Hiyah! Well, I intend to make this Book a little darker than A New World, so... yeah.

Enjoy!

Chapter 2: Tora

I stare, utterly confused, at the ground. Why me? And what is that buzzing noise? Will I change back? And... ugh, so many questions!

"Is it okay?" Astrid asks quietly.

I turn my head and stare at her. "What do you think?" I hiss.

Astrid flinches a bit, but narrows her eyes as if inspecting me. "Wait a minute... this Night Fury has green eyes!" She exclaims.

"So?" Valka says, walking around to face me. "That can be normal."

"I don't think this is. The eyes are to... human." Astrid whispers.

Valka looked, worried, at Astrid. "What are you trying to say, Astrid?"

"That maybe," Astrid motions to me. "That's a... you know what, nevermind. It's a stupid idea."

Valka shakes her head. "No such thing."

"No such thing?" Astrid asks. "Are you talking about? Night Furies with green eyes, or bad ideas?"

Valka shrugs and looks directly into my eyes. "Both, I guess."

I smile inwardly, but it comes out as a coo. "C'mon, Valka. You know more about dragons than anyone. Please notice it's me!"

"Seriously, is it okay? It seems agitated or something." Astrid states for the hundreth time.

I hear a happy roar behind me, and turn around, suprised. "That was a fast flight." I mutter.

"Mom?" Hiccup calls. He seems calm, but I can tell that his excitement is boiling up underneath that calm facade.

"Hiccup, come here!" Valka motions for him to stand next to her.

Toothless roars happily, bounding over to me. He says something unintelligable, and sits down heavily. Great, I think, I can speak dragon, but I can't understand it. Not to mention I can still understand people. This sucks.

"No way!" Hiccup shouts. I look up at him, noticing his giant smile. "Is it really a-"

Astrid cuts him off. "Yeah, it is. But look at it's eyes!"

He stops celebrating and looks down at my eyes. "They're dark green. So?"

"Look at Toothless' eyes. They're a light yellow. Doesn't this seem slightly strange to someone other than me?!" Astrid exclaims.

"I would agree with you, but I think this is a little more than strange." I say coldly. Toothless cocks his head at me, cooing again.

"Hey, are you talking to it, bud?" Hiccup asks, petting Toothless on the head. I shake my head feircly, shocked when the buzzing gets worse.

Astrid's voice comes from behind me. "Did it just answer you?"

"I think it did." Hiccup says slowly.

Valka appears in my vision. "Can you understand me?"

I nod slowly in fear of the buzzing getting worse.

I hear a slight laugh come from Hiccup. "Are you from here?"

I pause. How should I answer this? Am I truly part of this world now, or am I still part of the world I left behind. Finally, I nod my head.

"Are you a boy?" Valka asks.

I shake my head, cringing. "No offense, but ew."

"So she's a girl." Hiccup states. I give him the 'no-duh' face.

Astrid laughs a little. "Are you hurt?" She asks after.

Then I realize I could have told them who I was without words at all. All I had to do was show them the bullet wound, and they would instantly know it was me! I nod my head vigorusly, not caring when the buzzing worsened.

Valka looked slightly sad. "Where?"

Oh. This is going to be a little awkward.

I roll over, smashing my wings a bit in the process. Stupid flying appendages!

"Hey look! She has a small... bullet... wound." Hiccup's eyes flick from the wound to my eyes. "No way."

I flip myself back over (very clumsily, if I may add.) and stare at the three.

"No way. This must be a coincidence!" Hiccup says.

I shake my head. "No! Come on! You just figured it out!"

"There's only one way to find out." Valka says, her voice filled with awe. "Where was Tora when you last saw her?"

"I-in her house. On the couch." Hiccup stammers.

Valka continues. "Was she acting strange?"

"No stranger than usual," Hiccup smirks. I whip my tail out underneath his feet, watching happily when he hits the ground. "Hey!" He shouts while Toothless and I laugh uncontrollably.

Valka glares at me, and I back off a bit. "C'mon. Let's go check, and if she's not there, then we can officially say this is Tora."

I groan with annoyance. "Seriously?"

Astrid turns and runs off, shouting, "I'll check!"

Meanwhile, Hiccup stares at me. "Tora? Is that really you?"

I nod, relieved that someone finally said it out loud. "Took you long enough."

"How did this happen?" He asks quietly.

I don't have an answer for that.