Toothless awoke way before Hiccup to try and decide what was wrong with him. After some careful consideration, he found he liked Hiccup. Not just as friends, but like like. When Hiccup was still human, Toothless would get mad whenever Astrid dragged him off or if Hiccup spent more time with her than him. Toothless never knew why he was mad, but now he did. From the very start, he had loved Hiccup. Not the friendly way, but more than that. And it seemed the gods had favored him. So many years he was alone, no one of his species around. He would sit alone all through mating season without a partner, without a mate. Toothless had always had a special connection with Hiccup. A strong bond and a strong friendship. But now that he knew he loved Hiccup, being friends was going to be weird for him. The gods had blessed him by turning the one he loved into a dragon. A beautiful, female dragon. Hiccup was his and he was going to make sure of that. Astrid was not going to get in the way this time. The more he thought about that girl, the more he was angered. Hiccup loved her and not him. A growl escaped his throat. No. Hiccup couldn't love that girl anymore. He was a girl now. Hiccup couldn't love her! He would make sure of it. She was always taking his Hiccup from him and it only made him more angry and jealous. At the time he didn't know that he loved Hiccup. But now he did and he would make sure that Astrid wouldn't take the Viking turned dragon away from him. Hiccup was his and his alone. Nobody else's. He would make sure of it!
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Hiccup slowly awoke and opened her eyes, blinking the sleepiness away. She remembered having the weirdest dream last night. She dreamed that she had turned into a dragon! A female dragon! The thought of her silly dream made her laugh. But when she laughed, it came out more of a dragon-like grumble. Hiccup recoiled in shock and looked down and saw she had paws instead of hands. Scales instead of skin. A tail that shouldn't be there. Three legs and a stump to walk on. Wings on her back. Her ears were sensitive for she could hear for miles. Her eyesight was sharper than she could have ever imagined. Her nostrils were filled with all different sorts of scents, some she didn't even know existed. She was a dragon. It had been no dream, no matter how much she wanted it to be. It was real. Emotions flooded over her at once. Pain, hurt, anger, panic, shock, worry. All these emotions filled her mind as she thought about how everything would change. Nothing would be the same. How would her father react once he found out that his son was now a female night fury? How would Astrid? Oh gods! Astrid. The name made more pain, anger, and despair flood over her. Astrid. The name filled her mind with all the times the two had shared together. All the good and bad. Hiccup felt like going to a corner of the cove and crying her heart out. She was a dragon and would never be with the love of her life again. No. Astrid was a human and she was a dragon. Not to mention a female dragon at that. She would never work in the blacksmiths again. Never be able to see her friends. Her human friends. Why did the gods hate her so much? Why did they enjoy making her life miserable? What had she ever done to them? They just had to make her feel worse by turning her into a female dragon. Hiccup looked up and glared at the sky. Why couldn't this all be a dream? A nightmare? Why did all the bad stuff happen to her? Why? What had she ever done to deserve this? The gods could have at least fixed her leg when they made her into a dragon. But no. They didn't. It just made her suffer more. She would never see her friends and family again. A tear slipped from her eye and slid down her face. Why her? She thought. Why couldn't this have happened to someone else like Snotlout or a fish. Why her? She was never going to have a normal life. She was never going to feel normal again. She was a dragon. A dragon. Stoik would probably be ashamed. Having a dragon as a son turned daughter would be embarrassing. What was he going to do when he stepped down from chief? Let a dragon take over? And Astrid. Astrid would probably go running to Snotlout. And Hiccup would have nobody. She would be alone in the world. More tears fell and slid down her cheeks, falling on the ground. Nobody would want her. Her reputation in the village would go down the drain. She wouldn't be Hiccup the useful any more, her given name after she and toothless defeated the red death. She would go back to Hiccup the Useless Dragon. The name rang throughout her head. She was now an emotional wreck. Tears, hundreds of them, fell from her eyes. What would everyone think of her? Would they even know it was her? Why did everything have to go wrong when everything had just gotten better. She had defeated a huge dragon. Won the respect of her father and village. Got the girl. Gotten some friends. And had a night fury as a best friend. Everything was perfect. That is until this happened. It ruined everything. Everything was so messed up. Nothing would be the same. Even if she could be turned back, she could still be a girl. She may never be the boy Viking she once was. The gods hated her and it was a proven fact. They took everything away when it had just gotten better.
Hiccup was so caught up in her emotional mess that she hadn't noticed Toothless come and sit beside her. Toothless had been laying on a tall rock when he heard her crying and came over to see what was wrong. Toothless crooned and nuzzled her. Hiccup looked up at him with big sad eyes. Toothless crooned again and licked her cheek. "No matter what happens, you still got me." He whispered and Hiccup smiled. Yes. She thought. She still had a friend. Her best friend. A night fury. Maybe there was hope in the world after all. The teen sniffed and looked at Toothless who licked her cheek again. She didn't know why he was doing it but it did make her feel a little better. She smiled at him before getting up and hobbling over to the lake for a drink. Toothless watched as Hiccup bent down and took a drink from the lake. He had a good view from where he was sitting. A very good view indeed. A smile played across his lips. Toothless silently snuck up behind her. Hiccup did not even hear him because after all, Toothless was a night fury. Toothless smiled and suddenly nipped Hiccup on the rump. It shocked hiccup so much that she jumped and practically fell into the lake. Toothless laughed before jumping in with her. Hiccup was really confused. One minute she's drinking from the lake and the next, toothless is nipping her in the rear causing her to fall into the lake. As soon as she had resurfaced, she saw Toothless backing away. Oh you better back away. The embarrassed and confused female thought. Then, to add to her confusion, Toothless ran forward and jumped into the lake, splashing more cold water all over her. Toothless resurfaced and started to laugh in his dragon like manner. "You should have seen your face! It was priceless! You were scared when I came running! Hahahahaha!" Toothless laughed while Hiccup wasn't all that amused. "Yeah. Hahaha. I was so scared that the giant lizard would crush me!" she said in mock fear. Toothless continued laughing while Hiccup had enough. She started to paddle to the shallows where she stood and walked out of the lake with water dripping off her hide. It being the middle of autumn made being wet and out in the cold air freezing. The freezing teen walked over and laid down in a spot of sunlight from the rising sun, trying to get warm. She was shivering and Toothless must have noticed this because he hurriedly got out of the water worrying about her health. Hiccup heard Toothless coming up behind her and she turned away and put her tail over her eyes. Toothless didn't mind and laid down beside her. He put a wing over her like he did the night before and started to lick her behind the ear. Hiccup, who was now confused and shocked at Toothless, pulled her tail off her eyes and looked back at him. "What are you doing?" she asked and Toothless stopped liking her. "You're cold," he said and started licking her again. Hiccup was very confused as the larger dragon continued licking her head, moving to her neck. A loud purr was coming from Toothless as he groomed her making the dragon turned teen more confused. Hiccup didn't know what the dragon was doing, but went along with it, laying there as Toothless warmed her up. Then, out of her shock, she started purring too. She didn't know why, she just did. The two dragons lay in the cove, both purring as Toothless tried to warm Hiccup back up. The female dragon lay against the larger male as he groomed her. Toothless was happy on the inside. Hiccup was actually letting him groom her after what he did to her. Though, Hiccup wasn't one to hold grudges. Toothless was happy as he groomed the smaller female.
After Toothless finished grooming Hiccup, the two lay on the sun, soaking in its warmth. Hiccup was now happy, until her stomach grumbled with hunger. Toothless must have heard her stomach because the next thing she knew, Toothless was up and walking over to the lake. The female fury watched as the larger dragon waited at the edge of the lake, ready to strike at any fish that swam by. Something suddenly caught his eye. It was a fish. A very good sized one. One perfect for Hiccup. The large dragon crouched ready as the fish started to pass by. And just like that, Toothless shot out like lightning, teeth sinking into the fish. Toothless proudly raised from the lake and trotted back over to where the female was. Toothless dropped the fish in front of her and smiled. Hiccup smiled at him before sniffing the fish. She hadn't eaten in two days and the fish smelled good through her dragon nostrils, but she had never eaten a raw fish before. Toothless, seeing Hiccup's concern, knew what was needed to be done. He took the fish and swallowed it whole. Then a moment later, gagged it back up in front of the now disgusted Hiccup. She looked at the fish and back to Toothless. She was hungry and Toothless was nice enough to catch this for her, so, why not? She thought and opened her mouth, taking in the fish. Suddenly, her teeth retracted and she found herself tilting her head back and swallowing it whole. Surprisingly, this time she ate it, it was actually good. But she knew that they couldn't survive off fish. They would eventually run out of fish in the lake and would soon starve to death. They had to get out of here.
Toothless?" she asked as the male sat behind her. "Yes?" he replied. "How are we going to get out of here? I mean, if we don't get out soon, we will starve to death. That catch was just pure luck and still. If we don't get out soon, we could die from hunger." the Viking turned dragon said and Toothless nodded in agreement. "I got out of here once. The time you were attacked by that nightmare. I climbed the wall in a frenzy." Toothless said smiling. Hiccup smiled too and lay back down to think. How to get out. How to get out. The teen thought. "Maybe we could climb the walls." She suggested. "You got out that way. We should try. Considering there's no other way out." Hiccup said and Toothless nodded in agreement. "We could try," he said and Hiccup smiled and stood up. He looked at her and sighed. "Then the sooner we get out of here, the better." She said and Toothless nodded.
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Astrid sat on the steps of her chief's house and sighed. Search parties had been arranged and most of the villagers went out looking for the pair known as Hiccup and Toothless. And to much of hers and Stoik's disappointment, they had come back empty handed with no Hiccup or Toothless. She sighed. Where could they be? She thought to herself. She kicked a rock and it went flying down the hill that the chief's house rested on. When she had kicked the rock, the tip of her boot made an indenture on the ground. She saw this as she moved her foot. That's when it hit her. "The cove!" she shouted and mentally slapped herself for not remembering. how could she forget something like that? And with that, Astros hopped up and ran into the forest heading toward the cove.
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"Ah!" came from a female dragon as she fell from the wall. Apparently when thinking of the plan to get out, they had forgotten that it would be very hard to climb out with three legs. Hiccup hissed in frustration, getting up. Toothless hurried over to see if she was okay. She told him yes and was a little confused by the dragon's behavior. Toothless was acting differently. Hiccup shook off that thought and watched as Toothless sat in front of her. "It's hopeless! Well never get out!" Hiccup cried. Toothless sighed and walked over, giving her a lick on the cheek. Hiccup looked at him confused. Toothless had been acting weird ever since she was crying this morning. Now the sun was all the way up showing it was noon and they were still trapped. "I give up! It's too hard to climb!" she shouted and Toothless only chuckled at the smaller dragon's cry. He licked her again and laid down. The female fury gave up and laid down beside Toothless, her head rearing on her paws. The two say in silence for a moment when Toothless' ears twitched. "Someone's coming!" he said and got in front of Hiccup. Confused by the dragon's actions, Hiccup sat up and looked at the small entrance to the cove. Toothless was right. He could hear them. They were getting closer. She crouched behind Toothless as the footsteps got louder and closer. The dragons watched as a shadow of a human was at the entrance and out stepped..."Astrid!" Hiccup shouted happily. Too happily for Toothless' liking. Astrid gasped when she saw not only Toothless, but another night fury.
Astrid had finally found and made her way to the cove. This was the one place they had to be. Astrid stepped in and looked around. That's when she heard a roar she turned and gasps when she saw Toothless with another dragon behind him. Astrid could see that this dragon was a little bit smaller and a different shade of color than toothless. Though, it had the same features. Astrid gasped when she found that this was a Night Fury. She took a step towards them only to have Toothless growl at her. The other Dragon behind him growled to him and to Astrid it looked like they were having a conversation. Finally it looked like the smaller dragon won because Toothless stopped growling and the smaller dragon came out from behind him. Astrid gasped when she saw it was missing its left back leg and she felt sorry for it. But before she could take in anything else, she remembered something. Where was Hiccup? "Toothless? Where's Hiccup?" She asked looking around the cove for any sign of her boyfriend. Toothless grumbled something and nodded to the other dragon. Astrid was confused. "What do you mean? Where's Hiccup?" Astrid asked again now confused. She saw Toothless role his eyes and gesture to the smaller night fury. Astrid raised an eyebrow. "Are you trying to say that, that is Hiccup?" she asked really confused and both dragons nodded. Astrid was really confused. The dragons were telling her that the smaller night fury was Hiccup. Astrid cautiously approached the two, earning a growl from Toothless. Astrid held her hands up in defiance showing she meant no harm. Hiccup growled at Toothless and walked over to her. Well, more like hobbled. Hiccup got to Astrid and she patted her head. "You poor thing!" Astrid said, rubbing Hiccup's head. "Yeah. You're a good boy! Yes you are!" Astrid cooed in a baby-like voice, earning a grumble from Hiccup. As she said that, Toothless burst out laughing. That girl is so dumb! Can't she see that Hiccup is definitely not a boy. Hiccup growled at Toothless and Astrid stopped scratching him. "Was it something I said?" she asked and Hiccup grumbled, sitting down. Toothless didn't like the time Astrid was spending with his Hiccup so he trotted over there and sat beside Hiccup, nuzzling her. Hiccup grumbled and Astrid just looked at the two in confusion. "Okay! What is going on here!" Astrid yelled, throwing her hands into the air. Toothless growled and nodded to Hiccup and back to Astrid. Astrid only raised an eyebrow in confusion. Toothless rolled his eyes and gestured to Astrid and back to Hiccup. Astrid only sighed in frustration. "What are you trying to say?" Astrid asked. Hiccup, who was watching the little conversation, remembered something. She still could write! Yeah! That was it! She could write what Toothless was trying to say which she didn't know what it was either. Hiccup turned to Toothless who was just as frustrated as Astrid. "What are you trying to tell her Toothless?" Hiccup asked and Toothless looked back at her. "I'm trying to tell her that you're a girl." Toothless said, smiling. Hiccup frowned but used her tail to clear the dirt, making a nice place to write. "What are you doing?" Toothless asked and the female just rolled her eyes. "I'm communicating." She answered and used one of her claws to start writing.
Astrid watched as Hiccup wrote in the dirt. After about two minutes, she was done and she read it. "I a girl." She read aloud. Astrid just looked at Hiccup in confusion. "Who's a girl?" she asked and hiccup rolled her eyes. She wrote again. "Me." Astrid read aloud. "So are you saying that you're a girl?" Astrid asked and Hiccup nodded. Astrid then just burst out laughing. Hiccup grumbles and turns away and laid down. Toothless glared at the laughing Viking warrior, before turning and licking Hiccup's cheek. Astrid was laughing so hard that she was clutching her sides from where they hurt. Finally, she stopped laughing and stopped to catch her breath. After catching get breath, she saw toothless looking at her with a serious expression. Astrid's smiled dropped into a frown. "You can't be serious?" she asked and Toothless nodded. "You're not joking? Hiccup really is a girl in this little dragon form?" she asked, earning another grumble from Hiccup and a nod from Toothless. "Ohhh." Astrid said, looking at Hiccup. "Sorry Hiccup. But how in the world are you a girl!" Astrid practically shouted. Toothless just rolled his eyes and warbled something that Astrid couldn't understand. "Wait! Hold up! Let me get this straight. My boyfriend suddenly changed into a dragon. But just not any, a night fury. And he's a female?" Astrid said and Toothless nodded. "Ugh! My brain hurts! I'm going to go now and tell Stoik that I found his son, errr, daughter as a dragon in the cove with his, I mean her, dragon Toothless. Yeah. You two just stay there and I'll ..." Astrid didn't get that far because she just plain fainted. The mighty Astrid fainted! Toothless laughed in his dragon like manner and sat beside Hiccup, waiting for the annoying female human to wake up. Hiccup must have noticed that Astrid wasn't talking anymore so she got up and turned around to see Astrid laying on the ground. She looked at Toothless who shrugged.
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Astrid opened her eyes, only to close them as sunlight blinded her. Suddenly, the light vanished and she opened her eyes and shrieked. Standing above her was a dragon she had never seen before. She started backing up when she noticed that she was in the cove. she looked back at the dragon and saw Toothless standing beside it. The it all came rushing back. Finding them in the cove. Finding out Hiccup was a dragon. Finding out Hiccup was a female dragon.
Astrid finally got up and stared at Hiccup and Toothless. "Okay. You two stay here, and I'll go get Stoik." Astrid said before walking away. Before she made it to the exit of the cove, she heard a cry from behind her. She turned around to see Hiccup and Toothless looking expectantly at her. "What?" she asked and Toothless licked his lips. Astrid sighed. She had seen Toothless do that many times before and knew it meant he was hungry. "Okay. I'll bring back some fish." And with that, she left.
Hiccup walked over to a large rock and lay down, smiling at the warmth. Toothless watched her do this and sighed. He laid down in his own little spot. He didn't want that annoying human to come back. He needed to get out of here as soon as possible to get Hiccup away from her. Because Hiccup was his, not hers. She shouldn't be around Hiccup. They would get out somehow. And it was going to be soon.