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Astriddragonstar: Yes, I like to make sure everything I put in the stories is correct. I even like to have the magic explainable. That will probably be in Chapter...10 maybe? Next chapter is more Berk, and 10 will be Hiccup and Toothless.

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This chapter is dedicated to all the science nerds out there. You'll see why later in the chapter. :P

Disclaimer: I forgot to do this again? Well, since half the people skip the AN, and half of the remaining half stopped when they saw 'Disclaimer', thanks to the people who kept reading this. And no, I don't own HtTYD. I only own Torin. And his species. And the plot. And the knowledge of the plausible location of Berk. And other stuff.

And PLEASE read the AN at the bottom. PLEASE!

Now onto the story!

The second waking was easier. The aching was gone, thank Odin. Hiccup slowly got up and stretched, and paused as the memories rushed back. He collapsed back on the ground with a groan, waking Toothless in the process. Toothless raised his head, looking at Hiccup sleepily, before giving him a smile. "It's about time you got up. It's nearing midday."

Hiccup stared at Toothless a bit, before muttering, "This is going to take some getting used to."

Toothless gave a short chuckle, replying, "The feeling is mutual, Hiccup. How are you feeling?"

Hiccup winced at the unfamiliar sensation of a tail dragging on the floor as he moved around the cave a little. "The aching is gone, and I don't think I've lost my mind."

The pair jumped a little as an unfamiliar voice interrupted, "Don't worry, you aren't insane just yet." Toothless relaxed as he saw it was Torin.

Hiccup cocked his head curiously at the red dragon "Who are you?"

Torin sat down on the floor, responding "The one who saved you. You're Hiccup, correct?"

Hiccup nodded, glancing at Toothless worriedly. "So, what happened while I was…you know…" Hiccup trailed off sheepishly.

Toothless looked at Torin, "Before we go any further, Hiccup, this is Torin. Torin, you already know Hiccup."

Hiccup glanced at Torin curiously, asking, "What kind of dragon are you?"

Torin straightened slightly, replying, "I am known as a svadria altiui among dragons, however you humans call me the 'Ripped Wing'." Torin snorted at this "Humans come up with the stupidest names."

Hiccup was momentarily shocked from the fact that he was in front of a dragon that was only told of in legends. He quickly recovered and retorted, "Well, we call you that for good reason! Your wings are jagged, and look like they've been... well... ripped."

Torin rolled his eyes, "Well it's not the best name. Night Fury, now that's a good name."

Hiccup sighed, "Well it was either that or the Spawn of Loki."

Torin frowned, "Now why would they call me that?"

"Well, your intelligence is said to be unmatched, and your acid is rumored to burn more than the serpent's venom that Loki lies under."

Toothless interrupted with, "Can we move back to the original question? Hiccup, you wanted to know what happened, right?" Hiccup nodded at this "Ok, after you died, I decided to take you here. What you humans don't know is that the blood of a svadr…Ripped Wing, is said to have healing properties strong enough to bring back the dead. Although it appears to come at a cost."

"A good one, in my opinion." Torin stated "You humans are clumsy, and you were weaker than most. No offense."

Hiccup huffed indignantly, however he knew that Torin was correct.

"Anyways," Toothless emphasized, "I brought you here, met Torin, introduced him to you, got knocked out, and finally woke up. You know the rest."

Hiccup sat there, before playfully asking, "That's it? No grand adventure?"

Toothless snorted, "You wish. I would much rather avoid the trouble of an adventure, thank you very much."

Hiccup grinned, "You sure? You seemed to have fun on that one hunting trip."

Toothless shrugged, "I'm stubborn, and it wasn't my fault that deer decided to go into a bear's cave. Although I'll forever wonder how it didn't know the bear was there."

Torin watched the exchange with amusement, before reaching over to the pile of fish and tossing a few over. The cave had sheltered the fish from the sun, however they weren't fresh, and they smelled rancid. Hiccup gagged as his nose was assaulted, "That smells horrible! No way am I eating that."

Toothless raised an eyebrow, or as close as he could get "You sure? You haven't eaten for a few days."

Hiccup vehemently denied it, while Toothless pushed. This went on for a minute, before the debate was broken by a loud grumble from Hiccup's stomach.

"I WIN!" Toothless shouted triumphantly. Hiccup glowered at Toothless, reluctantly taking one of this fish and eating it.

After a few seconds, Hiccup said, "You know, even though it smells like the tannery, it doesn't taste half bad." Hiccup reached down, eating another. Toothless joined in shortly afterward, shooting an amused glance at Hiccup. Hiccup glared back, "Shut it, you overgrown lizard."

Toothless laughed at this, almost choking on a fish in the process. Torin smiled, announcing that he would leave the two in peace while he went in search of some more food.

When Torin had left, Toothless stopped eating momentarily to say, "After we finish, we need to do some training."

Hiccup shook his head as he swallowed a fish, quickly saying, "No no, no, that's not necessary, and, I don't need to, er, train."

Toothless chortled, "And I assume you can shoot a fireball?" Hiccup grimaced "Or fly? Or hunt? And what about walking properly?"

Hiccup shot Toothless an evil look, "I can walk properly. I'm not completely incompetent, you know."

Toothless tilted his head to the side, a small smile on his face "Show me!"

Hiccup drew himself up, walking proudly across the floor. Toothless erupted into laughs, falling onto his back as well. Hiccup marched over, returning Toothless' earlier favor and whacking him on the head. Toothless managed to calm himself, still looking at Hiccup with a mocking expression. Hiccup scowled, "Ok, what did I do wrong?"

Toothless chuckled again "Everything! Your tail is dragging on the ground, your wings are hanging by your sides, and you move both left legs at the same time. You do the same with the right side. They need to alternate, front left, back right and then front right, back left."

The afternoon was spent teaching Hiccup how to walk like a dragon. Torin arrived near the end of the lesson. He set down the fish he had caught and watched from the side. When Toothless was satisfied, they stopped for a snack. After a couple of fish, Hiccup looked up, "So what's next? Flying?"

Toothless shook his head, "Nope, you're not ready for that yet." When Hiccup started to protest, Toothless stopped him "Flying is a lot harder than it looks. For now, we're going to work on running."

Hiccup heaved a sigh, preparing himself for the worst.

The sun was well on its way down when Hiccup collapsed on the leaf-covered ground, panting from exhaustion. Toothless nudged him with his snout, urging him to get up. Hiccup simply groaned, rolling over. Toothless had pushed him tirelessly until he could run proficiently, and then further. Hiccup was now sure he could outrun Toothless after all that practice. It also helped that he had years on Berk to figure out how to outrun Snotlout and the twins. Hiccup's mind followed the path it had started, wondering how everyone was doing on Berk. Was his dad OK? That train of thought was derailed when he felt yet another nudge.

"Get up, we're not done yet. We still have so much to learn!" Toothless exclaimed

"Toothless, I can't take any more running. My legs feel like they're going to fall off, not to mention…"

"We're done with running, you'll be happy to hear," Toothless interjected "It's time to learn how to defend yourself as a dragon."

Hiccup shot a glare at Toothless. It was no secret between them that was where Hiccup earned his infamous title 'Useless'. He was just thankful that trait showed up before his failures at helping, or he might have been called 'Disastrous'. Toothless grinned back, before crouching and wagging his tail. Hiccup scrambled to his feet, barely evading the pounce that landed where his stomach had been a few seconds before. Toothless relaxed.

"Well, now that you're finally up, we can start with the lesson!"

Hiccup glowered at Toothless, quickly thinking over his options. 'I think it's time Toothless saw how effectively he teaches' he thought mischievously as a devilish grin plastered itself on his face. Toothless' ramblings slowly died off, as he looked at Hiccup curiously. Before he could comment, however, Hiccup shot off, running as fast as he could. He could hear Toothless protests fading off in the distance, and his smile grew larger. It had been a while since they played hide-and-seek.

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Predictably, the game didn't last long. While Hiccup could run faster, Toothless could fly. "CHEATER!" Hiccup yelled, furiously swerving through trees as a shadow hovered overhead.

"Don't you wanna learn how to hunt? To leap through the air and dig your claws into the soft, luscious flesh of a plump, young, deer as the warm, comforting blood spur-"

"NO! Ew, disgusting, no no no!"

"Or how about shooting fireballs? Just imagine that fireball hitting one of your old 'frien-"

"TOOTHLESS!"

"Ok, ok, calm down. Well then, how about self-defense!?"

Hiccup yelped as Toothless finally made his move, dive bombing into his side. They rolled on the ground, grappling with each other. The fight was quickly over, ending with Hiccup pinned to the ground. Hiccup sighed, plopping his head onto the ground. "Fine, you win, teach me the next lesson."

Toothless grinned, leaping off excitedly, "Alright, so, next we're going to learn how to shoot a fireball!"

Hiccup grimaced as he remembered the mental picture he was given by Toothless. He would find a way to get back at him…later. "Speaking of which, how can you guys do that?"

"Well that's what I'm about to teach you, so firs-"

"No, I mean, how does it happen? What happens that lets you do that?"

"I've noticed you've cut me off a lot latel-"

"Toothless!"

"And you've yelled at me too."

Hiccup rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Fine. Toothless, can you please explain how you can shoot a fireball?"

"Well, it all starts off with the food. There are three main ingredients. Vann, kolefni, and kol (1)."

Hiccup stared at Toothless with a blank expression.

"Oh, right, I forgot you don't know our classifications. They would be water, calcium, and carbon respectively. Anyways, in our gas chamber, kolef…calcium and carbon are mixed together to produce carbid calsiwm. I'm not sure what you would call it, but I'm going to say calcium carbide. Next, water is added to produce 2 things; calsiwm hydrocisd and acetylen, which will be calcium hydroxide and acetylene. The former, calcium hydroxide, is used to help purify the water we drink, speed up our digestion, augment sugar extraction, and to also keep bugs away from us. The latter, acetylene, is used as the bolt. When it's combined with oxygen, it reacts and becomes the infamous purple bolt (2)."

Hiccup's face scrunched up, an expression he usually took when he was thinking hard about something. Currently, his mind was taking the words it had discovered and storing them in his mind for later use. It was also making sure it knew exactly what happened with the plasma bolt. After about a minute, Hiccup nodded, certain he had the information memorized.

Toothless jumped up, "Now that the boring stuff is done with, let's move on to blowing stuff up!"

Hiccup gave a small chuckle, remembering how childish Toothless could be sometimes. "Alright," he conceded, "let's do this."

"Step number one! You should be able to feel the gasses in your gas chamber. It should feel all nice and floaty."

Hiccup concentrated, and was able to feel something to the right of his stomach. He gave a brief nod to notify Toothless he had found it.

"Ok, now, you need to…uh…well, it's hard to put into words. It's similar to coughing, except-"

Hiccup gave an experimental 'cough', firing a small bolt towards Toothless. Said dragon gave a cry of fright, jumping to the side as the bolt flew by him, smashing into a tree. Toothless shot a glare at Hiccup, "It would help if you waited for me to finish. Anyways, now that you can fire a bolt, let's work on the power. Usually, the bigger the breath, the bigger the bolt. Another tip, aim somewhere else."

Hiccup gave Toothless a grin, before turning his head towards a new tree. He breathed in deep, and he could feel something gathering itself in his 'gas stomach'. He released the bolt along with a burst of compressed air. The purple streak flew straight and true, slamming into the tree and blasting it into pieces. Hiccup was temporarily blinded, but when he looked at what his blast had done he gave a meek "Oh...". Thankfully, the tree wasn't on fire. It wasn't even smoldering for that matter. In fact, there wasn't even a tree for the fire to burn. It was simply gone. Not even a stump remained.

Toothless pranced over, a silly grin on his face. "Well done Hiccup! That was incredibly powerful! Your blast was aimed right at the middle, and the fire spread in both directions. That, combined with the fact that most of the tree exploded into splinters, resulted into what you see here!"

Hiccup wasn't exactly listening. His mind was still trying to process the power he now beheld. Never before had Hiccup done anything close to this destructive, not even his famed 'Fire-Mirror' could compare. He could still see that fireball, his initial excitement that the fireball had bounced off the metal sheet as planned, and the immediately following despair as the same mass of fiery destruction smashed through multiple houses, setting them all on fire. He never really did live that down.

Toothless slowly trailed off as he noticed Hiccup wasn't paying attention. With a roll of his eyes, he brought his tail around and whacked Hiccup's head. Hiccup gave a cry of fright, jumping a full 5 feet into the air. It seemed that Hiccup still hadn't fully adapted to being a dragon, as the weight of his wings dragged him down. He flapped them in a desperate attempt to right himself, but only succeeded in performing a half-complete back flip, landing flat on his face.

As he lay on the ground, moaning slightly in pain, he could hear a certain reptile laughing hysterically. That worthless hunk of scales. Hiccup slowly got up, making sure not to move his wings too much. Hiccup glared at the black mass rolling on the ground. He took a small breath, and fired a small blast near Toothless' head. The dragon was surprised, but continued to chuckle. Hiccup turned and stomped towards Torin's cave. He could hear Toothless dragging himself behind him, letting off the occasional chuckle. He would make sure to make that dragon pay. One way or another...

Guess what Chapter 10 will include? Eh, eh?

1: Google Translate for the element names. I used quite a few, but they're not meant to be accurate.

2: THIS IS ALL TRUE! According to the HtTYD Wiki, the bolt is an acetylene/oxygen mix. Using only that knowledge, I made the entire process. I'm that nerdy. Now I did use Wikipedia, which is reliable for certain subjects (Science being one of them), however I'm fairly certain most information is correct. And I am aware that the composition would be very unstable and would go back to its base elements. Also, while I'm not 100% percent sure on the uses of calcium hydroxide, Wikipedia said (again, reliable for science) that it is used for the uses listed above, among others.

WARNING! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANTE! : Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT try this at home. ALSO, Do NOT take calcium hydroxide unprotected. It can cause SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS!

In addition, I am not responsible for anybody STUPID ENOUGH to try and go against this warning. Because warning is defined as: inform someone in advance of an impending or possible danger, problem, or other unpleasant situation. I don't think you want to go blind or cause damage to your lungs.

On the happier side of life, this has been my longest chapter yet! *Applause*

With that note, thank you for reading, and I will not accept responsibility for your health. So don't sue me.