Ch. 10: Affection through an eel

(3rd Person POV)

Windstrike and Nightdevil cooperated well with the saddles. Though Windstrike did loop the loops and barrel rolls in the air for fun which made Shelen's job harder. The two humans also made sure to add notes on what positions to use for the saddles. They also learned new tricks for surviving in the arena during training without attacking the dragons. Shelen was glad that Hiccup was finally getting the attention he deserved and was keeping to his sarcastic but humble nature. Shelen also enjoyed seeing Astrid getting annoyed with Hiccup's success.

One day, though, Astrid was practicing her axe throwing and she was about to throw one at another tree when...She saw Hiccup and Shelen? They stared at her for a moment, then continued walking with baskets in their arms.

'What are they up to?' Astrid thought. The next day she followed them halfway to the cove then lost the trail. She gave up and decided nothing was going on. After all Hiccup and Shelen were nothing of concern. Or maybe they were.

Could they be training in secret or something? Training! That must have been what they were doing! Astrid became furious. The next time she would see Hiccup she would murder him if he did what he did in the arena again!

Meanwhile, Shelen and Hiccup decided that it would be best if they didn't go to the cove together on the same path. So they went down different paths each time they visited Toothless and Windchaser.

The said dragons were no longer avoiding each other and eventually greeted the humans eagerly. During the times that Hiccup and Shelen left the two Night Furies would roll around and wrestle with eachother. They even slept together on rainy nights. And when being fed they eventually ate next to eachother and later would glance at each other with smiles. One day Toothless found an eel in his pile and was about to complain to Hiccup but saw Windchaser staring at the thing in hunger. Toothless nudged the eel toward the dragoness and she looked at him confused.

"Go ahead." He said nudging it closer.

"Toothless! What are you doing?" Hiccup scolded.

"No, wait!" Shelen said holding him back, "look."

Windchaser blinked then looked down at the eel and reared up then snapped her head forward to take the eel in her jaws. Then she stopped and slowly stuck her tongue out under the eel and curled her tongue. Then she took the eel into her mouth and swallowed it two bites.

"Thank you o' Toothless one." Windchaser said bowing her head in exaggeration. Toothless snorted.

"You are most welcome o' Breaker of wind." He replied in his immature way, the same exaggeration rich in his voice.

"It is Windchaser!" The dragoness corrected in mock anger. Toothless laughed and Windchaser brushed him with her tail in a playful way. It only made Toothless laugh more. That was until he felt pain where Windchaser's tail had hit his head.

He looked into the water at his reflection and saw a deep cut with black blood that turned red as it dripped into the pond.

"Toothless!" Hiccup and Shelen gasped and ran over to him.

"Toothless are you alright?" Windchaser asked worriedly. Toothless seemed unfazed by the pain or blood but Hiccup was freaking out. Shelen sighed and grabbed the teenage boy. She then slapped him a few times.

"Thanks." He said sighing. She then pointed at Toothless who was whining in protest as Windchaser pinned down him and began licking the cut.

FLASHBACK:

"Nightdevil, hold still!" Windstrike growled in frustration as she pinned the struggling male Night Fury.

"Aw, Wind, it'll heal on it's own!" Nightdevil whined as he winced at the lick on his cuts caused by the Nightmare he had fought.

"Well I wouldn't have to do this if you would just stop getting into fights with your pack!" She argued.

"Hey, he started it!" Nightdevil growled as Windstrike pushed his head down again. She continued to lick the other's wounds.

"You're treating me like a hatchling!" He complained.

"Because in my eyes you are one." She teased. They both laughed.

I like the ending of this chapter, it shows how the two Night Furies acted as younglings and how even then Wind treated Nightdevil like a kid^^