"What?" Hiccup asks. I glance back at him before slowing down and pulling back out of the clouds and a ways behind the dragon. I'm close enough so that Hiccup can see. I can feel him become excited as he realizes what it was. .
"What are you going to do?" he asks me.
Well I thought maybe he would have some idea. I glance down at the ground far below. I make a quick calculation that could, if wrong be the end of three lives. I think I'll use that as a plan B. I glance back at Hiccup who was giving me a quizzical look. If only I could actually talk to him. All our conversations are one-sided. At least I can understand him. And at least sort of give him simple replies.
I look back up at the dragon in front of me. I speed up so i'm flying just above them. "Err, hey," THe dragon snaps it's gaze up at me. I can feel in a very small moment they were going to try and get away. But I didn't want that. I fold my wings in making a dive for the dragon. I manage to pin their wings down in the process of grabbing them. The dragon starts to thrash and struggle but I only pin them.
I hear Hiccup yell behind gritted teeth. Im guessing because he has no idea what's going on or what to do. And the fact that we are plummeting towards the ground with no signs of stopping. The dragon in my arms starts to roar in a mix of terror and anger.
The ground is coming up fast. "Toothless! Toothless! Bud! pull up!"
I snap my wings open. The force of the air filling them and the extra weight of the dragon painfully pulls at my wings but I force them to stay open. My landing is anything but gentle when The ground comes up. Hiccup manages to fall off before I roll over him luckily.
I groan as I let go of the dragon and wobbly stand up. That is now officially the stupidest thing I have done on my own accord. I shake myself out, showering the ground with leaves and dirt. I pause to look at the dragon in front of me who seems to have momentarily gone unconscious from the landing.
Not only was this dragon a Night Fury but-
" It's a female" Hiccup says in awe as he walks over to me.
I take a step towards her lowering my head towards hers. What if she really isn't ok? What if I hurt her?
Her eyes flash open her pupils menacing slits. It feels like a lifetime of staring into her beautiful eyes. They're icy blue with dark blue speckles like shards of ice.
I'm brought back to the real world by the loud growl in my ears. She now is face to face with me her eyes now filled with a dangerous fire. I take a step back and flattened my own ears.
Pretend that she is on the offence. So you don't look stupid for taking her out of the sky simply because you were curious. The voice says. It's not me thinking or my conscious. It's its own thing. It has saved me many times.
I take on the act. "What are you doing on my territory?" I growl fangs and claws bared.
"Your territory? Last I heard this territory was controlled by the Queen under the mountain." she growls loud enough that Hiccup backs farther away watching us carefully.
" Well then maybe you should get caught up in your History" I growl not as fierce as before.
She stands up straight no longer crouched in a battle position her expression confused. "What do you mean?"
I straighten up and look at her.
Don't tell her who you are. Says the voice.
"The Red Death is dead. The land was without an Alpha for five years. Then the great ice Alpha came. He was shortly defeated in battle by another dragon. And now I'm in control" I hope that explanation succeed in the voice's request.
She looked at me hurt. The fire in her eyes depleted.
"What? how? This can't happen." she turned away from me to look at the ground.
Honestly any smart dragon wouldn't turn their back away from a dragon the just attacked them. Not that I am going to attack her.
I look for Hiccup and see that he had climbed a tree and was scribbling in his journal. I look back at the New night fury.
"What? What's wrong" I ask.
She turns to me with big eyes. "The Red Death..said if I could bring its child back it would give me back my family"
Chapter Two is up!, so hope you like it. And hope you've read book one.
" Trying to remember before I met you"