Chapter 1

"Hiccup! Get back inside!" my father shouted at me. I refused to. To be honest, I was more than fed up about how many dragons we were killing. I mean, my father for one was trying to floor a Deadly Nadder. They're living creatures, and I have a conscience. Unlike the rest of my stupid village. Luckily, I had a plan. I crept out with a first aid kit and sneakily healed the dragons who were wounded each night. Bizarrely, the dragons didn't attack me, almost as if they understood. Gobber shot an arrow into the sky, and a screech was heard. It was unmistakably a Night Fury. "Fantastic." I thought to myself. Whilst the whole of my village were celebrating, I snuck into the forest. I got to the bottom of Gothi's Mountain, when suddenly I was collared by Gothi herself. "And where do you think you're going, young lady?" she shrieked. She looked at me with a despairing look in her eyes. "I told your father this would happen. Your eyes that turn from green to a bright gold, the raven black hair, all signs of the Healer. Soon, she will bear the Fury's Mark!" I was confused. Fury's Mark? Gothi had strange ways of knowing things, so I wasn't too surprised that she knew of the healing, but a Fury's mark? I had no clue what that was about. But sometimes on Berk, it was best not to ask. She sighed. "Do what you must, child." Scarcely believing my luck, I ran up the mountain and crept into the bushes. I turned around and I saw the Night Fury. Its tail fin was bleeding, and on one side the tail fin had totally disappeared. It was still unconscious, so I gently started dressing the wound. Night Fury's POV Pain. That is all I felt when the humans shot me down, I spiralled out of control and thudded onto the cold hard ground. My tail fin was gone. That was all I knew before I drifted away. When I awoke, my tail hurt no longer. I could smell an intoxicating scent, that smelled of pine and fresh mint. It was refreshing and pure, and it came from a girl lying in the corner of the cliff. I turned and saw that my tail was wrapped in cloth and honey, which were covered in the girl's scent too. But suddenly, a vision of my mother came to me. "That girl is your mate, my child." she whispered, "I died before I could tell you of mates. Your mate is your beloved, the perfect match for you, and she will one day bear your mark and your young." "But, Mother, she is human!" I wailed. "No. She is different. She is the Healer, foretold to bring peace to our kind. All that dragon potential will be unlocked as soon as you claim her with the mate mark." I knew I must trust my mother. I walked over and nuzzled her. She mewled like a hatchling, begging for affection. I suddenly saw what my mother was talking about. I found the girl irresistible. I wanted to mark her then, but she stiffened, and her eyes opened. They were green. But when they saw me, they turned golden. They took my breath away, they were so amazing. Her hair, so long and silky, was the same colour as my scales, and her thick eyelashes just enhanced her beautiful face. She shakily sat up, and smiled at me. I dilated my pupils, and took a breath of her scent. Along with her fresh scent, she smelt of kindness, yet of deep sadness. Almost as if she understood us. As if she felt how much pain our race was in. She was wise beyond her years, that's for sure. Hiccup's POV When I opened my eyes and saw the Night Fury, it looked shocked. Its teeth were snarling at me, but for some reason I knew it wouldn't hurt me. When I sat up and smiled, it relaxed. I looked into its eyes and saw... Myself. He understood me, I was sure. "Night Fury? Do you even have a name?" "No. I'm the only one of my kind, I am called by my species. I wish you could understand me." I jumped. "Did you just talk?" "Did you just hear that?" My eyes narrowed. "You're not making a sound. I can't be reading your thoughts, can I?" "It appears so, my mate." "Mate?" "My mother told me that my mate was to be my beloved one who would carry my mark and bear my young. You're my mate." "But... How can you tell?" "I feel a pull to you. I know that you wouldn't hurt me, and I find you irresistible." I paused, and nodded in acknowledgement.
"Can I give you a name?" He grinned with retracted teeth. "No teeth? Well, I'll call you Toothless!" He seemed so happy. When I asked him why, he simply replied,
"Nobody has ever cared enough about me to give me a name. But you already care enough to do what the Queen never did. She called me the Shadow Siren. I suppose that's the closest I ever had to a name." His resignation saddened me. "Toothless, give me your tail." He looked at me with shock. "Mate, it cannot be rebuilt. By cleaning it, you have done all you can." I smirked.
"Not yet. This won't hurt a bit. Promise." He flicked his tail over my lap. I concentrated and brought forth the power that I was born with. I built a ball of golden plasma between my hands, and Toothless looked at it with wonder. I pressed it into his tail, and it moulded and hardened into a new tail fin. It was black, but it shimmered with a golden light when I touched it. "So, my mother was right. You are the Healer."
I shivered. "Why does everyone keep talking about this Healer?" He gently pressed his lips to mine in a reassuring kiss. I felt his overwhelming joy in that moment and I raised my head. He growled. "What?" I enquired. "Don't tease me like that. I'll want to mark you." I tilted my head. "Mark?" He sighed. "It's something we do to show that our mates are ours. It's like a claim on you telling all male dragons to stay away or get ripped apart, and that you are not to be hurt under any circumstances. You'll get bitten on the neck."
I snorted. "Well, it can't hurt to get Snotlout to leave me alone. Do it." He jumped.
"Really?" I nodded gently, and stroked his ear plates.
"Please." He growled again, and bit into my neck. I cried out in pain and he licked it, soothing the pain. "It is done. You are mine." I looked at the sun. It was nearly down. "Toothless, I have to leave. I... love you." He nuzzled his mark and pulled away in affirmation. I ran home, and met my father as I ran in.

"Go to bed. You have dragon training in the morning." Fantastic.

A/N:

This is my first story on this site, so no hate please :)

I'm going to see how many reviews and stuff this gets before I upload anymore. I'm not doing one of those '10 reviews for the next chapter!' things. I hate that. I just want to see how people react, because I don't want to waste my time on a story that nobody reads.

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