A/N: We're going to see the Muppets later, so I'm really excited about that. I heard it got good reviews. But I suppose by the time I upload this, I will have seen it already ^^
How was your Thanksgiving? Did you eat a lot? :3
I went back and fixed chapter two because I really didn't like the way I did the last part, and I realized the way I did it was wrong. So you can go back and read the revised part if you WANT, you don't really have to
So I think I should get started on this at least before I have to leave for Thanksgiving lunch. Why we are having it for lunch, I have no idea.
This chapter is when things get weird. O-o
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By the end of the day, Hiccup had not made any progress with Nightflight at all. It all ended up the same no matter what he did. Toothless handed the female Night Fury a large branch to try and draw with, and she turned and smashed Hiccup to the ground with it. Hiccup tried to get her to eat a fish from him, and she swung around to catch her own, her tail smacking Hiccup across the face in the process. No matter what the boy did, she wouldn't bend to him. He tried to follow everything he did with Toothless, but it just didn't work.
By the end of the day, Hiccup was beaten, bruised and tired. He leaned against the rock wall of the cave and watched numbly as the female Night Fury and Toothless barked back words to one another, their growls and snaps having been going on for the past hour and a half. Hiccup sighed and sank down to a sitting position, running a hand through his already-messed-up hair. The two dragons looked about ready to leap at one another's throat in an instant, something about that fact made Hiccup a little reluctant to leave them alone together.
Which was why the boy was still standing there while the first stars started to shine up in the sky. He knew in the back of his mind that his father would be cross with him when he got back, but he didn't really mind that right now. He cleared his throat, bracing himself as he pushed himself off of the ground and started over to the two quarrelling dragons. "…Toothless?" He asked cautiously, coming to a stop beside the dragon.
Toothless didn't even pay a mind to him, not even glancing at his human as he faced the female. The Night Fury let out a small, throaty growl, the she-dragon merely blinking in response. "Toothless." He said a little louder, blinking when Toothless still paid no mind to him. The two dragons had fallen silent now, the female staring intently at Toothless while Hiccup's dragon did the same thing back. The female seemed to be mumbling something to Toothless, but the Night Fury just held her gaze, almost as if he couldn't look away.
Neither of them blinked, and Hiccup grabbed his arm self-consciously, shifting uneasily. "Toothless!" He said, yelling this time. The dragon started, as if woken from a dream. Turning, Toothless blinked rapidly, shaking his head from side to side. Straightening, he gave Hiccup his signature toothless grin. The female growled sharply, glaring at Hiccup with fury in her eyes as she stamped one foot down on the ground. Ignoring the girl, he started to speak, reaching out and patting Toothless's snout. "I'm going to go back to Berk I guess. Are you sure you'll be alright here alone?"
Toothless purred loudly, leaning over and nuzzling against his human, nearly knocking him over as he did so. Hiccup let out a small laugh, "Alright, alright!" He laughed, shoving the over-affectionate dragon away. The female was watching with a bored expression, looking like she would rather be eating grass than be here. Pursing his lips, Hiccup was quiet for a moment before he smiled widely. "I know what you need to make this place feel like home!" He said triumphantly. "A name!"
If she could get even more irritated, it just happened. Her ears flattened to her head, and she let out a small grumble of anger, but Hiccup just tapped his chin, studying her carefully. "How about… Thalia? No…what about… Raven? Or maybe Rose?" He glanced over at Toothless, one eyebrow raised. "What do you think?"
Toothless blinked, then smiled.
"I like Thalia-" Hiccup was cut off as the female whirled around and stomped away, walking to the other side of the cove and flopping down on the ground with a loud huff. She drew her wings forward and covered her face from the two who were staring at her oddly. Hiccup's downcast eyes fell the ground, and he scuffed through the dirt with the toe of his boot. "Anyway…I should be getting back." He said quietly.
Toothless straightened, looking over at Hiccup as the boy turned his back on him. "I don't know what to do when my dad asks me what kind of progress I made today. I guess I'll just improvise." He paused, turning back and wrapping his arms around the Night Fury's neck in a hug. "Good night, Buddy. I'll come straight here in the morning, alright?" Toothless purred loudly, watching as Hiccup turned and started back up the rocks, turning the corner and disappearing from the dragon's view.
Sitting still for a moment or two, Toothless closed his eyes and relished in the quiet sound of night. Although it was a bitterly cold winter, the silence of night still remained. Although Toothless would have liked to hear the soft sounds of crickets like there was when the nights were a lot warmer, but quiet was good too. For a moment, he had forgotten that Nightflight was still there, but his eyes snapped open and he turned around as he heard the she-dragon's voice, high and mocking. "'How about Thalia?'" She said in a high voice, a scowl on her face. "Thalia is the most STUPIDEST name. Next to Toothless."
Ignoring that last part, Toothless rolled his eyes and stood, walking through the thick snow towards her. "You know, you don't have to be so nasty to him." He said fairly, settling down to sit next to her. Nightflight eyed him wryly, pushing herself up to a sitting position also. "Says the dragon that can't fly now because of him." She said, sounding just as fair.
Toothless snorted, looking down at his tail as he wrapped it tighter around himself. "I told you before, I don't care what happened." He remarked. "None of it matters, he helped me get back up into the sky, so he made up for it. And I suppose if I would have been more quicker…he wouldn't have lost his leg." He paused for a moment as he stared at the ground. "We're even."
"I wouldn't say that." Nightflight groaned. "I mean- he can still walk without help. You can't fly around without having him on your back. I'd think that would get pretty tiring, right? I thought you were above that." She turned her memorizing gaze on Toothless. "I think you would be much better off without him."
For a moment, Toothless couldn't move under her stare, he could only look back at her blankly. But then he shook himself, gathering back his scrambled thoughts as he looked away. "I wouldn't be able to live without him. He's a part of me. You just can't understand that, and I feel sorry for you. The fact that you can't go five minutes without even glaring at him makes me sick. You shouldn't treat him so badly, he's trying to get you to stay here with him."
Nightflight didn't seem offended, in fact she looked a little amused. "I could care less about the twig." She sighed breezily. "Because unlike you, I can fly away from this place on a whim because the child that you are so fond of did NOT shoot me out of the sky like I was a bird being hunted. He didn't look too happy being shot at in the sky, he is merely a hypocrite."
"The why don't you fly away?" Toothless snapped. "If you hate Hiccup and humans so much, just leave. We'd be better off without you."
"I'm still here in this wretched place because I am waiting for you." She said affirmatively. Leaning forward, she raised her eyes to meet his once more. "Toothless, what happened to the Night Fury I used to know? Don't you remember all the fun we had together? Like the time we put thorns in our mother's nest? And now you're telling me to leave? So did all of those days when we were young slip your mind?"
Toothless didn't answer as he stared back at her. He was tongue-tied for words, and her odd stare made him feel as though he were falling through air, his thoughts slipping away from him. Nightflight tilted her head to the side, as if confused. "And remember the time that we watched from up above as one of those blasted Viking ships got lost while looking for the dragon nest? And when we first got the hang of flying? And we made the plan to fly away from home and go on an adventure? We didn't even get three minutes away from our home before you started getting homesick. Why aren't you homesick now?
"Night Furies aren't supposed to act like this. They aren't supposed to nuzzle up to humans and need their help to fly. They aren't supposed to do any of the things you're doing, sharing food with them, drawing with them, walking with them. Sure, maybe other dragons like Gronckles or Zipplebacks. But Night Furies are the strongest species of dragons in the world, we are higher than them all, and are supposed to be feared by the insolent Vikings! You have lost what you had been taught back home, and I'm sure that if your family saw you now, they would not recognize you. Or not want to. It was something close to a miracle that I realized it was you, and I thought you were being attacked!"
She hadn't looked away from Toothless, and she noted with satisfaction that he looked somewhat transfixed by her. She had never tried to do this, most Night Furies never did, but her mother had told her that it might come in handy some day. And hopefully today would be the day that it turned up to be true. "You don't need him, Toothless." She paused for a moment, letting the words sink in. "You only need ME. Me and the other Night Furies."
Toothless opened his mouth to speak, and Nightflight hurriedly spoke, eyes widening somewhat as she spoke quickly. "I know you can't fly on your own, Toothless, but leave this island with me. Please." Her thoughts were racing a mile a minute, and she finally pinned one down long enough to think. "We can walk across the ocean! It's frozen over, and I think that we might make it home if we leave before it cracks!"
Finally, to Nightflight's disappointment, Toothless shook himself visibly, blinking once or twice as he looked at her oddly. "Nightflight…No." He said, his words slightly blurred. It was clear in his eyes that he was confused, and Nightflight drew back, deciding that it would have to be enough for now. "I wont go with you." Toothless said more firmly.
She didn't say anything for a while, looking up into the sky thoughtfully. "Alright." She said finally, turning to Toothless with a flash in her eye. "So you don't want to leave with me. You want to stay here with these monsters. Well - I'll stay too for a while. I'm not really in a hurry." She threw him a look. "I'll just be right back." She stood up and crouched down to the ground slowly.
Toothless blinked, starting as he looked down at her. "What are you doing?"
"I'm going out for a short little flight." She said, shooting him a look. "I would ask if you wanted to come, but you can't. I feel bad, really. We are named Night Furies after all; we blend in with the night. It's the best time to fly, but I guess you can only fly when the boy is awake. I'll be right back, I fly so fast that it wont take any time at all." With that, she spread her wings out and shot off the ground, the cold winter wind shooting into her face as she soared into the air gracefully.
Toothless blinked, watching quietly as she became a small dot in the sky. She twirled and spun around in the black night sky, the only thing giving trace of her was the stars that hung overhead. She was outlined in the sky, no matter how fast she went. Despite himself, Toothless looked down at his tail with a flicker of sadness, the red half seeming a little too bright to him. But he shook his head quickly, snorting as he looked away. He never thought like this, he was happy here. He knew that he couldn't go home, he had been perfectly happy with Hiccup next to him instead of another Night Fury.
So why was he suddenly thinking differently?
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A/N: We're leaving to see the Muppets soon, so I had to cut this a little short.
I believe that this is another connection to the book, what Nightflight is doing. I'm not sure whether or not I'll tell you or just let you figure it out by yourself. I still have to figure this all out! ^^
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So that the Easy Bake ovens will work~
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