-Battle-
I tried falling asleep a couple of times, but I was too scared to do so. The humans were talking to each other, when I heard the noise again. It was only a slight buzz, but my body still wanted to go to it. Every time I turned my head, the boat turned too. Then we found the island. All of the humans got out of the boats, but once they touched the ground, the buzzing stopped. The humans were going to try to kill the beast, but they had no idea how big it was. They set up a small defense, and I saw the large human go up to the hole they had made with the catapults. Thousands of dragons flew out of the rock, and I coward under the fear stench in the air emitted from the dragons. Many heartbeats later, the beast broke through the layer of rock, and by the looks of it, it was angry. The humans were running back to the boats, but the beast was too smart for that. It burned all of the boats, so they couldn't escape. I was still strapped into the harness. The only good thing about being in this situation, is that the humans couldn't reach me. I prayed for Snowfire to help me, for many minutes, and then I heard the beast roar out a cry of pain. I looked up to see 4 dragons flying around its head. I looked closer. Hiccup and Astrid had come to save me! I yelled out to show Hiccup where I was. Astrid dropped him on the boat I was on, and he began to unchain me. He took the mouth harness off, but before he could do anything else, the beast stepped onto the boat next to us, which caused ours to wreck. My harness caused me to sink to the bottom, but Hiccup didn't give up. He pulled and pulled at the chains, but they didn't budge. Hiccup suddenly started to float away, and then someone pulled him out of the water. I roared and tried to get out of the chains, but I gave up soon. I saw movement coming towards me. Had Hiccup come back? No. This was the human that had tried to kill me. Hiccup's father looked into my eyes and I looked back. He released me and I swam to the surface, grabbing the human. I flew out of the water with the human in my grip. Hiccup was on a rock next to the water. I shook my body to get the water off, and then I signaled Hiccup to get on. ''You got it buddy.'' he said. He jumped onto the saddle on my back. Then his father lightly grabbed his arm. ''Son… I'm sorry.'' he said. ''I know dad, me too.'' Hiccup said back. ''You don't have to go out there.'' Then Hiccup said sarcastically, ''We're vikings, It's an occupational hazard.'' His father looked into his eyes and said, ''I'm proud to call you my son'' Then we took off into the sky. Hiccup was giving orders to the rest of the people on dragons, while we were trying to find out the dragon's weakness. The beast was watching us, and some of Hiccup's friends were banging their shields to make noise, but their own dragons started to get dizzy. The one on the Gronkle, fell onto the ground, safe, while the one on Raging Inferno, fell onto the beast's head. He started to smack the dragon's eyes with his hammer, and then the beast yelled out in pain again, and when it did so, it saw Astrid on her Deadly Nadder. It tried to suck them into its mouth, but I blasted the beast with a fireball before it could. Astrid was falling without her dragon, and I flew over to catch her. ''Did you get her?'' I looked down to make sure. She smiled at me, and I did the same back. I put her softly onto the ground and then I flew towards the giant dragon. ''It has wings. Okay, let's see if it can use them.'' Hiccup said to me. I blasted a fireball into the creature's side. It toppled over, and we were flying over it to see if it would use its wings. Then we saw the wings open up, and then Hiccup said, ''Do you think that worked?'' Then the beast was following us in the air. Then Hiccup had an idea. We flew into the clouds above, and the beast followed. Since I was black, it was easy to hide in the dark clouds. The beast couldn't see us, so it started to shoot flames out of its mouth. Hiccup told me to blast each of the wings, so it wouldn't be able to fly. I did so, but then the beast spotted us, and set my new tail on fire. We flew downwards, to the ground. Hiccup had told me to shoot a fireball onto its mouth when he gave the signal. It was the perfect plan. The beast was getting ready to blast us when Hiccup yelled ''Now!'' I turned in mid-air, and shot a fireball. The beast then realized that the ground was really close, and it opened its wings, but since I had blasted them, they would not stop its massive body in time. As it hit the ground, flames were coming from the impact. Me and Hiccup were trying to fly upwards, so the flames wouldn't get us. We swerved around the dragons body, careful not to hit anything. Then my fake tail fell off, and I had no control. The beast's tail was right in front of us, and we had no way of dodging it. ''No! No!'' Hiccup yelled. We hit the tail with enough force, that Hiccup fell off of the saddle. He was falling into the flames, unconscious. I tried and tried to reach him, but my wings were useless without my tail. Then I stopped flapping my wings and tucked them in, as if doing a dive-bomb, to reach the boy. I grabbed the boy with my forepaws, and then used my back legs to make sure I didn't lose grip. The flames were already around us. I wrapped my wings around the boy, to protect him from the flames. My body would be able to survive the flames, but when I hit the ground, I could easily die, without anything to stop the landing. I did what was right, and kept my wings around the boy, as we went through the flames. Then I could've sworn I saw a white night fury. Walking through the flames, coming towards me. ''Snowfire? Is that you?'' The night fury purred and licked my face, and I could see that she still loved me. ''Yes it's me. You risked your life to save this human, as you almost did for me. That's why I love you. You put everyone else before yourself.'' Then I realized that no other night furies were with her. ''Where are Snowscale and Blackscale?'' I asked weakly. ''They've found a new home, and Snowscale is due to lay her egg any day now. Don't worry, you'll see them again before you see me again.'' With that, she slowly vanished. ''Snowfire! No! Come back!'' I knew it was useless, she was gone again, but in the middle of my thoughts, I was interrupted by something hitting me on the head…ground. My skull was strong, but I was knocked unconscious for awhile before I woke back up. I opened my eyes and saw Hiccup's father. His eyes were as sad as mine were when Snowfire died in my arms. ''Oh son. I'm so sorry.'' he said sadly. He wasn't as bad as I thought he was. He cared for Hiccup as much as I did. I slowly opened my wings to reveal Hiccup between my legs. ''Hiccup!'' he said. He was looking for a pulse to make sure he was alive, and I knew that he was, and I waited for him to realize this. ''He's alive! You brought him back alive!'' he yelled to me. He hugged Hiccup and then he put his hand softy on my head. ''Thank you. For saving my son.'' he said sincerely. I knew my job was done, and I drifted off into unconsciousness.
-New Life-
I woke up in one of the human houses, next to Hiccup's sleeping body. The other dragons said that I'd been unconscious for about 2 days, so I got some food quickly and went back to Hiccup's body. I sniffed him and he smelt fine enough to get up, so I blew some air into his face. Then I made I low growl to get him to wake him up. He started to move and groan. I was so glad to see he was okay now. I nudged his head with mine. ''Hey Toothless. I'm happy to see you too.'' Then I tried to get closer, but I accidentally put my paw on his stomach, he pushed me off quickly. ''Oww!'' Then he looked at his surroundings. ''I'm in my house. You're in my house.'' I was jumping around for joy. ''Does my dad know you're here?'' Then I jumped up onto one of the support beams, and looked down on him upside down. ''Toothless!'' he said annoyed. He lifted the blanket covering his leg. The other dragons said that Hiccup had burned his leg badly, and the humans put a fake one on him, just like my tail. He put his feet on the ground and sat on the bed. I got off of the beam and walked over him. I smelt his fake leg and looked up at his face. He was breathing slowly and heavily. His eyes were sad, but brave. He stood up, using the foot-post of his bed to support him. He winced at the pain when he put weight on his fake foot, but he let go of his bed, being confident he would be able to overcome the next pain, but the pain was too much for him, and he started to fall down. I put my head in front of him to hold onto, so he wouldn't fall down. ''Thanks bud.'' We walked towards the door together, side by side. He opened the door, and the first thing he saw was Raging Inferno. He closed the door quickly and looked at me. ''Toothless, stay here.'' He opened the door slower than last time, and he realized that Snotlout was riding him. He walked outside, and then I smelt a familiar scent. I turned around. ''Snowfire, I've missed you.'' She dipped her head and licked my face. Then a darker, more muscular male Night fury came to stand beside her. ''Darkfire! What are you doing here?'' Darkfire's eyes were sad enough that I looked away. ''I died not long ago, when you were unconscious. The fury clan has a new leader now.'' I looked up ''Who?'' He licked me. ''Blackscale.'' I purred at him and turned to Snowfire and licked her too. They started to fade ''Don't grieve Nightscale, but don't forget us either.'' Then they were completely gone ''I won't. I'll always remember you.''
I remembered that I was still inside the human house, and I went outside to see Hiccup again. A lot of people were in the way, so I jumped over them. ''Night Fury!'' One of them yelled. Then I was finally in front of Hiccup. Astrid was next him. They smiled at each other, and then Hiccup said ''Hold still Toothless.'' He was putting a new tail on me, and I let him. Then he got on my back and we all flew together. It was like paradise, except that Snowfire wasn't here, but at least I had another loved one that I cared about. Hiccup and I would be best friends until the day one of us dies.
-Grounded-
About 9 years have gone by. Astrid's deadly nadder, Starkad, had just found out that she was expecting eggs. I was happy for her, considering her mate had left the island not long ago. She was devastated that they'd grow up not knowing their father. On the day when she laid her eggs, I was in the trench with Hiccup by my side. We were just hanging around with nothing to do. Nothing unusual was happening. Then I heard something off in the distance. It was Starkad! She was screaming like crazy. I perked my ears up and butted Hiccup with my head. I stood up right after he was awake, and started to flap my wings. He got on and I took off. I flew to the village. I landed sloppy on the ground, and rushed to Starkad. She was clearly in pain. Astrid was next to her, rubbing her dragon's head. She was laying her eggs, and I knew that no one could do anything about her pain. I sat by her head and waited. Hiccup and Astrid had not known she was expecting eggs, so Hiccup was inspecting her all over. I started fidgeting when he placed his hands on her stomach. He looked up and saw my eyes. We stared at each other for only heartbeats, and then we heard Starkad scream even louder. That's when I saw the first egg come out. I licked it and sniffed it to make sure it was in good shape. It was, and I waited for the next one. Only one other came out. Starkad slumped down and breathed heavily. I sniffed the second egg. No! It couldn't be! I backed away slightly. I smelled it again. It was…. I sighed. Starkad got up slowly, still weak ''Are they okay?'' she asks. ''One is'' I said sadly. She was beginning to panic. She leaned down to her eggs and sniffed them both. She moaned with sadness. Astrid crawled closer. Hiccup stopped her. He could see her sadness towards the egg. Starkad looked at me. ''I'm sorry Starkad. I know how you feel.'' She licked me softly, and picked up the egg in her mouth and gave it to Astrid. Hiccup could easily see that it was a dud, so he explained it to Astrid. Astrid walked up to Starkad and placed her hand on her head. Starkad purred sadly at her. ''It's okay girl. At least you can protect this one.'' She pointed to the other egg. Starkad licked her, and wrapped her body around her only egg.
1 year passes, and I haven't seen my kids yet, and I could live with that, unless I never do. Hiccup was leader of the tribe now, and Astrid was his wife. One day Starkad wouldn't allow her to ride, and she ripped the saddle. When Hiccup invited Astrid to ride me instead, Starkad came up to yell at me for letting her ride. ''Don't let her ride! She has to be protected!'' I hissed at her ''Why! Why do you choose now to protect her!'' The dragoness said quietly, ''Because she's pregnant.'' I calmed down, ''You're sure?'' "Yes. That's why I didn't let her ride me. That's why I choose now to protect her. If we're flying and I get hurt and fall, her and her child will get hurt.'' I went up to Astrid and sniffed her all over. Any dragon could tell by the faint milk smell, that she was expecting. I nuzzled up to her. Astrid was about to get on me, but I hissed at her to back away. She did so, and then she argued with Hiccup about me. Astrid and Hiccup didn't know why we wouldn't let her ride, but they went to the trench to talk. As the sun went down, Starkad and I were trying to find a way to tell them. ''They can't understand us, so how do we tell them?'' I asked Starkad. ''You could borrow my egg. You could show it to Hiccup, and then point to Astrid or something, but you have to bring the egg back.'' I nodded. She didn't want to lose this egg too. ''I'll treat it as my own.'' Starkad was starting to cry. ''There's something you should know.'' I interrupted her when I noticed the sun going down. ''I've got to go.'' Then I put her egg carefully in my mouth. I flew to the one place I knew they'd be. I found Hiccup sitting on a small rock in the trench. Astrid was sitting on a bigger rock not too far away. I sat in front of him and placed the egg on the ground. He knew that it was Starkad's, but he was still surprised to see it. ''What are you doing with Starkad's egg?'' he asked me. I used my front paw to point to the egg, and then to Astrid. I did this over and over again. Hiccup's face wasn't too surprised, and he was trying to make sense of it. ''Hey Astrid! Come over here. I think Toothless is trying to tell us something.'' Astrid jumped off of the rock and she came over. ''What is it Toothless?'' I got a stick and drew one line, then a space, then two lines next to each other, a space, and then three lines next to each other. They didn't understand, so I used my head to touch the egg, and then on Astrid's abdomen. I did this a couple of times before Astrid gasped. ''What?'' Hiccup said. ''No! It's not possible!'' I knew what she was thinking. I had sent the message. I grabbed the egg and gave it to Astrid. She held it in her hands. ''Am I really?'' she looked at me. I gave her a little nod and nuzzled against her. Hiccup still had no idea, but he came up to Astrid and asked her what was going on. ''I think Toothless is trying to tell you that I'm pregnant.'' Hiccup was frozen into place. He looked at me. I nodded at him and I smiled at him. He hugged Astrid and she gave the egg back to me. I put it back into my mouth, and I flew back to the village. Starkad was waiting. ''How did it go?'' she asked. ''I sent the message, and now they know.'' Starkad licked me and took the egg back to the nest. I knew that humans were born differently than dragons. I knew that they didn't have eggs, but I knew that I'd treat Hiccup's kid as if it was my own. Then I remembered Blackscale and Snowscale. Maybe when Hiccup's child was old enough, I'd be able to see them again. I went to my nest and fell asleep.
