So today we have a simpler chapter. We don't have any shocking reveals like last time, this is a more fun chapter. We do learn something new, but nothing big happens... sort of...

Anyway, hope you will enjoy!


Throughout the rest of the day, Hiccup was busy working on Toothless's tail. He didn't intend to make a permeant replacement to the one which was burnt, but something that would help them get back to Berk so that he could make a better one.

After taking the measures of how big the tail should be by placing the sail he cut from the ship earlier over the metallic wires which somewhat survived the blast, Hiccup cut down the sail in the fin's shape and then got to work on checking the wires in order to see they were indeed fine and functional. The other Night Furies watched with interest and curiosity as Hiccup worked on the tail, amazed at how trusting Toothless was of this human being and at how they seemed to understand and communicate with each other.

When Hiccup finished adjusting the new fin, he examined it for a few seconds while wiping the sweat from his forehead. "Yeah, I think it's fine." He said before climbing unto Toothless's back and attaching his prosthetic foot to the mechanism which operated the tail. The dragons were at awe as they had just now noticed Hiccup was lacking one foot, and even more so when they saw he was using it to operate the tail and help Toothless fly.

Once in place, Hiccup moved his metallic leg a few times, causing the tail to open up and close down depending on the movement of the leg. "Seems to work alright…" He observed before turning to face Toothless. "What do you say, Bud? Ready to go back up to the skies?" Toothless looked at him for a second with eagerness in his eyes and a smile on his face, answering that he was indeed ready for flight. As Hiccup was hooking his safety wires, Toothless looked at all the Night Furies in front of him, including his mother, smiling at them as they were about to see how well Hiccup and him work together.

"Let's fly!" Hiccup shouted and without any further warning Toothless jolted up into the sky, leaving the other Night Furies to watch including the Night Fury queen herself, who didn't seem as impressed as the dragons she ruled over.


Hiccup and Toothless were flying higher and higher, the rider checking the tail every so often to make sure it was handling the job, which it seemed to do. At one point, they were joined by Toothless's mother and a few other Night Furies which decided to join them in the sky for the test flight. Noticing them tagging along caused Toothless to smile at them his famous grin, happy at how they seemed to warm up to him even with the title he now had. He was also happy that the Night Furies gave the impression that they also like Hiccup.

"Nice of you guys to join us…" Hiccup called to the other Night Furies, which all replied with a happy roar. Noticing the formation him, Toothless and the Night Furies were in made Hiccup remember the days when he would go flying with his friends back home, flying around in the same positions and locations with Toothless and him in the lead. Suddenly, an idea popped inside Hiccup's mind as he leaned over to Toothless's ear. "What do you say, Toothless? Shall we show them who the fastest dragon on Berk is?" He asked, receiving an approving growl from the dragon.

Without any delays Toothless sped up, leaving his fellow Night Furies behind him. Looking back, Hiccup checked if the tail is still functioning properly due to the acceleration, and he also noticed the other Night Furies were already about to catch up to them. "Should have seen that coming, given the fact we are talking about Night Furies…" Hiccup said to himself, realizing that they were bond to catch up shortly, because of them being the same breed as Toothless. Even so, when they did caught up, Toothless still managed to be slightly ahead of the others. Maybe he was technically a bit faster than the others.

After they were all done racing, Hiccup had one more feature of the tail to check out. "Well, here comes the big one." He said as he opened the tail and locked it in its place. "How do you feel, Bud?" Toothless replied with a soft sound and a nod of his head; telling the Viking that he could glide on his own.

To the surprise of the other Night Furies, Hiccup suddenly detached his foot from its place and stood up on Toothless's back, balancing himself in order not to fall. "Okay, Bud. You know what to do. If this goes well, we can go home." Hiccup encouraged before he jumped off of Toothless and dived down through the sky. Toothless dove right after him and he was followed by the other confused Night Furies. Hiccup was familiar with free falling alongside his best friend, but the experience of other Night Furies diving down alongside them was a new thing which he couldn't believe he was going through at the moment.

Hiccup smiled at his Alpha friend who acted nothing like a leader at the moment, smiling and letting his tongue fly in the wind. Toothless sent the same smile to all the dragons which joined them, and they smiled back at him like he had delivered them with the most fun they had in years. Hiccup himself was also having the time of his life. How many Vikings could say they ski-dived with a bunch of Night Furies? As far as he was aware, no one but himself got to experience this wonderful feeling.

"Are you ready, Toothless?" Hiccup screamed, receiving a happy howl and a smirk full of teeth as an answer. Without any other word, Hiccup put his arms near his legs and once he opened them a pair of fabric wings covered the distance between his arms and body, allowing him to glide in the air alongside the dragons.

The Night Furies couldn't believe their eyes. This human was just full of surprises; he was friends with the Alpha dragon, he could help him fly, he seemed to understand them, and now he was even able to fly alongside them by himself. He started to seem more like a dragon than a human being. The wide eyed dragons were soon brought out of their trance when Toothless let out a small growl, telling them to form in a circle beneath Hiccup. The Night Furies followed the Alpha's wishes and they were all gliding slightly underneath the gliding chief.

"Uh, Toothless?" Hiccup asked. "What are you guys doing?"

With the formation being set, Toothless roared and all of the Night Furies shot their plasma blasts at the same point of air below Hiccup. Toothless remembered that his shots' blasts could help his friend get more air time, so he wanted to see what would happen if multiple Night Furies will all fire at once.

All of the dragons obeyed the command, and since some of them were also supporting their glowing backs, meaning more powerful shots, the blast ended up being a lot stronger than anticipated. "What are you DOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII…..?!" Hiccup screamed endlessly as he was blown all the way up into the clouds, thanks to the powerful blast. Toothless's eyes widened in shock as he didn't expect this outcome. With no time to waste, the Alpha activated the fins on his back in order to allow him more agility in the air while his tail was locked.

Making an effort to fly higher and higher up in order to catch Hiccup, Toothless hoped the explosion hasn't killed him and that he would come black down eventually. The Alpha Night Fury was already starting to lose his energy. The spines helped him in reaching heights but it was also making him tired because the lack of support from his left fin. Luckily, Toothless noticed something falling down towards him. After inspecting it more, he noticed that it was Hiccup, who was falling down without his gliders in order to fall down faster.

Once Toothless was in reach, Hiccup opened his gliders in order to slow down the fall and Toothless positioned himself underneath him in order to catch him. The moment Hiccup landed on the saddle, he hooked his leg into its place and hugged Toothless's neck tightly while guiding him back down. "Don't… ever… do that again…" Hiccup said through heavy breathing and it was answered by a soft howl from Toothless, who apologized for the crazy stunt.


When everyone eventually landed back on the ground, Hiccup did seem satisfied with the overall flight. "The tail works great." He said while petting Toothless's head, looking like he had forgotten about the entire being blown up thing. "We can get back to Berk using it with no problems." He said with a smile, which caused Toothless to smile back and jump around.

Both then turned their attention to the Night Furies which joined them on their little test run. Toothless, of course, went straight towards his mother, who petted his head with her chin lovingly, praising him for his maneuvers with the restricting tail and for quickly leaping into action when he saw Hiccup was in trouble.

Toothless's mother had also approached Hiccup and petted his head the same way, which he took as her thanking him for helping her son fly with the lack of a left tail fin. "No problem… Miss Night Fury…" Hiccup said to her, not really sure on how to address her. She proceeded to also lick Hiccup on the face, causing Toothless to laugh as he knew Hiccup wasn't a fan of that. "I see you got that from your mother…" He muttered while both mother and son enjoyed his reaction.

After he cleaned himself up, Hiccup decided to check something out. He approached Toothless's mother with his hand raised towards her until he touched her nose. After scratching it for a few seconds, Hiccup looked under her chin. His mother told him how to find out what a dragon's age is, and he was using this information now. Turns out, Toothless's mother was forty five years old. Out of continued curiosity, Hiccup checked the age of the other Night Furies which hung out with him and Toothless that day, some had glowing backs while the others didn't.

After checking around six or seven of them, Hiccup noticed that the Night Furies with the glowing backs were aged above the thirties, while the younger ones below said age were with regular backs. When Hiccup was about to stop checking, as he believed he found the answer he was looking for, one more Night Fury approached him. Its back was glowing but Hiccup could recognize it was the same dragon that found him after the crash. He didn't have his back glow up until now, so what happened? It didn't seem like it was angry or something. While checking its age, Hiccup saw that said dragon was now twenty eight years old.

As he thought about it more and more, Hiccup came to realize that this state was apparently a thing the Night Furies got with age. Thinking about it more, it seemed like Toothless was the youngest out of all the Night Furies, being only twenty one years old. Could it be that once reaching a certain age the Night Fury starts to have this glowing back all the time? That was something he would have to tell Fishlegs, who's been trying to find an explanation for Toothless's sudden change the day they fought Drago.

When Hiccup reunited with Toothless, who looked like he was chatting with his mother and a few other Night Furies, he updated him on the situation. "Hey, Bud. I've been thinking…" He started, the dragon looking at him, his big green eyes focused on his rider. "It's already getting dark, so what do you say we'll head back tomorrow?" Hiccup asked, and then took a deep breath. Seeing how Toothless found other dragons of the same breed; his own mother even, Hiccup was going to tell Toothless that once they'll get back to Berk he will rebuild the automatic tail fin which will allow Toothless to fly on his own, so he could head back to the nest once Hiccup is back home.

But, as Hiccup was trying to form his sentences and get over the fact his journey with his best friend was probably coming to an end, a loud roar caught the attention of all the Night Furies. It was the Night Fury queen. She didn't look extremely happy, in fact, she was the exact opposite as her constant growling and hissing showed. Her eyes were narrowed on Toothless, who was starting to enter into defensive mode and lightly warped his tail around Hiccup.

Once she made it to point blank range with the Alpha, she let out a loud roar in his direction. The Night Furies were all in shock, looking at each other with wide eyes and constant howls at what they have just heard. Hiccup didn't need to be an expert in Dragonese in order to understand what was going on.

The Night Fury queen has challenged Toothless to a fight over the Alpha title.

Looking at all the Night Furies around the area, and finally at both Hiccup and his mother, Toothless faced the queen and roared at her himself.

He accepted the challenge.


A fight is upon us! Look forward to it in the next update!

About the entire "glowing backs" thing, my theory is that at a certain age a Night Fury just starts being in this mode from the end of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" all the time. The reason for that is age. At a certain age(Let's say twenty, like in Toothless's case) a Night Fury could start going into this mode when being angered(Hence, Night FURY). When the dragon reaches a certain age, it eventually goes into this mode at all times, regardless of how calm or angry it is. That's the short version; if you want my full theory, go to Berk's Forumvine and look for either the "Headcanons" topic or "Other Night Furies" topic. It's on there...

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