-New Beginning
Not many days after, I was chasing Hiccup through the woods, when I smelt something familiar. "Snowfire?'' Hiccup had vanished in front of me. ''Where are you?'' I tried to find her, but I found nothing. I sat down and waited for Hiccup to come back. Then I saw a faint mist in front of me. It was white, and almost clear. I could still see the trees beyond the mist, but it was blurry. The mist was changing shape. It slowly changed into the shape of a night fury. The mist was becoming more and more solid. When I noticed the slender, white, red-eyed night fury, I ran right up to her and licked her. She started to purr with me. ''Why are you here?'' I asked her. ''Does there have to be a reason?'' she chuckled. ''No. I'm just happy to see you.'' I stared into her eyes. I breathed in her scent deeply. ''I wish you could be with us. It would be heaven if you were.'' Her eyes began to tear. ''At least I can visit you in dreams.'' I purred and continued to lick her. We stood there for hours. I never wanted her to leave again. Snowfire stopped purring suddenly. ''What is it?'' I asked. Her eyes were full of panic. ''What is it?'' I asked again. ''Snowscale…'' I had no idea what she was talking about. ''Is she in danger!'' She shook her head. ''You've got to wake up! Now!'' My eyes flew open, and Snowfire's scent had disappeared. I jumped up instantly and ran to Snowscale's nest. I heard hay being rustled. I relaxed seeing Starkad shifting her weight. Beyond Starkad was Snowscale. I quietly went around Starkad to get to her. I shoved her with my nose. She moaned and yawned. Her eyes opened slowly. 'What are you doing here?'' She sighed. ''I had a dream about Snowfire. She told me that I had to go to your nest. I don't know why.'' Snowscale looked at me like I was crazy. She was about to reply, but she choked on the word, thinking about something else. ''You'll be a great mother. Just like Snowfire.'' Her only reply, was a small squeak of pain. ''What's wrong?'' I asked urgently. ''I don't…. know…'' she choked out. Her whole body shook. Her arms were flailing everywhere. Her breathing became more deep and fast. I looked into her eyes. They seemed as though they were on fire. I didn't know what to do. I didn't know if I should try and help her, or go get help. I decided to go get Storm. ''I'll be right back Snowscale. I'm going to go get help.'' I found Storm next to Snowshadow. I ran up to her, and nudged her with my nose. ''Get up Storm!'' I said urgently. She yawned and stretched her arm. ''What is it?'' she asked. ''It's Snowscale! You've got to get up now!'' Storm ran next to me to Snowscale. ''I don't know what's wrong with her!'' I panted to Storm. Storm knelt down in front of Snowscale's head, and placed her hand on Snowscale's nose. Snowscale was still in pain when Storm put her hand on. I looked back to Storm. She was in pain also. She was connected to Snowscale's mind, so she could feel everything she's feeling. I moved Storm's hand off of Snowscale's nose. Storm instantly stopped arching her back in pain. She started panting. ''I don't know what's wrong with her. Usually I can find out, but I don't know this time. It could be anything. You should go get my dad.'' I didn't even wait to decide. All I knew, was that Snowscale was in pain, and I didn't know why. I burst through Hiccup's front door and ran upstairs. He was asleep next to Astrid on his bed. I whimpered to him. I prodded his side continuously until he sat up from his bed. I kept whimpering at him. He got up and followed me. His eyes were still sleepy, but he knew I wanted him to follow. He yawned and walked next to me to Snowscale. Once we entered the nests, Hiccup's eyes flew open. He kelt down next to Storm, and checked Snowscale all over. ''What happened?'' Hiccup almost yelled at me. ''She was fine a couple minutes ago, and then she's like this!'' I answered him. Storm told him. Hiccup checked her head. After investigating her head, he went to her heart and lungs. He said she wasn't physically hurt anywhere important. Then he slowly moved his hands down her side, to see if there was anything else that could tell him what was wrong. He stopped moving his hands, when they came to her stomach. ''It's time…'' he stared at me with the same look he had before Storm was born. It couldn't be! She was a year early! I ran and got Blackscale first. She needed her brother more now than ever. I jerked him awake. He growled at first, but I heaved his body up with my head. ''Fine I'll get up.'' He yawned before he actually looked at my face. My panicked eyes told him all he needed to know. He ran next to me back to Hiccup. ''What happened!'' he yelled. ''She's laying her eggs.'' Storm said back. Blackscale shook his head in denial. ''It's a whole year before they're even due!'' he was worried for his sister now. ''I know! Now we've got to help her!'' Blackscale sat next to her head by Storm, while I went next to Hiccup, near her tail. ''It's gonna be okay Snowscale.'' Hiccup whispered to her. She tried to calm her breathing, to save energy. I stood next to her through the whole night.
The sun had risen before Snowscale had lain 2 eggs. We were all relieved that it was over. I looked down onto Snowscale. She was sleeping now. Laying her eggs had exhausted her. One of her eggs were black, while the other one was a dark purple. The color reminded me of Snowfire's mother, Shininglight. ''We should leave her alone the rest of the day.'' I said to everyone. Blackscale went back to his nest to sleep, while Storm told Hiccup what I had said. He nodded slowly and got up. Storm went back to Snowshadow. I was the only one who slept next to her. I didn't want her to be alone, but I didn't want it to be too crowded here either. I closed my eyes, hoping I would see Snowfire in my dream again. I opened my eyes to see a dense forest in front of me. I knew this was a dream, because I could smell Snowfire. ''Where are you Snowfire?'' I listened for a response. ''Try looking behind you.'' I heard someone laugh from the other direction. I spun around and saw her. ''I'm so proud of you. You've been the best father I've ever known.'' Snowfire licked my head one more time and vanished. I opened my eyes in the real world, and saw Storm. She was sleeping next to me. I picked my body up, and saw Snowshadow on her other side. Storm probably got up and came over here to sleep, and Snowshadow followed. I walked outside and took in a deep breath. It smelt like rain was coming. I looked up and saw clouds in the distance. Other than the smell of rain, it was slightly breezy. At the moment, it was peaceful. Well, at least it was peaceful until I heard someone moving behind me. The sound of footsteps stopped next to me. ''I guess I'll have two brothers or sisters.'' I turned my head and saw Snowshadow. ''I guess so.'' Rain started to fall, and I motioned Snowshadow to follow me back to Snowscale.
-The rain poured outside the nests, so all of the dragons had to stay on the ground until it stopped. A flash of light went through the village, followed by a loud bang. My ears went flattened against my head at the sound. ''Nightscale… Can you come over here please?'' I walked over to Snowscale, who had just woken up. ''Can you keep the eggs warm until I come back?'' I looked down at her two eggs. ''Sure. Take your time.'' She heaved herself up, and slowly walked over to the food pile. I wrapped my tail around the two eggs, and then brought my whole tail against my chest. I hadn't really gotten a lot of sleep the night before, so I let my wings wrap around the eggs, and I slowly started to fall asleep. It had only been a couple minutes before I was woken up. Snowscale would want to sleep with her eggs. I didn't blame her. I opened my eyes and saw a dragon in front of me. I was surprised it wasn't Snowscale, but Blackscale. ''Is something wrong Blackscale?'' I asked. ''No, but I wanted to talk to you about something.'' I started to get up, but then I remembered the eggs. ''Where's Snowscale?'' He motioned his head behind me. I turned my head around and saw her already asleep. I got up and left the eggs wrapped in my tail. ''I would leave those with Snowscale, in case she wakes up, but I'm sure she trusts you with them.'' I thought about it, and kept the eggs with me. Blackscale walked outside of the nests, so I followed. I was careful not to let the eggs hit the ground, so I kept my tail in the air. ''What is it you wanted to talk about?'' He seemed nervous. He looked at the ground. ''I…I.'' he was stuttering. I was getting more and more worried. ''It's okay Blackscale. You can tell me anything.'' He picked his head up, and looked into my eyes for a moment, but then he looked back at the ground. ''I had a dream that I was in a forest. The sun was out and I saw a mist cloud in front of me. Then it slowly became more solid. I was trying to figure out what it was, when I heard someone whisper my name. I almost thought it was the wind. I noticed that the mist had become a night fury, and I started to hiss at them. I thought it was an intruder, but then I stopped hissing, like there was something familiar about her, but I've never seen her before. She said something about Snowscale, but she faded back into a mist before she could finish her sentence.'' His dream sounded too close to mine to be a coincidence. ''Did the night fury have red eyes?'' He snapped his head up. ''Yes. Why?'' Could it have been Snowfire? I wasn't sure, so I continued to ask questions. ''Did she have a thin body?'' I noticed he was getting more nervous. ''Yes. Can you tell me who it was?'' I can't believe it! Snowfire had never shown herself in her own hatchling's dreams until now! They had no idea what she looked like! ''The night fury you saw… was your mother, Snowfire.'' I told him calmly. ''I never thought I'd see her…'' I licked him and licked me back. He started to purr. This was one of those moments that I would never forget. It was the first time my hatchling saw its mother. ''I should go back to the nests to keep Snowscale's eggs warm. You can sleep with us, if you want.'' He shook his head. ''I promised Storm that I'd let her ride me today.'' He ran off to the clan in search for Storm, while I brought the eggs back into the nests. I flopped down onto my nest, and fell asleep the same way I had before Blackscale had woken me up.
A year passed and the clan was adapting to the village life, but most of them still wouldn't even let humans touch them, even if it was Storm. SkyStorm was becoming more and more weak every month. Moontail feared she would be too weak to eat soon. Hiccup tried everything to help her, but her life was fading too fast. She was lying on her death bed. I had visited her every day since she had gotten sick.
Like any other day, I was with Hiccup. We were in the trench. Both of us had no idea what was going on. I was taking a nap on the shore of the pond, while Hiccup was swimming. Although, it was a little harder to steer when he was missing a leg. My nap had been interrupted. I saw Snowscale in front of me when my eyes opened. At first, I thought she was going to tell me that her eggs were hatching, but then I realized that her eggs wouldn't hatch for another 4 or so years. I also knew that she would never leave her eggs, unless it was important. "Its Skystorm!'' I jumped up and rushed to get Hiccup out of the water. ''Hey! What are you doing!'' I had picked up Hiccup by the collar of his shirt, and dragged him out of the water. ''What the heck are you doing Toothless?'' I desperately whined to him and flickered my eyes to my saddle. He quickly jumped on, and Hiccup almost fell off when I took off. I flew faster to the village than normally. Hiccup knew something was wrong. I landed softly and ran to the clan nests. Before I saw Skystorm, I saw my family surrounding her. Moontail, Blackscale, Snowshadow, and Snowscale's ears were all back against their heads, and they were all looking down at their front paws. While I was hesitating from walking towards them, Hiccup jumped off my back. He patted my nose softly, and continued to walk towards the group of dragons. The crowd moved so Hiccup could get to Skystorm. He knelt down next to her, and placed his hands on her chest. I saw his head drop, and then he started to shake his head back and forth slowly. I was frozen where I was standing. I didn't even get to say good-bye to her! I was broken from my trance when Storm came over to touch me softly. She didn't touch me to talk to me, but only to comfort me. Nothing could help me right now. My own grandmother just died, and I wasn't going to stay with everyone else, where a sad aura surrounded them. I angrily flew away from everyone. Tears were in my eyes. I looked down on the crowd around Skystorm's body. Moontail and stayed next to Skystorm, while the rest of them watched me leave. Besides Moontail, the one who looked the most worried about me leaving, was Snowscale. Her eyes said it all. She was sad about Skystorm, but she looked more worried about me than anything else. I landed in the trench and I curled up in the darkest corner, trying to cry myself to sleep. Why did Skystorm have to leave me like Snowfire did? ''Dad? I know you're here.'' Snowscale's voice echoed through the clearing. I wrapped my tail in front of my face. I didn't want her to worry about me. ''Come out dad. Please.'' she asked desperately. I smelt something when I didn't move. ''Snowfire?'' I whispered. I moved my tail from my face, and there was nothing in front of me. The white night fury I loved was nowhere to be seen. ''Where are you Snowfire?'' I whispered again. I saw Snowscale's ears turn in my direction, and she turned her head around. ''Nightscale?'' I sighed. Snowfire had tricked me to give away where I am. She must be worried about me too. I got up and turned my body around, so my back was facing Snowscale. ''We're all mourning over her Nightscale. I know you loved her, but how do you think me and Blackscale feel? Or Moontail? We've only known her for half of our lives, and she was Moontail's own mother!'' I took a deep breath, and then huffed it out, to show her that I didn't feel like talking right now, especially about Skystorm. ''Leave me alone.'' I said sternly enough that Snowscale did not talk to me until the sun was almost down. ''We'd better go back home soon. I need to get back to my eggs, but I won't go if you won't come with me.'' I knew she was telling the truth, and I didn't want her to stay away from her eggs. I sighed and heaved my body off the ground. I was still facing away from Snowscale. I flapped my wings to stretch them, and I took off. Snowscale was right behind me. I knew she loved me, but she should've understood that I didn't want to be bothered.
