Ch. 5: Friends or Prey?

(Windstrike POV)

What was that? That human had returned? Why? More importantly why didn't I attack her? She was so vulnerable. I could have ended her life then and there. I sighed and continued to pace around my prison. What was she doing here? That question was hard to understand. I shook it off for the time.

Suddenly I heard a plop. I whipped my head around and saw a fish lying in the entrance to the cove. I tilted my head in curiousity then my eyes narrowed as the diamond weilder entered. She picked up the fish and looked around. I eyed her suspisiously then to make myself known, thumped my tail once.

She jumped and looked at me. I looked at her. She then held out the fish for me to take. I was sure that was what she wanted. So I sidled over and reached for the fish with my gums the only things able to be seen in my mouth. Other than my tongue. But I stopped. What if she still had her diamond talon.

I jerked back and snarled at the blonde human. She froze then moved her hand to her pocket. I glared at the pocket and saw as she brought out a shining dagger. It was the diamond dagger. She held it in a nonthreatening fashion then tossed it away from her. My stare fell to her other pocket.

"Ok, I have an iron knife in this pocket but I won't get rid of it! I'm not going to aproach a Night Fury unarmed." She warned me.

'Fair enough I suppose.' I thought, then I nodded. She again held out the fish. I moved forward again and she must have seen my fangless mouth, but didn't say anything. I reared my head back and snapped it forward again, snatching the fish from her. It was a rainbow trout! My favorite!

I licked my lips and looked at her in a greatful way. I then lowered to my four legs again and moved closer to her. She didn't back away, but did fall on her tailless rear. I eyed her in curiousity and then I began to regurgitate half of the fish. It plopped into the human's lap and she looked at it in discussed. I ignored the face and sat on my own rear using my tail for balance.

The human looked at the fish in confusion and I motioned with my eyes for her to eat it. She glared at me after realizing my intentions, then took a bite. At first she grimased. Then her eyes widened and she swallowed after chewing.

"It tastes like a cooked fish!" She sounded suprised. I smiled toothlessly at her at the remark. I literally opened my mouth and showed her my gummy smile. She seemed to really like it. Because she reached up a hand and tried to touch my nose. I didn't like that at all!

I told her so by baring my now visible fangs and jerked away. I then glided over to the other side of the lake. Once there I remembered I had to gather some grass to use in my cave shelter. I began to scratch up the grass then I looked up. The human was staring at me while I worked. I glared at her then went back to pulling up grass.

When I had a nice pile I was about to take it to the cave when I caught sight of the human drawing in the dirt. I became curious and waddled over. I glanced over her shoulder and saw that she was drawing a dragon. Funny I thought Vikings hated dragons. Then again she didn't seem to be very Viking-like.

The human drew two large eyes then a head. She then drew a short neck and a body. The large wings then the finned tail. A Night Fury. She had drawn a Night Fury. The human then smudged away the right tailfin. She had drawn me! I looked at her in suprise then she smiled at me. I smiled back, then I saw her reach out again. I growled. She then turned her head and held her arm straight out. I hesitated then closed my eyes and placed my snout in her outstretched palm. It felt so warm.

I opened my eyes and saw her look at me in amazement. I then backed away and gave a huff. I then went back to my pile and watched as the human left the cove. I hoped I would see her tomorrow.

(Nightdevil POV)

How could this have happened? I screeched in my head. I had just encoutered the human again! Why? What was he doing there? Was he there to mock me for losing flight. Or to learn about my shape so that he could show the other Vikings.

I was thinking about those things when I heard a plop. I glanced up from the rock I was sunning on. There was a fish just lying on the ground near the far gap in the cove. I then saw the human male from the day before. He picked up the fish and looked around. I lowered myself on the rock and waited. He entered the cove and I glared at him in suspision. He was so close, I could just pounce and kill him this time, but my hunger for fish was greater. I bunched up my shoulders and spread my wings abit to make myself look bigger. Then the human jumped. I slid down my rock and sniffed the air.

The human held out the fish to me and I sidled over with my teeth retracted. I then smelled metal. I snarled and backed away. The wreched human had come to finish the job. I continued to snarl as he lifted his fur to reveal a knife. I growled louder as he reached for it. He then did something peculiar. The human dropped the knife then kicked it into the lake next to us.

As I heard the small splash, all hostility was dropped and I again moved towards the fish.

"Huh, Toothless. I could have sworn you had-" I didn't let him finish as I unsheathed my serated teeth. I snatched up the fish and gulped it down.

"-Teeth?" The human finished timidly. I then became more curious of him. He had given me a fish that he clearly needed. So I moved forward to examine him better. He backed away until he fell on his butt. I began to regurgitate the fish and deposited it onto his lap. The human looked at it with a mix of expressions I couldn't read. He then looked up at me as I sat on my own rump. Using my tail for balance.

I motioned with my eyes what he was supposed to do. He finally got the message and with a sigh took a large bite of the fish. He made a face to show that he liked it and held the fish up to me again. I made a gulping noise in my throat.

"Come on, swallow." I said. He looked at me with a strange look. Then with difficulty swallowed his fish.

"Good job." I said then licked my lips for enfecis. He then grinned at me. I decided to return the friendly gesture. Without my fangs. I continued to hold the pose until he reached his hand up to touch me! I snarled again then glided over to the other side of the lake. I landed then breathed a stream of fire on the ground. After that I lay down to sleep.

Suddenly I heard a chirping noise. I looked up and saw a small black and yellow bird. Mixed emotions brewed in my chest as I watched the bird fly away. When I looked back I saw the human. I gave him a bord look and moved my tail in front of my face. I again settled down to sleep but suddenly I felt a need to see the human one last time before I sleep. I lifted my tail to see the human was about to lay a hand apon my tail. I gave him a stern look as he jumped up and tried to look inocent. I rolledmy eyes and moved over to a sturdy dead tree.

I hung there like a large bat for hours I thought it was. When I awoke, I saw that the humanwas still there. He was sitting on a small boulder with a stick in his hand. I became curious and decided to see what he was drawing.

The human was drawing a face of some sort. I waited for a while as I watched the stick create the two eyes. He had drawn a Night Fury. He had drawn me! My face! I became exited and ran off to find something to draw with. I found a nice tree to use and began to draw, myself.

I had no idea what I had made, but the human was impressed. He stood up and stepped on a line. I didn't like that and to show to him my displeasure, I growled. He lifted his foot from the line and I stopped growling. Instead I began to make a sound I hadn't really thought I was capable of.

"Hrrrrrr," I rumbled calmly. It was like I was purring. I then growled again when the human again stepped on my line. He lifted his foot I purred. He then did it again! I was about to tackle him when he then placed his foot inside the lines. A space. I had no problem with that and continued to purr. He kept stepping in the spaces and I saw that it looked like he was dancing.

When he stopped, the human was right in front of me. He turned around and raised his hand again. I turned my head slightly and growled again. Then I was suprised as he turned his head and held his arm out all the way. I closed my eyes and placed my muzzle in his hand. He flinched abit then we made eye contact again. I then backed away and moved again to a place to sleep.

The last I saw of the human was him waving goodbye and leaving the cove. I had no idea that things after that would get complicated.