The names Firestar and Moonstone come from the Warrior Cat books. And the 'Brisingr' was from the Inheritance Cycle meaning fire. Warning: This chapter contains a bit of blood and fluff.
LoveDragons: Actually, she may or may not. Check this chapter. ;)
Storygirl99210: Don't worry! Hailey's not dead. (I heard the unsaid 'yet')
The Moonstone
Toothless curled tightly around the girl, nuzzling her head and placed a wing over her, shielding her from anyone's view but his. He watched as Stephen approached, dressed in his pajamas.
"Alright, Toothless," he said sleepily. "I'm going to bed. Make sure Hailey gets her sleep, got it?" Toothless nodded. "Good. Thank you, Toothless." with that, he walked into the hallway and into his room. The dragon looked at the girl wrapped tightly in his wings. Pale as the moon and her birth-mark barely glowing.
'Oh, I wish I could do something about this,' he thought. He looked forward to see the floor glowing blue. He wrapped his fore paws around Hailey enclosing her even more in protection. Toothless watched as a large blue stone emerged from the floor. It glowed the exact same color as Hailey's did. Then, a figure glowing a flame color appeared next to the stone.
"Hello, Toothless," the figure said. Toothless was taken aback. How did this figure know his name? "Did you need some help with your mate there?" The figure pointed to the girl wrapped up in his wings. Toothless, letting his protectiveness get the best of him, tightened his grip on Hailey, curling closer to her. Though, he was confused why he called Hailey his 'mate'.
"Who are you and what do you want with my human?" he asked, checking on Hailey again. "I'm warning you, you come near my human, I'll hurt you and tear you to shreds!"
The figure merely chuckled. "I won't hurt your mate there. I will help her. But you need to approve of it."
"What do I need to do?" He slowly stood up, holding Hailey in his arm.
"What would you be willing to do?" The figure leaned forward, as if studying him and his human.
"If it's for Hailey, I'll do anything." He nuzzled the girl, trying again to get a response from her, but still nothing came from the girl.
"I can save her from this, if you allow her to do some training." The figure looked expectantly at the dragon. Toothless thought over it before nodding. "Perfect. And since you seem to be very fond of the girl, how would you like it if I could expand her life span to that of a Night Fury?" Toothless was shocked. What would Hailey think of it? "It's the only way you can save her, Toothless." His eyes looked from Hailey to the figure and back to Hailey.
'If it's the only way to save her,' he thought 'Well, I guess..."I agree."
"Now, let me explain this to you. She will still be able to be killed like any other human on this planet. But, she will live only during your lifespan." She gestured to Toothless at the your. "If you die, so will she."
"I'll do it, now fix her!" Toothless nuzzled Hailey's head. The figure nodded and flicked its fingers. A blinding light filled the room. As well as an ear piercing screech making its way into Toothless' ears. He used one wing to cover his ears and the other to cover Hailey. It soon died down, causing Toothless to lower his wing from his ears, but his grip on Hailey did not loosen.
"By the way, my name is Firestar. I will train Hailey. Now this stone is called the Moonstone. I need you, Toothless, to bring Hailey towards it." Toothless, reluctantly, walked forward towards the Moonstone. "Now may my warrior ancestors look upon me and approve my choice of my apprentice. For I will begin the training of Hailey Dragon Hanson!" Firestar clapped his hands and the Moonstone began to glow. The light making its way to Hailey and Toothless. Soon enough, the light surrounded them, giving Hailey her energy and her lifespan.
As soon as the light died down, Firestar said, "I will be back soon my apprentices." And with that, he flicked his fingers and disappeared, leaving a bo staff in his place.
Toothless loosened his grip on Hailey and set her down gently on the floor. He then laid down next to her and waited for her to wake up. It didn't take long before she finally moved and crashed herself into Toothless. As soon as he felt the contact of his human, he picked her up and rolled around on the floor. "Thank the gods you're alive!" he shouted gleefully.
"Okay Tooth, calm down!" Hailey soothed, a bit freaked out that she woke up and the next thing she knew, she was hoisted onto the belly of a drunk dragon. "Bud!" Toothless stopped rolling around, landed on top of Hailey, and turned his attention to her.
"What happened? The last thing I remember is me giving you energy and me almost passing out." She turned her head to where the Moonstone was and immediately asked her next question. "What is that?" She wiggled out from underneath Toothless and hoisted herself onto her feet.
As she walked closer, the memories of the old childhood stories came back. "Is that the Moonstone?" She turned around to face Toothless. "Who's being trained? Why is it here?"
"Okay, Hailey, calm down." Toothless rolled onto his feet and walked over to the girl. "Yes that is the Moonstone, you are being trained, and it's here because it saved your life." Hailey was shocked. She was being trained? And 'saved her life', what the heck did that mean?
"Yes I knew it!" She fist pumped in the air. Then her expression changed to confusion."I'm being trained?" Toothless nodded. "Awesome! And finally, what do you mean 'it saved my life'?"
"Um, sit down Hailey." He laid down in his original spot and signaled Hailey to sit next to him. "When you gave me your energy, you almost killed yourself. Then while you were unconscious, Firestar came and used the Moonstone to save you. But there's a catch. The only way you could be saved, is if your lifespan expanded to that of a Night Fury's. Specifically me. Then he left that bo staff over there, saying he'll be back soon." Hailey stared into space, taking all of the information in.
"So I'll live as long as a Night Fury?" she finally asked. Toothless nodded. She looked over to the bo staff. "And I'm being trained by Firestar?" She scratched her head for a moment before remembering all of the stories about Firestar. He was the dragon warrior trainer! "I'm going to be trained in the ways of the dragons!" She jumped up and down gleefully.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What do you mean by 'trained in the ways of the dragons'?" He watched as Hailey walked over to the bo staff and he followed suit. She sat down in front of it, trying her best to remember every detail about the dragon warriors.
"Well, the dragon warriors are the highest ranking warriors in all of the universe. There are five different dragon warriors. The lowest would be the Gronckle warrior. Those are the ones who train new recruits when they're small, little babies. Next would be the Zippleback warrior, but you only get that one if you and your twin train together. After that would be the Deadly Nadder warrior. They are usually the medics.
"Then, the second highest rank would be the Monstrous Nightmare warrior. They are the ones who full on attack with no strategy whatsoever. And the highest rank is the Night Fury warrior. They are the leaders. The strongest warriors known to man kind as well as being the fastest.
"It usually depends which type of warrior you are to be trained by your middle name. Since my middle name is Dragon, I am a dragon warrior and I'm aiming to get Night Fury warrior. And there's this thing, that when you become a warrior, let's say Night Fury for example, you are able to turn into a Night Fury at will!"
This part interested Toothless. "But you have to train super hard. Then there's like a million training drills you have to learn. Though that won't stop me from trying." Toothless smiled at Hailey as he curled around her, resting his head on her lap. Hailey reached for the bo staff, but as her skin made contact with it, it shocked her causing her to fall back. She flipped over Toothless for the second time that day. It was fun, but it was very annoying.
She eyed the bo staff warily as Toothless wrapped his tail around Hailey's waist. "Why did it?" she asked, crouching behind Toothless. She cautiously made her way over to the bo staff, Toothless close behind her. She bent down and picked it up, having it send shocks throughout her arm. But she kept a firm grip. She then grabbed it with her other hand, and the staff seemed to force her into a position. "Wanna go into the forest?" Toothless nodded, shoved her on his back and ran off to the forest.
As soon as they made it into the forest, a huge force knocked Hailey off of Toothless. It clawed into her back and bit her shoulder. "Hailey!" Toothless shouted. He had lost his rider in the trees and the fog. "Hailey!" he called again. Hailey was rolling on the ground, attempting to shake her attacker off.
"Toothless! Help!" Hailey called back. Hailey flipped over, bo staff still at hand, and managed to fling her attacker off. She turned to look at it, and sighed having been through this before. "Wild boars. Why does it always have to be wild boars?" she jabbed the boar in its stomach, and flung it to the gods know where. Then out of nowhere, two more boars came and attacked Hailey's legs.
They bit into her legs and she swore she could hear teeth scraping against bone. They also scratched her stomach, creating large gashes along her chest as well. She kicked them off into the distance. Her legs were completely cut and bleeding horrifyingly. It wasn't something she was panicking about. It was when she heard Toothless' roar of pain did she panic. "Tooth!" she ran off to the sound of the roar.
Toothless was fighting seven boars, all of them managing to get at least one bite on Toothless. Every bite on his back or shoulder. He was covered in dirt and blood. All of his cuts stung but only one thought was crossing his mind: he had to get to Hailey. He'd be devastated if something happened to her. The boars bit, clawed and scratched at Toothless, creating more cuts and making it harder for him to move. By the time Hailey had got there, all seven boars were on top of Toothless, causing him to roar in fury.
"NO!" she shouted. She aimed her staff and shouted a word only used in the ancient language, "Brisingr!" Her staff turned blue before shooting a white hot flame at the boars. She was knocked back a few feet by the power used from her staff. She was able to catch a glimpse of the boars squealing and running away.
She slowly rose to her feet, catching a glance at Toothless and stopping her eyes there. He was laying on his side, eyes closed, legs sprawled out, and his tongue hanging out. She could practically feel her heart freeze. "Toothless!" She ran over to him, wincing every time she stepped. She dropped her staff on the ground and placed her hands comfortingly on Toothless' side. She pressed her ear to his chest, checking for a heartbeat.
"Okay, ow," he gasped. His belly had a long gash on it. His legs weren't doing so well either. They were cut up as well as his back. He managed to turn his head over and opened his eyes to see Hailey who was staring back, worriedly. Toothless could feel his worry wash off of him.
She was in one piece, very bloody, but in one piece. "You're alive."
"So are you!" she gently wrapped her arms around his neck.
"You okay?" he licked the side of her head.
"Well, yeah I'm fine, but what about you?" she gestured to all of the cuts and bruises covering her dragon. He shrugged, wincing as he did so.
"What did you do with those boars?"
"Seriously? You have major cuts and bruises and you're worrying about what I did with the boars?" Toothless nodded, but gave himself a huge headache. "Look, we can talk about what I did later. Right now, we need to get back to the house and patch up those cuts." Toothless nodded and attempted to stand up, only to fall back down and injure his cut on his stomach.
"Aah!" Hailey picked up Toothless' head and examined it. Luckily, there were no cuts. But sadly, there were major bruises covering the side of his head.
While Hailey was checking for an major cuts on Toothless' head, he was able to check her cuts as well. What surprised him most was the cut on her chest. It tore straight through her shirt and was bleeding furiously. Then her face was scratched up, covered in dirt and blood. As well as her arms and legs. Her forehead had a nasty gash as well. He looked at her legs, and they had bite marks all over them.
"Hailey, are you sure you're okay?" he pulled his head away from her hold. Hailey looked over herself then back at Toothless.
"I'm fine. Besides, you took more boars than I did so I'm more worried about you."
"But I heal quicker so I'm more worried about you. I'm the one who is supposed to protect you, and I almost let you get killed twice." he rubbed his head gently on Hailey's stomach. "I just don't wanna lose you. I almost lost you twice! I can't risk losing you again. It's just, well, it's-"
"Hard being an outcast." Hailey finished. She grabbed Toothless' head and pulled him up to her eye level. "I know. I've been through it all. It's hard finding someone who you can trust. Who you can count on to be there. And that's you. You cared about me when no one else my age would. You never judged me on my appearance. You protected me and supported me. You're the one I truly trust, besides my father and my uncle. And it's always been hard for me to trust someone, but I'm glad I trusted you." She wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her head against his. This time, Toothless wrapped his wing around Hailey, in a sort of return hug.
"Thanks Hailey." he purred. "I needed that." As they pulled away, Toothless had an idea. "Hold on one second." He bounded off into the woods and seconds later, he had a white lily in his mouth. He walked up to Hailey, taking the flower out of his mouth with his paw. Then, he placed it on Hailey's ear. Blushing, she stood up and planted a kiss on the corner of his mouth. She then bent over to grab the staff.
"Come on. Let's go back to the house where we can clean up." Toothless nodded and they walked side-by-side out of the forest. But Toothless had a change of plans. He scooped Hailey up, put her on his back and ran towards the cove. He climbed down the cove walls, dashed over to the pond and dunked Hailey in, soon following himself. Hailey threw her staff over to the side of the cove, then glared at Toothless.
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, I wanted to play around. And what better place to do that than the cove?" He splashed some water onto Hailey using his tail. Laughing, Hailey splashed water onto Toothless. They continued to splash each other until Hailey rammed into Toothless, sending both of them out of the water and onto the grass.
They tussled on the ground rolling all over the grass, neither of them thinking about their wounds. They both sprang in different directions, facing each other. Hailey was red from panting, her chest heaving up and down. While Toothless almost collapsed from exhaustion.
"Truce?" he asked, his feet ready to give out at any moment. Hailey nodded wordlessly and the two fell onto the ground. She looked up at the sky to see the moon almost setting in the horizon. Suddenly, she got her second wind.
"Aah!" she shouted, alarming Toothless more than a little. "We need to get back to the house! It's almost dawn!" Toothless looked up at the sky then back down at the girl. "Come on! Let's go!" She grabbed her staff and with that, the two climbed out of the cove and headed towards Hailey's house, hoping that Stephen wasn't up yet.