"Look at it! It's so pretty!"

"I want it! I want it! It's mine! DON'T TOUCH IT."

"I'm gonna touch it! You'd better stoooopppp meeeee!"

"Nobody is going to touch HER." Hiccup snapped, eyeing the crowd that had formed in front of the boy and the two Night Furies. The children who had been shouting back and forth at one another shrank back as the female snarled at them, narrowing her eyes into slits. "She's not trained yet-"

"What do you mean she's not trained yet?" Hiccup winced as his father's voice sounded in the mass of the crowd, a heartbeat later Stoick pushed himself to the front. He looked at the new Night Fury with slight distaste in his eyes, Toothless was barking words back at the dragon, and she replied with an angry huff.

Hiccup cleared his throat. "Well, not COMPLETELY trained." He muttered. "I mean- she followed us here, right?" When Stoick did nothing but deadpan at his son, Hiccup started over. "I was flying out with Toothless when we found her. She was all alone, I figured we might want to have her here." He expertly skipped the fact she nearly killed him.

Stoick watched the female critically, narrowing his eyes at the angry flutter in her wings, and the suspicious flickering of her eyes as she growled at whoever came close to her. Hiccup didn't even seem to want to get close, Toothless stood between the two as if separating the two from one another. The Night Fury's eyes were trained on the female, small mutters coming from the dragon as he spoke to her in their language sharply. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" He sighed.

"I promise I'll keep her away from the others for now." Hiccup improvised quickly. "We can go and stay by the cove! I can train her there, without any other people around to distract her. Just like I did with Toothless. It'll be fine." He turned back and flashed a smile at the female, which was returned with a glare.

Stoick paused for a moment, eyes thoughtful as he looked from Hiccup to the female Night Fury. Hiccup wore a large smile that was meant to be reassuring, while the new dragon's eyes were dull as she changed her glare to the chieftain. Finally he heaved a large sigh, looking down and shaking his head slowly. "Well, I suppose that you'd be the only one who could train this Night Fury." He said reluctantly.

"Yes!" Hiccup cheered. "I-"

"You can't stay with them though." Stoick said, Hiccup's smile slowly fading to be replaced by confusion. "You have to come back to the house at night, you can't spend the night there. Toothless can watch her at night, I don't trust her enough to let you stay there."

Hiccup paused for a moment, blinking rapidly. But then he recovered himself, smiling widely, "Alright. I'll just take them there right now and make sure she gets comfortable. She'll come around just like Toothless, you'll see." He turned and patted Toothless's snout affectionately, beckoning to the two dragons as he turned and started in the direction that led to the cove in which Toothless and him had first met.

Toothless's ears perked as he straightened, swinging his head to look behind at Nightflight. "Come on!" He called, turning and bounding after Hiccup. Nightflight made a disgusted face, but followed along anyway, quickening her pace so that she was beside Toothless. Her ears flattened as she felt the gazes of the humans fixed on her, making her uncomfortable. As if she wouldn't already have been; this was as close as she's ever gotten to a human, much less a whole tribe of them.

Toothless had turned out to be right. Nightflight eyed the dragons that were scattered around the clearing, all standing beside a singular person, which must have been 'their's'. But it didn't stop the she-dragon to growl under her throat as she spotted a Nadder nuzzling a girl, a loud purr coming from it as it did so. It was disgusting, dragons were meant to be wild creatures that the world was afraid of! Not small house pets for the humans to control.

Toothless didn't even show a smidge of what he used to be. Nightflight looked back over at the Night Fury and blinked slowly as she saw the black dragon hopping around Hiccup playfully, purring loudly as Hiccup tried to catch him. It was nothing like he used to be. He used to be brave and tough, all of the other Night Furies in the pack used to think he was going to be the new leader, a natural at taking charge. The dragon in front of her right now was not that dragon.

"Hiccup!" A yell made Nightflight spin around, claws digging into the ground as she spotted a blonde Viking running forward towards the boy. Toothless immediately skidded to a stop, whirling around and standing in front of her, glaring at her sharply. Rolling her eyes, Nightflight craned her neck to watch the girl through narrowed eyes. She had faltered for a moment, blue eyes trained on her for a moment or two before she turned back to Hiccup. "Are you sure you'll be able to handle her on your own?" She asked. "I can help you, if you want."

"I'm fine Astrid." Hiccup said easily. "I did this alone with Toothless. I can do it again, you shouldn't worry." When the girl still didn't looked assured, the boy laughed. "I promise I wont let her eat me."

Nightflight growled under her breath. "Wanna test that?" All too late, she realized that she had spoken a little too loud, Toothless reached out and paw and whacked her side, nearly sending her toppling over. Staggering slightly, she threw a flustered glare at the Night Fury. Thankfully Hiccup didn't notice, and as he bid the girl farewell, he started along the path once more. The village was disappearing behind them, and Nightflight breathed a small sigh of relief as it vanished from behind them.

"It's not bad at all once you get used to it." She started as Toothless spoke up.

She threw a withering look at her old friend. "Of course you would know." She grumbled, looking down sourly at the ground. "I cannot believe that you were the same dragon that I was friends with back at home. You're so much different now, a PET. And worse of all to a walking twig."

Toothless immediately flared. "Hiccup is a lot more than he looks." He snapped. "And I know that firsthand. And you're right- I'm NOT the same dragon. I changed because of Hiccup, and he changed because of me. We're partners."

"But don't you ever get homesick?" Nightflight asked, edging closer to him. "I know I would. He can't even understand what you're saying. There aren't even other Night Furies on this island for you to be with. Why don't you come back home with me?" She ignored Toothless's growl and plowed on. "Everybody has come to terms that you died; you're family and friends miss you. I bet if you flew back with me and stayed you would be much better off." She hesitated for a moment before adding in a low voice. "I missed you a lot. Please come back with me."

"Why can't you stay here?" Toothless asked, his footsteps crunching through the snow with a soft crunch for every step. His breath came out of his mouth in a cloud, furling and wavering slightly in the air before disappearing. Nightflight shivered at the sharp wind and drew her wings tighter to herself.

"Because I do not wish to become a plaything for the human children." She snorted. "Like any normal Night Fury would feel. You're tainted by the humans, you can't think right. None of these dragons here can. If you come back with me, then maybe-"

"I'm not tainted!" Toothless barked, cutting her off abruptly. Hiccup had been quiet as they spoke, walking on the other side of Toothless and looking at the two with something close to concern as they growled and bickered between one another. "None of the dragons are! The war between us had ended, I told you that already. And even if I COULD fly, I wouldn't go back with you. My place is here, with Hiccup."

Nightflight huffed out a breath, glaring at the saddle on the Night Fury's back with distaste. For a moment, it was quiet, Toothless looking at her steadily while she looked sourly at the thing on his back. Then confused realization wriggled its way into her head and she straightened. "What do you mean 'if you COULD fly?'" She asked carefully.

Toothless faltered in his steps for a moment, looking at her as if he was confused. But then he swung his tail forward, Nightflight catching sight of it for the first time. She tiled her head to the side, stopping in her tracks as she looked down at the tail. One half of it was exactly like her's, black and regular. But the other was bright red, a large white skull painted on the surface. It was fake, it wasn't real. She looked up with wide eyes, "What does this mean?" She asked quietly.

Her friend opened his mouth to answer her, when Hiccup shouted back to them. "Come on guys, we're here!" He yelled, beckoning Toothless over with one hand. The Night Fury snatched his tail back, spinning around and racing back to his human, leaving Nightflight to stare after him with something of disbelief. Hiccup paused as he tried to turn, catching sight of her and giving her an encouraging smile as he started forward to her. She immediately snarled, getting to her feet and jumping over the boy, slamming down behind him and jumping down into the cove without a second glance. That would teach him to try and touch her.

Toothless glared at her, but she ignored him rudely, "What happened to the other half of your tail?" She asked flatly. "You were flying this morning when I first found you, how did that happen?"

The male sighed shortly, shuffling over and showing his side to her, revealing a small metal contraption. "Hiccup controls the other half of the tail by putting his foot into this thing. I can't fly without him, otherwise I'll fall."

Nightflight's eyes flickered over to Hiccup, who was sliding down the rocks with difficulty. The dragon blinked as she saw the child's left leg replaced with a metal foothold, but she merely turned back to Toothless, rolling her eyes. "He hardly seems worthy enough to be riding a Night Fury. I bet you could kill him with one swipe of your paw."

"I would never do that!" Toothless roared loudly, Hiccup loosing his balance at the sudden yell as he fell the rest of the way down the rocks. Nightflight blinked slowly at Toothless, deadpanning at the dragon as she did so. But Toothless didn't even seem to notice the human's mistake. "Hiccup saved my life before. On the night that I ventured here, a net flew up and I got tangled in it. I crashed into the ground and that's how I lost my tailfin. Hiccup found me the next day and he almost killed me with a knife. But he didn't, he cut the ropes and set me free." He paused before he looked over at Hiccup. "I owe my life to him."

"…You said a net came from below?" Nightflight asked.

Toothless blinked, turning back to look at her, confused. "Yes."

"So it had to come from one of the Vikings that live here."

"…It wouldn't have come from the sky." Toothless said stiffly.

"Well, think of it this way. That Viking would have to have known where you fell, as they were the ones who shot you down in the first place." Nightflight said calmly, watching as Hiccup galloped over to Toothless. "And that person would also have brought a weapon with them, as they knew that they would find a dragon there. It wouldn't be by mere coincidence that a small young boy that could easily have been killed by a squirrel to be walking around holding a knife and looking for dragons."

Toothless said nothing, remaining silent as he looked at her blankly.

"Are we ready to start training?" Hiccup asked, looking at her anxiously. "Because first we'll need to-"

She didn't even bother to listen to the rest of what he had to say. She looked up at Toothless and smiled. This was it then. What would Toothless do when he figured out that the human he trusted so much had actually been the one to shoot him in the first place? Tore away one of his tailfins and grounded him forever. Tailfins never grew back, just as human legs never did. Nightflight's claws slid out slowly, tearing through the grass as they dug into the soft ground. "I'm saying, that your precious human that is standing right beside you is the one who shot you."

For a moment or two, Toothless stayed still and unmoving, his blank look refusing to budge from his face. Nightflight stuck her snout into the air, her tail curling tighter around herself. "Why should you spend your time with someone who had to trap you to get you to stay?" She asked stiffly. "Why wouldn't you leave while you can? You and I can go back home and then we can forget about all of this-"

"Nightflight." Toothless growled. "I already knew."

The she-dragon's eyes widened, "You- what!" She asked shrilly, her wings fluttering with surprise. "We- Well what are you still doing here then! Why would you ever trust somebody who did that to you! I know I wouldn't!"

Before she could say anything else, Toothless flattened himself to the ground, looking up at Hiccup with the odd lip-thing again as he wagged his tail. Hiccup returned the lip gesture, and Toothless lunged forward, taking the child's Viking helmet teasingly and hopping away. Hiccup laughed loudly, and he was about to follow, when he stopped, looking back at Nightflight and taking a few steps back to be beside her. "Come on!" He said, looking up at her, his head touching his back as he did so. "You can play too, right?"

Nightflight's only reply was to shove the poor thing over onto the ground with a thump.