I have been absent for the past four months and it was because i lost sight on what i wanted to do with this story. I am happy to say that i now have that vision back. I cannot say that i can upload on a regular basis because i just started my JR year of high school and i have a lot of homework. But i will try my best to get at least a chapter a month out they will all be more than 3000 words and edited so it takes time to write them. I really hope you all love this chapter as much as i do so without further ado

Return To One's Home

Chapter 2

A few hundred miles away from Berk two black dots stood atop a large cliff overlooking a misty valley of thick woods, one being a man the other a large black dragon. The man's figure stood at six foot, and was clad almost entirely in a light leather armor, most colored black but some of the trim is a deep brown. A spiked mask covers the face of this individual, and the only thing visible of the face behind the mask was through the mask's eye holes. These eye showed nothing, a absolute blankness to the world. along the bottom edges of the mask the tips of auburn hair are visible against his lightly tanned neck. Held behind his head are a pair of sheathed double short swords with a curved edges. The sheathes are with have a plain pattern and its colors are only a rich red along where the blades edge is and the rest black. The sword's hilt and handle was so delicately crafted so precise that the curves, bends, and shapes must have been carved over a lifetime, it looked like it was the kind of oriental sword you give a bride's family and a bridal gift, but had a much stronger air to it like it was used for battle.

On his right shoulder lay a the face of the offspring of lightning and death itself, a Night Fury sown in red red leather, with a background of black leather on a metal shoulder pad that's half the length of his upper arm. The opposite shoulder had a smaller shoulder pad that's only half the size on the right. Inscribed on the black there on the left shoulder pad with a different insignia, in a different color of leather, it's a Night Fury this time curled up around itself illuminating a blue color. From under the shoulder pads a padded brown leather went the the elbows where it was replaced with a black armor again, its outside edge went past the elbow into a slight spike. Strapped to his right arm are six throwing knives with similar blade and handle designs as swords, on the left was a single ten inch knife strapped to the top of the right forearm armor. A pair of black gloves covers his hands in order to protect them while flying at high altitudes where it was extremely cold. Crossing his chest plate and over his heart was, was a thick strap with a metal ring to clip things to.

The man's mid torso has been armored with a different color leather with a different thickness. The letter was a dark brown instead of black but had a pattern carved into it, it looked somewhat like scales from afar. Two straps crossed over his stomach five inches apart from each other, these were not for armor purposes but to hold this part of leather flush with his body. On both sides of his body the light leather Armour stretched down to the mid thigh, it didn't do this in the front so it gave a upside down U design.

His legs are covered with black pants that have various loops and items attached to it. On both sides of his body on the thigh are a pair of metal rods, one end looking like a dragons mouth the other end a ball with a hole in the middle. These rods have four buttons, two in near the top and two near the bottom, both sets with their purposes.

His right foot is covered by a thick animal fur boot dyed black, but his left leg was and replaced with a prosthetic unlike anyone had seen before, it had parts made of a metal that looked stronger and brighter than the best iron anyone could get. This metal made the small rotating and moving parts that worked together like clockwork. The prosthetic stopped halfway up the to the knee, and was replaced with the black of his pants.

The sleek dragon to the right of the man was sitting on its hind legs and its size made the man look small in comparison, when sitting his head was greatly taller than six feet. His bright green eyes looking over the valley beneath them without a look of wonder to the beauty it portrayed with its hills covered in dark green vegetation, high cliffs, and water reflecting the warm summer light, he looked without anything toward it.

A line of small short spikes came up through the middle of the skull then the single row traveled backward to the back of the head. At the back of the head are four frill type things. On either side of the dragon's head where the ears should be located are two of the frills. The other two frills are coming off the back of his head right where the spikes end, and look like they serve no purpose other than making him more aerodynamic or streamlined.

The neck is covered with a leather and hide saddle to help while flying. A pair of large wings folded up close to his body. More spikes started between the shoulder blades where, and traveled to a point where a second pair of smaller control wings are placed. Starting behind those on each side of toothless's tail are more spikes that lead down to to his two tail fins. His two tail fins are different colors, the right one is a extremely dark purple that matches the rest of the body, while the left tail fin is a slightly lighter shade of purple. The left is also a slightly different design then the right because it has been replaced with a prosthetic fin so that the dragon can fly.

-O0O-

After surveying the environment in front of him and his dragon the man took his helmet off, it was obvious that his face had matured over the years, the baby fat that once made his face round had been replaced with a firm square jaw line, lined with hair. A Rounded nose and even more vibrant green in his eyes then when he was younger. there was a scare on the right side of his face from his mid ear to his lip. His auburn hair was significantly longer because years of not being cut or trimmed due to him traveling a lot. His face was stern and hard it was clear that it had weathered many things.

He had been near the archipelago for several months making sure no one followed him from down south. In his time gone he had traveled south to southern countries like The Roman Empire, Egypt, France, Greece, and great Britain. Most of these places were long forgotten in the barbaric archipelago due to the almost impenetrable wall of fog. But these places being long forgotten didn't mean they were any less dangerous. Most of the countries he visited were nice to him or thought him to be a messenger from the heavens but some did not see him like that, all they saw was a man on a dragon and a way to become even more powerful. These powerful people tried to get him and the secret he held, especially the Romans, but he never wavered in keeping dragon training a secret. Along his journeys he met some Romans weren't bad but most of them are. The ones that are wanted the knowledge of training dragons were the bad ones because they tried everything to get him to talk, he knew what they were going to use the dragons for, war, so he never told a soul for fear that it would only lead to death. One or two people tried to win him over so he would tell them the Dragon Training secret but no matter how much they used the carrot he never told. The only people that know how to train dragons are on the island that he was born on, Berk.

With all kinds of people after him he had to make sure no one had followed him back to his homeland, because that would be disastrous for anyone living there. In the meantime while he waited to see if one of his enemies had managed to followed him he has been mentally preparing himself for when he arrives at his home. How were they gonna react to seeing him again. but now he was on his way back through the fog barrier.

If you had seen the two of them not an hour before you would have seen them racing across the ocean's surface at an unthinkable speed, it was so fast that powerful wind came streaming off of them so strong it made waves behind them. The two liked to travel fast it always made the world seem small, because to them being able to fly several hundred miles in a day is exhilarating, they could go so fast that they could make it to the coast of Europe in two days if they only took short breaks to sleep and eat, and that was a huge feat to anyone without a Dragon or a Night Fury.

With the cooling day sun starting to touch the horizon it was time for Hiccup and Toothless to start setting up their camp for the night. With a hand motion to his friend Toothless strolled up so Hiccup could get his tent and cot off the back of his saddle. " Come on bud let's set up camp", Hiccup said walking from to toothless silently to a place flat enough for a fire and tent. Walking silently was like second nature to him. He had lured many things in his time away from Berk, especially from an Elies Roman soldier, Ellies, who was at the time leading a rebellion against the emperor. He taught him how to walk silently, wield a short sword, and some of his men taught him how to farm. They have been friends for many years but he does not know if Ellies is still alive they lost contact about a year before.

When he got to the place where he was gonna set up his tent, Hiccup grabbed a tent rolled around a small cott for sleeping in. The tent was barely big enough to fit Hiccup inside, even though Toothless liked to sleep next to Hiccup, Hiccup liked the small and portable tent and cott during nights that it was going to rain like it was this night. But on most other nights when its was cold and there was a clear sky he would lay down in Toothless's wings and Toothless curled him up to the dragons warm body. When he and Toothless did that it made him feel like he had a home again because in his first year or so away from Berk he had no money no supplies only him and toothless, and only toothless for warmth during the nights.

Setting up camp only took about an hour or so, due to them doing it almost every night for several years, like always Toothless want and got rocks and firewood while Hiccup put up the tent and dug two holes one for the fire pit and one for the bathroom. He would line the fire pit with rocks so that the fire did not escape the hole and lite the brush on fire. before they had landed he had caught a few fish with Toothless so that he didn't have to catch them food after they landed so they could eat in the morning.

By the time they were done setting up it the camp the sky was turning gray and dark not unlike the usual night here on the edge of the barbaric archipelago. This was the first time since the storm he had been out here, this close to the barbaric archipelago, and he was kind of hoping to see the Northern Lights before he went back, back to his old land, to his old seas, to his old home. Seeing the lights always filled him with hope that everything would be alright, even before he shot down Toothless he saw them and thought that the gods were looking at him and telling him to hold strong it's almost over and that day came. It was the day he shot down a Night Fury out of the sky, befriended it, and proceeded to change all of Viking history. He had been so happy to have listened to the the lights like they were messages from one of the gods. the Lights were swirling lines that stretched across the sky in colors of green, red, yellow, blue and many other colors of a vibrant nature.

but now, when he looked at the sky all he saw was grey and black swirling clouds, rain and lighting. The very things that made him who he was and his Dragon who he was.

Never taking his eyes off the sky he asked to no one in particular, "they probably think i'm dead, that i just went out for a late night flight and died in that gods forsaken storm. That i fell off you and drowned in the sea. Never to be seen or heard from again" All he got was a grunt from Toothless. Toothless never actually spoke to him, only a few grunts and shrills but he always knew what the dragon was saying and thinking when the noises were made.

" Out of all our travels, all of our battles i have never been this nervous. It's time for me to go back, I have left no trail for my enemies to follow and only a handful of people know where i come from. I'm still trying to figure out how to come up with a lie that will work. I can't tell them the truth because knowing my dad it would start something that can't be stopped by peaceful means."

A soft bump on his hand brought his mind back to the here and now. Looking down at toothless he smiled then took the dragon's head in his hands, "Thank you my old friend for everything" he then closed his eyes and rested his head on Toothless's and said " it's time my friend. It's time to start a better chapter in our life." he stood like that with toothless passing all his feelings, his doubt, his fear, and his love for his best friend for how long he doesn't know but he was brought out of it by a loud burst of thunder. Looking up at the sky " come on Toothless let's go to bed. With that said he and Toothless strolled over to the tent and curled up inside, Toothless on the ground and Hiccup in the cott.

After a few minutes both of them were asleep unprepared for what the next day would bring them.

-O0O-

Hiccup could barely see the bright sun was blocking his view, when he raised a hand he saw where he was. He was standing on a cliff on berk overlooking the pillars of rock that came out of the ocean off the shore. why was he here when did he get here he doesn't remember coming back, then he looked down he was in his 15 year old self's body. " Hi Hiccup" came a soft female voice that he had not heard in years. he turned around to see Astrid standing there looking at him with the softest eyes and the softest most bright smile, like she couldn't see that on the inside he was broken. All he could say back was "h-Hi Astrid". She smiled at him, why would she do that all he said was hi. " why are you way out here Hiccup, you're supposed to be getting ready for you birthday party, it's about to start"

He was confused this didn't happen he never got to celebrate his 16th birthday party it was months away when he left. " this… this isn't right" Astrid looked at him in confusion and with a soft voice said" what's not right Hiccup, you asked for this birthday party it is your coming of age party after all" She thought he was talking about the party " no, not the party, here… now… this. this place…. it never happened"

Suddenly astrid's eyes were locked on his her soft face gone now replaced with a hard one that paralyzed him. " Your right this isn't right, this could have happened but you left your home, you left your people, your family, and ME!" she was pointing at him with one finger. She looked angry, hurt, and in pain. the pain in her eyes brought a dark mist around them both. "Why Hiccup. Why did you leave us. Why did you let us think that you were dead instead of sending a message that you were ALIVE" the black mist started to swirl around them and he could barely breath " i … i had no choice", "NO CHOICE… WE COULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY, HAD A FAMILY HICCUP" he looked at her pleadingly " by the time i figure out where i was it was to late they knew about me". Suddenly a line of all the villagers of berk appeared on both sides of him. "So you couldn't trust us to help you fight them to get away from them" " i did what i thought was right" him saying that only seemed to upset her more he could see tears well up in her eyes as the rest of the village just silently watched him "No you always wanted to get away from us, From me" everyone pointed at him and said "YOU" this time it was his father who spoke " you would have never been able to handle being a chief, doing what's best for everyone not just" and with a snarl "yourself"

Lightning started flashing behind everyone and they made deafening pounds of thunder on his ears. everyone was still pointing at him but now they started to yell "YOU" he couldn't make out who was saying anything eventually between the pounding thunder and the voices it all became a blear. A large gust of wind dragged him backward, toward the cliffs, one after another he fought against them but it was a losing battle. he looked at Astrid to ask for her help but the words wouldn't come out of his mouth. All she did was look at him with sadness in her eyes. "goodbye Hiccup" was all she said before he was swept off the cliff into the wind.

(well how did you guys like the newest chapter to Return To One's Home. i put 15 hours into writing it and getting it to feel just right. also how did you guys like the cliff hanger i left you on? be sure to review it and favorite it i love seeing the messages pop up in my email. if you guys want to give me ideas for little interactions between Hiccup and the people of berk that would be greatly appreciated because this is gonna be a 30+ chapter story)