Chapter 7

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

"Dialogue"

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Dangerous Tone

Hiccup never fails to frighten Toothless to death.

The first time the boy gave Toothless a fright was during their test flight. The boy was trying to catch something called 'cheat sheet' and accidentally got unhooked from the saddle, and then the boy fell ahead of him, thankfully they managed to get to each other. Their bond was not as strong before, but it still frightened him so much, and after the incident, their bond grew stronger than ever. They were one since then, soul mate, and they would protect each other even at the face of death.

Not long after that, the boy gave him another fright when they encountered Bonecrusher. They crash landed on the Island of Bones right in front of the Boneknapper, how a particular bone that the big dragon wanted could get stuck in Hiccup's coat was beyond him, and they could only run from the Boneknapper until Hiccup could get the bone out of his coat. Even then, the boy gave him another fright when the boy climbed off his back and walked over to the big dragon, he couldn't describe how relieved he was that Hiccup didn't get injured and their problem with Bonecrusher ended in peace.

At the moment, the boy was giving him yet another fright.

Toothless roared in panic when he saw the monster's clubbed tail headed for them, his prosthetic tail fin had been ruined and there's no way they could evade the tail. He tried to angle himself so he would take the blow but failed, he felt it more than hearing it when the tail hit Hiccup's leg and crushed the bone of the boy's left leg. He feared and was concerned that the boy would be in a great pain, but his fear grew ten times stronger when he felt the boy's weight leave him.

"Hiccup!" He roared in panic and fear before diving after the boy, flapping his wings in desperation as he tried to catch the boy before the fire engulfed them both. He managed to catch the boy's foot with his teeth and pulled the boy into his paws before he covered the boy's small form with his wings, he closed his eyes to prevent himself getting blinded from the fire and prepared himself for a very bad crash landing.

The possibility of him dying from the fall didn't even registered in his mind as the only thought he had was to make sure Hiccup survived the fall, cushioning the boy with his own body so he would be the one receiving the most damage, all he cared about was Hiccup's safety.

They crashed not long after he covered Hiccup's body with his paws and wings, his strength left him as he felt intense heat and pain from the crash, but he refused to move and risk the boy's safety, even after he lost his consciousness. He didn't know how long he was there, engulfed in the sea of flame, but he woke up to the panicked roars calling his name from around him and gentle nudge to his body.

He opened his eyes and met the sight of the other four dragons, all of them looking down at him with concern and panic.

"Are you okay?"

"What happened?"

"Are you hurt somewhere?"

"Where's Hiccup?"

All of them were asking at the same time, causing a headache to form. "One by one, guys." He complained to them, "I'm alright, the fall only made me sore all over, nothing too dangerous. Don't worry about me, I will tell you later what had happened, and Hiccup is here." He answered all of their questions in one go as he moved his wings to reveal the boy in his embrace.

They all looked relieved before Rainleaf, the mother hen she was, probed onto Hiccup's unconscious form to check if the boy was injured. "Oh no." She let out a worried whine that caught their attention, she looked at all of them before pointed at Hiccup's left leg with her muzzle, they looked at the direction and their eyes widened in horror. The boy's leg was in an unnatural angle and was covered in blood, from the look of it, the boy was still bleeding and fast.

Dragons were intelligent beings, it's a well known fact to all other intelligent beings except Vikings, so they know what would happen if they didn't stop the bleeding and brought the boy to a place where his injury could be treated best. They know that they had to somehow stop the bleeding and brought the boy to the village they visited often, the problem was how would they stop the boy's bleeding?

They often saw how humans tie something above an injured part of a body to stop a bleeding, but they didn't have anything to tie around the boy's leg, and even if they have it, they didn't have human's hands to do the job. They all looked at each other in worry before Toothless caught a sight of Rainleaf's vine-like appendage, "Rainleaf." He called to the Changewing's attention, "Use it" He then sent a mental image to her.

Dragons understood human language but couldn't speak it, they could only speak their own language. They also communicate with each other using body gestures, the tone they let out like growl, purr, and so on, along with mental images they sent to their fellow dragons. The dragons were sometimes frustrated when they couldn't talk with Hiccup, but thankfully Hiccup was a smart boy, he could understand them by the gestures they made and the tone they let out, they didn't know if the boy could receive mental images from them or not, simply because they haven't tried it yet. If Hiccup could receive the mental images though, that would make their communication easier with the boy.

Rainleaf perked at the metal image and got the message clearly, to use her vine-like appendage to wrap the boy's leg to stop the bleeding until they got to the village. She immediately did as Toothless told her and wrapped her 'vine' tightly around the boy's leg, a bit above the injury, while making sure that she didn't do it too tightly in case she broke the boy's bone.

Satisfied, Toothless nodded at her and stood up slowly since his body was sore after such a fall. "We need to get him to human village." He reminded them all, causing them to tense and looked at each other, "Berk is out of option, they would kill us first before asking question, our best bet is Hunterville".

For them to enter the village was a high risk thing to do, and they fear what may befall them should they try, for obvious reason, but Hiccup would die if they didn't do it. They didn't want to lose the boy, they cared for the boy like their own kin, so they come to decision. With a nod from each of them, they prepared to fly to the village.

"Get on, Toothless." Bonecrusher growled softly at Toothless and motioned to his back, his size and strength would provide the best support for Toothless so the Night Fury could go with them, he also lowered himself so Toothless could climb on easier.

"Thank you, Bonecrusher." Toothless crooned in gratitude before climbing onto Bonecrusher's back, he looked at Hiccup to see Rainleaf using her other 'vine' to move Hiccup onto her back. Once the boy was secured on Rainleaf's back with Skyring flying above her to make sure Hiccup would stay in place, they flew to the village's direction.

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Ruby was in the Training Ground, training archery with her Father when they heard the commotion, she exchanged glance with her Father before they ran out to see what caused the commotion.

"What's going on here?!" Rugra demanded as he and Ruby pushed their way through the crowd of people.

When they saw what caused the commotion though, their jaws dropped. "D- dragons!" Ruby squeaked as she saw the five dragons at the edge of the woods. The Nadder from the group squawked when it saw her, the small scratch on it's horn caught her attention and she immediately recognized it, "You are the one I accidentally shot." She mumbled as she looked at the dragon, she was shocked when the dragon nodded at her.

Not only Ruby, all of the villagers who were present were gasping in shock as well, it's not everyday they saw a dragon nodded in answer to a human's words. "But what are they doing here?" Alto, Ruby's boyfriend, wondered out loud, "Not only are they just standing there and not attacking us, but they keep making some crooning noise".

As if on cue, the Changewing from the group of dragons walked forward while crooning softly, as if to try and tell them that it didn't mean any harm. The guards immediately aimed their arrows at the Changewing, "Wait!" Rugra stopped them as he looked at the dragon carefully, "There's something on it's back".

The Changewing looked at the Chief's eyes and moved it's vine-like appendage, they gasped in shock again when they saw the dragon lowered a certain boy to the ground at Rugra's feet. The boy was Hiccup, who often came to their village to trade and used the forge, and the boy was injured. The Changewing softly nudged the boy with it's head, it then crooned at the Chief pleadingly before returning to it's group.

Rugra looked at the dragons and noticed that all of them were looking at the boy with emotions that he thought would be impossible for dragons, worry and concern clearly shown in their eyes. He shook his head and focused on the matter at hands, the boy was wounded, that much was clear, and he need to see the boy's injury. He knelt at the boy and looked at the boy's left leg, the leg was at a strange angle was covered in blood, there's a mark where the Changewing wrapped around the boy's leg to stop the bleeding, and he must admit that the Changewing was smart to do so. If the Changewing didn't stop the bleeding, the boy would surely die before the dragons even arrived in their village.

"Everyone." Rugra called out as he picked the boy up, "Get back to work, I need to get Hiccup to the Healer, and leave the dragons." His statement earning many shocked gasps, "They didn't attack us at all, so it's safe to assume that they come here to get the boy some help. Don't attack the dragons, only attack if they attack us." With that, he ran to the Healer's house.

Ruby watched her Father ran to the Healer's house direction before looking at the dragons again, now that her Father brought Hiccup away from their view, the dragons were laying on the grounds while looking longingly at the direction her Father took off earlier. She couldn't help but thought that the dragons were acting like a dog waiting for it's master, she shook her head to rid the thought before following her Father.

Elma, the Healer, told them to wait outside while she work on the boy, sometime later Rugra was called inside to help Elma with something. It's turned out that Hiccup's left leg had to be amputated, Ruby was shocked that the boy had to lose his leg, Rugra explained to her that Elma told him that the boy's bone had shattered to pieces, it would be impossible to heal and would endanger Hiccup's like if they didn't cut it off.

After Elma finished treating the boy's injuries, Rugra explained to the villagers that the boy would live but need rest, they need to leave the boy alone so he could rest well with Elma watching over him. They were surprised when they heard a chorus of dragon's roar, the dragons turned out to be listening to them and was roaring as soon as they heard the good news, the people were surprised again when they realized that the dragons understood what the people was talking about.

"Shut up!" Elma yelled as soon as she realized that the dragons could understand human's words, it was proved to be right when the dragons stopped their roaring and looked at her with surprise clearly written on their face, "The boy needs to rest, so you better be quiet, dragons!".

The village was silent for a few seconds, wondering what the dragons would do being yelled at like that, they were surprised again when the dragons finally reacted. The dragons were looking at the one with black color, and the black dragon crooned at them. It's not even a second later that the rest of the dragons flew away, the Changewing disappeared into the forest while the other three fly off of the island. Then, ignoring the shocked cries from the villagers, the black dragon forced it's way into the Healer's house and curled around the sleeping boy. The black dragon would glare towards anyone who came near the boy ever since, refusing to leave the boy's side no matter what.

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Toothless let out a low croon as he lowered his head beside Hiccup's, a sad sigh left him as he looked at Hiccup's sleeping form. Three months and a half had passed since the day they brought Hiccup to Hunterville, and Hiccup had yet to wake up.

After they brought Hiccup to Hunterville, they were scared because they heard that Hiccup had caught a fever, something that was dangerous considering how weak Hiccup was. A week passed and Hiccup's fever had healed, they were relieved when they heard the news, but they were worried when Hiccup was still sleeping even after another week passed.

Well, not really sleeping. Hiccup was practically awake, his eyes were open and he could eat, with the help of the girl named Ruby, and all that, but his eyes were vacant. The boy wasn't aware of his surroundings and wasn't responsive, his body was awake and yet his consciousness was still sleeping. The humans guessed that Hiccup was in that kind of state was due to the traumatic experience from when Hiccup got his wound, and the dragons agreed to the human's logic, fighting Red Death was clearly a traumatic experience for a human hatchling. They could only wait for Hiccup to wake up, really wake up.

A month later passed and still not a single sign of Hiccup 'waking up', Toothless and the rest of the dragons were beginning to worry that Hiccup would never wake up again, but such a thought had frightened them so much that they threw it away and assuring themselves that Hiccup would wake up. Even so, after three months and a half had passed without a sign that Hiccup would wake up, their worry returned with vengeance and they refused to leave the island anymore.

Toothless and Sharpshot were small enough that they could enter the house, the rest weren't so lucky and had to wait in the forest. So they had agreed that Toothless and Sharpshot would stay at the boy's side and to inform the rest, who would wait at the forest, as soon as Hiccup showed any sign of waking up. Sharpshot was chosen to be the messenger since Toothless refused to leave Hiccup's side.

"Any sign of him 'waking up'?" Sharpshot asked as the green dragon entered the house through the window.

"Not yet." Toothless answered in low spirit.

Among their flock, Toothless was the one who had known Hiccup the longest and was the closest with the boy, he was the one affected the most by Hiccup's condition. The others might be sad if something happened to Hiccup, but Toothless didn't think that he would survive if he ever lost his Rider.

"Here." Sharpshot dropped a big Cod near Toothless, "Rainleaf caught it and told me to bring it to you." He explained as he flew to the bed and landed near Hiccup's head, on the other side from Toothless.

"You can have it." Toothless said shortly.

"Eat it." Sharpshot hissed angrily, "You haven't eaten anything for the last few days".

"I'm not hungry." Toothless said shortly again, he didn't even spare a glance at his favorite fish.

"It doesn't matter if you're hungry or not. Eat it, big guy." Sharpshot hissed again, "I know you are worried about Hiccup, we all do, but you can't just stop eating like this!".

Toothless narrowed his eyes at Sharpshot, "Shut up." He snarled.

"Whatever." Sharpshot huffed, "Just know that Hiccup would be disappointed at you if you keep starving yourself".

"What do you know about him?" Toothless growled in anger, he was the one who know Hiccup the best among them, he couldn't stand it that Sharpshot acted like he know Hiccup more than Toothless. "You only know Hiccup for a day before we fought Red Death! Don't act like you know him more than me".

"I know." Sharpshot said calmly with a sigh, "But you aren't thinking straight at the moment." He locked gaze with Toothless, "What do you think Hiccup will say if he saw you like this? If the situation is reversed, you don't want for Hiccup to starve himself just because you are in a sleep walking state, do you?".

Toothless couldn't say anything against it, because it was true. If he was the one who was in Hiccup's place at the moment, and Hiccup refused to eat just because he hasn't woke up, he would surely scold his brother, not by blood of course, for it.

Reluctantly and with a long sigh, Toothless picked the fish with his teeth and swallowed it, before he returned to his previous position beside Hiccup. "That speech earlier isn't coming from you, is it." He commented since he was tired of the silence.

Due to Toothless and Sharpshot's presence in the house, only the Healer dared to enter it. So when the Healer was out of the house, the house was filled with silence, save for the short conversation between Toothless and Sharpshot.

"Nope." Sharpshot answered with a smile, somehow all of them learned how to smile from Hiccup, "That was what Rainleaf told me to tell you if you still refused to eat".

"What a mother hen." Toothless grumbled unhappily.

"We are worried about you, you know." Sharpshot commented, "You and Hiccup are our Alphas, without you, we didn't know what to do with the flock".

"So?" Toothless asked nonchalantly.

"So make sure you take care of yourself better." Sharpshot said before chuckling, "Her words, not mine".

Toothless snorted, he raised his head to retort when he heard a soft moan. His head snapped to Hiccup's face to see if the boy was finally waking up, really waking up. He saw Hiccup's eyes flutter open and his own eyes widened, it was only for a split second before Hiccup closed his eyes again, but Toothless had seen that the life had come back to the boy's eyes, "Call the others!" He said excitedly to the Terror, "Hiccup is finally waking up! For real!".

"On it!" Sharpshot answered excitedly as he shot out from the Healer's house.

"Come on, Brother." Toothless crooned in encouragement, "Open your eyes, I know you can do it." He licked Hiccup's cheek, "Open your eyes, my Brother".

It took a few more tries, but Hiccup finally opened his eyes. Hiccup looked around in confusion before his eyes locked with Toothless, a soft smile gracing his lips, "Toothless . . ." He whispered as he raised his hands and gently touched the sides of Toothless's head, "I missed you, buddy." He whispered softly as he touched his forehead with his dragon's.

"And I missed you too." Toothless answered in a soft croon, enjoying the moment of bonding, "I'm glad that you are finally wake up . . . My dear Brother".

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To be continued . . .

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