As I was tracking down the enemy, I noticed that they were headed for a village resting upon an island. They were braced to attack, probably searching for recruits and craving destruction. I knew that I had to help the target, but I had no idea of how to accomplish that. Well, the island is a while away, just barely seen along the horizon. Maybe I'll have time to think of something, I thought.

But of course, I was wrong. I don't think, I just do. When I think, I'm almost always wrong. When I just go ahead and wing it, everything seems to work out.

Well, except for the Clan. They have been rebels ever since they discovered that I had possession of the Orb. I didn't even know the importance of it, but that's when I discovered the true nature of the Clan, and I didn't like it. I had been on the run ever since.

Speaking of running, the rebels were quickly advancing, just minutes away from their future victims. For some reason, I had a bad habit of underestimating their dragons. But I guess that I was overestimating the dragons' riders, because they were too focused on their task to look for intruders. I was also surprised that even the dragons didn't smell me and Lightning, my dragon, trailing close behind. This group is getting sloppy, I thought to myself. I'm sure that the Clan's leader would love to hear this. If I do succeed in throwing them off and possibly become their reason for retreat, he will probably will find out soon enough. I almost felt sorry for the soldiers, but then I remembered all of their evil deeds and changed my mind. I didn't feel glad for their punishment, but I knew that they were going to be less damaged physically than they have done to others.

Anyway, the attackers were just a wing stroke away from their target, and I had to act fast. I gave the signal, and Lightning sped ahead of them. She came to an abrupt stop in front of the group, startling them. I pulled the helmet that I wore off from my head, letting my long, blonde hair flow to my back. I then proceeded to take a small leather pouch from the pack attached to Lightning. Now that really grabbed their attention. I smiled, knowing what would happen next.

"GET HER!" somebody within the crowd shouted, and then the chase began. I tried to steer them from the island, but with little luck. But then I noticed something I didn't expect or even think of. The villagers had an army of their own. But they didn't just have an army. They had an army of dragons.

I relaxed, feeling like I could breathe again. Maybe I won't die this time after all.

They were a little while away, but I could tell that the army's leader had a dragon similar to mine. I believed that they were called Nightfuries. At least, that's what I've heard. But the reason why that detail stood out to me so much was that I thought that Lightning was probably the only Nightfury left. I had once believed that all the others were killed off. But, I was wrong. Again with the thinking. Ugh.

And speaking of thinking, I then distracted myself from paying attention to where I was going by diving deep into my thoughts. Luckily, Lightning wasn't as distracted as I was, and managed to make a sharp turn in the nick of time, just barely avoiding collision with a tower of boulders that was looming out over the sea.

"Oops, sorry," I apologized, getting only an annoyed grunt for an answer. "At least we took some of the soldiers down," I paused. "Literally." I felt Lightning's body vibrate as she chuckled lightly. I looked back to see more dragons slam into the boulders and fall to the ocean surface, but then emerge and start to swim away, obviously injured.

As I focused on what was ahead of me, I noticed that the army had taken flight, heading for my pursuers. I wanted to help the riders, and I had an idea of how. I just hoped that they would realize what I was up to and follow my example.

I guided Lightning to another pillar, and once again made another sharp turn, ridding me of a few more riders. The village's protectors caught on, and my strategy seemed to work for a while. Unfortunately, the enemy also realized what was going on, so I had to do something even crazier to get rid of them.

I flew straight up above the clouds, and then dive-bombed the group. Lightning let out a small burst of flame for good measure. That scared a few more men, but more stubborn warriors who refused to retreat were left. I was about to try diving again, but then realized that the good guys were doing a good enough job chasing the rebels away by themselves. They didn't need me anymore.

Once again, I got distracted, not noticing incoming danger. And again, Lightning realized that she needed to take over. She spun around quickly, throwing the threat far away from us. I realized that I was still clutching the pouch in my hand. I sheepishly put it back in the pack and bound it tightly. "Thanks," I said. "Again"

I watched the two groups fight for a while, chasing off the occasional challenger when I saw a Clan member escape through the wall of defenders. I followed him, wondering what he was up to.

It didn't take too long to figure out the guy's motive, because his dragon, a Monstrous Nightmare, flew down low, and then let out a stream of flame over the houses. Thankfully, there were buckets of water hung by rope that were most likely covered in some kind of fire-proof solution over the houses. They drenched the houses in water, putting the fires out.

The enemy then turned, heading for another target. He crashed into a large building, and I raced to catch up with him. The dragon and rider took a while to recover and get up, but when they did, the man noticed something.

The room was filled with baby dragons resting comfortably in their stables. A few lifted their heads sleepily to check out what was going on, but the others were too lazy and continued their slumber.

The soldier smiled to himself, and I knew what he was thinking.

"Oh, no you don't!" I called out, causing him to turn around and look at me in surprise. Then I tackled the man, pushing him to the ground. His dragon tried to come to his defense, but I scratched it under its chin, causing it to roll over on the floor and purr. By then, the enemy had stood up and was about to draw his sword, but I pushed a pressure point on his neck, and he dropped to the ground, unconscious.

Before I could do anything else, I heard a dragon land behind me. I spun around, unsheathing the sword that I carried on my belt. I put it back in its place when I realized that I stood before the good army's leader who was dressed in armor.

He dismounted the Nightfury, and took off his helmet. He was in his mid-thirties, and had shaggy light brown hair, green eyes, a round nose, and thin, pale lips. I also noticed that about half of his left leg under his knee was missing. In its place was a prosthetic leg of a complex design.

Soon after the man leaped off his dragon, a Deadly Nadder landed right next to him. Riding on it was a woman about the man's age. It almost scared me that she looked so much like me. Well, an older version of me. She had long blonde hair, bright blue eyes, paleish skin, and light pink lips. Besides our age, pretty much the only main thing that kept us from looking like perfect clones was that I was more sun kissed than her.

The woman dismounted her dragon, and then asked me, "Who are you?"

I figured that it wouldn't hurt to answer her. "Skye," I replied.

"You're not from Berk, Are you?"

"Nope." So that's what this place is called, I realized. "By the way, you might want to fix that." I said, pointing to the destroyed front of the building.

"Yeah, probably." The woman said, wincing a bit.

"So… No offense, but what are you doing here?" the man asked.

"I was trailing these guys," I answered, gesturing to the unconscious soldier behind me.

"Right. But how did you find another Night Fury?"

"What do you mean?"

"I thought that Toothless could be the only Night Fury. I've been searching for another Night Fury for many years, and haven't found one. But, when I was just about ready to give up the search, you show up with…"

"Lightning, but I usually call her Light. And I don't think I found her. She found me. I've known her as long as I can remember." I looked in Light's general direction, and realized she wasn't there. I turned my gaze skyward, and saw Lightning chasing Toothless around. She was winning their game of chase. I laughed. "I looks like Toothless made a new friend."

The man looked up, and smiled. "Yes, it sure does look like that, doesn't it?"

The woman coughed, trying to get my attention. I averted my gaze from the dragons to show her that I was paying attention.

She asked, "How do you and Lightning feel about making Berk your new home?"

Light, obviously hearing the woman's offer, bounded back down to the ground happily. She looked at me hopefully. I laughed. "Sure, why not? Besides, our last home got blown up." The woman eyed me curiously. "It's a long story," I explained.