A/N: I'm getting a lot of songs for Hiccup! So far I like "Great Escape" and "Slipped away" for him! :D

Anyway, the last chapter sucked. So I'm going to make it up to you hopefully for this chapter. And this…is the second to last chapter! So next chapter will be the last!

Get ready to say goodbye to the Easy Bake ovens….: (

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Pushing himself forward, Hiccup balanced on the rock face carefully, holding onto the wall for support. The Viking was puffing for air, and as he leaned forward to looked down at the rock trail that led down, Hiccup swallowed a nervous lump in his throat. But he just sucked in a deep breath, steeling himself as he eyed the journey down. He could do it, he had done it so many times before. This wasn't any different. Hopefully he could get down there without the whole falling-and-then-slapping-his-face-into-the-ground thing.

Leaning over awkwardly, Hiccup positioned himself to sit down on one of the rocks, his tongue sticking out with concentration as he started to scoot down slowly. The snow under him made loud crunching noises as he scooted along, and it made the path even more difficult. He cursed under his breath as he slipped, nearly falling off of the rock as he did so. Steadying himself, he started once more, careful where he pushed himself and being mindful of the ice on some of the rocks.

After what seemed like an eternity, Hiccup finally landed on solid ground with a relieved sigh. His leg was burning, and the boy winced as pain flickered up his limb. Leaning over, the Viking scooped up some snow and pressed it against his thigh with a sharp intake of breath. At first the snow burned with cold, stinging his wounds with a sharp feeling. But then the hurt melted away to be replaced by a cool feeling, Hiccup immediately relaxing as he let himself go limp. He stayed like that for a while, pressing more and more snow onto his leg. After a while, his limb had gone numb, the pain gone for now. That was all he needed, and Hiccup pushed himself up shakily to his feet, righting himself as he straightened.

The cove was barren, empty as he let a small frown cross over his face. His shoulders slumped, and memories and images of him and Toothless crowded his mind. They spent as much time as they could here, it was their special place to be. The boy felt the heavy feeling return back into his heart, and he felt himself pacing forward slowly, walking around the cove with a limp. With the wound that Toothless had given him. His own dragon.

What used to be his dragon. Astrid had been right when she had spoken to him, as much as he hated to admit it. It wasn't Toothless anymore, which was why he shouldn't dwell in the past. Toothless was gone, and even if the dragon came back, it wouldn't be him. It would be a destructive monster. It would be a bloodthirsty Night Fury, and nothing he could ever do would change that.

The thought made his gasp, the boy turning and flattening his back against the cold rock wall. One hand went up and clutched at his chest, and he slowly sunk down to sit on the ground with a heavy thump. Bringing his knee up, he leaned over and rested his forehead down, staring at the ground with wide eyes. It just wasn't fair, Toothless didn't deserve anything like that. He didn't deserve anything close to that! He was one of the best dragons in the village, not some creature that needed to be killed! Squeezing his eyes shut tightly, Hiccup tried to control his breathing, which was coming in thick, sharp gasps. He just had to calm down, but he couldn't.

He was surrounded by something that held a large part of his heart, and the piece had just been dropped. He could feel it dropping and then shatter on the ground. He almost expected to hear a large crashing sound, but it was silent. Not even a dead leaf rustled to break the silence. The whole place was holding its breath, watching in dead silence.

Hiccup could feel something watching him, and the boy jerked back up, head whirling around to try and find the intruder. He hadn't noticed he had been crying, but now the wind made his wet tear trails noticeable, and he immediately tried to wipe them off roughly. He grumbled as he did so, looking back up once more to see who had caught him out here on his own. Surely they would be cross that he had snuck out of the village. Even more so if it was the Elder herself, though she hardly ever left the village.

But nobody was there. Hiccup was blinked, leaning over and narrowing his eyes in confusion. Sure enough, the place was empty. Nobody else was there but him. The small pond in the middle of the cove went undisturbed, and the few leaves and scraggly bushes didn't even waver. It was exactly like it was when he first got here. Still not making any noise (or trying his best not to), Hiccup stood back upright, holding on the wall for support briefly before letting go.

Sucking in a deep breath, Hiccup started forward, eyes still narrowed as he looked around the cove. "Who's there?" He asked, his voice cracking slightly as he limped along. For a moment, a possible explanation wriggled its way cruelly into his head, but he shook himself roughly. It wasn't possible, it just wouldn't make sense. Grinding his teeth together, he called out one last time, coming to a halt and looking around. Still, nobody made an appearance. Nobody could be seen. But he still felt the odd sensation of being watched…

He let out a sigh, his bangs fluttering up as he did so. One arm lifted and gripped the other, Hiccup looking at the ground sadly. He supposed that it was time to leave then…Astrid would be even angrier if he stayed any longer. He stayed still. After all- there wasn't anything here for him to do. It was lunch time too. Still, he did not move. The village would probably notice he was gone. He really should go. Still as a statue. He couldn't move. Not even if he wanted to.

He turned around slowly, blinking at the cove with round eyes. He couldn't leave this place, it was all he had left of the old Toothless. The large lump came back into his throat, and he tried to swallow it down, but it stuck in the center of his throat. He let out a shaky sigh, and he felt his eyes blurring once more. Over there was where he had lost his shield. Over there was where Toothless and him drew together. Over there was when Toothless was chasing the reflected light from his hammer. And all around was where they had become close friends. All around him were memories, some of his happiest memories. And they were all out of reach.

Hiccup squeezed his eyes shut tightly, feeling tears leak out immediately after the movement. "Oh Gods." He muttered, hands reaching up and fisting in his hair tightly. He told himself to pull it together, but he knew it was a lost cause. "Gods, Toothless." He breathed out, letting his hands slap down to his sides. Looking back up, he scanned the place one last time, green eyes heavy and round with sadness and grief. He started to turn around (awkwardly because of his bad leg) when, very quietly, he heard a familiar noise. A roar.

Hiccup spun around immediately, ignoring the pain in his leg as he whirled around with wide eyes. His mouth had broken into a smile, and he waited for the familiar form of Toothless to leap out at him. But that didn't happen. What DID happen, was a small black shape careening into him, knocking him over and sending him sprawling onto the ground.

Jumping back to his feet, Hiccup looked down wildly at the ground, looking at the small thing incoherently for a moment or two before he blinked. Recognition flashed through him and his eyes narrowed in confusion. "It's you…?" He asked, bending over to get a better look. "But…how? How did you know how to get here?"

The tiny Night Fury from before blinked up largely at him, tiny wings limp at his sides as he panted. He barely looked old enough to fly, that might explain how it took him forever to get here. Astrid did say that he had been out for a long time. And even longer when he was shut up inside. The thing looked exhausted, panting loudly. But his eyes shone with happiness as he looked up at the human. It looked like he knew and recognized Hiccup from before too.

Leaning down to be on his knees, Hiccup reached over and held his hand out for the small dragon. He immediately pressed his nose to his palm and cooed loudly, tail lashing back and forth contentedly. Seeing the sight made Hiccup snatch his hand back as he looked down at the baby with wide eyes. He looked so much like Toothless that it almost felt like a slap in the face for Hiccup. The boy jumped slightly, blinking with round eyes down at the small dragon. But it didn't seem like the baby was doing it on purpose, why would it?

It seemed to find the new place interesting to say the least. The small youngling gave a wriggle of his hindquarters, leaping forward and bouncing along the path around the pond. Hiccup watched it with an empty expression, feeling the hollowness in his heart growing with every bound the thing gave. It was like salt being hammered into his wounds as he watched the dragon. He chewed on his bottom lip and tore his gaze away from the youngling, feeling his shoulders jerking strangely.

"THIS IS GREAT! THIS IS SO COOL! I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A PLACE LIKE THIS! I'M GOING TO STAY HERE FOREVER! I LOVE IT HERE ALREADY!" Shadowclaw crowed loudly as he ran, feeling exhilarated with each slap of his feet on the ground. He had never been outside the cave before, and he hadn't really noticed the flight here. He had been too exhausted to do anything but flounder around in the air clumsily. It took forever to find this place, he had to ask for directions from birds and passing dragons that came along randomly. He had thought that he would just flop down, but all of a sudden he felt a sudden rush of energy. He felt like he could zoom all the way home and back in less than ten minutes. Which of course, he would not try.

The human had not tried to play with him yet though. Shadowclaw skidded to a stop, perking his ears as he looked at the human with a tilted head. It looked sad. Its head was down, its eyes were closed, and its shoulders were shaking. Why was he this sad? He hadn't been sad when Shadowclaw had last seen him. And where was Toothless? The dragon had told Mistyeyes that he was going back with the humans. After following the scent trail of the humans for days, Shadowclaw expected Toothless to be here. After all- that was why Shadowclaw came all this way! He wanted to be with Toothless, not the other Night Furies. So he had left to find his friend once more. But he didn't seem to be here.

The human that had gotten hurt was okay now though, Shadowclaw could see. At least that was good. He had been shocked when he watched Fleetfoot and Nightflight attack his friend that he had made, and Shadowclaw had figured that with wounds like that, the human would surely die. But here he was, at least. Not dead. But he was sitting there oddly like that. Shadowclaw tilted his head to the side in confusion. He lifted up one paw, ready to head over and see what was wrong, when from behind him, he heard the smallest of a noise.

Spinning around, the youngling's ears flicked as the sound was cut off immediately. It was coming from behind a large rock at the end of the clearing, opposite of where Shadowclaw and the human were standing. Glancing over at the hunched shape of the human, Shadowclaw turned back and started forward, head still tilted to the side. He quickened his pace, and pretty soon, he was charging for the rock, tail lashing behind him as he ran.

Skidding to a stop, the dragon blinked, surprise lighting his eyes as he rounded the corner. For a moment, he couldn't say anything, eyes round and large as he looked at the crouched figure. But then he tried out the smile that he had learned a while back, wings fluttering rapidly at his sides. "Toothless!" He cheered, the dragon straightening somewhat as he called out his name.

The adult fixed him with a glare, making a quiet, sharp noise at him that made the youngling scoot back slightly. "Shh!" He hissed angrily. "Don't make my presence known! I've been hiding this whole time, don't ruin it, Shadowclaw! Why are you even here?" The dragon's eyes flashed to where the human was sitting, going back to Shadowclaw when he saw that he had not moved from where he sat.

"I-I came to be with you." Shadowclaw said nervously, eyeing his hunched form. "Why are you hiding like that? I thought that you said you were going back to be with the human. Isn't he over there?" Glancing back at the human, Shadowclaw continued. "If you're playing hide-and-seek with him, you might want to come out now. I think he's getting frustrated. He can't find you."

Toothless's ears flattened at what the youngling had said, glancing back over sadly at Hiccup. What Shadowclaw said was truth in its own words. "I can't go back, they would never let me." He mumbled. When Shadowclaw looked over at him expectantly, Toothless sighed, continuing in a small whisper. "I hurt Hiccup. His leg is mangled all because of me…they would never let me return. And maybe they're right." Toothless looked at the ground sadly. "I can't believe I hurt Hiccup so bad, I would never dream of doing something like that. Maybe I'm better off alone. I don't want to hurt him ever again."

"Did you do it on purpose?"

Toothless started. "What?"

"Did you hurt Hiccup on purpose?" Shadowclaw pressed. "Did you hurt him willingly?"

"…that could be answered in each way." Toothless muttered, looking down at the ground. "But it doesn't matter. The fear. The fear in his eyes when I pinned him down. I'll never forget it. He was frightened of me." The dragon's voice cracked, and he closed his eyes. "He journeyed out to rescue me, and all I did was nearly kill him. I did nothing. I didn't even try to fight back when I watched him being attacked."

Shadowclaw blinked slowly. "But he's sad." He said quietly.

Toothless did not say anything, his eyes closing tightly as he refused to look at Shadowclaw. It was like he was ashamed of himself, not even being able to glance over at his smaller friend. Shadowclaw's ears flattened to his head, and the youngling shuffled his feet on the ground. He had come here in search of his friend, and now the Night Fury he once knew had been reduced to this.

Was this Nightflight's fault? The female had always been so kind to Shadowclaw, it had been something of a slap in the face when Shadowclaw walked in on her killing Toothless. He had done all he could to save his friend, and now he knew that he had been right in doing so. His friend's life was ruined because of what she did. Shadowclaw hunched over slightly, looking ruefully at Toothless. He opened his mouth to try and say something, but closed it, thinking better of it.

Silence formed between the two, and Shadowclaw could feel the tense emotion in the air as he faced Toothless. Minutes passed, and seconds ticked by. The quiet went undisturbed until there was a sharp gasp from behind Shadowclaw. The dragon turned to the noise, Toothless doing the same. Together, both eyes widened and Toothless stiffened where he sat.

Hiccup stared at Toothless through wide, watery eyes from where he stood from behind Shadowclaw.

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A/N: BUM BUM BUMMMMMMM!

Hopefully this made up for the crappy chapter from before :3

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