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Summary: There is A: “lost”, and then there is B: “cornered by territorial Speed Stingers”. So, of course, feral-dragon-boy Hiccup and his Toothless are C: “both”. [And other adventures along the way, in four parts.] Begin reading this story HERE Read the first part of this chapter HERE --- There is sun and it is there and Toothless sets his shoulder to it just so and he flies and he flies and he flies and he screams with the agony tearing at his heart and the bite that drips blood from his shoulder is a goodness almost because it hurts less and he flies and he flies and he flies. There is this wind and

Summary: There is A: “lost”, and then there is B: “cornered by territorial Speed Stingers”. So, of course, feral-dragon-boy Hiccup and his Toothless are C: “both”. [And other adventures along the way, in four parts.] Begin reading this story HERE Read the previous chapter HERE --- Part Four: Beneath the Earth The sound of claws against stone fills the cave – so many of them, or so fast! Their claws patter like summer rain on the king’s lake, and Hiccup’s heart clenches. He yearns to be back there, to see the surface of the water all silvery and rippled, full of small movements, and f

Summary: [a “Nightfall” prequel] Hiccup and Toothless are a pair of inseparable dragon-children. But they are not children alone, and when hunters become hunted, they need all the friends they can get. Important: Begin this story HERE. --- Toothless narrows his eyes, sealing his nostrils closed against the breath that trembles in his throat. It is eager to spring out again, but no winds rustle the grasses, and he must be very sneaky. One paw hovers with nowhere yet to land, and he leans forward carefully, nose questing. The tips of his wings tremble with the urge to leap and snap at it, and at the movement, the little slip of c

Summary: [a “Nightfall” prequel] Hiccup and Toothless are a pair of inseparable dragon-children. But they are not children alone, and when hunters become hunted, they need all the friends they can get. “Nightfall” in brief: Cloudjumper takes Hiccup along with Valka, who dies when her son is quite young. Hiccup grows up in the Sanctuary Nest with Toothless. He really believes that he’s a dragon, and that he and Toothless are the same self in two bodies. …they’ll fight you over this. Continuity: Set after “Night Terrors” but before “Fragile Things”, about two years after Valka