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From the moment he opened his eyes all he felt was pain, his hand latching on to the source in a hope that the pain will be soothed.

It took a few moments for Hiccup to relax himself, heaving in air with slow and heavy breathes. He took in his surroundings.

He was atop a cliff, a little more than three meters to the right and he would have fallen what looks to be another hundred feet, give or take, into ice cold water below. To his left began a forest filled with lush green and orange trees, majority of the population being aspen and oak. It would look beautiful if it didn't look menacing the forest floor was dark and shaded, any predator with a dark coat could easily blend in with its surroundings.

The storm had long since past, any sign of its existence was well, non existent, moved off elsewhere in the vast horizon.

Hiccup looked down at his injury, a large laceration down his right thigh, slowly bleeding. The bone was broken, clearly, causing Hiccup the most duress. It was hard to assess it properly while propping himself up on his elbows, he needed to move one of the trees to lean against. Hiccup eyed the closest tree to him, and began the tedious task from scrapping his way towards it.

He had moved a meter before crying out in pain. This was taking too long, and Hiccup's usual patient demeanor was unravelling. Using his right leg he was able to give himself a little boost to the tree, with minimal pain. Resting himself upright on the tree he was able to see that the cut had mostly scabbed over, much to Hiccup's delight, but it was still bleeding. Hiccup tore some of his clothing off, and pressed it against his blood soaked skin, slowing blood flow.

Using a new dagger he retrieved from the forge back on Berk, he sliced the pant leg from the top of the thigh, cutting it off in strips to use as wrappings from his leg. Using spare strips, he put more fabric on his open wound, before tying on the strips of wrappings around his thin leg, tying it off with a basic knot. The bone was out of place, but only slightly, to what Hiccup could feel. He was going to have to put it back in place.

Using several nearby stones and rocks he held his foot and lower leg in place. Hiccup physically and mentally prepared himself for the pain biting down on the dagger he took a deep breath, before snapping the bone back into place. He bit down hard on the dagger, a muffled scream came out from his clenched mouth. The pain quickly relieved, but tears still fell from Hiccups eyes. His cries silenced, the dagger dropped from his agape mouth. He had taken beatings from Snotlout but this was different. He had been careful not to leave any major damage on Hiccup, so this kind of pain was new to his weak frail body. Weak. That's what he was, weak.

Shaking away the following dark thoughts, he made a splint from a nearby hardened sapling, using two strips of cut fabric to tie the splint to his bear leg.

After resting back against the tree, his mind drifted to his beloved companion. What happened to Toothless.

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His legs ached, his wings ached, his head ached, everything ached. I was eerily similar to when his little Hiccup shot him down. His little brother of bond. Hiccup...Hiccup! Toothless jumped to his feet, faster than when he attacked Hiccup. His little Hiccup, fell off him. Because he was overconfident about flying through a storm.

Fruitlessly calling for Hiccup, knowing that the little human had no way to decipher his draconic roars. His nose lifted to the air, thousands of smells wafted into his nostrils. Hiccups was faint, overshadowed by a smell he did not want to smell. Dragons. There weren't too many, less than a hundred. Following Hiccups very faint lingering smell, Toothless jogged off, unaware of the prying eyes watching him.

He avoid trees and low lying brush. He became worried, the smell of blood wafted into his nose, the same blood that he had smelt from Hiccup a few times before. It was clearly his. Obviously he was down wind from Hiccup...and a dragon. It was one of the dragons that resided on this island, and it was out for Hiccups blood. It practically reeked of defensive aggression. Toothless snarled breaking into a sprint, not caring about the scraps and cuts he was receiving from the harsh thorny bushes that lined the forest floor. No one would hurt his Hiccup.

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Hiccup laid back, a gust of wind past by him. The sun was high in the sky, yet little heat radiated on to the cold northern lands of the Archipelago. Hiccup was positive they were outside the archipelago now, having traveled for hours and passing some sort of storm veil and traveling from several more before encountering a second storm, which turned out to be more disastrous.

The blood flow from his leg had stopped, his simple bandages stopping the torrent of crimson., the pain had subsided for now, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. He opened his eyes and looked around. Nothing. Just trees and bushes softly swaying in the wind. The rattle of the leaves on the trees, the whistle of the wind through the air, the deep throaty growl coming from behind the bushes. It truly was a great day, aside from the wound on his leg.

The deep throaty growl coming from behind the bushes…

Hiccup's eyes shot open, his head turning towards the source of the sound. It came ambling out of the underbrush, in a defensive stance. Growling and snarling, he was clearly aggressive. Not only that but he was a large male Night Fury.

"Hey boy. How are you." He asked the Night Fury. It had blood red eyes, and black scales with an orange metallic tint to it. "Wow he's beautiful" He mumbled. The Night fury reacting strangely to his comment, stepping back confused. Why would a human compliment him. Vikings are dangerous. Killers. And clearly bigger than this tiny human.

The Night Fury continued to act defensive, but his mood was less aggressive towards the small boy.

But the half-standoff was interrupted by the entrance of a very angry Night Fury. The newcomer stood over the small boy, protecting him. The other two knew exactly who it was.

"Toothless." Hiccup sighed relieved.

"Alpha?!" The Night Fury gasped.

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Okay guys that's that. Not really much to say but I have some messages for people.

thearizona and Retrokill, Due to your continued support through all my Fan Fictions, I would like to add a sort of...tribute, is that the right word? A character in this story of which you have chosen the name for, age and gender. Please note that it will be for a dragon, and Night Fury. You have no choice. GO!

BloodshotJW will have a tribute as well, that is obvious.

Well apart from that, I have launched a third story, called Vyil Territory. that will have very slow updates, sorry. But it's gonna get scienced because of its Sci-Fi AU style, hope you all enjoy that. Don't forget to check out Nightwalkers if you don't know about it.

PS. I will probably change the name of me third story for Vyil Territory to something someone submits. GO!

That's it

Attero.