Hey guys, sorry for not publishing in like 2 weeks. I was busy with work and such. But I plan to update more frequently. Anyways, enjoy!
The Night Furies trotted to the village slowly but surely. It was quiet as they entered the village. However that soon changed when the dragons and vikings who were already up and early saw the sight of not one, but two Night Furies.
They gasped and murmured amongst themselves as they sauntered to a nearby fish tray. Raeya gulped nervously, already feeling more alienated than she already was. Luckily, her initial appearance was so great that it masked the fact that she had different colored eyes, making Raeya feel more at ease than when other people met her.
"It's okay. Don't worry about them. As long as you are with me nothing will happen to you", Toothless reassured.
Raeya turned to him and nodded.
"Well, why did we come here?", Raeya asked.
"Usually my friends eat first before they meet up with me or the rest of the riders", Toothless replied.
"So there are other dragons who let humans ride them?", Raeya gasped. This could seriously jeopardize her plan.
"Like I said Raeya, once you bond with a human it will change your life", Toothless grinned.
At that moment, the rest of the dragons came up toward the fish tray.
Meatlug, Stormfly, Hookfang, and Barf & Belch were walking and chatting like they usually do every morning. However that soon halted when Meatlug spotted Toothless with another dragon-a Night Fury!
"Guys, look!", Meatlug exclaimed, catching the attention of her fellow dragons. The others were confused until they gazed in the direction of the fish tray. Their eyes widened at seeing the new Night Fury.
Raeya grew tensed as they ran towards her and Toothless a little too quickly. They halted when they were in a circle with them; all eyes were on the Night Furies
It seemed like they wanted to ask who she was but as she expected, they were all captivated by her eyes.
Stormfly broke out of her gaze first and offered a smile. "Hello, my name is Stormfly. And as you can see, I am obviously a Deadly Nadder".
"Oh. Well, hello Stormfly", Raeya stammered, trying to focus between her and the other 3 dragons who were staring at her. Quite frankly, she wasn't accustomed to the attention.
Stormfly caught on and quickly shoved Hookfang who in turn shoved the others, breaking them out of their stupor.
"Come one guys, quit staring. I'm sure it's uncomfortable enough being in a strange place without having a bunch of dragons gawking at her", Stormfly chided.
"Well I can't help it if her eyes are so fascinating!", Hookfang retorted, "Hi, my name is Hookfang."
"My name is Meatlug and the Zippleback next to me is Barf and Belch", Meatlug introduced.
They all smiled warmly towards the new arrival.
"Oh, well nice to you all. My name is Raeya", Raeya smiled back.
"Raeya, what an interesting name. Almost as interesting as your eyes. I have to say, we have never met a dragon like you before", Hookfang commented, while the others nodded in agreement.
"Looks like you aren't the only one to tell me that", Raeya said, turning towards Toothless. The male Night Fury shrugged, not understand what Raeya was trying to hint at.
"Since Toothless looks like he willing to share why you are here, would you mind telling the rest of us. We are all curious as to why you are here", Stormfly voiced, with the rest nodding.
"I would've introduced you all to her but you guys seemed more interested in her eyes than her herself", Toothless retorted, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Can we do this somewhere else? I don't want the whole village staring at me when the rest wake up", Raeya asked timidly.
"How about we go to the training ring. Hardly anyone goes there besides our riders", Toothless suggested.
With no other place in mind, the group traveled through the village until they came to the opened gate of the training ring.
Once they settled in a ring, Raeya began retelling why she was there on that island. They were all fascinated with her story and asked questions periodically.
Raeya blushed, unused to the attention and compliments she was getting. No other dragon wanted to be near her, yet these dragons were fine with her eyes. She was treated differently, but in a good way. Instead of getting a lack of attention from others, she was the center of attention. And she liked it.
Her contentment was interrupted when all of the dragons looked up in one direction.
"It seems like our riders need us", Barf realized.
"What could they all want at this time of day? We usually don't get called until midday", Belch added.
"Guys, it is midday", Toothless replied, gesturing toward the sky.
All the dragons' eyes bulged out as they looked upwards and were baffled when they realized they had been talking for hours.
"Well I guess we better go then", Meatlug said.
They all then trotted back to the village and found their riders near the chief's riders all stopped their chit-chat when the dragons came up the hill.
"Woah, is that another Night Fury?!", Fishlegs exclaimed, barely containing his excitement.
"Oh Thor it is another Night Fury!", Astrid gasped.
"That's awesome!", Tuffnut shouted.
"Let's ride it!", his twin offered.
Pretty soon Fishlegs, the twins, and Snotlout all ran towards Raeya. The Night Fury got in a defensive stance and snarled. Thinking they were gonna attack her, she fired a plasma blast at their feet, sending them ducking for cover.
"I think it's safe to say it doesn't want to be ridden", Hiccup commented, approaching Raeya.
Raeya took notice of the scrawny human slowly approaching her. She resumed her defensive posture and growled lowly.
"Woah, it's eyes", Hiccup commented to no one in particular.
"It is okay Raeya, this is Hiccup", Toothless said.
Raeya looked back at Toothless before she gazed back at the human who was now closer, splaying his hands to show he had no weapons on him.
"Hi there, I'm not going to hurt you", Hiccup smiled, stretching out his hand.
Raeya backed up a little, not sure of what he was going to do.
"Don't worry, you can trust me", Hiccup smiled again.
Raeya looked into Hiccup's eyes and saw no malice behind them. With no other suspicions left, she moved forward until her nose made contact with his open palm.
"There we go. That's a good boy", Hiccup grinned.
A snort from Raeya and and a growl from Toothless made Hiccup realize his mistake.
"Oh, oh! My bad. You're a girl. My fault for not noticing. But I guess that would explain your pretty eyes."
Raeya blushed, still unaccustomed to having her eyes complimented.
"Well Toothless, who's your friend here?", Hiccup asked, looking towards his best friend.
"Her name is Raeya", Toothless said. However, all that Hiccup could hear was warbles and grunts.
"Sometimes I wish I could speak Dragonese", Hiccup sighed.
"Well it looks like you'll kinda get your wish", Astrid said as she patted Hiccup and gestured toward the sky. The chief looked up and was greeted to the sight of the Draconians flying toward them.
"Well, I wonder what brings them here", Hiccup said thoughtfully.
The Draconians soon touched down and Chris and Serenity dismounted. Their daughter, Edelweiss, was big enough to ride a dragon, so after numerous practices they felt confident to let her ride by herself atop of Black Widow. She also dismounted.
"Well this is sight to behold", Re asserted, looking at Raeya.
The dragons of Berk immediately bowed down and spread their wings. Raeya shortly followed suit. The Draconians were all wearing their armor and their crowns, minus Windwalker, who was not wearing her crown.
"Good morning my king, it's nice to see you and your family here", Toothless said.
"Good morning Re. What brings you here?", Hiccup asked.
"Before we get to that, I believe introductions are required, seeing as how there is a guest among us", Re declared. Raeya looked up in the direction of the Draconians, obviously knowing that Re was speaking about her.
"My name is Re, and I am the King of Draconia", Re announced.
"My name is Aurora, I am his mate and Queen of Draconia", Aurora said in her mother-like tone.
Next, Windwalker and Tenor walked up.
"Hello, my name is Tenor and I'm Prime Minister of Draconia", Tenor asserted.
"And I'm Windwalker. I'm Captain of the Guard of Draconia", Windwalker stated.
"Well, it's nice to finally meet the king and queen of Draconia. It seems like the homeland does exist after all", Raeya said.
"Ah, that's our fault. We haven't really been making it known that Draconia does exist", Re said sheepishly.
"Well, to be fair it had been rather hard to come up with a solution to that problem", Tenor commented.
"Um, if you don't mind me asking, 'what are you?'. Are you a...Night Fury?", Raeya asked.
"Close, I'm half-Night Fury and half-Blackfang", Tenor grinned.
"Well it's good to know I'm not the only Night Fury who's different", Raeya smiled.
"There's nothing wrong with being different", Tenor replied.
"I'm starting to realize that now", Raeya grinned, looking back at Toothless before addressing Tenor again.
"So I get what the King and Queen are, but what exactly do you do?"
"Well, any problem that Draconia has goes through me first. If it's something trivial, I deal with it. If it isn't, then I work with the King and Queen to solve it. Basically, I work with other dragons to ensure Draconia remains prosperous", Tenor explained.
"Okay, what about you?", Raeya asked, looking at Windwalker.
"Being the Captain of the Guard, I deal with security and safety. I command all the dragons when we are battle, including those 3. I also command all the dragons in the guard to ensure nothing bad happens and that our borders aren't breached. But either than that, my main priority is to ensure those 3 are safe, even though they don't need my protection", Windwalker stated.
"Wow. How did a Night Fury like you end up in that position?"
"Well, that is a long story, but all I can say is that I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my best friend", Windwalker answered, gesturing to Chris. Raeya was puzzled at the sight before her.
Chris was currently playing with the children alongside his wife. He and the children were so focused on their playing that they paid no heed to them. Serenity was the first to notice and soon stopped Chris. He got up and walked toward them, ripping the 3 hatchlings off of him as approached.
"Who is this?", Raeya asked, utterly confused.
"My name is Chris", the man spoke.
Raeya backed up a little. Had that human just spoke in their tongue?
"Did you just-?"
"Yes, I can speak Dragonese", Chris answered the unfinished question.
"How?!"
"Thanks to those two. They're my parents", Chris replied, gesturing to Re and Aurora.
Raeya's mouth hung agape.
"Did you somehow get turned into a human by a witch?", Raeya wondered.
Chris and the rest of the Draconians chuckled at that.
"No, but I do like your imagination. Their my adoptive parents. They rescued me from a burnt down village and raised me as their own", Chris said cooly.
"Okay, but that doesn't explain how Windwalker became Captain of the Guard, let alone how you even met", Raeya pressed.
"That is a long story, but basically I saved her life", Chris responded.
"No, I saved your life", Windwalker negated.
"Uuhh, are we going to have this discussion again?", Chris groaned.
"What?"
"It's complicated", Chris and Windwalker said at the same time.
"So who's this honey?", Serenity asked in her honey sweet voice. The hatchlings and Edelweiss all trailed behind her.
"This is... I don't know who she is. What's your name?", Chris asked Raeya.
"It's Raeya"
"Raeya. What a beautiful name. Just as beautiful as your eyes", Serenity smiled.
"Thank you. You are kind", Raeya smiled back.
"Thanks. My name is Serenity. This little flower is Edelweiss, our daughter. That is Black Widow-Windwalker and Tenor's child- and this is Apollo and Avalon-the King and Queen's hatchlings", Serenity smiled while pointing to each of the children.
"Oh, well, hello little ones, and Serenity. What do you and Chris do?"
"Chris and I protect dragons. He fights for them while I heal them. He is a dragon knight while I'm a dragon healer", Serenity explained while Chris wrapped an arm around her.
"You both protect dragons?"
"That's all we've ever known. I met Serenity ever since she was brought to the castle when we were little. She too was raised by dragons after her birth family threw her out", Chris explained, squeezing his wife gently.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. How did that happen?", Raeya asked.
Chris was about to speak but was interrupted by Re.
"I hate to interrupt but we have a task to do", Re said.
"And what would that be?", Hiccup asked.
"Windwalker's crown has been misplaced. It's not anywhere on Dragon Island. We think it might be somewhere on this island since this is the only other place it would be", Aurora explained.
Raeya tensed. She hadn't counted on that. She was panicking on the inside while on the outside she was calm and collective.
"Well, the more dragons in the air, the better our chances of finding it", Chris added.
"What do you say? Do you want to help us find it?", Re asked Raeya.
She paused for a bit while adjusting her plan. All she had to do was lead them away from the cove and nothing would go wrong.
"Okay. Sure", Raeya nodded.
With that said, she and the others took off in search for the missing crown.