Laying beside Eclipse, Toothless caught his breath after their game, his eyes admiring the beauty of the island. Thoughts were in his head, thoughts of whether any of his family had ever seen this land, thoughts of whether he was even born here or further away, for before the time of the Queen's control he remembered nothing, not even any remote recollections of how his parent's even looked. "Something on your mind?"
Snapped from his thoughts by her voice, he responded. "I was just wondering if I was the first one in my family to set foot on this island. It's beautiful." He continued to admire the natural beauty and magnificence of the island. Their vantage had gifted Toothless with a wide view of their breeds Sacred Land, a land that not even great Bewliderbeasts, Red Deaths, or Screaming Deaths were allowed to damage and defile restrained by instincts. The island was much bigger than he first anticipated too, full of forests, mountains, lakes and waterfalls scattered across the vast expanse. "I've never seen an island like this. Where exactly on Midgard are we?"
Eclipse remained quiet for some time, her expression showcasing the thought she was putting into desinging a response to her friends query. "We are far to the edge of the Realm." Her crytpic tone was enough for Toothless to know there was information she was restraining herself from sharing. "Wait here for me please?" Toothless nodded, his eyes on her as she rose from her idle position and took to the skies in search of someone. Cracking branches behind him alerted the now lonely male; darting to his feet with a warning snarl, he burned through the brush with his keen eyes, not seeing the creature responsible for alerting him.
"Hello?"
"Get. Off. Our. Home." The voice was noticably female, but full of emotions conflicting and overlapping, so difficulty to accurately read. "You shouldn't be here.. You don't belong" She snarled, her physical form still submerged from his visibility. Had this female mistaken him? He had not heard her voice before, but she seemed quite hostile for someone he hadn't wronged. Or was she simply like this because he was a stranger, one whom maybe had ventured unknowingly too close to her cave or even a possible nest.
"Miss, I mean you no harm. Step from the shadows and converse." He broke his offensive/defensive posture to a more relaxed one, hoping to coax the Nightfury from the shadows so he could see her when he spoke with her.
"Do you think I'm a fool? I know what you will do once I leave the saftey of the shadows. You will not lure me into danger, foul-birth." Foul-birth? That was a new insult, if it could be called that; yet Toothless was wise not to mock her choice of words in this situation. The last thing he wanted was a fight, especially with no witnesses to back him up with the truth, the judgement would be cast swiftly against him.
"I want no conflict, but I will act in self-defence, and self-defence alone. I do not want to provoke you. Please, show yourself." Trying to be more respectful was getting him nowhere, and he couldn't make use of his Alpha status. The other Alpha would sense him and deem him a threat or challenge. The female remained silent for some time; breaking it a few moments later with an audible growl in an attempt to intimidate her opponent. Was he trying to lure him into attacking her? Whatever her plan was, Toothless could not retalilate unless she struck first.
Time inched by, the threat dissipating after her warning growl, prowling back in the deeper shadows; behind she left a tensed up Toothless, anticipating a sudden attack but instead got nothing other than Eclipse returning to notice his slightly hostile posture. "Toothless? You ok?"
Granted freedom for his thoughts and worries, he relaxed and turned to face the female, jumping slightly at how close she landed. "Yeah, I just heard something in the shadows."
"Like what?" She scanned the brush with Toothless, wondering and concerned about a threat to their survival.
"I don't know, she just sounded really angry." The inhabitant of the island seemed to relax slightly.
"She?" Toothless nodded, breaking his gaze to look at Eclipse. "It must've been Harpy."
"Harpy?"
"Yeah.. She's... Really hostile to anyone she doesn't know. Lea knows her better than me.. All I know is she's hostile because something bad happened to her, and she hasn't gotten over it... I don't know what.." Pity was noticeably on her voice as she recollected her thoughts and limited knowledge of Harpy, granting Toothless limited insight into his immediate future. He had friends here, and now there was someone called Harpy he'd have to be concerned with. What if she did get hostile? "Anyway, I spoke to the Alpha if your wondering."
"Oh?" Toothless raised a brow in wonder. "What about?" She smiled and gestured for the male to follow her.
"I'll show you." She whispered, voice heavily coated with infectious excitement that quickly took effect on Toothless. Wings spread, they duo pounced into the sky, Toothless following Eclipse's lead as they travelled the sky to the source of Eclipse's excitement, though the entire way there, Toothless' thoughts were constantly occupied with both Berk, and Eclipse.. He had grown to become good friends with her, and he could not deny there were some types of feelings for her he didn't understand. She was a beautiful dragoness, friendly, caring and considerate. Traits he valued most in both friends and a possible mate.
He quickly shook those thoughts away. There was no way in all the Realms for that. No way at all. Those feelings were not of love for a mate, or future one, but for possibly a close friend or even sibling like Hiccup or Stormfly. Catching pace with Eclipse, to friends flew in comfortable silence the rest of the flight, the excitement not fading away from Eclipse. Once emerald eyes landed on the land ahead however, Toothless was filled with awe and shock. A ringed land of trees and forests, separated by two large gaps midway through the ring on two sides, and a centre of water, but what surprised him were the four mountains on what he assumed would be the corners. Mountains as tall, if not taller, than the volcano of the old nest, or the mountain of Berk, and built up entirely out of shimmering crystal and quartz, the suns light dancing across the surface.
The strange terrian had a raw beauty unmatched by any other land, Toothless could not deny that. "Wow" She simply turned back and smiled at him.
"Beautiful, ain't it?"
Toothless nodded, eyes admiring the natural raw beauty, but subconsciously he was also admiring Eclipse. He had ever seen a dragon of her age be so excited to see a place once again. "This isn't the best bit.. Just wait till you see this." She dived towards the inner edge of the ring; Toothless surprised by her actions, took a few seconds before registering it and following her to the ground, finding her standing on a outcrop of more cystal and quartz.
Silence ensued, leaving Toothless confused, before a loud rumbling seemingly shook the entire island. What was she awaking? A giant Bewilderbeast? A great ForeverWing? As he watched the water, he noticed a massive shape moving beneath it, bigger than any dragon he knew of, bigger than any creature he knew of. He watched, eyes glued to the creature as it rose, creating a massive waterfall once it broke the surface, and, when visible to the dragons, Toothless could only stare in silence and complete shock at the creature before them. Taking a step back out of instinctual fear at such a size, he turned to Eclipse to see her bowing before the giant serpent, and he instantly bowed before it too.
The echoing rumble of its voice could probably be heard for miles, and it spoke in an Ancient tounge Toothless could barely understand, or even process what he did understand due to still being in complete surprise. Eclipse faced him, the biggest smile possibly plastered on her face as Toothless stared awestruck. Right there before him, the greatest creature ever. The Great World Serpent, Jörmumgandr.
