The next day soon came. In the arena, everyone else was training as it was their duty now.

"So, you're a Nadder, huh?" Atticus asked in between fight. "Well, maybe I'll go easy on you and maybe not."

The dragon soon fired at him. Atticus soon dodged the dragon's fire.

"Today is all about ATTACK!" Gobber told the teenagers. "Nadders are quick and light on their feet! Your job is to be quicker and lighter!"

Fishlegs let out a scream for his life. "I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!"

"I'm thinking this is a great way to learn!" Atticus called out.

"Oh, you would!" Fishlegs pouted.

"Look for its blind spot," Gobber told the teenagers. "Every dragon has one. Find it, hide in it, and strike!"

"Ugh! Do you ever bathe?" Ruffnut grunted to her brother.

"If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot!" Tuffnut retorted.

Of course, this started the twins to argue.

"There they go again, won't those two ever get along?" Atticus groaned.

The dragon soon attacked the twins as they got into yet another fight.

"Blind spot, yes. Deaf spot? Not so much." Gobber chuckled.

"You said it." Atticus added.

"Hey, so how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?" Hiccup asked Gobber.

"No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale," Gobber replied before snapping at the boy. "NOW, GET IN THERE!"

"He's right, Hiccup, focus." Atticus said.

"I know, I know, but hypothetically-" Hiccup tried.

"Hiccup! Get down!" Astrid whispered loudly.

"Watch out, babe. I'll take care of this." Snotlout told her before tossing his hammer to the dragon.

"Really?" Atticus asked, unimpressed.

"Hey!" Astrid groaned as the hammer hit her instead.

"The sun was in my eyes, Astrid!" Snotlout defended. "What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that, but I don't have time right now!"

"Excuses!" Atticus told him.

The walls start toppling as Astrid starts leaping from wall to wall, the Nadder behind her. Astrid jumps off the last collapsing wall, right onto Hiccup.

"HICCUP!" Astrid snapped.

"Oooh! Love on the battlefield!" Tuffnut smirked.

"She could do better." Ruffnut muttered.

"Whatever you say." Atticus said.

"Just... Let me... Why don't you..." Hiccup stammered to the blonde girl.

Astrid yanked the axe off Hiccup's shield and swings it at the Nadder.

"Well done, Astrid." Gobber approved.

"Is this some kind of a joke to you?!" Astrid glared at Hiccup. "Our parents' war is about to become ours! Figure out which side you're on."

Atticus didn't want in part of another war as wars were nothing but trouble.

"Great job as always, Atticus." Gobber told the boy.

"Thank you, sir." Atticus said.

Later, at the cove...

Atticus collected some fish and was coming to the black dragon with some fish with a smile to feed the dragon who seemed to be friendly and harmless, and where he had Spyro with him. The black dragon came out after smelling the fish.

"I thought you might be hungry, so I got you some food." Atticus spoke to the dragon.

Atticus soon gave the Night Fury the fish to eat. The dragon came closer towards the fish and took the fish from his hand, showing a toothless mouth.

"Toothless, huh?" Atticus replied. "You'd think you'd have some-"

Suddenly, teeth came out from the dragon's gums as it ate the fish.

"...Teeth..." Atticus smiled nervously.

"Cool, retractable teeth." Spyro smiled.

The dragon sniffed Atticus, wanting more fish.

"Sorry, I don't have any more fish." Atticus said.

The dragon soon regurgitated the fish.

"Uh..." Spyro and Atticus's eyes widened out of disturbance.

"Why did you just do that?" Spyro asked the dragon.

The dragon tilted his head.

"I-I'm sorry, I don't understand..." Atticus said to the dragon.

The dragon merely pouted to the both of them.

"Ohh, you want us to eat this." Spyro said.

The dragon then nodded to Spyro.

"Ooh, it looks so good..." Atticus smiled nervously. He soon saw the dragon wasn't going to leave them alone until they ate the fish.

Spyro soon came up to the remains and began to eat them. Atticus soon ate one of the remains, looking like he was going to be sick. This made the dragon smile to that.

"Mm... Delicious..." Atticus smiled back, though his face turned a pale green color until he soon saw Hiccup coming.

Spyro turned around to also see the viking boy before hiding away for right now.

"Oh, hey, Atticus, what's going on?" Hiccup asked Atticus.

"Just finished our dragon friend's fish gift." Atticus said.

Hiccup looked over. The dragon looked at him, then the fish remains, and looked back again with a small nod, and where Hiccup knew exactly what that meant.

"Hmm... You need a name..." Atticus said to the black dragon. "How about Shadow?"

The dragon lightly grunted, but didn't seem to like that name too much.

"Not liking that name, huh?" Atticus guessed. "Then how about Shade?"

The dragon shrugged, but gave a hopeful smile.

"Hmm..." Atticus hummed in thought.

"Is that dragon toothless?" Hiccup asked, noticing that the dragon didn't have teeth right now.

The dragon seemed to like that name.

"Toothless?" Atticus repeated.

The dragon seemed to smile and nod.

"Well, I never thought I'd say this, but okay, dragon, your new name is Toothless." Atticus proclaimed.

Toothless smiled at his new name.

"Wouldn't be my first choice, but whatever makes you happy." Atticus told the dragon.

Later on, Toothless soon fell asleep and hung upside down like a bat and Hiccup was soon drawing the dragon again, but this time, in the sand, and this soon caught the unique black dragon's attention. Atticus was soon looking through the dragon handbook and couldn't seem to find anything on the type of dragon that Spyro was.

"So weird." Atticus said.

Spyro peeked out to see what he was reading. "Find anything on me yet?" He then asked once he saw that it was, in fact, the dragon handbook.

"Nope, looks like the Vikings really have never heard or seen purple dragons ever." Atticus said.

"Am I extinct?" Spyro asked.

"Uh... I don't think so..." Atticus shrugged. "Maybe you're just a rare breed?"

"Yeah, that must be it." Spyro said.

"Don't worry, Spyro, no matter what happens, I'll always love you." Atticus soothed like the father figure he was to the young dragon.

Spyro smiled to that, huddling closer to Atticus, sliding into his arm for the warm embrace. Hiccup soon saw Spyro and decided to this a secret too as he continued his drawing. Atticus looked over to Hiccup and gasped since he was seen with Spyro.

"It's okay... I won't tell." Hiccup promised.

Atticus soon sighed out of relief before he saw Toothless was behind him looking at Hiccup's drawing. Hiccup soon looked over and noticed the black dragon. Toothless came closer to Hiccup almost like when Spyro had first met Atticus after being hatched for the Dragon Games in Ever After High.

"He seems interested in your drawing of him." Atticus said.

Hiccup soon looked up at Toothless, offering his hand to the dragon. Toothless came closer and allowed Hiccup's hand to touch his nose. However, suddenly, Toothless snorted and went away instantly.

"That's close to gaining a dragon's trust." Atticus said.

Spyro nodded.

"Where did you find yours?" Hiccup asked about Spyro.

"I found him as an egg." Atticus said.

"Aw, poor guy..." Hiccup frowned.

"Yes, and I've been raising him ever since..." Atticus smiled as he pet Spyro. "He's... He's kinda like a son to me."

Spyro smiled back.

"I won't tell the others about Toothless as long as you don't tell them about Spyro." Atticus promised.

"That's a fair enough deal." Hiccup replied.

"And I think I know why Toothless can't fly away." Atticus said.

"Why would that be?" Hiccup then asked, curiously.

"Because of his tail." Atticus said.

"Oh... That's interesting... Poor Toothless though." Hiccup frowned a bit.

"There must be someway to help him." Spyro said.

"Hmm... Let's see..." Atticus said as he looked through the handbook to see if there was anything helpful to help Toothless. "There must be something in this book that can help."

Spyro looked to Atticus.

"Man, it's tough to find Night Fury information..." Atticus sighed.

"Guess we'll have to figure it out for ourselves." Hiccup said.

"I guess so..." Atticus shrugged. "Look at it this way, now you know that not all dragons are dangerous."

"I almost feel bad for trying to kill some like the others... I just can't believe it." Hiccup replied.

Spyro frowned as he didn't like that either.

"I'm sure it'll get better soon, though only time will tell us." Atticus supported as he gently pet Spyro to comfort him.

"That's right." Hiccup said.

Atticus soon yawned as he suddenly felt tired. Spyro soon yawned himself.

"Copycat." Atticus teased.

"What? I'm tired." Spyro teased back.

"It is pretty late," Atticus said. "I think that's enough dragon studying for one day."

"All right, let's get some sleep." Hiccup added.

They then left the cove to go and get some sleep while Toothless was already asleep. During the adventure, Atticus found himself dreaming about all kinds of different dragons, and where he had a vision about a dragon that was bigger than any other dragon.

"Who and what is that?" Atticus asked himself before taking out the dragon handbook. "There must be something about this big guy."

The dragon soon came up to Atticus and began to breathe fire towards him. The dragon snarled and chased him.

"WHAT ARE YOU?!" Atticus cried out as he ran.

The dragon continued to chase after him. Atticus continued to run and where he soon saw Spyro coming for his rescue.

"Spyro!" Atticus smiled.

"Leave him alone, you big bully!" Spyro glared to the bigger dragon.

The bigger dragon soon stopped chasing Atticus and now glared back at Spyro, snarling darkly.

"Ooh, so scary." Spyro mocked.

The bigger dragon soon struck him down. Spyro fell and hit the ground with a glare and growled darkly, his eyes almost seemed to glow and his fangs seemed sharper with his claws and spikes as he flew back in the air and tackled down the bigger dragon.

"Whoa!" Atticus yelped.

Spyro soon used his inner dragon power. The young dragon glowed bright purple while attacking the bigger dragon.

"This looks good... An interesting..." Atticus commented from the sidelines.

Cherry seemed to be sitting there.

"Hey, what're you doing here?" Atticus asked her.

"Watching your dream... Looks intense... So, how's it going in the Viking era?" Cherry replied, casually.

"It's a nightmare for dragons." Atticus said.

"Whoa, brutal, maybe your essay for Magic School could be on this whole experience." Cherry suggested.

"Maybe." Atticus said.

Spyro continued to attack the big dragon until he soon won.

"Wow, that was amazing!" Atticus smiled.

"Spyro: The Brave and Glorious." Cherry smirked.

Spyro soon stopped while panting.

"Yeah, you did it, Spyro!" Atticus cheered.

"Phew!" Spyro breathed as he soon came towards Atticus. "That took a lot outta me... But whatever keeps us both safe." His eyes soon glowed again and where he started to hold his head.

"S-Spyro, are you all right?" Atticus asked as he knelt down and held his dragon in comfort and worry.

"Does this happen often?" Cherry asked him about Spyro's condition.

"No," Atticus said. "Except that one time at the Dragon Games, but other than that, no."

"Oh, yeah... I forgot about that..." Cherry replied. "Um... I'd help you out if I could, but I don't know anything about dragons."

Spyro groaned slightly and looked up at them, and where he looked ready to attack.

"Spyro...?" Atticus asked.

"I just remembered, I gotta go!" Cherry said before running.

"S-Spyro, are you okay?" Atticus gulped.

Spyro soon looked like a bloodthirsty dragon and growled, coming towards Atticus like he was prey.

"S-Spyro... It's me... Dad..." Atticus said.

Spyro growled and attacked Atticus.

Atticus screamed and suddenly woke up, but was now in his bedroom at home. "Oh... It was just a dream..." he smiled in relief. "Spyro would never hurt me..." he then did a double take. "Wait, why am I here? I'm in Dragon Training!" He soon decided to go check his theory to see if he was still dreaming. Suddenly a jaw closed down and he screamed out of panic.

Atticus then woke up again and looked around as he was in his temporary bedroom for Dragon Training and Spyro was asleep in his bed that he was given to make him be more comfortable. "Thank goodness." Atticus sighed.