The next morning Toothless woke early as the sun hit his eyes and he yawned and stretched. "Stupid mornings." He muttered, and he looked at the boy sleeping in his bed.
Hiccup was sleeping peacefully in his bed. Toothless wished he didn't have to wake him but Hiccup had work to get done.
Carefully, he nudged Hiccup gently. "Hiccup, wakey wakey." Toothless said softly.
"Too early go away Toothless." Hiccup muttered.
"Come on we get get cracking, you have to be at the forge soon." Toothless said to him.
Hiccup groaned, trying to shoo him away. "Come back in the morning." He muttered.
Toothless chuckled and nudged him again. "It is morning Hiccup. Now get up before I drag you out of bed myself!" Toothless warned.
Still Hiccup didn't move.
"Ok Hiccup, you asked for it!" Toothless said. Then he grabbed the boy by the scruff of his shirt and pulled him off the bed.
"Ahh!" Hiccup yelped. "Toothless! Toothless put me down!"
Hiccup wriggled and squirmed trying to get out of the dragons teeth but it no use. Toothless carried Hiccup downstairs and plopped him down on the floor.
Hiccup hit the floor with a small grunt, he looked up at Toothless and glared at him.
"Told you I would drag you out of bed myself" Toothless said.
"What are you my dad?" Hiccup asked in and annoyed voicee.
Toothless chuckled "I am in chage of looking after you" he said.
"Yeah yeah I know" Hiccup said.
"Well come on, you got work to do in the forge. Then we gotta get more practice on walking." Toothless said.
"Again?" Hiccup said. "But we were at it all day yesterday!"
"Well you know, you need lots and lots of time to get used to your leg." Toothless replied.
Hiccup sighed looking down at his prosthetic. "Yeah, I guess so." He said softly. "Well, guess we better head out."
Toothless leaned his head down low enough for Hiccup to wrap his arms around him and stand up. When Hiccup was fully standing up, Toothless lead him out of the house. The two headed down the path to get to the forge, that's when Hiccup saw Astrid and her Deadly Nadder Storm Fly glide above them.
Hiccup smiled and waved at her. "Hey Astrid" He greeted.
Astrid landed her Nadder in front of them. "Hey guys" she replied. "You practicing walking again Hiccup?" she asked.
"Yeah, we'll get some more practice, but first I gotta get some work done in the forge." Hiccup replied.
Astrid smiled at her boyfriend. "I have to go help out with dragon training classes here in a minute." she said.
Hiccup smiled back. "That's cool! How's it coming?" He asked.
"It's great!" Astrid replied. "None of this would be happening without you Hiccup."
Hiccup blushed madly. "Nah, it was nothing." He said.
Astrid smiled and she kissed him on the cheek. Hiccup blushed even more and slowly rubbed the spot where she kissed him.
"Guess I better be on my way." She said. "See you later, and you too Toothless"
Toothless flashed a gummy toothless smile. Astrid giggled and ran off with her Nadder following close behind.
Hiccup sighed with a dreamly look in his eye. "Hey! come on now lover boy, snap out of it!" Toothless said.
Hiccup snapped out of his love land. "Oh y-yeah heheh sorry." He said.
Later, Hiccup and Toothless arrived at the forge, but Gobber wasn't there.
"Huh." Said Hiccup. "Must be a little late." Then they found a letter on the table.
(Gobber's letter)
"Hey lad. Terror got a bit sick, so I've closed down the forge for today so I could take care of her."
signed Gobber
"Well looks like we won't be doing work today." Hiccup said.
"Well that's okay that means extra walking practice for you." Toothless said.
"Yeah I guess so." Hiccup said.
So Hiccup and Toothless headed to the cove where they first met.
"Ahh!" Hiccup yelped as he fell to the ground trying to walk to Toothless.
"Aw come on!" Hiccup groaned.
"Keep going Hiccup, you almost had it!" Toothless said.
Hiccup slowly stood up one more time and took another step and took a step with his metal leg he wobbled a bit but stopped. He took a breath and took another step, and kept walking.
He smiled happily. "Alright!" He said.
And he slowly kept his balance trying to walk towards Toothless. He was a almost there, when suddenly he bagan to lose his balance. "Whoa whoa!" he yelped. And fell forward, closing his eyes waiting for the impact of the ground, but he never felt it.
Toothless quickly reached his head out, and caught the boy before he hit the ground. Hiccup opened his eyes and looked into his dragon's eyes.
Hiccup smiled greatfully at the dragon. "Thanks bud." He said.
Toothless lifted him up and he nuzzled him gently. Hiccup giggled softly and wrapped his arms around the draogn's and hugged him. Then Toothless chuckled and he wrapped his paw around the boy's waist and pulled him close to his belly and held him there. Then he used his other paw to trap him in a head-lock and proceeded to give him a noogie.
"Ahh!" Hiccup yelped. "No! Oh no! Not that! Stop please! Toothless! Cut it out! Let me go!" Hiccup wriggled and squirmed trying to get free.
"Aw come on Toothless!" he whined.
Toothless laughed at his human and then after a couple of seconds, he let him go.
Hiccup laughed when Toothless let him out of his grip.
"Hah!" Hiccup yelled as he lunged at the dragon and jumped on his back.
Toothless began thrashing around trying to buck him off. "Haha!" Hiccup laughed. "Give it up buddy! You'll never win!"
Toothless smirked at him. "Oh yeah?" he challenged.
Hiccup grinned mischiviously. "Yeah!" He said.
Then Hiccup reached towards Toothless's sweet spot, to try and knock him out.
"Oh no you don't!" Toothless said.
And then with one final buck, Hiccup went flying into the air. "Ahh!" Hiccup yelped as he was thrown up into the air.
Toothless reached up with his tail and wrapped it around Hicup's waist catching him as he fell.
Hiccup smiled at the dragon. "Thanks bud." He said.
Toothless gave him an evil grin and swung his tail back and forth and threw him into the shallow end of the pond.
"Ahh!" Hiccup yelped, as he landed in the water. The boy popped out of the water and coughed while spitting out pond water.
"Grrr! You're so gonna get it now!" Hiccup growled.
"Haha!" Toothless laughed. "Can't catch me!"
Hiccup grinned. "We'll see about that!" And he got up and chased after the dragon.
Toothless laughed and ran away from him. Hiccup laughed harder and tried to run as fast as he could to catch up to the dragon.
Then Hiccup finally jumped on the dragon's back. "Ha! Gotcha!" He said.
Toothless lost his balance and fell to the ground laughing. Hiccup laughed with him sitting on his back, and the two rolled around in the grass till Toothless had Hiccup pinned to the ground.
Hiccup laughed under the large dragon trying to push him away. "Okay, okay! You win buddy!" he laughed.
Toothless licked his face and Hiccup giggled. "Ahh! Don't do that it tickles!" Hiccup said.
Toothless grinned mischiviously and used one of his paws to keep him pinned down and tickled him with his other paw.
The boy immediatly started laughing. "Wait no! Oh no! Toothless! No! That's so not fair! Cut it out! I surrender! Hahahhaa! Please stop!" he laughed.
Toothless laughed and got off of the boy. Hiccup laughed and he took in a breath while sitting up, and he shivered a little from the breeze because his clothes were still wet from the pond.
"Hey why don't we settle down a bit. We could start a fire and get you warmed up." Toothless said.
"I agree." Hiccup replied. "Let's go get some firewood."
So the two friends gathered firewood and Toothless lit it. Hiccup stood by the fire warming his hands, watching the flames dance brightly. He sat in his usual spot against Toothless' belly, and he snuggled close to him.
Toothless wrapped his tail around the boy and hugged him. Hiccup smiled and gave the dragon a scratch behind the ears.
Hiccup groaned softly and clutched his leg. Tt was beginning to hurt a little.
"Is your leg hurting?" Toothless asked him.
Hiccup nodded slowly. "A little bit." He replied. "But don't worry, I'll be fine I've probably just been trying to run too much."
"Are you sure? do I need to take you home?" asked Toothless.
Hiccup smiled at his friend. "No it's okay, we can stay here for a bit longer." He replied.
Hiccup looked down at his metal leg and sighed. "Wonder if I'll ever get used to it" He mumbled softly.
Toothless nuzzled him gently. "Hiccup, look at me." He said softly.
But the boy refused to meet the dragon's eyes. "Hiccup, open your eyes and look at me." Toothless said again, this time using his tail under the boy's chin and lifted it up causing Hiccup to look into the dragon's eyes.
"Don't you ever give up on yourself Hiccup" Toothless said in a stern voice. "You will get used to your new leg soon. I promise. You just have to give it time. It may take a while, but don't give up ok? I know it's hard but you can do it. I believe in you. And I promise to always be there every step of the way."
Hiccup smiled at Toothless and hugged him tightly. "Thanks bud." he said softly. "I know I can always count on you."
"No problem kiddo." Toothless replied.
And the two sat there happily in front of the fire enjoying the warmth, and enjoying eachother's company.
End of chapter 2 hope u liked it! :D