Let me be clear. You will NOT understand what's going on until you have read Tale of the Knight Fury. Even if you have, this is a little peek into the future. We've only just met Katunya back in the main story. She hasn't had time to... warm up to Toothless after their little 'spat'. This is mostly a peak at what their relationship will mostly look like in the future. Since it's early, it's subject to change, but Katunya is always going to have a sarcastic but serious personality. She takes her job as a Knight VERY seriously and doesn't appreciate the leniency Toothless has allowed himself to have in his absence from the Court.

Enough of my ramblings though. This is just early enough for Katunya to not hate Toothless. she doesn't quite see him as a true friend yet. More as someone to eliminate her boredom.

Beta-ed by the lovey Almighty Authoress. Enjoy!

It was the hardest season of all on the island community of Vikings known as Berk. Snow was falling thickly out of the sky, coating the ground in up to six feet of frozen liquid. The humans tended to stay inside, only leaving the safety of their homes to fetch food from the main hall. They dressed in think furs they got from traders and wool they got from sheep. Food was scarce, but then again it almost always was.

It wasn't nearly as bad for the dragons. With their internal furnaces, keeping warm wasn't high on the list of priorities. Even so most of the flying lizards had taken to sleeping in the lighthouses, the giant, warm fires attracting them like moths to candle light. Some of the smaller dragons left for warmer climates with the promise that they would be back in the summer. That left all of the Monstrous Nightmares, about seventy percent of the Deadly Nadders and half of the Gronkles still on the island.

Toothless curled around Hiccup tightly, fighting off the skinny boy's shivers as best he could. The fire had died sometime during the night and it didn't take long for the biting cold to seep into their bones. The Knight Fury had been awoken unpleasantly when his rider decided it would be best to sleep next to his dragon. Hiccup's feet (or foot and metal… thing) had pressed against his warm stomach and nearly sent the black dragon into a fit. It was cold!

Stoic left about an hour ago to fetch more logs for the fire pit. Until he came back, Toothless wasn't about to leave the blacksmith's side for anything.

"Aaaaugh… so bored!"

Especially not THAT.

The Knight Fury shot a half-hearted glare across the room at his 'house guest'. Katunya was sprawled out across one of the rafters, staring straight ahead with a look of absolute disinterest on her face. She tucked her paws under her chin when she heard his snort, meeting his eyes from her vantage point on the ceiling. "What do you want pet?" she hissed, agitated by Toothless' apparent amusement.

"You haven't been out of the house since it started snowing," he stated simply.

The Red Knightmare looked disgusted at the idea. "Of course not! Not only is it wet and cold out there, there's snow on the ground."

"There's snow at the Dragon Court."

"Not inside the Court idiot. Snow is colder, wetter and makes all the animals smell ten times worse. Last but not least, it makes flying a pain in the tail. Have you tried navigating your way through a snow storm?"

Toothless gave her an unimpressed expression. It was a stupid question really. Obviously he had if he'd managed to get to Berk in one piece. The black dragon rolled his eyes as Katunya let out another sigh.

"So… BORED!"

"If you're so bored, go outside and play," he snapped, irritated at her stubbornness.

The she-dragon huffed impatiently. "I'm a Knight of the Dragon King's Court. My duty is to be professional when the situation calls for it. I do not play."

"Suit yourself," he grumbled, tucking his tail around Hiccup once more.

XXX

Weeks past, and still the bitter cold showed no sign of vanishing. The snow piled higher and higher; so high in fact, the Vikings began to have some dragons melt pathways to various buildings for them.

Toothless and Katunya stayed inside for the most part. They talked about anything and everything; their lives in the court, their parents, past friends. But there would come a time in every day that Hiccup would open the door and, even if it was in the middle of a conversation, the Knight Fury would launch himself out into the open air. Before the door closed, the she-dragon always got a good look of Toothless dancing about like a hatchling. He would catch snowflakes on his tongue, roll around in it and generally behave as if he hadn't ever seen the stuff before. She felt jealousy sneak into her heart, followed by a good dose of longing. She wished she could join him in his fun, let go of her responsibilities for even a few moments. But she hated the icy wind and the damp feeling on her skin that always happened when she went out in the snow. No matter how lonely and restless she was, she wouldn't go outside for all the playtime in the world.

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After four months of this weather, Toothless thought he was going to go insane. The Red Knightmare had so much stored energy that was pent up inside. The only exercise she got was the daily pacing. She looked so much like a caged animal walking back and forth in front of the door for hours on end; her behavior was incredibly similar to her namesake. They didn't talk much anymore. The she-dragon was so snarly when she had absolutely nothing to do.

One day Hiccup opened the door to let the black dragon outside, only to be nearly bowled over as Katunya rushed at the opening. She stopped about a foot away from the threshold, staring at the snow covered ground before hissing at it fiercely. As she started to retreat into the house once more, Toothless snapped.

The Knight Fury roared a challenge, jumping the surprised female and pushing her out the door. Her back paws flew out from underneath her when they hit the slippery snow, sending Katunya tumbling wing over wing down the hill and into a thick snowdrift. Humans and dragons alike quickly vacated the area at their first sighting of the Red Knightmare in months. Due to her spectacular entrance into the outside world, she was bound to be furious.

Toothless was vaguely aware of Hiccup mumbling excuses under his breath as he too found a reason to leave. He felt his heart skip a beat at the sight of the red fire-breather begrudgingly pulling herself out of the wet flurries. It wasn't fear exactly; more like excitement tinged with a hearty dose of caution. The two Knights stared at each other for several tense seconds, caught in a stare down. That is, until Toothless burst out laughing. The she-dragon's face showed confusion for only a few seconds before she launched herself across the square.

Then she hit a patch of ice, eliciting a startled shriek from deep within her vocal chords. Katunya's eyes widened as she flew past the still laughing Knight Fury. She scrambled desperately, her claws making ear splitting screeching noises as they squealed across the hardened snow. She nearly slid all the way down to the docks before she righted herself. Glaring savagely, she unfurled her wings and took to the sky, choosing to bypass the option of running to get her revenge.

"TOOTHLESS!" she roared, rocketing into his still trembling form. "I'm going to KILL you!"

Laughing at her look of pure murderous rage, the Knight Fury aimed a playful blow to her side. Surprised, Katunya's hold relaxed enough for the black dragon to wiggle free of her grip. "Catch me if you can Assassin!" he called, bolting through the village at top speed. The Red Knightmare chased after him, paws outstretched and ready to shove his face into the snow.

He was almost in her grasp when suddenly he stopped. The she-dragon sailed over his head, flapping her wings furiously to keep from crashing into the snow once more. Katunya turned hastily, searching for her prey in the sea of white.

Something wet smacked onto the left side of her face. She let out a short scream of terror, realizing a second too late that it was only a snowball. The little red dragon swung her head around to look the Knight Fury in the eyes, narrowing her own in anger at his lack of care with her blind side.

"Katunya I'm so sorry!" Toothless stammered, trying to think of something he could do to avoid death by angry female. "I was just trying to get you to have a little fun…"

"Fun?" she snarled, cautiously lowering herself onto the snow covered ground. "FUN? You call being pushed out of a warm house fun? You call sliding all over the village fun? You call taking a snowball to my blind side fun? I'll show you fun." With that she threw herself at him, using both paws to shove the black dragon's face into the snow.

Toothless shoved her off, shaking the white powdery mess out of his eyes. He raised his tail, using the end that still had a finial to scoop some snow from the ground and throw it at her. In his opinion, she responded positively. Katunya used her front legs to kick snow at him, covering her opponent and herself in the fine white dust before she had finished.

They took to wrestling once more. When Toothless had the upper hand he'd pile snow on top of her. When Katunya had an advantage she'd viciously press him into the ground. Despite how rough she was being, the Knight Fury could sense her hostility melt into playfulness. It wasn't long before their 'battle' turned into nothing more than a 'kick-all-snow-into-opponents-face' fight. The Red Knightmare soon surprised him with a haughty laugh.

"Is that all you've got?" she called from her stronghold she'd made in the trees.

Toothless poked his head out from behind a rock with a wicked grin. "I'm just getting warmed up!" he yelled back, shoveling a huge mound of snow onto his tail to use as a makeshift catapult.

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The sun was starting to set. As the temperature steadily dropped, two absolutely soaked and shivering dragons made their way back to the house in which they lived.

"There is no way you won that. I made you eat my snow!"

"Please. We both know that I had the better fort and the better strategy. It was me who claimed victory."

"If your forts and strategies were so great," the Knight Fury pawed at the door to hopefully get Hiccup's attention. "Why did you shriek when I attacked you from behind?"

"L-luck," Katunya scoffed, unable to hide the tremor in her voice at the cold. Now that they had stopped moving, the effects of spending most of the day outside were starting to become apparent.

Toothless looked away for a moment, contemplating what his next course of action should be. He grinned at his female counterpart, nudging her shoulder with one wing. "Guess what," he said, sounding so smug that the Red Knightmare couldn't resist the curiosity burning in her brain.

"What?"

"You just played in the snow."

Her eyes narrowed dangerously, her glare quickly making Toothless regret the fact he said anything. Then she smirked a little, pushing through the door when Hiccup finally got around to opening it. "That's right," she mused, looking back over her shoulder at the slightly confused black dragon. "You pushed me out of the warm house and into the cold, wet, outside!" And for the first time that day, The Knight was truly afraid. Her voice sounded too sugary sweet to his ears. Something had to be up. "So let me repay the favor!"

The next thing he knew, the door had shut in his face. He could hear Hiccup on the other side laughing awkwardly, then some hissing as he tried to open the door. "Sorry bud," he called out through the thick wood. "Guess you're sleeping outside tonight. The Lady demands it."

Wide eyed, Toothless sat down on his rump, staring at the door as if it might open. His hopes were dashed when the she-dragon's voice could be heard once more. "Go sleep in the lighthouse with everybody else Knight Fury. You are not coming back inside this dwelling until I see fit."

He turned tail, throwing a dirty look in her general direction. She knew the lighthouse was off shore, that he'd have to fly there to join the other dragons. "Females," he hissed under his breath. "I'll just go sleep in the main hall."

Oh Toothless. Females are a pain in the tail aren't they?

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~LNMHYLIAN