Hiccup walked through the docks on his way to the forest, managing to snag a fish from a distracted Viking. He slipped it under his shirt as he moved on. He was so infuriated by Merida's words the other day. Where did she get off acting like she knew what was going on? They had only known each other a few weeks so she had no right to judge. Her princess life was so different form his that it was ridiculous that she thought she could relate. She was here because it was her choice, but the life he lived had never given him another chance until this point. He didn't even know if this was a chance, all he knew was that his idea was stupid, would probably get him killed, and he couldn't wait to find out. He sighed. Merida had a point though; he was going to get killed in training if her didn't pay more attention… She drove him crazy sometimes. She was so fiery and passionate even though she sometimes had no right to be! She could get worked up over the littlest of things it was like a weird gift. And what was that thing with Astrid? He had meant that he felt back for blowing her cover and almost getting killed by a dragon, and then by Astrid. Obviously that wasn't what she had interpreted but he didn't understand why she thought that he thought that she was jealous. Jealous of her Viking skills? Her blond hair? He sighed and shook it out of his head as he came up on the glen that the dragon was in. Hiccup pulled the fish out and threw it into the cove before stepping in as well. He looked around for the dragon but saw nothing. Just then a snort came from behind him. Hiccup slowly turned to see the night fury slowly slinking towards him. Hiccup slowly held out the fish, which then caused his dagger to be exposed. The night fury growled at him, startling Hiccup into removing the dagger and throwing it off to the side. Seeing this the dragon calmed and moved for the fish.
"Huh. Toothless. I could've sworn you had..." Just then a set of sharp teeth appeared from the dragon's gums as it snatched the fish from a startled Hiccup. "... Teeth." Hiccup absent-mindedly finished as the dragon's teeth retracted back into his gums again. The dragon began to press closer to Hiccup with an expectant look plastered on its face. "Uh, no. No, I don't have any more." At this the dragon fell back and began making hacking noises. Suddenly part of the half eaten fish fell into Hiccup's lap. The dragon stared at Hiccup expectantly until Hiccup realized, with disgust, what the dragon wanted. Slowly Hiccup raised the fish to his lips, then ripped off a piece and held it in his mouth. The dragon waited expectantly before Hiccup begrudgingly swallowed. This seemed to please the dragon. Hiccup looked towards the dragon and smiled warily. To his surprise the dragon seemed to smile back. Hiccup stood up and stretched his hand towards the dragon, attempting to pet the beast. Yet the dragon didn't seem to share sentiment and snapped at Hiccup before flying of to sleep on a scalded piece of ground. Hiccup moved forward to sit next to the beast, which seemed to annoy the dragon a bit, but the dragon just ignored him.
Hours later the sun was going down and Hiccup sat on a rock with a stick in his hand as he scratched out a picture of the night fury in the dirt. The dragon seemed curious of Hiccup and stood behind him inspecting the action. Much to Hiccup's surprise the dragon left and returned with a branch of its own. Hiccup watched in amazement as the beast dragged the branch around Hiccup in a seemingly random pattern. Once the dragon was finished Hiccup realized that he was dead center and had no way of getting out without walking through the dragon's artwork. Tentatively Hiccup stood up. He slowly put his foot down on one of the lines, which erected a growl from the beast. Hiccup quickly lifted his foot, which eased the beast. He repeated this several times before moving his foot past the line, to which the dragon had no response. Hiccup then cautiously made his way through the picture without touching the lines. Too late he realized that the path he had chosen had led him straight to the feet of the dragon. Hiccup stood very still, then raised his hand slowly towards the dragon. He was surprised and delighted when the dragon responded by nuzzling his hand slightly.