As his eyes slowly forced themselves open, the first shape to greet his vision was the darker shadow of Eclipse's head, shadowed by the still dark night. Something had woken him up, but he couldn't remember what. There was nothing unusual about the area, no new scents, no new pawprints, nothing, but he just couldn't get comfortable. Reluctantly raising himself to his feet, he heard the displeased groan from Eclipse as he retracted his wing's to his side, denying her the extra warmth they provided.

He had his claws extended, teeth bared and waiting to be used. Toothless allowed a soft growl to escape his maw, Eclipse stirring at the sound but not waking up. His eyes scanned the surroundings carefully, his gaze piercing the tree-line but still nothing stood out to him. Something inside him was nagging at him, this constant feeling, message telling him to not go back to sleep; that something other than the Great Serpent was with them.

"If you're out there.. Get lost, or lose a wing." He growled, lowering himself into a battle-ready stance. Nothing happened, no sound, just silence, as if he was talking to himself. No.. No there was something out there, he knew it, this nagging suspicion coming from his Firesoul, as if someone was trying to speak to him through it.

Clearing his head, he focused in on the warning, making the subconcious message more understandable in tone, but not the words it said. It sounded female, so that ruled out a very angry Lea, but she was angry all the same. Perhaps it was Harpy.. "Who are you?" He growled, clearing his head more for the females voice to be clearer.

"Get. Out. Of. Here." She snarled.

"I don't mean any harm to anyone." He remained calm, a cool voice and relaxed temper to hopefully calm this other individual down. "Look, come to me and you'll see, I am friendly." He knew the risk of calling a possible hostile threat to him, but he hoped for the best outcome.

"You expect me.. To believe you?" Her voice was laced in disbelief.

"Yes." He stared out over the water as he replied in a powerful tone. "I. Am. Not. A. Threat."

"That's the exact same thing you said last time... I ain't falling for you again. I'm going to make it clear.. Come back with Eclipse, and I'll fucking kill you. I don't care about anything Lea, Autumn or the Alpha has said."

"What are you on about? I have never been to this land in my life, other than right now."

"Lies." He sighed in exasperation, dismissing her. He wasn't in the mood for this girl's games, or whatever she was doing. Being an Alpha came with it's downfall, most notably his much shorter temper and tolerance. "You are a fake, and I won't hesitate to deal with you."

The subconscious growl in his throat was on a now dangerous level. "Don't. Challenge. Me. Girl." The ferocity of an Alpha crawled into his tone, pupil's thinner than previously. The violent fires of his anger was faint in his emerald orbs, a warning to her if she could see him. If she challenged him, he would not back down.

It appeared as though their mental conversation had drawn it's conclusion, for the female had no retort. Except giving her name. "Oh, and it's not girl.. It's Harpy." Just as he thought, it was the girl Eclipse warned him about.

"You're going to be a recurring problem aren't you?" He sighed, less angry and now more annoyed than anything.

"As long as you're going to be a recurring problem for me, then yes." He kicked up some dirt idly, walking back over to Eclipse, he stretched his wing out over her but didn't fall back to sleep.

"Just calm down, Harpy. I promise, I don't mean harm to you lot."

"I'm warning you.. A single scratch on anyone in this goddamn Flock and you'll be grounded, speechless, and blind forever, and in so much pain you'll be begging for death."

"Jeez, over the top much?" He chuckled softly, finding her almost slightly amusing. She didn't even seem to believe in her own threat. "You're not even half as tough as you're pretending to sound, Harpy. Trust me. I know you don't have it in you." It was his turn to sound almost challenging now; maybe not the wisest move considering she had - apparently - gone through some really bad shit, but he had little time for these kinds of things.

"Don't.. tempt me to prove you wrong." The forced growl only furthered his point; sighing sadly at her, he simply pushed it aside and relented his anger and annoyance. If he didn't challenge her, he wouldn't have any problems with her.

"Whatever, look, Harpy. I ain't looking for a fight, so don't go starting one with me, because I promise you won't win, and I don't want to hurt you." She scoffed.

"Whatever.. Just keep the fuck away." Was all she had to say, then the feeling vanished with all the underlying anger towards her. He hadn't known her even a day and she was treating him he was the biggest villain this side of Midgard. Eclipse said she wasn't friendly to strangers, but she didn't need to straight up try to challenge him.

Snarling softly, he kicked up some more dirt, his claws scraping against the rock beneath for a split second, then he layed down beside her, feeling her shift against his side.

"T-Toothless?" She yawned, her eyes struggling open. "Y-you ok?"

He nodded, ofhfering her a smile. "Yes, everything's fine. Go back to sleep." She refused, looking him stern in the eyes.

"Really? Then why do you look like you've just had someone threaten to challenge you." How on earth does one look like that? "I've seen the Alpha be challenged enough to know the signs. What happened?" She yawned afterwards.

"It was just Harpy." He commented non-chalantly, not meeting her gaze.

"Hmm, I'm not surprised. Don't worry about her.. As long as you don't provoke her, she won't do anything.. To be honest, it's best just completely avoiding her like the rest of the flock does.. Personally I think Lea's stupid for constantly trying to talk to her.. She's dangerous." Feeling slightly bad, she expanded. "Look, don't get me wrong T.. I don't hate her, it's just better off if we all avoid her."

He appeared conflicted at that, but agreed none-the-less with Eclipse. She knew better than him, and besides, there were more things to deal with than a stubborn girl trying to cause problems. He had an over-protective brother to get in the good books with, questions for the Alpha, and the internal debate of how, or even.. If.. He should go back to Berk.

Time had been of a blur to him here, he couldn't be sure just how long he had been separated from Berk, weeks? Months? He couldn't be sure. The day's just seemed to meld together with the night's indecisively to him.

"Toothless?" Her voice snapped him back to the present, her gaze focused on him worriedly.

"Huh? Oh, yes?"

"You ok? You kinda spaced out for the a second there."

He smiled reassuringly, the shining emerald of his eyes reflecting in the clear moonlight beautifully, making the female's heart skip a beat. A blush tinged her cheeks, and she averted her gaze bashfully to the ground. She pawed at the ground, suddenly feeling very shy around the male, but that was most likely because of the predicament both him and her would be in explaining this to Lea.

One wrong word could spell disaster. Risking a shy glance at her friend, she noticed that he had drifted off back asleep, his wing wrapped around her protectively, intensifying her blush for some reason unknown to her. She wasn't blushing anyother time he did this, so why now?

She shook her head, but the act led to no avail in clearing her confused mind. Laying her head to rest on her foreleg's, she silently asked her Fire-Soul if it understood what she did not, but her internal, mental friend didn't seem to have an answer of her own. She simply looked at Toothless, subconsciously, unknowingly admiring the male's features - as well as how adorable he looked, and sounded with those purrs.

She'll dub this all down to the simple awkwardness of the explanation when she see's Lea tomorrow, though that wouldn't explain the whole 'heart skipping a beat' thing.. Or maybe it could? She didn't know..

"Hmm... I guess I can ask Autumn.. She knows alot more about.. Whatever this is." That is exactly what she would do. Go and speak to Autumn after dealing with Lea.