They had been walking for ages, Hiccup thought as she followed Toothless, her three legs starting to ache from walking. Even her stump was starting to hurt and she wasn't even doing anything with it. The sun, which had been directly overhead, was now setting in the western sky. "Toothless, are we almost there yet?" she asked and Toothless stopped and turned to look at her. "We are almost there." He said and she sighed in relief and frustration. Hiccup just wanted to get wherever they were going.
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Toothless stopped and looked back at Hiccup. "We are almost there." He said and watched her sigh in what it seemed like relief and frustration. Toothless couldn't tell which one. The truth was, he had no idea as to where they were going. He just wanted to get Hiccup away from Astrid and the village. He didn't know why, but he truly despised the girl. He knew, or thought anyway, that she was just with Hiccup because he was the Dragon Tamer, The village hero. She was only with him for attention. Because he was the chief's son. Toothless didn't know if that was true or not, but she went from hating his guts to liking him over night.
Toothless started walking again and started to take in his surroundings, trying to find something that made it look like he actually had something to show Hiccup. He had to find something to show her soon. As he was looking around, he spotted something. Just ahead, he saw a meadow, filled with flowers of all kinds. The land went straight and made the sun looking like it was disappearing under the land. The sunset was beautiful and made the flowers of the meadow have a glow to them. The scene was truly beautiful. He had found something to show Hiccup.
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Hiccup had noticed that Toothless stopped. She stopped behind him and wondered why he had stopped. Were they there yet? "Hiccup. We are here." Toothless said, turning to face Hiccup. Hiccup walked up, well more like limped, around Toothless to see what they had come all of this way for. What she saw was breathtaking. The golden color to the flowers making them shine in the light of the sunset, it was beautiful. She turned to Toothless. "Wow." She said, "It's so beautiful." And Toothless smiled at her.
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Toothless watched as Hiccup looked at the scene. The golden rays of the sun from the sunset made her violet scales glow. She was breathtaking. "It's so beautiful." He heard her say. He had to agree with her, but he was thinking of something else. "You're so beautiful." He said so quietly that Hiccup thought she heard something but shrugged it off as the wind.
"Wow, Toothless. How did you find this?" Hiccup asked and Toothless shrugged, quickly coming up with something to tell her. "Uh, I, Uh, found it when I was younger. Long time ago." He said nonchalantly. "Well, thank you Toothless." She said and reached up and gave Toothless a lick on the cheek. Toothless felt the blood rush to his cheeks and was thankful, yet again, that his scales hid his blush. If he was human right now, he would be beet red.
Hiccup couldn't ignore the fluttering she felt in her stomach when she looked at Toothless. They way the sun shone off of his scales. What was this feeling? It was the same feeling she had felt when Toothless had run into that tree. She knew what it was. It was tugging at the back of her mind. She remembered her mother telling her, oh so many years ago before she had died, about the feeling she was having now.
Flashback
"Mommy?" a tiny four year old Hiccup asked. "What is it darling?" Valhallarama asked, pulling her son into her lap. "What is love?" he asked and Valhallarama chuckled, holding him close. "Why do you want to know?" she questioned and he looked up at her with curious emerald eyes. "I heard Snotlout talking about getting Astrid to love him." He said and Valhallarama had to laugh at her little nephew's antics. "Well, love is a feeling you have for something or someone that you really, really, really like." She told him and he smiled up at her. "Do you really, really, really like Daddy, Mommy?" Hiccup asked and Valhallarama laughed. "Of course I do, little one. I love him very much." She said and he looked confused. "Mommy? How do you know you love someone?" he asked and Valhallarama laughed. "Well, there are different kinds of love. There is friendly love, love you feel for a friend, family love, love you feel for your family, and then there is LOVE. The last one is different. You see, I love you with family love. I love your father with LOVE. You can tell when you are in Love with someone when you get butterflies in your stomach. Like this." She said, tickling his stomach, making him giggle. "You can also tell, by have a strong urge to protect them. You, well, I guess it's different for different people. I guess, you'll know when you are in love. It'll hit you out of nowhere. And someday, you'll find someone who will make you feel all cozy inside. There's someone out there for you, somewhere. And you'll know when you find them." Valhallarama said and kissed Hiccup's forehead.
Flashback Ends
Hiccup smiled at the memory. She didn't know how, or why, but she knew what the feeling was. The feeling was Love. Not the friendly kind. Not the family kind. But LOVE. She smiled as she looked at Toothless, then sighed, turning her head away. Her mom had always told her tales of love at first sight, but she never believed in them. She never thought that such a thing existed. But now, she knows it does. Though, she knew that Toothless had no feelings for her. Why would he? She was the one who went and basically chopped off his tail. Why would he want her?
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Toothless watched as Hiccup's face changed from emotion to emotion. He wondered what she was thinking about. "What are you thinking about?" he asked softly, pulling Hiccup away from her thoughts. She looked at him and smiled. "Oh, nothing. Just remembering the time my mom told me about love." She said, smiling at the memory. Toothless smiled, happy to see her happy. "What did she tell you?" he asked and Hiccup smiled brightly at him. "She told me that there was someone out there for me. And that when I find them, I'll know. She said it kind of hits you out of nowhere and it makes you feel all cozy on the inside. She used to tell me stories of love at first sight. Do you believe that? In love at first sight, I mean?" she asked.
Toothless considered her question. Did he? The way Hiccup had just described love was exactly how he felt. But even if he did love her, why would she want him? They were supposed to be best friends. He looked up and smiled at her. "Yeah. I do believe in love at first sight." He said softly and her smile brightened.
"Toothless, can I ask you a question?" she asked and Toothless looked at her in surprise. "Uh, sure." He answered and Hiccup took a breath. "Be honest." She said and Toothless nodded. "Have you ever loved someone, but knew that if you told them, it would ruin everything if they did not feel the same way?" she asked and Toothless thought of her. "Yeah." he said and Hiccup felt her breath catch in her throat. "Who?" she asked. "Well," he started and smiled. "She was a very beautiful dragon that I met." Hiccup winced at the word dragon. It couldn't be her. It couldn't be. She was human before today, and a male one at that. How could it be her? Toothless continued. "She was a night fury. The most gorgeous dragon I had ever seen in my life time. She had these beautiful emerald green eyes and these long eyelashes. She has breathtaking violet scale that sunlight danced off of. The first time I saw her, I was in love." He said looking Hiccup in the eye. "Who was she?" Hiccup asked with bated breath. "She was..." Toothless trailed off, not sure whether to finish or not. "She was you." He said and Hiccup gasped, her eyes tearing up a bit. She couldn't believe it. Toothless loved her. Loved her! She felt like she was on top of the world, and by that she did not mean the north pole.
Toothless thought that Hiccup was going to reject him and it would be the end of their friendship, but what she said next, took him by surprise. "I love you, too." She said softly, smiling up at her. Toothless was sure his heart skipped a beat at those words.
Hiccup walked over to Toothless and nuzzled his cheek. Toothless smiled and leaned down and licked the smaller female on the top of her head.
Toothless then had only one question left to ask. "Hiccup, will you do me the honor of becoming my mate?" he asked and Hiccup's heart fluttered at the question. "Of course I will." She said and Toothless smiled brightly. "Good." He said, licking her cheek.