Night Fury

Jaiden's POV

It took me another week to recover from the shock of completely losing Mina. In that time, I had not at all seen Toothless.

He had gone missing and now it was staring to worry me. Toothless couldn't fly on his own.

I wanted to look for him, but I was busy with my new responsibilities and once the end of the day came, I was too exhausted not to collapse into bed.

I couldn't stop thinking about him. I missed my best friend.

Leaf, Ash, May, Gary and Harley promised to keep a look out for him, but I doubted Toothless would let them find him if he really wanted to hide.

My dad had said there was something else they'd gotten from the island. They called it miracle water. It was pure and clear and had the abilities to rapidly heal injuries. They said it could heal anything but death.

We had a limited amount of it, so dad had told me that they were saving it for emergencies.

However, one day, I found that May was holding two small vials of it.

They were fighting over it and I came closer to listen to what they were saying.

"Allen gave it to me, I get to hold them," May said.

"But he said one for each warrior," Ash complained, "I should hold my own."

Ash lunged at May and she growled, still holding onto it.

They wrestled and wrestled, one of the vials between them.

"Stop!" I yelled, "It will break!"

However, it was too late.

The vial shattered and splashed on a nearby Nadder. This Nadder was one of the blueish green ones, but it had a few pink scales scattered through its other scales.

Both Ash and May stopped and I blinked as the Nadder started screeching and writhing around.

It glowed a bright white, and its screeches started to sound more human. It was quite eerie. I closed my eyes, unable to see with the bright light there.

When the screaming and screeching died down, I finally opened my eyes and my eyes widened in surprise.

There, in front of us was no longer a Nadder.

It was a very dirty, but very much alive warrior… Solidad.

She collapsed to the ground and I covered my eyes realising she had no clothes on.

"What?" Ash asked.

"Solidad?" May asked, "Hang on, I'll get you a covering! ASH! Cover your eyes for goodness sake!"

"How on earth?" I asked.

How was Solidad here? I'd seen her stuff. She should be gone.

"W-What?" Solidad's voice was scratchy, but it was her.

I heard footsteps again.

"Ok, she's covered," May said.

I opened my eyes and saw Solidad was wrapped in a blanket.

"How?" I asked.

Solidad's eyes widened and she looked around quickly.

"Drew!" She exclaimed, "Dawn! Where's Mina? Where's Misty?"

"Hey, calm down," I said, "What happened?"

"The Red Death," Solidad said.

Red Death? Was that the big dragon that Toothless and I had defeated?

"On the island!" Solidad exclaimed, "In their nest. It turned us into dragons."

She looked down at herself and blinked. "I'm human again… I'm a human again."

By now, many others were starting to crowd around. Harley rushed to Solidad and the two shared a tearful reunion.

But I was caught on Solidad's words. They'd turned into dragons.

I grabbed her shoulders. "Where's Mina?"

Solidad held her head. "Oh, its awful. Red Death turned us into dragons and then he controlled us." She looked around. "How did you turn me back?"

"It must've been the miracle water," May said, "They said it can heal anything."

"Do you know where the others are?" Ash asked eagerly, "Where's Misty? We'll test the miracle water."

"Let me think," Solidad said, "Everything's a bit foggy. I think i could find the others. If Red Death hadn't eaten them. We got separated."

I felt a sinking feeling again.

"It got Drew first. Drew… Drew was…" Solidad frowned in concentration. "Drew turned into a Zippleback right in front of me and then attacked me. Red Death controlled him."

I hoped that no one had slayed the dragons that were actually our warriors.

Solidad looked around. "Wow, there are lots of Zipplebacks here."

May ran to get the Zippleback that had taken a liking to her. "I'll go round them up."

The Zippleback however, walked to Solidad and nudged her.

"No need," Solidad said, rubbing the Zippleback on one of its heads. "He's found us."

"This is Drew?" May asked, looking at the dragon in front of her.

Solidad nodded and I could see how sorrowful the dragon looked.

"I'll get more miracle water and we'll test it," I said, "Ash, get some more coverings for when they change back. May, stay with Solidad. Solidad… Just try to remember. And Harley?" I trailed off a little. "Just do what you want."

I ran off to get some more miracle water.

I was hopeful. There was a chance that Mina was still alive. it seemed slim, knowing how many dragons had died, but it was still enough of a chance.


By the time, I had explained to my father what was happening and gotten enough of the miracle water to hopefully cure all the other warriors, Solidad had been taken inside and dressed.

There was something different about her, and it didn't take long to find out.

There was a slit in the back of her shirt and two wings were poking through. They looked like her dragon wings, but they were more size proportionate to her body.

Now she was outside and clean and there were three dragons around her. One was a Monstrous Nightmare, one was a Zippleback (whom I knew was actually Drew) and the other was a Terrible Terror.

Solidad was gently rubbing the Zippleback's head affectionately and speaking softly.

It seemed many had gathered, including Leaf, Gary, May, Ash, Harley (still clinging slightly to Solidad), Paul and Reggie.

"Who have you found?" I asked.

"They found me," Solidad said, "This is Drew as you know." She pointed to the Nightmare. "That's Misty." She pointed to the Terror. "That's Dawn."

I watched Ash brighten. And Paul flinched a little and stared down at the tiny dragon.

The Terror looked back at him and jumped up on his head.

I laughed slightly, but choked.

She hadn't said anything about Mina.

"Let's turn them back," I said.

After splashing each of the dragons with some miracle water, each screeched as Solidad had done.

After the white light had died down, Drew, Dawn and Misty lay on the ground and Ash covered their bodies with blankets.

Each of the missing warriors held their heads as if in agony.

"I never thought I'd be a human again," Drew muttered, "I thought I was going to be a training dragon forever."

So THAT was why the Zippleback hadn't seemed as vicious. That was why it had looked curiously at May.

Dawn shivered and pulled the blanket tighter. "At least you didn't get almost eaten by Red Death."

Misty puffed her cheeks. "Yeah, well, I had a table thrown at my head." She looked accusingly at my dad.

Misty was tackled over by Ash, who looked so happy he could've burst.

"Misty!" He exclaimed, "I missed you so much."

Misty blinked and slowly went red. "Ash!"

Without the prop of her hammer, she simply used her hand to cuff Ash over the head and pull the blanket tighter.

"Troublesome woman," Paul muttered, bending down to help Dawn up.

"Aw, don't be so harsh on her," Reggie said, punching Paul's shoulder and crushing Dawn in a hug, "I'm glad that she's back."

Dawn went slightly pink. "Reggie. Paul. I missed you."

"We missed you too, Squirt," Reggie said affectionately, "Even if Paul won't admit it."

Paul shrugged and turned away.

Dawn looked sad for a moment, but then brightened when Paul sent her a small smile.

"Drew!" May exclaimed.

Drew smirked. "Hey May, miss me much?"

May puffed her cheeks and stomped her feet, red in the face. "I did not! Stupid Grasshead. You can stay a dragon. At least you were useful then."

"Harsh," Drew said, "At least I can still fly."

He dropped the blanket slightly to let his wings unfold. They were the same as a Zippleback's wings.

"Well, they match the rest of you, grassy," May retorted at seeing the green wings.

"Oh hun, just kiss and make up," Harley said, shoving May and Drew together.

May and Drew went red and jumped apart and Solidad laughed.

I watched them all, happily reuniting and felt like I was missing out on something.

Each of the warriors who had been dragons, still had there wings poking out on their back.

I looked at Solidad, silently asking a question.

"Mina hasn't come," Solidad said, "I have not seen Mina since she ran away. She managed to escape the nest. Red Death made her into a dragon I'd never seen before. He had plans to use her to breed a new species, but she ran away."

"What dragon was she?" I asked, feeling dread.

Surely no one had already killed her.

Solidad's eyes closed as she thought.

"Mina was smaller than many dragons," Dawn said, "But she wasn't the smallest. She was still much bigger than I was."

"She had very distinctive eyes," Misty said, "Vibrant green."

"I could hear her almost every time there was a raid on the village," Drew said, "She made a distinctive noise."

"She was sleek black," Solidad said, "And one of a kind. I told you that Red Death planned to breed a new species. She blended well with the night sky."

Night…Sky…

"Night Fury," Paul said, looking directly at me as his voice echoed my thoughts.


Me: Mwahahaha! That's my major twist in this story.

Jaiden: It's pretty lucky that Ash and May decided to argue then.

Me: That it is. It's also pretty lucky that Solidad was right there.

Well done to .show for picking up on that little hint I dropped. To be honest, that hint was an accident. I was meant to write 'Everything I did reminded him of Mina' but seems my subconscious kicked in and I wrote the wrong thing. Also, congrats to anyone else who picked up on that as well.

One more chapter after this.