Chapter 9

-Hiccup's POV-

This…is big. I woke up early in the morning and noticed the night fury was still sleeping in the tree. I decided not to bother it because I could tell it didn't like me being around it too much yesterday. I walked around the cove a little bit and then I sat down on a rock. I grabbed a stick nearby and I began drawing with it. As I was drawing I noticed I was simply drawing the dragon. Sighed a little and continued my work. Then something unexpected happened, the dragon was standing behind me and watching me draw. I tried acting like I didn't notice and kept up my work. Then the dragon walked off again and I heard a ripping sound. A few seconds later the dragon started drawing its own thing with an uprooted tree. As I watched the dragon swirl the tree around it stopped for a minute looked at me, then poked the tree in the ground again and drew another line. Was the dragon drawing me? I saw the dragon set the tree down and coo at its work. I stood up and tried walking out of the tangle of lines to get a better image of what the dragon drew, but I then heard a growling sound. I looked at the dragon and then to my foot and saw I stepped on a dirt line. I raised my foot and the dragon calmed down. I put my foot down and received a growl. I raised my foot and the dragon calmed down again. After doing that a few times I stepped over the dirt line. I looked at the night fury and smiled a little. Then I began navigating through the maze of lines the dragon drew on the ground and made sure I didn't step on any. Eventually I found my way out and bumped into something hard. I looked to see what it was and I saw I was only a few feet away from the dragon. The dragon looked at me with round pupils and I stuck out my hand again. The dragon growled so I pulled my hand back. I then decided to look away from the dragon and give my complete trust to it. I stuck out my arm and I didn't hear a growling sound, but another cooing one. After holding my arm up for a few seconds, I felt something scaly press against it. I looked at the dragon and saw that my hand was resting on its snout and its eyes were closed. The dragon then backed away and opened its eyes. Just then two other dragons emerged from the ground bellow us and they sniffed me curiously. They were sand yellow dragons that looked almost like the nigh fury but there were a few key differences. These dragons had horns instead of ear flaps, they had bigger spines on their backs, they actually had two tailfins, and their wings had horns lining the forward edge. I wonder what species they are. The book of dragons never described dragons like these. I looked back to the night fury and saw one of the new dragons gave the night fury some fish. The night fury ate the fish and warbled to the dragon. "Do you know these dragons?" I asked it. It nodded and then gestured to the area behind me with its head. I turned around and saw a third of the mystery breed dragons standing there. This one was different though. Its scales were desert white, and had dune brown highlights. Its horns were pure black and it had purple eyes as opposed to the blue and yellow eyes of the other two. The dragon smiled at me and then I noticed it began transforming. I saw the wings and tail disappear into its body and it slowly became more human-like until it was a full human. It took a second to realize it, but that human looked familiar to me. He then spoke up and I knew exactly who I was.

"Hiccup my friend, you have just made history." The boy said. I reeled back in surprise and almost fell on the ground. Before I did though, the night fury caught me with its head and lifted me back on my feet.

"T-Tyler?" I asked him. He nodded and my mind was flooded with so many questions. "How'd? How do you? What?" I stammered. The other two mystery dragons made a few dragon noises at Tyler and he laughed. He then replied to the dragons and one of them huffed. The other one let out a chuckle and the night fury joined in. Tyler then walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder.

"I can tell you have questions, but before I answer them I would like you to meet some family." Tyler said. He then pointed to the dragon with blue eyes. "Hiccup I would like you to meet my sister Jade." The dragon, Jade, made a cooing noise and I smiled nervously. He then gestured to the dragon with yellow eyes. "And this is my brother Jet." The yellow eyed dragon smiled at me and then eyed Jade intensely. Jet then pounced on Jade and they began fighting. I was about to try and stop them, but then I realized that they weren't actually hurting each other. As they were rolling away on the ground Tyler and I sat down. The night fury lied down next to me and then Tyler talked to it for a little bit. The night fury responded and then Tyler looked at me again. "He wants you to name him."

"Wait why me?" I asked.

"Because Hiccup, he feels that his old name would hold to much connection with his past actions against your village. It is symbolic saying that he wants to leave his old life behind and start anew." Tyler responded. I looked to the night fury and then began thinking of a name. I tried suggesting a few Viking names like Bouldercrack or Spinesplitter, but the dragon didn't seem to like them. After exhausting my supply of Viking names, I began trying to think of names that would befit a dragon. Again my ideas were rejected, so I then began to think about the dragon's personality. As I was thinking, my mind went to the scene where I gave the dragon the fish and he appeared toothless to me. An idea then formed in my head.

"Toothless?" I finally said. The night fury seemed to ponder his name for a minute and then nodded in agreement.

"Ok then. Toothless it is." Tyler stated. We sat in silence for a little bit before Jet and Jade came back. They said something to their brother and then took off into the sky.

"What was that about?" I asked him.

"They were just saying their going hunting." Tyler replied.

"So, uh, Tyler…how long have you been…you know…" I started trying not to get on his bad side.

"How long have I been living with dragons?" Tyler finished looking at me. I nodded and he turned back to the pond. "Well it was ever since I was a baby. My mother found me adrift on a raft in the middle of a storm. At that time I was no older than an infant. She then grabbed me and took me back to her cave. After a little talk, dad and mom decided to raise me like their own son. A few months rolled by and Jet and Jade hatched from their shells. We've been inseparable ever since. For the first 10 years of my life none of my family including myself knew that I could become a dragon. Then one day I just had a sudden urge to act like a dragon. I would have fell to my death if my mom didn't catch me and pull me up. Once I was back on solid ground, I felt intense pain in my body and I transformed. That was 5 years ago."

"So you're only 15 years old?" I asked him. He nodded. "So, what dragon species do you turn into when you transform into when you do want to be a dragon?"

"It's called a sand wraith, a cousin species of the night fury." Tyler said. "Although most species call us earth demons."

"I guess I can see where there coming from with that name." I stated sarcastically. Toothless chuckled a little bit and Tyler punched my shoulder lightly. We spent the day talking and telling jokes and stories amongst ourselves. Tyler acted as a translator for me as the Toothless and the sand wraiths told their stories. Jet and Jade always told about their life growing up with Tyler, while Toothless told ones of his early life. As we told our stories, I noticed Toothless and I became closer in sync with each other to where I could infer what he was saying based on his facial expressions. Sure I couldn't guess long sentences, but whenever I asked him simple questions I didn't need Tyler to translate. I found out Toothless was the same age as Tyler and myself. As the day winded down, Tyler and I said our goodbyes to Toothless, Jet, and Jade and we made our way out of the cove.

"So what do you think?" Tyler asked me as we walked back to the village.

"Think about what?" I responded.

"What do you think about knowing the truth?" Tyler questioned.

"I just don't have any words. Before 4 days ago, I was taught all my life that dragons were just hell spawns that needed to be exterminated, but now I see them like I see another human being." I replied.

"That's what the truth will do to you." Tyler said.

"Hey, uh, Tyler can I ask a favor of you?" I asked him.

"What you need me to do Hiccup?" He questioned.

"Could you, um, teach me dragon language?" I asked Tyler semi-cringing.

"Sure I don't see why not. After all you did teach me Norse so it's the least I can do. And plus knowing how good you are with forging and such I have no doubt you'd pick it up easily." Tyler replied. I smiled at that reply and we continued on to the village. After a few more minutes we walked out of the forest and noticed it was dark out. We went to the Mead Hall, looking for Gobber and the others, but there were nowhere to be found. We took our food outside and noticed that there was a small fire lit on one of the watch towers overlooking the village. Tyler and I decided to try our luck there. As we were climbing up I heard some familiar voices talking, I guess we're in the right spot.

"I see you two have decided to join us. I was about to tell how I earned my peg leg and hook." Gobber said as we sat down.

"Sorry if we were late. Hiccup and I just had some…business to take care of." Tyler said.

"Oh, and what kind of business would that be?" Snotlout asked.

"The kind of business that stays between friends, but you wouldn't know what that means since you don't have any Snotlout." Tyler shot at him. The other teens stopped eating for a second and glared at Tyler and Snotlout.

"You'd better watch yourself. After all, we wouldn't want an…accident to befall you." Snotlout retorted. Tyler then stood up.

"Like you would be able to do anything, if I recall correctly, the last time we had a standoff you ended up with a sprained wrist and a broken nose. So shut your god damn mouth before I shut it for you again." Tyler sternly said. After he finished his remark, Tyler sat down and ate more of his food. Snotlout looked dumbfounded and didn't say anything more. We sat in silence for a little bit before Gobber started telling his story about how he lost his arm and leg.

"…and with one twist he took my hand and swallowed it whole. And I saw the look on his face. I was delicious. He must have passed the word because it wasn't a month before another one of them took my leg." Gobber finished. A few of the kids marveled at Gobbers story and Tyler sighed.

"Isn't it weird to thing that your hand was inside of a dragon? Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed the dragon from the inside by crushing his heart or something." Fishlegs said.

"That dragon probably spit his hand out shortly after he took it." Tyler whispered to me. "Same goes with the leg."

"I swear I'm so angry right now. I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face." Snotlout said. Gobber then mumbled while taking a bite of his chicken and then spoke up.

"It's the wings and the tails you really want, if it can't fly, it can't get away. A downed dragon is a dead dragon." Gobber said. I then had an idea come to my mind. I leaned my skewered fish by the fire pit and walked back to the village. Tyler followed and I walked into the forge.

"It won't be as simple as you think Hiccup." He said as I put on my robe.

"I know, but I have to try." I replied.

"Then what do you need me to do? I want Toothless back in the skies just like you do." Tyler then said to me while grabbing a spare apron lying about. I smiled and we started on our work. I made a design for the project and I then told Tyler what to get me. As he was pulling a few nails from some shields, I set about making the frame rods. After Tyler was done I took the nails and heated them. The work was long and stressful, especially since Tyler didn't know what most of the stuff in the forge was, but we finally finished. I held open the fin in the light and admired it for a bit. "You've done it Hiccup. I bet he'll be really happy when he sees this." I nodded to Tyler and folded up the tail. I made sure it stayed closed for the time being and then Tyler and I walked back to the house. I took the fin up to my room and set it under my bed. I climbed in and swiftly fell asleep. I hope Toothless likes his surprise.