A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. This is pretty much a filler. Don't be discouraged if it's not to good, it was written on coffee at 1 in the morning. Anyways, here's the new chapter!


Chapter 4: Hardships

Hiccup was scouting around the new building he arrived in since the Dumbwaiter Shaft. It looked like some kind of Storage facility. He walked over to one of the crates and dusted it off.

"Fish?" He read. At this, Toothless made a happy sound in his head.

"Fish? I can't remember the last time I had fish! Hiccup, can you eat some of it?"Hiccup made a face.

"Toothless! I'm a human being; wouldn't eating it raw make me sick? Besides, how would you even taste it if I'm eating it?"

"Well, since we're now bonded, raw fish is now digestible for you. The same idea goes for taste. If you taste it, I do." Hiccup groaned.

"It's probably been here for more than a year anyway. It would smell really bad. It's probably only a pile of bones by now too." Toothless whimpered.

"Come on, don't do that." Hiccup pleaded. Toothless still wined. Hiccup was restraining himself. Finally he gave in.

"Okay, but not these ones. If we find any FRESH fish, then I'll have some." Toothless seemed disappointed, but he stopped whimpering none the less.

"Okay." He agreed. They continued on. After a while, they found another room, this one with all sorts of gadgets.

"Okay," Hiccup said, counting on his fingers, "So far there as a secret lab, a kitchen with blood and guts everywhere, and now a room of tools. I'm guessing this part of the building was a research facility once." Toothless gave off a growl suddenly. Hiccup was about to ask why, when something went off in his head. It was as if he saw the whole room without looking, and something was coming up fast from behind.

"Look out!" Toothless shouted. Hiccup jumped out of the way just as a lead pipe smashed into the ground where he was before. He looked around to see a Thuggish splicer, a woman, with a butterfly mask on.

"I smell you Parasite!" She spat. "I smell the Adam you took! I need it!" She ran over again and swung it at Hiccup, who once again dodged it. He began to run.

"What are you doing! Create my skin, it will defend you!" Toothless shouted at him.

"Hey, I can't really concentrate with a Splicer on my heels with malicious intent!" He countered.

"Then find a place to hide!" Toothless argued. Hiccup grunted. He began to run faster and as he ran around a corner, he found a long hallway of doors. He quickly opened the nearest one and ran inside, slamming the door in the process. He listened for the Splicer. She ran by, pausing a bit before continuing on her way. Hiccup sighed.

"What happened back there!" Toothless demanded.

"I-I-I don't know okay! I was panicking and I couldn't concentrate!"

"Hiccup, I may have been in a vial for most of my new life, but even I knew the danger of this place and was always preparing for it! You need to learn to calm down in a fight!" Hiccup was beginning to get angry at this. It was his body! And he was only…well, somewhat human, but he still had a human's downfalls.

"Oh, so you frantically flying around as your parents died was you being calm in a fight?" Hiccup shouted. Suddenly, there was silence. Hiccup listened. He couldn't hear anything.

"Toothless?" He asked. His anger was gone. Now he was full of regret.

"Toothless, I'm sorry, I-I was upset, I didn't mean it!" There was still nothing. Hiccup sighed.

"Great, my first real friend, and I drove him away. Why do I always get the short stick in life?" He wondered out loud.

BANG!

Hiccup jumped as the door to the room was dented. He saw another dent form in the door.

"I hear you parasite! Give me your ADAM!" It was the same Splicer as before!

"She must have heard our yelling!" He said. There was still no answer.

"Come on Toothless, I need your help! We'll both die if she gets in here!" Toothless wasn't answering. Hiccup began to hyperventilate from fear. He saw the Splicer make another dent, though this time the force made the door cave in a little. Hiccup was frantic. There was nothing in the room to defend himself with, and no other means to escape.

"Come on! What do I do!" Hiccup shouted frantically. He remembered Toothless' words just then.

"You need to learn to calm down in a fight." He repeated. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The sounds of the Splicer faded away. His mind began to cool down. He began to picture himself again. His skin began to harden again, though this time it was his whole body. His whole body was soon covered in shiny, hard scales. As soon as the sensation was over, he opened his eyes. He was now covered in scales.

"Let's do this!" He shouted. The Splicer finally knocked down the door. She took one looked around the room, but there was no one there. She walked around a bit, checking every corner. She didn't see Hiccup land from the ceiling behind her.

"Hello." He said. The Splicer whirled around and whacked him upside the head with her pipe, thinking it would kill him. She was shocked to see that not only did Hiccup not flinch, but her pipe had shattered to pieces.

"No! Look what you did Parasite!" She shouted at him, oblivious to his new skin.

"I'm the parasite?" Hiccup asked. "YOU tried to take Adam you didn't work for. YOU tried to kill someone over it, like a parasite kills their victim. And YOU used another person's tool as a weapon." The Splicer began to back up against the wall, fear now in her eyes.

"I'm no parasite, you are!" Hiccup shouted. And with that, he plowed his fist into her left cheek. She fell unconscious. Hiccup looked at her, making sure she was okay, before letting out a heavy breath. He wasn't about to kill someone over something this stupid.

"Okay, that was intense, huh Toothless?" There was still no answer. Hiccup now felt horrible for saying that.

"Okay, Toothless, just listen. I was angry and scared. You were right to yell at me and I deserved it. I promise not to say anything like that in the future okay?" Toothless still didn't answer. Hiccup sighed.

"Besides, you tried you hardest to save your family, and I think they would be proud." Then, Hiccup heard something. Crying.

"Toothless?" Hiccup croaked.

"H-hiccup." Toothless replied in a shaky voice. He was the one crying!

"You were right. I did leave my family to die. I didn't try to defend them; I was trying to get away. If I had stayed, then I might have saved them." Hiccup was shocked too.

"Toothless, don't say that. Even if you did go back, you and your family would have still been killed anyway. And you can't change what happened in the past." Toothless sniffled.

"Besides," Hiccup said, "If all that never happened, we probably wouldn't have met. You would be long dead, I would still be insane, and we would both be lonely. But it did happen, and now, here we are, together as friends going through our problems together. You may not realize it, but you were very calm in all those other incidents." Toothless was now just sniffing.

"You really think so?" He asked.

"I know so." Hiccup replied. Toothless said nothing. Then, he purred.

"Thanks…friend." He said, adding the last part as emphasis. Hiccup smiled.

"You're welcome bud." Hiccup quickly returned to normal, and the two of them left to continue their journey to Hiccup's group.


Once again, I apologize if this seems sappy. Its just a filler really. There will be more mature content later on, but I'm just trying to show Hiccup's growth from a kid to a man for now. Next chapter will be soon. Review with no flames please!