New love

Gone but not forgotten

The next morning

Eyvind walked out of his guest hut, he yawned and stretch his arms, he smiled seeing dragons being so much a part of Vikings lives. Eyvind and Hiccup had discussed a few things and Hiccup allowed him to stay in the village, Hiccup had agreed to allow Eyvind to observe the village and dragon training.

"This village is amazing!" Eyvind said

"Juma! Wait for me!" Eyvind look at his right and smiled when he saw a night fury being chased by a small boy, Eyvind rub his stubble and tried to figure out who this boy is. "The night fury must be Toothless's... So who's the boy... Maybe Hiccup's son?" Eyvind wondered. Eyvind chuckled when Juma and the young boy head butting into a stack of hay, "Hey!"

"Oh… Hello?" the young boy said at the strange man approaching him, "Who are you?"

"I'm Eyvind, young one and who may you be?" Eyvind asked. Eyvind kneeled down and gently shook the young boy's hand, "And of course your friends?"

"I'm Stoick! And this is Juma! My dad is chief!" Shouted Stoick with pride and Jura joyfully jumping around, waiting for Stoick to finish so they could play once more.

"Your dad is an amazing man," Eyvind said while he stood up and looked down at the young boy.

"My mom says she the boss around the house, she says my dad will do anything she says because he doesn't want to see her mad." Stoick said. Jura sigh in annoyance, seeing this conversation wasn't going to end anytime soon. The young dragon decided to examined this new human, he started to sniff this human around his feet.

"Really?" Eyvind said with a chuckle. Eyvind back away slightly without realizing Jura was right behind him, Eyvind heard a small yelp, he quickly looked down and saw Jura was staring back at him with his tail pulled to his side. "I'm so sorry, Juma!" Eyvind said to the little dragon, Jura looked away from the human and quickly ran off, Eyvind suddenly heard a growl. "Oh no….." he mumbled as he slowly turned his head and was face to face with Sapphire.

"Hey Sapphire!" Stoick shouted as he ran towards her, Stoick patted her on the head and hug Jura. "Don't worry, Sapphire," Stoick said while he place his hand on the top of her head, "It was an accident"

"Are you alright?" Sapphire asked, looking down at Jura who simply nod his head. Sapphire lick Jura on the cheek and gently pushed him away, "Go and play now"

"Alright!" shouted Jura, Jura quickly ran towards Stoick and pulled on his pants. Stoick burst into laughter and the two ran off, "Hurry up, Stoick!"

"I'm sorry, Sapphire" Eyvind said in a guilty tone of voice, "I never meant to hurt your offspring." Sapphire glared at the human and simply flew off, Eyvind sigh and watch her leave.

"What are you doing here?" Valka asked as she tap his shoulder. Eyvind turned around and rub his hands together, he looked away and stared at the direction she had flown off too.

"I accidentally step on Juma's tail…. And Sapphire wasn't happy about it." Eyvind explained with a sigh

"Actually his name is Jura, Stoick called Jura, Juma when he was young and simply continued to use it. And I'm surprise Sapphire didn't fire a plasma ball at you, she the protective type just like Toothless is." Valka explained, Eyvind couldn't believe how close he was from death, if Stoick hadn't calm the dragon down…. He could have been dead.

"Valka may I ask you something?" Eyvind asked

"Of course" she said

"The night we first met… You were in tears; can I ask why?" Eyvind asked. Valka looked away from him, trying to hid the tears which had form in her eyes. "I'm sorry… You don't have to answer"

"No it's alright… I lost my husband a few years ago and I still miss him…. The night sky reminded me of something special we went through." Valka explained with a crack voice and tears in her eyes. Eyvind felt guilty for asking such a question, he gently whip of the tears away and gave her a small smile.

"I'm sorry… I didn't know…" Eyvind said in a soft voice, hoping to help this broken woman in her time of need.

"It's… It's alright… So what are you going to do? With Sapphire?" Valka asked clearly changing the subject.

"I should apologize to her" Eyvind said before he ran off in the same directions.

"Good luck!" shouted Valka while she watch Eyvind run off, "You'll need it"

Eyvind wondered around the small island since he wasn't from this village, he took a few hours before he eventually found Sapphire to his surprise. He seriously thought he would never find her, get lost and starve to death.

"Hey Sapphire" Eyvind said as he slowly walked up from behind, Sapphire looked back at him, she slowly turned her head at him. "I apologize for stepping on Jura's tail, I hope you can forgive me?"

Eyvind look around and scanned the ground, his eyes quickly caught sight of a beautiful blue flower which resembles a hibiscus. Eyvind learned some dragon's like to eat plants and flower, and maybe Sapphire was one of them. Eyvind pick the blue flower and offered it to Sapphire in sign of respect, "I don't want to hurt you... Here." Sapphire sniffed the plant, she glance at Eyvind and only saw kindness in his eyes.

"A flower? Hm… I don't see why not?" Sapphire thought to herself. Sapphire smiled and ate the blue flower from his hand. "This is amazing!" Eyvind said as he gently patted her head while Sapphire finished eating the plant from his hand, "Thank you, Sapphire."

"There you are," Valka shouted while she watch Eyvind and Sapphire entered the village, Valka smiled at the dragon who started to make her way home. "How did it go?" Valka asked with the big smile on Eyvind's face.

"It went great!" Eyvind said while he stood next to Valka, "I think she likes me"

"That's wonderful! Sapphire isn't easy to win over," Valka said with a chuckle

"I could tell..." Eyvind said thinking back to when Sapphire almost fire a plasma ball at him, and nearly avoiding death. But Eyvind didn't blame her, he had step on her son's tail and she had the right to get mad at him. "Thank you, Valka" Eyvind said with a small blush.

"For what?" She asked a bit confused

"Well for showing me your village, your wisdom, and being kind to me." Eyvind said while he rub his hand on the back of his neck.

"It's alright... I'm happy to help and I-!" Valka suddenly stop dead in her sentence, she quickly pushed Eyvind aside and ran away from him. Eyvind couldn't understand why Valka had suddenly left until he turned around to see where she had gone too, his eyes widen when he saw a night fury suddenly collapsing on the ground. Eyvind watch has Valka kneeled down and tended to the dragon, he quickly ran towards Valka,

"What the matter?!" Eyvind asked in a panic

"I don't know... But she can't breath properly... Go get help!" Valka shouted without moving her gaze from the ill dragon, Valka quickly reposition Sapphire's head, hoping this might help her breathing. Eyvind quickly nod his head and quickly ran off in order to get help, "Hold on, Sapphire..."

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