When I finally get home after hours of scraping my claws on hard stone I go strait for Hiccup. Tomorrow I don't want to go through that again.

Or you could just not go down there anymore,

But she always wants to be down there. I snap at the voice.

"Hiccup, Hiccup where did you put that special tail you gave me a while ago for that holiday? I think I want to give it another try,"

Hiccup looks up at me, " Hey bud, where've you been? I wanted to go for a fly earlier but I couldn't find you. Where you with your girl again?" He asks pushing at my shoulder in a teasing manner.

I role my eyes before bringing my tail up to him.

" What? There something wrong with it?"

I shake my head.

" want to take it off?"

I nod, but then shake my head slightly.

" well then what do you want?"

And this is when I wish I could send him messages through his head. Or by the least he could understand me.

I start the search by myself looking through his random piles of things around the house. After turning the home upside down and being scolded by Valka I go over to the Blacksmith shop. He might be hiding it there.

" Toothless what do you think you're doing? Hiccup asks as he ducks under an empty basket I throw behind me.

I cry in triumph as I find the smashed remnants of the old tail. I pick it up in my jaw and plop t into Hiccup's arms.

" Oh." I can't tell if his voice is filled with realization or sadness. " Well if I fix it then as payment you have to you used to fly before we maimed each other," he says scratching the back of my jaw.

" Haha, funny story," I answer nuzzling into the embrace.

It takes a while for Hiccup to fix the tail. I had done a great damage to it while I rejected it last time. The rods where mostly snapped with only one still in one peice but still bent at an odd angle. At the time I had known and thought through the idea of flying away, not forever. Just to see if I could find answers. But I had decided against it after realizing how odd it would be without my little Viking, and besides its not like I would know where to go any way. That's when I decided it was a waster to even bother keeping the tail. I wanted to fly as one with my rider. With my best friend.

" There. That should do for now. I can modify it later. When Im sure you won't just smash it to pieces. Now isn't that right"

I give my guilty version of my interpretation of a smile. Hiccup
Smiles back, just as he does every time.

" Okay, come here." I drag my tail over to him where he starts to unstrap my current tail and harness. I step out of the shoulder straps and alow Hiccup to reattach the saddle. Afterwards he goes right to strapping on the new tail. It feels odd having the saddle on with no gear. I'm no longer completely reliant on Hiccup to allow me to fly. I don't have to wait for him. It's a freedom I've only felt once before a long time ago.

And it feels great.

I'm coasting on a strong wind current as I wait for Hiccup to hook on the daft latch to his suit into my saddle. " Okay bud, let's go."

I hover there for a second trying to think of how I might of flown, but I just throw the thought away as I just let myself go.

I go fast. Faster than I ever have. The wind becomes so loud, a pressure building up before it lets go and everything goes completely silent as we fly over the ocean. I'm going faster then the sound around is. After relishing in the feeling for a minute I slow down again and turn back. I lower and fly Just above the ocean water. Causing large waves to rise behind me as I have done before. After a while I slow down to a normal speed and start going back home. The sun had now gone down under the horizon.

" Now that you can control your flying yourself, That means I can do more tests with the flight suit."

"No! You're just going to get us both killed." Honestly I like the suit. When Hiccup is 'flying' next to me I feel like he's a small hatchling i'm there to protect and teach. But I'm sure he wouldn't be too impressed with the thought.

The next morning I leave when I wake up. I walk all the way out of the village before I remember the tail. I left myself into the air and head towards where Nightholly made her temporary nest.

I land in the small cove before calling the dragoness name.

" I'm over here," She says tiredly.

I walk over to her cautiously. " You okay?"

She stands casting me a glare. " Im fine" Her attitude changes again, "Here to learn from the master Night Fury? All the tricks and schemes to getting out of trouble?"

" I quess?"

" Wonderful. By chance did you bring your rider?"

" Um, well no I didn't the humans are all still asleep at this time in the morning." I glance up at the still dark sky.

" Oh. Later then. And I see you have a different tail today. It's color doesn't burn my eyes. Do you change them often? Like the humans do with the skins they wear?"

" No. This is a different tail. I don't need my rider." I bring my tail around to show her. the change.

" interesting." She says looking closely at the leather. She looks up at me with soft eyes. " So we can go fly together? Just the two of us?" She asks moving closer.

I nod with a small smile.

" Well come on! Let's go! I've been waiting long enough." Nightholly exclaims excitedly while pushing me away towards the more open part of the cove.

I jump up into the air her own excitement rubbing off on me. After gaining some height I hover over Nightholly and playfully dip down her wing with my own. She glances up at me before darting away, starting a silent game of tag in the process. I manage to tag her tail. And divide the spines along my back and take a sharp turn away from her reaching arm. I do a twirl before flying back up above her.

Our subconsciously our flying pattern starts to change to mimic each other's like a dance. Matching each others wing beats as we flew between the columns of clouds. The silent comes to an end when we finally touch down to the ground. I glance up at the sun and see that I have been gone for too long.

" I must go. I need to go back to Hiccup. "

She gives a gentle nod. " Okay. I'll see you later then,"

I nod before making the brave move nuzzling her jaw before quickly jumping into the air and quickly fly back home.

Not until half way there do I realize we had just completed a courting ritual. One of hopeful many.

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