Ch.2: Shot Down & Found

It was early in the morning when Hiccup, Toothless and their new companion, Mari, woke up. They had a quick breakfast and Toothless launched into the sky and they flew right below the clouds.

"Well, guys, this is the first day of our new lives," said Hiccup.

"You got that right," said Toothless. "So which are we going anyway?"

"Let's continue south," said Hiccup.

"You know, if we continue that way, we'll be out of the archipelago," said Toothless.

"How do you know that," asked Hiccup as he continued hugging Mari.

"I've been out of it 2 or 3 times. There are a lot of cool places out there, even if dragons are almost never seen. The last time I was out of the archipelago the only dragon I saw was a Monstrous Nightmare, and I stayed for nearly 2 weeks," explained Toothless.

"Let's check out the places then. I just hope people don't kill dragons," said Hiccup.

"I've seen a lot of people and they didn't try to kill me. They just hid in fear," said Toothless.

"Toothless, everyone fears dragons," reminded Hiccup.

"Says the guy, who's riding the deadliest dragon of all," smirked Toothless.

"Okay, almost everybody," Hiccup corrected himself.

Toothless was about to say something, but just then an arrow flew past them.

"What the heck was that," asked Hiccup in paic, which caused Mari to start crying.

"Incoming," warned Toothless as a bola headed towards them.

The Night Fury tried to dodge it, but it was too late as the bola hit them, wrapping around Toothless' wings and tail, and throwing Hiccup and Mari off his saddle, and the trio started falling.

"TOOTHLESS," screamed Hiccup in horror as they neared the ground.

Toothless heard his rider's scream and managed to reach Hiccup and Mari, and the former Viking wrapped one arm around the dragon's neck.

Hiccup saw they were falling towards some tries and held onto Toothless tighter with his right arm, while still holding Mari with his left one.

Hiccup and Toothless closed their eyes, readying themselves for impact. They hit a couple of trees, but unfortunately, Hiccup hit his head on one tree, knocking him unconscious, which caused him to lose his grip on Toothless, and he and Mari fell down.

"NO," shrieked Toothless when he saw Hiccup's unconscious body and his daughter fall down helplessly. The Night Fury managed to stop his falling with his legs as he bounced of a tree and grabbed Hiccup by the tunic with his mouth just before hitting the ground.

A couple of minutes passed before Toothless slowly opened his eyes and looked for Hiccup and Mari. The dragon saw them not too far away from him and Toothless dragged his body towards them. The Night Fury sniffed his rider and relaxed when he heard a small groan coming from him, but Toothless didn't relax just yet as he looked at Mari and gasped when he saw a small cut on her left arm, and panicked even more when he noticed a much larger cut on Hiccup's forehead and saw blood leaking from behind his head. The Night Fury was about to start licking him when he heard the sounds of footsteps. Acting on instinct, he covered Hiccup and Mari with his wings, ready to protect them.

The footsteps neared them and Toothless was surprised to see a girl, who appeared to be around Hiccup's age. She had a very long blonde hair, and was wearing a pink dress. She wasn't wearing any shoes, but what caught Toothless' attention was the small green animal on her shoulder.

"Wow, so you must be that flying object the guards shot down," said Rapunzel in a soft voice, but Toothless kept his eyes narrowed. That was until a cry came from underneath the dragon's wings.

Toothless backed up a little and pressed his snout on Mari's chest, which appeared to calm her down.

Rapunzel looked at the dragon's movements and was surprised to see that the fire breathing reptile was acting so soft towards the baby. That was until she looked at the boy holding the baby and gasped when she saw that he was bleeding and walked towards him, but unfortunately, the Night Fury saw this and got in her way and growled.

"Good reptile, good reptile, please don't kill me," said Rapunzel, still softly, but with a little fear. "I just want to help this boy."

Toothless stopped growling, and looked at the girl curiously.

"You seem to care about him and the baby a lot. I can heal them, you have to believe me," said Rapunzel. "And we don't have much time. The guards are probably looking for you to kill you and your friends."

Toothless hesitated for a moment, but if this girl could help, he'll allow her near his rider and Mari, and moved back a little, but with slight difficulty as he was still wrapped in the bola's ropes.

"Thank you, but I should introduce myself. I'm Rapunzel, and I'm the Princess of Corona," said Rapunzel and she looked at ropes around the Night Fury. "It looks like you need help as well. Let me take care of these ropes."

By the tone of her voice, Toothless knew that she could be trusted, at least for now and let Rapunzel take care of the ropes around his body. When she was done, she leaned over Hiccup and Mari, and much to Toothless' confusion, she grabbed part of her hair and wrapped it around Mari's arm, and another part around Hiccup's head.

"Before I start healing them, I want to thank you for trusting me," said Rapunzel as she looked the Night Fury, before closing her eyes and started singing:

"Flower gleam and glow,

Let your power shine.

Make the clock reverse,

Bring back what once was mine.

Heal what has been hurt,

Change the fate's design.

Save what has been lost,

Bring back what once was mine.

What once was mine."

Toothless couldn't believe what he was witnessing. He blinked a few times to make sure he wasn't seeing things. The girl's haired just glowed while she sang.

Rapunzel opened her eyes and unwrapped her hair from Hiccup's head and Mari's arm, and Toothless just let his wings drop on the ground in shock when he saw that the cuts on Hiccup and Mari were gone.

"Your friend is still unconscious, but he'll recover after some sleep," said Rapunzel and Toothless nodded after getting over his shock.

There was a moment of silence, but it didn't last long as Rapunzel and Toothless heard voices coming from nearby.

"That thing must've fallen somewhere around here," said an adult voice, which Rapunzel immediately recognized.

"Oh no, that's my dad and the guards," she whispered loud enough for only Toothless to hear. "They're looking for you. You need to hide! No, wait. I'll take you to the castle."

The princess picked Hiccup up and laid him on the saddle on Toothless. She picked Mari up and wrapped an arm around the baby, and looked at Toothless.

"Follow me," said Rapunzel and she ran in the castle's direction, but she didn't get far before Toothless jumped in front of her and gestured at the saddle on his back. The princess knew what the dragon was trying to say and complied. She moved Hiccup's unconscious body a little bit forward and hopped on the saddle, and held on tight before Toothless started running like a panther through the forest towards the castle with Rapunzel directing him.

To be continued…

Hello, guys. I bet you didn't expect such a soon update. Well, here's the 2nd chapter. I hope you liked the way Toothless and Rapunzel met. I'm not sure when the chapter will come out, but it'll most likely be sometime in October. So, until next time, have a nice day.

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