Sorry this took so long. College is currently taking up majority of my time because first semester is about to end and I have a ton of papers and other requirements to pass. I was only able to get a break this weekend to work on some of my stories. Tomorrow, back to college studies for me…Yay…
NOTE: I DO NOT OWN HTTYD
Chapter 21: New Friends
Toothless joins me as Zenna takes me to the stables, where Zenna and Hiccup's friends are waiting for us along with their dragons. "Stryka, Toothless, meet the gang: Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs and the Twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Gang, meet Stryka and Toothless," Zenna introduces her friends with a slightly nervous smile on her face.
Fishlegs, the portly Viking with a helmet too small to entirely cover his light blond haired-head, immediately scurries over to Toothless and I and starts examining us closely. "Ooh, I can hardly believe it! Two Night Furies, the most elusive species of dragons out there! Look at their claws! And their scales…" he squeaks excitedly as he holds up my left front paw and carefully pets Toothless.
"He's certainly…curious…" I warble to Zenna who, even if she can't understand me, laughs upon seeing my slightly awkward facial expression. Toothless merely rolls his eyes as Fishlegs finishes making a quick sketch of us in his notebook. He then whistles and a Gronckle, the same Gronckle I had been with while incarcerated in the old killing arena when Zenna was taken from me, waddles over.
"Night Fury, it's so good to see you!" she rumbles, looking happy. "It's you! Thank Thor you're all right! I was worried about you and the rest of the dragons when you all joined in the fight!" I warble happily and smile my toothless smile. The Gronckle smiled at me as her Fishlegs says to Zenna, "This handsome fella here is my Meatlug!"
I glance at the Gronckle, confused. "He has yet to figure out that I am female…" the Gronckle sighed. Toothless begins to chuckle but I quickly swat his face with my wing. I then amble over to the twin Vikings, who both look excited to see me. "Whoa…Night Fury…unholy offspring of lightning and death itself…" the female twin breathes out. "And she's got a scar like Zenna's!" the male twin exclaims excitedly. I roll my eye at them and give them both a playful nudge. "Stryka, these are the Thorston Twins. Ruffnut's the girl and Tuffnut's the boy," Zenna points to them both so I could tell them apart.
I nod before turning to the Hideous Zippleback. "Pleasure to meet you, Night Fury," the gas head greets me before the spark head butts in with, "Hey, you told me I get to greet her earlier!"
"I changed my mind!" the gas head hisses before both heads start snapping their jaws at each other! I back away when the gas head spews his explosive gas and Toothless shields me with his wing when the spark head ignites it. "Barf!" Ruffnut scolds the gas head. "Belch!" Tuffnut tries to pull the spark head away from its twin. "Barf and Belch…" I muse, glancing at Toothless. "A fitting name for a troublemaking dragon," Toothless remarks while Zenna rolls her eyes and moves onto the short stack Viking with…
"YOU!" Toothless and I snarl once we see the same Monstrous Nightmare that had attacked Hiccup and Zenna in the arena all those weeks ago. If Zenna hadn't placated us, we would have torn him to shreds. "At ease, Night Furies. I've learned my lesson never to trifle with you two," the Monstrous Nightmare says calmly although I can detect a hint of fear in those yellow eyes of his. The short Viking with a pompous air momentarily loses a bit of his pomp when he sees Toothless and I glaring at him. "I don't think they like Hookfang that much…" he whispers to Zenna. Toothless and I give Hookfang sharp looks and he has the decency to look down at his claws. "Can you blame them, Snotlout? Your dragon could have killed me and Hiccup when we were in the arena," Zenna told him.
Then Astrid comes forward with her Deadly Nadder. Toothless and I don't need to be introduced to Astrid but we get acquainted with her Nadder, the same one I had helped during the battle with the Red Death. "Stormfly's the name. Nice to see you two again, Night Furies," the Deadly Nadder greets us. "Call me Toothless. Nice to meet you," Toothless warbles. I smile at Stormfly, happy to see that she's partnered up with someone as good as Astrid. "She's amazing, Zen. I wouldn't be surprised if Stormfly can give Toothless and Stryka a run for their money," Astrid tells my Rider with a coy smile. I look at Stormfly and she chuckles. "I like her. She's got competitive spirit. It seems to me we'll be seeing each other in a few races in the near future," she tells me. "Looking forward to that," I reply, knowing that not even the fastest Deadly Nadder can beat Toothless and I in a contest of speed.
The rest of the day, Toothless and I play (yes, dragons play) with the other dragons in the snow. Our Riders join in on the fun. They form these balls out of snow and, with great glee, start pelting one another with them. This snowball fight, as Zenna told Toothless and I the mechanics of the game, was fun to watch. We got to join in on the fun, too. And, let me say, we dragons easily win snowball fights because we can dump huge amounts of snow on our Riders heads!
By the time Zenna and I leave for home, I've gained new friends.
And not just friends of my own kind.
I've made human friends, too.
My other stories, "HTTYD: Frozen Fire", "I'll Let You Go If You Let Me Go", and "Ice Water" are still on hiatus but I plan on getting back to them once first semester in college ends.
Also, I've started experimenting with Harry Potter fanfiction and have posted a new story called "The Other Dursley". Feel free to check it out ;)
-GuardianDragon98