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Chapter One

The downy flakes pelted her thick black hide as she continued to run away from her prison. Small splatters of crimson fell on to the frozen forest terrain as untrained wings struggled over rocks in the form of panic. They were coming for her, and she'd rather die than go back with them. The soft sound of worn leather followed her as she continued to climb toward the end of the cliff. They were coming closer and closer as she clumsily ran toward the edge. She could feel their spears and axes twirling toward her and she made no hesitation when she hurled herself into the fog layered black abyss of the sea below her.

Her tormentors watched with dark looks as she barreled down to the sea below her. Having had no practice with her wings or any other of her otherworldly appendages, Kagome could have only waited for herself to be drowned by the cold gloomy dark waters of this unknown ocean and world. She flapped her wings and screeched for help, but she knew no one would come. If she didn't find a way out she would die here, never knowing what the one word her conscience kept screaming for meant.

'Home,' she thought as she fought to stay afloat in the deep, raging waters. 'I want to go home.

A large wave came crashing over her, burying her in ice and water. She clung to the largest piece of ice she could find for all she was worth as she emerged in and out of the depths of the frigid cold water. Another wave crashed over her causing her head to connect with a solid piece of ice. Darkness danced in her vision as she continued to cling to her ice chunk with vigor.

But how does someone go home when they don't know where home is?

She didn't know how far she was sucked into sea, nor where she planned on going. All she wanted was home. Kagome lasted until the storm ended before she gave into the darkness that was offered. Her world went into a blissful blank as she closed her aqua orbs. Blood was still dripping steadily out of her wounds and was no doubt was going to attract predators, but she didn't care. She was so relaxed, so at peace, her world was so blank.

Was this what home feels like?

Astrid smiled as she watched the young village children run by the ocean shore. The tide was drifting in and out in a relaxing manner and her world seemed at peace. Well, it was until she noticed that they had started to crowd around something that had drifted ashore. She frowned a bit, wondering what had grabbed their attention so easily as she made her way toward the small group. What she saw there shocked her greatly; she gasped in wonder and blinked a couple of times to make sure she wasn't seeing things. No, her eyes weren't betraying her, there laying helplessly un-conscience in the cool sand of Berk's beach was a badly wounded Night Fury.

"Someone go get Hiccup!" Astrid ordered as she rushed to the injured dragon's side. The small group of children parted so that she could inspect the wounded female. One of the smallest kids quickly scrambled to heed her order and rushed to find the missing dragon rider.

Dropping to her knees with a sour frown on her face, Astrid immediately noticed the many wounds the dragon held on its leather skin. There were multiple whip-made abrasions on her back and stomach. Her wings were torn and tattered on the edges and there was a broken chain on each of the Night Fury's legs. But the thing that worried Astrid the most was the wire thorn collar that was biting into the dragoness' neck.

"Ok," she said with a breathy huff as she grabbed the small dagger she hid in her sheep hide boot. "I'm going to have to remove this before Hiccup comes. Please don't wake up and do something we'll both regret."

Unknown to the young teenage viking, the female dragoness was already awake and dreadfully frightened.

"Here you go, bud. Lunchtime!" Hiccup called in the comfort of his house as he carried in a load of fish. Toothless was immediately in front of the young brown-haired young man, nuzzling his stomach impatiently. The young man swatted him away, wrestled the basket off of him and dropped it in front of the hungry reptile. Toothless stuck his head in the wicker device and ate greedily, swatting the young terrible terrors with his tail who tried to get a piece of his meal.

"Jeez, you could at least have some manners," Hiccup stated with amusement as he watched his dragon gobble up his latest meal. Just then the front door slammed open, startling both Hiccup and his dragon. Hiccup's head shot toward the door while Toothless dropped his fish, causing them to spill all over the floor.

"Aw, Toothless!" the young man groaned as the dragon saliva-covered fish coated his floor. His attention was once again diverted from his black scaled best friend when someone breathlessly called his name. A young boy, no older than five, stumbled into the room. The next words the young tike uttered caused him and his dragon to look at the young boy in surprise and disbelief.

"Mister Hiccup! There's been another Night Fury found wash up on the beach!" he cried. The two shot each other a doubtful glance, causing the young boy to scowl. "I'm serious! Astrid-"

Suddenly the earth rumbled with a familiar high-pitched screech. Both the male's, dragon and rider, eyes widened in disbelief. It was a Night Fury's screech.

She didn't know where she was. One moment she was fighting the frigid sea, then next she was in darkness, now she was here. Her tattered leathery wings flayed out in panic, knocking over another produce filled wooden cart.

They were all around her. Their fleshly faces looking as her with awe, horror and worry. She didn't understand! Why where her torturers worried about her?! They should be gathering their iron vines and cracking roots! She just wanted to go home...

Her sapphire hues dilated as she heard the scream of the sharp rock-carrying female flesh face. She ran faster. Stumbling over carts, clumsily jumping onto building roofs, barreling through crowds. She was scared, so scared. She didn't want to go back into the metal cave, it was so cold in there, so lonely. She was in the middle of the village now. Another female joined the young female in the chase, she was riding another dragon. Kagome screech to the dragon for help, only have the four winged reptile to look at her oddly with a cocked head.

Kagome's eyes widened as they made a swoop for her. Quickly darting behind another hut, she escaped the dragon's claws and scrambled through the village with renewed vigor. A small whimper made its way up her throat but she refused to let it out. She didn't want them to get out their cracking roots.

She just wanted to go home.

Valka frowned in disappointment as her thoughts were confirmed. This dragon was horribly tortured by humans. The young female was very frightful of her, even with Cloudjumper. She was just about to land in front of the rare reptile when she stumbled away in dreadful fear. A burst of air alerted her of her son's arrival. Valka looked at his disarrayed form with wise amusement at he looked at her with excitement while Toothless sniffed at the ground with vigor.

"Is it true?" he huffed anxiously from Toothless' saddle. His brown eyes shining with hope.

Valka chuckled.

"Aye, it is." At hearing this news, both rider and dragon perked and got ready to take off, but Valka stopped him by continuing her speech. "But be wary of this one Hiccup, I fear she's had bad interaction with humans before. She's very afraid right now. She not only got us chasing her, but your friends following her. Astrid called for the others after she awoke and ran."

Hiccup groaned/growled in the back of his throat, causing Toothless to look at him oddly. He now severely wished he could understand both the mother of her rider and hatchling rider himself. He had a feeling they were talking about the young female of his species that rammed through here but he didn't understand a word. He growled in annoyance telling the boy he wished to continue the search. In which the boy answered with a nod.

"I haven't found a dragon I haven't been able to help, Mom. This one won't be the first one," Hiccup stated firmly before he took off.

Hiccup's mother sighed before looking to Cloudjumper.

"Do you think we should follow him?"

Cloudjumper gave a happy rumble causing her to chuckle.

"Aye, then let's get moving then!"

They were everywhere. Following her with leathery winged rides, she didn't like these dragons. They never spoke to her as she ran, they just followed their flesh face's orders. The long grass of the field she was tumbling through dancing along her skin, causing her fear to heighten more. She never noticed that she was heading toward one of the many cliffs of the island until Kagome nearly toppled over it. Her black claws dug into the soft soil of the earth as she peered over the ledge of the cliff, not noticing the presence of the seven dragons behind her and their riders whispers. Her vision blurred at the sharp pointed rocks at the end of the fall below her and she quickly backed away from the hazardous edge, only to back up into a cold scally plated chest.

She froze.

Sapphire hues looked up in dread, only to come face to face with the dragon she ran from earlier. She screech and flayed her winged in hopes to get away from the four wing dragon, totally forgetting the cliff behind her. Next thing she saw was black.

Pairing: Kagome/Toothless
Muse: Song: "One Step at a Time" by Jordin Sparks
Beta: We-are-Wonderlanders