Sunflower let out a purr as she lied sprawled out in the sunlight, body stretched out slightly on its side and head resting on her paws while her tail curled around her body. Luckily it was another bright and sunny day and the cove happened to be in the direct hotspot of the sun, allowing it to always be bathed in its glorious rays of golden light. Her wings were spread out on either side of her body taking in the warmth that would help recharge her fiery spark that helped in sustaining her powers without fail.
Her love for the sun seemed to be something that had to do with her type, it was in her name after all.
Normally she would fly up and get as close as possible, but due to her wing's inability to withstand the force of holding her body up in the air without snapping and sending her spiraling to a possible worse injury or death, she settled for sunbathing on a large rock near the water. Though she did feel a little bit better, the pain seemed to have subsided just a little over the night and that pleased her greatly. Soon she would leave and go back home, back to her duties as a protector.
Letting out a small huff, she opened her eyes and raised her head. "Must you watch me, Toothless?"
A small growl sounded from above her which had her head snapping up towards the Night Fury who hung upside down in the tree like a bat. His green eyes flashing in annoyance as a smug look crossed the female's features. It had been a couple of days since the whole drawing fiasco and the name-giving; not knowing what Nightstriker's real name was the human hatchling had decided to name the Night Fury Toothless, which had Sunflower all giddy at having something else to annoy him with.
"Really? I have a name, a real name, can't you use that?" He huffed with a small growl. Sunflower just snorted and shook her head as she settled back down.
"Why should I? You have no authority over me, and besides, it fits you perfectly. For a human, he did a good job of naming you," She paused for a second. "On second thought, he should've named you Brainless."
"Why are you always so cruel to me?" Toothless snapped in annoyance. "I've done nothing to you."
"It's your fault I'm stuck here—"
"—You're still going on about that? I already apologized for that," He cut her off with an irritated growl. Why couldn't she just accept it? What's he going to have to do? Bow down and kiss her talons? "You can't hold that against me forever, there's no way you can. If you are then I can hold the strangling me thing against you too. So unless it's something really good, or against the humans or someone who's done you wrong and has taken everything away from you like a stupid Whisper- Nevermind, the point is, it was an accident. Let it go."
Sunflower narrowed her eyes at the almost indicated challenge. Her ego almost being pierced by his words which set off her warning bells in her head, the obstinate side of her rearing its ugly head once more as all joking modus operandi left her in a flash. Still, going on about it? What- Oh, that stupid featherbrain was going too—! Sudden images of the dragoness burning him to death flashed through her mind as she let out a huff 'No. Don't do it Sunflower. You said would try and get along with him... You can silently hate him.' She wondered if he's ever run into female dragons who knew how to hold grudges for a long period of time. Sunflower laughed sarcastically before she let out a sigh, looking at him as he let out an annoyed huff. Grimacing, she begrudgingly decided to try and play nice. Despite the want of ripping his face to shreds. Besides, Aura had said she needed to start acting nicer towards other dragons, might as well start now...
'But Lightglider is not here, what she doesn't know won't harm her, OR you,' That was true, but the Light Fury always seemed to figure out if she was treating a dragon kindly or not, and Sunflower was sure as heck not up for another lecture on how to "Properly Treat Your Fellow Dragons", though it was kind of hypocritical of Aura to lecture her when she'd turn around a box Orion in the face or get snippy with someone who'd annoy her.
"Alright, look..." She cooed softly.
He only continued to pout whilst ignoring her.
When she got no response she let out a sigh and rolled her eyes. Was he ignoring her now? Really? What a giant hatchling! At least the human boy had the decency to pay her attention at her second call like-purr when he was around... Speaking of which, hopefully, he brought more fish next time he visited. N-not like she wanted him to come or anything. Scooting closer to the upside-down male, she leaned closer to his closed-eyed face with a small huff. "Hey! Toothless! I'm trying to talk to you!"
Her eye twitched when he ignored her once again. "Toothless!"
Still nothing. "I am talking to you, pay attention."
When there was still no reaction, she lashed out with a growl and boxed him across the face. "Oi! I'm talking to you, Brainless! What are you, deaf?! Dear moon!"
"OW! Wha-what was that for?!" Toothless flinched back with a hiss, face stinging from the smack. "What the heck! Why did you do that?!"
"What?" Sunflower huffed, pulling back. "You were ignoring me, how else was I supposed to get your attention?"
With a sigh, she stretched her wing, letting out a small hiss at the slight pain - it was healing, slowly. She knew that it'd take a couple more days for it to heal fully and get back to the strength it once was and she couldn't wait. The sooner it healed the sooner she could leave and pretend this never happened.
In the meantime, she supposed she could try and be a little nicer to the bumbling black eggbrain. Swallowing the sour feeling she felt, which turned into a grimace, she turned to make eye contact. "Look, I know I sound like a crabby ninny who's been a little murderous and grudgy, but you've got to see things from my point of view; flying is a big part of my life and I have a paramount duty make at home. Something has been... terrorizing it and I'm part of the small unit that is capable of holding it off," She paused for a moment and looked up to the sky. "I have a duty, and it's to my home, my sister. I have to get home, for them. I also have to beat some sense into the stubborn squid-brain that keeps trying to proclaim his love for my sister."
"I understand, I do. I have an important duty to the place I stay as well," It wasn't technically lying. What he did was considered important to his flock, thunder, pride - whatever one may call it. His designated duty was simple; serve the queen and distracted or kill as many humans so the others may get the food. At first, he had been all for it, killing humans allowed him the release of his undying anger that he formed against the meaty creatures over the years, but the more he served and grew older the more he started thinking of his actions - he truly didn't start to reconsider his actions until the meeting of a certain shrimp of a human. "How do you have a sister? I thought you said you were the last of your kind?"
"I am."
At the blank expression, she rolled her eyes with a sigh.
"There's such thing as taking an orphan hatchling in, you know. I found her. When all the elders, adults, and such, left us all on the island to fend off the humans who had somehow found our home, I had found this little newly hatched baby in her nest. I couldn't leave her by herself so I took her back to my mother's and I cave in hopes of keeping her alive until the adults returned, but..."
Toothless knew by the sad faraway expressionless look on her face what she was getting at. They didn't make it back, and not in the abandoning type of way either. Glancing at him, Sunflower wondered why she was telling him this. Sure, it wasn't the whole truth, just a twist of it - she wasn't going to tell a dragon she barely even knew her whole life story. She wasn't that stupid - but the fact that she was willing to uncover a twisted version, it felt... strange.
"... The only one who returned was a Shadow dragon who goes by the name of Deathslayer. He made it his personal goal to keep the rest of us dragons, me, a secret. He relocated us, plus a few other others who joined us, to our home of which we have now, and has kept us safe and away from the likes of danger you have in these parts," Looking away she sighed. "As the last of my kind, Deathslayer took me and the hatchling I found, who I named Lightglider, in until we reached the capable age of being able to live on our own. I owe him my life for what he did, he didn't have to take us in, but he did."
So... to repay him, she joined his army; she didn't have to call it an army for him to know, he just did.
No wonder she was so stubborn and hard to get along with, she was, what the humans call, a soldier; a warrior. Those types of dragons, they would absolutely despise you if you were the cause of any damage to their wings since that was an essential part of their being and capabilities - they were trained to use their wings as shields, as a last-minute weapon if need be and the only source of escape. Warrior dragons relied on their wings, tails, teeth, and talons more than scouts or regular dragons.
And he should know full well how she felt, he was one of them.
'It makes sense,' He thought while staring at her. He was beginning to finally figure things out; maybe not fully, but close.
It was quiet for a moment and Sunflower couldn't help but shift around uncomfortably. She just told this bonehead part of the past she tried to forget; told a dragon she didn't know or had no full trust in. It came as a shock to her that she would so easily trust the human rather than one of her own kind, but she couldn't help it.
The moment she saw the Night Fury she felt a slight flutter in her heart that was hidden under her pile of shock, a small pull that was just begging for her to go over to the male had her feeling scared. She didn't like it, not one bit. Soo, she fled and then the same male caused her to get shot down and injure her wings, of course, she was going to be all grudgy and hostile towards him.
She has heard of the pull from other dragons of her home; it was something a male and female felt when they met a certain dragon they were destined to spend eternity with - they didn't always have to be of the same race, destiny had everything worked out. Sadly, some dragons deny and ignore the pull and mate with whomever they wished to be with. Take Aura, for example, she and Orion had a small pull, but she insisted that her fated mate wasn't some brainless bufoon.
Clearing her throat, she turned the topic to something different, remembering the part of his sentence he cut himself off in earlier. "Go blabbering and I will actually kill you, got it? So... What did you mean by 'Whisper?'"
His face suddenly went dark at the sudden mention of an obvious unpleasant memory. "Just forget it,"
Toothless glared sourly off into the distance as if he were remembering something disturbing before he swung back and propelled himself from the tree. He was quick to scurry away to his corner near the wall, leaving Sunflower to watch him leave in a growing curiosity.
What was wrong with him? What could possibly have upset him with a simple question? Now it was going to be bugging her until she finds out what he was talking about.
What was there that had 'whisper' in it?
Whispering song? Whispering Lier? A Whispering Lullaby?! Is that what he was so upset about? A Whispering Lullaby? Those dragons weren't dangerous at all. They were glowing balls of feathers and scales no bigger than a fully grown humans hand. Sure, they got oh so annoying with their little melodious humms and chirps that put you to sleep, but other than they that they were entirely harmless and only ever ate small fish and fruits.
Laying her head back down with a sigh, she decided that'd she'd bug him later about the whole thing.
.~*~.
A strange tickling aroused her from her sleep.
At first, she thought it was an itch on her wing, but then the feeling slowly started making its way up, and that had set a feeling of panic loose in her. Something was on her.
Eyes snapping open, she raised her head and turned towards her the part of the wing where the muscle meets her back and shoulder, eyes bulging slightly. There was a stone sized creature covered in prickly hairs and eight long oddly shaped legs and thousands of black beady little eyes staring up at her. The feeling of her heart-stopping had her inhaling sharply and paralyzed in her spot while pinning a none moving gaze upon the creature. It didn't move, just sat there. Almost as if it were taunting her to make a move before it struck out with unnatural speed and sink its oddly shaped yet still terrifying fangs into her. The tight feeling in her chest seemed to become even tighter as she noticed one of its front legs twitch.
"A-ah..." She gulped, tensing slightly. "Pl-please don't m-move-" She tensed even more and that only seemed to have made its leg twitch up slightly. 'S-stop moving Sunflower... you'll only make it move.' Nervously she let out a chuckle, eyes flickering around until they sought out the black mass that was laying moodily behind a rock, tail flicking as he gazed up at the walls of the cove.
"H-hey, uh, T-Toothless...!" She squeaked with a small squeal as the creature's leg raised almost threateningly with a twitch. Head snapping between the two quickly, she raised her voice a little more with urgency, "Toothless! Help!" The black dragon just tilted his head back to look at her, a bit confused as to why she suddenly needed him. Was she going to mock him again? Sunflower let out a loud shriek as it moved a little. "Oh, my Moon! TOOTHLESS-! Gah, it moved! H-HELP ME!"
Toothless just rolled his eyes and went back to what he was doing previously; why should he help her when she's been nothing but rude to him? Sure, she seemed to be a little more toleratable of him over the last couple days since Hiccup's visit - or that's what the female called the human - but he could tell by her eye twitch and withdraws of snarky comments that just wanted to bite his head off.
He was beginning to believe that she would really hold that grudge against him forever.
Females were confusing.
"GGGGAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" The loud screech had him flinching and jumping up, spinning around in time to see Sunflower flailing and flapping about as she shot bolts of reddish-orange blats at the ground. It was a rather odd yet amusing scene as he watched her spin and jump about in a panic in search for what he assumed was the thing she had been calling him over for.
"Where is it? Where is it?!" She flapped her wings wildly, eyes darting around. "Where did it go?! It was just here!"
Toothless slinked closer, grinning a little as she hopped around the scorched earth. "What are you looking for?"
"A spider!" She roared only to freeze and turn towards them with a narrowed eyed glare. "I called you and you ignored me!" Toothless only ignored her, commenting on the first part of her sentence. "You're scared of a spider?"
Sunflower's expression only deepened as a pout formed, the female scuffling in her spot as she turned her head to the side stubbornly. "It is not as much of a fear as it is a mutual hating; they are tiny, small and easily squishable and I am big and able to squish them; they hate me and I hate them," She paused with what she hoped a barely noticeable shudder. "And I have every right to dislike the pesky little monsters. They're small, hairy, have too many eyes and legs that it should be considered a crime, and just eniterly and utterly creepy. They should not exist."
"Uh-huh," Toothless let out a chortled laugh. He was going to have some fun with this. "And where is this... spider now?"
"... Gone," She muttered sheepishly, pressing her wings to her side. "I shook it off my wing when it decided to move and flung it somewhere, now I can't find it." Another reason she hated the puny monsters. They disappeared quickly and were never found until they were either climbing up your body or dropping down from somewhere."
Toothless could only snort as he let out a hiss like-laugh that managed to escape his horrible attempts of keeping quiet. He couldn't help it, a dragon being scared of a tiny easily killable bug. Sadly enough for him, Sunflower heard the small cackle and couldn't help the glare that started morphing on her face, eyes pinning daggers on the Night Fury.
"You think that this is funny?" She hissed.
"Yes-I mean no!" He corrected himself as soon as he spat out the word, freezing up. He screwed up.
"I see," The growl that left her had him mentally slamming his head against a tree. "Well, I'm so glad you find another dragon's fear so funny. You know, I was going to continue to try and be nice to you, but now I'm not so sure I want."
Toothless suddenly felt annoyed; it was like she was looking for an excuse to continue being rude to him. Letting out a huff, he straightened up and ruffled his wings. "You'd like that, wouldn't you? For the love of all the human gods! Why are you so... so difficult?"
"Me? Difficult? Ha! You have no idea what difficult is yet," The venom in her voice was clear that she was close to pouncing on him. "Maybe I am purposely being a bitch so I don't get attached."
Toothless paused to stare at her with wide eyes. Get attached to him? What could she possibly mean by that?
Sunflower turned her head with an annoyed hum, trying to ignore his look of conflicted interest, the spark of anger still there which caused a strange shiver to run down her spine. He watched her like a predator would its prey.
"... What do you mean by not get "attached?"" He asked slowly after a moment.
"..." She just stared at him before baring her sharp pearly whites in a warning. "... Nothing. Just forget I said anything." With that she disappeared with a quick turn and flap of her wings, disappearing in a dark red flash.
Toothless could only stare at the spot he had been, letting out a huff he turned and stalked back to his corner, muttering lowly under his breath. "... stubborn female dragons and their confusing ways."
Sunflower sat in her cave, green eyes almost glowing in the fading light.
Her stomach was growling from hunger and since the human hatchling hadn't returned that evening, she didn't get anything to eat. Was she worried about the scrawny two-legged creature? No. Of course not. He was just merely her servant for the time being until she was fully healed and able to leave this blasted island for good. The human and Night Fury would be left in the dust, and she wouldn't care. Nope! Not one little bit! She'd be happy to leave the nosey human and the equal pain the scaley butt dragon.
But...
She couldn't help but wonder why the boy hadn't shown up.
Did the others of his kind discover he was harboring Toothless and herself? Had they killed him off? Taken him prisoner and torture him to death? Wh-what if he fell down a cliff trying to get here. Or worse! What if he was going to rat them out?
The last thought made her a bit twitchy.
Sunflower poked her head out of the cave, not bothering to look back at the sleeping Night Fury curled up in the very back, her eyes landing on the last slowly fading rays of the sun. She kind of hoped the boy would come stumbling in at the last minute stuttering an apology with three huge fishes, two for her, and one for the bufoon. But as the light faded from the last remains of the day into night, Sunflower couldn't help the stab of uncommanded worry that washed over her.
The human was always excited to see them and write things down in his flat scroll with his magic stick, surely he wouldn't miss an opportunity to come and pester them with his annoying excitement and awe.
The more the moon rose, the more she started to feel a little panicky.
She tried so hard to tell herself that she didn't care for the pesky little human, but the more she tried to force herself to believe that, she found herself sneaking out of the cave.
"... You don't care for him," She told herself as she started jumping up rocks. "You're just going to make sure he isn't dead. Every dragon needs its servant."
Looking up at the looming edge above, she puffed out a few sparks. She wouldn't be able to climb up that, but maybe... maybe she could get some lift. Staring at her healing wing she debated whether or not she should take the risk. The decision was made fairly quickly as another grumble surged through her stomach.
The human was the only one with the food, so that was where she was going to go.
Looking back up at the lege she spread her wings out to their full length, only flinching twice as she gave to powerful flaps and lifted off the ground slightly. Glee surged through her as she let out chirp like thrill of happiness. With another flap of wings, she shot skywards, though not as high as she would have liked, and zipped towards an opening in the trees, folding her wings around her body she spun and took sharp turns as maneuvered her way elegantly through the college of massive tree trunks.
Unfolding her wings in a sharp spin, she turned her body so her feet connected with tree trunk first before she propelled herself to the next one and the next, she inhaled sharply, nearly wrinkling her nose at the multiple scents of wildlife and dying plants before she caught the faint scent of the very thing she was searching for. Angling her body, she darted off into the direction it was strongest.
It wasn't until she came to a halt near the edge of the forest that she felt the burning in wings and muscle cramps, the winded feeling of strain hitting her like a boulder. A 'friend' of herself had told her that if one doesn't use their wings for a while if you would start losing strength in them and it would take a while to regain it back. She should've done some exercises with them to keep the muscles in shape - luckily it shouldn't take to long to get back in shape as she hadn't been for too long.
Crouching behind a bunch of bushes, she let her eyes focused on the village. There were strange wooden cave and tall mangled trees and what looked like bridges around. Some of the caves had metal and were quite large than the rest. There were also wooden caves on the rocks and various thick tree limbs in the ground that kept the ba-ba's in.
A small growl left as she got small flashbacks of that night, but the gurgle of her stomach draw her attention back to the task at wings and had her slowly sneaking out of her hiding place. She jumped as she heard a loud bang, darting to hide behind a large barrel as the sound of heavy footsteps approaching, peaking out she watched as two loopy burly men came stumbling down the steps of one of the caves.
"... N'dragons out ter night. C'n ya believe it?" The dark-haired man hiccuped as he pushed his friend. The fair fluffed one, who didn't seem as off as his friend, rolled his eyes with a chuckle. "Bet Stoick is havin' the time of his life right abou' now. He's lucky, I'd rather be out there than here."
"Aye, right you are," The loopy one nodded. "Po'r Gobber havin' ter stay an watch over the chief's little runt. Still 'ard to believe they're related."
The other man snorted, "Indeed. Still can't believe he thought he shot down the two Night Furies. A screw-up like that, pfft! I'd soon rather see believe a pig could fly!" The two men shared a laugh. Sunflower couldn't the small growl that left her. She knew they were talking about her pet. Her growl came out a little louder then attended, causing the two men to freeze.
"Eh, what was'aht?"
"It..." The second man pulled his ax free from his back, the first one copying. "... It sounded like a dragon."
Sunflower ducked back with a small gasp, eyes widening as she heard them approaching. Glancing around for a quick yet none notice-able escape, she spotted a darkened area.
The two men slowly snuck up, counting down before kicking the barrel away with loud "AHA's!" only to sink a little at finding nothing. The two were totally unaware of the giant dark red mass staring down at them from a nearby roof, green eyes sliting in anger for a brief moment. These were the humans Deathslayer talked about; ones who were greedy pigs and took pleasure in killing, wanting more each time they got what they desired.
"But I could've sworn-" The fair-haired man lowered his ax in bafflement.
"-M'be it was jus' a trick of ter wind." The other man offered lamely.
Sunflower quickly ducked as the man looked around, narrowing his eyes before sighing. "Maybe. I better get home, Lambchops is expecting me back by now."
"Bahahahah! Can't believe ya named yer dog tha'!" The laughter faded as the two men walked away before splitting off.
Raising her head, Sunflower narrowed her eyes in the direction the two humans went with a disgusted growl. They were, even more, disturbing up close than far away. Ears twitching, she decided to stick to the roofs. Following the scent of her human until she came to a particular. I was a bit rounded with a long log sticking out of the front, small spikes that kind of reminded her of dragon spines decorated and one side of the roof was a square opening.
The scent was stronger now and she could hear the frustrated sighs coming from within.
Letting out a happy thrill, she darted over and perched on the edge. Cringing as a roof plating came loose and fell, luckily the boy only paused for a moment before getting back to what he was doing.
Looking closely, Sunflower took note of the different materials he had layed out and various metal parts - the body scribbling something down in his book before going back to whatever he was doing. He seemed to freak out as a knock on his 'door' broke him from his thoughts, making him lunge forward and cover his work.
"Hiccup, I'm going to go over to- what are you doing?" It was a girl maybe to years older than the boy, her hair brown and big blue eyes. Hiccup chuckled nervously, pressing himself further onto his desk. "N-nothing, nothing. Where are you going?"
The girl narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "... Tuffnut's and Ruffnut's. Are you sure you're not hiding something?"
"Nope!" The boy answered quickly, popping the 'P'. "Have fun with the twins, Tia."
The girl just stared at him with a look that reminded him of their father's when he didn't believe a lie they told before relenting. "... If you say so. Try not to burn the house down, the last thing I need to explain to dad is why you died from a house fire and not being eaten by a dragon." She paused for a moment. "Which, mind you, is what everyone believes is going to happen. There are even a few placing bets on how long you'll last."
Hiccup felt face drop into a mix of annoyance and sadness; of course, everyone would be. "Thank you, Celestia, for the reminder of my being different and a screw-up."
He straightened up slightly as the older girl drew closer, pulling him into a hug. "Oh, Hiccup. I didn't mean it in a rude way," Her eyes landed on the mess on the desk and narrowed; it looked like drawing and a live replica of a... tailfin? What... was going on here? "Hiccup, what is that?!"
His eyes widened as he pushed her away, blocking her view. "Uh, nothing?"
"It doesn't look like nothing. Are those drawings of a tail fin? A dragon's tail fin?" She tried to get around him but failed as he blocked her.
"No." He answered quickly, grabbing her arm when she tried to reach around. "Hey, didn't you say you going over to the twins-"
"-Yes, but-"
"-I'm sure they'll be expecting you then," He pushed her down the stairs and towards the door. Surprised he was able to with all her struggling. "Hey, wait! Hiccup!" Shoving her out the door, he grinned wide. "See ya, sis. I promise not to burn the house down." With that, he slammed it shut and leaned against it with a heavy sigh.
Celestia stood on the other side dumbfounded. "... Did I just get kicked out of my own house?"
Hiccup made his way make up to his room, picking up his pencil when a familiar chirp caught his attention.
Slowly looking up, the boy froze upon the sight of a familiar red dragon sighting in the corner of his room. Green eyes wide and blinking innocently as her tail curled over her feet. Mouth dropping open, the Viking boy tries to form words as shock and more panic settled in. How in the bloody name of Thor did she get in here?! Better yet, how did she get out of the cove and into the village?
"S-Sunflower?! How?! What?!" He tried to form the right words but failed. "What are you doing in here?!"
Sunflower lunged forward and wrapped herself around the boy, making sure to press her gurgling stomach to his ears while chirping happily. "That's not important, now feed me, servant!"
Dear gods, he was so dead if anyone walked into this room.
Author's Note: MY FIRST ORIGINAL CHAPTER OF THIS STORY! I hope you all like it :) Please tell me what you all think of it so far! And do you have a favorite part? (Sorry, I'm a little nervous since this part wasn't based on a movie scene...) I am curious to know your thoughts, plus, comments give me more inspiration to write.
P.S. Should I write the second movie before the TV series or after? I'm thinking maybe before...
