Dawnbreaker Notes: So apparently Livvixul is not that big of a fan of long author's notes so I guess I can post mine here :)... or not, I have nothing to say here really, just read on! I think this is the chapter that REALLY puts things into motion!

So, this time it's 3rd person POV!

Hiccup shrugged, looking away. He could feel Astrid's gaze burning into his neck and groaned mentally. "I-I dunno. It just… it was really bright. The book said -"

"It was bright," Astrid said. "Well, Hiccup, the moon's always bright." He could vaguely hear the teasing tone in her voice and traced circles on the side of Toothless's neck.

"Yeah, but it was even brighter and it just felt weird," Hiccup said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I just- I don't know. It feels wrong."

Astrid hummed, and they flew side by side in silence, for a bit, and Hiccup turned his attention to the sky. Evening had turned into night, the sky had turned dark. The stars were so bright; Hiccup could see everything cast in a silver light.

"So, what did the book say?" Astrid said, turning to look at him. Hiccup bit the inside of his lip, deciding how to answer.

"It didn't give me a very good description," he said. "But there was one bit…"

Astrid caught his gaze carefully. "Is it dangerous?" Hiccup bumped in his saddle a few times, wondering.

"It didn't really say," he said. "But… the level of brightness it was at – it's only happened twice before. And when it does, something is going to happen. It's a warning." His irritation grew as Astrid pressed him, asking what was going to happen. He stared at the back of Toothless's head. "I don't know. Somethingbig. It's like a warning of Odin."

Toothless jerked suddenly, giving a weird whimper. Hiccup turned to him. "What's wrong?" Toothless's wings folded in, and he dove down, towards the sea. "Toothless? Toothless!" His dragon screeched, and Hiccup just had time to look up at the sky before they hit the water.

The moon was back.

And it was big.

Astrid scoured the waters, calling for Hiccup and Toothless. Stormfly tried to follow their scent, but they found nothing, reaching just a vast expanse of water in every direction they turned. Berk was west, Astrid knew. She could vaguely see it jutting out against the skyline.

"Hiccup!" she shouted, one last time. "Hiccup!" her voice cracked, hoarse from the force she used it at. Astrid ran her hands through her hair. "Hiccup, where are you?" she whispered.

Something burst out of the waters. The screech of a Night Fury filled her ears, and she laughed with delight. They were okay!

Toothless hovered in front of her as Hiccup ruffled his hair out. The dragon's eyes were wild and Astrid quickly twigged on there was something amiss. "What? What's happened?"

Hiccup stared at her, his chest heaving. He took so long to answer Astrid began to wonder if he would. "I- lets go back to Berk." Without another word the rider and dragon were soaring away, to the island, faster than she could catch up with.

Hiccup ran his hand over his forehead, pacing backwards and forwards. After finally managing to run away form the persistent Astrid by a small kiss and an escape to his house, he let the past few minutes sink in.

All Hiccup could feel was water. They barreled through it, Toothless flapping his wings as they got deeper and deeper. Hiccup felt his ears pop and knew they were deep. I'm going to die, was his only thought. He couldn't withstand as much pressure from the sea as Toothless could, and he couldn't hold his breath as long.

A light flickered in front of him, and suddenly Hiccup was in a white room. White. A square room, the walls slowly closing in on him. He still couldn't breath, and choked as he tried to. Vaguely he could hear Toothless screaming and he yelled, pounding on the walls, but nothing happened.

An old man appeared in his line of vision. "Hiccup the Dragon Conqueror," he said, and fell to his knees, head respectfully bent, his long white hair covering his face. "I am here to warn you."

Hiccup tried to say something but choked again, black spots appearing around his vision. The man clicked his fingers and Toothless appeared, and suddenly he could breath.

Toothless was chained up, head bent, blood leaking from him. Hiccup screamed, tried to run to him, but he couldn't move.

"I am here to warn you," the man hissed again. "You are about to loose what is most precious to you. You will have an empty life, a meaningless death. The world as we know it will fall; we will all perish, and it is thanks to the Gods."

Hiccup stared at Toothless, barely hearing him. Toothless remained comatose, and the man hissed, alarmingly like a snake.

"The moon? Last night, you saw it. A warning," the man snarled, his face twisted, gruesomely. "If you do not save us, we will die! The Gods will fail to protect us! The world as we know it, a battleground! We are playthings! Sheep lined up about to be killed!"

Hiccup turned to look at him. "What?" ToothlessI'llgetusoutofhereIpromise, he thought quickly and repetitively.

"We will all die!" he howled, falling to the ground. "The Gods! The moon! The power held over us! You do not understand!"

"No, I don't," Hiccup agreed, edging to his knife. Suddenly the man was right in front of him.

"Death!" he howled, making Hiccup wince. "The moon will control us all, with its' glare. No! Its' glare! It cannot be! Save us, O Dragon Conqueror! Save us!"

Then he was back in the ocean, and Toothless was straining for the surface, and he gasped sweet air into his lungs as they rocketed into the sky.

Hiccup felt Toothless nudge him as he came back to the present. He rubbed his head and, suddenly overcome with emotion, hugged him tightly. "I don't understand, bud," he whispered, voice trembling with emotion. "I should never have looked in that book. The moon- me, the Gods, that crazy old man!"Unintentionally he had started shouting. Toothless cooed and he calmed.

Hiccup yawned, pulling away and staring at his bed, which suddenly looked uncomfortable. Again, the sight of Toothless beaten and half-dead flashed in his mind's eye. "Hey, bud?" he said as Toothless lay down on his rock. "Mind if I sleep with you?"

Toothless purred, opening his wings and legs. Hiccup untied his prosthetic, crawling into his hold and lying down, feeling Toothless pull him against his chest, drawing a rasping tongue over his hair.

Hiccup groaned half-heartedly, reaching up to swat him. Toothless gave a dragonic chuckle and lay still. Hiccup pressed his ear to Toothless's chest, hearing the comforting THUMPTHUMPTHUMP.

"I'm here, bud," he whispered, trying to forget what the old man said.

'You are about to loose what is most precious to you.'

"He was wrong," Hiccup snarled, burying his face in Toothless's scales. "You're the one thing I can't live without. I'm always gonna be here. I'm always going to be here, with you. Nothing can stop that."

If only he knew how wrong he was.

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry, that took ages. I went through a rough time, but I've got my chapter up, and I think it's okay. Thanks to Dawnbreaker Dragon for being so epic and letting me write a chapter!

Liv x

Dawnbreaker notes: Ahh, I suppose this is a starting act of something epic! Who is this old man? Why did he come to Hiccup of all people? And are the gods really responsible for this "destruction" that's ahead? All of these questions and more are something you'd usually ask me but this time it's the other way. I'm asking you, what is it going to be? :D

And oh, I still feel like I need more writers for this story, more writers, more styles, longer story! So if you ever get a chance, put up a word about this story forward!

Also, don't forget to send feedback to those AWESOME writers who have already written their chapters! REVIEW!

-Dawnbreaker

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