So how's everyone doing? Holiday's are coming up! You guys have school break? Work vacation? Hope you all have somewhere to be, I myself am going to visit my dad so that should be fun. I Just finished my final math exam for the year so the holidays are looking extra bright! Anywho hope you all enjoy the chapter!

Responses:

dracologistmaster (as well as a few other anonymous reviewers) - Hiccups Introduction to Vikings will be in the next chapter! So stay tuned!

midnightsky0612 - The bond between Toothless and Hiccup is one of my favorite parts of the story! It will to continue to grow stronger and though they may fight or disagree they are brothers.

Nightfurylov3r - Never! Not going to abandon this story. I'm working on another story (spoilers) and that is causing this one to take somewhat of a backseat but I am still fully invested. I like how this is taking shape and am excited to get to more action. As for the tail I am sorry to say that it is unlikely. I would like for Hiccup's physical form to stay mostly human as he is a created hybrid and not born half dragon.

Thanks to all for loving the story its for you guys that I stay on any semblance of a schedule XD and it really does make my day to see al the reviews! So without further rambling...

The next day dawned early and Hiccup wasn't planning to waste a moment. Toothless seemed to be thinking along the same lines, "Go to see the hatchlings again?"

"You bet" answered Hiccup, "they're probably quite a bit bigger."

"yeah, It's been a few months."

With that they took off and headed for the passage that would sneak them out of the nest.

"I wonder what they'll think of the flight suit" Hiccup mused.

"probably just be jealous and try too copy you" sniggered Toothless.

It didn't take long for them to reach the now familiar little island. They headed straight for Risor's nest and came into land next to the mother and her three not so tiny hatchlings. "Hic! Toothless!" they were greeted by several happy cries.

"Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long!"

"Finally," said Risor with a smile "they haven't shut up about you two for months."

"Sorry sorry," said Hiccup "But it was important" he continued, "and really cool!" He emphasized his statement by spreading his flight suit and extending his arm fins.

"Woah! You can fly now?" questioned Dott.

"Yep, made it myself" he replied puffing up slightly.

Toothless huffed and Hiccup rolled his eyes, "with a bit of help" he added grinning.

Shear Speck and Dott crowded excitedly sniffing and rubbing against Hiccup and his suit. Hiccup and Toothless laughed as the three (not so young) hatchlings ushered them off into the woods.

Tree Slicers are quite big dragons and even these little ones were beginning to gain on Toothless in size, and I was far smaller than all of them. Nevertheless we had a great time until the sun again began to set.

As we took off with promises of returning soon I couldn't help but feel a sense of giddy pleasure at having been able to show of my "full dragon wings." The smile stayed on my face the whole way back to the nest.

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The years passed and Hiccup grew from a small, already capable kid, into a powerful lithe teenager. As Hiccup grew so did his strength, speed, and awareness. With his enhanced senses, physical abilities, and dragonic traits he finally was able to level the playing field between himself and his peers.

Hiccup sighed as he sat on one of the cliff trees sprawling branches, looking out over the nest he could see everything. The mountain cliffs to his side that ran down to the grassy hills and meadows, his home tucked away near where the two met, the small rivers that flowed down into the lake that housed their king, the dragonfruit trees and the evergreen forest, the magma field, and all the way to the protective ice wall beyond. His home.

It was getting late and Hiccup knew that his mother would be expecting him home soon for dinner. He stood up on his branch and closed his eyes feeling the wind as it blew through his hair and inhaled the smells it carried with it. With a last sigh he leaped from his perch and glided down to his home.

Normally he didn't eat at home, but today was special, and tomorrow even more so. Tomorrow, on his fifteenth birthday he was finally going to be able to leave the nest. He and Toothless had explored sure, but never very far or for very long. Tomorrow that would change.

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The next morning dawned on he nest to find the two brothers awake and itching to get going.

Valka stepped from her cave entrance to find Toothless laying on the floor by the entrance while her other son ran back and forth loading supplies into the small riding bag that was strapped to Toothless' rear left leg.

He also had a small waist belt that he would occasionally add something to. "You have everything?" She asked her son. "Yep," he called over his shoulder, "spare pair of pants, flight suit, a dragon fruit, my knife, and my new dagger" he listed.

"Dagger?" I inquired, "yes" he said "just in case, who knows what we'll find."

Yes. Thats precisely what worried me. "And you'll be careful?" I asked them, "And not go near strangers? Oh and remember don't go too far south, it's not safe that way!"

Her two boys just rolled their eyes, Hiccup nodded and said "yes mother" while Toothless made a short trilling sound of agreement. I sighed.

Then, just like that, they were ready. "Ok mom," said Hiccup "we're off" he smiled. I wrapped him and Toothless in a big hug, "I love you boys, and no longer than two moon cycles!" I added as they pulled away.

Then I watched as the two leaped from the entry way, flew to the opening, and disappeared. I smiled sadly, whatever was I going to do for two months?

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I flashed back to the first trip Toothless and I had ever taken. It was little more than a month after my friends had grown large enough to carry me and I was about 10 years old.

We were about to start a game of air tag and I was looking out across the forest and lake. My gaze met with the icy mist on the far side of the forest and I frowned. I had long wondered what was beyond the forest, never having asked because I felt it would be more interesting to discover. But I didn't have to discover it alone.

"Hey guys?" They stopped arguing over who was "it" and turned to me. "What do you think is past the forest?" I got a lot of blank stares but then Squeak spoke up "my grandad says it's a bunch of lava pools!"

"Yeah right" said Bree, "thats crazy" Bash added. "Right?" They both said. Toothless and I grinned at each other and then at our friends, "only one way to find out!"

The next morning Toothless and I told mom that we were headed out for the day and ran off to meet our friends at the top of the cliffs.

"Everyone here?" Shimmer looked around, "good, lets get there and back before sundown," she smiled and leaped off the cliff.

It took us about an hour to reach the edge of the forest and what we found was extraordinary, as the foliage and green cut off it gave way to rough rock and pock marked ground. Another few minutes and we saw the first of the pools.

But they weren't water! Squeak had been right, spread out in front of us where what must have been dozens of lava pools. Varying shapes and sizes but all the same steaming bubbling red magma.

We immediately swooped down landing next to the nearest pool. It was about five by three meters and had an organic oval shape and as we landed beside it I noticed an immediate temperature change. Standing there felt like baking in the sun on a hot day and the rock beneath my feet reminded me of the rock that some dragons would heat up to sleep on.

It took about five seconds for the initial wonder to wear off and then we all called out in joy.

Boulder was the first to brave the pool, he walked closer to the edge and tentatively dipped his left forepaw into the magma. A moment or so later he pulled it out, "Ouch, that's really hot." He then grinned and raised his foot (still covered in dripping lava) and flicked it at the rest of us. Met by a few shouts and indignant cries, the lava droplets landed all around us and one hit me in the chest. I immediately hissed and flicked the magma off of my skin. I'd never really been burned before, at least not on my skin, and it hurt. I looked down to see a red mark where the lava had hit my abdomen.

I turned on Boulder "that hurt!" He just grinned, "well then don't get hit!" He then proceeded to again dip his paw into the pool and hurl some out at us. But this time we were prepared and scattered before we could be hit again.

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It had been a good day, and the first of many to come. I remember finding out that if I caught the magma in my hand I could safely hold on ling enough to fling it back at my assailant and though I acquired many small burns it was always worth it. Some of the others got a few burns here and there, if they were hit on the underbelly or in the ear, but mostly it was all just good fun.

As we had grown older and more resilient the lava too had become less and less painful to the point where I could now grab my own handfuls if I was quick enough. Boulder was still the only one who could fully submerge himself but the others could comfortably wade so long as they kept their underbellies clear.

I sighed, it had been nearly a month since we had ventured to the pools that would have to be top priority once we returned.

"Watcha thinking about?" Toothless questioned. I looked looked down at him realizing that we had exited the icy fortress and were heading over the forest towards the direction of the pools. "The magma pools actually" I told him, "and our discovery of them, that first day."

He nodded "I remember, and how you could barely even touch it for a second" he grinned up at me. I kicked his leg receiving a smack in return. I huffed and repositioned so that I was crouch/standing and then jumped off to glide beside my brother.

A little while later I was almost brushing the tops of the snow dusted trees and so landed back on Toothless to again gain altitude. Gliding again we reached the magma field and I curved towards the first pool now very close to the surface. But I made it to the first of the pools and more importantly the strong drafts of hot air that was hissing and bubbling out of the earth. Catching the current I sailed skyward again.

This was my favorite place to fly, to have such a large area that could support my weight was the closest thing to actual flight that I could achieve.

Soon though the magma fields gave way to open ocean and we continued southward. We passed the time when we would normally have had to turn around and kept flying. My blood was rushing and my spirits soaring, this was going to be the greatest adventure we had ever had.

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It was dawn the next morning that an we finally collapsed back on land. "I told" pant "you" wheeze "we should've stopped at that island a few hours ago." I threw up my hands "well how was I supposed to know that we wouldn't another one for hours?!"

He huffed and we got back up to take a look around we had landed on some oddly flat shiny cliffs. I looked down the thirty or so feet to where they ended in a jumble of boulders and rock shards, odd. Beyond the clearing at the base there was a small forest with all kinds of trees, many of them were familiar but there were some which I had never seen before. Trees with sprawling branches and weirdly shaped leaves.

The island was much smaller than our home and even a great deal smaller than Risor's. Looking out over the forest and the small beach beyond I estimated that gliding I could probably cross the entire place in about five minutes.

It was also far warmer than back home and I wondered how the spring trees could be so vibrant and full this soon after winter. There was no snow at all and I jumped from the cliff gliding down to land in the branches of a familiar pine. Leaping the rest of the way to the ground I came up at the edge of the woods.

Toothless landed beside me and we shared a look. "Sleep first?" I questioned, "most definitely."

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I awoke the next morning to a soft green light filtering through the entrance to our cave. This morning we had gone about twenty minutes into the woods before finding a shallow cave and crashing. Both exhausted we must have slept all the way to the evening. I slowly stood up and silently exited the cave. Pushing the layer of vines away I was greeted by the first rays of sunset. With the cave lit up I heard Toothless grumble and shift behind me.

"Ah get up you big baby, it's almost night time already. But my brother just grumbled, "fine, come and find me when your done lazing around."

I turned and started off into the woods above our cave. Gradually climbing to what I estimated to be the center of the island I stopped in front of a particularly large tree. Eager to get another vantage point I began to climb.

Reaching the top I broke through the leafy canopy and was greeted by the full and brilliant evening sky. There wasn't a cloud in sight and the brilliant colors of the dropping sun lit up the world as far as the eye could see.

I took a deep breath and gave a contented cry. This was amazing, our own island our own cave or own adventure! I smiled and cried out to all that might be listening; "happy! Free! Happy!"

I was about to head down again to kick my brother's tail out of the cave when something caught my eye. I turned to get a better look, it appeared to be a cloud. But something was off, it was way to far down, in fact it was kissing the water. I frowned, had it fallen?

Hmm, "maybe Toothless will know I mumbled."

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I was now perched un the lower most limb of a tree overlooking the sand and the water. Toothless was almost directly below me and we were both gazing out at the strange white cloud.

Then I realized It was moving closer to the island, and almost at the same moment that what had looked like one cloud was actually several. I watched for another ten minutes, unblinking as the shapes gradually came closer and closer.

Not long after I noticed a few very distinct differences between what was coming towards us and the light fluffy wisps of air that I had thought they were. These were not clouds at all, they were large and white but not at all fluffy, and underneath them were other shapes, brown shapes.