A/N: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon

Another chapter already, I am a bit surprised myself, but I now have an outline for the plot, planning for fifteen or sixteen chapters, and may have found a beta reader or two. I cannot promise that updates will be this consistent for the future, but while I can, I will be updating this story.

Flashbacks are in bold, dragon thoughts are in italics.


As Hiccup and Toothless were soaring through the skies, they began to plan where they would set up their base of operations. Their first thought was to explore Helheim's Gate, where no vikings would be able to reach them through the dense fog.

As they flew, Hiccup noticed something unusual happening to Toothless and he could hear a low chirping noise in the distance as they raced farther in, helpless to resist the pull of the sound.

As Toothless raced through the mist around Helheim's Gate, Hiccup could see more and more dragons joining around them, all carrying food. Soon, he could see the outline of an island. Toothless kept flying, soon passing through a hole in the side of the mountain and into a massive cavern. The first thing Hiccup noticed was the burning heat and the suffocating smell of sulfur in the air. He then saw that all the dragons were dropping their catches into a huge pit, eating none of it, and he began wondering why they would do such a thing. He soon found out when gronkle dropped a single, tiny fish, and a head larger than any dragon he had ever seen came up out of the mist, swallowing the gronkle in a single bite.

The Red Death noticed Hiccup on the back of Toothless, and was about to charge at them, but Toothless was faster, racing through the exit tunnels like Hel herself was chasing them.

Trembling with fear, Hiccup knew that they could not take on the beast within the mountain yet. Now, not only did their home need to be safe from the vikings, but it also had to be out of the reach of the cannibalistic tyrant's irresistible call.

To the west of Berk, they found just the place they were looking for, a high mountain, riddled with caves. They found an entrance overlooking a steep cliff a hundred feet high, and they landed inside it.

Hiccup asked Toothless, "Do you think this place will make a good home?" to which Toothless nodded, before curling up, ready to sleep.

Before night fell, Hiccup built a basic forge in a large cavern that he had found, about fifty feet back from the entrance to be able to repair Toothless' tail fin, as well as make farming tools, weapons, and armor.

After having set up the essentials for their new home, Hiccup moved over and curled up close to Toothless, savoring the warmth and safety of being near the dragon.

As he watched his rider fall asleep, Toothless remembered when it had started.

It had been a long day so far, having been unable to get any food to satisfy his hunger, when he heard the sound of a couple pebbles bouncing. Instantly, he went on high alert, noticing the tiny human who had freed him from the ropes the day before.

What is wrong with this boy? Does he know that I am here? And then he noticed the fish in the boy's hand, pouncing from his position.

The tiny boy brought a fish with him, such a good looking one too, but as I went to see it, I caught the slightest glint of steel under his vest and warned him that I did not like what was there. He pulled it out, and I decided to make my message clear, "Put down the dagger or else." And he listened. He even totally disarmed himself by tossing it when I motioned.

The boy held out the fish to me, muttering, "Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had..." and I just couldn't resist. I popped out my teeth and grabbed the fish.

I moved towards him, and I began to think that maybe this boy was not getting enough food, so I coughed up part of the fish in his lap and began getting him to eat it.


A/N: A little bit slow to come out, but I finished it... I have not managed to work out beta readers yet, so it is still just me reading it... Any thoughts on the Toothless POV?