He hadn't slept all night. Even in the comforting arms of the great Night Fury, his eyes had bags under them. Several times in the night, in his dreams, he was visited by the same old man and his menacing message:

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

What did he mean by that?

The green eyes instantly trailed to the Night Fury slurping on fish. Sensing his gaze, the Night Fury turned his face and gave him the quizzical expression.
It's amazing that you realize your greatest weaknesses when they are in mortal danger, but never before, never when you are able to hide or protect them.

Hiccup was not a believer of superstition. So why did he all of a sudden become so paranoid about a dream?
Was it that the same dream repeated? But can sometimes happen, can't it? Was it how real the dream felt so real? But all nightmares felt like they were real, didn't they? Or was it that there was this sinking feeling in his stomach telling him that something was about to happen and it would not be pretty.

He counted his chances. If he lost Toothless, he would not know what he would do. He would be lost in this abyss forever. He would be broken. He would be shattered beyond repair. His life would be back to what it used to be like before the Dragon War was stopped. Selfish, he was in his thinking, but he couldn't help it.

-No, he would not take that chance. And he made his decision.

He grabbed a satchel and stuffed with the various equipment and supplies he would need.

The Night Fury cooed and with a curious face crawled over to his rider, to know what he was up to.

"Toothless, you and me are going on a little field trip." Hiccup said, simply, his head slightly bobbing up and down, as his teeth stuttered against each with fear. And the sound, as well as fear and paranoia consumed his clear thinking.

Snatching a parchment from a shelf he quickly scribbled on it a note to his father, not caring about his handwriting.

"Dad, me and Toothless are leaving for a bit. I have a bad feeling that something will happen to him. We'll be back soon, hopefully. HHH3."

Author Note:

Phew. That was quick. Hope you're enjoying this community fic. Good luck to the next author.

-Scorpion6955

Well, that was a quick little chapter, the next author once again has some freedom of choice on what to do next but personally I can't WAIT to see what is going to happen!

No more important notes to add this time so... Until the next chap! And yeah, I think I'm moving the maximum amount of words/chap to 3000 :) I suppose it's k that way.

-Dawnbreaker