Author's Note: How about I try to write a fanfic in two weeks before next semester starts? OK GO.
What was that light?! A glowing ball of blue light hovered mere yards away from the Night Fury. Where had it come from?! Toothless had been hanging out here for weeks and he'd never seen anything like it before! Not anywhere on these islands! But most importantly it was a little ball of light! All that Toothless knew was that he had to have it! In less than a split-second, he pounced on that otherworldly blue light.
But just as it touched his claw, it disappeared. But… where did it go?! Another identical orb of light appeared a little farther away from Hiccup! Toothless jumped again on the next blue light. Then a trail of the funny wispy blue lights appeared, leading from where the Night Fury crouched on the ground all the way up the cliff face that led out of the cove… that was as far as Toothless could see. He needed to follow them! But… his ears drooped as he realized that the quickest way to follow them would be to fly but he wouldn't be able to do that on his own…
He called for Hiccup but the boy wasn't listening. He was unpacking his bag and going on about his day, as usual.
"Toothless, you'll never believe what Gobber made us do at training today."
Toothless called again. Hiccup.
"He threw two Nadders in the ring today! Can you even imagine Fishlegs, Snotlout, and the twins trying to fight two dragons?! Y'know, he's never done that before, Toothless. So I used two different tactics on both of them. So I used the dreaded eel for the purple-"
That's great. Hey, Hiccup. Com'ere a second. I wanna show you something.
"-and some dragon nip from the field over there on the blue. Y'know, Toothless-"
HICCUP. Toothless loved the kid's company but he didn't always listen.
"-yeah, sure, bud, be right there," he said, distracted, putting out the Night Fury's fish feast, and pacing about the cove with excitement, "but y'know I'd-I'd just never thought that nip and eels worked on Nadders too!"
HICCUP! Toothless toddled over to Hiccup and butted him with his black scaly head.
Scratching the dragon behind the ears, Hiccup continued to ignore Toothless' miniature roars. "At first I thought certain training tactics only worked on certain species of dragon but it turns out I'm wrong! What if it's ehm… OOH! Specific to each region? Or to each island?"
Fed up with the boy's yammering, Toothless smacked him upside the head with his tail.
He let out an "OW!"
Hiccup! I've been trying to get your attention for the past twenty seconds shaddup and com'ere for a sec CHECK OUT THESE WEIRD BLUE LIGHTS! Toothless motioned to the trail of wispy floating lights, glad they hadn't disappeared during Hiccup's soliloquy.
The boy finally looked upon the spectacular sight. "Whoa," He whispered, "What are those, bud?" He raced towards one, trying to touch it, but just as the light had done earlier, it disappeared at his touch.
"Whoa!" His eyes followed their trail, further out of the cove and into the open air.
Glad Hiccup had finally caught on, Toothless tried to touch the next in the trail, and the next and the next, until he couldn't reach any further. Without even needing to ask, Hiccup had attached Toothless' metal connecting rod for his mechanical tail and had started to attach the saddle.
The kid may not have always listened, but Toothless was starting to like their mutual understanding. Hiccup wanted to know what these lights were and where they led just as much as he did. And Toothless knew the kid was prepared to follow them until they found the special place where the trail ended… Or maybe it didn't end! Maybe it led to a place full of these cool blue lights…
Toothless didn't even mind needing him on his back in order to take off. It was nice change, not doing these adventures alone…
"C'mon, bud," Hiccup whispered, patting the dragon's back, "let's see where these go."
The Night Fury threw his head back, and with a roar of YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH! , took off into the sky.