Why did I name my dragon Toothless? An odd name you might think after all Toothless has teeth. He is of course a night fury. An "unholy offspring of lightning and death". During the dragon war night furies are considered the most dangerous of dragons. They are considered so dangerous that the dragon manuel says to hide and pray one does not find you. That's of course what people thought of dragons during the war. They thought of them as evil vicious monsters. When they look at them they see a devil Loki's servant something that should be killed.
But that's not how I saw him.
When I look at that dragon I shot down and was about to kill I didn't see something evil. Instead I saw something helpless. One part of me told me to kill him and finally be haled as the first Viking who killed a night fury or at least live to tell the tale and have my father's praise and the tribe's respect but another part told me to spare his life. I saw his pleading green eyes and I thought I never saw a dragon act like this. I tried to kill him but seeing him scared reminded me of when I get scared and I felt I can't do that to him and I can't either just leave him to die or be found by someone else. That's why I cut the ropes and freed him.
I came back to the cove wondering why he didn't kill me and found him unsuccessfully trying to get fish. He seemed alone and sad. Like he needed a friend. The next day when I became his best friend I realized we were wrong about dragons. They are not dangerous mindless beasts. They are merely frightened creatures who are provoked into violence. I saw him smiling toothlessly at me when I gave him fish when we first bonded. When I saw him smiling like that I no longer thought of him as vicious monster. Just a friend. I try to think of other names for him but I could never get the image of his toothless smile out of my head when I think of him. So Toothless seemed like the perfect name for him and my name off course is Hiccup so we both have funny names for a dragon and a Viking. There's something we have in common. I tried to help him fly again and because of that I now know what it's like to fly. I feel like I owe him so much for what he's given me. He helped me with dragon training Astrid likes me because of him I became a hero we defeated the dragon thing that started the dragon Viking war my dad's proud of me the village praises me my peers that use to tease my are now my friends I learned about the truth about dragons most of all I had a best friend.
No one was ever my friend before Toothless. Everyone used to tease and taunt me. I always told him about my life and he always understands me. He always cared for me like I was his family. I always felt guilty that I made him loose his flight but he always reminded me he alright about it. Since I lost my foot me and Toothless have been closer than ever. We were both cripples. He can't fly without me and he helps me walk sometimes. We always took care of each other as family.
I never thought a night fury could show me about dragons' true nature and I never imagined that night fury could be my best friend. So that's why I named him Toothless because while others see something dangerous I see a friend.