A New Friend

As I was walking along the forest trail, I heard a noise come from not too far ahead. I slowly walked over to the noise, and I had the shock of my life. I had walked into the most amazing place I have ever seen. It was an opening in the ground. It was completely surrounded by boulders and vines.

There was a small pond in the middle, perfect for fishing. The trees were set at an angle so when the sun shines, rays of sunlight beam into what I called the Cove. It was covered in grass and the rocks sticking out of the wall made it perfect for climbing up and down.

So, seeing there was a way to get in and out of the Cove, I slowly climbed down the rocks. The cove looked better from when you were actually inside it. There were a few overhangs and two caves, so I may be able to hide there if it rains. I started walking over to a cave, sat down against a wall while putting my bag down and pulled my journal out of my backpack. I wrote down all the facts about dragons that I learned about on the internet. Except for the Night Fury.

I was still waiting on that information. Although, I was able to get a picture of one. Maybe I could get the rest of the information from Frank, I thought as I flipped through the pages in my journal. Most of the dragons I wrote down were freaking me out. One of them turns its victims inside out. I shivered. That may not be the kind of dragon that I want to run into, if they were real.

I closed my journal and put it back in my bag. Then, I looked up, but I did not expect what was sitting in front of me. A dragon black as night with acid green eyes was staring at me. Though, it's pupils were not slits, they were dilated and looked much more like a cat when its happy. And what shocked me more, is that it was purring! What kind of dragon does anyone know of that purrs? The first thing that came out of my mouth was,

"Holy flame balls! That's a dragon! And it purrs!" My forest green eyes were filled with pure terror and confusion, as if I wasn't sure if the dragon would eat me or not. It did not do anything though. It just stood there, probably expecting me to do something. I took deep breaths to calm myself. When I finished, I looked up at the dragon who had scooted away from me and sat against the wall opposite from me.

~The Night Fury's POV~ (beginning earlier)

I was peacefully sleeping in the corner of a cave, when I heard a twig snap. I looked up from my paws and a human girl was walking right into the cave. A human! She looked around and sat down at the edge of the cave. She pulled out a book looking thing and flipped through the pages. I took the opportunity to sniff out any suspicious weapons. I slowly and quietly walked over to the girl and sat in front of him. She closed her book thing into a bag. As she looked up at me, her forest green eyes widened. What she did then may have surprised me more than I surprised her.

"Holy flame balls! That's a dragon! And it purrs!" she yelled. She was wearing a royal blue shirt with lace on the left arm, pink jeans, and white sneakers. She was not armed by the looks of it, and was looking at me with something of terror and confusion. I was surprised. This human is definitely different from all the other ones. She hasn't called the police on me yet, nor the archeologists. The human had reached into a bag and pulled out a book thing.

Then she pulled out what I believe was a pencil and a book. She then started doing something on the paper with her pencil. She kept glancing up at me and back at her book. It made me wonder what she was doing, so I walked over to her to observe what she was doing. She looked like she was doing that thing humans called drawing. 'I knew it.' They said that drawing was a way to express yourself without using words, and she was very good at it, too. When she looked back up again, she jumped, only just realizing that I had stepped in front of her.

She gulped and talked once more. "Can you go back to where you were sitting so I can finish drawing an accurate picture of you?" she asked, pointing to where I used to be sitting. I nodded and moved back to the spot where I was sitting. She took a couple more breaths before returning to her drawing thing. She glanced up one more time before finally lifting her pencil and placing it into what looked like a bag.

"Well, what do you think?" she showed the drawing to me. My eyes widened at what the girl had drawn. She drew me! And it was very accurate, too. She had every single detail on there, even my missing tail fin.

How did she notice that?I thought as I looked back at my tail, which was currently out in plain sight. Oh. That's how. I looked back at the human, feeling quite embarrassed, and she was looking at my tail as well. She looked back at me with the look of, something. What the heck is she showing m–That's when it hit me. It was the same look my mother would give me when I got hurt. It was sympathy.

In return, I gave her one of my famous gummy smiles. It was where I would retract my teeth and attempt a smile. The girl started to smile, which I swear caused my heart to skip a beat. The girl seemed to like it because she started to laugh. But it wasn't a mocking laughter, it was a happy giggle sort of thing. It was actually kind of cute the way she was giggling.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, WAIT! Did I just say she was cute? I am a dragon! I could not be falling in love with a human. I am supposed to fall for a female DRAGON. Not a human being. Though this human was a very pretty one. My eyes widened at what I just thought.Stop it! First, just get to know her before you make any sudden moves on her. I shook my head as I rid it of all those thoughts and returned my attention to the girl. How should I ask her? Maybe she speaks Dragonese. Well, I'll give it a shot.

I took a deep breath and asked very quietly, "What's your name?" The girl seemed to be taken aback. She looked at me in utter disbelief and shock that she had heard me talk.

"D...d...did..you...ju...just...talk?" she stuttered. I nodded. She took deep breaths as she rubbed her hand down her face. "Okay, my answer, even though I may be hallucinating. My name is Hailey Hanson the third. Do you have a name?"

"Nope." I stated shortly. "If you want, you could give me a name. The only reason dragons don't have names is because we are not so good at giving names." Lies, my mind told me.

"Okay. Well I am not the best at giving names, so bear with me." she tapped the top of her head. "How about Toothless? You know, for your retractable teeth." I thought for a moment, then nodded in pleasure. Then, all of a sudden, I heard a noise coming from somewhere. I went into defensive mode for both me and the little human – er Hailey. I heard a chuckling noise come from behind me, so I turned around and the girl was laughing. She reached into her bag and pulled out a box that was lighting up and vibrating.

"A bomb!" I shouted. Hailey just chuckled even more.

"It's not a bomb, Toothless." she told me, reaching her hands out to calm me. "It's just my phone. I set it to give me a heads up when it was getting near the time when I had to get home." she pressed a button on her phone, and the light disappeared.

She smiled, placing it in her bag. "Alright. I have to get home. But I'll come back with a basket of fish tomorrow, okay?" I nodded in agreement. I pushed my head into her side and she started laughing like crazy.

She's ticklish? That could come in handy.She slowed her laughing and turned to face me.

"Alright, alright. I'm going. I'll see you tomorrow, Toothless!" she waved to me as she climbed the cove walls and disappeared into the forest. Tomorrow, my dear friend.