Toothless got up from his spot and looked around the cove. There had to be a way out. Toothless looked over and saw the dragon turned Viking was fast asleep on her rock sunbathing. Toothless smiled. She looked so cute. He had been dropping hints all day but the dragoness was just so dense. But she'd find out eventually.
Toothless looked around the cove, searching for a way out. He looked back at the entrance. There were two entrances actually. Toothless looked at the spot on the ledge where Hiccup had sketched him and dropped his writing tool. Toothless knew the entrance up there was little, but maybe, just maybe, he could shoot a really strong fireball up there and make it bigger. Just maybe he could. Toothless nodded to himself and backed away to the other side of the lake facing it. He took a deep breath and felt the gasses building up at the back of his throat. He made sure his aim was right before closing his mouth with only a little hole of his puckered lips. And he shot the fireball out of his mouth, the strong blueish fireball hot it's tater causing a loud explosion on impact. The noise made birds fly away and woke the sleeping Dragoness, startling her so much that she fell off her rock. Rocks fell and fell, tumbling onto the lake, the ground shaking. The rockalanch, as Toothless called it, stirred up a whole lot of dust. Soon, the rocks stopped falling and dust blocked both dragon's view of the damage. Hiccup walked from the place she fell and over to Toothless' side. "What did you do?" she asked and the mighty dragon just shrugged. "I don't know, but hopefully it's a way out." He replied. Hiccup only looked at him confused.
The dust had finally cleared and showed a massive pile of rocks leading up to a very wide exit that both dragons could fit through. "Yes!" Toothless shouted happily and trotted over to the rocks and started to climb them. He glanced back at Hiccup. "You coming or you staying there?" he asked and Hiccup sighed and hobbled over. The dragoness started to climb after the male, making sure not to slip. She did not know why they were leaving, seeing as Astrid was going to bring back food for them, but she followed Toothless anyways. At one point, halfway up the pile of rocks, Hiccup stepped on a very sharp and pointed rock, causing her to yowl in pain. Toothless stopped his climbing and looked back to see the female sitting on some smooth rocks, licking her paw furiously. Toothless, curious to what she was doing, called down to her. "What are you doing?" he asked and she looked away from her paw. "I stepped on a sharp rock!" she called and Toothless rolled his eyes. Knowing Hiccup she just had to step on that rock. "You okay?" Toothless asked and Hiccup nodded.
They had soon made their way to the exit, which both where happy to do so. Hiccup followed behind Toothless confused at why they were leaving. Astrid had found them and they were going to be rescued so Hiccup was confused at why they were leaving. Sure, he was happy to get out of there, but Astrid was going to bring them food. So why were they leaving? "Uh, Toothless, not that I don't mind leaving or anything, but, uh, why are we leaving, and since we are leaving, uh, why aren't we going back to the village?" she asked and Toothless stopped walking. "Uh, I, uh, thought I saw something strange on the other side of the island, uh, while we were, uh, flying, uh, yesterday. Yeah. I wanted to check it out and besides, you haven't ever been on the other side of the island on foot." Toothless said and was relieved when Hiccup seemed to be okay with his explanation. "Okay, but after we are done, can we go back to the village?" Hiccup asked and Toothless looked unsure. "Uh, sure." He said, not meaning it, but Hiccup bought it. They started walking again, Hiccup taking the lead, trotting in front of Toothless.
As Toothless fell in behind Hiccup, he knew that he didn't want to go back to the village. But maybe, just maybe, he could get Hiccup to be his mate and then, just maybe they could go back to the village. Toothless smiled. Hiccup, his mate. That sounded good. Hiccup and Toothless. Toothless and Hiccup. That sounded good. Toothless was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't notice that Hiccup had stopped walking and he passed her, walking right into a tree.
Hiccup burst out laughing, while Toothless held his nose in pain. All the blood rushed to Toothless's cheeks, and he was glad that his scales were black and hid the blush. They did, didn't they? Hiccup continued laughing. She laughed so long and hard that she was on the ground, clutching her sides with her paws and gasping for breath. "That…*gasp*…was…*gasp* the..funniest… *gasp*...thing...*gasp*…ever." She managed to say, still gasping for breath from her hysterical laughing. Toothless was only more embarrassed. He wanted to impress her and all he was doing was embarrassing himself. What a way to win a girl's heart.
After ten minutes of laying on the ground gasping for breath and having a laughing fit every minute or so, Hiccup had finally regained her posture, though, every time she looked at Toothless and saw that forming red bump on the end of his nose, she burst out laughing. Toothless was embarrassed and mad at the same time. He was embarrassed that he had ran into a tree in front of Hiccup and mad that she would not stop laughing at him. Sure, he guessed, if their positions would have been switched, he would have laughed too. But, this was different. Hiccup wasn't trying to win his heart. Hiccup had just turned into a female dragon yesterday and he was a guy before then, so, what would be the difference? Hiccup still wouldn't like him. Sure, Hiccup loved him in a friendly way. Like a best friend and a brother. But not the way Toothless wanted her to. He was lonely, the only night fury on the island of Berk and Toothless knew that there weren't many night furies out there. He was one of the last of his kind. The night fury was a rare breed, very hard to find. Night furies were mostly nocturnal, going out at night so they would blend in with the night sky, not to be seen.
Toothless knew his feelings were wrong. He should be helping Hiccup, not trying to win her heart and make moves on her. He was supposed to be there for her as a friend. Toothless was sure that if their position was the other way around, Hiccup would definitely help him. So, Toothless made a decision. An important one. He was supposed to be there for Hiccup and he was going to be. Despite his feelings, he would not woo her or make a move. She was his best friend and nothing would ever change that. Nothing.
Meanwhile, Hiccup was also having some weird thoughts. Everytime she looked at Toothless, the image of him running into that tree and looking embarrassed kept coming to mind. He looked so embarrassed and something else. She couldn't describe it. It felt weird. This feeling going on within her. It was a new feeling that she had never felt before. Not even when Astrid was around. What was this feeling? She couldn't describe it, it was just the image of Toothless looking so flustered pulling a trigger or something. It opened a new feeling inside her. She didn't know what it was, but it made butterflies fly in her stomach when she looked at Toothless. What was this new unfamiliar feeling?
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They had been walking for what felt like hours. Hiccup didn't know where they were. She was just following Toothless and to her, he looked like he didn't know where they were going either. Hiccup knew that they were lost, but didn't say anything. She knew Toothless knew they were lost and she was just going to have to trust that he could get them out of there.
While walking, Hiccup had time to think over the question in her mind. What was this new feeling? She was conflicted. She had no idea of what this feeling was. It was a new feeling and she had never felt it before. Ever since Toothless ran into that tree, the image of him looking flustered and embarrassed and cute. Wait, wait, wait! Did she just think that Toothless was cute! She must be loosing her mind. Toothless wasn't cute. He was her best friend. And with that, she cleared her mind of all thoughts and continued following Toothless.