Toothless' POV

Flying back into my shared cave, I was sore, tired and in low spirits. I had returned from another Flock for our monster of a queen, and never have I experienced a Flock so upsetting and death filled. It was in the South in a village full of fighters. Not Vikings, necessarily, but somewhere between Viking and normal. It started out like a normal Flock, a few casualties, and injuries; nothing out of the ordinary. Then our numbers dropped, faster than a Dark Speeder could fly! There was a good 40 head count when my Flock left and coming back only 19 remained! Never in my 338 Sun Cycles have I witnessed such a horrible night! Sore, worked to my limits, and tired I plopped down right next to my sister Nyla. She was a Night Speeder, like me, but was a size smaller and held violet hues instead of acid-green. We were supposedly the last of our kind, the close-to-extinct Night Speeders. We did have a family before, a mother who was called Corrisa. She wasn't as big as our father but a decent size and shape. She was kind, unless messed with and had the same acid eyes that I did. I was the only one to inherit them from her. Our father was called Josh and he was big! For a Night Speeder, anyways. He was strict and protective and had violet eyes. We also had two other brothers, Nick and Terrence. They were identical twins, both having our Nana's pale, blue eyes and coming from the same shell; of course, they had to fit in the same shell, so they were both smaller than normal. But they were double trouble, and you couldn't let them fool you, or you'd be in trouble. And our other sister, Selena, who shared our father's and Nyla's violet eyes. She was a sweet one, and far too innocent for her own good. She was the kind of hatchling that could've made even the Queen's heart melt at the sight. But sadly, they were not around anymore.

One day, 324 Sun Cycles ago, when our litter was only 14, and still too little to fly, we were attacked by a flock of Fire Rings. Our mother held me and Nyla and our father held Nick, Terence, and Selena. Father told our mother to get away, and she did. She stopped a good distance and screamed for our father when she heard him scream and saw him plummet. Then the Fire Rings looked our way and tried to reach us. They caught up to us and got our mother badly injured on her underbelly, but she got away and hid us in a cave behind some rocks. Neither of us saw her again, but resisted tears and the temptation to scream for her when we heard her scream bloody murder. They left, but we stayed there until the next night when we gathered enough courage to check on her. What we saw scared us both to this day. Many nights filled with nightmares and tears. Even at this day and age we both still wake up screaming for them.

I was taken from my thoughts when Nyla asked "Rough day?". I nodded my head and said "You wouldn't believe it." She looked at me, and sat up, now interested and said "What happened?". I got up and re-positioned myself to face her and said with a few quivers in my voice "I went on another Flock for the Queen. We went with a total of 40 dragons. It started out normally. Humans fighting us back, us taking livestock, and some injuries. It was going well when our numbers started to plummet. I'm not sure if they had a new weapon, or what the difference was, but they all just went down. We went with 40, but came back with only 19. I've never witnessed something like it.". Her eyes widened in horror, but then narrowed a bit and she replied "You're right, I don't believe you." I sighed through my nose and rested my head on my fore arms. Tired from today's work, I closed my eyes ready for sleep when Nyla cuddled up to me. I pushed her away and said "Nyla, we've been through this plenty of times before, we are not becoming mates.". I heard her huff and say "We need to repopulate some how! We could very well be the last of our kind! It's our responsibility to our species as Night Speeders!". I groaned and said "Even still. You're too young to mate for hatchlings it could kill you, and I most certainly will not be the one to take all of that from you! That's final, so drop it.". She huffed again. I then heard her move over to another area and then I heard the familiar hissing of our fire. She layed down and that was my cue to take my rest. I only ever let her cuddle up to me when she gets nightmares. She knows that too, though I don't get why she always tries.

I woke up the next night to Nyla coming into the cave. She walked up to me and regurgitated a few fish for me. Her face was calm and pitying towards me as she walked back out of the entrance and flew off. Nyla only ever brought me fish when I tell her the truth of something and she doesn't believe. The two of us don't get along very well unless it's desperate times. We argue a lot and drive each other mad, but can't leave each other, afraid of being alone and something happening to the other. I got up, stretched, and ate the fish she brought me. I walked out of our cave and looked at the night sky. The moon was full and the skies were clear. I stood there for a few hours, just looking when I heard a whoosh and a thump come from behind me. I knew it was Nyla because I could smell her and hear he breathing. I looked at her with a sad gaze and looked back at the sky. She rubbed her head against mine and said softly "I'm sorry about the Flock. It was a horrible thing that happened. I think it got to the Queen too, because she's called no Flocks for the next few days.". I nodded and said "Good, because I don't think I could've lead another one straight away.". She stopped rubbing me, but left her head against mine. We sat there in our own thoughts looking at the night sky, the only sounds were the soft breeze through the island's wildlife and the crashing waves below us. It stayed that way for a good amount of time, then Nyla asked "Do you really believe we're the last of our kind, Armen?". I didn't look at her, but replied "A part of me doesn't want to. It wants to believe there's more than just us. It wants to, to believe they're out there somewhere just waiting to be found. For us to find them. But...another part says that there hasn't been any sign of another one of us for centuries. Not even a word from outside the Queen's territory. It wants me to believe that the chance of finding another Night Speeder is lower than that of the Queen herself." I finished. I looked at her and she looked at me. Then slowly averted her gaze downward. I could sense her sadness and fear, so I put a wing over her. "I don't know, Ny. There could be more out there and there couldn't. I just don't know. This world works in mysterious ways.".

We sat there for a good 20 minutes before I pulled apart from her and headed into the cave. Nyla still sat out there, looking sadly out into the dark sky, hoping to see a sign from above or something. I gave her a pitied look before I walked up to her and butted her shoulder with my paw. I gave her a smirk and said "At least we have each other right?". She smiled and be both laughed at how cheesy that statement was. I was never the one good with pep talks when I tried. We stopped laughing and I lead her inside. We both lay down and with nothing better to do, fell back into a deep sleep. I woke up from my nap to Nyla's screaming and her panicked look as she shot up from her slumber. She was crying and breathing in shaky gasps. I rushed over to her, curled around her and started to lick the back of her neck. I didn't need to ask what her nightmare was about. Me and her have been having the same nightmares about that night since it happened. I kept licking her neck, noticing how she was calming down. Knowing her freaked out stage was over, I started to cooe to her calming and soft words. "You're ok, Ny it's just a dream, there's nothing to worry about.". "Make it stop." she whispered silently. I sighed and licked her cheek. "I would if I could, Ny, but I can't. Just stay strong, like they always told us. You'll make it through another night, and I'll be here when you need me, alright?" She looked at me and nodded. I nuzzled her until her breaths became slow and deep. 'Why can't we get a break from this.' I thought. 'We both need it and deserve it.'. I looked back down at the sleeping form of my sister and said "I can't make it go away, but I won't let us suffer this anymore. I'll figure something out, in the meantime, just hang on.". She only shifted in her sleep as a reaction. I yawned and decided to get some shut eye as well.

Me and Nyla both jolted awake at the ground, shaking rumble that occurred outside. We both jumped away from each other and arched our backs. After a few seconds, we calmed and I peeked outside our cave. Hail was pelting everything in sight and winds were tearing trees and rocks from the ground. 'Great, a Spiral Storm. Just what we needed.' I thought. I ran back down to Nyla and shook off any water that was on me. "It's a Spiral Storm." I said. She sighed and said "Now, of all times?". I nodded while I started to clean myself "Sadly enough. I'd get comfortable, we're going to be here awhile.". She nodded and started to clean herself up. When we were done, I looked at her and saw she still had some tear stains. I was walking up to her when she asked me "What?". I bent my head down to her face and licked her cheeks. "Tear stains." I answered. She pushed me away with her paw and started to clean them off. When she was done, I walked up and saw the Spiral Storm lessened into a cloudy sky with a light drizzle with thunder and lightning that went off into the distance.

I than heard the familiar buzz the Queen makes when calling a Flock. Nyla hurried up to me, hearing the noise as well. We looked at each other for a split second then flew to the giant burning mountain our Queen resides in. We entered through the West entrance with no difficulty, though we paused to adjust to the heat and dim light that came from the bottom of the pit she stays in. We continued on, Nyla taking the lead by a few feet. We passed families of Spike Tails, Fire Scales, Twin Bodies, Large Jaws, and Feisty Biters. They all backed away and quivered at the sight of us, knowing what it meant. We needed to put together Flocks for the Queen's meals and not many volunteered. If we didn't have enough, we'd have to choose what dragons to come to their possible death. We hovered over the pit she resides in until she rose her head out of the Lava Pit. She was a monster in every word you could think of. She has 3 pairs of eyes, 3 on each side of her head with a jaw that took over most of her head. She was completely green with non pointy spikes that reddened as they grew. She has a horn of bone in the front of her face and bone that jutted out the top of her head. Her poisoned, colored scales were about the size of a Large Jaw each. A monster indeed in mind and body. "Welcome back, Night Speeders, enjoy your time off?" She said in an overly sweet manner. We both bowed our heads and said at different times "Yes your majesty". She leaned back a bit and said "Good. Now I'm in no hungry mood, so the nest has lucked out. As for why I summoned you two, this storm has caused a lot of damage amongst my territory. I ask you to survey each island for any damage that might be crucial to my food source. I do not expect it to be all completed by tonight, but only ask when you return, to inform our selected dragon helpers to help clean up the messes. Is that too much I ask?" She finished. We shook our heads and Nyla said "No your majesty, not at all". She than said "Then be off" and returned to soaking in her pit of fire.

We flew out of there and headed towards our first stop which was a Viking village. It held more girls than boys and had the crest of a man with a mask over his eyes surrounded by fog. After an hour and a half, we arrived. We flew around the island and saw, no major damage to the livestock or food storage, so we flew to the next island. The island was in ruin, do doubt about it, but these humans can fix and replace their fragile homes in no time. The next island was was a peaceful one. They never fought us when we came for food, only stood by and let it happen. We dragons, give them our sorry looks any time we get to show we didn't want to take their food. Their crest was a circle with a line halfway from the top to the bottom, then split into two and went until they met the circle, creating three pieces inside the circle. This village wasn't even touched by the storm, so we moved on to the biggest island we raid. This island has three separate villages on it, making it one of her biggest food sources. Now this island took the full blow. Two of the three villages were destroyed from the storm, while the other was mostly intact. "You think we should tell the dragons to come to this one? The mess is huge." Nyla asked. I thought for a second and said "We'll mention it and have the dragons decide. I've seen this island take worse from their wars." She nodded. This island's crest was actually a dragon. A Lightning Shooter. Our next stop was us dragons least favorite island to raid. Their livestock is good, but the fight for it is hard. These Vikings can get taller and bigger than most we've seen, and they're just as fast, stubborn, and strong as we are. We do get away wit the food most of the time, though. We looked over the village. It was still intact, as stubborn against their storms and winters as usual.

But, something was off. "Armen, where are all of the Vikings?". We would at least see and smell their night guards, but we barely smelt any Vikings. Of course, there were some children with their mothers and their elderly, but no men. "Lets check in the forest. They're usually hunting something if their numbers are this low. Not even when they try to search for the nest.". She nodded and we flew over the forest. We found tons of camps spread out through their forest. Nyla gestured me to follow her over to an area. We landed not too far from their Alpha's base. We listened in to what they were talking about. "We need to find it before it wreaks anymore haveck! It can't fly because it's wing is injured, so it couldn't have flown away." We heard. Me and Nyla looked at each other with a little fear in our eyes. We knew they were referring to a dragon. "But Stoick! We've searched this forest almost three times in the past two days! It's not here!" "Oh, no, it's here alright, just hiding. If it's not in the forest, than it has to be in the mountains. Send search parties up there, I don't want that thing alive one more day on my island!". Me and Nyla fly up high enough so they couldn't see us. "What kind of dragon are they hunting?" Nyla asked. "I'm not sure Ny, but whatever kind it is, it must be a Lightning Shooter or a Sound Blaster. They wouldn't bother a huge search like this for a typical dragon." I said. "Whatever it is, we have to find it before they do. From the sound of it, it's badly hurt and will most certainly get killed if it gets found." I nodded. "You search North and West while I'll search South and East." She nodded and flew to the northern part of the island. I searched the forest with no luck then turned to the mountains. I came across caves with bears and wolves, but no dragon. I ran into Nyla half way through my search and said "What did you find?". She shook her head and said "Nothing, not even a trace! Who ever this dragon is, they must be extremely stealthy and good at hiding.". I nodded and said "But what kind of dragon would have that kind of stealth and cleverness? I mean, Fire Scales are too daring and charge right into battle."

" Ya, and although stealthy, Twin Bodies aren't very still, let alone quiet. And Large Jaws..." Nyla joined in.

"Spike tails are kind of large and aren't very good hiders. If they managed to avoid Vikings, they'd at least get caught in a trap."

"Ya, and Lightning shooters just go into battle, plan or not. They don't retreat which is why they're so rare."

"It can't be a Fire Ring, they travel in packs."

"Feisty Bitters don't cause such a ruckus."

"Spiral Flames don't leave their territory on Eel Island"

"And Small Smokers can't fly long distances, and Fast Stingers can't fly."

"So that could only leave…." Me and Nyla looked at each other with shock, about to say us when we heard a roar, much like ours. We jerked our heads in it's direction and sped off faster than lightning. It came from the far side of the mountains, at a high set of cliffs.

We stopped and hovered a good 100 feet above the situation we saw. A hatchling, maybe 50 Sun Cycles old was cornered at the edge of a cliff. It was littered with cuts and one of it's wings was at an off angle. It's back was arched and it was trying to seem threatening, but was outnumbered by at least four Vikings. Every two steps they took, the Night Speeder took one back until he was at the edge. My eyes widened in realization and horror at the fact they were either going to slaughter it, or push it over the edge. I turned to Nyla, about to tell her to get the hatchling when I saw her face. It held a rage like nothing I'd ever seen before. She said darkly "Get the hatchling. I'll take care of the Vikings.". She didn't leave me time to argue, as she was already dive bombing them. I flew down and crouched over the hatchling protectively. The Vikings were shocked at my appearance, but more so when Nyla landed in front of me, striking more fear into them with her seemingly glowing, purple orbs. I bent my head between my legs to get a good look at it. It was a he from his smell and the cuts he was littered in were bigger than I had originally thought. His face held fear that could crush anybody's heart and he was trembling. He had forest green eyes, something I'd never seen on a dragon before. Green eyes were always acid color, like mine. I gave him a gentle look and said calmly "Are you alright, hatchling?". He stuttered back "A...as ok as s...someone would b..be almost killed multiple t...times in 3 days." I nodded. "Can you fly?". "I can, but my wing is broken.". I pulled my head out from under my legs and moved from crouching over him to standing next to him. I sniffed him, then grabbed him by his scruff and put him on my back. He let out a surprised bark from it. 'Geezus, he's freezing!' I thought. 'Maybe he isn't just trembling in fear.'. I turned back to look at him and licked his cheek. "You're going to be ok, hatchling, we've got you." He shakily nodded. I turned back to Nyla and said "Come on Nyla, he's with me. Let's go before more of them come." She looked back at me, than fired a shot at each of them, knocking them back and out. We both took off and sped away.

The hatchling clung to my back with his claws. On our way back, Nyla looked at him and asked softly "What's your name?". He stuttered with his words for a few seconds. "M..my name? Um...I..I don't have a p...permanent one, the d..dragons I've ever met usually called me things like f..freak or outcast. A lot of them gave me the title of Hiccup, b..because I was different.". Me and her shared a glance. "Is that what you would like to be called?". I felt him nod. I joined in and said "Alright Hiccup, we're going to take you back to our nest until you're healed. My name is Armen and this is my sister, Nyla.". "Though, a lot of the dragons call him Toothless because he use to make toothless smiles." Nyla giggled. I gave her the look that read Really? Hiccup relaxed a little on my back and said "Wow, th..that's almost as bad as mine.". Me and Nyla laughed at that. We were approaching the nest when I told Nyla "Go inform the Queen about the islands and Hiccup." She gave me an unbelievable look and said "But the Queen's going to want to.." "He's too young to be doing Flocks. Alongside with the fact he's injured and came from an island full of Vikings who injured him. If you ask me, he looks a little agitated." She still gave me the look and said "She'll want to meet him.". "Say he's not ready for it." She gave me a doubtful look and said "If anything bad happens, it all on you!" and flew off towards the nest. I rolled my eyes and flew towards the cave. I landed in front of it. By this time, the sun's light peeked through the sky. I felt Hiccup try to get off of my back, but slipped half way. I caught his scruff before he touched the ground and walked into the cave.

I set him down when we were in deep enough and got a better look at him. He had a light gash underneath his left eye and another one across his forehead. His body was littered with both scars and fresh cuts. Some were deep gashes, but others were no deeper than an inch. I looked at his right wing and sighed of relief seeing it was a simple break. I sniffed him and he smelt slightly of infection, so I started to lick his wounds and give him a bath, hopefully to keep any serious infections he could get away. He made winning and whimpering noises when I licked any of his deeper wounds. I was licking his right side when he fell over onto his left side, and I found out where the infection smell came from. A deep gash on his underbelly was still bleeding. He tried to get up when I put my paws down on his sides and started licking at his still bleeding gash. He did scream out in pain and tried to wiggle out of my grasp when I started, but I held him firmly down and continued to lick. I stopped after it was done bleeding when I looked at Hiccup. He felt cold to the touch and was pale from blood loss. His eyes held a slight glaze over them and he was shivering a bit, as well from blood loss. I picked him up by his scruff and carried him over to where I would sleep. I set him down and warmed the spot up then continued to lay down and pulled him against me for warmth. He snuggled up to me in comfort and mumbled "Thank you". He peeked a glance at me when I licked his cheek and said "Get some rest. Your body needs to heal.". He yawned, stretched a bit, then snuggled closer to me and made himself look smaller than he was. I curled around him and waited for Nyla to return.

'Poor hatchling. Out in the world all by himself. Not only that, but to have others make fun of him for it? If me or Nyla were out in the world without each other, we'd go insane!' I thought. Despite our differences, Nyla and I still love each other. Not even the queen could break that. I curled around him protectively at the previous thought. 'No, he's not alone. Not anymore. I won't let him be, even if he wants to leave.' I declared in my mind. "I won't let anything bad happen to you, hatchling, I promise." I whispered, barely audible. "That makes two of us." Nyla said. I looked up at her, expectant. "The Queen said once he's ready, she'd like to meet him and that he has until he's 150 Sun Cycles. I smiled, thankful for not having to show him to the crowd yet. Nyla walked up to him and put her tail on his forehead. "He's burning up." she said. I looked down and noticed he was trembling slightly. I brought my head to his underbelly and sniffed. The infection smell was 10 times stronger than before. I reeled back at the smell. "Damn it! Nyla, go get one of the healers!". She looked at me and said "Where's it coming from and how bad is it?" "It's from a deep gash on his underbelly and is strong, now go!". She nodded and quickly flew off. I noticed his trembles grow, so I started to sooth him. I started to nuzzle into his neck and cuddle closer to him. He pushed himself closer against me and woke up. "W..wh..why i..is it so...so cold!". He looked up at me with a look I remember Selena making. I gave him a sad look and said "Your stomach wound is infected. I sent Nyla out for a healer.". His gaze went from sad to panicked. "I'm...I'm s..s..sick?!". I licked his neck the way I lick Nyla's during a nightmare and said "You're going to be fine, hatchling, don't worry. Just stay strong and you'll get through it. I'll be right here when you need me, alright?". He calmed down at my words. "Alright?" I pushed again. He nodded and said "Alright." I smiled down and licked his forehead. Nyla had returned with a Spike Tail healer a few minutes later. Me and Nyla had to wait outside our cave while she checked him out. It's her rule of privacy.

Nyla was pacing back and forth while I kept a worried gaze at the night sky. I heard her stop and say "How are you just sitting there? A hatchling Night Speeder is in there, and may be dying! Do you not care at all?" I shot my head back a her and said "I'm just as worried as you are! But I'm keeping it calm and am trying to think on the bright side! I can at least offer the four of us that much comfort! Unlike you who just says he's straight out dying!". "I look at the reality of things Armen! I don't create false hopes for a sense of comfort! You saw how bad his injuries were! And how many he had!" She argued. "Yes, but I also saw his strength and will to live! He might be injured, but I'm not going to go as far as to say he's dying! Even so, I'm not going to give up on him! He's been alone in this world for a long time, and I know if either of us were in his place, we wouldn't want to have come so far just to die now! He panicked when I said he was sick, meaning he's scared and gullible! I'm not going to say he's dying in case he's listening! That's not going to help his spirits at all.".She stopped. This is how our famous arguments always went. She'd yell at me for something random to let her frustrations and worry and I'd argue back, defending myself. And like always, she keeps it up. "You think I'm giving up on him?" I shake my head and said "No, but you keep telling yourself that because he's sick, he's going to die! I don't know about you, but I don't think that sounds very uplifting, truth or not. Hope isn't foolish, Ny, and I think you should realize that.". She was about to argue back when the healer came out. "I've done all I can to help him. His infection can't be helped with magic or plants. If he's to survive, he needs to fight for it." We both nodded and thanked her. Than once she flew off, we both rushed in to him. He was pale, but asleep. I curled around his back and Nyla around the front. He nuzzled into me more than her, but let out a breath of content. The three of us fell asleep like that, unaware of the changes that will happen to us because of this hatchling.

Fire Ring: Whispering Death

Night Speeder: Night Fury

Spike Tail: Deadly Nadder

Fire Scale: Monstrous Nightmare

Large Jaw: Gronkle

Twin Bodie: Hideous Zippleback

Feisty Bitter: Terrible Terror

Spiral Flame: Typhoomerang

Lightning Shooter: Skrill

Small Smoker: Smothering Smokebreaths

Fast Stinger: Speed Stinger

Sun Cycle: Year

Moon Cycle: Month

Flock: Raid

Spiral Storm: Hurricane

Author's Note! I'm a big fan of Hiccup being transformed into a Dragon or him just Being a dragon(Night Fury to be exact.) There aren't many of these out there, so I wanted to make one. If you like this fanfiction, please comment for more!