A/N Okay, hi! Thank you for the reviews I've gotten so far! I will respond to them right here:
Guest: Yes, Noche Oscura is Spanish for Dark Night, I took it from another user but I've given them the credit for using it for Toothless...
BlueCatcinema: Yes, thank you! The woman who wrote Fairyland is a genius! Hats off to Catherynne M. Valente, please!
And I am writing a LOTR and HTTYD fanfic...interested, anyone?
DISCLAIMER: I do not own HTTYD or Fairyland. (Wish I did.)
Chapter Two
"I'll race you"!" Astrid yelled.
"Sure, but you can't beat a Night Fury!" Hiccup called back. He loved flying the fastest dragon around. Sure, it had been only a month, but still, it was awesome.
Astrid gave him a wicked smile.
"Stormfly, go!" The Deadly Nadder increased her speed, surprising Hiccup and Toothless, but not for long.
"C'mon, Bud! We can't let her win! You remember what she did last time." Toothless roared in agreement as they shot forward.
Hiccup fought back a smile as he remembered their last race from Dragon Island to the cove. Astrid had won, but only because Toothless had gotten distracted.
Claiming she was taking her "winner's earnings," she had tackled Hiccup to the ground and kissed him until he laughingly begged her to stop.
Then she'd punched him.
Toothless and Stormfly had thought it was hilarious. Maybe he should let her win again, he thought, now completely failing to stop his smile.
No, he'd win, and take his "winner's earnings."
Toothless was passing Stormfly.
"Lovely day for a flight, right?" He called as they streaked past.
"Only if you're up for it!" Astrid yelled back.
Hiccup laughed under his breath, then stiffened as he heard a loud ticking noise. He turned in the saddle to see if Astrid had seen what had made it, only to cry out in shock and pain as Toothless seemed to hit an invisible wall...at top speed, causing him to shriek and fall out of the sky. Hiccup's straps that fastened him to the saddle came undone, and his metal foot slipped out of the tail-pedal. He heard Astrid scream his name, but it sounded far away, he swore he could hear a man's musical voice laughing and saying, "Ah, my lioness, but they shall have such fun there!" and a cat purring, he couldn't see, there was yellow goop-y stuff in his eyes, he was falling, falling much farther than he should have...
...the air seemed different, tinged with something he could almost taste...
...Toothless shrieked again, and Hiccup almost choked, for in the screech were the words, "Hiccup! I can't see!"
They hit the water with a tremendous splash, and Hiccup would have swore if his mouth hadn't filled with water, for the beach was glittering gold.
A/N so, there you have it. See you for the next chapter!
