Hey persons and new persons. I always like new reviewers. Cutting to the chase, I am very sick. It sucks but I get to stay home. Now, let me brace myself, this is gonna take a while to type.
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~Chapter 8~
Eager Ego's
POV- BluTail
We walked back to our spot on the coast. Nobody was tired, but there was disappointment in our latest fight. Toothless and I made the huge star fish creature return into the lake. It took a lot of work, especially since fighting with Toothless seems like I'm fighting against him. He didn't want to cooperate. I didn't want to fly, and I won't. Just like I won't talk to him. I narrowed my eyes in a glare and I looked at Toothless. He saw it and his lip curled up in a snarl. As soon as we get back, I'll make sure to tell him what exactly I'm thinking of. Astrid and Hiccup stood in the middle of both of us. At least they don't have trouble working together.
I dragged my tail, not even bothering to hold it up like females usually do. I tore my eyes away from Toothless and looked ahead. Why was I mad? Well, he's a jerk that doesn't think, he just acts. I don't care if he's a Night Fury, the species that is most capable of strategizing perfectly in combat. I just wish he would be more carefull of his life threatening actions (or mine.) He just sees a way to get hurt, and he's off. Deep down, down, and I mean very down, I know he a reason to be mad at me, but I do too. My reason's better than his. Well, we didn't actually get beaten up, so that's uplifting.
"It's okay girl, it's always ruff the first time" Astrid said leaning on my neck for support. I nodded. See, Astrid looks on the bright side too. Toothless refused to look at me, and you know what? I won't look at him either! I'm tuff, I don't need his approval. I'm plenty observant..., the thing is, he's observant too. More than my liking. Night Fury's are intelligent and they don't have a blind spot. Both physically and mentally. It still doesn't mean he doesn't have a weakness.
But, I'm not cruel enough to look for it. That's just stooping low, and when I stoop that low, I become no better than him. I played with my claws. I just have to find a pearl. Out of all the things I've tried to find, a pearl is the dumbest. The dirt I was stepping on, soon turned into sand. We were back. Hiccup said something to Toothless and he nodded his head.
"More training wouldn't be necessary if all of us could've worked in sync" Toothless said glancing at me but his body posture away from me.
"What are you trying to say?" I asked narrowing my eyes at him. He snorted.
"No, I'm implying it. And no, I'm not being sarcastic" he said (being a smart-tail.) I saw the humans turn their attention towards us.
"Maybe you should imply on how uncooperative you are" I replied over my shoulder.
"Why don't you? I don't want have to do all the work... again" he responded. In the corner of my eye, I could see Hiccup flinch as us. I know he can't understand us, but once you observe our body posture, you would know we're not complimenting each other.
"Are you talking about flying and shooting? I don't see much dedication in that" I replied.
"There doesn't need to be dedication. As long as we have team work, everything should work out fine" Toothless said.
"I see no team work here" I said.
"Well there has to be, if you want to find the pearl" he said.
"I didn't want to look for it in the first place" I said gritting my teeth. He looked taken back. His emotion disappeared for a second and his eyes widened. Soon, he narrowed his eyes.
"Well maybe, I didn't do it for you" he said giving me a look over his shoulder and stomping off to Hiccup.
"We'll be back, Astrid. I need to go check in with my dad and bring some things back. Unless you want to come" Hiccup said.
"No, I'll stay here with her. You go on ahead. Tell my mom I'm with you. Don't take long" Astrid said. Once they left, I laid down and Astrid leaned on my side.
"That was a pretty neat thing you did with the biting," Astrid said. I nodded. She continued to look ahead into the sea. "I see you and Toothless were fighting. Weren't you?" she asked. I nodded and gave a sigh. "Hmm, so you can understand me" Astrid stated. I nodded again. "I heard you growling at Toothless. More than once actually," she said. I narrowed my eyes at the mention on his name. I'm not sure if she saw my change in mood.
"Guys can be really stubborn, sometimes," Astrid continued. I don't know what a 'guy' is, but I'm assuming it's a male. "They have enormous ego's, and it always blinds them. I know from experience." she said. I cooed in interest. "Yeah, Hiccup was so bent on defeating his cousin. Hiccup tried to do everything to win that competion, so at one point, he could see the embarrassment in his cousin's face." she said.
Hiccup did that? The human male never struck me as that type. Hiccup seems humble. It's hard to imagine him doing that. But I won't judge. "He was doing it because of his ego. And his cousin's. Hiccup did realize his mistake. As smart as he is, it took him a while. Knowing Hiccup, Toothless can be just as a pain as his rider is" she said lastly. I nodded in agreement.
Astrid continued to chat about herself. She stopped every once in a while to see if I was listening. I listened, her words entertained me. Like, when she talks about beating, I see the determintation in her eyes. And her own dragon, named Stormfly. It was a neat name. Struggling to tell her (because I can't speak her language) I told her what species I was and what my name is. I'm glad my name is simple. Telling her what kind of species I was, was not a simple task. But not impossible. In all, we didn't take long communicating, because Hiccup and Toothless were on their way back.
Now that I feel more calm, I'll talk to him. But I don't know what to say. I hate feeling less witty than other dragons and when Toothless has that chance, everything just sucks. I just have to remember, never argue when you're mad. That's how dragons run out of words to say. Hiccup got off Toothless and greeted Astrid. Hiccup had different types of objects in his paws. Toothless gave me a glance. Then he looked away from me.
"What happens now? Do you want me to go to the corner and cry, because of the stupid gestures you're showing me?" I asked. He rolled his eyes and snorted. He went to the other side near Hiccup. Maybe that was a little harsh on my part. I will be CALM! I went over to him. He stared at me as I came near him.
"What would the Water-Fury like, this time?" Toothless asked, sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Are you done yet? Of-course, you want ME to apologize because you can't blame yourself. You can't blame yourself, because of your large MALE EGO!" I said.
"It's not about my large 'male ego'" he said.
"Really?" she asks. Toothless hesitated. He stood up.
"And why can't you blame yourself?" he asked narrowing his eyes at me. My eyes widened and I took a step back. He's right. I do have some blame, so why can't I put the burden on myself?
"Because I.. because I" I stuttered. I glanced at Astrid. She crossed her arms at something Hiccup said.
"Because you have a big ego too" he finished with a smirk on his face. My eyes widened. Do I have a big ego? I know what I did that messed up today...But
"I came to apologize, so it's clear who has the bigger ego." I said remaining calm.
"Some apology..." he remarked sarcastically. I opened my mouth to reply, but I was quickly cut off. "But, I'll take. Apology accepted" he said grinning. I frowned and tried to speak again.
"That's-"
"It was a simple thing to do, and I'm glad we're not fighting over it," he said with his smile growing.
"Wait-"
"Why were we even mad? A little training teamwork should take care of it," Toothless continued.
"You're a-"
"I'll be right back. Hiccup has fish." he said running off. I gave an angry sigh. That's not how I wanted things to work out. It's so hard to be a friend. I have to apologize, work together, stand his personality, and who knows what else! I can't stand his personality for much longer! I hate how he twists my words without being direct. I'll show him! *Sigh* As long as he's distracted, I'm free. At least he's done with being a jerk. I went to go eat fish with Astrid. Her and Hiccup were cooking their fishes while I ate mine raw. After moments of silence Hiccup spoke.
"Alright, today's performance, wasn't the best," Hiccup said shrugging. "So tomorrow, we're going to be multi-tasking."
"What kind of multi-tasking?" Astrid asked with suspicion in her voice.
"We are going to search for the pearl, and train to work together." Hiccup replied. Astrid stood silent. She shrugged.
"I'm in. The more the challenge, the better the competition." Astrid said grinning.
"Competition? C'mon, lets try to not have a competition. Remember what happened last time?" Hiccup asked. Astrid crossed her arms. She punched him.
"Ow-"
"That's for not wanting competition," she said. Then her lips made contact with his face. "And that's because I said so."
"Does she do that often?" I asked. Toothless nodded.
"It's sort of like their own courting-ritual." he said.
"They're mates?" I asked curiously. Toothless shook his head.
"Not yet" Toothless replied. I shrugged. That would explain a lot about how Astrid talks about Hiccup. "So, have you ever had any other company along the way?" he asked.
"What other company do I need, when I have me, myself, and I?" I asked grinning.
"You've never had anyone else?" Toothless asked frowning a bit.
"Who else do I need? Sure, I meet dragons as I come and go, but they're never permanent." I replied cheery, trying to lighten the mood.
"Doesn't it get kind of... lonely?" he asked. I narrowed my eyes in confusion.
"Well you should know... you're the reclusive one." I said shrugging.
"I- Uh, shouldn't have bought the topic up." he said looking down. Hmmm... What else is he hiding? That makes me even more curious...
"Let me tell you something," I said. Toothless rolled his eyes and sighed. "You better listen. Being serious never seems to fit in with style. So, if you act less serious, and just maybe, you'll have a little style." I said.
"That explains a lot." he said.
"Do you want to know something about yourself?" I asked.
"No." Toothless replied.
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because I know you're just going to find another way to make fun if me." he replied.
"Not true." I defended.
"You just said I have no style." Toothless said.
"Well, if you're serious then you won't." I replied.
"I'm done. I'm going to take a nap." he said curling up. I frowned.
"You're not done, until I say you are, Toothless." I said. He covered himself with his wings. Oh, so you're a funny male, huh? I used my front paws to shake him. His eyes didn't open. I glanced at Hiccup and Astrid. They just stared at me. I blinked at them and continued to get Toothless to listen. I stretched over to him and shook him. He moved and I slipped, which made me fall on him. I was leaning on his side with my snout close to his. The bottom half of me, along with my tail, was on the sand. His eyes opened and he looked at me in confusion.
"You have nice eyes..." I said almost in a whisper.
"You got my attention now.." Toothless said with a light chuckle. I gave an angry sigh and got off.
"I'm going to bite you!" I warned.
"Go ahead." he said returning to his position.
"You think I won't do it?" I asked. I got no response. I hesitated but bit his wing. He growled and I stepped back.
"Did you actually bite me?" he asked. Heat rushed to my scales.
"Yes" I replied sheepishly.
"Now we're even" Toothless said.
"Why?" I asked.
"I didn't say sorry" he said. That day I decided, Toothless was one of the best company, I've ever had. Including his ego.
I'm updating late because I was REALLY sick. I went to the hospital. No worries, I'm feeling better. Please review even though this is a bit over due.
