Toothless's Mistake- Set during RTTE, sometime second season when Hiccup and the gang head back to Berk: After Toothless eats some of the winter supply of fish, Hiccup locks him up in the Academy for the night. But when Hiccup is captured by a villain in the woods, will Toothless be able to come to the rescue? Requested by flopy.

Toothless knew he shouldn't do it.

It was plain wrong, and against everything his rider had taught him about behaving on Berk like a good dragon, which Toothless yearned to be.

But Toothless was too distracted to think about all of that right now.

You see, Hiccup had given Toothless a small breakfast of fish that morning, muttering some things that suspiciously sounded like, "The dragon's getting too fat… got to make the meals smaller…" before walking off. But Toothless was starving at the moment, and he had eventually wandered up to Berk's winter supply of food- right where all the fish were stored.

Toothless licked at his lips, whining in frustration. He was torn between loyalty to his owner and hunger…

Which outweighed the other?

Toothless pawed the ground nervously, eyeing the Fish of Temptations.

He would soon find out.

"Hiccup!" Stoick yelled, throwing open the front door of the Haddock residence that very same night. "Hiccup, get downstairs right now! There's something you and I need to talk about!"

There was a small thump from upstairs, and Hiccup came down to the first floor, worried. "Whatever you think I did, you have to know that it was either the twins or Snotlout," he said slowly. "Dad, I cannot watch them every hour of every d-"

"Not that, Hiccup!" Stoick interjected, his cheeks red with anger as he paced inside. "This time it was Toothless who did something wrong! And you're not going to like it, Hiccup!" Stoick glanced over to the doorway, growling. "Come on, dragon! We don't have all day!"

Reluctantly, Toothless slunk inside, his head ducked with shame. He knew he shouldn't have ate those fish… Hiccup was going to be angry with him… maybe even disappointed. Toothless let out a huff. He hated making Hiccup disappointed.

"Toothless! What did you do now, bud?" Hiccup sighed, crossing his arms.

Stoick answered for him, stomping a foot onto the ground. "Don't even get me started, Hiccup! First, Toothless eats half the winter supply of fish for Berk, and then he nearly burns the rest of them up when Silent Sven tried to stop him!" Stoick shook his head. "Let's just say Silent Sven might not be so silent anymore. The poor lad was terrified when Toothless came at him!"

Hiccup bit his lip. "That doesn't sound like something Toothless would do. He's usually well-behaved. Are you sure it was him? Maybe there was another black dragon-"

"No, Hiccup! Toothless was the culprit behind this mess," grunted Stoick, walking over to the kitchen. "Now the village won't have a full supply of food for the winter unless we work twice as hard to catch more fish. And it's all Toothless's fault!"

Hiccup looked at his dragon in shock. This didn't sound like the Toothless he knew. The Toothless he knew would never steal anything- and especially not part of Berk's food supply. "Bud, what happened out there?" he asked Toothless, raising his brow. "You're usually against that kind of stuff."

Toothless glanced up at Hiccup, anxious. No, he couldn't lose his rider too.

Oh, why did he eat those fish?

"I want that dragon locked up in the Academy tonight," Stoick ordered, sitting down at the table. "Maybe even tomorrow as well. We need all the helpful dragons to assist in catching more fish for Berk."

"But, Dad-"

"Enough is enough, Hiccup! Toothless is going to be locked up in a cage tonight, whether you do it or I do!"

Hiccup looked down at the floor in defeat. "Fine. I'll take him." Without even looking over at Toothless, he opened the door. "Come on, bud. It's the cage for you tonight." When Toothless didn't move, Hiccup found himself exploding. "Toothless! You have to go! If you do something bad, you have to pay for it."

Jolting at Hiccup's yells, Toothless trodded out the door with a whimper.

He was in big trouble now.

"In you go," said Hiccup as he opened the cage door. "This is what you get for eating food that Berk needs."

Toothless whined, but he still entered the cage, looking at Hiccup with pleading eyes. I didn't mean it, his expression read. Please forgive me. It'll never happen again, I promise.

Hiccup sighed, closing the door. "I'm sorry, bud, but if you're not locked up in the morning, my dad will kill me. Anyways… why'd you do it, Toothless?" Hiccup felt anger course through his veins. "You knew that Berk needed those fish, but you ate them anyway. Did you ever stop to think about trying to catch your own instead of stealing?"

Toothless rumbled, deeply hurt by Hiccup's words.

"That's right, you didn't," Hiccup continued, shaking his head. "Because you chose to give into your hunger and do the wrong thing. Bud, I'm…" He swallowed. The next part was hard to say. "I'm disappointed in you, bud. I expected better behavior."

And, with a sigh, Hiccup left the Academy. He needed to be somewhere alone to think… he needed to figure out what to do about Toothless in the future. Could he trust his dragon again? Toothless might not understand the consequences of each action he took, and could easily fall into the same trap as before.

I guess I'll go to the forest, Hiccup thought glumly, taking a left on the road. There's always a good thinking place there…

Hiccup didn't have to go too far before he reached the woods. At least half of Berk- or more- was covered in trees, so practically everything was part of the forest.

Hiccup frowned, glancing up at the night sky. It wasn't safe going into the woods alone after dark. There could be wild animals, dragons, or a mud hole he wouldn't see in the poor lighting, which he could fall into. (Unfortunately, this had happened many times with Hiccup in the past.) But he was sure that he could handle himself. He knew the forest as well as he knew the back of his hand.

Suddenly, Hiccup was snapped out of his thoughts by the crack of a twig close to him. He froze. Something was out there…

Before he had time to react, though, his arms were seized by an unknown force, and Hiccup was pushed to the ground. He yelped, looking up at his captors.

He was shocked when he saw who was leading them.

"Hello, brother," Dagur sneered, studying the knife in his fingers as he stood over Hiccup. "Fancy meeting you here, hmm?"

Toothless knew that Hiccup was in danger.

Something had triggered inside of the dragon, filling him up with worry, and he knew that he had to get out of this horrible cage if he wanted to save his rider.

Toothless gathered a breath, preparing for the ultimate plasma blast.

And then he fired.

The cage door blasted open, and Toothless jumped out, racing to where his instincts told him to go, He had to make it to Hiccup…

He had to.

"Let me go!" Hiccup ordered, being forced to his feet by Dagur's men, "my friends will be here soon. In fact, my Night Fury is in the woods right now, waiting to attack!" It was an obvious lie, but a few of the soldiers around him actually looked worried.

"No! Don't listen to him- he's lying," Dagur snapped, glaring over at Hiccup. "You're always lying. You and your Hiccup-y mind games… so frustrating, but nothing a Deranged can't handle. Don't worry, Hiccup. I'll soon snap you out of it." He drew his sword, and grabbed Hiccup's arm.

"Wait. Dagur...," Hiccup began uneasily. "You-"

All of the sudden, the roar of a Night Fury rang out, soon followed by a plasma blast which hit a tree near Dagur's head. Hiccup was filled with relief. Toothless!

As if on cue, Toothless leapt out from the trees, roaring at the sight of Hiccup captured. He shot a few plasma blasts at Dagur's men, and they scattered in fear, running off into the woods.

Only Dagur remained. With a cruel smile, he hit Hiccup over the head with the hilt of his sword, knocking the boy unconscious. Toothless growled, furious.

He pounced on top of Dagur, snarling at the Berserker. He had hurt Hiccup, and there was no chance that he would escape without paying.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!" Dagur shrieked, his tone sounding even higher than a girl's pitch. "P-please! Don't kill me, dragon! I have so much more revenge to live for!"

Toothless had planned he wasn't going to listen to anything this man had to say, but he stopped at Dagur's plea. This was exactly what Hiccup and Toothless had experienced the first time they met. Hiccup had had a chance to kill Toothless, but he hadn't taken it. And now Toothless should do the same thing.

He hopped off of Dagur with one last growl. Dagur understood- he needed to run before the dragon changed his mind-, and he sprinted off.

Toothless looked over at the limp form of Hiccup in concern. He walked over, whining. Would his rider ever wake up? Would he survive the injury? Toothless licked at Hiccup's face, attempting to wake the boy.

Miraculously, it did the trick.

Hiccup sucked in a giant breath of air, his eyes slowly fluttering open. Everything was blurry, but he could make out Toothless sitting beside him. Hiccup smiled, too weak to do anything else. "Thanks for saving me, bud," he croaked.

Overjoyed, Toothless licked Hiccup's face over and over again, causing Hiccup to cry out. "Ah, Toothless! You know that doesn't wash out!" But he was laughing.

And right now, for Toothless, it was enough.

Yay! Another chapter finally done! Hope you all liked the Hicctooth. :)

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