Lighty 7, I burst out laughing at your comment. I hadn't realized that I post them at night and that the title goes with that; it comes at night… I honestly didn't try that on purpose! LOL
Why I post them at night, I don't know; just do.
Also, WHOA! When I saw your review Firestar'sniece, I thought I accidently went to another page instead of the reviews! And, no that's alright if you ask questions, it helps to clarify things and in my opinion its better knowing the details then just a summary.
Answers to your questions Firestar'sniece:
Q1: The main weapon against a Banshee is sound. Night Furies has sonar so that is a definite plus. I don't know if other dragons have sonar, the producers haven't clarified it. If other dragons due have sonar, then yes.
Q2: A personal past, no, but he has ran into one before—not this particular one, but one in general.
Q3: The thing with a Banshee's screech is that it leaves an effect on the surrounding area. I go into more detail with that in this chapter.
Q4: The reason why the other dragons didn't sense the danger is because they didn't know it was a Banshee. You don't really know if something is dangerous unless you've had an experience with it. Toothless only dealt with a Banshee one other time, and it's something you don't want to remember. In saying this, when Toothless dealt with a Banshee in the past, it wasn't in a village with Vikings. How would he have known the acts were of a Banshee?
Q5: The moon has a great effect on its hunting periods (And is the reason why it's rare to see them). **They don't like light**
Q6: No, that was a story he made up out of thin air. The actual story of a Banshee comes from traveler's folklore (I go into this in upcoming chapters).
Q8: The producers said that Toothless was the only Night Fury; I personally don't think we're going to see any. But hey, like Hiccup said, "What's wrong with being one of a kind?"
Q9: The life span of a dragon, in my opinion, is probably greater than that of a human's, but only by a few more decades. Banshees are animals so they're just like other animals, male and females, they have offsprings, they reproduce the same, etc.
Q10: Toothless, after actually smelling the exact area the Banshee was present, knew what they'd be up against and the ratio of Hiccup's survival. A Banshee attack isn't something you want to hold off on a rescue. It's like a missing child, you only have 24 hours.
Q11: Like I said in the above, they've never met a Banshee before and hence why they're clueless on its details.
Q12: You'll have to wait and find out.
Q13: Sound is key, that's all you need against a Banshee.
Q14: Hiccup has AB- blood type, which is the rarest blood type. Apparently Banshee love AB- blood. It tastes sweet.
Q15: Banshees have these chemicals stored in their body that they give to their "food"; nutrients as to keep them alive longer. But they usually don't use that unless the "food" has AB- blood type. It's like chocolate.
Okay, questions answered, I am complete as of right now. Thank you for your comments; they were very, very flattering. On another subject, I am graduating this summer and am going to college for animation. I plan on joining Dreamworks, and I just might start writing books, but that's something I want to be absolutely positive on doing, right now, no.
**Heads up on my progress! After this story, It Comes At Night, the next one will be Gumshoe and then the one after that will be the awaited sequel to How to Find Your Way Home, called Nameless Foray.**
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the antagonist
"You saw a demon?" Astrid asked, her tone was mixed between unbelief and pure fear.
"It looked like a demon, I mean, it was really creepy looking." Fishlegs shivers, "Guys, I wanna go back home, I don't want to be here anymore!" he whined. Meatlug look apologetic at Fishlegs because of how scared he suddenly became.
"Get a grip, Fishlegs. We're here to find Hiccup; we are not going back until we find him." Stoick said sternly in a gruff voice.
"What if that thing is responsible for everything?" Astrid asked.
"Oh Thor, I hope not." Fishlegs squeaked while covering his face with both his hands, losing his balance in doing so. However, without balance, Meatlug began to wobble and Fishlegs quickly returned his hands to the reigns.
Suddenly, a high pitched vibrating sound surrounded the riders and their dragons. Instantly, their ears were covered and their eyes shut. The dragons reacted in stopping completely and shutting their eyes.
"WHAT IS THAT NOISE?!" Ruffnut yelled out, not being able to hear right had an effect on her volume of speech.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Tuffnut shouted as well.
Meatlug began to lose her balance again, as well as Hookfang. Both ended up falling down into the forest below, their riders screaming as they descended. But due to the screech, the others had no clue on their absence.
Astrid opened her eyes as the sound became to get louder and closer. Getting higher and higher as it approached, scratching in her ears, gnawing at her brain. Louder, and louder—will it ever stop?
Suddenly, it stopped. She withdrew her hands from the sides of her head and glanced over to the left where the others were. Only the twins, Stoick and Gobber were present. As she looked down, however, her eyes widened. A black blur raced up, going at least the top speed of Toothless'. It flew up pass her, did a quick loop and back down towards them.
"I THINK WE FOUND OUR CULPRIT!" she screamed to the others, still her ears were ringing.
"WHAT?!" Tuffnut yelled as he couldn't hear what she was saying. Ruffnut saw that Astrid was looking up and to the back of them, looking in the same direction, her eyes widened too and she slapped Tuffnut in the face. Tuffnut looked at her, but then in the direction she was pointing. His eyes grew as well and he screamed. His sister joined in as they saw the creature descend rapidly towards them.
The Banshee rammed the twins at full speed, causing their Zippleback to lose altitude and plummet helplessly to the forest—where Snotlout, Fishlegs and their dragons still remained. Ruff and Tuff were thrown off of their seats, and were now free falling. The Banshee grabbed a hold of Tuffnut, making a deep three clawed scratch down his back, and threw him towards his sister. Still during free fall, the two bashed into each other; their skins only saved by the branch of a tree, though the landing wasn't pleasant.
By now Astrid's hearing was coming back, along with Stoick's and Gobber's. She screamed out to the twins, diving down to help, but had to double back as the Banshee now made her the next target. Stormfly readied her spikes on her tail and fired all of them at once towards the upcoming threat. The Banshee swerved and weaved past them with ease. Astrid screamed as she too was rammed and flown through the air away from Stormfly.
Like Tuffnut, the Banshee grabbed her by the leg, and dashed forward, letting go and pitching her forward at the exact speed. Astrid screamed, the ground coming up too close too soon, but quickly stopped right before the tips of the trees. She opened her eyes to see Gobber's hand grasping her arm. He pulled her up and she situated herself behind him and Stoick.
The Banshee growled inwardly and dashed towards Stoick and Thronado.
Thornado opened his wide mouth and sounded his famous roar, the very thing his species were known for. The reverberating sound echoed down to the Banshee and its reaction was a surprising one. It screeched in pain, blown back from the force and to the ground below its body stiff as if paralyzed.
Toothless ran up to the entrance of the cave, his ears perked as the sounds of a struggle hit his eardrums not too far from his position. No matter how much he desperately wanted to aid his friends, Hiccup was in a dire situation and need the immediately rescue. The one thing he was pleased with was that the others distracted the Banshee, allowing Toothless to rescue Hiccup with less problems.
Once entered, the atmosphere changed from snowy white night, to absolute darkness. No eye sight was going to do any good to Toothless. He slowed his pace to a stop, lifted his head and let out his sonar. Its bouncing waves journeyed through the curves of the cave before returning to their master. Toothless' ears sprung up and he ran ahead, the layout fresh in his mind.
The pitch of the sonar hit the ears of the two children, the little girl immediately screamed and Gustav breathed heavily from fear. The thought of the Banshee coming back so quickly was the worst thing they couldn't think of.
Another pitch echoed off of their ears and the little girl began to cry.
"It's coming back! IT'S COMING BACK!" she screamed at pure terror. Gustav just closed his eyes and waited for the inevitable. However, when they heard the roar of a Night Fury, their minds reeled, and their faces looked forward into the dark shadows. A bright purple bolt of energy was blasted up at the ceiling within the aperture and the space was lit with an amethyst glow. Toothless hopped out of the darkness and into the lit region, cooing as he found who he was looking for. Both children closed their eyes from the pain of the light. Without seeing it for a whole day, their eyes were not adjusted to its glow.
"Gustav, what is it?" the little girl whined, her head turned to the right.
"I don't know, I can't see!" he replied frustrated with his lack of sight. Toothless cooed once again at them, and tilted his head. After some time, their sights began regulated to the light, and they peered open their eyes. At the sight of Toothless, they smiled, the little girl jumping up and down with glee.
"It's—it's—it's—"
"It's the Night Fury, Hiccup's dragon!" Gustav finished. Toothless wiggled his butt at their sudden burst of joy and fired a plasma blast at the cocoon. Both burst open and the two children fell down to their hands and knees, but thoroughly okay. Toothless approached Hiccup and whined sadly at his rider's absence of consciousness. He nudged Hiccup with his snout, still no response. The little girl came over and reached up.
"Hiccup, wake up; we're free, we need to go!" she said in a small young voice. Hiccup groaned and lifted his head slightly. He blinked, eventually squinting due to the light, and glanced at them in front of him.
"Toothless?" he breathed out tiredly. The children back away as Toothless prepared a blast, bursting through Hiccup's cocoon as well. Hiccup fell out, but was caught by Toothless' head. The children helped him balance, but it was no use. His arms and legs felt like…well he couldn't feel them at all. Touching them felt like he was touching another one's limbs.
Gustav and the little girl were scared for Hiccup. Not only couldn't he walk, but his skin, in this light, was a ghostly white. To the touch, it felt hot, like a fever. Both looked at each other, then forward at the dark wall that the blackness of the cave created.
The Banshee will be back any time now, they needed to escape…or else.
So some of you guessed that the Banshee heard Toothless, some guessed that it heard the group, and some of you guessed that it heard both. Well, first, the Banshee heard Toothless' heart beat (Now acknowledge that the Banshee just heard his heart beat, it didn't know that Toothless is a Night Fury). Leaving the cave to deal with the intruder, it heard the multiple heart beats of the group flying. In this situation, it decided that the multitude would be a greater threat then the lone intruder; rushing off to deal with them first.
In saying so, it did hear Toothless, it did hear the group, and it did hear both. So you are all right!
Thank you for your reviews, feel free to ask questions, and I'll post again soon!