Yep. That rule about not posting two stories at once... Will not be obeyed. Boredom is dangerous. So dangerous.

So, for the ones who actually ship this, enjoy. For those who don't... -cough- GTFO -cough-.

I don't own How To Train A Dragon. If I did... well... bad things would happen o/o

So enjoy!

Hiccup stared, completely shocked and frozen by the sight before him. Toothless stood (yes, stood) in front of him, naked from head to toe. The bareness isn't what bothered Hiccup, though. It was the fact that his friend now had no wings, no tail, no ears. Nothing even a little dragon looking other than his eyes. He looked a hundred percent human. Hands, arms, feet, legs. Everything.

"You okay, bud?" Hiccup managed to whisper out. Toothless just simply looked at him and nodded. According to him, nothing was unusual. He took it in stride, as him he expected it to happen. "Did you happen to notice your... change?"

Toothless rolled his eyes and turned away from his rider. At least they were in Hiccup's room. If not, he feared the boy would have been embarrassed by the sudden nutity. It didn't seem to bother him very much where they were, though. Well, Hiccup only kept his eyes on Toothless' face, but the dragon couldn't blame him for that.

He walked over to the dresser and pulled out some of Hiccup's clothes. His rider was so tiny. He hoped they fit, and tried putting them on. For the most part, they did. They hugged him tightly, but it would be fine if it made Hiccup feel better.

"So, are we going to pretend like nothing happened?" Hiccup asked. Toothless looked over his shoulder to him. He was taking it well. Good. He hadn't wanted him to freak out. That would've ended badly, for both of them. As well as the village, probally.

Toothless shrugged to answer him, going to sit in a chair. With the way Hiccup's mind worked, he was sure he would have to stay there until Hiccup figured something out. He'd never want to indanger Toothless, and that was one of the reasons Toothless loved the boy so much.

"Let's see what I have so far," Hiccup muttered. He clapped his hands together and looked to Toothless. He stared, waiting for the boy's hypothesis. "You, obviously, can turn into a human."

Toothless gave him a look and gestured to his body. That was a definte "duh". Body language was more useful that Toothless had thought in the past. With the way Hiccup understood him anyway, he'd doubt he'd use it much.

"But you can't talk." Toothless nodded at that. It was more or less true. He'd be able to speak eventually. He just wasn't used to human vocal chords yet. Once he adapted, he swore he'd explain everything to his rider properly.

"Can all dragons do this?" Toothless shifted, not knowing how to explain. He couldn't write the human language, unfortunely. His brother had once tried to teach him long ago, but he ignored it. That lesson would have come in handy right now.

To answer, Toothless shook his head. Hiccup was smart. If he asked the right answers, he'd be able to figure out everything. It was just a matter of what questions to ask.

"Only nightfuries?" A nod.

"Weird." No kiding.

"I've never heard anything like this before." Not surprising, since before Hiccup, no one had dared get close to any dragon. Let alone a nightfury.

"Can I touch you?" Hiccup asked. Toothless coughed and stared at him, to find that the boy was studying him closely. Curious humans were always the most troublesome. His father had always told him that. Why had he never listened?

When Hiccup moved closer to Toothless, the dragon quickly stood and put a hand out to stop him. Touching was not a good idea right now. Toothless had been in love with Hiccup for some time, and if he touched him now, he would not be able to hold back. When he was a dragon, it was fine, since he couldn't really do anything to the boy. Right now, though... Extremely ill avised.

Hiccup stopped and seemed to pout. His best friend had just shown him the most interesting thing he'd ever seen, and refused to let him investigate. Toothless was being such a bully!

"Why don't you have scales?" he asked instead of complaining. Toothless appreciated it, since he knew how badly Hiccup wanted to examine him. "I would expect scales. Did you just, like, shed them?"

Toothless cleared his throat again. Ugh. Why couldn't he just speak? It would be so much easier. But nope. Changing shape happened slowly.

Toothless had picked a form closest to Hiccup's, since he was the source of his affection at the moment. It could've been any form, really. A bird. A moose. A scaled human hybrid. But he wanted Hiccup to feel comfortable, so he chose something he thought was close to the boy's own form.

"Toothless."

He looked up. Hiccup wore a frustrated expression. Oh, Toothless hated that look. It normally meant he was about to get into trouble, or he would have to save Hiccup from danger. How odd that neither of them seemed to be the case at the moment.

"Why have you kept this from me?" the boy asked. His expression of frustration slowly changed to one of hurt. He turned away from his dragon slightly, looking towards the wall.

Uh-oh.

Toothless would have to find a way to explain. And fast. Him and Hiccup were meant to be the perfect pair, nothing able to come between them. If this continued, it would end up in a fight. Fights between the two always left the entire village agrivated, since they depended on the two greatly.

He thought it was unfair that they expected so much from Hiccup. Expecially since before he defeated the big dragon, he was invisible and unwanted. He had only been accepted after doing something big and showy. Toothless thought they should've loved Hiccup simply for being Hiccup, not because he was the hero.

Toothless breathed in deep. Attempting so early may end up hurting him, but he didn't want to see Hiccup sad. The boy had saved him. In so many ways. And Hiccup constantly told Toothless that he did the same. They couldn't live without each other anymore. They were a package. A fight shouldn't break their bond.

"I didn't, " Toothless managed to force out. His voice was raspy, since it was new and unused. It hurt his throat, too, but he ignored that. The only thing important now was Hiccup.

"I thought you couldn't talk," Hiccup mumbled. At least he was looking at his dragon now. Toothless didn't like when he turned his eyes away.

"It hurts a little," he admitted. If he didn't tell Hiccup now, when the boy found out which he would , he'd be mad. Hiccup cared more about other's than himself normally, so if he found out Toothless had lied on his account, Toothless wouldn't make it out without a long lecture.

"Then don't talk," Hiccup said. He smiled and moved a little closer than Toothless would have liked. All he did was stare at Toothless for a moment, then moved away. "I don't want you to injure yourself. You can explain later. I trust you. I'll wait."

That was the kindness Toothless had fallen for. Even when Hiccup was shuned from his people, from his own father, he could still be kind. The dragon, long as he had lived, had never seen someone able to do so. Normally when shown scorn, one could only respond with scorn.

Hiccup was just so accepting, so open minded. He was the most fearless human Toothless had ever known. It was another dangerous characteristic Toothless had been warned about, but Hiccup didn't use it to hurt others. He used it to show others that dragons and humans could live in peace.

"Idiot." Toothless stood up and wrapped his arms around Hiccup. He was a good head and a half taller than his rider, and had to bend down a bit to be able to hug him. Still, the feel of Hiccup was even more comforting now than ever.

"T-Toothless?" Hiccup questioned in surprise. Hadn't Toothless just told him that he shouldn't touch him? He was going against his own words!

"Hm?"

"...You're still my Toothless, right?" Hiccup hadn't known if he should ask. If his dragon's personality changed simply from now being human, he didn't want it to come as a shock. What if he was suddenly violent, though?

Toothless was just extremely happy Hiccup had called him his. He belonged to Hiccup. Just as Hiccup belonged to him. It had been so since the boy abandoned his fear and confronted Toothless. From the time the dragon allowed Hiccup to touch him, their paths lied within the other's.

"Yes, Hiccup," the dragon laughed. He kissed his forehead before letting go and backing off. "I am the same Toothless that's always been by your side."

Hiccup's face lit up in joy as all his worry was cast off. If it was truely his Toothless, then there was nothing to be catious about. He was safer right there, by his dragon, than anywhere else in the entire village. He knew Toothless would never harm him, and never let anyone else harm him.

"I have so many things to ask you!"

"I'm sure," Toothless replied. He had known that already. Hiccup had a very curious mind. It was the only reason they were able to become friends. "I'll answer all the questions I can. Shall we start from the beginning?"

Hiccup bit his lip and shied away a little, looking down at the floor. "Why didn't you kill me?"

"Excuse me?"

"That time, when we first met," he said in a whisper. "I hurt you, yet you left me alive."

"You also freed me," Toothless reminded. When Hiccup gave him an agrivated look, he sighed. No use in arguing with someone so stubborn. "I don't really even know."

"So there was a fifty-fifty chance I could've died?"

Toothless hesitated. It was his turn to look away. "It was probally more than a fifty chance. It's dragon instinct to kill vikings. I mean, it was. You changed that."

"I wasn't alone."

Toothless laughed. Hiccup shouldn't be so modest, but it was another trait the dragon found attracting. "No, I suppose not."

"I guess I'm lucky, then," Hiccup sighed. "I could've been dragon food."

"I would never eat you, Hiccup," Toothless said. "You'd give me indigestion."

"Geez, thanks. I so feel the love."

Toothless made a "hmph" sound and moved over to Hiccup's bed to lay down. Any other questions would be asked where he didn't have to look at his rider. With whatever Hiccup thought of, he was sure he was in for a long few hours. And he knew some questions would be awkward, so it would be best they weren't near one another.

"Are there any other night furries, Toothless?" Hiccup asked. His voice sounded sad, and Toothless was tempted to hug him again. He faught the erge and stayed where he was, thinking.

"I'm not sure," he answered. "I haven't seen any in a very, very long time. I ran away from my home, and ended up here. I hope I'm not the last. We're not easy targets, you know. Other dragons are scared of us, and you're the only human who has ever caught one. I'm sure there's others. Somewhere."

"Would you like to find them?"

Toothless smiled. Was Hiccup worried he might leave him one day? No chance of that. He'd be there until the day one of them breathed there last breath. Sadly, Toothless was pretty sure it would be Hiccup. He'd curse that day, too. But he knew human lives were weak, short, and fragile.

"You know I would," he replied. "I regret leaving. I was young and foolish. I now know you should never run from your fears, thanks to you."

"We could find them," Hiccup offered. "I could arrange for us and the others to look. Then we could go, just you and me. I would love to meet your family."

"Thanks, but no," Toothless told him. "I'll look them up some day. For now, I'm happy here."

"Then, Toothless, do you blame me?"

Toothless didn't have to ask what Hiccup meant. He knew it was a fear in the boy's heart. He caught him looking at his tail sometimes with such regret and sorrow. He blamed himself, and Toothless knew he never planned to forgive himself, even if Toothless did.

"No," Toothless answered. "I would have never met you had I not hurt my tail, Hiccup. And I am so, so glad I met you. I would gladly give up my wings, my legs, my tail, anything, if I had to."

Hiccup moved over to him Toothless and sat at his side. He grabbed Toothless' hand and squeezed it. He seemed to be at a lose for words. Toothless was glad he was able to say that. He wanted Hiccup to know. Hiccup had done so much for him, and yet he regreted what brought them closer together?

Toothless loved the times him and Hiccup were alone, flying through the air. It was the happiest Toothless had ever been. In those times, he and Hiccup were one. They moved together and soar far higher than the others ever could.

"I'm glad," Hiccup whispered. Toothless saw that Hiccup was close to tears. Tears of happiness, but still tears. He reached up and once again held Hiccup close.

"I did at the beginning," Toothless admitted. "I hated you, because I couldn't fly anymore. But then you did something no other human had ever done for a dragon. You tried to right your wrong. A wrong against a dragon. No other human would ever do that. They'd left me for dead."

"It was only right," Hiccup said. "It had been my fault, after all. I'm sure others would've done the same."

"No, Hiccup," the dragon said. "They wouldn't have."

"So being different from the others is what allowed me to become friends with you?" he asked.

"It's probally also the reason I left you alive," Toothless answered with a nod. "I sensed something different about you. It was clear. You were hesitate, you were weak, you were small."

"Hey!" Hiccup objected at the insults.

"And you were kind," he finished.

Hiccup blushed in embarrassment. He tried to move away, but Toothless had him in a tight hug. He didn't really mind, though. The dragon was warm, and gentle. It was nice, and made him feel safe.

"So," he said to change the subject, "how long will you be human?"

"I'll be able to switch from dragon to human for the rest of my life," Toothless answered. He knew Hiccup felt awkward and was trying to escape with using words, so he would allow it. This once. "It's an ability nightfuries gain in their eight hundredth year."

Hiccup weasled out of Toothless' hold to look at him in shock. "You're eight hundred?"

"Is that a shock?"

"I guess it shouldn't be," the boy said. "Dragons are different from humans, after all."

"Very different," Toothless agreed.

"That just means I get to study you for the rest of my life," Hiccup said with a grin.

"Study?" Toothless asked. He grew slightly worried after hearing those words. When Hiccup got into something, sometimes he took it overboard. Incrediably overboard.

"Yep!" he announced happily. "I'm going to learn everything about nightfuries."