A trickle of blood fell down her cheek as another branch swiped against her face, but she didn't have time to dwell on it. She and her dragon needed to get out of there. All she had wanted was a place to rest for a couple days, but how was she supposed to know they had landed near a dragon hunter's village? She urged her Night Fury on. They just needed to clear this forest and they could take off and be out of the dragon hunter's clutches. Sylvi turned her head to look back. The hunter's seemed to be further behind them,but she didn't even get to feel a bit of relief before she saw the silver dragon taking flight in the forest after them. Who would have thought dragon hunters would have a dragon?
She turned forward and spoke to her dragon in a language only few knew, urging her on. Sylvi could see the light just up ahead. She took a strong hold on her saddle and a few seconds they were off in the air. Night Fury's were fast on the ground, but as fast as lightening in the air. She felt the rush of air blow past her as they took off into the air. She dared to look back to see the silver dragon staying on the ground, it's rider simply watching as they got away. Sylvi found this strange, but didn't think on it much. All that mattered to her was that they were getting as far away from the village as they could.
They had been in the air for a couple hours now. The cold chilled her to the bone and she could barely hold onto the saddle anymore. She saw an island just up ahead of them and headed for the shores. She flew her dragon down to the beach and fell upon the sand grasping her side. When she lifted her hand she saw blood. Damn archers... She could hear the worried growl of her dragon as her vision started to fill with black spots. The last things she heard were the sounds of her dragon and the flutter of wings before the darkness in her eyes took her.
Hiccup and his dragon had been at it for hours training. He knew they were the fastest dragon and dragon rider around, but that wasn't enough. There had been too many close calls and they needed to up their speed and maneuvers. He could tell that his dragon couldn't take much more today. He leaned forward and pat the dark dragon on his head. "Come on bud, let's head back." The dragon turned and went to head back when he stopped, whipping his head to the right as the sound of a dragon's distressed call filled their ears. "What was that..."Hiccup asked himself and his dragon. He looked to the dragon beneath him before changing their flight course towards the dragon call they had heard.
When they reached the source of the call, Hiccup couldn't believe it. Another Night Fury! How long had him and Toothless been searching for any sign of another Night Fury? They landed a little distance away on the beach and Hiccup dismounted from his dragon. Toothless let out a protective growl to the other dragon before giving a warning growl to his human. Hiccup put his hand on his dragon's head and gave him a small scratching. "I know bud, but it looks like it needs our help." With that Hiccup walked cautiously towards the other Night Fury. This one wasn't as large as Toothless, and it's eyes were a purple color instead of the green of his dragon's eyes. The other Night Fury got low and growled viciously at them, which made Toothless come right to his human's side, growling just as deep back. Hiccup put a hand onto his dragon's head once more to calm him down before he looked to the left of the dragon and saw a girl lying unconscious on the sand.
His eyes went wide. Another dragon rider? On a Night Fury? His head was reeling with emotions and thoughts as he stepped forward. The other dragon's growling only became louder and he placed his hand in front of him. "I won't hurt you, or her. She is hurt. I can help. You need to trust me." He said in almost a whisper. The other dragon stopped her growling, but did not come out of her protective stance. Hiccup took a few steps closer until they were only a couple feet away from each other. Toothless was right behind him, ready to jump in and protect his rider if this other dragon were going to attack. "She needs help. I can help her. If we don't get her to my camp, she could die."
The female dragon stood a bit straighter on all fours. Looking at the boy in front of her and then back to her rider. She could smell the blood coming from her wound and knew they needed help. She turned her head slowly back to the boy and his dragon. After a moment she started to walk very cautiously towards the pair. She stopped right in front of the boy. The dragon behind him growled loudly and took an attacking stance. She growled back at the dragon before looking back to the boy. He wasn't looking at her. He had his eyes closed and his head tilted away. She didn't want to trust the two, and she didn't, but her human needed help. She leaned her head forward and just barely pressed her nose to the boy's hand. The boy turned his gaze back to her and gave her a small scratch under her chin which caused an involuntary purr to come from her throat. She looked to the dragon behind him, who was now sitting in the sand, tilting his head to the side looking at her curiously. The boy walked forward and kneeled beside the unconscious girl on the sand.
"Okay bud, we need to take her back to the camp. Can you carry her?" Hiccup turned his gaze from the girl to his dragon who let out a small sound of agreement from his throat. As he took a step forward the female dragon let out a deep growl. She flapped her wings a bit above the ground and picked the girl up in her claws. Hiccup nodded, understanding the dragon didn't trust them fully yet and went back to his dragon, climbing up in the saddle and getting up into the air. He made a motion to the dragon to follow before turning to his own dragon. "Alright bud, we need to fly fast. Let's get to the Edge!" and with that both dragons took off as fast as they could to their destination. The entire way there the female dragon never took her eyes off the pair in front of her. She didn't trust them, she didn't trust anyone but her rider. Unfortunately she needed their help, so she would be sure to keep an eye on them. Couldn't be too careful after all.
