OKAY, to people that don't favorite me as in author favorite, you probably thought I was dead. Well, I'm not, and here's what I have to say:
I AM VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY(About 100 more very's later)SORRY FOR THE LONG WAIT! Okay, so here's what happened:
I got a challenge for trying to do my best, which I gotta say, I've done pretty well at
I, about what, 1/4th of the way there? I got bored and left it
After about a few weeks I got up and started working again
I then sent it to my friend bkwrm19 to get checked(Go check her stories out! You WILL be impressed)
I got my response and started the editing stuff
And...yeah. So sorry! .' Hope this was worth the wait. Cause if it isn't, Toothless is going to kill me. Oh crud, here he comes now. Don't tell him I stole his lunch! Bye! *Runs off*
Chapter 4 - More of them
Toothless stood there in surprised disbelief as what Hiccup's words meant sunk in before stuttering out a rather predictable question:
"But...how?"
Since the beginning of his friendship with Hiccup, Toothless had wished from time to time that he could communicate in the human language his friend spoke- especially when his thoughts where more complex and hard to describe with actions or noises. It was only now, when he actually had that rare and unexpected opportunity, that he wished he couldn't; knowing that the Vikings could actually understand him, confusion, anger...and unintelligent questions were much harder to suppress and control, and it was taking a while to get used to.
Snotlout's sarcastic reply ruined the moment, "Uh...Do we look like detectives to you?" he muttered sarcastically.
Usually, Toothless ignored Snotlout's rudeness, but today, it was too much. Snarling at Snotlout's insolence, the great black dragon whirled to face the offender, exposing his teeth as extra emphasis to his anger. "No, but you look like food to me!" he growled back, forgetting, once again, that everyone could understand him.
Snotlout didn't look like he was expecting Toothless to lash out at him, but of course, he bit back. "Well, this food's got some arms that'd LOVE to take yo down!"
Both dragon and teen wanted to keep fighting, of course; if it hadn't been for Stoick's mighty death voice, Snotlout definitely would have been in the grave. But neither dared to fight Stoick when he used that tone. Besides, there were bigger things to worry about right now-like an explanation to all this.
Satisfied at the lack of response, Stoick put everyone back on to the original topic, "Good...now, we need to find out what's causing Toothless to talk. We also have to find out what that thing that attacked us was!"
A sudden chill shivered down Toothless' back as Stoick reminded him of the mysterious attacker. Hiccup noticed his friend's reaction, and immediately became concerned, but before he could ask his friend what was wrong, a voice suddenly echoed out from the trees, startling them.
"I can help you with those questions."
Whirling toward the direction of the noise with defenses up, they were just in time to observe a figure slowly started to become more visible. As it rose from the shadows, the shape revealed the speaker to be a... Night Fury. True, it was a few inches smaller than Toothless, and the color of it's scales were sky blue with a white, thin stripe running from behind it's head plate down to the tip of it's tail, but it was still clearly a Night fury.
Unperturbed by the Viking's unsheathed weapons and obviously un-relaxed state, the unusually colored Night Fury continued as if it had known them forever...and like it hadn't just risen mysteriously from the shadows.
"The main reason your dragons are able to talk is because that you all have stumbled upon a very special island."
"But...how can a simple island make dragons talk?" Fishlegs asked nervously.
"It would be better to tell AND show you. Come to the village." And with that, the dragon turned around and started to walk back the way it came- probably she, going by the tone of the voice.
"Village?" Toothless repeated to himself, stunned, yet daring to hope if that meant there were more Night Furies, despite his lifelong belief that he was the only one. It was an impossible idea, of course, but with the appearance of this blue Night Fury, it was even more possible that he was about to be proven wrong.
The Vikings' first thought, of course, was an obvious trap. But their sense of adventure and curiosity go the better of them, and they barely hesitated before following the strange stranger down the path.
They had barely gone ten steps, however, when the new Night Fury stopped abruptly, turning around to face them, " Oh, one more thing: My name is Streak." At 'Streak', she turned her head back to the road and continued the small trip to their destination.
At Streak's announcement of "We're here." The Viking's looked up...and stopped dead, awe-struck by the bizzare sight that they were now observing with their own eyes:hundreds of different sized Night Furies in every single color and pattern imaginable climbing in and out of domes and log houses, fishing, playing games...basically everything one would see going on in the village of Berk. Except with Night Furies.
It was a Night Fury Village.
At first, Streak simply smirked at the Vikings' reaction, but it didn't take long before boredom and urgency caused her to turn to face the Vikings, clearing her throat to catch their attention, then got right to the point.
"Toothless...I need you to come with me. There's something that I got to tell you, in private. It's really important. And you can't tell anyone else. Just don't, alright? Oh, and I know what's happening to your home, Berk. And I know the dragon with the large arm sized scale...That information, I can say in front of everyone...after I'm done talking to you, Toothless."
Streak glared at Toothless and started walking off, before Toothless followed meekly. Streak suddenly stopped and turned her head towards the Vikings. "Explore and do whatever thingamobobs you want! The fellows are nice!" And then she and Toothless continued their walk.
Being the first one to snap out of the slight shock of so much information at once, Ruff cupped her hands over her mouth "Hey! Wait!" she called to Streak's back, " Can we know the reason WHY it has to be secret?" But she got no answer.
"Hey, if she doesn't want to tell, then don't push her!" Tuff scolded Ruff as she made obvious signs of wanting to shout again.
Ruff headbutted Tuff in the head. "Sha-dap!" she growled, " I was only asking!"
"Oof! Who cares about why she wants to be so secretive? She said that she knows the mysterious dragon, and that's enough info for me!" Tuff growled back as he pushed Ruff to a tree.
The twins, of course, were known for their continuous arguing and fighting, so it wasn't long before Gobber lost his temper.
"FER DA LAST TIME! CA'H YER TWO STAP ZAT?" he yelled in the all too familiar aggravation he was known for.
Of course, silence followed; even the twins knew to stop when their bulky instructor used that tone.
Hiccup, used to Ruff and Tuff's fighting a bit more than most of the villagers, had automatically tuned out the entire episode, thoughts too caught up in the idea of being able to meet these unusual Night Furies. If one had been paying attention, they would have been able to witness the original subtle smirk grow into outright, uncontainable excitement that barely allowed the silence to fall before breaking it himself. "Well, I don't know about you, but I want to see more of these Night Furies!
With that, he tore down the path with the rest of his village, remembering their own curiosity, followed close behind him.
Toothless' POV: The Secret Conversation
I was a little nervous, leaving the others-especially Hiccup- to walk who knew how far away to have a secret conversation with the strangest dragon I had ever seen, Night Fury or no. We only went a couple of steps, however, before, without speaking, Streak led the way into a decent sized cave; it could probably fit about five of me.
I was just about to ask her what it was she wanted to tell me (for the silence had gotten awkward), when she breathed a deep sigh.
"Okay, so I know you probably have a lot of questions...but I have to tell you something first. You see...I am a Night Fury, yes, but...I don't know how to say this." She let out another deep sigh as she paused, gathering her thoughts before shaking her head as if to clear it, and continued on.
"Alright, Toothless, here it is: I don't come from this time. I've come from...from the future." Did she just say what I thought she said? A future night fury...So now there are more night furies...But there's one that came from the future? What else is going to turn up in this crazy adventure?
Streak let out yet another deep sigh. This one, however, was clearly relief to get that information off her chest. Then she opened her mouth to speak again. "I've come back in time to prevent something bad from happening. I've come from about 30 years in the future, Hiccup...well, after getting married, Hiccup found me while traveling through the seas. He found me on this island, where Night Furies lived. Hiccup took care of me when I was badly injured, and we become friends. You and I became best friends especially but...well...three years from that, Hiccup...well...Hiccup dies."
"Wait...what?...DIE? But...but HOW?" I stuttered, barely even able to process the possibility, let alone the fact that my best friend, the one who stopped the war between dragons and Vikings, had taught me to fly, and so many other things, had just thirteen more years to live.
"Yeah, it was a hard blow for everyone: You, me, Astrid, their son Jabber. But you see, as hard as it was to deal with it, I wouldn't have come back to try and change it if he had died by something normal like a war or a tree or something. But it wasn't. Hiccup died because of the very same mysterious arm-sized scaled dragon you guys recently encountered. I don't know what it is - all I know is that it has the strange ability to turn in to water, and that it can change it's size to however small or large it wants to be. I know: Creepy. Anyways, the dragon killed Hiccup."
I tried hard to listen to what Streak was telling me. In a way, I did, but the only part I really processed that Hiccup was going to die.
Trying to control my suddenly erratic breathing, suddenly felt the slight sting of Streak slapping me into focus... literally, saying something about how I wasn't paying attention. Shaking my head to dispel the train of thought (for now) and regain my composure, a question stood out to me, and I wasted no time asking it.
"Streak, how did you travel back in time, anyway?"
Streak's look of surprise told me she didn't expect me to ask anything like that, but her face settled quickly into one of determination. "That's something that I won't reveal. But anyway, our secret conversation's over. I got to go get the others and tell them the stuff about the big water dragon." And without waiting to see if Toothless was coming, let alone respond, she left him alone in the cave.
Barely a second after the brash Fury left, I crashed against the wall of the cave in a desperate attempt to get rid of the despair and frustration that was threatening to take over. This was too much. For the first time in a long time, I feel the overwhelming urge to cry, but I force the tears back. Night Furies don't cry. They take action.
So shaking away any existing tears threatening to spill, I took a deep breath, and - after making sure I had regained my composure- left the cave to find the others.
Finding Streak and the Vikings, I slowly ambled over, hoping no one would notice. But Hiccup caught sight of me out of the corner of his eye. Turning to face me, he waved. "Toothless!" He called, smiling as he did so. Composed, but unsmiling, I made my way over to my friend. Taking my place by his side, I knew that whatever happened during this whole thing, that I was going to stop the future death of Hiccup.
Even if it means that I've got to sacrifice myself.
What'ya think? Pretty cool, huh? No? Aww...Well, I swear that the next chapter is NOT going to come in 11 months! It WILL come sooner, I can tell you that! I just need to find the right time since schoolwork is piling up. SCHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! :[ Also, thanks for the reviews(even though there's barely any XD)I swear that I will finish this story! And funny, eh? Didn't expect that XD Well, might as well get started on other things! Bye! Oh, before I forget, look forward to the next chapter being done in like...8 months LOL maybe 5. Also, I'm planning on making a Harry Potter story with a younger me(Fake name, you stalkers)in it, where I wake up to find myself-Oh crud, it's Toothless!
Toothless:YOU WILL DIE FOR STEALING MY LUNCH!
Me:AAAAAAARGH! *Runs*
