A/N: Alright, new chapter! My sister's friends are over tonight, and since Tinkerbell is busy bouncing off the walls with the company of her squeaky toy, I thought I would check on you all out here :3
Anyway, I think you will all like this chapter. I think you will like it a lot. You…26 people out there I think. That one person on my poll that voted for the last choice? …never mind :D
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Flattening his ears to his head, claws sliding out to scrape against the cave floor, Toothless rocketed to his feet and charged after Nightflight. His hackles were drawn, and his eyes blazed with an anger that had been bottled up inside his chest. As Toothless charged into the tunnel that gradually sloped down, he caught sight of the female dragon bounding away from him. Pushing himself harder, the noises of the fight behind him got quieter and quieter, until he couldn't hear them anymore in the echo-filled cave.
Finally, the dragon skidded to a stop in a much smaller clearing than before. Along the cave wall, water trickled down to form a small pool of water on the ground. The cave was just big enough for about three Night Furies to sleep in with enough room to roll around. But Nightflight was already waiting for him, green eyes lighting up the room as she looked at him expectantly.
"I don't suppose that you came all this way for my company?" Nightflight presumed, a small grin working its way onto her face. The small drops of water seemed amplified in the silence that followed, the droplets making a large slapping sound as they hit the ground. Toothless's ears flattened to his head slowly, and suddenly he had doubted his decision to come down here. But his worries vanished when Nightflight purred, pacing forward and pressing her head to his chest warmly. "Maybe you DID."
"No!" He jerked backwards immediately, like he had been stung by her. Nightflight blinked rapidly, drawing backwards also as she looked at him like he had grown another head. She opened her mouth to say something, but he cut her off before she could do anything else. "You did something to me." He snarled. "I know you did. What did you do!"
"Are you sure I did something?" She purred warmly, catching Toothless slightly off-guard as she did so. "Maybe I didn't do anything. Maybe it was just yourself. You can't go around blaming people for your own actions." When Toothless made a move to say something, she swept onward. "Maybe you got tired of the stick being around you so much. Maybe you are just in denial now because you know you will be in trouble. Think about it, Toothless." She turned her gaze over to him, but Toothless whipped away from her, glaring down at the ground.
"I could never get tired of Hiccup." He choked. "Hiccup is my human! Without him I don't know what I would be. Hiccup made me what I am today, and I couldn't go on without him." He whipped around, looking her directly in the eyes. "And that is how I know you did something. I would never have hurt Hiccup before! I would rather die than be the one to hurt him!"
"Well…" Nightflight smirked where she sat. "He looks pretty hurt now. Who was responsible for that?"
"Shut up!" Toothless roared, flaring up in an instant as he lunged towards her. Nightflight hopped backwards out of his reach, the same leering look on her face as she stared at him. "That wasn't me! If Hiccup dies, then it's all your fault!" The words sunk in, and Toothless took a hesitant step backwards, eyes widening as he started to tremble.
He couldn't picture it. Hiccup being dead. It just didn't fit for the boy, he couldn't imagine a world without the shining green eyes and large white smile. Toothless let out a small shiver that shook him from ears to tail tip before he could focus on what he was saying before. "If Hiccup dies, it will be your fault!" He repeated. "And don't think that I'll continue to stay here."
"But this is your home." Nightflight said mildly, still not looking that worried. It was as if she thought that it was a phase that Toothless was having or something, a small thing that he would forget before the day was over. The thought made Toothless all the more furious, Nightflight eyeing him with humor as he drew up into a crouch, eyes narrowing. "You can't leave your home, Toothless."
"I already did." Toothless growled, still crouching against the cave floor. "My home is wherever Hiccup is. And if Hiccup dies, I don't know what I would ever do." Nightflight seemed to be getting impatient, so he added quickly before she could speak. "This is all your fault. If you had never attacked us on that day so long ago, none of this would have happened! I hope you feel good right now, because you wont in a little bit." His claws scraped against the stone with a screeching noise of warning.
Nightflight looked down at his claws with a slow blink. "You wouldn't attack me, Toothless." She purred, a small rumble of laughter hidden under her words. "You aren't the type of dragon to do something like that. Come on, it was only one little human. I'm sure you can get your mind off of it before too long. You have to pay attention to more important things like-"
"HICCUP WAS IMPORTANT!" Toothless roared, breaking loose finally. Pushing off of the ground, he slammed into Nightflight, causing them both to roll over onto the cave ground. Nightflight gasped in shock, claws sinking into Toothless's shoulders as she tried to pry the dragon away from her. But Toothless hang on as hard as he could, scratching and clawing at the female in a haze of anger as he finally pinned her to the ground.
Nightflight's eyes were large with fright as she looked up at Toothless from the ground. Toothless narrowed his eyes, teeth bared as he kept her pinned expertly. "You don't know how much he meant to me. And you made me do all of those awful things that he didn't deserve!" When Nightflight started to try and wriggle out, Toothless pushed her back down, still not done. "Even if he lives, I wont be able to go back! They would never let me!"
"He probably doesn't even want you anymore, what's the point in getting angry!" Nightflight howled, reaching up and swiping her claws across Toothless's face. The dragon let out a pained yip, relaxing slightly as he jumped with shock. Nightflight took her chance and shoved him off of her, getting up and prowling closer, eyes narrowed. She seemed to have given up on trying to convince him to stay, her eyes cold and mean now as she looked at him. "You were even lucky he ever took interest in you! Why would he? Lying in the forest, crippled, useless, temperamental? You're a mess!"
Growling, Toothless righted himself, shooting forward at Nightflight with a loud yowl. The dragon was more experienced in the cave as she sidestepped quickly, throwing out her tail and unbalancing him as he slammed into the ground once more. Whipping around without missing a beat, Toothless looked at her critically. "Then that just shows how much you don't know about Hiccup. Or any human for that matter!"
"Yes, of course you would know, right?" Nightflight sneered. "After all, you have spent so much time with them. You're no better than a Terrible Terror! The lap-dragons of the world, those dragons would trust anything that would give them half a fish tail. Such a shame to have been born such a powerful dragon just to go and waste it the first chance you got. You sound like a small child the way you praise him. It's disgusting."
"You wouldn't know the way it feels." Toothless snapped. "And you never will. I promise you right now, that you will regret what you did to cause Hiccup that much pain. You'll regret it with the most severe punishment I can give." His pupils dilated, and he didn't even hesitate before saying it. "I'm going to kill you Nightflight."
But the female merely let out a loud laugh. "I'd love to see you try, Toothless." She laughed, seeming highly amused by the dragon's words. But she seemed ready to meet the challenge enough, her claws gleaming in the light from her eyes, a flash of her bared teeth in the light. Both of them stood and waited, eyes narrowed as they waited for the other's first attack. After a brief moment of silence, Nightflight darted forward.
She thrust out one paw and tried to rake it across Toothless's side, but Toothless was quicker than her. He jumped and caught her mid-stride, catching her in the side with his claws that was met with a yowl of pain. A red haze started to cloud his vision, and Toothless knew that it would be a quick fight. Anger burned through his veins, and in the back of his mind, Hiccup's smiling image made him fight even harder. He would kill her for everything she did to his human, he would be sure of it.
He was brought back to sense as he felt the warm sensation of blood starting to warm his claws once more. He looked down with wide eyes to see Nightflight growing slowly weaker underneath him. He hadn't been aware of his attacks, but the female's flank was riddled with gashes and claw marks that were gushing with blood. Toothless was startled to realize that the fight was almost over.
But Nightflight didn't give in so soon. Lunging forward, the female dragged her claws down Toothless's face, long claw marks leaving a bloody trail down one side. The dragon hissed in pain, flinching away from the strike as he lifted one paw, pressing it against his face tightly. Nightflight jumped forward, leaning over and sinking her teeth into his throat, clinging on with all her might.
Gasping sharply, Toothless's eyes widened as he tried to shake her off. But Nightflight only sank her teeth deeper and deeper into his neck, eyes gleaming with anger as she did so. Panicking, Toothless shook his head back and forth wildly, trying his best to shake her off, but couldn't. Blood ran down his scaled skin, and Toothless's vision started to waver slightly. He couldn't breathe with her squeezing on his neck, and he started to stagger. The energy in him had ebbed the more he fought, and still Nightflight showed no signs of letting go.
A small, strangled sound came from Toothless, and the dragon's breath quickened as he started to see blackness crowding on his vision. His eyes started to roll into his head, and he struggled to keep them up. His mind grew fuzzy, and he knew that there wasn't hope left for him. But…maybe…maybe he would see Hiccup if he did loose this fight. Maybe he would be able to find Hiccup. Maybe…maybe…
Suddenly the weight on his neck disappeared. Immediately, he sucked in a deep breath that stung his throat as it went down. Panting heavily, Toothless shook his head roughly to clear it, blinking the fuzziness away from his eyesight as he looked to see what had happened. What he saw shocked him, to say the least.
Shadowclaw, the tiny little Night Fury, held Nightflight's tail tightly in his mouth. There were deep indentations to mark where he had bitten down, and Nightflight was in the middle of whirling around to face him. The child's eyes were wide with fright as she looked down at him, and Toothless sprang to the rescue before anything could happen. Slamming into her, Toothless raked his claws deeply across her stomach, not even pausing to see what the damage was before doing the same to her neck.
He stumbled backwards, still huffing for air as he looked at Nightflight, his eye that had been scratched still closed in pain. Nightflight was jerking on the ground, convulsing with pain and shock at what had just happened. Toothless's ears flattened as each movement slowly got weaker and weaker. Looking at the dying dragon, Toothless faintly DID recall the memories of his childhood spent with her. Though they were faint, they were most defiantly there. But so was Hiccup's memories. And those were all that mattered to him.
Pausing for a moment, Toothless turned to look down at Shadowclaw, trying to get his breathing under control once more. Shadowclaw blinked rapidly, shaking and trembling in the silence, wide eyes glued to Nightflight's body. Tearing his gaze away from the gory scene, the child looked up at Toothless with traumatized eyes. "She was going to kill you." He whispered, looking Toothless up and down. "I-I couldn't let her kill you!" His voice had risen by now. "I did the only thing I could do! I didn't do anything wrong…right?"
Toothless drew his tail over the youngling's shoulder, trying to comfort him. He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off at a loud, booming voice from behind. Toothless's head whipped around to see Fleetfoot at the entrance to the cave, looking at Nightflight's body with wide eyes. "YOU…YOU KILLED HER!" He roared, Toothless jumping out of his skin as the dragon screeched in fury. "HOW DARE YOU!"
Mistyeyes came to join Fleetfoot, and she looked at the scene with a disconnected expression. She didn't look at all surprised when she looked at Nightflight's dead body. Her face remained blank, but she just shook her head slowly from side to side. She wasn't surprised, Toothless could see it in her face when she looked at him. "Explain yourself, Toothless." She said calmly. Thrusting out her tail, she barred Fleetfoot's path to Toothless, the Night Fury having crouched down to the ground in an attack stance. The pack of Night Furies had no significant leader, but Mistyeyes was never unchallenged when she took charge. Fleetfoot hesitated for a moment, but relaxed somewhat, taking to glaring at Toothless with white-hot anger as he trembled with rage.
Toothless started, looking down at Nightflight with unease. "…She ruined everything."
"That isn't being specific, Toothless." Mistyeyes said thinly.
Toothless hesitated, feeling uncomfortable as he shifted uneasily. "She manipulated me. I was never supposed to be here. And now everything is so messed up! She hurt…she hurt Hiccup."
Mistyeyes blinked, tilting her head to the side. "What's a 'Hiccup?'"
"The human from before." Toothless explained. "He's my human." There was no uncertainty in his voice now, he held his head high and he looked Mistyeyes in the face directly. "I never should have been here." Mistyeyes blinked slowly, but made no move to interrupt the Night Fury as he went on. "My home would never be here. It's at Berk, and I intend to return back."
Fleetfoot spoke up this time. "You think that we would let you leave?" He snarled, Mistyeyes looking down at Fleetfoot blankly as he spoke. "You just killed Nightflight! I wont let you leave freely, you must be an idiot to think that I would let you do something like that! She was apart of the family, and you wont get out of here alive!" His claws scraped out, and Toothless eyed the dragon wearily at the thought of another fight.
"No." Mistyeyes said clearly, nudging Fleetfoot backwards. Looking at him sternly, she paused for a moment before speaking, not even blinking as she looked at the Night Fury. "We do not want more bloodshed. The humans already left us ragged and hungry." Turning back to Toothless, she narrowed her eyes in a glare at the dragon as she added sharply. "If you speak the truth, you will not need this, but if any of my dragons sees you on this island again, we WILL take action."
Fleetfoot let out a loud objection, but Toothless was too relieved to notice anything else. He let out a breath that he hadn't realized he had been holding, letting himself relax with a grateful look. But Mistyeyes merely glared at him where he sat, her face grim as she judged him. Slowly, she sidestepped to press Fleetfoot up against the wall, gesturing out to the other tunnel. "Leave our island, now." She ordered.
Ducking his head, Toothless got up and started in a brisk walk out from the smaller cavern. Shadowclaw blinked rapidly, eyes wide as he watched his friend walk away without another word. His eyes shone with puzzlement and curiosity as he watched the older Night Fury walk away quickly. The youngling watched Toothless until the shadows up ahead swallowed up the dragon whole. And even then, Shadowclaw couldn't seem to tear his gaze from the tunnel. Slowly, the other dragons melted away to get a burial party together and to tend to their wounds.
Even still, Shadowclaw sat in the small, dank clearing, green eyes unblinking as he looked at the tunnel fixedly, the dead body of Nightflight cooling a ways behind him.
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A/N: I hope you liked this chapter everyone~
I have to go set up my dog's bed in my room, so I'll see you guys later ^^