AN- Welcome to chapter 8. This one took me longer to get out due to writers block, sorry. But i did some fan art to make up for it. you can find the link in my profile.

Anyway, i hope you enjoy :)

"Text" - dragons speaking
"Text" - queen dragon speeking

Gobber watched as the dragons' forms grew smaller as they flew into the distance - Ruffnut in tow. He didn't know what to make of what had just happened.
Another night fury had just come out of nowhere - injuring Stoic. The size of it had shown the previous one to be a meer hatchling. It had then gone to take off with the younger one only for Ruffnut to latch onto it. What had she been thinking!?

Surely she didn't think her weight alone could bring it back to the ground. What drove her to trying to prevent it from escaping. He doubted she wanted revenge like Stoic. From what he'd seen, the teens hadn't cared about Hiccup. They'd wanted to kill the night fury for their own gains. Not to avenge their fallen peer.

If she'd just been pulling a crazy stunt like usual, wouldn't her brother have joined in?
He couldn't make sense of it. He'd ask the teens about it later.

There was another thing on his mind though. The young night fury had looked scared. But dragons didn't have feelings like fear. They were mindless beasts that only thought of survival. Not to mention the way it had looked at him and his fellow vikings had looked familiar.

Those big green eyes full of pleading. Like he'd done something wrong and was preparing for a scolding he couldn't talk his way out of since no one would listen to him. It reminded him so much of Hi- ...No! That was impossible. It was just a coincidence. He was still mourning over Hiccup and his mind was playing tricks on him. That had to be it!

Putting his thoughts to rest, he walked over to the teens. Stoic was being carried off to the Healers and didn't really need his help for now, so he might as well question the kids while their memories were still fresh.

Fishlegs had an arm over Tuffnut as the latter teen was hunched over,sobbing his eyes out into his arms. The teens were trying to comfort him, despite still being in shock of what happened themselves.

"I don' mean to intrude, but could i ask you guys some questions?" Asked Gobber as he approached them.

"Not now Gobber! Can't you see Tuff's upset about losing his sister? He needs time to grieve." Stated Astrid. Anger at the interruption clear from her voice tone.

"I understand tha', but i need to ask while your memories are still fresh."

"Like what?" Asked Snotlout, crossing his arms.

"No matter 'ow much i think abou' i', i can' make sense of why Ruffnu' did wha' she did. Did you no'ice her acting strangely at all? Did she say or doing something unusual that would provoke such a drastic action from 'er?"

The teens wondered for a moment when a spark lit up in Astrid's head.

"Yeah, i did notice something actually." She said, gaining the attention of the other teens.

"When we were chasing after the night fury, she was begging for us to stop, that the night fury meant no harm and we should drop our weapons. I thought she was just tricking us, but now that i think about it more... When i first saw her with the night fury in the forest, she was chasing it. That's not what was strange though. She was unarmed but laughing like it didn't matter. She even managed to catch it! But then it over powered her and started mauling her!"

"Huh!? Are you sure? I didn't see any blood when she jumped on it back here." Replied Gobber.

"Yes I'm sure! I ran to help her straight away. Luckily she was still alive when i got there."

"Hey I remember something about that actually. " Stated Snotlout. "I was with you when we went to rescue her and that dragon was still on her. But there really wasn't any blood. I only saw some bruises when I was guarding her."

"But it was definitely biting her arm!" cried Astrid. "How could she not get injured by that?"

Tuff had stopped crying while listening to the conversation. He also had not understood his sisters actions. Even though she would deny it, she was scared of dragons. There was no way she would have gone near one without a way to defend herself.
Points in the conversation started piecing themselves in his mind like a puzzle coming together.

"She was play fighting." He blurted out. The others looked at him like he'd grown a second head. There was no way that was the answer, right?

"How would that even be possible Tuff? Dragons are violent beasts. Play isn't in their vocabulary. They don't have the emotions for having fun and being happy." Stated Astrid.

"But think about it. She said you should drop your weapons because he meant no harm right? Maybe they're only violent when you are threatening to them? Maybe she had tamed it and was playing with it like a pet." Replied Tuff.

"Why and how would she make it a pet?" Asked Astrid.

"Well how, I don't know. She has the answer for that. But I do know why." He said starting to get excited.

"It's just like my idea of using a dragon as a weapon. But as a loyal pet, it might even let you ride it!"

"RIDE IT!?" Gobber and the rest of the teens exclaimed.

"Wish I'd thought of it. She took my idea a step further. " Finished Tuff

"Why in Thors name would you want to ride a dragon!?" Asked Gobber.

"I agree, that sound terrifing," Said Fishlegs shakily.

"I know right! imagine how fun it would be just to fall out of the sky! You'd be falling for ages, watching the ground get steadily closer and closer before...BAM! -"

Fishlegs was listening with a scared expression and jumped at the 'Bam' "Agh I don't wanna hear anymore, " he cried as he clutched his ears.

"- Dragon swoops you to safety." Tuff continued.

"I don't know about the falling, but having a powerful dragon under your control does sound pretty awesome." Said Snotlout. Now impressed by the idea.

"Now 'old on lads, I've been figh'ing dragons for years and I'll tell you now. They aren' tameable." Gobber stated in a stern tone.

"Have you ever tried?" Asked Tuff.

"Well no bu-"

"Then how do you know? Tuff interrupted. Arms now crossed with a smirk.

Gobber sighed, it was no good wasting his energy on this. He'd just let them learn the hard way.
"Fine! Tomorrow I'll let you have a go with the terrible terror, the leas' dangerous of the dragons we 'ave. If you can tame I' I'll do whatever you want me to."

Tuff and Snotlout looked excited at the prospect of taming a dragon and making Gobber do what ever they wanted when they did.

"'owever. If you fail, you all 'ave to clean ou' and feed the captured dragons for a month and never mention taming dragons again." He stated.

"Deal!" Tuffnut said without hesitation and held out his hand. He and Gobber shook on it and the bet was set.

"Are you sure you're okay now Tuffnut?" Asked Fishlegs. " You were grieving over your sister only a short while ago."

"Hmm, yeah I'm fine now. If she tamed it then I doubt she's dead. I'm sure it wouldn't have killed her."

"But what about the larger one? She didn't tame that one and it looked far more dangerous. It was most likely the one that killed Hiccup."

Worry washed over Tuff's features for a moment before he spoke, "I-Im sure she'll be fine. She already tamed one night fury. I'm sure she can do it again."

But it was clear he wasn't too certain in his words. They could only hope she was okay.

Ruffnut was terrified. They'd been flying for what felt like an hour now. Her arms were aching badly and she was afraid she'd fall into the freezing ocean, very far below her. She briefly wondered if she'd even survive the fall let alone freeze to death and drown.

She didn't know where this night fury was taking them and what would happen to her when she landed. She could only hope Blacky would convince this dragon not to kill her. It clearly wanted to.

Toothless was annoyed this viking was still latching onto the hatchling. He'd thought she'd have lost her grip and fallen to her death by now.

What bothered him even more though was his tail. It hurt a lot from the fight with the witch. The more he flew, the worse the pain got. He needed to rest it, let it heal. But getting the hatchling to the nest took over his common sense.

"Don't worry about your tail, it'll be fine." screamed the voice in his head.
Everytime he thought of landing, the voice bore into his head like an annoying itch of pain.

Turning the tail fin to adjust to the wind currents felt even worse than the flying, it felt like the wound only grew bigger. It felt like the fin was being torn from the tail. He daren't look incase that were true.

"It's not tearing, you're fine. Return to the nest."

He just had to get to the nest. The tearing was his imagination. But no matter how much the voice nagged at him to keep going, the pain kept getting worse.

All of a sudden, he blacked out. It was only for a second, but to his horror, he'd dropped the hatchling. He swerved into a dive, ignoring the pain it brought to his tail fin. The girl was screaming along with the young dusk-striker. Somehow she was still holding on and climbed onto his back, arms latching round his neck.
He managed to reach them just in time before they hit the water. Ignoring the feel of the viking girl against his stomach he tried to regain altitude.

A sharp pain in his tail made in shriek in pain. He suddenly couldn't control it as well. A brief look behind him showed it was hanging off! Only the back half of his left tailfin was still attached.

And then, at the worst possible moment, a gust of wind sent him spiraling in the air!
He only just managed to level himself before a rock suddenly appeared in front of him. His desperate turns only aggravated his injury more. He swore he could feel it tearing even further.

He spotted an island in the near distance and headed straight to it.
As soon as he was over land, he finally lost complete control of his tail fin and crashed hard into the rocky sands.

After the initial shock of the crash landing eased its way out of his system, Hiccup wriggled his way out from the older night furies grip. What had happened? The night fury had somehow lost control of its flight!

He saw Ruffnut quickly follow after him. She'd been sandwiched in-between them after she'd clambered onto his back from the first fall.
They both moved away from the older dragon.

It wasn't moving! Was it just unconscious? Or maybe even...d-dead?

He had to check, so he mustered up his courage and edged towards the fallen form - somehow limping on both hind legs. The left because of his still healing injury and the right from the strain of supporting Ruffnut's weight.

The night fury had ended up hitting his head on a boulder, but from the rise and fall of his chest it was just unconsciousness. He decided to look for any other injuries. He saw some scratches and cuts here and there but when he got to his tail he gasped in shock. One of the back tail fins was missing! The rough jagged cut along the tail insinuated it had torn off? Was it the crash or perhaps it had happened before?! He remembered the sudden loss of control before the crash, was that when it had happened?

He went back over to Ruffnut who was shaking. "Are you okay?" He warbled.

She had her hands wrapped around herself and looked pale. But then she looked down and saw him looking at her. She suddenly broke into tears and pulled him to her trembling frame. The shock of being carried off and crash landing had clearly gotten to her. He could only warble comforting words to her as she got it out of her system.

It was sunset by the time she'd ended up passing out against him. Her soft snores reverting through his scales.

For the first time since landing, he had a proper look at where they were.
They had crashed on a shingle beach with rocks and boulders present. Not the best place for a crash landing, he thought to himself.
Attached to that appeared to be a forest of orange, covered in fog. The ground around him -but more so further in - was lightly covered in snow. Patches of grass and shrubbery poked out from Its white blanket. There appeared to be some mountains and many rock pillars with the orange trees on top in the distance, making him question how large this island actually was.

He could hear a symphony of birds as the day was coming to a close. He couldn't recognise any of the sounds the birds were making. He wondered what other creatures he'd never heard of called this place home. A part of him was excited at the prospect of adventure and new knowledge. The other worried about the unknown dangers it may hold.

His head was killing him. Past the pounding and stabbing sensations of pain, It felt clouded and unfocused, but at the same time strangely clear. The itching probing in his head he'd grown used to was gone. He felt like he could think for himself for the first time in years!

He registered he must have hit his head in the crash, but could that really have broken the queens hold over him? He couldn't be certain. He carefully opened his eyes, ignoring the pain it caused his head to do so.

It was dark out. Had he been out for hours or days?
He saw the hatchling several metres away from him, tucked into a ball sleeping. He couldn't see the viking girl. But he could smell her.

He tried to get up only to lay down again as dizziness assaulted him and a wave of nausea hit him. He must have hit his head harder than he first thought.
It wouldn't do him any good to try getting up for now. The hatchling appeared safe and he couldn't smell or hear any danger. His tired mind begged for sleep to heal the concussion and he let it have its way as blackness overcame him again, forgetting the presence of the girl.

The next time consciousness started to creep up on him, he could feel a pleasant coolness on his head. The pain in his head had reduced to a dull ache, as well as his tail. Something was moving along his head. It felt strange and unfamiliar. It was smooth but a bit wet. It was almost flat with four? No five appendages attached. And there were two of them. They seemed to be wrapping something wet around his head. The grogginess of sleep inched it's way out of his mind. He gave a quick sniff and smelled...Viking!?

His eyes snapped open only to see the viking girl hovering over him. A look of shock on her features - caused from his awakening. He leapt to his feet to defend himself only to stumble and have his vision blur. The girl fell back in fright.

He shook his head a bit to clear it and let out a growl of warning. She just stayed splayed out on the ground staring up at him and trembling. He let out a high-pitched roar which caused her to start crawling backwards away from him.
He went for an attack when all of a sudden, the hatchling jumped in between them.

"Don't hurt her!" Hiccup yelled.

"Why not? She's a viking. She was going to kill me!" Protested toothless.

Toothless continued to try to get past the hatchling to the girl only for Hiccup to block his path and lunge a few times.

"I said stay back!"

"Get out of my way!"

To Ruffnut, the violent display scared her. Blacky was protecting her from the larger night fury but she feared for his safety. If they started bringing out the teeth and claws, there was no way he could win. All she could hear were shrieks and growls as they argued over what she could only guess was her life.
She'd only been trying to help it since it was badly injured. She'd made friends with Blacky, why not another dragon? She thought if she showed it she only wanted to help and meant no harm it wouldn't try to kill her. But it clearly wasn't that simple.

Toothless was tired of this game and lunged for the hatchling. He tossed him to the ground and grabbed the back of his neck in his jaws. Hiccup suddenly froze. He couldn't move! It was like he was a kitten being carried by the scruff.

Toothless tossed Hiccup behind him and dashed toward Ruff. He was a mere metre away before he gave a shriek of pain. Hiccup had bitten into his injured tail!
Given the chance, Ruff made a run for it. She wanted to get as far away from the adult night fury as possible.

Toothless swung around and flung Hiccup off of him.

"What do you think you're doing!" Yelled Toothless

"I told you to leave her alone!" Hiccup cried back. "She wasn't going to kill you, she was healing you."

"Healing me? Why would a viking heal a dragon?"

"She's not like the others. She doesn't want to kill dragons anymore. I'm the proof. She didn't kill me, she took care of me. I'd be dead if it weren't for her." He pleaded.

Toothless stared in stunned silence at Hiccups out burst.

"I'm not saying you have to become friends with her straight away. It takes time to build trust. But please. Don't hurt her. I'll take responsibility if she tries anything. Please trust me."

Toothless stared a little while longer before giving a sigh.

"Fine!"

Hiccup's face lit up.

"But you have to keep your word on taking responsibility. If she even tries to put a scratch on one of us, you will be the one to take her life!"

Hiccup hesitantly agreed to the deal, hoping it would never come to that.

"I don't want her touching me again though. I don't trust vikings. i don't want her touching you either."

"I like her touching me though," replied Hiccup causing an appalled expression from Toothless. "It feels nice, especially when she scratches me under the chin."

"What are you? A pet?"

"No! of course not. We're friends. Although she treats me more like her child. She's very motherly." Considered Hiccup as he thought about their relationship.

"I've never heard of a human acting motherly to a dragon before! Is she a bit coocoo in the head or something?" Laughed toothless.

"Well she is sometimes a bit nu-... i mean no of course not. Sure she enjoys reckless stunts here and there but she's otherwise sane. I think. She's just different to other vikings now. She's changed."

"What ever you say hatchling."

"I have a name you know."

"Oh? and whats that?"

"Hiccup."

Toothless stared for a second before rolling over in laughter. "Hiccup? What kind of name is that!?"

"It's not like i chose it. Whats your name anyway?" Asked Hiccup, annoyed with the mocking. Viking names were almost always weird. Something about scaring off trolls or something.

"I don't have one anymore," He replied still chuckling a bit.

"Oh? Why not?"

"It's a long story, I'll tell you some other time." He said before going into another giggling fit. "Hiccup hahaha. "

Hiccup held the annoyed expression while watching the older night fury role on the ground. Then he noticed something strange. The night fury's teeth were missing. They were there not long ago. Maybe it was a special ability of night furies to retract them or something. But just then an idea popped into his head.

"Well since you don't have one I'll give you one. Since you enjoy laughing over my name I'll give you one even more silly. "

Toothless stopped his laughing for a moment to hear what the Hiccup had come up with. Hoping it wasn't as silly as he implied. Maybe he shouldn't have mocked him.

"Toothless." Hiccup grinned.

"What!?" Why toothless. That's humiliating."

"I know, but i happened to notice your teeth retract while you were laughing at me. I think it's quite fitting."

"That's not fair. You can do that too."

"Doesn't matter, I've made up my mind, Toothless." He mocked. "That's what I'm calling you from now on."

"Not if I have anything to say about it Hiccup." And with that he ran towards him ready to hold him down until he took back the name. Hiccup ran off laughing.

Ruffnut looked at the two interact from behind a boulder. They had stopped fighting for a while to exchange growls, clicks and grunts. A conversation perhaps? Then the larger one had started laughing making Blacky look annoyed like the older one was making fun of him or something. Blacky must have said something offensive back afterwards since they were now chasing each other, laughing and play fighting.

She was relieved the older one wasn't trying to kill her anymore and even more so that they seemed to have become friends. Maybe the older night fury would be a bit more complacent about befriending her now?

She hesitantly stepped away from the rock and slowly walked towards them, ready to bolt if things turned ugly.

AN- so now toothless' name is official. haha.

i had fun writing their conversation. Ruffnut's befriending of Toothless will be next chapter.
Also, the first part in the village pretty much wrote itself. i hope the idea of then suddenly trying to tame dragons is okay. i look forward to writing it.

also just a little note i found out myself is i think i'm a bit dislexic. i keep getting my p's and b's mixed up making it a pain to correct. i also keep writing 'self' as 'slef' . what's up with that haha.

And finaly, did anyone guess where they landed?

reviews

guest (concrit) - i'd like to thankyou for your detailed critque on how i can improve the first chapter. it makes alot of sense and i plan to take your advice into action when i find the time. again thankyou very much.

a random person - glad you are enjoying it. i do indeed plan for him to write on the ground to explain to ruffnut. i think there was a glimps of that in chapter 2? i think. but he was shaking too badly and couldn't control his paws enough to do it. i'm not sure about getting toothless' sister and Hiccup together. It's more likely to be Ruffcup, but it was an interesting idea i took into consideration.

Lizzy - Glad you are enjoying it. :D

And of course a thankyou to everyone else who reviewed and to the new followers and thx for the faves. i love you guys XD

next chap in 1-3 days.