A/N: So you all finally get what you have been waiting for! A Toothless and Nightflight POV! Impossible you say? Think again! HO HO HO. (Totally in Christmas mode right now) Thanks for all of the reviews and feedback, I really liked all of them! Look! We're past 100 reviews now! I'm so happy! ^^ So thank you~!
Anyway, I'm still deciding on the name for the cat, and I think that know what it will be. I still wont tell you the gender. Cause I'm just mean like that. ANYWAY, I'm sorry if this chapter ends up being shorter than most, school and everything like that sort of gets to me sometimes…also for those of you who read Warriors, this will be very familiar
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The sun was rising over the crest of the mountains, shining its warm light over the sweeping landscape. Upon the large island was in which the Night Furies had made their home, the stony beach and the sharp incline of mountains proving itself to be perfect homes for the beasts. It was a day's travel from the island of Berk, and a little way into the large island before the mountains actually started. It was a long way away from the land that Nightflight had found herself in, but she was perfectly fine with that. It would be better anyways, everything was perfect now.
The female Night Fury let out a drowsy purr as her eyes fluttered open slowly. Opening her jaws in a large yawn, she pushed herself up, raising her head and looking to the right, eyes softening at once. Beside her, Toothless was curled up in a ball, his tail covering his snout as he snored softly. Leaning over, she prodded her friend gently, pulling back to see his green orbs already opened and trained on her. She chuckled, "Good morning." She greeted, stifling a yawn.
Toothless let out a rumble, stretching before he pushed himself to a sitting position. He shifted, eyeing the space around him.
Him and Nightflight were seated in a large cavern of a cave, a few other Night Furies still asleep around them, snores and snuffles rising around him as Toothless listened. Behind them, the cave sloped downward, leading off into another section where the younglings were kept with their mothers. Those who were too young to fly were kept there until they learned how, a safety to the small things in case they wandered off to find themselves in a fight with a wild animal and loose. It wasn't guaranteed they would loose, they were old enough to shoot out flames and look dangerous enough. It was mostly to put the mother's mind at rest. Or that was what Nightflight had told him.
The cave didn't stop there, of course. It was not designed that way. Tunnels branched off here and there, twisting and turning so that the cave was underneath the entire mountain range of the island. It was like a large channel that was under tons and pounds of rocks. Only the Night Furies knew which tunnel lead where, sometimes the tunnels just led to a dead end. Others of their kind slept in different tunnels, almost like they wanted to cover the entire chamber in case something were to happen. Not that it ever did of course, the Night Furies had been here for as long as Toothless could remember. But of course he was born here at the same time. All in all, though, the exact way to go had slipped his mind over time, and he wasn't yet confident enough to travel the passages alone. But Nightflight didn't seem to want to leave his side at the same time, so the female had been something close to relieved when he had announced that to her.
The Night Furies had greeted them as strangers at first, but relived to find out that Nightflight had been okay. Relived and slightly surprised at her to have been so close to humans. But it had been nothing compared to when they caught sight of Toothless. Nightflight had been correct when she told him that the others had confirmed of his death to one another. It was like coming back to life before their eyes. Some had eyed him suspiciously, as if they weren't yet ready to trust somebody who had been gone for so long. But most of the dragons had cheered his return, one dragon had dashed forward to him and looked him right in the eye, nearly trembling with excitement. It had taken him more than enough time to realize that it had been his mother.
When Nightflight told of his story, the cheering had faltered somewhat. The very thought of a Night Fury having a human rider on their back made the welcome a little less warm. But of course Nightflight made it okay, smoothing over the situation with the facts that the human had shot his tailfin off, and how he had redeemed himself by not trusting the small thing anymore. Toothless had to admit, the other dragons had still looked at him oddly, but most seemed to be satisfied with the tale, welcoming the Night Fury back into their ranks, showing him the tunnels again and the territory around the mountains that they used to hunt for food.
"Arikara?" Nightflight's voice jarred the dragon from his thoughts, and he raised his head to look back at her. Nightflight looked at him with concern as she used Toothless's old name, tilting her head to the side as she stared at him steadily. "You don't regret coming here, right?" She prompted. "You didn't belong with that human, right?"
"Oh, I know that." Toothless said without hesitation, giving her a small smile. "I was just thinking about other things, I guess. I still have to figure out all of these tunnels, I don't think you can be by my side for the rest of my life." He saw Nightflight's eyes flash somewhat as he said that, but he went on anyway. "And besides, I want to be called Toothless. I know I left my past behind me, but I've grown familiar to the name."
Nightflight held his gaze for a moment before ducking her head. "You always were stubborn, I suppose." She said airily. But she straightened at once, eyes gleaming. "I can show you around again today!" She said brightly. "And then I can take you inside one of the tunnels and leave you there. That way you can test your knowledge of the passages."
Toothless's ears flicked at the idea, but he was cut off as a small grumble beside him made him turn. "Ugh, do you have to wake up so early?" Toothless blinked as he didn't recognize the dragon. Before too long, he realized that all the Night Furies around them had woken up, throwing the two looks of irritation. Flattening his ears self-consciously, Toothless shuffled from foot to foot.
A voice at the corner of the cave spoke up, soft and mildly amused. "Can you blame them?" Nightflight turned to see Toothless's mother looking at them with a soft look. "You go on ahead, don't listen to Delta. His bark is worse than his bite." Blinking slowly at the older dragon, Nightflight gave her a small nod before turning back to Toothless.
"Let's go!" The sooner we get started, the sooner we can see if you know the lay of that land yet!" She got to her feet and weaved around the few dragons that were just starting to wake, ignoring their bleary snaps and glares. She glanced over her shoulder to check if Toothless was coming or not as she veered off to the left, the tunnel making an ascent up. The Night Fury closed her eyes as memories rushed back to her, those of shared adventures and laughter that she had with Toothless. It was so long ago, it was a miracle that she had remembered the times. Toothless probably forgot, but it wouldn't take long until they could make more memories together. Hopefully it would turn out that way, it was something of a miracle for the Night Fury to be back with her.
All it took was something of a small nudge in the right direction. Nightflight's ears flicked back and forth uneasily as she looked at Toothless out of the corner of her eye. The Night Fury saw the glance, and gave her a smile, shuffling over to stand closer to her as the walls of the cave started to get closer together. "It'll get bigger soon." Nightflight assured, nearly jumping as Toothless pressed against her. "Then we'll get to another opening."
A little nudge. That was all it was. She told herself that over and over in her mind. But of course it had been more than that. It was fine now, though. Toothless was back with them, and all because she had confused him a teeny-tiny bit. It was something that she had known from birth, most dragons could do it too, but choose not to most of the time. She had found out she could do it when she was a little youngling.
She had wanted to go and be with the older dragons, who could fly through the air without a care. She had pleaded and begged for the longest time, but it always came out with the same answer: No. She had gotten so frustrated, that she resorted to glaring at her mother for long periods of time. For a while, nothing happened, but then when her mother returned the glare, something odd had happened. Her mother's face relaxed instantly as she met her gaze, a strange sort of tremor going through her. At first, Nightflight had gotten scared, but then her mother told her with a chuckle to go outside and fly.
The fact that she fell was besides the point. She realized that - after a few other experiences along the same lines of that - that some dragons with her included could control people if they tried hard enough. It was a wild and dangerous talent, something that she did not take lightly…most of the time. When Toothless had refused to come with her the first time, her thoughts flew back to all of the fun times they had together, and the grief that she had felt as strongly as his family when he had left. That's when she knew she had to change his mind.
It wasn't too long before she realized they had come farther into the cave then she imagined. She hadn't been paying attention when they twisted and turned through the passages and past the other Night Furies, her thought were too muddled to make sense of it. For a moment, she had no idea where she was, but then relief flooded through her as she spotted the dead end ahead. She knew where they were.
Drawing herself to full height, she looked back at Toothless with mock authority. "Aright then, I hope you were paying attention where we went, because I'm going to leave you here and go back to the place where we slept last night. You have to wait a few minutes and then go back the way we came."
Toothless started, "But…we went too far!" He objected, glaring at her. "You can't possibly expect me to find my way back! You made too many turns, it isn't fair. What if I get lost?"
"Don't worry. If you don't come up for a long time, I'll just go back and find you. I know this place like that back of my paw, I'll find you. And there are always others around here somewhere. If they aren't hunting that it." Giving him a small wink, she turned and flashed away in a black blur, disappearing into the tunnel instantly.
Toothless snorted disdainfully, glaring after her hotly. But he did as he was told and waited for a while, eyeing the dark shadows around him as he did so. Once he had gotten tired of sitting for so long, he got to his feet and started forward, choosing the tunnel that Nightflight did as he tried to make himself feel confident. It was hard to feel something like that in something close to darkness though. They had just woken up, and yet the cave was dark like night. Only fitting, he supposed.
The cave brought back faint memories of childhood back to Toothless, but they were mostly muddled up, he didn't think that they came back right. He did remember Nightflight though, he remembered getting into trouble with her. But that was it, he supposed, nothing else came to mind when thinking about the Night Fury. She seemed to remember a lot more about him though, maybe more than he knew himself.
Coming into a bigger space, Toothless eyed the two tunnels that branched away from each other. One curved to the side slightly, while the other went straight ahead. Taking in a deep breath, Toothless choose the one that went straight, finding sense in the trail as his footsteps echoed in the dank silence. He wasn't used to quiet, and from above, small drops of water dropped down and splashed on his nose squarely, making him jump. It wasn't like he was scared. No. He was never scared. As if to prove it, he puffed out his chest and choose the next tunnel without even thinking over it.
Which proved to be a mistake. Pretty soon, he was utterly lost. Tunnels lied before him, all going in different directions, and he wondered if this place possibly had an end to it. Looking back and forth between each cavern, he let out a loud and frustrated growl, stayed where he sat stubbornly as his gaze flickered every which way. His brain was muddled, he couldn't think straight, and he was all alone.
Hanging his head, he decided he would just have to wait for Nightflight to come and get him. Up ahead, he heard the small patter of footsteps, and he immediately perked up, lifting his head. "Nightflight?" He called out hopefully. Maybe any dragon could show him the way, but he found that he wanted it to be Nightflight for some odd reason.
But the dragon that came into view was a small youngling. When Toothless said small, he meant SMALL. It was a runt, tiny tail streaming out behind him as bright green eyes seemed to shine in the dim light of the cave. "Nope! You're Toothless, aren't you?" Toothless looked down as the small thing skidded to a stop in front of him, jumping up and down in front of him as if he couldn't stay still. "I heard you and since my siblings weren't playing with me, I figured that I could find you!"
"But it didn't take you that long…" Toothless said, eyeing the thing.
The small dragon blinked rapidly, letting out a shrill laugh. "That's because the nursery for all of the little dragons is right up ahead! I forgot that you're new here, let me show you!" He blinked owlishly up at the larger dragon. "Please! I'm tired of doing nothing around here, everybody thinks that just because I'm small I can't do anything!"
Toothless blinked rapidly, the little one taking it as a yes as it whirled around and stared back up the tunnel he had come from. Jumping, Toothless got back to his feet and followed, stumbling slightly as he did so. It was strange…as the youngling babbled on ahead of him, Toothless realized that he reminded him of someone. Someone that he felt like he should remember. But the name just wasn't coming up.
"By the way, my name is Shadowclaw!" The young one yelled back, glancing at him as he spoke. "I know your name of course, everybody was making such a fuss when we arrived a few days ago! You and Nightflight! Nightflight is actually my friend, she comes and visits me sometimes, she knows that most people don't play with me, so she takes my siblings place. When I get old enough, I think I'll ask her to be my teacher! You know, to teach me to hunt and fight? I bet you know a lot though, maybe you should be my teacher. But then again, I don't know you as much as I know Nightflight, so I think I'll still be with her. But you-"
The child talked too much! Toothless couldn't even remember what he had first said! His words came out fast in a tumble. He was hardly understandable, more like a loud buzzing noise than talking. The more the child went on, the more Toothless got angry by the fact that he couldn't place who was just like the youngling. The name….the name was just out of reach, and yet he couldn't grab it.
"Shadowclaw!" A yell up ahead snapped him back to attention. A female stood ahead, hackles raised as she eyed the youngling disapprovingly. "How many times have I told you not to wander off like that? It's a good thing Toothless was there, otherwise you would have gotten lost!"
"Pft. I was the one that helped him." Shadowclaw yipped, going forward and rubbing against his mother's legs. Blinking, the child started as Toothless walked by the two, heading for the place where Nightflight would be waiting. "I'll see you later, right?" The youngling called, eyes widening as he broke away from his mother. "Bye, Toothless! Maybe you can come back some other time!"
Toothless let out a small growl in his throat, heading back up to Nightflight. The Night Fury was waiting for him, spinning around and purring loudly as she caught sight of him. "There you are! I was just about to go out and try to find you." She paused for a moment before adding. "It looks like you know that part. But that was only half, I have to show you the rest! And then I should probably show you all of the dead-ends so that you'll know where to go if you ever find yourself in one!"
Toothless looked after her for a moment or two, not exactly keen on being left in the tunnels again. Shaking himself, he galloped after her, not really focusing on where he was going. His thoughts stayed back with Shadowclaw, the small dragon clinging in his head like a stubborn cobweb. It confused him, to not be able to put a claw on what the thing reminded him of.
For a moment, there was a flash of green eyes in his head, not that of dragons, but of something else. But then it was gone, and he was drawn back into the presence.
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A/N: Aww! Isn't Shadowclaw so cute? Credit to Saber for the name! ^^
Did you all like this chapter?
I hope you did, because it took forever to write.
I was gonna say something else…I like, had it in my mind…but I can't remember.
So….
'Kay bye! :D