So, this may be shorter than I thought. I'll probably try to pack all of the action into a few chapters that will be longer. So… yeah. Enjoy!

Toothless and his friends all flew back to their village. When they landed, Stoick the Vast walked up to his son.

"Who's your new friend Hiccup?" He looked at Midnight, a small glimmer of distrust in his eye. The Vikings had mostly adjusted to the new lifestyle that included dragons. They lived with them, played with them. But due to their nature, they always harbored a small bit of distrust towards the dragons that they couldn't overcome.

"This is Midnight. Her rider recently died and she's all alone. She also the only other Night Fury besides Toothless anywhere near here. She's very nice. Can she stay with us?" Hiccup looked over at her, sitting peacefully, talking with Toothless.

"Oh, of course she can stay, as long as she stays outside and Toothless stays with her for now. But where was her rider from? Are other Vikings using dragons for pets too?" He looked over to the dragons for an explanation. Midnight looked up and though to Toothless.

"She was from a very small nomadic tribe that lived to the East quite a ways. They were few, their numbers in the low 50s. After the sickness, their numbers dwindled to single digits. I couldn't stand their sadness. I left." She hung her head.

Toothless told all of this to Hiccup, who told his father. "I'm sorry for your loss, Midnight. You are welcome to stay as long as you want." Stoick nodded to Hiccup and Astrid and walked back to his house. Hiccup turned to Astrid.

"Well, I'm gonna go home, too, and get something to eat. Then I have an idea for Toothless' tail attachment, so I'm gonna head down to the forge with Gobber later. So, see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, of course. Um, could I come over tomorrow morning? I wanted to see if I could start, maybe, bonding with Midnight. My family's Nadder, Zalea, isn't exactly a playful, friendly dragon. All she's really good for is running errands and catching rats…" Astrid had her hands behind her back and was drawing circles in the dirt with her foot.

Hiccup looked over at Toothless and Midnight. "Would that be ok?" Toothless looked at Midnight for a moment, then back to Hiccup. He nodded. "Sure, that would be cool! We could both have Night Furies and we could race!" He heard Toothless grumble behind him. "Hehe, if they want to that is." Midnight groaned and walked off with Toothless. "Well, I guess we're leaving. Bye, Astrid." He waved and ran off after the dragons.

"Bye, Hiccup!" Astrid waved back, and began walking to her own home. I really hope Midnight likes me. It would be so cool to have a pet fury! I could ride around with Hiccup! I love it when the wind blows through my hair… And his… His awesome, chestnut hair… Wait, what? Ok, Astrid, snap out of it. He's your best friend, nothing more. Nothing more.

She was so intent on her thoughts that she almost walked right into the door of her house. "Wow, I need help." She walked upstairs to her room and picked up her journal and started drawing Midnight.

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"Toothless, is Astrid nice? I wouldn't mind having a friend again…" Midnight and Toothless were sitting behind Hiccup's house, along with some of the other dragons. They were mainly the pets of Astrid and Hiccup's friends. There was a Monstrous Nightmare named Fireclaw, a Gronkle named Barnacle, a Zippleback named Spiky, and Zalea. There were also a few random Terrors present.

"Yes, she's very nice. She didn't give up on Hiccup, even when everyone else did." Toothless smiled. "I didn't either, but I'm not a Viking."

"Hiccup was, like, so awesome! When we were fighting that huge dragon, he was all like, 'Come on guys, let's get him!' And he like, totally beat him!" Spiky's left head was all hyper.

His right, not so spazzy, but still hyper. He had proper grammar, but he just talked really fast. "He brought all his friends into the dragon training arena and paired us all up with his friends and then we all rode to the dragon nest island and we helped him defeat the Red Death and we made him a hero."

Barnacle just nodded because he was fat and lazy. Fireclaw went into the gory details of the battle, being a nightmare and all. "The Red Death chased them into the sky and was shooting fire at them! And then, Toothless shot fire at his wings and burned huge holes in them! Then he was chased down to earth and the Red Death couldn't fly! But Toothless' tail attachment was burned off, so he was hit and Hiccup fell into the fireball, almost losing his leg!" All the Terrors just nodded along with everything that was said.

Zalea looked bored. She turned to Midnight. "My rider's girl is not as nice as they say. She treats me horribly! Ignores me, doesn't ride me… She's downright mean to me! I would stay away from her."

Midnight looked to Toothless. "You said she was nice. She said Zalea wasn't. Zalea says she's the good one. Who do I trust?" Toothless patted the ground beside him. Midnight sat beside him.

"You can trust whomever you want, or make your own decisions. But Astrid is coming over tomorrow, so you can figure it out then. For now, let's rest.

The two Night Furies said their goodnights to everyone and curled up near the wall. Midnight started shaking. Normally she slept in the shelter of the trees, so the breeze blowing over her was making her cold. Toothless noticed this and scooted closer to her. He draped his wing over her and he snuggled up to her. She looked at him out of one eye and smiled to herself. She responded by moving closer to him. "Goodnight, Toothless."