My newest story. This is a dark story that shall hopefully quench your thirst for adventure, action and everything else. Thankfully I have seen the second movie so I have an idea about how Hiccup thinks, what he invents and so forth. Please wait and see where this story goes. The following chapters shall hopefully be longer. Please enjoy.

Forest green eyes flashed open in the dark, signalling a strange shock and fear flicking from deep within those irises. Following the sudden movements of a young lad of about sixteen, who woke with the animal skins shifting away from his antsy limbs as he previously writhed in his sleep, he sat up, jerked wide awake in sudden fear.

A second pair of eyes, much larger then the brunette boys, glistened with worry as the shadow of a large beast followed those iridescent peridot retinas towards his boy.

Hiccup's breath was coming in quick, short gasps as he tried his best to calm his raging nerves. He had his knees drawn up close to his chest and his head was resting between them. His arms hugged them close.

The black beast, a magnificent Night Fury dragon with gleaming dark scales and massive bat-like wings, shuffled over and placed his rounded nose onto his friends cheek, rumbling calmly with his unique sounding voice.

It took a moment but Hiccup uncurled himself from his protective ball and hugged the dragons head, nuzzling his face into the side of the dragons head.

"I'm ok, I'm ok!" The frightened boy said with a barely audible voice. The dragon purred in understanding, wondering what the fuss was about.

"It was that nightmare again. The same one..." He shuddered suddenly "...always the same one!"

The dragon started to make a warbling sound, a comforting sound from deep within his chest, his eyes wide as he watched the boy settle down. His obsidian pupils were shaped like squares, showing his calm bearing, which seemed to permeate into the slight figure of the nervous Viking, calming him all the more quickly.

"Thanks bud. I owe you a lot for just being here." Hiccup hugged the reptile closely before he swung his legs over the side of the bed. He reached over to place his prosthetic foot onto his damaged leg before getting up and leaving the house.

He walked quietly with his dragon friend following closely behind, equally as quiet. They tiptoed down the stairs so that Hiccups father would not be alerted to their early morning excursion into Berk village.

As soon as the boy left the wooden structure of his home he shuddered when a cold wind blew up from the vast ocean. Winter was closing in quickly. The autumn months surging past as the frost began to settle on the ground and the lakes and ponds upon the island froze during the night.

Even now, just before the goddess Sol brought forth the light of dawn a light covering of snow settled upon the ground.

The lights that twinkled in the heavens shined down in their millions. A beautiful array of white stars watching down from their high place. The waxing moon settled amongst the gazes of the stars also watching the earth. It wouldn't be long until Hati chased the moon away allowing the sun to rise.

They took a little time walking through the village. Walking deliberately through the icy town, ploughing through the newly fallen snow. The clouds that contained the snow now halfway across the ocean, riding on the steady winds. They had given way to the glorious carpet of stars.

The houses were quiet, the occupants not even stirring. They would in about an hour. The Terrors upon the rooftops warbled in the gloom, singing for the break of day to come. Hiccup listened to the sweet sounds, allowing his pounding heart to settle within his chest cavity.

Hiccup kept one hand upon Toothlesses' flank the whole time, drawing warmth from his smooth scales.

They took a small walk through the town before making back towards his own home. They left two sets of prints in the snow, both close together, almost as if the small human was walking beneath the wing of a great beast.

Hiccup guided Toothless towards the edge of the forest, a place he could reach behind his home where a great cliff hung over the rushing waves of the sea. The trees created a secluded spot leaving a grassy overhang which was a nice place to sit and simply watch.

It was here that they settled, Hiccup's legs dangling over the precipice, his palms on the soft spongy grass, watching the first light of dawn as it sparkled over the waves. His heart settled he leaned back against the warm side of his best friend, breathing in the fresh scents of the sea, forest and sky.

The fresh, but biting wind seared into the skin of his face as he watched the sun peek over the horizon line.

Suddenly Hiccup felt a little chilled. It was like the wind was trying to creep into the core of his body. Hiccup wished he brought an extra skin with him just so he could throw it over his shoulders and block the rushing air out.

Toothless, ever observant saw that Hiccup was getting a little cold so he brought his thick tail around along with his large wing, using them as a makeshift blanket.

Hiccup looked up, seeing the gummy, toothless smile of his friend. Seeing that awkward but warm smile put a smile on his own face. Toothless purred back in amusement.

Hiccup fingered the leathery wing, feeling the thin but strong membrane, which contained heated blood that made the skin feel like a living, mobile hearth. Hiccup slowly warmed up. Toothless used his thick set paw to catch Hiccup around his waist, bringing the youth even closer in. If anyone saw them now they would see a large black shadow with gleaming green eyes, and another, far smaller figure peeking out from a large membrane looking up towards the brightening sky.

Leaving his face out to watch the approaching sunlight Hiccup stared out over the waters. He mulled over the strange dream. Whenever he had time to himself he would look back upon what he saw in his sleep.

The dreams came most nights bringing forth dark shadows, monstrous creatures and the shape of something human which lurked amongst the darkness. It only whispered unintelligible words to the scared youth. Hiccup could hear the snarl of beasts surrounding the eerie voice, even the shadows would shift around the figure.

Hiccup would try to listen, but half the time he just wanted to break out of the nightmare. Every time he saw the apparition it spoke a little stronger, but never enough to make any sense of it.

It was then he would become surrounded by darkness. It was like a viscous liquid and washed over his head, trying to drown him in darkness and despair. The rip tides surged forth, tossing the boy around. It was like many beasts surging past.

The pain would begin after the current took him away. Down and down it took him where a beast with a dragon like face and fangs as longs as swords waited. Hiccup had to kneel on a cold stone floor each time with the only sound he could hear being the pounding of his frantic heart.

Before the creature could strike he would wake up. He woke in such a way he was too terrified to scream out. To the young boy it felt like his heart was trying to wrench free from his body.

"I'm glad you are here bud." The tired boy yawned. After his yawn he also heard Toothless yawn, his wide mouth spreading wide revealing his pink gums devoid of teeth. Once he was finished he licked his lips and placed his head back down.

Hiccup smiled, but then the cold caught on his nose causing him to sneeze violently. Without him helping it a few bright Golden flames sparked out. They lasted for a few seconds, travelling like little fireflies in the wind before they sizzled out.

"I don't know how much longer I can keep this secret from everyone though." Hiccup sighed, "please gods, watch over me and Toothless." He huddled into the warmth of his dragon, waiting out the early pink of dawn.

Without the notice of the boy and his dragon a pair of ravens watched over them from the shadows of the trees, Blinking their beady black eyes in acknowledgement before they took of on silent wings, leaving that realm behind.

Toothless felt a sinister shudder pass through his body after they left.

please tell me what you think. I wanted to do a How to train your dragon story for ages but couldn't think of a decent plot, but now I think I have it. more shall be revealed in the next chapter. I am not one to place padding in a story. And now, until next time. *takes off*