I'm so sorry that I took so long to update, school's been a nightmare lately. I'd like to thank you for still reading and following this fanfic even though it took so long to update. It means a lot to me. Now, enough of this and on to what you've been waiting for! The next chapter in Remember, Hiccup! I do not own How To Train Your Dragon or any of its characters.

It used to be a very rare sight to see the village of Berk quiet in the pitch black night. With dragon attacks almost every night, fires raging, and battle cries ringing through the air, the village was anything but quiet. But since the training of dragons, nights had become a little more peaceful in the village. Instead of battle cries, snores were heard. Instead of hungry blazes, ashes and cinders laid extinguished in fireplaces. Everyone was at rest, except for a girl and a dragon.

"Okay, Toothless. Are you ready to get Hiccup back?" Astrid asked the dark as night dragon sitting in front of her. She made sure her voice was lowered to a whisper, for they were right behind the Haddock household. If either Hiccup or Stoick woke up, she would have some explaining to do about why she was up so early in the morning.

Toothless crooned his agreement and anxiously nodded his head, fully alert even though he had barely been woken up two minutes earlier. When Astrid had woken him up, still sleeping outside because Hiccup was still afraid of him, he had been slightly annoyed with her for interrupting his beauty sleep. But when she had spoken those three words, he was all ears. "It's about Hiccup." Anything having to do with his best friend, was worth his time.

"Okay, so here's the plan" Astrid began as Toothless shuffled closer, eager to hear the girl's idea of how to get his friend's memory back, no matter how crazy it was. He was willing to do anything for Hiccup.

"So, we know Hiccup's terrified of you."

Toothless knew Astrid hadn't meant to hurt him with her statement, but it pierced his heart like a dagger. Toothless then had a flashback at the word "dagger." He remembered Hiccup looming over him, dagger in hand, while he, the dragon that would later become his best friend, laid on the ground, tangled in a mess of ropes, partially pleading for life, partially wanting to die already.

"Toothless?"

Astrid's voice snapped Toothless out of his flashback back into reality. He then looked back at Astrid with his intent lime-green eyes to show that he was listening.

"Ok, as I said before Hiccup's afraid of you, but he's not nearly as afraid of the other teen's dragons, Hookfang being an exception." Toothless then heard her mutter under her breath, "No thanks to Snotlout" before continuing. "So, I'm starting to wonder maybe it's your species he's afraid of, not necessarily you in general."

Toothless perked his ears up at this. He had never really thought that his species would be the cause of Hiccup's fear, but what Astrid said did make sense. He was a Night Fury, the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. That statement alone would send chills up anyone's spine.

"And if this is the case," Astrid said, noticing Toothless' growing interest, "then all we have to do is show him that Night Furies are just like all the other dragons he met, excluding Hookfang."

Toothless then cocked his head, at a loss at what Astrid was getting at. They'd already tried to show Hiccup that dragons were nothing to be afraid of, but that had ended in disaster and nearly gotten Hiccup killed. Toothless shuddered at the thought.

Noticing the dragon's confusion, Astrid tried to clarify for him. "What I mean is, we show him that you are no different from the dragons he met in the Dragon Training Academy. You're no scarier than they are." She then smiled like she had given the best explanation in the world.

Toothless, however, was still confused and cocked his head even lower than it was before to show just how puzzled he was. He knew Astrid was trying her best to explain, but he still didn't understand her plan.

Astrid's smile then turned upside down before she sighed and said, "Okay, let me say this in a different way. We try and show him all the great things Night Furies can do."

Now that Toothless understood, but still he wondered, how would they do that? What great things could Night Furies do? Toothless then let out a croon as if to say, How?

Astrid just smiled at him reassuringly and said, "You'll see."

Hiccup murmured incoherently into his pillow as he slept. He hadn't gotten the best night of sleep and was hoping to catch a few z's before his father woke him up that morning. All night he had mulled over what Astrid had told him the day before. You are the greatest dragon trainer in the whole village. He still couldn't believe it, perhaps she had been joking with him? No! That look in her blue eyes was anything but a joke, it was the truth. So I'm the greatest dragon trainer, huh? he had thought before remembering the Night Fury. A beast capable of causing mass destruction and death, yet Astrid had spoken of it as if it was as gentle as a lamb. And what was its name, Toothless? What an odd name to give to a creature with teeth like razors. And I'm its best friend? Hiccup didn't even know he had a best friend, let alone one that was a dragon. All his life he had been an outcast, he'd didn't even really know what it was like to have a friend. But the way the creature had first looked at him when he had screamed and cried "Monster!", that look of shock. That look of sadness. Perhaps he had thought, before deciding that his brain was about to burst with all this thinking and decided to try to get some sleep. But for two hours he had laid wide awake, mind too baffled to sleep, until that morning.

"Morning, Son!" Hiccup's eyes shot open at his father's booming voice. So much for trying to sleep in.

Hiccup unleashed a massive yawn while rubbing his tired eyes, before focusing on his father's shape standing in his room.

"Morning, Dad" he mumbled hoping his father wouldn't hear the tiredness in his voice, he didn't want his father to worry over him. But Stoick didn't miss a beat and took one look at his son's tired face before sitting down on the bed beside Hiccup.

"Rough night?" the chief asked his son, earning a tired nod from Hiccup.

"Oh, Hiccup" the chief began, knowing just how much stress the boy was under right now. Then looking into Hiccup's green eyes he told him comfortingly, "I know everything is overwhelming right now, but everything will make sense sooner or later, you'll see."

"Like a dragon being my best friend?" Hiccup asked his father with a slight chuckle, thinking back to last night's thoughts.

"Yes, even the part of a dragon being your best friend" Stoick told him reassuringly with a smile before giving Hiccup a light kiss on the forehead. Stoick then remembered why he had come and woken Hiccup up in the first place. "Oh yes, Astrid and Toothless are outside waiting for you."

"Wait, what?!" Hiccup exclaimed, now wide awake. Great, now he would have to think of what to say to his supposed girlfriend and his dragon buddy.

"Yes, I told them you'd be out immediately. I think it'd be good for you to get outside and hang out with two of your closest friends" Stoick replied to his son's shocked face. Astrid had told him her whole plan of how to get Hiccup's memory back, and he thought it was an excellent one. Right at the moment though, he thought any plan, with some exceptions, was a good plan. He just hoped that this time the plan actually worked.

"Um, o-okay" Hiccup stammered still unsure of what he'd say. He didn't want to make a fool of himself like he did the other day. Gods, I probably looked like a tomato! Hiccup thought, recalling of when he had become so nervous around Astrid that his face started burning with embarrassment and Astrid had told him he was turning red.

"Great!" Stoick boomed, slapping Hiccup on the back a little too hardly with encouragement, before getting off the bed and saying, "I'm off to do my duties around the village. Have fun with Astrid and Toothless." He then headed down the stairs before Hiccup heard the door close.

Realizing it wouldn't be very polite of him to leave the duo waiting outside, Hiccup got up from the bed, taking a glimpse at his prosthetic foot, and made his way to the staircase all while thinking of what he should say.

Hey Astrid! Great to see ya! Nah.

Hi Astrid, you look great this morning! Nope.

Hiccup had already reached the door and still didn't know what he was going to say. Clamping the handle with a sweaty palm he sighed nervously. Just be natural he told himself. But natural is awkward! he scolded himself. Realizing it was no use arguing with himself, Hiccup took a deep breath before opening the door.

That's it for now! I know you're probably all like "That's it! After all that time, that's it!" and I truly am sorry for the wait. But I now understand why people take so long to update their fanfics, something in their life pops up. In my case, school. So, please be patient. I will finish this story, don't worry! Please review, but no flames. Until next time, Ciao! P.S. The next chapter will be Astrid's plan in action. I was planning to write it in this chapter, but I thought it'd be too long.