Zephyr walked a good while, until she reached a rather open part of the forest. It was higher located and closer to the waterfalls. It didn't look like a jungle anymore. There were more rocks now and fir trees. Sighing, the young brunette sat herself down on a huge tree trunk. ,,I will never be as good as my dad"! She called out and looked at the ground. Sad and frustrated. Truth was, she really looked up to her father. He was the first one to tame and ride a dragon, when he was her age. Even her younger brother Nuffink, was good at dragon taming. Why was it that she couldn't do it? As she went on, kicking some tiny stones and sticks, she suddenly stopped. There were some red dots on the ground. ,,Hm"? Zephyr looked closer. A bit confused, the young brunette got up again. Following the red dots in the sand. There further she walked, the more of the blood she found. On leaves and sticks. Then she saw more. Broken branches, ripped grass and traces in the sand, as if something slithered along the road. ,,This doesn't look good" she aspirated as she tiptoed further. Carefully, Zephyr looked around. There was nothing. Maybe she should run as fast as possible and get some help? Maybe someone was in danger? All this blood looked as if someone got hurt really bad.
Suddenly a light growl from the bushes made the young viking flinch. Instinctively she grabbed her axe and turned around. Again, nothing. ,,I'm armed"! Zephyr warned ,,Come out and show yourself"! She tried to sound as confident as possible. After all, she had to be brave. Her father told her to never show fear in the worst case. A snort behind her made her whirl around with a squeal. A huge gasp escaped Zephyrs lips as she saw what was behind her. There was a dragon. A night fury. As much as she could tell. His right front leg had some cuts in it and was bleeding, as well as one of his wings. It seemed the dragon got hurt somehow. Zephyr was frozen in panic. ,,Oh no...oh no" she aspirated and made some shaky steps backwards. Holding on to her axe. ,,I-I'm no danger...as long as you're no danger. Please don't...please don't kill me.." she told the dragon who now tilted its head in confusion. ,,Y-your hurt..." Zephyr tried to get a better look at the wounds but the dragon growled at her. Zephyr let out another scared squeal until she suddenly realized that it was the axe. ,,Oh...ok" she muttered as she realized. ,,I..I will put my axe down...if you promise not to hurt me"! The dragon slimmed his eyes for a second and watched how Zephyr put her axe down. ,,See? I wont harm you"! She opened up her arms but the dragon growled again. ,,What? I put it down...oh" and she took her knife and the other small weapons and put them to the axe. ,,Ok...satisfied now"? She looked at the black and white dragon who eyed her suspiciously. After the reptile made sure that the young viking girl had indeed no visible weapons on her anymore, he relaxed and eyed her curiously.
Zephyr let out a relived breath and then eyed the dragon as well. He looked different. Not as a regular Night fury. Not like toothless. He wasn't entirely black. Nor was he entirely white- Not like the fury dragons she uses to know back home. Toothless was entirely black. And Snowflake was entirely white. Suddenly Zephyr tilted her head as she looked at the dragon more carefully. The dragon imitated her and also tilted his head, purring while doing so. ,,Wait a minute.." Zephyrs eyes went wide as she suddenly remembered. ,,I think I know you"! The dragon lifted its head. ,,You're toothless kid aren't you"? The dragon made a noise and whipped its head, remembering the young viking girl as well. ,,Yeah! I remember you. You are a Night light"! Zephyr started smiling ,,I was a child back then. We were children back then. Dad showed us the hidden world and then we took a flight and you. Wait..." the young brunette stopped. ,,Where are your siblings"? The Night light gave it a sad growl and looked down at his wounds. ,,I see..you got separated. Who did this to you? Dragon hunters? Humans"? Zephyr came closer to the night light but it shook its head. ,,So you flew and got hurt somehow"? The Night light gave it a growl and looked up to the pointy rock wall. Zephyr thought. ,,Did you get into a fight with a other dragon"? She asked the Night light but it shook its head. ,,So it was an accident"? The dragon lowered its head in shame and purred. ,,Well" Zephyr shrugged her shoulders ,,You really managed to hurt yourself bad. Can't fly like that can you"? Again the Night light purred sadly. ,,Ok..I will help you. I can't bring you all the way down into the village now. You're to hurt to walk. I will go back and get some stuff to clean the wounds and bandage them alright"? The Dragon nodded at her. ,,Nice"! Zephyr grinned at the dragon. She felt proud and happy. Finally a dragon she didn't got scared to death of. After all, it was Toothless offspring. They knew each other. ,,I' ll be back as soon as possible"! Zephyr promised and caressed the dragon over its head.
Quickly the young viking made her way back to the village. Running as fast as she could. Should she tell her parents? No. Zephyr decided not to. After all. Who would believer her? The only girl in the whole village, who wasn't able to tame a dragon. She, the chiefs daughter. And how would it sound? She found a Night light in the upper forests. And she did not freak out. Maybe she didn't want to tell anybody. Because it was the first time, she actually managed something. She wanted no help. She wanted to do it on her own.
It was early noon, when Zephyr reached new Berk. She needed to sneak into her fathers dragon room and get some pastes and bandages. Without getting caught of course. Silently she looked around to make sure nobody was watching her. Her parents seemed busy. Zephyr saw her father talking to somebody and her mother was training her brother. She had to be quick. Like a shadow, the young girl scuttled into the room and looked for the stuff she needed.
,,Disinfectant, Chamomile paste.." she went on getting something to clean the wound. Something to stop the bleeding. Something to ease the pain and something to help heal the wound faster. Good thing, Zephyr was also interested in healing and dragon knowledge. She always read into her fathers books. If she thought about it, she also had a creative hand for crafting things. Wasting no time, she put everything into her back and hurried out again.
Back into the forest, she let out another big sigh. Zephyr hoped that the Night light was still there. Zephyr was happy she had a good sense of orientation. It was no big deal to find the clearing where the hurt Night light sat. He was still there. As the dragon spotted the young viking girl, he lifted his head and roared happily at her. ,,Hey buddy"! Zephyr waved at him ,,You're still there"! ,,Hrnf" the dragon snorted at her with a smile and blew her bangs up a bit. ,,Hey...yes..I am back. I went as fast as I could" Zephyr stroked her bangs down again. ,,Ok" she began and opened her bag ,,I brought some stuff. First, we need to clean your wound. I brought some water and some disinfection creams". The dragon tilted his head and sniffed at the bag. ,,See? It's all good for you" Zephyr snickered and pushed his head away slightly. ,,Ok let's start, shall we"? Carefully she went down and started wetting the towel. ,,This might hurt a bit"! She warned and then started to clean up the wounds. The Night light hissed a bit but let Zephyr continue. He knew she was helping him. After a while, Zephyr had cleaned up all the blood and started to put the creams on the scratches. A deep purr escaped from the dragons throat. ,,Now that's a good sound to hear"! Zephyr smiled as she bandaged the foot and the wing. ,,By the way. I see you've got two horns at the side of your head. Does that mean, you're a male"? The dragon gave it a snort. ,,I guess it means yes" Zephyr eyed him more. ,,You definitely are. You look like toothless. Well almost". The Night light had green eyes, like his father but the two small horns in the middle of his head where white. He also had while spikes all the way down his back, while his fathers where black. Also, his belly was all white as well as his paws. His claws where light and the outer corner of his tail fin was white as well. ,,I barley remember how your siblings look like" Zephyr sighed ,,I just know that one looked similar to you. And one was white". Soon Zephyr was all done, bandaging everything. ,,There"! She put her hands to her hips ,,All wrapped up. You'll have to stay put for a while longer until it's healed up the most. If you'll fly now, it might rip off again and start bleeding again". The dragon roared silently. ,,I know" Zephyr came closer again ,,It sucks not being able to fly. I never flew at all on my own. I don't have a own dragon". The night light purred at her. He didn't quite understand what she meant but he listened anyway. Zephyr sat herself down next to the dragon. ,,See, I can't do it right somehow. My dad is the best dragon rider of all the time. I was never able to even go near a dragon other than your parents or stormfly". The Night light purred again but this time he also sniffed at her back again. ,,What are you sniffing at"? Zephyr looked at the dragon confused ,,I don't have anything left in it...oh" suddenly she understood. ,,Are you hungry"? Instantly the dragon roared and whipped his head. ,,Oh ...by all things that I forgot. Hold on. There's a waterfall near. Maybe we can catch some fish there".
Slowly the young girl hopped to her feet. ,,I will have to make a spear". Carefully Zephyr went to the side where she'd put down her weapons and picked up her knife. The Night light followed her with his eyes and instantly growled as she picked up the knife. ,,Easy there buddy. I won't harm you. This is for making the spear". The dragon seemed to understand quickly and relaxed again.
,,We need to find a good stick" Zephyr told him and looked around. After a few minutes she finally found a good one. It was a long branch. Not to thick and not to thin. Sitting down on another tree trunk, she started carving the end of the branch into a pointy edge. ,,That will do"! Proudly Zephyr rose the freshly made weapon. ,,I will go and get you some fish"! She waved at the dragon ,,Won't be long"! The night light blew some air through his nose and laid back down.
A good ten minutes later, Zephyr reached the waterfall. It wasn't to big. It had indeed a small pond with some fish in it. To Zephyr disappointment, they were rather small. ,,Oh great" she growled ,,They're fine to feed a terrible terror. More or less a baby dragon". Still, it was better than nothing and the young viking started to catch one after another. A good hour later, Zephyr had her bag full of small fish, that fit in her whole hand. ,,I hope this will be enough". A bit exhausted, she made herself back to the Night light who seemed to sleep. ,,Hey buddy, I'm back"! Zephyr called and instantly the dragon rose his head. ,,I got some fish"! The dragon roared happily. ,,It's not much and they're small but it's better than nothing right"? With that, Zephyr put her bag upside down and let the fish fall in front of the dragons feet. ,,There you go"! The Night light waited a moment and eyed the small fishes but then ate them. ,,Good boy"! Zephyr caressed his head.
Hours passed and Zephyr stayed with the Night light until the sun started to get closer to it's setting. ,,Oh.." Zephyr got up ,,It's almost sunset. I will have to go now". The Night light purred at her, a bit disappointed. ,,I know. I will come back tomorrow. Promise. And I will bring you bigger fish then". On that the Night light roared approving, licking his mouth. ,,Ok, I guess I see you tomorrow then" Zephyr picked up her weapons and straightened herself. ,,Get well"! And then she turned and left.
All the way home, Zephyr couldn't stop thinking of the dragon. He didn't even have a name. Though Zephyr wanted to wait. She wanted to give the dragon a name that was suiting. As she reached the village, her parents stood outside of their house. ,,Zephyr"! Her mother came running towards her to hug her ,,Finally, I was worried"! ,,I'm fine mom"! The brunette pressed through her mothers hug. ,,Astrid, when we were her age, we used to be out way longer. Remember? Sometimes we stayed away until nightfall". Astrid let go of her daugher to turn to her husband ,,Yes, and we got into trouble each time. Just because we did it, doesn't mean our kids have to repeat it". ,,Uh mom..I am ok"! Zephyr tried to talk to her but her mother seemed to ignore it. ,,She came home punctual"! Nuffink rose his voice ,,No need to get upset". ,,I'm not upset"! Astrid crossed her arms ,,Geez, it's always the same". Hiccup gave his daughter a smile. For a second she returned the smile but then it faded as she remembered how mean she'd been. ,,Uh dad.." Zephyr started ,,I am sorry for earlier". Hiccup walked towards his daughter and put his hand on her shoulder. ,,It's ok. I understand". ,,No, it was not fair. I yelled at you and I am sorry for that". ,,And I am sorry for pushing you" Hiccup declared ,,I shouldn't have. Take your time as much as you need. I am sure one day you'll find the right dragon for yourself". On that Zephyr started grinning nervously ,,Yeah...the right dragon". ,,Come on now, time to eat" her father turned and walked towards their home. Toothless and Snowflake came to greet Zephyr as well. With a big roar the black dragon came and pushed the young viking slightly. Giggling Zephyr turned to pet her fathers dragon. ,,Hey toothless". Toothless suddenly sniffed at her and then purred. ,,Ehehe..." and Zephyr pushed his head away carefully ,,Yeah...uhm..". Snowflake as well now started sniffing at her. ,,Wow, why are they sniffing at you"? Nuffink tilted his head. ,,Uhm.." Zephyr looked around grinning even more nervous. She had to come up with something. ,,I might have walked through a meadow of dragon grass"? Her mother shook her head and rolled her eyes. ,,Then we'll have to give you a good bath tonight. I don't want every single dragon in new berk to stick to you". Toothless licked over Zephyr which sqealed in disgust. ,,Urgh Toothless...really"? The black dragon laughed at her as she wiped the slimy spit off ,,This doesn't wash out". Hiccup snickered at the scene. He remembered it too well. ,,Come on now. It's getting dark" her mother sighed. ,,Just you stay away from me" Nuffink warned. ,,Oh yeah? Scared to get dirty as well"? Nuffink jumed to the side ,,Zephyr! I warn you"! ,,Toothless! There's somebody waiting for some kisses"! The brunette viking called and instantly the black dragon traced his tongue all the way from Nuffinks back to the top of his blonde head. Wide eyed in shock, he stood frozen. Dripping in dragon spit. Zephyr started laughing loudly at her brother while her parents turned to look at them. ,,Toothless"! Hiccup called but then turned to the light fury. ,,Hey Snow couldn't you take your mate under more control"? The white dragon snorted amused. ,,Urgh" Hiccup sighed ,,Well who am I talking to"? The chief shook his head. ,,Come on son. We'll get you into the bathing tub as well". ,,Well thank you sister.." the blonde hissed. ,,Gladly" Zephyr snickered as she walked next to her brother into the house.