Me- Bluurrrg… I keep forgetting my characters names! Turns out I accidentally changed the Tuffnut character's name… in the first chapter! Grrr! So we'll stick with Trent. Anywho, I do believe we're slowly closing in on the end, so I've been considering a sort of companion fic, not a sequel, no! In the meantime, please enjoy this new chapter!

Well… Now What?

The rest of the week passed by far too quickly. Haddock spent a majority of it flying with Toothless, playing with Toothless, or figuring out ways he could delay the inevitable. All too soon, it was the evening before they had to leave. Haddock had his bag packed already, but didn't want to be anywhere near it. As he stood outside the cabin, just staring at it, he felt a light bump from behind him. "Heh, hey Toothless…" He patted the Night Fury.

He sighed and glanced at the setting sun. The weather seemed alright. "Hey Bud," He said, "How about we spend tonight sleeping outside?"

Toothless seemed to like the idea and purred. Haddock smiled in return. They decided to walk, extending their time together as much as possible. Once they reached the canyon, night had fallen. They settled themselves in. Toothless lay down and Haddock positioned himself against him. It wasn't long before the soft breathing of the dragon lulled him to sleep.

It was dark, really dark. Haddock looked at his hands and could see them plain as day. He decided he was just in a really dark room… oh wait, he had just fallen asleep! Things didn't need to make sense. He chuckled nervously. This was odd, he wasn't a lucid dreamer, a person who could tell when he was dreaming, he was confused how he knew this then. Suddenly, he felt odd, almost as though he wasn't alone. He spun around in all directions, nobody was anywhere. "Hello?" He called out.

"Hey."

Haddock almost jumped out of his skin. He spun around once more. There was someone there this time. Not just someone, it took him a moment to realize that this person wasn't his mirror image, not precisely. "Hiccup?"

Hiccup smiled, his slightly bucked teeth showing. He looked exactly Haddock's age. He opened his mouth to say something, but stopped himself. "I really wanted to say 'in the flesh' but that just wouldn't be true, technically." He chuckled, seeming slightly embarrassed.

Haddock just blinked, he had so many questions, but the one that jumped out of his mouth was "You weren't that young when you died, right?"

Haddock treated himself to a facepalm as Hiccup let out a laugh. "Nah. My spirit just aged with your body, so I'm technically the same age as you."

Haddock cocked an eyebrow. "Come again?"

Hiccup took a deep breath and began attempting to explain. "Well, it's pretty obvious this is reincarnation, right? All those dreams and visions you've been having were my memories of this age. Anyway, when I died, old age, thankfully, my spirit was hanging out in the afterlife, waiting for the day I could get reborn. Sure enough, over a thousand years later, I get the okay and here I am." He spread his arms.

"Alright, that part I get… kind of… but I still don't understand all of…" Haddock paused and motioned to Hiccup. "this."

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "You just gestured to all of me."

"Yeah, that's it, all of you!" Haddock paused. "Whoa, déjà vu…"

Hiccup laughed again, "Yeah, that'll happen, sorry."

Haddock shook it off, then sighed deeply. "Listen… Hiccup, I've got a problem…"

"Yeah?"

"Well, I don't live in Berk, it's a historical town thing, I live in a completely different continent, as a matter of fact."

"I know."

Haddock felt his nose tingle and his eyes begin to water. "And… I don't want to leave Toothless alone forever again!"

He allowed a few tears to go. Hiccup bit his lower lip. "I know how you feel." He murmured. "When I died, one of the last things I thought was that Toothless would, essentially, be alone again." He thought a while "You know… I've heard rumors, of something reincarnated spirits can do…" his face began to brighten. "I'll give it a shot, it may not keep you here, but it will keep Toothless happy until you come back!"

Haddock didn't correct him, he knew he would come back, he'd do anything in his power to return to Berk. "Well, what is it?"

Hiccup grinned. "It's a secret"

Haddock scowled at him, he simply shrugged. Suddenly, the room got a bit brighter. "Looks like dawn's approaching." Hiccup muttered. "Any last questions?"

Haddock felt different, he must have been waking up, so he spoke quickly. "Did your other classmates get reincarnated too? You know, Snotlout, Astrid and the rest?"

Hiccup nodded. "Gobber and my dad too."

"You're dad? Well who'd he come back-"

"-as?" Haddock's eyes opened slowly, Toothless's wing was blocking out the sun, for the most part. Haddock smiled weakly and woke the sleeping dragon. "Toothless, time to go."

Toothless stirred and within a few minutes, was ready to go. The boat still wouldn't arrive for a while, they still had a while. Haddock boarded Toothless and they flew back to the village. He grabbed his bag from the house and he and Toothless headed down to the dock where the kids and Mr. Gob were saying goodbye to their dragons. Haddock felt a pain in his chest. He saw that most of them were trying to act tough, but he almost sensed their pain. They noticed him a moment later and walked towards him, they knew he had the strongest bond with his dragon. His eyes welled up again as he dropped his bag, turned and put a hand on Toothless's nose. "So long, Toothless…" He whispered hoarsely and dropped his hand.

But it was still there.

He quickly blinked away his tears. His hand, he felt, was at his side, both of them were. His classmates seemed just as perplexed as he was. Then he noticed something. The sleeve was different, this one had criss-cross patterns of string on the wrist. He followed this third arm up to his shoulder where it vanished. He moved his shoulder back, but another shoulder took it's place, the vest slightly different, made of some sort of pelt. Suddenly, it dawned on Haddock what was going on. He swiftly stepped backwards. There, standing where he had been just seconds before, was Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. "Well," said the solid-looking specter. "Looks like it works!"

Me- Sorry this took so long! Hopefully I don't fall behind on this thing. I'm thinking two-three more chapters. So, now very odd things are happening, is Hiccup back from the land of the dead? Or is everyone simply dreaming? Who knows? I do! Review and tune in next time for the exciting (almost) conclusion of Coming Back Around!