Okay, really short chapter, I know. But I promise to make the next one longer.

Training Begins

Hailey and Toothless rammed into the house, through the back door. The two raced through the kitchen and into the living room. Toothless suddenly halted, causing Hailey to run into his dark hide. She shook her head, ridding herself of her daze. She then threw her bo staff onto the couch and reached for the phone on the table. Quickly, she turned it on, checking the time; 5:59 am. Hailey let out a sigh of relief as she leaned back against Toothless.

"We made it back, in one piece and alive, with one minute to spare," she breathed. She turned her head to face Toothless, kissing him behind the ear. "And thanks for taking on the rest of the boars for me."

"What, you thought I would let you handle them yourself?" he asked, nuzzling the side of her head. He then swirled around, putting Hailey on his chest as he flopped onto his side. She, however, flipped over and landed on his back. But Toothless had planned for this. He stood up and lifted his wing, gently pushing Hailey off of his back. He extended his fore-paw, catching her just before she hit the ground.

"Whoa! Why'd you do that?" she asked. Toothless chuckled and planted a kiss on Hailey. When he pulled back, she said, "All is forgiven." He pushed his forehead against hers as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Toothless licked the back of Hailey's neck. Then he walked over to the couch, dropping her onto it.

He then made his way to the back of the couch and sat behind it, resting his head next to Hailey's. Suddenly, an alarm went off, startling the two beings. They turned towards the sound to see Hailey's dad emerge from the dark hallway, dressed in a suit, keys at hand.

"Are you going to be okay here Hailey?" he asked, approaching where his daughter was sitting.

"Yep," she replied, slipping an arm over Toothless' neck. "I've got Toothless here to protect me."

"Okay. Now," he turned to the dragon who turned his attention to the man. "I've said this once and I'll say it again. Take care of my daughter." With a quick nod from Toothless, Stephen made his way out of the door, leaving the two inside. Toothless then turned his attention back to Hailey.

"He worries a lot about you, doesn't he?" he asked.

"Yeah," she stated. "His protection boosted the day my mom..." Her voice trailed off. And both of them knew why. Toothless rubbed his head against Hailey comfortingly.

"So, you've unlocked your powers," a new voice said. Startled, Hailey and Toothless whipped around to see Firestar standing next to the Moonstone. He was wearing a flame-colored cloak, covering almost every inch of him. Hailey was astonished. "I didn't think you would unleash them so fast."

"A... are you?" Hailey stuttered. She silently cursed herself for stuttering. She was sure she was over that by now.

Firestar chuckled. "Yes, my name is Firestar. I need you and your mate there to come here." Hailey looked over to Toothless, quite confused. Toothless, however, was avoiding Hailey's gaze, obviously embarrassed about something.

"Hailey," The girl looked over to Firestar as he said her name. "to dragons, 'mates' are what humans call 'boyfriend and girlfriend.'" Then, Hailey felt warm under her skin as well, feeling embarrassed that Firestar mentioned that. But, she jumped over the couch and walked over to Firestar with Toothless by her side.

"What do you need us to do?" Hailey asked.

"Hailey, put one hand on the Moonstone an the other on Toothless' head." She did as he asked. He then murmured something in the ancient language and the three were moved from Hailey's house, to a new place the girl was unfamiliar of. It was surrounded by trees, the floor tiled from the finest marble she had ever seen. The sun shone through the gaps in the tree branches, lighting it up with golden rays of sunshine.

It was a large area, big enough and tall enough for Toothless to stand up straight and fully extend his wings without knocking anything over. There were racks lined with swords and other weapons. Hailey took one step forward and her foot nudged something on the floor. Bending down to see it, she immediately recognized it as her bo staff, given to her by Firestar himself. She picked it up, and almost instantly it shone bright blue, then midnight black, then back to its regular state.

"Okay," Hailey mumbled, slightly confused about what had just happened. Shaking her head, she walked over to where Firestar was standing. "So, why are we here?" Firestar turned around, holding his own bo staff.

"Welcome to your first training session," he told her. Almost immediately after he said that, he raised his bo staff and charged. Hailey, on a reflex, back-flipped away, blocking any attacks with her bo. Firestar dropped into a stance, Hailey doing the same. Toothless tensed himself, just in case Firestar tried anything.

But Hailey, in seeing this, gave him a 'calm down' motion, telling him everything was fine. Toothless gave a curt nod and sat back on his haunches, ready to see what Hailey was planning. The girl nodded to Firestar, telling him that she was ready.

He charged, bringing his bo staff down. Hailey reacted by shoving her bo staff upward, blocking the attack. Firestar nodded then backed up again. Both of them yelled a war cry, charging at each other. Hailey thrust her bo staff forward while Firestar swung his under hers, knocking her off her feet and onto her back.

She heard Toothless growl at Firestar as her vision blurred, causing her to go cross-eyed. Hailey reached her hand out, blindly feeling around. Then she felt a scaly head press under her hand. She used Toothless' head to stand herself up. Grabbing her bo staff, she turned around to face Firestar.

"I may have some work to do," she said looking from her staff to Firestar.

"Nah," he objected. "That was pretty impressive for a newbie. We may need to work on your balance, though." Hailey nodded.

"Alright," he continued. "Let's work on some motions." Firestar led Hailey to the center of his training hollow. "Copy my movements." First, he swung his staff out to the right, Hailey doing the same. Then, stepping forward, he brought his staff down abruptly.

"Hey, that's like chopping a pumpkin!" Hailey commented as she copied Firestar's motion.

"Focus," he urged. He thrust his staff to the left, dropping into a stance, Hailey doing the same but slower. Firestar then swung his staff around, his feet moving as if in rhythm with music. Hailey tried to copy his moves, but ended up hitting the back of her head with the staff, knocking herself to the ground. For a moment, she saw spots clouding her vision and a flash of a white light while thinking she might pass out from the bruise in her head.

"Maybe some music will help." Firestar suggested. He walked to the right side of the room. He pulled out a stereo and put the song 'Jump! By Two Steps From Hell' on. Hailey perked her head up as the song came on. It was the song she listened to when she was little. She would be in her room, put the song on and dance around. She had even preformed for her Uncle Gordon and her dad.

"Know the song?" Toothless asked, snapping Hailey out of her trance. She nodded, smiling at her memory.

"Lets try the motions again." Firestar suggested. Hailey nodded as she stood up beside Firestar. He repeated the motions in rhythm to the song. He was going faster than Hailey had anticipated, but she wasn't even watching Firestar at this point. She wasn't thinking at all really.

Her feet moved to every single position, her eyes focused forward. She let the voice in her head guide her through it. The voice sounded familiar to her though, but every voice she tried to match it with didn't work. She heard Firestar say something, but it was to muffled to be interpreted.

At this point, it didn't seem like she was in the training hollow anymore. She couldn't see anything for that matter. All she thought of was the voice telling her the motions. The voice was soft and sweet, almost like a lullaby sung to a troubled child. Then, the music stopped. Hailey stood stiff, her staff clenched tightly in her hands, her mind racing. Suddenly, all was dark and she felt a slight thump on the side of her head.