Eight years had passed since Hiccup had seen his old friend. He, along with the other kids his age were in their mid teens and most of them were running around trying to put out the multiple fires around the village. Hiccup on the other hand, was on the cliffs looking for a dragon to fire his new machine at. He and the other teens had been told by their parents how dangerous dragons were. Especially the one that doesn't take food, doesn't miss and can't be seen.
The Night Fury. Do not engage this dragon. Run and hide and pray it doesn't find you. The day his father told him about the Night Fury, he just gave him a dumbfounded look. "Hiccup listen." Stoick said. "Now that you're in the forge during raids we need to talk about what you need to do if you get attacked. Most of them are pretty easy. Just run. Get to someone and have them deal with it. And don't worry they'll be fine." His father's face became more serious than before. "Hiccup pay attention. There is one dragon were to be honest Hiccup, I don't know what to tell you. If you see it, you must hide. It will not hesitate to kill you."
"What one is that?" Hiccup asked. He started to go through his mind, thinking of all the dragons he'd seen the dragon manual. His father's voice snapped him out of his thought.
"If you see a black dragon you must hide. No one who has encountered this dragon has lived to tell the tale. Please be careful." Stoick said sternly.
'A black dragon? Toothless and his mom were black. But they were nice. He couldn't be talking about them. Could he? I hope not. I really liked them.' He thought to himself.
Hiccup forced himself out of his memory just in time to watch a catapult tower be destroyed. He couldn't watch as the bright light stung his eyes. He quickly shut them, which triggered another memory.
He was five again. In the forest, some time in the early morning. He was looking up through the trees, wondering what it was like to fly. Soon a few figures were just above the tree tops. He followed the shapes as best he could until he was in a clearing. He looked up again now able to see them clearly. Toothless and his mother were flying. He giggled loudly, which caught the attention of the dragons. Toothless' mother landed softly near him, and quickly check him over. Before Hiccup could move closer to her, Toothless barreled into him. They both fell with a huff. Toothless licked his face a few times.
He reopened his stinging eyes. He watched the sky for a few moments. He heard the tell tale sound of the Night Fury. He moved his hands to cup his mouth, but bumped his machine which caused it to fire. He heard a loud screeching sound.
"Oh no. I hit it. I hope it's okay." He ran through the town, towards the forest. On his way out he grabbed a torch so he could see. He treked his way through the forest towards Raven's point. Unfortunately for him the torch he grabbed was almost spent when he grabbed it and halfway to his destination it went out. He stumbled through Raven's Point until his eyes adjusted to the moon light.
He roamed the area until he found an area of upturned Earth. He climbed to the of the small mound and looked over the other side. He saw a large figure painfully huffing on the ground. Hiccup hopped over the dirt towards the downed dragon. He ran his hands over the dragon's body checking for cuts or bruises. He slide his hands down the dragon's tail to the end. He moved his hands over the tail fins, finding that one was torn and basically missing.
He moved back towards the dragon's head. He sat down in front of it looking down at the hurt dragon. He rubbed his eyes forcing the tears back.
"I'm sorry." He whispered the the dragon. "I didn't mean to shoot you down. I swear. I'm so sorry." He looked at the dragon, who was looking back at him. He dropped his hands from his face. He closed his eyes trying to think.
The dragon lurched forward and bit down on his arm. Hiccup gasped and opened his eyes. He watched the dragon chomp on his hand. He began to sob loudly as the dragon continued to gum at his arm. Hiccup pulled his likely broken arm from the dragon's mouth. After checking if said arm was broken or not. Deciding that it wasn't, he rested his hand on the dragon's head.
"Toothless?" He whispered at the dragon. The dragon moved his head and took Hiccup's hand into his mouth again. Hiccup pulled his hand from Toothless' mouth. He wrapped his arms around the dragon's neck.
"Toothless, Toothless." He sobbed into his ear. "You're so big now." He chuckled. "I hurt you. I hurt you." He cried again. "I never wanted to do that. I didn't mean to." He whimpered.
He moved Toothless' head from his lap, placing the dragon's head on the ground. He moved back near Toothless' stomach, feeling for the ropes. Once he found the first ropes he cut it away. Soon the dragon was free and able to stand. Toothless shook himself, flaring his wings and stretching.
Hiccup sat back and watched Toothless stretch before approaching him. "Geez Toothless, you're as big as your mom. Maybe bigger." Toothless pulled away a bit at the mention of his mom. Hiccup pulled Toothless close. "Sorry, I didn't know." He tried to comfort the dragon.
Hiccup pulled back from Toothless. He avoided eye contact, not knowing how he was going to tell the dragon he couldn't fly. "Uhm Toothless." He hesitantly said. "I uhm, the bolas kinda, uhm You. I." He sighed. "I don't. I don't think you can fly." Hiccup braced himself for Toothless to attack him.
The dragon looked over himself, until he saw his tail. He tried to flex both his tail fins, but one wasn't moving. He looked closer at it. He growled when he realized it wasn't there.
Hiccup stepped back when Toothless started to growl. He fell over his own feet, onto a boulder. Toothless turn his eyes back to the terrified teen. Hiccup held up his hands, trying to keep the angry dragon away.
"I'll fix you." Hiccup cried. He winced as he felt the tight pressure on his arm. Hiccup forced his eyes open. Toothless stopped gumming his arm again, looking at the teen. Hiccup gulped and looked back. Hiccup held Toothless' head.
"I will fix you."