Toothless Story Rewrite
Some characters are getting renamed (I don't want Warrior-like names) Also, major plots may get rewritten too.
After ramming head-on into the red death's mace-like tail, I assumed Hiccup would correct our flight pattern to get us out of danger. That is, until I saw him falling to his death, unconscious.
"HICCUP!" I screamed. My body twisted uncontrollably through the air. Without my tail fin, I was just as much a goner as Hiccup. I gave the viking boy a long, thoughtful look, before deciding his life was more important than mine. After all, he was the one who saved me. He was the one who deserved so much more, and yet he never got it.
And looking back, I didn't even deserve to have a friend as good as him…
The first thing I remember seeing was my mother, Moonlight. Being a hatchling at the time, my memories are faded of that time period. But my mother is a sight no one ever forgets. Her dark blue body shimmered in the sunlight, like sapphire reflecting onto the walls of the den. I remember rolling into her belly after trying to chase my tail.
At the contact, she shifted her weight, and snapped her eyes open. I couldn't help but stare into her bright blue orbs, feeling almost hypnotized. After seeing me, she purred happily. "Well hello there, little one." She ran her tongue across my back, making me fall to my side. I tried to get back up, but my legs didn't want to seem to listen to me. I called out to my mother, hoping she could help.
She chuckled and gently pushed me upright. "It's alright, little one."
The only thing I remember after that, is suckling to get mother's warm milk.
It was a month later. Since hatching, I hadn't left the den, and I so desperately wanted to. "Momma? Can I go outside?" I asked her innocently.
"I've told you Noctus. The rest of the clan isn't ready for you." I whined and pulled my ears back. "But I wanna go outside, Momma!"
She snorted and picked me up by my tail. "I said no, Noctus."
I squirmed to get out of her hold, and ended up falling flat on my back. I cried out when a sting of pain went through my wing. Though I couldn't quite move them yet, didn't mean I couldn't feel them.
"Shh, shh. Mommy's here little one. Don't cry." She rubbed her cheek against me to comfort me. I wrapped my small form around her nose, and latched on as she lifted her head.
"Oh, Noctus… what am I going to do with you?" She sighed wistfully.
"Momma? Why can't I go outside?" She took a long, deep breath before answering. "Because Noctus… the clan doesn't want anything to do with you."
"Why not?" I tilted my head.
"Well, Night Fury mommies aren't supposed to have babies unless the leader of a clan says it's okay." I listened intently, trying to follow along.
"Your Daddy wasn't a leader. He… he was a rogue dragon." She closed her eyes, probably trying to shut out any bad memories of him.
"What's a rogue, Momma?"
"It's a dragon that lives alone."
I lowered my ears when I realized it meant my mother's mate was gone. I buried my face into her cheek. "You've still gots me though, Momma."
For a moment, tears seemed to form in her eyes, but they were gone in an instant. "And you'll always have me, Noctus."
After a few moments of silence, I asked, "What was Daddy like?" She seemed taken aback by the question, but she answered, "He was brave." She chuckled. "You look exactly like him."
I curled into a ball next to her neck and listened further. "He was protective of me too… He didn't let anyone near me when he found out about you…" By the sound of it, she was glad he was. "When my father caught us talking about what to name you, he banished him. He didn't want to leave us, Noctus. He really didn't…" I saw the tears escaping her eyes, so I licked her chin.
"My father made me stay, just so you could join the clan… but I won't let that happen." Her eyes turned to me. "Listen to me, Noctus. Someday someone will come to take you away from me."
I shivered against her side. "I-I don't wanna leave you!"
She pressed her nose against me, inhaling my scent. "I know, little one. But you have to be strong, like Daddy was when he left us, alright?"
I shook my head. "I don't want to be strong, Momma. I want you!"
She sighed, and draped her wing over us. "When they take you, promise me, you won't forget me. You won't forget what your Momma did to keep you safe."
I felt the tears run down my face, but I didn't care. I just wanted to stay by her side forever. "I-I promise."
Through the next few months, my mother made me swear to that promise over and over again. At the time, I didn't know why, but after the events of the next day, I found out the answer.
It was about midnight when they came. At first, I thought it was a squirrel, but when I saw two gleaming yellow eyes outside the den, I shivered against my mother's side. The moment I did so, she was awake and alert. "What's wrong, Noctus?" I didn't even look at her. I was too frozen from fear as I stared at the black mass that casted a shadow over the two of us.
"She's over here."
My mother stood and shielded me. "You're not taking him without a fight." She growled. I didn't know what to do. All I knew was that whoever this was, they were going to take me away from her.
The intruder chuckled darkly, "I was hoping for that. Not every day I get a fight a traitor, now is it?"
"Come now, Raven. Leave her alone."
I whined when another set of yellow eyes peered into the den. "It's bad enough she's about to lose her only hatchling. She doesn't need you flaunting it off in her face too."
My mother's growl became deeper. "You'd know all about that, wouldn't you, Midnight?" The smaller figure winced at her words. "You know very well, Moonlight, that I don't want to do this… especially to my own daughter."
My eyes widened. My own grandmother was coming to take me away from the one who cared for me most. "M-Mom?" I stuttered. "Stay in here, Noctus. I won't let them take you."
"It's two against one. You don't stand a chance." The larger smirked.
My mother snarled, and tackled her, leaving me alone. "Mom!" I yelled. I couldn't see anything, even when I peered outside. There wasn't enough light to see what was going on. The only thing I could keep track of, were the snarls and roars. The battle probably only lasted a few minutes.
"Noctus! RUN!" I heard the agonizing scream. It was so frightened, I couldn't believe it was coming from my mother; the bravest dragon I knew.
I only managed to make it a few steps outside the den when something picked me up in their mouth. "NOCTUS!" My mother shrieked. I turned and saw her pinned beneath Raven. Blood was oozing from multiple cuts on her body. "MOM!" I struggled feebly against my grandmother's hold.
"Let him go! Please! He hasn't done anything wrong! Please, Mother!" Midnight didn't move.
"Shut up! You should be glad it wasn't an order to kill you! Otherwise you'd already be dead!" Raven shouted. "Just like Obsidian!"
My mother's eyes blazed with an anger I'd never seen. She shot up and began wrestling Raven to the ground. Unfortunately, the larger Fury was stronger. Moonlight was no match for Raven's strength. "Say goodbye, traitor!" And with that, she wrapped her jaws around her neck. My mother only seemed to hurt herself more as she struggled.
"RAVEN! Let her go!" My grandmother dropped me onto the ground. Instead of running away like my mother said, I ran straight to her. Raven released her grip, causing my mother to fall to her side.
"MOM!" I screamed. I barely had enough time to slow down when I reached her head. Her breathing was becoming more and more labored by each passing second, and blood poured from her wound. "Noc..tus…" She croaked.
"I'm right here, Mother."
"Promise… me…"
I shook my head and wrapped my form around her head. "Don't go. Please." She chuckled weakly and looked right at me. "Stay… safe… little… one…" My mother barely had enough energy left to deliver her final message. Her eyes didn't even close as her breathing stopped. "Mother?" I knew I wouldn't get a response.
"Mom!?" I cried.
"MOMMY! COME BACK!" I sunk to my belly, and took in her scent as much as I could. "You said you would never leave me!"
Her eyes stared into space, slowly glazing over and becoming faded. The beautiful orbs of blue that had given me all the love in the world, were now dead; never to see anything again.
"It's time to go." Raven grunted.
Her words stung me, but I retaliated. "You killed her!" She rolled her eyes. "So what?"
I mustered up what courage I had left, and bolted for it, leaving my mother's body.
"Come back here you little brat!"
I didn't look back. All I knew was that I had to get away. In the haste of running, I tripped into a puddle of mud. Even though I was covered up to my chin in it, I kept running.
I don't know how long. All I knew was that Raven's bigger body wouldn't be able to follow me into the undergrowth.
I took it to my advantage, and dove into an abandoned den.
I backed into the farthest corner, and shivered against the wall… only to look up and find it wasn't a wall, but another night fury.
Judging by their scent, they were female, and around the same age as mother was, if not younger. She yawned and stretched when I accidentally bumped into her. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't run, or Raven and Midnight would find me, but if I stayed here, who knows what would happen?
The female's red eyes opened, and landed on me.
Neither of us said anything.
I shivered from both fear and the cold mud that clung to me. Her eyes seemed to soften at seeing me so small and weak. She stretched her paw out to me, but I backed away when I saw her move. "Oh, you poor thing! Come here. I won't hurt you."
Her voice had the same softness as her eyes, but I was still wary of her. "Where's your mother? She must be worried sick!"
I choked back a sob, but I didn't have a chance to say anything. "Where are you!? You stupid youngling! You're making this harder than it needs to be!" Raven's growl echoed through the forest, along with the crackling of tree branches and bushes.
I jumped, and dashed for the unknown female. Curling between her paws, I shut my eyes tight, and tried to imagine she was my mother. "H-help me." I begged.
For whatever the reason, she agreed to hide me. Before Raven and Midnight could see, she shoved me underneath the cover of her wing, and pretended to go back to sleep.
"Midnight! We've lost him!"
"Calm down, Raven. Maybe he's still around here. Check that den."
I shivered against the female's side as the two grew closer. I froze when I heard their footsteps right outside. "Hello? Is anyone here?"
The female feigned to groggily raise her head. "Sorry to disturb you, but we're looking for our lost nephew. Have you seen him?"
"I haven't seen anyone. I've been resting since sunset yesterday."
Midnight sighed, "Sorry for waking you. We'll continue our search somewhere else."
I let out the breath I'd been holding when I heard them fly off. That was when my shelter disappeared.
The female looked down at me with concern. "Why are you running from them?"
I whimpered against her, "T-they k-killed Mother!" The female's ears drew back, and her eyes widened. "Don't let them g-get me!"
She nuzzled my side. "What's your name, youngling?"
"Noctus."
"Well, Noctus, you can call me Lucente. Or Lucy. And this…" She stood up to reveal a small, white, sleeping form behind her. "Is Dawn."
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