Hiccup held his hand on Toothless' head to steady himself. It must be a dragon or toothless would not be so defensive.

"Maybe he's friendly bud, don't scare him off."

The dragon looked at him doubtfully but scanned the trees. The ferns near the shelter rustled.

Hiccup's breath hitched; he realized that at this point it would either lunge and he would probably die, or it would walk out cautiously.

He backed up and his heel bumped into the fruit, he looked down at it and froze.

Below the blue and orange fruit, a foul-smelling green slime oozed onto the sand. But that was not what concerned him. Imbedded in the fruit was a knife.

His knife to be exact.

His gaze whipped back to the trees. The uncomfortable feeling of nervousness arose in his gut- and he barely ever felt anxious around dragons anymore.

Toothless took a step forward, preparing to lunge if he felt it was necessary.

The ferns rustled and Hiccup could make out a wing tip poke out from behind a tree. He held back his dragon. "Calm down bud! It's just a little dragon," he walked forward and crouched low like he had done before. "I'll show you."

The wing flinched at his approach.

"Hey it's okay I'm not going to hurt you," he tried making clicking noises to sound friendly, but it made no move in advancing. He had scooted a few meters towards the new dragon; excitement and tension coursed through him. The fern rustled and a figure finally emerged. Hiccup found himself lifting his head to meet its eyes. His mind went blank.

Toothless' ears went back in surprise.

The creature had poked it's face out of the bush and crouched in front of him, face to face.

It wasn't a dragon.

It was a girl.

They both stared at each other for a long time before Hiccup eventually got the courage to stick his hand out to her. She cringed but looked at it, then back up at him. Her eyes were the brightest blue he had ever seen.

"Hi," he tried to give her a friendly smile.

She blinked and gave a smile back.

"I'm Hiccup."

She cocked her head, as if she didn't know what he meant.

He pointed to himself, "Hi-ccup."

She stared and then pointed at herself. Her voice was rough, as if it hadn't been used in a long time, but had a beautiful tone. "Meyla."

Hiccup's eyes widened. 'Meyla' meant 'little girl' in his language. She was… a viking? He backed up and began to stand.

She followed, clearly feeling a bit more confident, keeping her eyes on him tentatively. She stood up and stepped onto the warm sand, exposing herself to the open air.

Hiccup blinked in confusion. Behind the girl, he could make out two, medium-sized blue wings. He tried to look behind her but she moved away and tucked them behind her self-consciously. She wore brown clothes, torn in several places, and pieces of blue scattered throughout her outfit. Her hair was tied on one side in a near braid, and the tips of her hair seemed blue as well. Two bright blue feathers stuck out from over her left ear. He noticed that she was actually fairly pretty, but shook the thought away.

Toothless watched amused.

"You're… a human, with wings?" His voice escaped him in utter shock.

Her eyes flashed in the darkening atmosphere.

"You're the dragon I've been seeing!" He clutched his hair in his fists and spun around. "Oh wow… this is- this is just amazing, I- I can't believe," his eyes met hers again.

They just stared blankly back.

His foot had bumped into the fruit again in his excitement and he turned to look down at it. "You… you saved me." He bent down to pick it up.

Quick as a flash, she lunged out and smacked his forearm away from it.

"Engi!" She let out a cry. "Eitr."

Now it was Hiccup's turn to look at her confused.

"Engi taka! Eitr." She began kicking sand over it.

Toothless pushed his way over to the two. He made a grumble and her attention immediately turned to him and she smiled brightly.

"Nótt Móðr!" She stuck out her hand and the dragon met her touch with ease.

Hiccup lifted an eyebrow, "Woah… okay." Toothless was never this friendly with strangers.

She held Toothless' head and appeared to be whispering.

Hiccup noticed her wings. They were definitely the same blue ones he had seen before, except now he could tell that they nearly touched the ground. They were scaled like any dragons would be and the scales disappeared as they came into contact with her skin.

Hiccup leaned closer trying to listen to what she might be saying but she wasn't saying actual words. Just making noises, and Toothless murmured. Wait a second… dragon noises.

"You can speak dragon?!"

She turned back to him at the mention of the word 'dragon'.

"Bú, Hiccup," she held her forehead as if she was trying to think as hard as she possibly could before pointing to him, touching his chest lightly with her finger, "human. I-" her eyes squinted, "I- I am Dragon Wing."