"Now that, that's finished. Let me tell you a story. Please sit." She smiled. Hiccup did as he was told, sitting in front of the fire across from the woman.

"Now, this story is long, but I'll try to shorten it as much as possible. A long time ago Hel, who normally decides who goes to the underworld or to Valhalla came to us with a container. In the container were a pair of souls. Normally she would just send them on their way, wherever they were supposed to go but she could not separate them herself. She came to us with them as a gift. If they were undisturbed they would lazily circle each other. The next thing you'd notice about them are their colors. One was black, and the other white. They were very pretty to look at. I was allowed to keep them as my own. Neither soul had ever had a body. Small and helpless, neither would be able to defend the other, though I suspect if they ever got a chance, both would die for the other if they were pushed far enough.

One day I made a mistake. I hit their container, smashing it onto the floor. So frightened they both ran. I was only able to capture the black one and the other escaped. The first thing a soul will do is try to attach itself to something. As soon as it was out of my sight it was gone, finding something to live in.

The other soul would slam itself into the side of the new container I put it in. It had never been alone and needed to find its other half.

Have you ever heard of soulmates?" She asked. Hiccup nodded.

"If it wasn't obvious those two souls belonged together. Being separated like they were, was never supposed to happen. When I broke their container, they tried to escape together and I stopped that. I felt really bad for it, so I kinda let it go. I was able to keep track of it as it left to find its own body.

I watched as it chose a dragon's egg. I watched it when it hatched. It was sad. The parents shunned it away. Dark black scales and huge green eyes, a beautiful creature that wouldn't survive on its own. So I helped it until it was able to hunt and fish by itself. As it got older I noticed something odd. It was searching for something. It was obvious to me that it had started looking for its soulmate. I didn't want to interfere like when I separated them before. I told myself that if and when they were reunited I would come down and tell them the story of their being. So here we are. The black soul turned Night Fury, that I 'mothered'. And the white soul that escaped turned human. The most unlikely pair of two creatures I've ever seen. I am happy to see it though."

"We were supposed to be together?" Hiccup asked. Freya smiled and nodded. Hiccup sat back, leaning against Toothless. "Did you hear that bud? We were always going to be together. No matter what."

Toothless leaned down and nuzzled his friend. "Even if our meeting was happenstance and wasn't guaranteed, I have no regrets being here with you." Hiccup pulled him close, hugging him tight.

Releasing Toothless, Hiccup picked up the small vial from before. "What is this then, and you said that you were going to give us a job?." Freya nodded her head again.

"I wouldn't have to give that to you if you two were the same. Dragons or Humans. But since you're not I offer you the vial. If drinkin' it will give you more many things to make you more like your dragon." Hiccup and Toothless gave each other confused looks.

"What?" Hiccup asked.

"If you drink the contents it will give you dragon scales, and a tail on the outside. Stomach, heart, lungs but you won't be able to breath fire, and bowels. You'll be able to eat and drink anything a dragon can. You're new scales will make you harder to be hurt and killed. They will be invisible and you won't look any different, except for the tail. That'll be hard to hide, but it will help you balance and help your movements become more precise, especially at high speed or in combat."

"So I'd be more like a dragon?"

"You'll be as close as I can get you. You can never be turned into one, otherwise I'd offer that."

"Will it hurt? Being changed like that?"

"Yes. You will feel like death has focused all his attention on you. You skin will feel like it's on fire and you inside will boil."

Hiccup rolled the vial in his fingers, taking in what she told them. The simple thought of being a dragon intrigued him greatly. The small amount of liquid sloshing around in the glass able to change his and Toothless' lives in an instant.

"I would like to give you my assignment before you drink that." Freya commented. Hiccup and Toothless returned their attentions to her. "Your job is simple. Protect each other. That is your assignment, for now." She stood, wiping her trousers and readjusting her armour pieces. She went around the fire to them. She cupped Toothless' and Hiccup's faces, then focused her attention on Hiccup.

"No matter your decision on drinking that, know that you made the right one. Whether you do or not. I'll take my leave now." She made her way to the door, and left.

Toothless and Hiccup sat in silence for a minute, eyeing the vial of liquid.

"What do you want to do?" Toothless asked. Hiccup shook the vial again.

"I don't know. I want to but she said all those terrible things about it. I think I'm going to. You're going to have to help me. I just need you to help as much as possible." Toothless nodded.

"I'll do everything I can."

Hiccup popped the small cork and drank the thick liquid, noting the sweet taste. They sat waiting for the effect to kick in. His stomach started to rumble unhappily. Grabbing Toothless' leg, the pain quickly escalated, radiating through his whole body. His nails dug into his friend's hide, turning up his scales. His screaming echoed off the walls as he doubled over vomiting.

The pain was somehow increased as a large lump formed at the base of his spine. Tears streamed down his face as he tried to brace himself for what was next. His skin exploded, spraying Toothless in blood. Hiccup crumpled into a heap, whimpering and crying at the remaining quakes and convulsions his body was being forced through.

"T-Toothless?" Hiccup asked weakly. "Is it? It is over?"

" Yeah, I think so. I'm sorry I couldn't help, Hiccup. I didn't know what to do." Toothless whined. "I'm so sorry."

"There was, ah, ow, nothing you could do. Toothless? Will you, mmph, be here when I, ow, wake up?"

"Of course I will be." Toothless whispered into his human's ear.

Once unconscious Toothless started his work. He stripped Hiccup of his clothes, trying his hardest not to rip them into pieces in the process and moved him away from the small pool of blood and vomit under him. Getting a better look at Hiccup, he noticed the changes. The large white tail was unmissable, but the texture of his skin had changed. what was once smooth skin, was had a slightly rough feel to it under his tongue. He slowly cleaned the blood from Hiccup's back, focusing on the area around his new tail and butt. After finishing on his legs, he flipped him onto his back.

He continued his work, cleaning his human. Licking vomit from his face and blood from his body. From head to tiny toe, Hiccup was clean. He gripped Hiccup's hand in his mouth and dragged him towards their sleeping area. Carefully curling himself around his transformed friend, keeping his new body warm. Pulling Hiccup flush against his body he slept.