The male wasn't sure what to even think about the situation. Before him was one of the great Serpents, a child of the humans God Loki, and the tales he had heard about the snake from his human companions did the creature no justice. The mountains were dwarfed in comparison to the World Serpent, a single eye of the massive beast as big as his entire body, wingspan included. Such size exerted so much power.. Why did Midgard need the other creatures to protect it when they had him?

He had ceased bowing, instead choosing to look the serpent head-on. Normally a dragon wouldn't even dare look an Alpha in the eye when they bowed, but this was no Alpha, if anything, Toothless had no doubt at all that even the Bewilderbeasts and Red Deaths would bow before him. It was Jörmungandr... His gaze was fixated upon him, scrutinizing him as Toothless gave it his best to mask the slight fear he was feeling and continue to stare confidently back at the Serpent.

It's deep, guttural growl echoed over the land once again, a slight hint of what Toothless believed to be admiration in the bellowing rumbles. "Heh, I think he likes you." The female snapped him from a trance he didn't know he entered, and he turned to face her with a genuine thankful, and surprised, smile.

"You are probably the luckiest dragons on Midgard. What others would give to even see him.. You can come do it whenever you want." The sound of crashing waves began to form on the water as the Serpent retreated back under the surface. "Wait, how does he breath down there?." He asked that more to himself than the dragoness. Walking over to the edge of the land, he looked at the shape beneath the water, still slightly unbelieving of his sheer size. What Berk would give to see the Serpent.. How was Berk doing without him? He didn't doubt by now they had gave up searching.

"Something on your mind?" She stepped up beside him, concern plastered onto her face at the sight of Toothless' more downcast expression.

"N-no, I'm fine." He smiled reassuringly, hoping she would take the bait. She did, albeit reluctantly, but none-the-less, she didn't push it. "Have you ever wandered out from your island?"

"No." She replied rather quickly. "I mean, ever since the whole situation with Harpy, no-one's actually left the island. It's the only place anyone still feels even remotely safe."

"Do you know anything about what happened to her?"

She shook her head with a sigh. "No, I don't know how many dragons actually do. The alpha, Harpy, Lea knows some of it, I think.. I think it's only those who know what happened in full.. I just know she's never been the same. Heck, Harpy's not even her real name... She never uses it anymore, and she never wants anyone to use it... If you want to know more, you'll have to get to know Lea or Harpy.. Just, be careful around her.. She's young, she's fast, she's truly dangerous now."

Toothless nodded, laying down a little bit from the edge, with Eclipse following suit. Time had gone by unnoticed while the Serpent was awake, and now quicker than anticpated, the stars were already coming out. Toothless could easily handle the flight back to the island, but Eclipse didn't look all that energised. "You tired?"

She nodded, stilfed a yawn, then spoke. "Yeah, I haven't really had much rest the past few days. You know.. Me, you, Falcon, Autumn.. We've kinda been staying up real late the past few days. I think it's finally catching up." She rested her head on her forelegs, curling her wings around her form for extra heat. She didn't dare create a fire on this land, out of fear of what the Serpent could do if it got out of control. He'd completely crush her entire island in a few seconds flat.. Even a fully grown Screaming Death would take the best of a day.

"Maybe you should spend the night here then, get some sleep?" Instantly her expression changed from calm to one of fear as she stared at him.

"You won't leave me alone will you?" Her voice was almost a whimper.

He shifted closer, nuzzling against her head comfortingly as he moved his body closer beside hers. "I won't if you don't want me too." She nodded her head, curling up into a smaller ball against his side, enclosed protectively beneath his wing.

"I've never spent a night outside a cave, nevermind an island as far away from home as this, especially alone." He knew what it felt like. It was just like his very first night in the Cove on Berk, unfamiliar area, tired and exhausted, no help or protection.. Perfect prey.

"Don't worry, I won't let a thing happen to you. You have my word as an Alpha. Although.. How are we going to explain it to Lea?" The male shuddered at the thought of that confrontation. Lea was barely even warming up to him, as he saw it, and now he was spending the night with his sister away from their home? He'd be lucky if Lea didn't rage against him.

"Don't worry about him. All I'll have to do is mention the Serpent and he'll understand. Mostly. It might be a little awkward to explain the fact our scents might overlap." She nuzzled into the crook of his neck without thinking, finding the male a comfortable cushion and warm blanket against the coldest area of land she had ever visited during the night.

Toothless' scales had grown a faint tint of red as he blushed at her action, but he quickly shook it away in confusion over the strange effect she was having. He'd put it down to homesickness, these weird feelings he gets, but why was it only just starting now? Ignoring the confusing subconscious voices, he slowly shifted a small distance away from her, not wanting to wake her.

"I'll be back in a little bit. Don't worry, I'm not going to far, just going to get a few fish quickly." He slowly shifted his body away from her own, rising to his feet and silently stalking away into the small forest near their clearing. He needed to clear his head and relax his thoughts. Whatever these feelings were, they were familiar but all the same he never remembered ever feeling them at any point in his life.

He ensured not to venture too far, the close distance of the trees would prove impossible for him to get airborne, and he did make the promise to not leave her alone - he had made sure she was still in his line of sight and very easily reachable; at that moment he saw her shiver and curl up even more, and a feeling of guilt washed over him. He had left her in the cold while he retreated to the slightly warmer, but extremely uncomfortable tree line for the sake of some stupid nonsensical thoughts.

"Way to be a dick Toothless..." He snarled at himself, walking back over to the cold female and once again taking his place by her side for the extra warmth. Every passing year, Toothless had noticed the Winter's continuously grew ever-so-slightly colder, with even the peaks of the Summer season dipping in temperature from time to time. They were dragons however, so why were they feeling as affected as they were? Casting a quick glance around his surroundings, he happily found that no other dragon was near-by, meaning he could sleep more easily and not be on-edge, but he would be ready if something did happen. He had promised Eclipse, and he was not one to break a promise, or one to shy away from a fight to protect someone else.

"What is wrong with me?" He whimpered under his breath, not understanding why he didn't seem to understand his own feelings or thoughts. Why couldn't he just be a normal Nightfury? Why did he have to be a failure?