A/N: this is my first fanfiction. And like so many others before me could not help but fall into the temptation of writing my very own running away story. I would like to thank all of the authors of stories I have read of the duo running away, giving me a clear idea on how I want this to end. And thanks for looking at my story.

the characters belong to Cressida Cowell, the storyline that this story is based off of is owned by Dreamworks/ Dean Dublois.

Chapter one: Every Story Begins With a Choice.

"Leaving... We're leaving, let's pack up. We're taking a vacation... Forever." Hiccup sighed, preparing to fly away with Toothless. He lowered the basket down, looking at the contents. Making sure that he had everything and sure the flight equipment was sound. He heard a twig snap and looked up, suddenly remembering that there happened to be a lonely dragon who was also in the cove, that was excited to have the company that he so dearly missed, and Hiccup hadn't said hello. The dragon was speeding towards him at such high speeds that it left no doubt in Hiccup's mind that he was about to be bowled over. Unfortunately for his back and lungs he was not fast enough in getting out of the way. Before he could fully get air back in lungs he felt a slimy tongue happily lick his face with glee.

"Eew! Eew! Stop!" It went on like that a full thirty seconds, till finally Hiccup was able to get the purchase he needed to get away from the dragon, rolling away from the slimy substance. Though it seemed to him that he didn't need to try as hard as he usually did. He sat up and immediately started to wipe the sticky saliva off his small stature.

"Ugh..." He looked down and subconsciously said aloud. His hands now slimy from cleaning his face, and clothes, he wiped his hands on the grass, still feeling the wetness on his shirt and hair. But there was nothing more to do about it. Subconsciously the boy patted the dragon's head before he walked the few, short, steps back towards the basket, continuing to prepare for the journey. His mind going through the different steps that would have to be made, there was no coming back, everything had to go according to plan from the beginning for it to work.

first they would eat considering they had no idea when the next time they would have the chance to. Hiccup grabbed the fishing supplies that he snatched and brought them towards the lagoon. Toothless watched intently, curious of Hiccup's actions.

Time went on the sun began to think of setting, giving a golden light throughout the cove. As Hiccup splaid out the fish for Toothless, one by one the fish disappeared in the dragon's gullet. Hiccup watched in deep thought as the happy dragon, who was yet again being fed in one day, chowed down on another fish.

The smell of cooked fish, and the smoke rising from the now dying fire that seemed to move of a life of its own. Hiccup was a thousand miles away, uncertain if this was really the only last path left for him.

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As Hiccup thought about his father and his... 'Friends' and people the fish seemed to lose its appeal, what if his father could change? What if he actually listened to his own flesh and blood? Toothless stretched his wings out and smacked his lips. No... Toothless meant too much, he could never risk Toothless's life like that, he would never risk his best friend in such a gamble that was almost certain to fail. He finished the last bite of his cooked fish, he began the final preparations, going through them quickly and efficiently to give himself no time to think about what he was about to go through. Finally it was over, everything was done. Toothless's saddle and tail had been tightened and secured yet in a comfortable fashion for the dragon, all the belongings and equipment that Hiccup had brought with him was strapped, all that was left was for them to do, was to officially do the 'flying away' part of his plan. The only problem was his heart, poor, young, Hiccup had such a big heart, that even after everything the village had done to him he still loved them, he still considered Berk, dare he say it? Home.

After a slight hesitation, and a little coo from Toothless, Hiccup sat himself in the saddle, and took a long last look around the cove, but not actually seeing it, he was in fact seeing his house, the forge, Meade Hall, his village and it's occupants. He so dearly wanted to convince them to change, but no matter how smart the young boy was, he could not think of one way that did not have too many moving parts, if one part was to fail it would result in catastrophe. He could not think of one way that he could convince his stubborn father and the rest of his village, that dragons were not the mindless monsters that they believed they were. At that moment he did see the cove, a place of wonder and beauty, a place of love and a friendship that no one would have thought possible, a place of amazing memories that would have shaped a whole new history of Vikings that Hiccup could never have dreamed of, but had hoped for. A place that belonged to only the boy and his dragon.

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Toothless had been quiet since Hiccup had finally gotten the overexcited dragon off of him, the same moment that Toothless had noticed a change in Hiccup. The dragon knew that his rider was different from other Vikings, not from experience since the boy was the first human he had encountered, but from what he saw in the boy's deep, forest green eyes, a look of deep loneliness yet all the while speaking of being surrounded by his own, a look that somehow reflected in his own toxic, emerald eyes.

The fact that he came so often to the cove instead being within his village, and with no knowledge that the dragon understood every word; spoke to him of his life, his differences, his loneliness. Things that Toothless understood from his own life. But even than Toothless knew that he still loved his people more than they would ever know, especially now that he was leaving.

Toothless did not know what had happened, but he could tell that his rider was conflicted and did not give any complications to the boy if he could have helped it, so when he saw his rider and best friend hesitate he gave a comforting coo to let his friend know that he was there for him. Hiccup than moved into action and Toothless felt the tug as Hiccup used the saddle as leverage, and finally his weight as he settled in.

The dragon knew his rider so well that he knew that he was thinking of everything he was about to leave, and saying his goodbyes. So Toothless took the time to also look around at the Cove, the Cove that began as a prison, a torture device that mocked his inability to leave it's rocky clutches but thanks to an undersized clumsy boy with everything to prove and everything to lose made it a home. Toothless had never landed on Berk before but he was positive that he would have never found a more beautiful place to reside in on the island. And would miss those innocent moments of their secret, forbidden friendship with his special boy, so he said his goodbyes as well.

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Hiccup took a deep breath of the fresh Berkian air, the air that he had breathed in his whole life, since the moment he took his first breath. And with a final dejected sigh finished his goodbyes, he turned his face away, and gently patted Toothless's head alerting the dragon that he was in fact ready to leave his old life and to begin a new one where the whole world was open to a dragon and a boy, an unlikely pair, who was finally severing the last tie to a piece of land and beginning an adventure that neither was prepared for but was ready to face head on. Never believing they would come back.

As the dragon tensed in preparation of flight Hiccup positioned the prosthetic tail to the correct position and together they flew off, never to be separated again. If they had hesitated or even been a mite slower, a young blonde Viking with the name of Astrid would have seen the dragon and his rider flying off into the sunset and into a whole new world that no other Viking could ever imagine existing.

Final update: 7/9/15