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Narration

"human speech"

::Dragon speech::

sorry for not clarifying things earlier

CHAPTER THREE

SCARLET

Toothless' POV

I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Tangled in a net and wounded was another Night fury, a female, right in front of me, the thing that surprised me the most was that I could see and hear that she was still alive. I rushed Hiccup to get closer and cut the ropes holding her, but as soon as he got close enough to touch her, her eyes snapped open and she started snarling fiercely and baring her teeth at him, a faint, nearly imperceptible red glow started to form in the spines on her back...she was an Alpha. before things got out of control I got between the two

::Hey calm down, we are not going to harm you::

::Why should I trust you?:: she snarled

::well if I wanted to I could've killed you by now, judging by your current state::

::I don't need your help!::

::well yeah I can tell… Let us get you out of this::

::how can I believe your words when you are a pet to that thing?!, they don't know other than to kill:: she added with a hiss

::not all of them, I know a whole island of people just like him. I need you to trust me on this one. if you don't then you are going to die here::

::...fine, but if he tries something, anything, I won't hesitate to shoot::

::just let him get close enough to cut the ropes::

I Received no answer, but Hiccup started to slowly approach her and cut the ropes one by one, when she was finally able to stand up, she didn't last more than three seconds before collapsing back to the floor with a hiss due to her wounds, Hiccup looked at me and back to her "we have to get it out of here, now. Toothless, take it on your back, we need to get out and settle for the night and treat some of the wounds" I did as instructed and she, rather reluctantly, climbed into my back. We started to walk back to a hole in the bottom wall that would get us out of here. When we got out of the cave she was in I felt her lift her head, she was looking around at what had been left of the nest, shortly she let her head fall back down on my back, whining lowly, I twisted me head to look back at her. Her eyes where closed, a sad expression was plastered on her face at what she had seen, she was probably the Alpha of this nest, and looking at it completely destroyed and littered with corpses must have been a strong hit to her…

Eventually we found our way around the place and managed to get out, walking for some time away from the destruction until we got to a forest and decided to settle down there. Lighting up a fire I crouched to allow her to climb down, once on the floor she curled up into a ball, wings tightly folded against her. I nudged her back to call her attention but only received a small growl

Hiccup's POV

I could never be sure but if I had to guess I would say the new dragon was depressed, it was easy to see it trough body language: ear flaps low, folded lower and upper tail fins, head completely on the floor in between paws and being covered by the wings. Why? I didn't know, but it didn't seem to be responding to any of Toothless' actions with anything other than a growl. It was because of this and the little light produced by e fire that I decided to check her wounds until morning and maybe find a way to get back to Berk

. . .Amazing line. . .

I woke up the next morning surprisingly quite early, the scenery around us was beautiful, fog was spread across the floor of the whole area, sunrays getting trough the trees and a glimmering lake could be seen not so far from where we where, I could easily imagine this place full of the different species of dragons I had seen inside the mountain. Toothless was curled up around me while the other Night fury laid close to what remained of the fire, now in the clear light of the day I could see the wounds easily, and being honest they didn't look good. a long cut on one side, some smaller cuts spreading everywhere, some of the membrane of the right wing was torn and some other scratches and cuts outlined it, the front paws and legs had bigger cuts and some smaller ones where on the top of the head, some blood was staining the black scales around the wounds and some more in other in random places, probably not all of it was from the dragon itself, but what had surprised me the most was a bigger gash that reached from the back the her neck, between the wings and up to the base of the tail, it was huge! what could have possibly made that?. decided to treat as many of the wounds as I could I headed for the lake with a small container to bring water to clean the wounds, we would either have to wait for someone who was looking for us to arrive, or wait until the dragon was fit to fly again, in this state probably it could hardly get up

on my way to the lake I was surprised even more when I saw that some of the plants lining the lake where some I had seen Gothi and my mom use to treat cuts and reduce the pain in other dragons when they got hurt, happy with the discovery I picked some up with a small, long rock that I could use to smash the plants and mix them with the water to make some sort of ointment I was sure would at least disinfect the cuts and reduce the pain, my main concern was the longer gash that ran all the way through the back of the dragon, I had yet to figure out if it was a male of a female, but I guesses I would have to wait to get a clear view at the details that could probably give me a clue

once I had collected everything I needed I walked back, Toothless was awake but remained where he was, head raised up and looking around, scanning the area for any possible dangers, I settled the things gathered down and sat back closer to the dragon, it was awake now, but it still had that same sad, tired expression it had the night before. mixing some of the plants I collected with the water I reached out for the bandages I had on the satchel in Toothless' saddle, once the mixture of plants was ready I leaned closed to the black reptile, I could see now from the short distance that it's eyes where a piercing blue, not ice blue or ocean blue, but more like something in between those two, they where slightly longer and the small spines on it's head where also slightly smaller and sharper, the claws where longer as well as the tail, by the looks of it the wings where bigger than Toothless' just by about three or four inches, but the overall size of the body was smaller and leaner than Toothless', more speed built. if I had to guess this was a female Night fury in front of me, , also the back spines where not the usual jet black, but a scarlet red color as well as the tips of each section of the wings, flaps and tail fin.

I got closed to the reptile in question and stretched my hand, hoping for the all too familiar feeling of a Night fury's nose against my palm, but instead she only looked away and placed her head back on the floor, seeing like this was not going to get me anywhere I started to prepare the bandages for the cuts, maybe she would ignore me again and I would be able to disinfect most of the wounds. to my surprise I was right, the dragon didn't even looked back at me as I cleaned and patched the bigger wound on her back, it wasn't until I cleaned the ones on her head that she hissed a little but calmed back down when the herbs where applied, reducing the pain she was probably in. by mid day I was done cleaning and was only missing to tend to the smaller cuts, Toothless had gone away a while ago and came back with some fish, I stored a few for when I finished and could cook it, he tried to give some to the fish to the new Night fury but rejected it immediately, something was awfully wrong, and I couldn't find exactly what

Toothless' POV

ever since we got her out of the cave she had been stuck in she changed completely, from being aggressive and extremely defensive to the 'I don't care anymore' attitude. I could hardly believe that the dragon that had threatened Hiccup and me last night was now laying miserably on the ground, not making a single move as Hiccup tended to her wounds, she had given up completely, I had to do something and fast.

when Hiccup finally finished cleaning and patching up the wounds I walked cautiously towards her, resting my whole body on the floor in front of her and lowering my head to the ground, mimicking her posture, looking directly at her eyes, she had incredibly blue eyes, a little less round than mine. I got lost for a second in her gaze until she looked away and I moved to be once again in front of her, this continued for a few more changed before she finally huffed, rolling her eyes at me

::What do you want now?::

::I want to know why are you acting this way exactly:: as I finished the sentence it was like someone had flipped on a switch in her. in mere seconds she had me pinned to the ground, eyes turned into slits, growling and baring her teeth, her spines starting to glow red once again as she slightly opened her huge wings

::Do you want to know why?!, well here's why!: My whole nest was attacked and destroyed, most of my dragons died and entire families where lost!. do you know what it's like to see hatchlings being taken away from their mother's corpse, chirping and squawking, trying to get free of the people that are taking them away?!, eggs being ripped from nests and taken away as well and being completely unable to do anything to stop it!, tell me, do you know what it feels to see your best friends and comrades die before you!?, Do you!?::

I was startled beyond words, first of all, she pulled out the strength to pin me down from I don't know where after not being able to stand up last night, combined with the sudden outburst of rage and frustration. I could see Hiccup standing up against a near tree reflecting pure shock in his face. after seconds of silence her spines reduced their glow and she got down from me, starting to run/limp away as fast as she could towards the near lake. as she walked away I stood up and walked closer to Hiccup "Toothless...what did you do?" I only shrugged in response, I didn't know she was going to burst out like that. I looked back at Hiccup with a pleading look, immediately he understood the message and nodded, letting me go to follow her

I was actually surprised that she was able to (sort of ) run that fast, I was only able to find her because of her smell. she was curled up directly in front of the lake, and from where I was standing I could hear low whimpering, dragons where naturally not able to cry, but if we where I bet she would be doing so now. I approached her slowly and sat down next to her, she immediately looked away

a sigh ::look...I'm sorry you had to go through that. and no I don't know what all that feels like, but I've had battles of my own as well. if you allow me to I would like to help you go trough this:: she then looked back at me with round pupils and sad eyes

::No one can go trough what I went trough and simply move on...it just doesn't happen...::

::then let's make it happen. I can help you, in the first place I am here because some of the dragons that lived here ended on Berk and told me about the attack::

instantly she looked up at me with pleading eyes ::from here?!, how many?::

::not many I fear::

::was there any small Monstrous nightmare? a baby, Blue and white scales?::

::I don't know, maybe, that I knew of only a small group of Terrors, Rumblehorns and fully grown Monstrous nightmares:: she threw her head back to the ground ::why?::

::he was one of my closest friends, family, I found the egg a few years back all alone, took it with me and when it hatched I took are of him like he was my own...::

:: I'm sorry...look, if you let Hiccup and I help you you can come with us back to Berk::

::Hiccup?...that human you where with?, and what is Berk?::

::Berk is the place where I come from, there is where I tried to tell you about last night. Vikings and dragons living perfectly together::

::how could you trust him enough to let him be with you?, Humans are savage creatures::

::not him::

::that still didn't answer my question::

::well it's a long story::

::I have time:: she gestured to her damaged wing::

::okay. it all started almost eight years ago...::

I told her the story of how Hiccup and I met, after laughing a little at the explanation of my name I told her of when we defeated the Red death and our most recent encounter with Drago. at first she was astonished as to why I was able to trust Hiccup enough to ride me when he had been the one that nearly killed me and why did I risked my own life to save his with the Read death, but what surprised her the most was the fact that I had been able to beat an Alpha Bewilderbeast in combat

::ok, let me see if I got this correct. he basically took off your ability to fly on your own-::

::-partially::

::still. you defeated a cruel queen and freed hundreds of dragons, making peace with them at Berk. then years later this guy Drago comes with his Bewilderbeast controlling a whole nest of dragons and you still managed to defeat him, making you the new Alpha, and now everyone lives happy and well in this little island of yours...::

::pretty much, yeah::

A sigh ::...how can I be sure you are not lying about this?, the whole dragon-Viking bonding is just impossible to me::

::look at Hiccup and myself, isn't it enough proof?::

we stood quiet for a minute before I broke the silence again ::you know I gave you my name, but never really got yours::

she hesitated a little :: Scarlet...My name is Scarlet::

. . .Another amazing line . . .

we walked back to where we where camping, I jumped over Hiccup for a moment we started playing before I let him get back up, Scarlet was resting by the fire, I offered her some of the fish I had brought earlier and this time she took it gladly. I was able to see Hiccup's relaxed face as he noticed she was accepting the fish, we where one step closer to being able to get back to Berk. after some minutes of silence Hiccup got up and started approaching Scarlet, who in return stood up and started to back away from him, she looked back at me and I nodded assuring her that Hiccup would not hurt her by any means, looking back at Hiccup she stopped in place. the two froze for a few seconds until Hiccup took another slow step towards her, stretching out his hand, Scarlet seemed to contemplate the situation, looking directly at the hand in front of her, after a moment she tentatively pressed her head against his hand, with a content smile I settle down for the night, seeing how the young Viking had a smile plastered on his face, happy that he had been able to help out another dragon, and a Night fury at that.

about two hours later Scarlet was already asleep, her back towards the fire, Hiccup had been arranging a few things and he finally came close to get some sleep, we still had about another two days before anyone came back, another two days for her wing to heal and we could go back to Berk

. . .Yet another amazing line. . .

The next morning I woke up to the sound of flapping wings, I opened my eyes to see Scarlet already crouching down and opening her wings in a defensive stance, I nudged Hiccup, he woke up and walked out into the open, the four incoming dragons, dragons I recognized immediately. Meatlug, Hookfang, Stormfly and Barf and Belch. I looked back at Scarlet

::hey, you can relax, those are the dragons I told you about, the first ones I became friends with::

::I don't mind the dragons, the humans on the other hand...::

::you'll get to know them eventually, they are not bad...most of the time::

theylanded in our camp, instantly looking at Scarlet, I couldn't tell if Fishleg's face was that of fear or excitement at the sight of another Night Fury

Hiccup's POV

I could really not express the happiness I felt when I saw them landing, I greeted them before receiving a punch in the arm from Astrid

"Ow!, what was that for?"

"for disappearing of the face of the earth without telling anyone you where coming here"

"hey I didn't know about it either. it was all Toothless, he brought me here, we found a nest that had been destroyed, I don't know who did it though"

"yeah, we saw it."

"inside Toothless found her" He motioned at the blue-eyed Night fury that was now standing next to Toothless "it appeared that she went trough quite a fight, she was tangled in a net and some ropes" then it was Fishlegs who spoke

"I can't believe you actually found another Night fury!"

"and a female at that"

"really?!, how did you know?"

"it was just a guess at the beginning, but last night when I finally managed to get close I confirmed it"

"did you already-"

"I want it!" Tuffnut started

"I saw it first!" Ruffnut added

"yeah but called dibs on it first"

"Hiccup said it was a girl so I get to keep it, I'm a girl too"

"You?, a Girl?" Tuffnut then started laughing, ending in another fight between the twins

"well that problem taken care of" Hiccup started "we need to find a way to take her to Berk" he walked towards her and placed a hand on her head

"she can't fly?" Snotlout asked

"well..." Hiccup walked to her side and lightly stretched her wing, revealing the healing tears at the lower and middle part of the membrane "I don't think that would be a good idea right now, maybe in two more days"

"so we are trapped here for another two days?"

"sort of"

"just great…"

Scarlet's POV

after the new dragons landed I walked next to Toothless, they greeted him with a bow and sat down around us

::So where did you came from?:: the Gronckle asked

::The nest you just flew past, basically::

::really?, and what happened to it?:: the Nadder asked

::we got attacked, I don't know by whom or why::

::guys:: Toothless started ::changing subject:: thank the gods! ::I want you all to meet Scarlet; Scarlet, these are Meatlug, Hookfang, Stormfly and Barf and Belch:: he said signaling to each of the dragons in question, they all seemed like good dragons, and all looked happy with living with the Vikings it seemed. at one point Hiccup came up to me while talking to the others, as if it wasn't obvious by the state I was in one of them asked why I couldn't fly. I let Hiccup stretch my wing slightly before I folded it back, he really seemed like he was good, I was sure that I could trust him, but had yet to see about the others. the evening went fast enough, talking with Toothless' friends and hearing their stories about Berk.

at one point one of the other humans that arrived got closer to me, she had been the one I saw riding the Nadder, at first I snarled, warning her to back off, Toothless had told me that it was fine, but I couldn't risk trusting the wrong people again, once had been enough...

eventually Hiccup called her and she backed of. this time I was going to be really careful in choosing who to trust…

Ok so in case you are wondering about how Scarlet looks like as well as the little Monstrous nightmare she mentioned you can find her on instagram as Scarlet_nightfury