When I came to I found myself in a large round shaped cage like arena. Above me were thick iron bars and chains weaving through them keeping me from the sky. A Monstrous Nightmare, Gronckle, Hideous Zippleback, Stormfly, and a Stormcutter stood around the caged roofing of the arena looking down at me. Humans stood by them as did Astrid with Stormfly so I assumed the other humans were those dragon's riders. I watched them with my ears back and a snarl looking to each and every one of them. Stopping on the Zippleback who had two riders…wait two? Hey they look at each other how odd. Maybe they are a special breed of human like a subspecies or something. My ears perked up with a head turn as I studied them. One human twin with a female voice punched the other in the arm "see Tuffnut even the new dragon thinks you look like a yaks butt" the voice yells. Tuffnut pushes the female twin back "shut up Ruffnut it must be your rank dragon breath that's confusing it." Tuffnut's male voice laughs at Ruffnut's mad facial expression. Rolling my eyes yep the look a likes are defiantly a subspecies.
Looking away my eyes soon landed on the Nightmare a very proud and stubborn looking male dragon. Which I know from his sudden pick up calls. "Hey there scaly beauty how about flying my way" The Nightmare grunts out puffing out his chest and holding his head high. I stared with an odd look like if I was questioning if that was a pick up line or a compliment. His human must have noticed his dragon's behavior. The human smirked crossing his arms over his crest "Hookfang you show off" the human scoffed. Hookfang the Nightmare glared down at his rider before snorting at him knocking the human boy over. Scoffing that humans and their dragons I went to looking for a way out. Knowing if I blast the cage part open the other dragons will most likely stop my escape. An elder female human started to walk away from the Stormcutter disappearing behind some wooden pillars.
I kept searching the area leaving my guard up turning around a couple times. A large thick iron bared gate door opens on the far side of the arena. A young male human looking the same age as the riders above me but scrawnier. He set his hands behind his head resting them on the back of his neck. I watched him my ears lay back slowly my eyes scanning over him. He puffs out his checks as he studied me back. He drops his arms back to his sides before they flared towards me with a surprised gesture. I watched and spread my wings wide he noticed and put his hands up in a surrender. I snarled at this I know full well what cruelty humans can do.
He had a look of thought for a moment then walked back words to the gate door turning and grabbed something. Coming back he held a fish by its gills and stretched it out to me. I licked my upper lip watching it my stomach growled loudly. I snarled at him he smiled at me and tossed it a bit passed me. Looking to it then him I growled more at him. The young human pulled out a sword making me roar at him with a warning threat. He looked at it then me before the blade lit on fire. My eyes narrowed at this as he waved it around making me look at him like he was crazy. When he realized whatever he was doing wasn't working he stopped. Ears perking up some as I fire a shot at his feet sending him back onto his back with aloud yelp. I stopped when he sat up reached his hand to me just like Astrid did in the forest. Wondering closer to him he only smiled more and stood his ground.
"It'll be fine….its ok just calm down I uh we aren't going to hurt you" his voice was warm and gentle, soothing to the ears. Cocking my head to the side I lifted a paw up to him squinting an eye. The human watched my actions then I knocked him over back onto his back with a shove of my paw. He fell with a thud Astrid ran over to the gate door with anger and worry in her eyes. The male on the ground sat up fast this time but I pushed him back over holding him down with a paw as I watched him struggle. I noticed my gash on my paw was covered in a crusty, flaky, green stuff. It also on my other scraps and gashes. He just watched his smile disappeared as I bent down sniffing my paw then him for more food my belly growled more in demand.
Rolling him over he started to make worried sounds and yelps escaped him. Gently biting onto his plating of his outfit on his back I lift him off the ground. Dragging his lower legs carrying him towards the gate. For now I have both a hostage and a food sores. Shouting came calling from the door before Astrid and the elder female human came into the arena. Astrid started to run at me wielding a double sided battle axe. My eyes widen making me drop the male human. Setting a paw to hold him I roared a warning this made the other dragons shift in worry as did their humans. Sending a shot destroying the axe from her hand.
"ITS MINE!" I roared again Astrid slowed to a stop I snarled ears flat against my head. "Astrid its ok I think it's just hungry" the male beneath my paw said calmly to the other human I snarled more lunging at her running at her and knocking her over holding one arm down with a paw and readying a shot as she tries to push away my other paw. "ASTRID!" the male cried out after the female soon the elder female human comes into the arena dragging a large basket of fish. I looked to the human beneath me and the boy giving a snort to them I let her. Approaching the basket a bit faster than normal growling at the older female.
"Now, now no need for that" she spoke with the same tone thee younger male had, hm they must be related. A low growl escaped me glaring down the older human. She only smiled and helped Astrid up as the male was up and joining the two females. "See she's just confused and hungry" the elder female spoke. "yea- WAIT that's a 'she'?" the male asked surprised "yes can't you tell by just watching her body movements." The older female replied smiling at him. "This is perfect then. A girl Night Fury, her and Toothless may just be the last two out there they can save their species now" he spoke happiness filling his voice as he ran to the gate door. "Valka, I don't think we should keep her in the village" Astrid suggests voicing her opinion to the elder human next to her. "It's true she'll need some time to adjust but she also needs our help" Valka replied to Astrid before her eyes widen on the site of the male human flying in on a dragon.
They land as I was about to tip over the basket of fish. Spotting them my eyes widen and ears stand up with every ounce of alertness. The dragon he rode was another Night Fury a male Night Fury at that. The human jumped off the Night Fury and went to the females. Valka gave a stern look at the male. "Hiccup we don't know what two Night Furies will do once together" Valka said gesturing to us. "Well we aren't going to find out if we don't try it" Hiccup the male human spoke up resting his hands on his hip watching us with a grin. The other Night Fury stood studying me ears up and just as much surprise as I.
"Uh hi there" he spoke up in barely above a whisper tone. We stared at each other mimicking one another's movements. Opening and closing our wings, sweeping our tails back and forth and a couple ear twitches. Though I find all this interesting and exciting but my hunger was greater. Relaxing some I tipped the basket spilling the fish onto the ground. Pocking them some I soon started to dig in gulping some down whole. The other dragon watched me before looking around spotting the fish his rider discarded earlier. Picking it up in his jaws gentle he approached slowly to my side making me jump popping my head up to glare at him. Hiccup walked up to the male Night Fury resting a hand on his head patting it gentle.
"You just let him do that in that subject why are any of these dragons here living among this humans?" I ask before the other Night Fury could reply to my question Hookfang interrupts. "Why, because they are our friends, out family. Part of the horde" Hookfang clams as he walks into the arena. The Night Fury turns to him with an odd look. Hiccup looks up to the approaching dragon with a questioning look. "So I'm Hiccup and this here is Toothless and he is a Night Fury" Hiccup says nudging Toothless with an elbow. Toothless offered me the fish to me in a token of piece his eyes still wide and his body almost shaking.
"Uh um" I thought it over before reaching with my own jaws to take it. Taking it with a small nose rub making Toothless gulp. Though before I could eat the offering Hookfang growled and snapped his jaws startling me. Causing me to drop the fish and roar at him in anger.