Hey everyone. I'm very sorry for not updating for a long time. School has not been easy on me since I have a lot of exams. And since I'm busy, that goes the same for my writing partner. Since she's not around, I had some writers block and no beta. But I'm just going to update this. So that means I'm going to update whatever I have written from now on.

Previously on Different Path:

Scarlet looked at the piles of clothes and boots. Then she looked at Hiccup. She could only say that she is speechless. She is mentally debating if she should wear it or ask Leila to heat her clothes for her. Then again, she would be stuck at home naked. And the clothes aren't that bad. It's better than Astrid's spiky skirt. How can a girl sit with those? She took it and smiled sheepishly. It's better than nothing people say. Sky moved to the fire place in the middle of the living room and started the fire with the remaining wood. Leila flew over to it before settling on a spot to sleep. Sky rests on her belly as she watched the fire flicker.

"T-Thanks Hiccup… I'll go try them on now."

"Okay. I hope they fit."

"Oh, I have a feeling they will." Scarlet answered sheepishly.

Chapter 12: Last Straw

Toothless woke up in a very bad mood. It went as bad as him lying on his belly and biting anyone or thing that gets near his biting range. There he laid in the Dragon Academy with his snout twitching and mouth frowning. The rest of the dragons: Stormfly, Hookfang, Barf and Belch, and Meatlug were keeping their distance. They learned that if the Night Fury could see you in the corner of his eyes, he'll plasma blast you without any warning. Belch and Barf were growling angrily since they were the ones that found that out the hard way. Their left wing is still trying to recover from the last blast.

"What is wrong with him? It's as if someone took his favorite fish or something." Belch growled.

"Well, you're not wrong. But it's not a fish though. More like a certain human was taken away." Stormfly commented.

"Either way, it's best to stay away from him today. I heard that Scarlet girl is causing havoc in Berk." Hookfang informed.

"I heard about that from Fishlegs. He said that she burnt the bakery down three times." Meatlug said.

Toothless allowed his green eyes to wander to the other dragons. That topic again… Can't they talk about something else besides that brunette? All he hears is about that best friend stealing fiend. Seriously, when did Berk revolve around her anyways? The Night Fury grumbled lowly as he listened to his dragon friends talk. They were going on about her saying that the girl is more of a hazard being than her dragons. Toothless can easily agree. Not many can cause destruction all in one day. That is if you count the twins that hanged out with the brunet… They probably watched the entire thing while enjoying it. The Night Fury could never understand their way of thinking.

"If you want to be a Viking, it's all in the strength." Astrid said.

"And my charisma…!" Snoutlout shouted.

"Yeah sure if only that was true…" Tuffnut rolled his eyes.

The human trainees were walking into the arena. Scarlet was busy talking with everyone. Sky and Leila was following behind them. Hiccup looked around the former battlefield to see some burn marks. He gasped. Leila and Sky were as shocked as everyone else as they looked at the mess. Hookfang frowned at the reaction. Maybe it was best to clean the place after all. But being around an angry Night Fury was not on his list at the moment. Not when Toothless is in a bad mood. The brunet rushed over to his dragon and examined him to see if there was something wrong. Luckily, there were none. The others did the same with their dragons to see if they're hurt. Tuffnut and Ruffnut notice the burnt wings but didn't voice it.

"What happened? I thought this was an academy, not a battlefield." Scarlet questioned.

"It's not. Something must have happened." Astrid said.

"It's not hard to figure out who the culprit is." Sky giggled.

"Will you stop that? You and he are always at each other's necks." Leila warned.

"He started it. He doesn't like us. I can tell by the way he looks at me."

Toothless huffed at the Skywing dragon. Sky just turned her head away in an angry manner. Leila sighed tiredly. What is she going to do with those two? The small dragon flew off of her friend and onto her human owner. Scarlet looked around in the middle to examine the place. It's hard to say that it's an academy than a battlefield. And she could tell only dragons could cause this. Fortunately, the place was not made of wood. That would have been a bloody mess. And a dragons' fight are something you don't want to get involved in. But that's just her personal experience.

That wasn't the end of that. In the far distance of Berk, there was an explosion in the village, reaching the sky. Hiccup gulped. The last time he saw that was when the dragons were running wild and eating all of their stock. He doesn't want another one of those. One being that his father would push the job on him again like last time. The brunet quickly ordered his friends to get on their dragons and go where the explosion was. Scarlet told Hiccup that she'll give him a lift since Sky could take them all at once. He agreed and ran to Sky to get on her back. Toothless watched in shock. He stood on his legs, continuing to watch the scene before him. Just when they were about to leave, Toothless let out a mighty roar.

"Toothless?" Hiccup called out.

"What's wrong with him?" Scarlet asked.

Sky stopped midway at the entrance to have her tail yanked on. Her long body was thrown backwards into the arena. Scarlet and Hiccup that were on the dragon fell off the saddle and dropped to the ground. Sky slammed on the other side of the wall and fell down to the stony ground like her human friends. The brunet sat up and rubbed his now aching head. Toothless wasted no time running over to the Skywing dragon and pinning her down with his claws. Sky responded by hissing at the Night Fury in dragonese that he should stop this and that he was being a lunatic. But those large green eyes only burned with anger. For a minute, Sky stopped her struggling to stare at it. The Skywing dragon figured it out.

"Toothless stop that right now!" Hiccup ordered.

"Sky…!" Scarlet called out, worried.

Hiccup pulled away Toothless on time when air was running low. Sky gasped harshly as fresh air entered her lungs. She would have guessed she would meet death early if the choking continued. Scarlet ran to her dragon and hugged her neck. Her shaking hands ran across the scales that were pinned down moments ago. The brunette almost felt her heart dropped at the very thought of losing her dragon. Leila stood in front of Sky asking her in dragonese if she was okay. The Skywing dragon merely nodded as her head remain on the ground. Scarlet smiled after finding out that her dragon was fine. She turned back at Hiccup and his dragon. Toothless was still being restrained by Hiccup. But it was easy to tell it wasn't working well.

"I'm not going to put any blames. All I want to know is what is wrong with Toothless."

"I don't know. Apparently Toothless doesn't like Sky."

"In that case, I'm going home. It's best to keep these two away from each other."

"Good idea."

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"Are you all right Sky?" Leila asked.

"Yeah, sure… A crazy dragon just choked me. Of course I'm fine." Sky said sarcastically.

"What is your problem? You were never like this at home. Why are you acting up now?"

"I just miss getting Scarlet's attention. And the change of location isn't the best to help."

The room became silent. The fire in front of them flickered, burning the wood. It gracefully danced anywhere it could possibly go. Sky's bright purple eyes glowed from every movement. Leila sighed tiredly as she flew upward to the table in the living room. The small Nilia Pygmy dragon didn't know what to do. She honestly doesn't. Scarlet was upstairs in her room after coming home from the incident. The brunette hasn't come out since. There was nothing she could do to cheer her human friend up. Times when they were little she was able to. However, the little human girl has grown older. It's like knowing someone but at the same time not.

Leila hates it. Her feelings of uselessness were overwhelming her. The same human friend grew up when she met that moping Skywing dragon. She never understood why she picked that serpent over her. However, Leila always knew that one day she would be replaced with another. She never thought it would happen so quickly. The smell of newborn dragon on Scarlet instantly gave it away. One day, the brunette went out to play. Leila, being a loyal dragon as she is, stayed at home and waited for her as ordered. It was late at night when she returned. Those large brown eyes glimmered brightly like diamonds. Something only the small dragon could do.

That was when she smelt that. The smell of a newborn dragon… It was all over on the brunette's clothes that it was hard to ignore. Leila didn't like it. She knew she didn't like it. Since that day, Scarlet went out a lot. She would leave in the morning and come home at night every day. The small dragon left home alone with no one around. It was quite lonely. Very lonely indeed… Alas, Leila did not make any fret. She knew that her precious Scarlet will finally notice her and play with her like old times. That day never happened. As time went by, Leila met the dragon that stole her human away.

Scarlet was ten at the time. Leila remembered that day clearly and better than anyone. It was raining harshly outside. The small Nilia Pygmy was getting worried because of it. She was wishing that the brunette was rushing her way home to escape the rain. And her wish came true when she saw Scarlet coming inside. Leila happily leaped off the window sill and flew over to the girl. She hugged her head and caressed her cheeks with the other. Her heart jumped through hoops. Leila later calmed down when the brunette wasn't returning any affection to her. Instead, she had her arms crossed over her chest. The Nilia Pygmy later discovered that it was the dragon that stole her human away. She was very furious that day.

Since then, Scarlet was more involved with Sky than with her. The brunette would occasionally bring over the serpent dragon over whenever her parents weren't home. They'd play, laugh, tell jokes, read stories, or do anything with each other. They did that while Leila was in the corner of the room watching. There was never a time when she wanted to claw those bright purple eyes out of that Skywing dragon. Or burn the creature with her mighty flames. She could have done anything to remove Sky from the picture so that Scarlet would pay attention to her. Alas, she didn't. She knew better. Doing that would only break Scarlet's fragile heart. And that's something neither she nor the brunette wants. So, she held it in. Throughout the years, she had gotten to know Sky. But not very much…

"The last thing we need is attention. Please make sure that you get along with Toothless next time." Leila warned in dragonese.

"Fine… Whatever you say mother…" Sky joked humorlessly.

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"What happened out there Toothless? Why did you do that?"

Toothless huffed out his chest and scowled. Hiccup merely looked at the Night Fury before turning away with a disappointed frown. The dark dragon stopped his huffing and scowling. He didn't see what he did was wrong. He was just making sure that the human boy was his and no one else's. And having the brunet ride on another dragon instead of him was a brutal hit on his pride and heart. Wouldn't that snake dragon do the same if it was her human doing it? She could have done worse if it did happen. He could tell. Hiccup sat down on his wooden bed and rubbed his forehead tiredly.

"Next time we see them, you're going to be in your best behavior and apologize." Hiccup ordered.

"I will do no such thing! How could I sit back and get my human stolen away from me?" Toothless roared in dragonese.

"Toothless, what you did was inexcusable. I want you to apologize next time."

"I'd rather have my wings ripped off than apologize for taking back what is mine." He growled.

"I have a feeling you're not agreeing. If you keep acting like this, it's best to take you somewhere else."

The words that Toothless feared finally came. Throughout his years with the brunet, he had nightmares of days similar to this. The day Hiccup does not want the Night Fury around. And to think this is over his natural behavior of possessiveness. Large green eyes met with smaller ones. For the longest of time, those eyes sparked with seriousness. Something Toothless haven't seen in a very long time. And because of that, the dark dragon knew that it's not to get childish over. Not if he wanted to make the situation worse than it should be. However, Toothless is not backing down on the matter. He raised his head slightly upward and stared down at the brunet. It was as if he was saying, 'I dare you to'.

The Night Fury knew that his actions were childish. And that he should walk pass this without making a scene. Hiccup knew that he was mature enough to do so. Not this time. This was the last straw. He may regret this later in the future. Or maybe tomorrow… But not today… He claimed this human many years ago. And there is no way he is going to allow another dragon to claim what is his.

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And that is the end of this chapter. Sorry that it was late and short. Not much to work with if you know what I'm talking about. Anyways, I want to say this. I'm not going to discontinue this. Nor will I do so in the future. I always hated when stories I like gets discontinued. So I'm not going to do that. That's all. Goodbye for today.