——= location change
(3rd person P.O.V)
The gang are all shouting for Hiccup while Dagur pretends to be a commentator
"Isn't this exciting? What will he choose, ladies and gentlemen? Saving his friends or capturing his mortal enemy, his brother?" Dagur says, making Comet want to blast him but Hiccup and Toothless head to the Reaper and she decides to follow suit
"Hmm. Disappointing, but all so typically Hiccup" Dagur says before turning around to face the front of the boat. Hiccup lands on the deck of the boat with Comet and grab onto the door of the cage
"Move back from the door! Toothless, Comet, plasma blast" Hiccup says and the two dragons blast the door but nothing happens
"Dragon-proof bars? Oh, fascinating" Fishlegs says making Comet grunt and roll her eyes since now was really not the time
"Whoever built this ship really knew what they were doing" Hiccup says as the ship begins to rock from side to side, making Comet roar in panic as her eyes slit of their own accord
"Oh, you know what would be more fascinating? Getting us out of here!" Snotlout yells
"Fury's, now!" Hiccup says and Comet and Toothless try again but nothing happens still and Comet decides to do this on her own terms and takes off in the same directions the others went as the gang call for her
After about 2 minutes she finds the dragons relaxing on a rock up ahead and opens up her fins, taking off towards them. Landing on the rock and skidding a bit, keeping her wings open for fast take off
"Guys! What the hell is wrong with you? You're riders are in danger!" Comet roar at them making them all worry as stormfly takes control of the situation
"Lead the way fury" Stormfly says, making Comet nod with a determined smile on her face before leaping up and flying towards the ship, dragons in tow
They arrive just in time to catch the riders as they fall and watch the boat sink
"Comet must have gone to get the dragons!" Astrid yells, happy to be in the air again
"Thanks Comet. I don't know what I'd do without my meatlug" Fishlegs says and hugs Meatlug while Comet just nods at them, glad that they were all safe
"That was way too close" Fishlegs says and Snotlout nods, agreeing with him
"Hiccup, what are we doing?" Astrid asks and Hiccup thinks for a moment before replying
"You guys go back to berk. We're going after Dagur. Whatever that cylinder-looking thing is, i know one thing for sure... it shouldn't be in his hands" Hiccup says before he, Toothless and Comet take off in the same direction Dagur went
——
When they arrive they see Dagur holding the object up as if he was going to hit someone with it so Hiccup flips upside down and grabs it from him before becoming upright again
"Thank you kindly" Hiccup says before flying off while Comet fires a shot onto the side of the boat before following, but she could hear Dagur's screams of rage echo behind her
—time skip—
The gang were all in the forge as Gobber strains to open the object as Comet flies in and is slightly confused at the scene in front of her
Tuffnut is on the ground looking like he is having a seizure and talking gibberish
"Yeah I'm thinking we should probably go get Gothi" Hiccup says making Comet look at him with a 'you think' look on her face
"Comet think you can carry him?" Hiccup asks and Comet nods before grabbing Tuffnut and flying up towards Gothi's hut before dropping him on the ground
Gothi, being the only one able to touch Comet, pats her nose making her Purr before going and getting the medicine, as she went inside the others arrived and Comet decided to lay down. After a few minutes Gothi walks back out and shoves a bottle of medicine in Tuffnut's throat before giving Comet a salmon as Tuffnut coughs
"My teeth are itching. My teeth are itchy" Tuffnut says while trying to scratch at his teeth and Gothi writes on the ground with her stick, Gobber translating
"She says that's a good sign. Means it's working" Gobber says, reading the runes Gothi wrote
"Thank you, Gothi. We really appreciate this" Hiccup says and Comet croons agreeing before eating the other half of the large salmon she was given
Gobber was still fiddling with the Dragon Eye, Gothi sees something and her eyes widen in shock and she points towards the keyhole before turning away, looking troubled
"Gothi, are you okay? What is it?" Hiccup asks and Gothi points towards a scar on her arm before walking away, causing Comet to croon in concern
"Gothi... her... her scar... it matches the keyhole" Hiccup said in shock
"Yeah, and it looked like a dragon bite to me" Fishlegs said
"Oh, it is. But she doesn't like to talk about it" Gobber states
"She doesn't like to talk about anything" Fishlegs states with a deadpan voice
"Oh, so that's why she writes in the dirt with her stick. I thought it was just, like, her thing" Tuffnut says and Comet get up and whacks him in the back of the head with her tail and huffs
"Yeah like Snotlout being woman repellent" Ruffnut agrees and Comet laughs at that one
"Maybe we could use the stick to itch the teeth" Tuffnut then says making Comet roll her eyes before laying down and going into a light sleep
—time skip—
When Comet woke up she could smell soup of some kind and got up to investigate, when she got to the open door she saw Gothi toss away an empty pot of what she guessed was the soup she could smell
"Now, tell me about this bite mark" Hiccup says as Comet walks in and sits next to Gothi, deciding to read the runes as well, something Gothi taught her to do since Gothi could understand dragonese, although nobody knew this except Comet
"When i was a turkey neck..." Gobber starts and Comet whacks him, making him correct himself
"Ow! Teenager. Sorry. I had a longing to climb Glacier Island to find pure glacial water known For it's healing properties. So i went with two vegetables" Gobber said making Gothi and Comet look at each other before Gothi whacked Gobber with her stick
"Ow! Vikings. Sorry. I'm a bit rusty. We had only been at the summit for a few hours when we were hit by a terrible snowstorm. that's when it attacked. It was vicious. Relentless. And impossible to see in the white-out. The snow wraith. I'll never know why it didn't finish me off that day. I left knowing only one thing... i never wanted to smooch that dragon again. Smooch?" Gobber finishes making both girls hit the man with their respective abuse tools
"Ow! See! I never wanted to see it again. You know your drawing ain't what it used to be woman" Gobber says making Gothi prepare to hit him again
"But your swing, strong as ever" Gobber says, with panic lacing his voice
"Gothi. A tooth from the snow wraith is the key to unlocking the Dragon Eye. You have to help us find it" Hiccup asks and Gothi angrily writes something down, making Gobber protest and Comet snort and laugh so she erases it and tries something with less bad words in it
" she says, no way she's ever going back. And besides, berk needs her. It's true. She's the best healer we've got" Gobber says
"Well, Gobber can cover for you?" Hiccup states while Gobber, after a bit of convincing, agrees
"You remember the viciousness of the snow wraith. I get that. But you also remember how it was to be my age, to want to explore, to need to see what else is out there. To get answers to questions you haven't even asked yet. This will help me do all of that. But only... only if you help me unlock it" Hiccup rants and Gothi smiles before holding up a finger and pointing Comet making her ear plates perk up as she tilts her head
"You... want to ride Comet there?" Hiccup asks questioningly and Gothi nods
"Uh... alright. I actually made Comet a saddle not long ago, it's lightweight, and i even sewed her scales into it , you can't even tell she's wearing a saddle" Hiccup says making Comet look at him in interest before she jumps of off Gothi's hut and falls, only extending her wings at the last possible minute and stopping in front of the forge as the others including Gothi arrive a few seconds later
Hiccup goes inside before walking back out holding Comets new saddle. It was flat with built in handles and it was completely covered in scales, it looked like it came straight from a Nightfury's hide.
Comet perked up in interest and sniffed the new saddle before nodding and crouching down so Hiccup could put it on. Once it was on Comet couldn't even feel it and it couldn't be seen either even if you knew it was there, it blended in perfectly
Comet spread her wings and went on a quick test flight around the island before diving down and opening her back fins when she landed there was no speed delay or agility delay and she honestly forgot it was even there so she nodded before nudging Gothi and crouched down so she could get on her back
"All right. If we're all ready then lets go" Hiccup says before taking off, the others following.
Comet crouches down and spreads her wings before looking back at Gothi who nods, Comets nods back before jumping into the air and doing a flip then speeds up to catch up with the others
——
Everyone was in The air, Gothi was asleep on Comet's back making her fly more carefully than she normally would. Eventually, an island came into view
"Look at the size of that island" Hiccup said, staring at the island ahead of them
"Oh! The book of dragons mentions the Snow Wraith but doesn't have any information on it. Can you believe this? A brand new dragon. It's been so long i forgot what this feeling is" Fishlegs says enthusiastically
"You mean the dragon that single-handedly wiped out Gothi's entire search party?" Astrid asked, dumbfounded
"That would be correct. So worth the long flight" Fishlegs responded, sounding much less enthusiastic than before. After a few more minutes of flying the group land on the island, waking up Gothi in the process
"Okay we're here" Astrid states as they all land on the snow covered ground
"Oh, thank Thor" Hiccup says in relief. Once Gothi was on land again she looked around before shaking her head and shrugging
"Great, just great! She's got nothin'" Snotlout says, annoyed
Before everyone starts to walk forwards, after a little while a small snow storm starts up and Comet splits her spines before jumping up and surfing the wind
"Can we please do something? My mouth is starting to freeze shut" Snotlout says, whining
"Don't get our hopes up" Astrid says making Comet smirk and purr in amusement
"Well, then we should work fast to find this snow wraith. Because we're not leaving until we do" Hiccup states
"Let's split up so we can cover more ground" Astrid says
"Good idea. Dragon call if you come across anything" Hiccup agrees before getting onto Toothless and flying off with Comet in tow
——
The gang all meet up on another point of the island
"Anybody find anything?" Hiccup asks as he got off of Toothless's back while Comet landed next to him keeping her spines split, she felt like she might need to go alpha soon
"All we found were some scattered yak bones" Ruffnut says as she stands close to barf and belch
Comet's ear plates perked up and her eyes slit, she started looking around cautiously. They were being watched when she zoned back in Hiccup had just stated that they were going to ride out the storm and despite protests they all stood near their dragons while Comet looked around carefully
—time skip—
The storm was much worse, everyone was huddled close to their dragons and they could barely hear each other over the wind
"Use your dragons as extra protection from the wind!" Hiccup shouted while Comet suddenly crouched down and started growling loudly looking around for something before trying to use her echo-location to find it when suddenly something large and white flew past everyone with incredible speed
"It's the snow wraith! Oh! Okay, I'm gonna be okay" Fishlegs panicked as the snow wraith flew by again
"Hold you're ground and fire back" Hiccup yelled as a blast was shot close to Comet but she jumped away with a roar
"Fire back where? We can't see it" Astrid yelled and Comet had had enough she roared loudly as her tailfin tips, back spines, throat, nose, head and wing tips all start glowing an icy blue as she activated her alpha mode making the gang look at her in surprise
She jumped up and hovered in place before taking a few shots before landing again and the snow wraith took this chance to take shots of it's own
"Actually, you know what? Take cover!" Hiccup yelled as Comet managed to keep most of the blasts at bay with her own but Snotlout still gets shot into a snow pile, eventually the snow wraith goes up and sniffs him making him panic
"Fury's, warning shot" Hiccup said making the two Nightfury's take a shot at the snow wraith making it fly off and Comet turns to Toothless, still glowing
"Hey. I'm gonna head back to berk and cool off, okay?" Comet shouts over the wind of the storm
"Alright, just be careful" Toothless yells back
"I will, promise" Comet says before taking off back towards berk shooting a blast and flying through to make sure she wasn't followed, her glow dying down half way back to berk
—time skip—
Comet woke up in her cave and decided to go check how Gobber was doing she got a drink from the pond in the back of the cave before running out to a ledge and jumping into a crouch before taking off quickly and flying towards Gothi's hut. When she got there she saw the rest of the gang were just landing and she landed near Toothless
"Hey, you feeling better?" Toothless asked and Comet nodded
"Yeah, i am" she replied
"What was that, the glowing thing" Stormfly asked the same time Astrid said something similar and Gothi wrote in the dirt with Gobber translating
"Gothi says, she can tell you about the glow by asking Comet since she can understand her" Gobber says and the gang all reply positively so Comet goes up and starts explaining with Gothi and Gobber translating
"The Nightfury kind are elusive and secretive dragons, we have a-lot of secret abilities but not all of us can access them, only those born from an alpha line. I was which is why i can split my fins and glow, that glow is called Fury's Fire and happens when a Nightfury becomes an alpha dragon, the others don't obey me because they see Toothless as their leader and me as more of a second in command or a beta. But wild dragons, if i try hard enough, will listen to me. No dragon can resist an alpha unless that dragon is an alpha as well" Comet explained with Gothi translating for her and when she was done the gang looked at Comet in amazement
"So you're an alpha dragon?" Hiccup asked and she nodded, at that moment Hiccup looked like he remembered something and started talking to Gobber
"So, Gobber, how was it being Gothi?" Hiccup asked
"Well, i didn't get to wallop anybody with my staff. But..." Gobber replies but gets cut off when someone runs up
"Gobber! Gobber! I must have more of that potion you made me earlier" the guy shouts, hurting Comet's ears slightly since she was still not used to living with humans yet
"So it cured your stomach ailments, did it?" Gobber asked, looking proud of himself while the guy throws up on the ground making Comet jump away from him with a small roar
"Far from it! But it cured something else. It's made my hair grow back" the guy replies happily while removing his helmet. At that moment Comet's ear plates perked up when she heard a scream from a young girl, something Comet had learned after living on berk was that kids sometimes fell off of the island by accident so she started listening out for the panicked screams of kids and also patrols the island at night, giving off a high pitched roar if there were any uninvited guests. Since she is a Nightfury she is nocturnal so she has no problem staying up at night.
She jumped down from Gothi's hut and spread her wings, gliding while searching for the child, after a bit she spotted a few kids gathered round a ledge and heard a branch crack come from that direction.
She opened her spines and dived down, giving off the classic fury whistle, she dived down the cliff and flew under the young girl of about 6. Comet spread her wings and hovered under the girl just as the branch broke, causing her to land in the saddle Comet was still wearing. Once securely in the saddle Comet flew up and landed on the cliff side, the girl getting off and hugging Comet before running towards her mother
Comet notices that it would be night in about two hours and decided to get some sleep for her patrol of the island that night, she jumped off the cliff and fired a blast, falling through it before flying towards her cave home and getting some well needed rest.