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I… can't breath….

I was floating in absolute blackness, my limbs limp next to me, my mouth wide open in a desperate attempt to get air into my burning lungs. Where am I, am I dreaming? It's never felt so real, I really can't move.

This wasn't suppose to be happening, am I going to die in a dream?

A light suddenly appeared before me, air arriving as well, filling my lungs quickly. Coughing, I moaned as I was able to move my arms and legs, everything feeling ver sore. My hands curled into fists, something crumbling easily against the grip. Lifting my hand, I opened it and watched as small piers of ash flew out. Looking to either side, I found myself laying on a long stretch of ash, ends disappearing into darkness.

"What… what's happening, where am I?" I sled weakly, sitting up cautiously.

Help… us…

I jumped as a voice whispered right behind me, causing me to turn around quickly. A large ash tree towered over me, its coloring a sick gray, the leaves black and curling. I watched as a few strips of ash del down, adding to the already large amount at it's base.

"Did… did you just talk to me?" I stood, walking slowly to the base of the tree.

It hurts… so much….

"What does?"

Please… make it stop…. Heal us….

"H-Heal, I don't know how, what are you talking about?" I touched the peeling trunk gently. A shot of pain jolted through my arm, jumping back in surprise. I let out a strangled yell of fear as my arm turned to ash and crumbled away.

Heal us… before you disappear as well….

**~linebreak~**

I shot up, a scream ripping from my throat, eyes wide with fear. I quickly examined my arm, calming slightly finding both still attached, none of them made from ash. A grunt of worry sounded as something rough and scaly pressed against me, green eyes staring at me thought the darkness.

"T-Toothless, hey buddy," I wrapped my arms around him, "I-I'm fine, just fine, only a dream…. Another horrible dream…." I clutched tighter to Toothless, trying to calm myself.

I'd been having dreams for months now, ever since my village had welcome dragons to live with us. Since then, for whatever reason, some weird things had occurred, beyond the typical one day of sun. The plants started to wither, fish seemed harder to catch, even the dragons seemed more on edge. Dreams of death and destruction started to haunt me, I'm not able to sleep anymore, and I've somehow become much weaker.

My father blames the food shortages and the strange events for the lack of space, no room to grow. He declared that the village needed to explore new lands, see where we could expand, deciding that he would gather a group of Vikings to explore what the world had to offer. I tried to tell him about my dreams, that something was wrong, not just with our lands, but that everywhere else was dying as well. But he wouldn't listen, he never really did….

Toothless let out a soft grunt and nuzzled against my side, causing me to laugh.

"Alright, alright, I'll try and sleep. Thanks buddy, I'm feeling better."

Warm breath ruffled my hair, Toothless laid his head down at the edge of my bed, eyes staring at me. Laughing softly, I laid back down, placing a hand on Toothless' head. Letting out a calming breath, I let myself relax as I fell asleep once again.

**~linebreak~**

I woke slowly, feeling very warm and safe, something draped over me gently. Opening my eyes, I saw a black leather wing tented over me, Toothless snoring softly behind me. I laughed as I pulled the wing back and sat up, extremely happy that I slept the rest of the night without another nightmare. Feeling my movements, Toothless was up in an instant, licking my cheek happily.

"Alright, I'm happy to see you too buddy." I laughed, pushing Toothless away gently. He let out a grunt as he kept over me, waiting eagerly beside my door. "Yeah, I know you're hungry, hang on."

I reached over and grabbed my prosthetic leg, putting it on, hissing as the cold metal touched my bare skin. "Ah, it's always freezing, hate mornings…."

I stood up shakily, slowly making my way to the door, Toothless on the ready. But I petted his head and made my way down the stairs, letting out a sigh of relief when I reached the bottom.

"Dad?" I called out to the emptiness, not surprised when I didn't receive a reply. My father, chief of the village, Stoick, had been leaving home very early recently, no doubt wording about the voyage at hand.

Sitting down at the table, I grabbed an apple from the center, Toothless raiding the ice box for cod. He swallowed two before resting at my feet, waiting for me to finish with my little breakfast. I rubbed the top of his head, barely nibbling the fruit in hand.

"Guess I"m not really that hungry…." I tossed the half eaten apple at Toothless, who snatched it up instantly. "Come on buddy, we need to go wash up, I think I'm growing something."

Toothless growled darkly at that, pupils turning to slits.

"Don't you dare-" I had barely taken a step toward him when Toothless knocked down the front door and raced away. "No, Toothless come back!"

I raced after him as best I could, apologizing to the disgruntled villagers that Toothless had bothered.

**~linebreak~**

Toothless let out a noise resembling a grumble as I emptied a bucket of water over him, washing the suds away.

"Buck up you big baby, we both needed this. I'll clean your gums after I'm done, alright?" His ears perked up in excitement and settled down as I scrubbed his back.

We were down at the washing creek, clean, clear water rushing past us, ice chunks sometimes floating by. Oddly enough, it was still warmer than the weather here. I was down to my undergarment, the rest of my clothes placed far away in a hope that they wouldn't get wet. Both Toothless and I were clean, a small fire burning next to us to provide some warmth as we dried off.

I settled myself on a smooth rock near the river and gestured Toothless closer, which he happily did, mouth open wide, showing me pink gums. Laughing softly, I cupped my hand with cold water and ran my hands of Toothless' gums gently, making sure I didn't miss a spot. He purred in happiness, eyes close as I continued on.

"Hiccup! Hiccup where are you!"

I paused having heard my dad's voice drifting thought the forest. "I'm over by the creek dad!"

Soon enough, the large figure of Stoic emerged from the forest, heading strait for us. "There you are, I panicked when I didn't see you at home."

"Sorry, but Toothless was getting a weird smell," I explained as said dragon gave me a disgruntled look, "No doubt I was smelling pretty bad as well. What's up dad?"

"Well, there's something we need to talk about."

I stiffened slightly at that tone in his voice, I don't think I was going to like the outcome of this talk.

"Ok, is something wrong?"

"No, but this is something important. You know about this new voyage, right?"

I laughed slightly, trying to calm myself. "Yeah dad, I'm aware of this. It's all you talk about."

"Right, well, Gobber and I have talked about this and…. We've decided that you should lead."

"I-I… what?" I swallowed hard, the horrible feeling washing over me again. "Dad, I… I don't think that's such a good idea."

"Hiccup, this is something you need, to help with your confidence. You will become the chief soon and you ned to learn how to deal with people. You're also the only person I trust to deal with the dragons when away from this island. This will help you."

"Dad, I can't do this, I mean, are you planning on going anywhere anytime soon? I mean, am I becoming Chief tomorrow?"

"No, but-"

"Then I can have the learning process later!"

Stoic stared at me, not easing my thumping heart at all. "Does this have anything to do with these 'dreams' of yours?"

"Dad, you don't understand, something bad is going to happen. It's like our land, this entire world is dying, and us leaving is just going to make it worse. I can feel it, please believe me."

"Hiccup, I don't want to hear this. You need to do this, not only for you, but for this village. Now, you're leaving within a week, so you better prepare."

I could only stare in disbelief as Stoic walk away, unable to think of any argument. The only one I had was a bad feeling and a nightmare, which even I admit was a weak fight.

I jumped when Toothless nuzzled my side, whining in worriment.

"I-It's ok buddy, I'm fine…."

**~linebreak~**

The hall was buzzing with people enjoying their last meal of the day, the main doors opted showing the night sky.

I picked pitifully at the leg on my plate, my meal cold, I could barely find my hunger to eat. Behind me, Toothless laid, giving me look of worry, whining softly.

"Hiccup!"

I weakly looked up as the other teens made their way over, all beaming.

"Heard something interesting about you today." Astrid said, sitting across from me.

"What did you hear?" I frowned, looking at the remaining group.

"That you're leading the voyage, that's so exciting!" Fishlegs exclaimed, practically bouncing in eagerness.

"W-Who told you?"

"Gobber." Tuff said simply.

"Never could keep his mouth shut." Ruff said, her twin nodding in agreement.

"Oh, yeah, guess he's not the best with keeping secrets. " I relied meekly, going back to my cold meal. The teens looked at each other in confusion.

"Hiccup, aren't you excited about this?" Astrid asked, "I mean, you're going on an adventure, seeing new lands, new people."

"It's such an honor to just go, let alone call the shots." Fishlegs said.

"If I was allowed to lead, I would take the chance happily." Snotlout said.

"Fine, you want it, take it!" I snapped, Toothless growling at Snotlout.

"Whoa, Hiccup, calm down." Astrid said, grabbing my hand tightly.

I calmed slightly, taking a deep breath, Toothless laying back down. "Sorry…."

"What's going on Hiccup?"

I gripped Astrid's hand tightly, looking hard at my plate. "I… I really can't say…."

"Come on, you can tell us." Ruff said, all nodding in agreement.

I pulled away from Astrid, wrapping my arms around my middle, not looking away from the table. I wanted to remove myself from this situation, but I knew they'd never let me go.

"I… I've had these horrible feelings, something's going to happen, something really bad. I keep having these… nightmares…. I'm surrounded by darkness and I can't breath, then I'm suddenly on this island of just ash. A tree is towering over me and this voice… these voices call out for my help, but I don't know what do to. I… I touch the tree and suddenly my arm turns to ash and falls away. I don't know what it means… but something's coming and it's already effecting us. It's not the dragons, it's not the lack of space, some higher power is trying to kill us, we're just withering away. If we leave, it'll get worse so much quicker."

No one said anything, the only noise coming from the remaining Vikings, enjoying their meal without being frightened. I didn't look up, I couldn't look up, because I knew they wet staring at me and I didn't want to meet their gazes.

"Hiccup, when was the last time you actually ate anything?" Astrid asked softly.

"…Days ago, I don't really eat anymore…." I replied, slightly put-off by the question.

Astrid stood and took my plate, gripping my shoulder gently. "I'll get you a new plate, and I'm sure Toothless would love some cod."

The small group disperser, Toothless purring happily waiting for the fish to arrive. I looked around once I knew I was alone, suddenly feeling exhausted from the conversation. Toothless placed his front claws on the bench and nuzzled against my side, causing me to laugh.

"H-Hey buddy." I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck, pressing close to get his warmth. I slowly began to feel like myself again, energy that I missed slowly coming back. "I always feel safe around you."

He merely purred gently and licked the side of my face, making me laugh again.

"Feeling better already?" Astrid smirked, placing a new plate of food in front of me, the others joining. Fishlegs tipped over a basket, fish spilling out, and Toothless ran over in an instant. I felt the warmth leave me quickly, everything feeling cold and harmful, and I curled in on myself slightly, wanting Toothless back. I could feel Astrid going me a quizzical look, but I didn't look, I just didn't want to look at any of them.

"Well, go on Hiccup, eat up." Astrid said, pushing the plate closer.

"I'm not hungry," I said simply, pushing it back again, "Not… really in the mood…."

"What, you were super happy a second ago, what happened?" Tuff argued.

I shrugged, just glaring at the table again. With an all knowing smirk Astrid stood again, grabbing the last cod before Toothless could reach it, and tossed it onto the table next to me. I was about to disagree, the smell was horrible, when Toothless charged at the fish and swallowed it, nuzzling against me once he was finished. I laughed, the strange warmth coming over me again, and my stomach rumbled loudly.

"Hungry now?" Astrid said, pushing my plate back.

"Actually I am." I said, grabbing my fork and beginning to eat. Tough meet never tasted to well.

"Guess you're only hungry, and for that matter, happy, when Toothless is close."

"Um, kind of, I just… feel safe with him close." I smiled as Toothless pressed his nose into my neck, letting out a puff of warm air.

"Geez Hiccup, paranoid much?" Snotlout joked, the teens laughing, and I joined in, feeling better than I had in a long time.

**~linebreak~**

"Night Hiccup!"

"Night."

"Hope no evil trees haunt your dreams!"

I laughed softly as we all went our separate ways , the sky dark blue with stars dotting it. Toothless traveled right be my side, my hand resting comfortable on his head.

"What do you think buddy, am I really just paranoid?" Toothless whined softly and pressed closer, green eyes just staring back. "I'll just take that as a maybe…."

I came to a sudden stop when Toothless let out a deep, dangerous growl, pupils turning to slits as he stalked forward to the forest edge.

"Toothless, buddy, what's wrong?" I took a step forward before Toothless turned to face me again, pushing me away from the forest and frantically to my home. He practically threw me inside and only calmed when the front door was closed and locked. "What was that all about?"

He whined in what I guess was panic and placed his head on my lap, eyes closing in relief. I petted the top of his head, trying to calm him down, but I was only panicking more now.

What had Toothless sensed?

**~linebreak~**

Two wolfs sat near the forest edge, looking at the chief's hut before turning to each other.

"He was right, the human's leaving in a week." One said, voice deep and sinister.

"We should report back, no doubt we'll be told how to handle this 'problem'." The other spoke, voice calm and poisonously smooth.

"Who knew a meat stick could cause such damage." The first spoke, smirking, showing blood stained fangs. "Think we'll be able to eat him?"

"Always with your stomach, use that brain first! Now come, we need to report."

Both disappeared in a gust of wind, the village falling silent again.

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I… can't breath….

I was floating in absolute blackness, my limbs limp next to me, my mouth wide open in a desperate attempt to get air into my burning lungs. Where am I, am I dreaming? It's never felt so real, I really can't move.

This wasn't suppose to be happening, am I going to die in a dream?

A light suddenly appeared before me, air arriving as well, filling my lungs quickly. Coughing, I moaned as I was able to move my arms and legs, everything feeling ver sore. My hands curled into fists, something crumbling easily against the grip. Lifting my hand, I opened it and watched as small piers of ash flew out. Looking to either side, I found myself laying on a long stretch of ash, ends disappearing into darkness.

"What… what's happening, where am I?" I sled weakly, sitting up cautiously.

Help… us…

I jumped as a voice whispered right behind me, causing me to turn around quickly. A large ash tree towered over me, its coloring a sick gray, the leaves black and curling. I watched as a few strips of ash del down, adding to the already large amount at it's base.

"Did… did you just talk to me?" I stood, walking slowly to the base of the tree.

It hurts… so much….

"What does?"

Please… make it stop…. Heal us….

"H-Heal, I don't know how, what are you talking about?" I touched the peeling trunk gently. A shot of pain jolted through my arm, jumping back in surprise. I let out a strangled yell of fear as my arm turned to ash and crumbled away.

Heal us… before you disappear as well….

**~linebreak~**

I shot up, a scream ripping from my throat, eyes wide with fear. I quickly examined my arm, calming slightly finding both still attached, none of them made from ash. A grunt of worry sounded as something rough and scaly pressed against me, green eyes staring at me thought the darkness.

"T-Toothless, hey buddy," I wrapped my arms around him, "I-I'm fine, just fine, only a dream…. Another horrible dream…." I clutched tighter to Toothless, trying to calm myself.

I'd been having dreams for months now, ever since my village had welcome dragons to live with us. Since then, for whatever reason, some weird things had occurred, beyond the typical one day of sun. The plants started to wither, fish seemed harder to catch, even the dragons seemed more on edge. Dreams of death and destruction started to haunt me, I'm not able to sleep anymore, and I've somehow become much weaker.

My father blames the food shortages and the strange events for the lack of space, no room to grow. He declared that the village needed to explore new lands, see where we could expand, deciding that he would gather a group of Vikings to explore what the world had to offer. I tried to tell him about my dreams, that something was wrong, not just with our lands, but that everywhere else was dying as well. But he wouldn't listen, he never really did….

Toothless let out a soft grunt and nuzzled against my side, causing me to laugh.

"Alright, alright, I'll try and sleep. Thanks buddy, I'm feeling better."

Warm breath ruffled my hair, Toothless laid his head down at the edge of my bed, eyes staring at me. Laughing softly, I laid back down, placing a hand on Toothless' head. Letting out a calming breath, I let myself relax as I fell asleep once again.

**~linebreak~**

I woke slowly, feeling very warm and safe, something draped over me gently. Opening my eyes, I saw a black leather wing tented over me, Toothless snoring softly behind me. I laughed as I pulled the wing back and sat up, extremely happy that I slept the rest of the night without another nightmare. Feeling my movements, Toothless was up in an instant, licking my cheek happily.

"Alright, I'm happy to see you too buddy." I laughed, pushing Toothless away gently. He let out a grunt as he kept over me, waiting eagerly beside my door. "Yeah, I know you're hungry, hang on."

I reached over and grabbed my prosthetic leg, putting it on, hissing as the cold metal touched my bare skin. "Ah, it's always freezing, hate mornings…."

I stood up shakily, slowly making my way to the door, Toothless on the ready. But I petted his head and made my way down the stairs, letting out a sigh of relief when I reached the bottom.

"Dad?" I called out to the emptiness, not surprised when I didn't receive a reply. My father, chief of the village, Stoick, had been leaving home very early recently, no doubt wording about the voyage at hand.

Sitting down at the table, I grabbed an apple from the center, Toothless raiding the ice box for cod. He swallowed two before resting at my feet, waiting for me to finish with my little breakfast. I rubbed the top of his head, barely nibbling the fruit in hand.

"Guess I"m not really that hungry…." I tossed the half eaten apple at Toothless, who snatched it up instantly. "Come on buddy, we need to go wash up, I think I'm growing something."

Toothless growled darkly at that, pupils turning to slits.

"Don't you dare-" I had barely taken a step toward him when Toothless knocked down the front door and raced away. "No, Toothless come back!"

I raced after him as best I could, apologizing to the disgruntled villagers that Toothless had bothered.

**~linebreak~**

Toothless let out a noise resembling a grumble as I emptied a bucket of water over him, washing the suds away.

"Buck up you big baby, we both needed this. I'll clean your gums after I'm done, alright?" His ears perked up in excitement and settled down as I scrubbed his back.

We were down at the washing creek, clean, clear water rushing past us, ice chunks sometimes floating by. Oddly enough, it was still warmer than the weather here. I was down to my undergarment, the rest of my clothes placed far away in a hope that they wouldn't get wet. Both Toothless and I were clean, a small fire burning next to us to provide some warmth as we dried off.

I settled myself on a smooth rock near the river and gestured Toothless closer, which he happily did, mouth open wide, showing me pink gums. Laughing softly, I cupped my hand with cold water and ran my hands of Toothless' gums gently, making sure I didn't miss a spot. He purred in happiness, eyes close as I continued on.

"Hiccup! Hiccup where are you!"

I paused having heard my dad's voice drifting thought the forest. "I'm over by the creek dad!"

Soon enough, the large figure of Stoic emerged from the forest, heading strait for us. "There you are, I panicked when I didn't see you at home."

"Sorry, but Toothless was getting a weird smell," I explained as said dragon gave me a disgruntled look, "No doubt I was smelling pretty bad as well. What's up dad?"

"Well, there's something we need to talk about."

I stiffened slightly at that tone in his voice, I don't think I was going to like the outcome of this talk.

"Ok, is something wrong?"

"No, but this is something important. You know about this new voyage, right?"

I laughed slightly, trying to calm myself. "Yeah dad, I'm aware of this. It's all you talk about."

"Right, well, Gobber and I have talked about this and…. We've decided that you should lead."

"I-I… what?" I swallowed hard, the horrible feeling washing over me again. "Dad, I… I don't think that's such a good idea."

"Hiccup, this is something you need, to help with your confidence. You will become the chief soon and you ned to learn how to deal with people. You're also the only person I trust to deal with the dragons when away from this island. This will help you."

"Dad, I can't do this, I mean, are you planning on going anywhere anytime soon? I mean, am I becoming Chief tomorrow?"

"No, but-"

"Then I can have the learning process later!"

Stoic stared at me, not easing my thumping heart at all. "Does this have anything to do with these 'dreams' of yours?"

"Dad, you don't understand, something bad is going to happen. It's like our land, this entire world is dying, and us leaving is just going to make it worse. I can feel it, please believe me."

"Hiccup, I don't want to hear this. You need to do this, not only for you, but for this village. Now, you're leaving within a week, so you better prepare."

I could only stare in disbelief as Stoic walk away, unable to think of any argument. The only one I had was a bad feeling and a nightmare, which even I admit was a weak fight.

I jumped when Toothless nuzzled my side, whining in worriment.

"I-It's ok buddy, I'm fine…."

**~linebreak~**

The hall was buzzing with people enjoying their last meal of the day, the main doors opted showing the night sky.

I picked pitifully at the leg on my plate, my meal cold, I could barely find my hunger to eat. Behind me, Toothless laid, giving me look of worry, whining softly.

"Hiccup!"

I weakly looked up as the other teens made their way over, all beaming.

"Heard something interesting about you today." Astrid said, sitting across from me.

"What did you hear?" I frowned, looking at the remaining group.

"That you're leading the voyage, that's so exciting!" Fishlegs exclaimed, practically bouncing in eagerness.

"W-Who told you?"

"Gobber." Tuff said simply.

"Never could keep his mouth shut." Ruff said, her twin nodding in agreement.

"Oh, yeah, guess he's not the best with keeping secrets. " I relied meekly, going back to my cold meal. The teens looked at each other in confusion.

"Hiccup, aren't you excited about this?" Astrid asked, "I mean, you're going on an adventure, seeing new lands, new people."

"It's such an honor to just go, let alone call the shots." Fishlegs said.

"If I was allowed to lead, I would take the chance happily." Snotlout said.

"Fine, you want it, take it!" I snapped, Toothless growling at Snotlout.

"Whoa, Hiccup, calm down." Astrid said, grabbing my hand tightly.

I calmed slightly, taking a deep breath, Toothless laying back down. "Sorry…."

"What's going on Hiccup?"

I gripped Astrid's hand tightly, looking hard at my plate. "I… I really can't say…."

"Come on, you can tell us." Ruff said, all nodding in agreement.

I pulled away from Astrid, wrapping my arms around my middle, not looking away from the table. I wanted to remove myself from this situation, but I knew they'd never let me go.

"I… I've had these horrible feelings, something's going to happen, something really bad. I keep having these… nightmares…. I'm surrounded by darkness and I can't breath, then I'm suddenly on this island of just ash. A tree is towering over me and this voice… these voices call out for my help, but I don't know what do to. I… I touch the tree and suddenly my arm turns to ash and falls away. I don't know what it means… but something's coming and it's already effecting us. It's not the dragons, it's not the lack of space, some higher power is trying to kill us, we're just withering away. If we leave, it'll get worse so much quicker."

No one said anything, the only noise coming from the remaining Vikings, enjoying their meal without being frightened. I didn't look up, I couldn't look up, because I knew they wet staring at me and I didn't want to meet their gazes.

"Hiccup, when was the last time you actually ate anything?" Astrid asked softly.

"…Days ago, I don't really eat anymore…." I replied, slightly put-off by the question.

Astrid stood and took my plate, gripping my shoulder gently. "I'll get you a new plate, and I'm sure Toothless would love some cod."

The small group disperser, Toothless purring happily waiting for the fish to arrive. I looked around once I knew I was alone, suddenly feeling exhausted from the conversation. Toothless placed his front claws on the bench and nuzzled against my side, causing me to laugh.

"H-Hey buddy." I smiled, wrapping my arms around his neck, pressing close to get his warmth. I slowly began to feel like myself again, energy that I missed slowly coming back. "I always feel safe around you."

He merely purred gently and licked the side of my face, making me laugh again.

"Feeling better already?" Astrid smirked, placing a new plate of food in front of me, the others joining. Fishlegs tipped over a basket, fish spilling out, and Toothless ran over in an instant. I felt the warmth leave me quickly, everything feeling cold and harmful, and I curled in on myself slightly, wanting Toothless back. I could feel Astrid going me a quizzical look, but I didn't look, I just didn't want to look at any of them.

"Well, go on Hiccup, eat up." Astrid said, pushing the plate closer.

"I'm not hungry," I said simply, pushing it back again, "Not… really in the mood…."

"What, you were super happy a second ago, what happened?" Tuff argued.

I shrugged, just glaring at the table again. With an all knowing smirk Astrid stood again, grabbing the last cod before Toothless could reach it, and tossed it onto the table next to me. I was about to disagree, the smell was horrible, when Toothless charged at the fish and swallowed it, nuzzling against me once he was finished. I laughed, the strange warmth coming over me again, and my stomach rumbled loudly.

"Hungry now?" Astrid said, pushing my plate back.

"Actually I am." I said, grabbing my fork and beginning to eat. Tough meet never tasted to well.

"Guess you're only hungry, and for that matter, happy, when Toothless is close."

"Um, kind of, I just… feel safe with him close." I smiled as Toothless pressed his nose into my neck, letting out a puff of warm air.

"Geez Hiccup, paranoid much?" Snotlout joked, the teens laughing, and I joined in, feeling better than I had in a long time.

**~linebreak~**

"Night Hiccup!"

"Night."

"Hope no evil trees haunt your dreams!"

I laughed softly as we all went our separate ways , the sky dark blue with stars dotting it. Toothless traveled right be my side, my hand resting comfortable on his head.

"What do you think buddy, am I really just paranoid?" Toothless whined softly and pressed closer, green eyes just staring back. "I'll just take that as a maybe…."

I came to a sudden stop when Toothless let out a deep, dangerous growl, pupils turning to slits as he stalked forward to the forest edge.

"Toothless, buddy, what's wrong?" I took a step forward before Toothless turned to face me again, pushing me away from the forest and frantically to my home. He practically threw me inside and only calmed when the front door was closed and locked. "What was that all about?"

He whined in what I guess was panic and placed his head on my lap, eyes closing in relief. I petted the top of his head, trying to calm him down, but I was only panicking more now.

What had Toothless sensed?

**~linebreak~**

Two wolfs sat near the forest edge, looking at the chief's hut before turning to each other.

"He was right, the human's leaving in a week." One said, voice deep and sinister.

"We should report back, no doubt we'll be told how to handle this 'problem'." The other spoke, voice calm and poisonously smooth.

"Who knew a meat stick could cause such damage." The first spoke, smirking, showing blood stained fangs. "Think we'll be able to eat him?"

"Always with your stomach, use that brain first! Now come, we need to report."

Both disappeared in a gust of wind, the village falling silent again.