Toothless was stunned, frozen on the spot. In a small lush clearing, surrounded by small trees with a few small ponds scattered around the edges. In the centre of the clearing lay a small black looking dragon curled up. Its wings lay out along the ground and its head would come up every few minutes to fire a violet fire ball up into the still dark sky. His heart was racing at the sight before his. Another Night Fury, right there in front of him. He wasn't alone. He gingerly moved forward until a small whimper came from the other Night Fury. He froze. The other Night fury gingerly got to its feet and then collapsed suddenly back down the soft earth beneath it. He could scene that it was a female, but she was hurt.
The flames where a distress call but no-one seemed to answer them. He had to pluck up the courage to go on and help her, but how would she react. A swift 'who cares' flashed though his mind as he paced into the clearing. Her head snapped up and her eyes where locked on Toothless. A snarl came from deep in the dragon's throat. Toothless paused.
"Who are you?" she snarled and she tried to stand up. Her legs buckled from under her and she fell to the floor, crying out in pain. Toothless tried to move toward her but she hissed him away.
"Look, your hurt… and you are the only other Night Fury I've seen an-" a cry cut him off. The other Night Fury shot daggers at him.
"Look who ever you are, I don't need you're help, I'm fine and-" another cry of pain. Toothless cringed. He tried to step closer but she only hissed more. He wanted so desperately to help her but he couldn't. He sighed.
"At least tell me your name, if your have one?" he whined. Her head lifted and there lush eyes locked.
"I'm Ebony… and you?" she questioned, a hint or anger still there. Toothless whinced at the anger but responded.
"My name T-toothless, I live with the people of Berk" he stuttered. She looked confused.
"Humans? You've be conversing with humans!" she got to her feet rapidly, a bit unbalanced, and pinned a defenceless Toothless to the ground. Paws on his chest. Her snarls thick in the air. Even hurt and with the size difference she was clearly strong and not afraid to show it. That's when Toothless caught a glimpse at the injured foot. Four deep thin gashes trailed along the front of her front paw, blood stained a deep red. Toothless looked back up and locked eyes with the other Night Fury.
"Why have you been with the humans? Didn't you see the way they treated us?" she scoffed.
"I did Ebony, I was there for most of it. But one night, a Viking boy shot me down and injured my tail fin" He whipped his tail round to make her see the tail fin. "He wouldn't kill me so he took me in, taught my how to fly again with the aid of this tail fin" he gestured back to the tail fin and sigh.
"The humans of Berk are not seen as a threat to dragons anymore, I suppose you know what happened with the Red Death?" Toothless sighed and she nodded with another snarl. He continued.
"That was me and my rider Hiccup, we stopped the Red Death and freed the dragons. We had no other reason to anger the humans, so they became our friends. The feed us, care for us, hell they even forgot about the past and forgave us" Toothless whimpered at the end. Ebony removed herself off Toothless and limped away.
"Ebony? Please let me help you" Toothless followed her as he sat down beside her.
"I can't" she said turning her head away from his gaze. Toothless sighed.
"Why not?" he questioned again. She lifted her head up towards the stars and sighed. Her eyes closed.
"Because it's a secret"…