Hiccup came to a landing near the mess hall. He had just finished his afternoon patrol with the rest of the riders and the dragons. They had to do this frequently ever since the attack of Drago and his evil former alpha.

Looking around Berk, the reconstruction was going rather well. The dragons have been a huge help, this was their home too after all.

Something interrupted Hiccup's thoughts when a hand was laid on his shoulder. He turned around and looked in the eyes of his wife. Those beautiful blue eyes and sun kissed hair were the first things that he saw.

"Hey Astrid. What's wrong?" After he snapped out of his love trance.

"Nothing is wrong. Just came here to say good job on the patrol."

"Thanks. What is on the agenda today?"

"Same as yesterday. We have to help with the repairs of the village. Then you have a meeting in a few hours. Then you have to be the referee for a dragon race."

"Another one? How many have we had?"

"Well...counting today we have had...6."

"Whatever let's just get going"

***the afternoon passes and the day has come to an end***

Hiccup and Astrid have entered their house located next to the chief's old home. Astrid and

Hiccup wanted to start fresh. So they built another house next to Valka's home (chief's former house). Hiccup dragged himself up the stairs leading into the bedroom. Astrid was already in bed waiting for him.

"Hold on Astrid I forgot something." He said when he was at the top of the stairs.

Hiccup descended down the stairs into the main room of the house.

"Hey toothless." Hiccup said to his dragon that was already close to sleep. The sound of Hiccup woke him up.

Toothless gave his infamous smile when Hiccup approached him. Hiccup almost forgot again. He almost forgot to take the saddle off of Toothless. Hiccup was busy working on taking it off when Toothless crooned in question.

"Oh my day was fine. The usual same old thing. Repairs, meetings, coaching for the dragon racers. How was yours? Better interesting than mine I hope?"

Toothless made a nonchalant sound in response.

"Oh so it's the same with you?"
Toothless cooed in response to his question. Hiccup finishes unhooking the last belt, and he hangs the saddle on a hook. Hiccup goes back to Toothless and hugs him by the head.

"I got to go to bed now bud. I'll see you in the morning." Hiccup says as he pats Toothless' head and walks upstairs. Toothless hears the door close.

Toothless waits for a few minutes before getting up and walking outside. He pushed the door open with his snout and walked outside. He used his tail to make sure the door doesn't slam. Once he knew that Hiccup or Astrid wasn't going to wake up, he walked behind the house.

He looked around and saw Stormfly was on the ground. He nudged her with her with his tail. She opened her eyes and saw that it was Toothless. They both start walking to the cliffs.

***Once they were away from the main area of Berk***

There was a soft glow surrounding them both. When the glow surrounding them faded, two humans were standing where the dragons once were.

Stormfly looked rather young to be her age. In dragon years she was 150 years old. But in human years, she is only 25. Same with Toothless. They both looked young when in reality they were already halfway done with their life.

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Toothless stood up and stretched until he heard a small crack in his back.

"Yikes what was that?" Asked Stormfly, her voice having a slight laugh.

"I think I stretched too much." Stormfly gives him an amused look.

"Hey you try flying all the time with almost no break."

Stormfly was just about to reply when they heard rustling in the bushes. Toothless whipped out his knife that glints in the moonlight while Stormfly whips out her axe. They get ready, but relax when they see it's just Meatlug.

"Hey Meatlug, you're looking fabulous today."

"Why thank you Toothless. Your such a charmer."

"Yea I'm a sweet talker." He says. Slight blush appears on his cheeks.

"I'll say." Says Stormfly as she wraps an arm around Toothless. He leans into her and hugs her back.

Suddenly Toothless is on the ground with a figure on top of him.

"When are they going to stop doing that?" Asked Meatlug shaking her head.

"Until one of them loses."

"So never?" Stormfly shrugs and nods. We can see Hookfang and Toothless both trying to get the upper hand in this playful wrestling match. They both stop and put their arms on a tree stump. They link hands and try to have an arm wrestling contest.

"Here we go again." Said Stormfly.

"Better sit down, this might take a while." Said Meatlug making herself comfy against a tree.

Toothless and Hookfang are dead even.

"I'm not giving up yet Fang."

"Well I'm not giving up either Tooth."

Toothless readjusts his hold on Hook's hand and starts to gain the upper hand. (haha see what I did there?) Just when Hook is about to lose, they both let go when two people jump on top of them. It's Barf and Belch.

They both laugh.

"Hey no fair. I was close to winning." Said Hook.

"In your dreams buddy. I was totally winning." Said Toothless laughing.

"Oh you guys never get to finish the match." Said Barf.

"DRAGON PILE!"

"NO NO NO N-" Toothless gets cut off when Belch gets off of Hook and jumps on Bark who is on top of Toothless. Hookfang shrugs and lays down on top of them both.

"Owww my back...it hurts."

"Oh it can't hurt that much."

"You try having your back being shoved into the ground."

"Come on Meatlug and Stormfly." Said Barf and Belch. They both shrug and run towards them. Pretty soon everyone is piled on top of Toothless. Everyone starts to laugh while Toothless starts to get mad but can't stay too mad. He can't stay mad at his best friends, especially when they're all laughing.

"Ok guys, get off I need to breathe." He says after a few minutes. They all get off of him, but the twins keep their arms wrapped around Toothless' waist.

"Guys what's wrong?"

"Nothing we just love you." Said the twins in unison.

"Aww I love you guys too." He says as wraps his arms around them both. Eventually everyone joins the group hug. Everyone is huddled around Toothless.

They all let go and sit by the cliff side to watch the sky and point out stars.

Toothless starts to doze off leaning against Stormfly and Hookfang who were on both sides of him.

"Hey that one looks like a pot that the women and men use for cooking soup." Points out Stormfly.

"What do you think Toothless?" Asked Hookfang.

They hear no response, Hookfang and Stormfly look at him, and see that he is having a hard time keeping his eyes open.

"Toothless?"

"HUH what? What is it?" He asks as he wakes up in a frenzy.

"Sweety when was the last time you slept?" Asks Meatlug in a calm, caring, nurturing, voice.

"I...i sleep?"

"When was the last time you had a full night's rest?"

"Um...3 days ago…"

"Honey you be exhausted!"

"What's wrong? Do you have a hard time falling asleep?" Asks one of the twins.

Toothless doesn't answer.

Stormfly tries to approach the subject at a different angle.

"Do you not want to go to sleep?" She asks carefully.

This time, Toothless nods no.

"Do you have trouble falling asleep? Does something keep you up? You have to tell us so we can help you." Says Hookfang. They all nod in agreement.

"Well...I can't fall asleep...it's cause I'm afraid to sleep."

"Why?" Asks one of the twins.

"...I'm starting to remember…" It took a moment, but they understood what he's talking about. They can see that he is starting to shake a little.

He's getting nervous… they all think.

"...I don't know why it's starting now...I do want to remember but at the same time I don't think I want to…" His resolve is starting to break. "When I close my eyes all I see is blurriness and everything is red. I can't control anything. I see myself backing Hiccup into a corner and then...then…" Toothless looks down and tries to blink hard but failing to get the wetness out of his eyes. He feels hands on his shoulder, someone is hugging him from behind. Finally he breaks. Toothless' breath came in gasps, eyes welling with tears and desperately trying to gain control of his breathing. Hookfang brought him up and hugged him by the shoulders. Holding him as he was nothing but a child.

"It's ok Toothless. It's ok, just breathe." Says Stormfly as she rubs his back, hugging him sideways.

"I'm so...sorry..I'll be fine in a second...just-"

"Sweetheart, you don't need to be embarrassed. There's nothing to be ashamed of."

"Yea we're your friends." Said Barf as he hugged Toothless' waist on one side.

"We care about you" said Belch huggin the other side.

Toothless then tries to get out of their grasps but they have none of it. Hookfang re-adjusts his hold on Toothless, so that his back is against his chest. Stormfly wraps a spare cloak around his shoulders. Meatlug takes out a spare jug of water she keeps in her bag and hands it to Toothless. The twins slide under his legs, so they rested on top of their laps.
They all sit by the cliff side to watch ocean crash against the rocks. Toothless finds it hard to stay awake. He goes to sleep knowing that they have it covered. He can let his guard down for one night. No dreams tonight.


Phew! That took a while to write. Hope you like. Thought I would start out this story nice and sweet. Don't think it's gonna be like that for the whole thing though. Just saying.

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