Hiccup first laid eyes on the female dragon when she was fishing in a lake. Her sapphire eyes fixed on the water, her black scales gleaming in the morning sun and her appearance much like his favorite dragon, Toothless. Only she was slightly smaller. Her head turned when he stepped on a branch. Her pupils narrowed and she approached him.
Hiccup backed up as she got closer, when his back hit a tree trunk the female kept getting closer and closer. She got so close that Hiccup could feel her warm breath against his face. She started down at him with a deadly look. She sniffed his hair and face, and then she backed off slightly and sat down. She titled her head in curiosity and her eyes went into a playful state. This reminded Hiccup greatly of the time he had come up close to Toothless for the first time.
Hiccup examined her and then saw blood seeping out of an area in her chest, an arrow causing the hole.
"Are you hurt girl?" Hiccup asked.
He approached the female slowly and gripped the end of the arrow. He then pulled it out and female licked the side of his face.
"Come on girl," Hiccup said signaling her to follow him.
He walked and the female followed him all the way to his house. When they got there Toothless approached him.
"Hey boy I-"
Toothless walked right by him and up to the female. He walked around, examining her like a fine gemstone. He then noticed the wound and approached her. He looked into her eyes as if for permission. The female nodded and he got closer. Toothless then sniffed the wound and then licked it.
Hiccup watched in amazement as the wound closed up instantly. The female shook her head and rubbed her head up against Toothless's as if to say 'thank you'. Then Toothless brought her over to the feeding pen and took a fish in his mouth. The female took it from him and ate it.
"What should we call you?" Hiccup asked.
The female looked at him with her sapphire eyes. Then Astrid came over.
"Whoa there's a new Nightfury?" she asked. "What's his name."
"He is a she and she doesn't have a name," Hiccup said.
Astrid then noticed the eyes, "How about Sapphire?"
The female then cuddled up against Toothless.
"Sapphire it is," Hiccup said.
"They do like each other don't they?" Astrid asked.
"Toothless healed her somehow," Hiccup said. "They've been acting like this ever since."