then he did now. Dragons were honest creatures that didn't try to do things to hurt Hiccup for simply being himself. They liked spending time with him, which was a rare experience for Hiccup. He sighed, *I wish we could leave. Just fly someplace far away and never have to deal with Vikings again.*

Toothless looked at him, *We can leave any time that you wish to Hiccup, taking you away from this horrible place was actually my first instinct but I didn't think that you'd want to leave your family.*

A sad frown made its way onto Hiccup's face, *He may be my father but he hasn't been family to me in a long time. No one here has treated me as anything but a nuisance my whole life. So leaving would be easier then you'd expect.*

The terror looked up at Hiccup, *You should leave this place then if nothing is holding you back.*

*I can't just leave after experiencing the fear of the dragons trapped in the arena. It was horrible, and if I just leave without doing anything then their fates are sealed. I can't just abandon them here to die.* Hiccup took a deep breath to calm himself after remembering the strong emotions he'd felt near the training arena.

*Then let's save them, you're their hatchling so they should let you get near the dragons,* the terror explained as if it was the easiest thing in the world to do.

Hiccup was conflicted, *It's not that easy. If I screw up the dragons will be the ones that suffer for my mistakes, and the people of my village barely trust me as it is. I'm not even sure that they'll actually let me get anywhere near the real dragons if they have a say.*

Toothless tried to hit the tiny dragon away again in annoyance at him upsetting Hiccup, *If you get them out during the night it should be fine since you can communicate with them. After that, if you want then we can leave before anything else happens.*

Hiccup thought about it for a few minutes trying to figure out how they could logically make this happen. He knew that if he did this without having it all planned out previously then it would turn into a giant mess. He was sure that if he screwed this up then multiple dragons would end up dead, and he would lose what little care the village still had for him if they actually did care at all, to begin with. He might even end up losing his own life if they aren't careful. He wasn't sure what would happen to him if he was caught, but he knew it wouldn't be good, *I do want to save them, but we have to be extremely careful. I have to take some time to figure out how we should go about it. We can't fail at this because we won't get a second chance. I don't want anyone to get hurt in the process and I also have to be careful about Astrid. I think she is already suspicious about something and she's watching me more carefully then she ever has before.*

Both dragons nodded in agreement, and Hiccup stayed in a daze for a while as he began to run scenarios through his head trying to figure out the best way for them to act. There were so many different variables and he needed to figure out what they needed to do first.

(-Hiccup3Toothless-)

Hiccup awoke to the gentle nuzzling of Toothless's nose against his face and a purring sensation coming from his mate's chest, *Wake-up. I need to take you back to the village before they notice that you're gone.*

Hiccup rubbed his face before yawning and nodding at his dragon, 'Kay.'

He quickly moved up onto the dragon's back before they were moving through the forest towards the village. Everything blended together in his sleepy eyes as he held on tightly to his dragon barely paying any attention to what was happening around them at first. After a little bit Hiccup sat up and looked around as the wind brushed around him. He loved the feelings that ran through his body as Toothless jumped and glided through the forest on the path back to the village. Everything about being with Toothless made Hiccup feels more alive then he ever has before. He wished that he had been born a dragon so that he would have been able to experience this his whole life, 'How have I lived up until now without ever experiencing this? It never gets any less amazing no matter how many times I experience it!'

Toothless flew up into the air in response before diving back down speeding up the closer he got to the ground before he sharply turned up again, spinning as they ascended back into the sky before leveling himself back out, 'Of course it's amazing. I could never imagine living without being able to fly, humans must not even know what it is like to really live. Being stuck on the ground must make the world seem so small.'

Hiccup spread his arms out in the air as he embraced the feeling of flying with his entire body, 'Vikings only think of fighting and killing dragons. They never even stop to think about what they could be missing out on. Never once thinking that there could be so much more out there then they could ever imagine being about to see.'

'That sounds like a horrible way to live, only caring about killing dragons. Most of my kind that attacks your village don't even do it because they want too. They aren't given any other choice because the queen will eat them if she's not provided with food daily,' was Toothless's simple response.

Hiccup felt sick when he heard the reason for all the previous dragon raids, 'This entire time they've been mercilessly killing dragons because they really do believe that your kind kills us for fun.' Hiccup rubbed Toothless's neck to reassure himself that the beast was really there with him so he could calm himself down a bit, 'Vikings are the only real monsters here.'

'You're not a monster Hiccup. You may be a human hatchling but you have the soul of a dragon, which means that you're one of us not one of them.' Toothless replied.

Hiccup smiled, 'I wish I could have been born a dragon.'

'You already are a dragon in my eyes,' was the simple statement that Hiccup heard that for some unknown reason made him feel ecstatic. He had never felt more cared for by anyone in his life, not even his own father. Maybe if his mother had not died shortly after he was born then he would have had someone around who loved him unconditionally, but instead all he'd had was Stoick the Vast, a great Viking chief but an absolutely horrible parent.