A/N: I cannot stop! I ran smack into the wall of HTTYD obsession for some reason! …Whenever my baby sister is watching it, instead of deciding I'll sit down and watch it with her, I should know the consequences by now. And crap, I'm so sorry about any typos I have on here. I really am, I don't mean to leave them there. I'll try to be better at it, okay? : )

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For a heartbeat, Toothless went silent, eyes narrowed with suspicion as he refused to budge where he stood. The Night Fury's eyes were still smoldering with anger as he looked into Mistyeyes's eyes, wings still thrown out protectively over the human that was behind him. Mistyeyes held Toothless's gaze and the silence as long as she could, the sound of the wind blowing through the cove around them seeming to echo in her ears. Finally, she drew in a short breath, repeating her words firmly. "I'm on your side." She said clearly. "You have no reason to be afraid of me."

Another pause of silence. But then Toothless straightened, Mistyeyes realizing that the Night Fury was taller than her. Toothless stalked forward a few steps, Mistyeyes gritting her teeth and not moving as he came closer. But Toothless stopped still a ways away from her, staying close to the human just in case. "I don't believe you." He snarled, ears flattening to his head immediately. "Why should I believe you, anyway?" He demanded harshly. The comment made Mistyeyes flinch backwards, as if having been struck.

There was truth in his words, after all. "Because I came here?" She demanded, an edge to her voice as she looked at Toothless fully. The male stopped for a moment, caught off guard by her statement. Before he could say anything else, Mistyeyes continued. "I came here today because of the fact that I knew what the Night Furies were doing was wrong. I came here because I remembered how you spoke of the island of Berk being friends with the dragons around here. I came to see whether or not you were right."

"So you saw." Toothless commented, looking her up and down. "What did that change? You saw the Vikings riding into the cave on dragons before. You saw them fighting on them, what does living with them change? You must think that we're just pets, playthings for the humans and nothing more! If you thought that before, why did you attack us last night?" Mistyeyes started, caught off-guard by the question. For a moment, she floundered, her mouth slightly open as she groped for the right words. Toothless looked at her skeptically, waiting for her to come up with some sort of excuse.

"…I only came today." Mistyeyes snapped finally, the best she could think of at a time like this. She had pictured this going so much more smoothly, she had pictured herself telling Toothless all about the planned raid, everything that they could do together to get the humans off of Berk before it happened. But right now, her tongue was tied, she couldn't remember when Nightflight had said the attack would be, if she even did at all. Locking her jaw, Mistyeyes added forcefully. "And anyway, who are you to not believe me about what I say? Couldn't you be the least bit grateful that I came in the first place?"

"I have a hard time believing somebody who comes from the same pack as her." Toothless snarled, Mistyeyes's gaze clearing. He didn't have to add who 'her' was, Mistyeyes already knew more about that than he knew. "Besides." Toothless added roughly. "I remember you too, you aren't the only one who can name others." Mistyeyes blinked as he said this, not having time to interrupt before he could say anything else. "You were the one who made me attack Hiccup in the first place." The dragon's eyes flickered backwards to the human behind him. So Mistyeyes had been right; Hiccup had been the thing's name.

"I made you do nothing." Mistyeyes retorted, titling her head up higher, refusing to be beaten. "I gave you a choice. It was Nightflight who made you do it, she pressured you into your motives. I did nothing but offer you a choice. You could have refused to hurt the human, or you could have stayed with us and attacked. You did what you thought was right back then. But as I remember correctly, you weren't in your right mind back then, either."

Toothless's mouth set in a thin line, slightly puckered in a sour look. Silence followed, and Mistyeyes gave a small laugh, seeming to be slightly out of place in the current situation. "So it seems as though we're both at fault here, hmm?" When Toothless refused to reply, the dragoness's voice took on a much more serious tone, dropping low as she looked into the dragon's eyes. "I know that you might already know this." She murmured softly, scuffling her feet on the snow with a small clumping noise. "About Nightflight still being here. I know it was you that tried to kill her."

Instead of trying to deny it like Mistyeyes had expected, Toothless just bared his teeth once more. "She deserved to die. She still does!" He shouted, his voice growing into a deafening roar as Mistyeyes winced away from the noise. Momentarily forgetting that she was standing in front of him, Toothless sighed heavily, blinking slowly as his eyes strayed down to the ground. "She's still alive then…?" Mistyeyes had difficulty deciding whether or not it was supposed to be a question.

She opened her mouth, ready to branch out yet another plead for him to listen to her, still not sure if he remembered her in front of him, when he snapped into motion. The human behind him had tried to go forward, Toothless giving a strangely gentle growl, the human scuttling backwards immediately, his back hitting the rock of the cove with a small thump. Mistyeyes noted that Shadowclaw had not yet spoken, the smaller dragon merely sitting off to the side, eyes expressionless as he looked at Mistyeyes directly.

"You aren't the only one that has been changed by her, anyway!" The dragoness stated, tail lashing back and forth as she did so. "Ever since she's been healed, she's been filling the other dragons' heads with nonsense about killing humans! She took my leadership status, now I'm back at the bottom. If anybody knows how you feel-"

"Don't you DARE make this about yourself!" Toothless snarled, lurching forward slightly as he growled throatily. "Don't make a fuss over loosing something as stupid as a leadership job that didn't even exist and try and compare it to what happened to me, what happened to him, what is happening to everybody!" Mistyeyes jumped, taking a small step back. Toothless looked her up and down, a somewhat disgusted look coming over his face as he sized her up critically. "You're just like the rest of them." He spat. "Conceited, thoughtless, and horrible."

"…Are you saying all Night Furies are like that?" Mistyeyes asked softly, tilting her head to the side.

"Of course!" Toothless blustered. "You all see the thing right in front of you and never try to dig down deeper! You don't see the facts, you just do what the other says." He paused, blinking rapidly before he added bitterly. "I used to think Night Furies were the best dragon breeds out there, like what all the humans say. But now I know that you're all just blind. There's nothing I can do for you, and there's nothing you can say to make me change my mind. Just….just leave."

Toothless started to turn to leave, but Mistyeyes cut him short. "If all Night Furies are that way, what makes you the exception?" She asked simply. Toothless turned slightly, looking at her as if he were confused. "You know." Mistyeyes quipped. "You said that every other Night Furies were simple-minded creatures. You never said yourself along with that bunch. So, it leads me to ask…what makes you so different from all the other dragons out there, hmm?"

"I was taught differently." Toothless said harshly, eyes narrowing coldly. "I was taught different by Hiccup and all the other humans on this island. Things that I never considered before. Hiccup taught me there was more to life than coming out first. He taught me more things than the other Night Furies ever did. That's why he's so important to me. And that's why you will never understand anything."

"Maybe I want to." Mistyeyes said firmly. "Did you ever think that maybe I came here for the same reason you did? I was curious. I was curious about the way you talked about the humans and the way that you were so loyal to them. You're right, Toothless. I am selfish, I am conceited. Whether or not any other dragon is is out of my knowledge. But I know see that you were right. When the human came to us before, I did not hesitate to give the order to kill it. Because it was what the others wanted, it was what I thought they needed.

"Now I see differently. And all it took was me sinking to the bottom of the others in order for me to truly know. So yes, I am selfish and conceited, if that is what you want to call it. But you forgot one important detail, Toothless. Something that you overlooked that doesn't make me as what you think."

Toothless glared at her. "What is that?" He snapped grouchily.

Mistyeyes tilted her head up. "I came here." She stated. "The others are plotting something, Toothless. I came here to tell you what is going to happen so that nothing bad will come to this island. If you don't believe me, that's your own fault. You're the only one that would listen to me, I thought. If you don't want to hear what I have to say, then I'll just leave. The pack will be missing me by now." With that she whipped around, fuming angrily as she started to stomp away.

"W-Wait!" Mistyeyes huffed angrily at the yell, ears going back to flatten against her head. Stomping her foot down on the ground with a thump, Mistyeyes spun back around, tail lashing in aggravation. "You know what, I don't even think that I'll-" She broke off, eyes widening with surprise. Toothless was sitting rigid, tense and stiff as he looked at the scene carefully. It had not been the Night Fury to object to her leaving.

The human had rushed up to her, skidding to a clumsy stop in front of her, spraying snow up into the air with a small whooshing sound. Grimacing away from the frosty flakes, the Night Fury eyed the smaller thing strangely, looking it up and down. He didn't look like a danger to anybody, let alone somebody as powerful as Nightflight. Why was the dragoness so bent on destroying this small thing? He was too little to do any real damage, not to mention too skinny.

And why had he wanted her to stay? Mistyeyes let out a small, curious purr, large eyes somewhat soft as she looked at the thing in front of her. What was it that Toothless had called it? Hiccup? Yes, that was it. His name was Hiccup. Giving a small glance over at Toothless, Mistyeyes shuffled her paws on the ground, not exactly sure what to do now. The child was staring at her almost expectantly, she had no idea what to do by this point in time. Rumbling uncomfortably, she started to scoot backwards, the act almost a bad habit with dragons and humans.

Toothless started to move towards the boy, just as carefully as Mistyeyes was moving away. The Night Fury made a move to get up, opening his mouth as if to call out to the smaller boy. But he was interrupted by Shadowclaw, the youngling speaking up for once as he narrowed his eyes crossly at Toothless. "You have to give her a chance!" He yelled angrily, Toothless jumping with surprise. "We're never going to get anywhere with you being like that!" The fluff ball let out a shrill noise beside him.

The boy looked at her carefully for a moment more, eyes slightly glazed over as he stared at her. For a wild moment, Mistyeyes thought that he remembered her as the dragon to demand Toothless to kill him. But she pushed the thought away stubbornly, grinding her teeth together tightly. The thought was ridiculous, humans couldn't understand dragons, for one. He wouldn't know that she was the one who had spoken first! It wasn't possible, so she was fine. Fine being sitting immobile in the snow not being able to move for some reason. It felt like she had been sitting her for ages, why couldn't the human just-

The dragon blinked, thoughts being blown away as she narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. The boy's hand was twitching at his side, the human suddenly seeming to be nervous as he looked up at her. Blowing out a huge breath of air, the human shuffled his feet on the ground for a moment or two, hand going up rather reluctantly. From behind him, Toothless's ears flattened to his head, the dragon bracing itself to race forward just in case. But Mistyeyes only looked at the boy oddly, watching as his hand stopped an inch away from her face.

Well…what was she supposed to do? Eyes flickering back over to Toothless, Mistyeyes bit back the question, forcing herself not to look back over at Shadowclaw for support either. Squaring herself, she looked back at the human reminding herself of what had happened back in the cave. It was partially her fault that it had happened, she could be blamed for the act also. Guilt rushed through her as she looked at the human now, the feeling having stayed inside her head ever since she had seen Toothless and the human together in the snow. Something like that would have been a disgrace to the other members of her family if they had seen that now. It probably would have been that way for them even before Nightflight got inside their heads. But it was different for her. It seemed…nice…fun.

Something she almost didn't remember after being with Nightflight.

And now the human was waiting for her. He was giving her a choice. Blinking slowly, Mistyeyes let out a small huff, tilting her head to the side thoughtfully. Did he want her to copy him? She could do that…right? Looking down at the ground, she stuck her tongue out with concentration, bringing up one paw (A/N: that's the right word, right? XD) and reaching up to press it against the human's hand softly. Puffing out her chest proudly, she gave a nod of affirmation, quite proud of herself.

Looking over at her, the human's face was blank for a moment or two, looking slightly lost as he looked from her to her paw. Then he did a strange thing with his mouth, the edges curling upwards, a small laugh bubbling up from his throat. Slightly put out, Mistyeyes drew her paw back, looking over at Shadowclaw quizzically. "Did I do it right?" She asked, confused.

But Shadowclaw was too busy laughing to reply.

Shaking herself, she turned over to Toothless, giving him a look. "So the human trusts me before the dragon?" She demanded angrily. The Night Fury only looked at her sourly. "Somehow that doesn't seem quite right. Are you going to listen to what I have to say now, or are you going to ignore me still? Don't you trust…" She looked over at the human. "…Hiccup…?" She tried out the name lamely.

"Of course I trust him." Toothless stated. "It's you I don't trust."

"Old grudges die hard." Mistyeyes pointed out. Toothless's only reply was a snort, the dragon getting up and going over to stand behind Hiccup. Something flashed in his eyes as he looked at her, the dragoness's eyes boring into his own. "If you don't listen to what I have to say now, you're going to be in deeper trouble than I thought. If you had half the sense that this human does-"

"Now you're calling him stupid!" Toothless asked loudly, hackles raising at once.

"Of course not! I'm only saying that you might want to think about something other than your pride before you go around disapproving help! I came all the way out here to tell you something that could really be beneficial to you!"

"Well then you might as well just leave." Toothless snarled, baring his teeth. "You banned me from YOUR island. Well, now you're banned from mine. Don't ever come back here, the other dragons know what you did too." Mistyeyes fleetingly remembered the angry Nadder, locking her jaw angrily at the memory. She was sitting upright, refusing to show the way she was crumpling inside. Shadowclaw wasn't helping her anymore, the child's head slightly ducked as he shied away. The human looked from one dragon to another, biting his lower lip anxiously as his hands wringing together nervously.

That was it. Mistyeyes had it. Glaring sharply at Toothless, the dragoness unfolded her wings, eyes still fixed on the Night Fury crossly. "Fine, then." She snapped tartly. "It's your choice whether you listen to me or not. I was just trying to help." Pausing for a moment, she turned her gaze back up into the sky angrily. "When it happens, don't you dare make it all about yourself." She snapped, using the dragon's own word against him as she shot into the air.

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Landing with a thump, Mistyeyes shook her head clear, blinking as she looked at the expanse of land in front of her. There were only a few Night Furies scudded around the clearing, some resting lazily, and others mulling about. Mistyeyes caught sight of two children play-wrestling together, a pang going through her as an adult came over and whisked away one of the two with a shove. Ears flattening, Mistyeyes realized they were building better dens in case it rained or snowed, which was two things that happened here a lot it seemed.

The child that had been broken up from the play-fight grumbled angrily as he was put to work, grumpily scooping up sticks and stones and trotting after the larger Night Fury without a passing glance back at his friend. Mistyeyes let out a small sigh, figuring that she had better get to work before-

"I've been waiting to see when you would show up." The dragon started with surprise, spinning around as tensing as Nightflight looked at her strangely. The dragoness was sitting neatly on the edge of the island, Mistyeyes had no idea how she would have not caught sight of the female. Nevertheless, Nightflight had indeed been waiting for her, the thought putting a lump in her throat that she desperately tried to swallow back.

"And just where have you been, hmm?" Nightflight mused, looking at Mistyeyes expectantly. The female did not dare to reply. After waiting a moment, Nightflight went on ahead. "I haven't seen you since morning, you MUST have been off doing something quite important to have been gone that long. Where were you exactly, Mistyeyes?" Her voice dripped with anger as she glared at the Night Fury in front of her.

"…Hunting." The lame excuse found its way out before Mistyeyes could try and stop it.

"Oh? Where's your prey?"

"There was nothing out there." Mistyeyes fumbled.

"Why didn't you ask for others to come with you? I'm sure a larger hunting party would have been more sufficient, right? Or was it because you actually weren't hunting?" Nightflight's eyes narrowed dangerously, Mistyeyes fight the urge to shy away from the probing look that the dragon gave her.

"Don't be ridiculous." Mistyeyes said, forcing her voice to remain calm and steady. "I woke up before the sun rose, I didn't want to wake anybody. Next time I go out, I'll take the liberty of waking the whole island and you as well. Would you prefer that one, Nightflight?"

Nightflight scowled, eyes narrowing angrily as she looked Mistyeyes up and down. "I know where you went." She growled, catching Mistyeyes off-guard. "I saw you leave, I've been here ever since." But suddenly, she gave a small laugh, eyes twinkling with some kind of humor. "But I suppose that since you came back, your plan didn't work, whatever the fool idea was." Snapping back into motion, Nightflight walked forward and pushed her face into Mistyeyes, nose to nose with the female. "Don't take me for a fool, Mistyeyes." She snarled, the smaller dragon wincing away from her words. "I never did like you, and now I know why. I'm going to be watching you closely from now on, Mistyeyes. Mark my words. You'd better straighten out, or else I might slip."

Mistyeyes gulped, Nightflight turning and stalking away, not even glancing back at Mistyeyes. The dragon let out a small shiver as she grimaced, ducking her head away. If Nightflight could clearly threaten somebody of her own family, what could she do to people she did even know? If she did anything. How could Mistyeyes not have known what Nightflight was capable of for so long? It looked like it should have been clear as day by now.

Locking her jaw, Mistyeyes let her eyes scan across the clearing of the island. The small island that the Night Furies were crowing in on. She looked at the small youngling working alongside the adults, fluttering up on its small little wings in order to get three feet off of the ground. It was barbaric. The youngling should have been left to play with its friend, it should be in the nursery right now. Not out in the middle of nowhere.

Whether or not anybody acknowledged her, Mistyeyes was the only true leader of this pack. Despite everything else that had happened before, she knew that it was wrong of Nightflight to put everybody in this situation, Fleetfoot too. She was going to put a stop to it. With or without Toothless. With or without help from the other Night Furies.

But first thing was first. She wasn't going to let any other humans die.