Chapter 1- Another Night Fury?!
Gliding across the blue sky, Hiccup lets out a roar of happiness while riding on Toothless's back. The wind blows hard on his body as he sits, his back straight. His pegleg hooked onto Toothless's saddle, he reaches over and pats his friend on the head. "Are you ready, bud?" Hiccup asks his scaled friend.
Snorting in response while shaking his head with pleasure, Hiccup leans away from him, lets out a breath then looks straight ahead. Sliding his helmet down to cover his face, he unhooks his pegleg from the saddle and stands on Toothless's back. Slightly wobbling, he takes a step to regain balance. Hiccup suddenly leaps off of Toothless and falls through a cloud. Plummeting down to Earth, Hiccup looks across from him at his Night Fury. Toothless smiles at him then flaps his giant wings to gain speed.
Thrusting his hips forward, Hiccup gets into position and grabs the two straps on his legs. Pulling them out, small wings, like a flying squirrels, are hit by the strong wind, keeping him in the air. Shouting his glory, Hiccup glides through the air with speed. Toothless flaps his wings then glides alongside his rider and looks at him. The he turns his head and sees upcoming rocks. Hiccup calls his name and Toothless quickly rushes over.
The air buzzes in their ears as Toothless garbs Hiccup's arms and wraps his wings around him. They then fall past the giant rock and Toothless spreads his wings. The wind smashes into the giant wings, pushing him into the air above the water. Giving Toothless a goofy smile, Hiccup feels the cold water on his feet being dragged by his dragon. Lifting his feet, Toothless flaps his giant, black wings to gain height. Finally reaching cloud level, Hiccup is dropped by the Night Fury and they both land on Berk.
Hiccup's boots land on the soft grass of the edge of Berk island, where dragons and vikings live in peace. Well... more like "peace". Toothless lands with a thump and attacks his rider. Knocking him down, the dragon seems to laugh with victory. Hiccup just sits on his butt and gives his dragon friend a look. Then he laughs with the dragon and they play until the sun begins to set.
A bug flying at his ear, Hiccup jumps onto Toothless and hooks his pegleg onto the side of the saddle. Patting his head, Hiccup smiles at the falling sun and takes a breath. Suddenly Toothless stands still and looks around, his nose flaring. Sniffing the air, he suddenly leaps to the side and runs over to a rock. Jumping into the air, Toothless pushes off of the rock with Hiccup clinging to him.
"T-Toothless!" He shouts, his face pushed against the dragons scales. "What's wrong, bud?" The wind roars in Hiccup's ears as they begin to fly in silence. "Toothless! We have to get back to Berk. We have to get back home to mom."
Roars suddenly echo around them and Toothless flaps in midair. Trying to stay still, while flapping, Toothless takes silent, quick breaths. Taking in the scent of another dragon, Toothless suddenly raises his guard and flies straight up, into the air. Screaming, Hiccup grabs for anything to keep himself upright. Finally sitting properly on Toothless's saddle, Hiccup looks down and round him to see what was bothering Toothless.
Hiccup then looks before them and see's a blue ball of fire charging at them right after a hiss. Toothless rears back and the ball of fire explodes in front of them. Falling down, through the clouds, Toothless wait's for Hiccup's directions. He stays silent and watches the sky for any activity. More than what just happened anyway. Nothing comes to sight.
Turning back around, he pulls up on the saddle and Toothless spreads his wings and slowly gains height. Getting back to could level, Hiccup looks around for Berk. The clouds block his sight so he waits for Toothless to decide which direction to go. Toothless's nostrils begins to flare again and he makes a dead drop for the water.
"T-Toothless! Not again!" He cries, the wind blowing on his face harder than before. Suddenly bolting upward, Hiccup falls back on the saddle and cries for him to stop. Then he takes a deep breath and leans close to his friends head. "What is going on with you? What else is out there?"
Toothless then lands on Berk once again and leaps around in a fury, trying to tell Hiccup what he noticed. Blowing a ball of fire at him, Hiccup falls to the ground. The night fury then stands on two legs, spreads his wings and roars loudly. Hiccup just gives him a confused look.
Shaking his head and standing up, Hiccup says, "Well, I know it was another dragon but... what was it? Ha. Look at me, asking a dragon to tell me something. Dragon's can talk." Getting knocked over again by Toothless, Hiccup falls on his face. "Toothless?!" Groaning, he sighs, "Alright. We have to get back to mom. Maybe she can understand you, alright bud?"
Toothless seems to sigh a "fine" as he lays down, waiting for Hiccup to get on his back. Hiccup smiles at him and walks over. Hopping onto his back, Hiccup gets into position to ride. Toothless snorts, trots off the edge of Berk and begins to glide over to the village.
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"So... uh... mom. Toothless was trying to tell me something earlier and... well... I had no idea what he was trying to say." Hiccup says, setting down a plate of fish on a small table. His mother then turns around quickly and stares at him.
"He was... trying to tell you something?" His mom says quietly. Hiccup blinks at her then shakes his head slightly.
"No... um... he was kind of trying to act it out and it did not really work for him. D-Do you think you could try to understand what he is trying to say?" HIccup says quickly before his mom would come up with random things.
"Of course I will try and, hopefully, I will know what he is saying." She smiles at him with her narrow face and picks up a fish. Biting into it, Hiccup looks away at his cooked fish and pokes at it with his hand.
"Sighing, he says heading up stairs, "Well, I'm off to bed. See you in the morning, mom." Mom waves a good night and continues to eat her fish with Cloud Jumper outside, sitting in front of the doors to keep people outside out and to keep people inside in.
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The sun rises in the distance and Hiccup yawns, stretching his arms across the bed. Rolling onto the floor, he stands up slowly and makes his way outside, slowly getting dressed. Finally getting his shoes on, he pushes the doors open and trips over Cloud Jumpers tail. Staggering, Hiccup breaths something under his breath. Finally falling on his face, he repeats what he said. "Why do you have to be in front of the door, Cloud Jumper?" Cloud Jumper then looks at him and tilts his head. Then they hear Hiccup's mom's voice. Valka, Hiccup's mother, runs over to him, Toothless close behind her.
"H-Hiccup! You will never believe what I have to say!" Valka says, excitement filling her voice.
Hiccup grins at her, "Try me." He says simply. "I have been through lots of things so I think I can handle another-"
"You can handle another Night Fury?" She says, cutting her son off. Hiccup gasps and looks at her, disbelief on his face. "Yes, yes, yes! Toothless said, well not really said, that he smelt another Night Fury! A literal Night Fury!" Valka leaps with joy and hugs Toothless. Cloud Jumper then stands up and cocks his head at Hiccup, then at Valka, then at Toothless.
Hiccup just flops on the floor and stares at the sky. "I-I can't believe it. Another Night Fury? Toothless! That means you're not alone! You are not the last of your kind!" Hiccup then stands up and raises his hands. "Toothless, we have to go find it! Do you remember where we were when you smelt it?"
Toothless snorts with confidence and walks over to Hiccup, his head raised high. Hiccup climbs onto his friend and straps himself on. Getting ready to leave, Hiccup's mother touches his hand. "Be careful, Hiccup. I trust that you will come back safe before night fall."
Hiccup smiles at her and takes the helmet being handed to him. "I will be fine. Just... let's have something for dinner besides fish." They both laugh and Toothless grow impatient and takes off. "Whoa! T-Toothless! A little warning next time, ok?" He shouts, shoving the helmet on his head. Hiccup then turns his head back to Berk and whispers, "Don't worry mom, dad. I will be back before you know it."
