A/N: Dear Austin Matsuki: You got it right! Nobody else really guessed what Nightflight was doing! I loved your review, it made me laugh! I agree with the bottom part though. There was this book that I used to have as a kid that told me how to make friends that I was reading a few days ago (it was stupid) and I just said: "Or you could just loose your leg." But I don't think toddlers need friends THAT much. Some of them.

ANYWAY. I think the pot roast is coming along nicely :3 I knew you all would like that last chapter, so here's another one! Fresh out of the Easy Bake oven!

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The Great Hall was warm, a nice shelter for those who were coming in for lunch. Vikings filed through the door, making for a table and hoping for something hot to eat. Noses bright red from the cold, the men and woman of the village greeted one another with hearty laughs and waves. Soon, a loud roar started in the hall as more and more people started to talk, some people having to yell to be heard over the noise. It was just like every other day.

Astrid walked beside Ruffnut, the two holding a conversation together about their dragons. Ruffnut was bragging about her Zippleback, and Astrid was listening with half an ear. "Today he was trying to set fire to my brother's bed. If it wasn't for the whole other-head-gas thing, it would have worked. But I guess it's the thought that counts, no matter how funny it would have been if it worked."

The blonde gave a half-smile to her friend. "I guess so. I'm trying to stop Stormfly from doing that though. I'm trying to get her to help around the house with it, like starting the fire and help boiling the water for cooking or something like that. I think she would be good at doing stuff like that, right?"

Ruffnut shrugged. "I guess." She said. "I'll see you later Astrid, okay?" Astrid blinked, giving her a smile in turn. She watched as Ruffnut turned and vanished into the crowd of Vikings, leaving her alone. Giving a small sigh, Astrid turned and started to weave through the crowd. In her hand she held a small bag that contained her lunch that her mother had given her. All she had to do was sit down and then-

She stopped in her tracks, straightening. Her forehead wrinkled as she looked oddly at the direction she had seen it. It had to be her imagination, right? But she started forward anyway, squeezing past the adults as she quickened her pace. She got closer and closer, and she realized that it wasn't her mind playing tricks on her. She reached out and grabbed his shoulder, spinning him around. "Hiccup?" She asked.

The Viking started as he was touched, blinking rapidly as he came face-to-face with Astrid. The blonde looked at him carefully, something was wrong. "What's going on?" She asked. "Why are you here? I thought that you were going to spend all day with Toothless and the new Night Fury. Did something happen?"

Hiccup was silent for a moment or two, looking as though he would have like to say something. But then he put on a weak smile for her. "No, I just thought I'd come here and get some lunch before…going back." He said, pausing before he added the last two words. Astrid cocked an eyebrow at him, looking skeptic. But she didn't pry, she just grabbed the boy's hand and led him to an empty table, taking a seat.

"So how is it going with them?" Astrid asked, glancing over at her friend as she took out her lunch. There was a sandwich wrapped up nicely with her, along with some blueberries and a few rolls of bread. She looked expectantly at Hiccup, taking a small bite of her sandwich before adding. "Toothless and her looked about ready to kill each other when I first saw them, is Toothless still alive?" She meant it to be a joke, but she saw something flash in Hiccup's eyes and started as she prayed that it didn't actually happen.

"She's better, I guess." Hiccup said, his words coming out slightly quieter than usual. "Her and Toothless are getting along really good. But she still doesn't like me." He studied the table blankly for a while, and Astrid put her lunch down as she realized that something was really bothering him. But before she could ask, he started to talk again. "We went out flying today with her, and she landed back on the island without complaining. So I think I made progress with that at least."

"That's good." Astrid said brightly, giving him a smile. "So where's your lunch? Didn't you say you came back to eat? Do you need food? Cause my mom packed blueberries, and I don't really like those. You can have some if you want." Blueberries were her favorite, but she wasn't about to tell Hiccup that. She pushed the small bowl of berries closer to Hiccup, "Here you go."

Hiccup looked at the bowl and put his chin down on the table. "I'm not hungry." He mumbled. "I thought I would have been when I came here, but I lost my appetite." Eyes flickering over to Astrid he added an apology quickly. "Sorry."

"S'fine." She muttered back, her thoughtful gaze turning a little probing by now. "Hiccup, will you tell me what's the matter?" She finally blurted out. Hiccup looked over at her without moving his head. "I mean- I don't want to bring up something you don't want to talk about, but I know you better than you might think I do. Something is wrong, and I don't like seeing you like this. Are you going to tell me?"

Hiccup gave a small sigh, almost like he was giving up. Astrid could literally see his shield falling as he sat back up. His eyes went wide with sadness, and his shoulders slumped visibly as he looked at her. "Toothless is mad at me for some reason, and I don't know why." He confessed. "When we went flying today, I made a mistake and he started to glare at me. He's spending more time with the female than me, and when I asked him if I should come back, he shook his head at me. He snapped at me, and he never does that. The female keeps saying stuff to him that I don't know, and I'm pretty sure it has something to do with me."

Astrid blinked, having not expected that. "How do you know that Toothless will be mad at you for long?" She offered, her mind drawing a blank for once. Hiccup hung his head, his hands going up as he dug his fingernails into his skull.

"I don't!" He said, his voice raising. Astrid blinked, drawing back a little bit as he shouted. "I don't know what's going on with Toothless, and I wish I did! He never does stuff like this, and I might just be making a big deal out of nothing, but I just don't want to loose him again." He looked away from her quickly. "It was bad enough when he left for three days, I wouldn't be able to handle it if he left forever. It would be even worse knowing that he hates me."

"I'm sure he doesn't HATE you." Astrid said, wincing slightly as she tried to search for what to say. Silence fell over the two, and the blonde ducked her head self-consciously, swinging her legs back and forth underneath the table. Hiccup looked at the table fixedly, looking bleak and glum as he didn't even blink.

"I got it." Astrid said finally, breaking the silence. Hiccup started at the sound of her voice, and he looked at her out of the corner of his eye. "We can go down there together then." She didn't see how this could help, but Astrid was fresh out of ideas. It was usually Hiccup who could come up with a plan in a millisecond. "I'll go with you, and then we can go through this together."

Hiccup blinked slowly, but a faint smile was tugging at the edges of his mouth as Astrid pushed her chair back from the table and stood up. Pushing the rest of her lunch back into the bag, she smiled. "But I'm going to eat on the way, I'm hungry." Turning, she reached out her hand to her friend, giving him a soft grin. "Let's go."

Taking her hand, Hiccup stood up beside her, still not letting go as the two made way for the door that led outside. "Thanks, Astrid." He said fervently. "You always seem to know what to do."

"Nah. I'm just really good at hiding the fact that I wing it." Astrid giggled, turning and taking out her sandwich once more. "Did anything happen other than what you already told me?" She asked, taking another bite. "I mean, he didn't try and do anything to you, right?"

"No." Hiccup sighed, walking unevenly on the icy path. The village slowly disappeared behind them, just like it did when Hiccup first led Toothless and the female to the cove. "When we were flying with the female, he sort of forgot I was on his back, I think. The ride was a lot rough than I was used to, and I didn't see one of the rock pillars in front of us before it was too late. He got mad at me after we ran into the rock, I think him and the female were having a race, and I ruined it for him. The female came back and said something to him, and he glared back at me. I would kill to know what Toothless was thinking or saying. I have no idea what's going on with them two."

Astrid hummed an agreement, eyes narrowing as she looked into the snowy forest. "It is a little odd." She said thoughtfully. "You think that the female would be just as easy at Toothless was to gain trust with. But she hates you, and she just wont budge. Maybe she needs a woman's touch, right?" She looked over at Hiccup with a smile, but the boy just looked ahead with a small frown.

"He's going to be mad that I came back." He murmured, almost to himself.

Astrid blinked, not knowing what to say as she looked back ahead. She used the silence to finish off her sandwich and berries, not offering any to Hiccup this time. The boy seemed to be concentrating too hard on walking without falling, edging slowly along the ice like he was sliding. It made them go twice as slow, but Astrid only felt a little sorry for Hiccup. She wasn't complaining about the ice, she was too busy wondering whether or not the leg was hurting him. She saw him wince once or twice.

"Here - lean on me." Astrid offered, reaching over and taking his hand as she pulled him closer to herself. For a moment, Hiccup looked as though he was going to object, face reddening slightly. But then he finally gave up and leaned on the girl, giving her a grateful smile.

When they got to the cove, Astrid instantly saw Toothless and the female. They had a large pile of fish in front of them, and it looked like they were just tucking into their lunch. Taking a deep breath, Astrid turned back to Hiccup. "Do you need help getting down the rocks?" She asked. Hiccup responded with a shake of his head, and Astrid went on ahead as she jumped down the few boulders. The snow quieted her jumps, and neither of the two dragons noticed her yet.

She looked up and watched Hiccup anxiously. The boy seemed to be sure of himself, but it wasn't like he had a good reputation with gracefulness. Hiccup sat on top of the rocks and slowly slid down, using his good foot to make sure that he didn't fall over or slid too fast. Before long, he joined Astrid by her side, having made just as much noise as she did. Flashing him a quick smile, she turned and started for the dragons, almost sensing the reluctance that Hiccup was feeling.

"Hey, Toothless!" She called happily, breaking into a jog as the dragon lifted his head. Turning, the Night Fury blinked slowly as he saw her, one ear twitching as she came to a stop in front of him. She got on her toes, wrapping her arms around Toothless's neck and giving him a large hug. "You're so warm! It was freezing coming all the way here!"

Astrid broke away from Toothless as she heard something to her left. Her blue eyes were piercing as she saw the female was snapping to the dragon that was beside her. Toothless growled a reply, and Astrid finally saw what Hiccup was talking about. Speaking of the boy, he stood a ways away, one arm gripping the other as he spoke up. "Hey, Toothless." He greeted, hands slapping down to his sides as Toothless looked over at him. "Long time no see, right?" He joked.

Toothless's ears flattened to his head, and the female rolled her eyes. Before Astrid could debate whether or not this was such a good thing to do, she glared sharply at the female, shaking her head slowly. The female started as she looked back at her, baring her teeth as she growled at the small human. Astrid's hands clenched into fists at her sides, and she took a step closer to the dragon. "What do you think you're doing?" She snapped. "Stop it."

The female rolled her eyes once more, looking as though she would have liked to smack Astrid upside the head. The Viking mentally made a note that she had left her axe back at her house, but the female just ignored her, leaning over and gobbling up a fish in her mouth. Taking a step back to Hiccup, Astrid nudged him encouragingly, nodding over to Toothless.

Blowing out his cheeks, Hiccup stepped forward to stand in front of Toothless, leaning over and trying to catch the dragon's eyes. "Hey…bud?" He prompted. Toothless leaned over and started to eat the pile of fish also, Hiccup had no idea whether or not he was listening. Shooting a look at Astrid, he tried again. "I really don't want you to be mad at me, you're my best friend, you know that?"

Toothless didn't even glance at him. "I mean- I really wish I knew why you suddenly got so mad at me." Hiccup went on awkwardly. "Is it because of what happened this morning while we were flying? It was an honest mistake, and I admit that it was my fault, okay? Is that what you were waiting for? Tell you what, we can go flying again! To make up for it. …Okay?"

Toothless stilled refused to look at him.

Biting his lower lip, Hiccup tried one last time. "Toothless, I don't know how to handle you being so mad at me. Can we just pretend that none of this happened? Please, Toothless, I wont know what to do without you." Toothless faltered in his eating for a brief second, and hope went through Hiccup. "Toothless, you're everything that I am. If I don't have you…I'm nothing. Please don't leave me in the dark like this."

The Night Fury straightened, looking up at Hiccup with large green eyes. Reaching up hesitantly, Hiccup held out his hand to Toothless, shaking slightly as the Night Fury's eyes slightly narrowed. But before Toothless could do anything, the female let out a loud roar, both Hiccup and Astrid jumping out of their skins at the sudden volume.

The female jumped forward at Hiccup, eyes blazing with fury. The teen let out a startled yell, stumbling backwards as the female crashed into him. Slamming onto the ground, Hiccup's breath was shot out of him, leaving him gagging as the female dug her claws into him, ripping holes in his clothes easily. He tried to wriggle out of her grip, only making the pain of her claws worse as he gasped. Her claws weren't fully out, but they were out enough to make small pinpricks of blood seep through his clothes.

Astrid let out a scream, looking around wildly and picking up the nearest rock and throwing it as hard as she could at the Night Fury's head. The female immediately spun around, ripping her claws out of Hiccup's skin as the teen hissed with pain. Astrid's eyes were wide as she backed away quickly, staggering. Toothless had stood up, whirling back and forth as if confused on what to do.

Pushing himself up to his feet, Hiccup pushed away his stinging cuts as he saw Astrid. The blonde held another rock as the female slowly stalked over to her, teeth bared dangerously. Following Astrid's movements, Hiccup picked up a rock and chucked it straight at the female, making her spin around. "Get out of Berk!" He yelled angrily. "You aren't welcome here anymore!"

The female hissed at Hiccup loudly, absolute hatred shining in her eyes as she looked at him. Hiccup swallowed nervously, leaning over quickly and picking up another rock to shield himself with. The female gave an ear-splitting screech at Hiccup, the boy immediately covering his ears as he grimaced, shutting his eyes tightly.

Nightflight spun around to Toothless, the Night Fury looking at the bleeding Hiccup with something close to concern. "You see what they do!" She roared, catching the Night Fury's attention instantly as Toothless looked over at her. The male's eyes locked with her's, and she went on. "They invite you to their island and then they start attacking you! If you aren't the cushiony little pet they want, they kick you out! They don't allow you to act like a true dragon! Otherwise they try to kill you! Is this really the place that you want to live in?"

Toothless let his gaze slide over to the two Vikings. Astrid was beside Hiccup by now, looking at him with wild concern as Hiccup closed his eyes in pain. Something in the back of his mind willed him to dash over to his human and try and comfort him. But the Night Fury pushed away the voice roughly. The animal that Nightflight had brought back to life inside him overpowered the small voice, and his claws slid out, digging into the ground. Nightflight watched with something of approval in her eyes.

Hiccup's eyes widened as Toothless took a few steps forward. A small smile wormed its way on his lips as he waited eagerly for the dragon to do something. Anything. If only to show that he still knew that Hiccup was there. But his smile faded as he saw that Toothless's eyes were narrowed into furious slits as he stalked forward. Astrid tightened her grip on his hand, and Hiccup fidgeted uncomfortably.

Toothless came to a stop in front of Hiccup, narrowed eyes clashing with Hiccup's own. For a long time, each were silent, holding one another's gazes. Hiccup's heart ached as images of him and Toothless flashed through his mind, and he fought the urge to break down and run over to Toothless. He couldn't take this. Not rejection. Not from Toothless. Not from his best friend.

Toothless opened his mouth and let out a loud roar of anger, nearly making Hiccup fall over backwards. The dragon's back was arched, and his wings splayed out as he screeched out hatred. Hiccup's eyes widened and he could feel his stomach dropping ten stories as he stared incredulously at his dragon. The female had a dark look in her eyes, approving as she looked at Toothless warmly.

The Night Fury snapped his mouth closed, straightening as he glared at Hiccup hotly. The Viking's knees shook where he stood, and Astrid had fallen silent where she stood. The message was clear enough in the roar, but he just couldn't believe it. In his mind, the words that went unspoken rang in the boy's head. "Get OUT of here. You aren't welcome here anymore."

"Come on, Hiccup." Astrid whispered in the newfound silence. "Let's go."

Hiccup couldn't even moved if he tried, his wide eyes stuck unblinkingly at his dragon. "It's not…" His voice wouldn't work accordingly. "Please…Toothless…" Astrid took a deep breath and tugged on Hiccup's hand, leading him back out of the cove. Hiccup was walking backwards as he refused to turn, but Astrid was making sure that he didn't trip. "Toothless, wait." Hiccup rasped.

The Night Fury looked at him coldly, his eyes darker than normal as he glared at Hiccup. The Viking could do nothing else but stare at the dragon, not even feeling his cuts anymore. He couldn't feel anything anymore. It was like the world suddenly dimmed to black-and-white, sounds muffled as if he was underwater.

All he could see was Toothless. And the hate that shown clearly in his eyes.

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A/N: Nightflight Imma punch you SO hard.

I hope you like and review a lot! ^^

Usually things start kicking in behind chapter ten, it's where things get crazy. But we're ahead of schedule here! :D