Chapter 2- Ice Flame

Toothless flaps his wings hard against the now strong wind as he follows his nose. Almost half the day passed and they still hover in the air, not even close to their destination. "Alright, bud..." HIccup shouts over the howling wind. "I think we have to turn back. There is no way we can make it through all this wind! We will be blown out of the sky if we keep this up."

Toothless moans in disagreement and flaps harder and faster than before. His nose snorting out hot air and his eyes narrow slits, Toothless soon makes it past the storm wind and falls away from the dark clouds looming above them. Seeing nothing in front of them, Toothless and Hiccup follow where the wind pushes against them. Fighting the wind to get to... anywhere... they fly hard and fast through the storm.

After a while, the sun has disappeared behind the storm clouds and the rain has slowed and disappeared. Now just tiny drops of water land on them as Toothless struggles to keep flying. Toothless heaves out a breath of cold air and looks up at Hiccup, worry in his eyes. Hiccup sees him and pats the top of his head. "I know, bud. I know."

Hiccup sighs and wraps his arms around the dragon to try and keep warm. Water dripping off of them as Toothless flaps his wings, Hiccup finally spots land. Land that has not been seen for quite some time. Toothless then spots it past blurry eyesight and flaps his wings hard to gain speed. Bolting for the island just above the water, they soon see it is a huge tower of rock with many holes in it.

Ignoring what it looks like, Toothless leaps onto the rock and rolls on his back. Stretching out his legs and wings, he yawns and snorts happily while Hiccup just stares up at the huge rock. Falling onto his back, he takes deep breaths of cold air. Then he feels a strong surge of warm breath on his head. Looking over at Toothless, he sees him laying on the cool rock, not caring about a thing.

Hiccup sits up and leaps away in a hurry, not looking back until he is next to Toothless. Turning his head quickly to see what it was, Hiccup stares into the nothingness fog that surrounds them. Then he hears laughing echoing above him. Feeling small pebbles land on his head, he looks up suddenly and sees nothing again. Starting to get scared and worried, he motions for Toothless to stand up. Toothless then growls a "no" and closes his eyes, the sleep in his body winning.

Hiccup groans but does not blame him and looks around frantically. His eyes quickly go a flash of white coming from behind the rock. Creeping around the corner, Hiccup holds his breath. His eyes peek around the rock edge and see nothing but a narrow path that does not look safe at all. Then he feels something cold and sharp touch his shoulder. Hiccup falls backwards and lands on his butt, staring up at another dragon. Its black scaled body looks like Toothless's while its eyes shine a bright, icey blue with a hint of red around its pupil.

Releasing a low growl, the dragon leaps down from its perch upside down and stalks over to Hiccup, its cold eyes fixed on him. Suddenly Toothless's head jerks up and he bounds over to Hiccup. Seeing the other dragon, his eyes turn into narrow slits and he hisses at it. The other dragon then looks over at Toothless and raises its head to show it is stronger than him. Toothless seems to laugh.

The blue eyes dragon suddenly roars powerfully at Toothless and charges. Its head lands on Toothless's chest, shoving him off the edge of the rock. Toothless grabs onto a ledge and crawls his way back up to see it stand on two legs before Hiccup. Its mouth leeks a green gas as it hisses lowly. Fire erupting from its mouth, it nearly hits Hiccup as he leaps away.

It roars at it with anger and hate as its nose flares. Opening and closing the doubled spikes leading down its back to its tail, it rears up and spreads its wings in warning to get out. Hiccup then sees past all the fog and sees a great Night Fury standing before them. Toothless hisses at it in disagreement and lowers his head with a deadly growl. The other Night Fury does the same, its eyes narrow slits.

It roars again and fires a blue ball of flame at Toothless. Leaping to the side with Hiccup, Toothless drops him and leaps into the air, shooting a fireball at its head. It smoothly moves out of the way and whips its tail at Toothless. Seeing it coming but not being ready for it, Toothless is hit in the head with its tail and is attacked. The Night Fury with blue eyes leaps onto Toothless and bites at his neck. Toothless bares his claws and scratches at its eyes to get it away. Finally getting his feet under the other Night Fury, Toothless kicks up and the blue eyed dragon is pushed away. It rolls on the ground and leaps off the edge, disappearing into the fog surrounding them.

A low hiss echoes around them as Hiccup and Toothless look around for it. Flapping its wings quietly, the dragon sneaks up behind Toothless and fires a flare of warning again. Toothless jumps like a cat and whips his head around. Glaring at the dragon, Toothless bares his teeth hisses sharply at it. The Night Fury with blue eyes just sits down, seeming to hide a smug look on its face.

HIccup just stares at it in amazement then says to Toothless, "I-I want you to stay back, bud. T-Trust me... I can do this." HIccup takes a deep breath as Toothless gives him a look. Seeming to sigh, Toothless backs away slowly, leaving a confused look on the other dragons face. It quickly looks over at Hiccup, who is walking over to it, and hisses quietly.

HIccup stops and the dragon eases slightly. Taking another step forward, it stands up and stares at him, then glances over at Toothless. Looking back at the human, it growls lowly and faces him. Its tail swings behind it as Hiccup takes out his flaming sword and kicks it away. Showing and dropping all the weapons he has, Hiccup shows the dragon he is no threat to it and that it has no need to fear. It quickly looks over at Toothless then back at Hiccup while taking a step back.

"No, no, no. I-It's ok. It's ok." Hiccup whispers to the Night Fury. Its blue eyes flare with danger and warning as Hiccup walks forward, getting closer to it by the second. It then rears up and screeches at Hiccup, baring its teeth and spreading its wings. Toothless just watches, fighting the urge to help his rider. Fighting the urge to help his most dear friend.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Shouts a female voice. "What do you think you are doing?" Foot steps echo in the near distance as the Night Fury lowers itself and folds its wings. Its claws scratch against the rock as it begins to walk backwards slowly. "Hey! What are you doing here?!" Shouts the voice angrily.

"Wait... what?" HIccup looks around, searching for the source of the voice. Suddenly, a female lands before him covered with a black cloak of fur. Her long red hair sticks out with her dark clothing as she glares at Hiccup, her eyes a bright green like Toothless's. "Wha... oh... um... I don't really know what-"

She pulls out a sword and aims it at Hiccup's neck. "I asked, 'What are you doing here?'" She hisses, taking a step forward as Hiccup takes a step back.

"I-I was... um..." HIccup searches for the right words as he slowly makes his way to the edge of the rock island. "I was just looking for the dragon who attacked us!" He quickly says as he leans over the water crashing below.

"The one who attacked you? Oh! Ha! Well I guess you found 'em." She laughs, pulling her sword away and seething it onto her belt hiding below the cloak. "The ones who attacked you were me and my partner here, Ice Flame." She gestures towards the Night Fury who now sits tall behind her. Hiccup's jaw drops slightly as he stares into the cold blue eyes of the Night Fury called Ice Flame. Toothless just sneezes in the background, unaware of what is going on.