"W-What?" Toothless stammered, shocked as he looked at Fleetfoot with wide eyes. Nightflight seemed satisfied where she stood, her tail giving a lash of approval as she looked over at the human with a cold stare. Toothless swallowed hard, looking at Fleetfoot like he almost expected the dragon to be joking. He knew in the back of his mind that he would never be able to hurt the thing on his own accord. But he had nowhere to go without the others!

"You heard me." Mistyeyes said clearly, eyes narrowed. "You tell us that you are with us completely? Prove it." She blinked slowly, turning her stare down at the human once more. "If you kill this human, then you will prove to us permanently that you are one of us. This is the only thing you have to do. It is not much, really. Look at it - it is a TWIG. It would be easy." She looked back at Toothless, gaze uncaring as she looked at him. "If you cannot do this, then leave."

When Toothless said nothing, Nightflight stepped up, looking over at him with wide green eyes. "Toothless, you only have to do this one thing. Then you can stay here forever." She blinked, trying out Toothless's smile as she gave him a small grin. "We can stay here together forever. It'll be perfect."

Toothless blinked, ears still flat to his head as he shuffled his paws uneasily on the ground. His gaze slowly slid over to the human, who's eyes were still firmly glued to his tail, green orbs wide with something of astonishment. Toothless didn't say anything, but pulled his tail tighter to himself, sweeping it away from the human's line of view.

From behind the human, Toothless noticed that there was a large brown thing strapped to the thing's back. It was squirming, moving with life. It was only a few more moments before a small thing poked its head out. It had large amber eyes, and silver fluff that darted out in every which way. It caught sight of Fleetfoot right as the Night Fury caught sight of it.

Well, it might as well have been an axe. Fleetfoot puffed up immediately, taking in a deep breath and roaring as loud as he could down at the smaller thing. It was so loud that even Toothless winced away from the noise. The small fluff let out a loud cry, ducking back into the bag. The human was trying to reach back to it, maybe to touch it? But it couldn't move. Toothless could see that the other dragon's eyes were alight with fury, and he knew that if he didn't do anything know, then something far worse would happen. Fleetfoot jerked forward slightly, as if to lunge down at the human.

Toothless closed his eyes tightly. "I'll do it." He said steadily, wincing inwardly as he did so. Nightflight hummed in agreement as he spoke, Fleetfoot straightening with a somewhat surprised look on his face. Toothless repeated the words, more firmer than before. "Let go, Fleetfoot, I'm going to do it." It was only one human, it wasn't like it would hurt him more than it hurt the smaller thing. Dragons have been enemies with humans for as long as there have been dragons. It would be easy. Fleetfoot sure thought it was easy.

Fleetfoot started, as if he didn't want to give up his prey. The human had taken to flattening itself against the cave ground, eyes wide with fear rolling off of him in waves. Toothless narrowed his eyes, growling at the other Night Fury as he stalked forward, hackles rising slowly. Mistyeyes watched with approval at the actions. Reluctantly, Fleetfoot drew back, giving Toothless an angry snort as he paced backwards. The other dragons were watching now, with interest. To see what side Toothless chose.

The human rolled over on his side as soon as Fleetfoot stepped back, grimacing as he held his stomach tightly. Toothless cursed himself at the pity that he felt for the smaller thing. He was a Night Fury! He drew himself up, a growl rising in his throat. And Night Furies were the most feared dragons in the world. He needed to prove himself now, prove that he could stay here with others of his kind. His claws slid out, and he narrowed his eyes. He needed to show himself.

Hiccup blinked, starting as he saw Toothless coming towards him. The tailfin could not have been mistaken, the golden switch glinting in the light of the other dragons eyes. Relief filled his heart, and Hiccup let out a breath, pushing himself up to his feet shakily. He was bruised and beaten, but that didn't matter anymore. He had seen how Toothless had gotten the other dragon away from him. The dragon must have caught sight of him and remembered the true things about him!

"Toothless." Hiccup rasped, starting towards the dragon. Toothless stopped for a moment, ears flicking back and forth as he tilted his head to the side. It wasn't so much of remembrance as it was…puzzlement. Hiccup blinked, slowing slightly. "Toothless, don't you remember me?" He asked, voice rising with something that he hoped was a comedic tone. "You couldn't forget me, right?" When Toothless still remained still, his smile faded to an uncertain frown. "…right?" He asked, softer this time.

The dragon that had been pinning him down earlier barked out something to Toothless, eyes narrowed and critical as he looked at the Night Fury. Shaking himself almost, the hardened glint returned to Toothless's eyes, and he looked back at Hiccup with a fiery stare. Hiccup started to shuffled backwards uncertainly, a lump growing in his throat as Toothless got closer and closer. "…Toothless?" He whispered, trembling where he stood.

Toothless swung his tail forward, hitting Hiccup in the stomach as the teen flew back down to the ground. Hitting his head on the cave floor, he gasped sharply as his vision exploded in white, waves of pain and fuzziness crashing into his head. He groaned loudly, reaching up and holding his head tightly as he waited for the pain to stop. Before he could even recollect himself, something else slammed against him, making him skid forward, scraping his back and wrists as he let out a small squeak.

Ludi's bag had fallen from his back in his flight, flying over to the side and landing on the ground with a small thump. Ludi squealed where she landed, blinking as she peered through the folds of the bag with wide eyes, shaking from head to toe. Her eyes landed on Hiccup, and she stiffened, watching as Toothless leaped forward, sinking his claws into the boy's chest.

Hiccup gave out a yell of pain, Ludi flinching back inside the bag, away from the dreadful noise. Her paw gave a small jerk, as if to go out of the bag. But she immediately flinched backwards, cowering back in the shadows and away from the violence. Shame filled the small kitten from her ears all the way to her tail-tip, but she only tucked tighter to herself. She couldn't face what was going on outside of her fortress. Her small ears flattened to her head, and she felt waves of sickness crashing over her.

Hiccup's skin burned where Toothless sunk his claws into, blood spotting the green fabric of his tunic a purple color. His breath came in sharp gasps, and he looked up at Toothless with fear-filled eyes. "Toothless, stop!" He screamed, hands reaching forward and clawing at Toothless's paw, trying to get it off of him. "Toothless stop, let go! It hurts!"

Nightflight started where she sat, watching as Toothless stiffened, his gaze locking with Hiccup's wide eyes. The Night Fury blinked, mind racing as she saw Toothless relax slightly. Hiccup seemed to notice this too, a small and hopeful smile spreading over his face. Nightflight growled loudly, racing forward into the mess. Mistyeyes jumped where she sat, getting to her feet as she yelled crossly back at the younger Night Fury. "Nightflight!" She snapped. "This is Toothless's fight!"

But Nightflight shouldered Toothless out of the way roughly, causing the dragon to stumble over to the side, eyes round with shock. Nightflight landed on Hiccup heavily, the teen's breath going out of him with a loud whooshing sound. Fury clouded the female's gaze, and she let out a furious roar, Hiccup flattening himself to the ground as she screamed in his ear. He put everything she felt for the boy in the scream, the anger, the hate, and the utter betrayal she felt. Her wings spread out, and she lashed forward, giving the boy a large gash over his forehead, dark blood gushing out immediately as he yelled in pain.

It was all the insolent human deserved. Nightflight glared down at the small thing, claws sticky with blood as she watched the boy's eyes go fuzzy slightly. As soon as this stupid child was taken care of, she wouldn't have to worry about Toothless leaving her. They would go undisturbed together, with nothing to get in their way. Sucking in a deep breath, Hiccup's eyes widening through his state as he saw the familiar green gas taking form in the back of her throat. The boy pressed himself to the ground, eyes shutting tightly as warm blood started to gush down his head, leaving a dark red trail.

Nightflight reared back to shoot her fireball, when suddenly something slammed into her head. She jerked backwards, her flame shooting out to hit the wall instead of her target, rocks and debris showering down on the Night Fury cave as a boom sounded. The dragon roared with frustration, trying to shake whatever was on her off. Hiccup jumped at the loud noise, looking up after a moment or two, eyes flying wide as he saw what had caused the interruption.

Ludi was clinging on the top of Nightflight's head, sharp curved claws sunken deep into the Night Fury's head. Nightflight was bobbing up and down, back and forth, trying to shake off the unknown attacker. Hiccup wriggled forward, immediately wincing at the sharp pain in caused him. But as he saw the determined fire in Ludi's eyes, Hiccup knew that he had to match it. Gritting his teeth, he pushed himself out of the dragon's grip, a large ripping noise sounding as her claws were torn from his skin.

Hiccup pushed himself up to his feet, blinking as his head spun from the movement. His hand flew up to the side of his head, and he grimaced as it became soaked with blood as soon as he touched his temple. He let out a small moan, cracking open one eye as he tried to spot Toothless. The dragon was still sitting on the ground, looking somewhat torn as he stared straight ahead. He looked confused, like he had forgotten why he was here…but at the same time he was also wondering why he was just sitting there.

He started forward to go to Toothless, but a roar from behind him made him spin around. The dragon that had first attacked him was charging forward, aiming straight for him. Jaw going slack, Hiccup stepped to the side, avoiding the dragon as he flashed past him. Starting, Hiccup looked up, forcing his numb legs into motion as he tried to make a break for Toothless. If he could just get the dragon to remember him, then he would be able to fly away with Ludi.

But before he could go more than a few shaky steps, the dragon barreled forward once more, knocking him to the side as he landed on the ground again. He knew that he was quicker than this. He knew that he should have been able to dodge the dragon's attacks better than what he was showing right now. But every single movement he did was slow, something he had to think about before he did it, something he had to force himself to do. His mind was going fuzzy the more blood that gushed down to the cave floor, and his vision was starting to blur and shake. He felt somewhat light and airy, and knew for a fact that he wasn't able to last very much longer if he kept this up.

Before he could move, claws raked down his back, the teen yelling loudly into the ground as blood warmed his back quickly. Stinging, burning, and shaking, Hiccup forced himself up to his feet before the dragon could do anything else. Breathing heavily by now, Hiccup reached up and pressed his sleeve against his forehead tightly, trying to stop the bleeding, but to no avail.

Mistyeyes was beside herself where she sat. Two dragons were fighting something that wasn't their fight, one dragon was in the corner, looking like he was about to pass out, and she was just sitting there watching the whole thing in terror! "Stop! Stop!" She shrieked, looking distressed as she hollered over the noise of the cat squalling. "This isn't your fight! Why can't you listen when I tell you something? Is anybody listening to me!"

In fact, nobody was.

Hiccup turned his head to Toothless, panting heavily with breath that didn't seem to fill his lungs. "TOOTHLESS!" He screamed, closing his eyes as he ducked his head. "TOOTHLESS HELP ME!" The Night Fury looked as if he were being roused from a dream, blinking blearily as he turned his gaze slowly over to Hiccup. "TOOTHLESS HELP ME! COME BACK TO ME!" His eyes burned, and Hiccup took steps back from the oncoming dragon, pressing himself to the cave wall. "I NEED YOU, BUD!"

"IT'S ATTACKING ME!" Nightflight howled, trying to spin around, smashing her head against the cave wall in attempt to smack Ludi off. The cat shifted to the side, eyes wild as she tried her best to stay on top of the dragon, just sinking her claws deeper into the dragon's skull. The cat paused for a moment before she whipped down, sinking her teeth into Nightflight's head as well, now crouched on top of the Night Fury's head.

Toothless started, obviously more interested in what was happening to Nightflight as he bolted to his feet. Hiccup's eyes widened as he saw the dragon's gaze go straight to Ludi, heart hammering nearly out of his chest as Toothless started forward. "NO!" He screamed, stumbling forward to Toothless. He didn't want to bring it out, but it was the only thing left he had. Reaching into his vest, he drew out his small knife, pointing it at Toothless directly. He swallowed uneasily, shifting from foot to foot as Toothless looked over at him, pupils dilating as he caught sight of the weapon. "Don't you dare hurt Ludi." Hiccup said lowly, tightening his grip on the handle. Tears beaded at Hiccup's eyes as he forced the next sentence out. "Keep back, or you'll make me do something I'll really regret Toothless!"

Toothless's eyes narrowed into slits as he looked at the flashing blade. Hiccup swallowed uneasily, all of the dragons turning to look at the weapon in the small human's hands. The cave got quiet, and even Ludi relaxed slightly as she looked with concern at her owner. That was a mistake. As soon as Ludi let go, Nightflight swung her head, the cat flipping off of her perch and landing on the ground with a dull thump. Hiccup let out a startled scream, dropping his knife with a clatter and dashing forward to the limp scrap of fur.

"LUDI?" Hiccup shouted, leaning down and picking up her body gently. The cat's eyes were closed, and she seemed dead to the world. She didn't look up at Hiccup when he yelled her name, and he shook her violently in his arms. "LUDI DON'T YOU DO THIS TO ME!" Hiccup yelled, tears running down his cheeks as he continued to try and shake her awake. "LUDI PLEASE DON'T." He ducked his head, closing his eyes tightly. "Please don't do this to me." He whispered.

He didn't move. He didn't speak. He didn't feel.

Until a rush of white-hot anger slammed into him, lighting his eyes with fire and making him lower Ludi gently to the ground. He pushed himself up to his feet, spinning around to face the person that cause all of this. Caused Toothless to leave, caused endless amounts of days of grief for him, and caused what had just happened right now. He trembled with a new kind of anger he had never felt before, and he picked up his knife once more from the ground, pacing stiffly forward to get closer and closer to the female dragon.

She narrowed her eyes, claws scraping against the ground in warning as he came closer and closer. The look in her eyes told both of the other Furies to hold back. This was her fight now. Hiccup clenched his teeth together, shaking as more and more blood gushed from the wound on his forehead. But he forgot the pain that came with it, only feeling anger as he stalked forward. In that fleeting moment, he realized why Vikings had been so bent on killing dragons until he came along. In a fleeting moment, he agreed with them. But he shook himself mentally. It was only this dragon.

He grounded his teeth together tightly, raising his knife as he aimed for her. Nightflight looked at him steadily, but did not show any signs of stopping him from dealing his blow. Toothless shifted uneasily where he sat, green eyes flickering side to side as he became on-edge. Nightflight seemed to be facing the situation bravely, eyes locked with the human's. Toothless watched as the human raised his hand, digging his claws into the ground as he swung forward.

The knife blade sunk deep into Nightflight's shoulder, the female had not even tried to move to the side to dodge. But as the knife hit her, she raised her head and howling anguish up to the roof of the cave. Toothless flattened his ears at the scream, grimacing terribly. Hiccup was obviously surprised, anger flashing away from him as his eyes widened, the boy stumbling backwards with surprise.

The female staggered for a moment or two before she fell down to the ground, closing her eyes tightly as she moaned loudly in pain. Hiccup blinked, looking at the small blade that had stuck in her shoulder. He didn't hit anything big, so why was she hurt so bad…? Hiccup started forward to check, when Toothless roared with fury where he stood. Hiccup leaped out of his skin, whirling around in time to see Toothless dash forward, claws outstretched as the dragon raked his thick claws down Hiccup's side.

The teen gasped sharply, hands immediately flying to the new injury as he took in deep, sharp breaths. "Toothless, I didn't-" His yell was cut off as Toothless clawed down Hiccup's thigh, the boy giving out a small scream before he buckled, landing on the ground with a smack. His hands fisted together tightly, knuckles going white as he stared straight ahead with wide green eyes. He was shaking with pain, and he bit his lip to keep from yelling out as Toothless loomed over him.

The Night Fury's eyes were cold as he looked down at the human, and Hiccup squeezed his eyes shut tightly as he took in shuddering breaths. The Night Fury stared down at the small twig with anger, blood boiling at the anger he felt. He was about to slam his paw down on the small thing, when a pleased voice sounded to his left.

Tearing his gaze away from the shaking human, Toothless's eyes widened as he saw Nightflight trotting up to him merrily. "Nightflight?" He asked, tilting his head to the side. "You're okay?" He looked at the Night Fury and saw that she appeared unharmed.

"Of course I'm fine." She said dismissively, coming to a stop beside him. "It's a small knife, I barley felt it! I just needed a way for you to kill the human! You were taking too long, so I thought in doing that, I would help to speed it up." She looked down, eyeing the human with disgust. "He's getting blood everywhere, just kill him already."

Unnerved by the speech, Toothless merely stared at her. "What?" He asked.

Nightflight jerked her head to the side. "Kill him." She said bluntly.

Toothless started, looking down at the human with new eyes now. The anger had left him worn-out, and he looked with horror at what he had done. Indeed, blood covered most of the small thing's body, and the thing was shaking as it looked up at him. For the first time, Toothless noticed his eyes. They were so familiar…a name. A name was on the tip of his tongue as he looked down at the human. This thing had a name. And one that stood out to him. But he could not remember what it had been.

He had known this human, he was sure of it. But from where?

The human blinked up at him, seeming to notice the flash of uncertainty in his large green orbs. The human reached forward shakily, Toothless not daring to move as the thing made to touch his tail. Toothless thought about drawing it away, but stopped, seeming to have been frozen in place as the human reached over.

Nightflight growled under her breath, but Toothless flicked an ear to quiet her as he watched the human with growing interest. Hurt and wounded as he was, the human was still going to try something. Seeing how weak it was, Toothless came to the conclusion that it wouldn't do much harm in his state.

Hiccup's vision was getting blurrier and blurrier by the second, the boy only able to make out shapes through his hazy vision. But he made out Toothless's fake tailfin, and he lunged forward, pressing his hand against the black leather tightly as he shook back and forth. He left it there for a few moments, Toothless looking at him carefully. He wore that of a dragon unfamiliar to human touch, and the thought tore Hiccup's heart in half.

When he drew back, a bright red handprint of blood remained on the surface. Toothless's eyes widened as he looked down at the tail, and Hiccup finally went limp against the stone floor. His eyelids fluttered closed, and his breathing turned labored as he sank into unconsciousness. But right before he lost all sense, he whispered something out numbly to Toothless. "I'll miss you, buddy." He sighed, going still.

Toothless went stiff, eyes widening as something slammed into him full-force, nearly knocking him off of his feet. Images flashed through his head. Hiccup's laughing green eyes, the fake tail Hiccup made, Astrid going for a ride on him, saving Hiccup from the Monstrous Nightmare, being captured, Hiccup's father saving him, the battle, him swooping back down to save Hiccup, waking up with the boy still asleep. Voices whirled past too, the dragon barley able to make out what they were saying, and yet he knew what they all were.

"I did this…" "Toothless? I could have sworn you had-" "Astrid, this is Toothless. Toothless. ASTRID." "Okay, Toothless, you have to go." "Alright, I'm going to get you out of this thing." "You got it bud!" "That thing has wings! Alright, let's see if he can use them!" "We'll be fine, just a little bit longer!" "What do you think of that?" "You are…really going to love this…" "Bad dragon! Very bad dragon! What is in your mouth?" "Hey- you found my helmet!" "Buddy…you are amazing!"

"Buddy…you are amazing!"

Toothless's eyes flew wide as he looked down at Hiccup's crumpled form. Nightflight started, looking over at him with concern in her eyes. She opened her mouth to speak, but got cut off as a loud yelling started farther down the tunnel. "THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE!"

A large Viking war cry sounded, and then an explosion of Vikings and dragons poured into the Night Fury tunnels.

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A/N: I'm sorry this is the end! And I am REALLY sorry, because I wont be able to update for three days. I'm going to celebrate Christmas with my family. So Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are off days for me. Actually…I might get one out on Sunday, but I'm not sure. I made up for it with a super-long chapter! Or…longer…

So….review!

And yes. I am sorry for…everything else.

Hiccup: YOU JUST POINTED TO ALL OF THE CHAPTER.

Yeah…everything XDD