Chapter 3: Two Night Furies, Two Riders

"You…you have a Night Fury?" Hiccup said, still in awe. Slowly he took in the dragon's appearance. She was a lighter black than Toothless, with darker markings on her side. Her eyes were a beautiful light blue that reminded Hiccup of the sky early in the morning. She looked more feminine then Toothless, and Hiccup remembered the girl had called her dragon a girl.

"Yes. So do you" the girl said, her hand resting on her dragon's head.

Hiccup couldn't speak, only nod.

"Her name is Sora" the girl said, before adding "and my name is Scout Askertill".

"Sora…" Hiccup echoed, and the dragon looked at him. He had to admit, while Toothless was a magnificent dragon, Sora was a beautiful dragon. He moved slowly towards her, and Sora looked at Scout, who nodded.

As Hiccup approached, Sora moved out slightly towards him. Hiccup stopped, and she kept walking until she was right in front of him, staring at him. Sora reminded Hiccup of her owner. Then Sora saw Toothless. Her eyes widened and she back away a few steps.

"Sora, it's alright" Scout said, moving to be by her dragon's side. Sora stopped moving, and stayed close to Scout.

"Maybe bring Toothless closer?" Scout suggested, and Hiccup motioned for Toothless to come to his side. Soon they were all opposite each other, Hiccup and Toothless next to each other as they had always been, and Sora and Scout.

Sora seemed more at ease with Toothless, but hadn't broke her eye contact with Toothless. He had done the same. Both riders watched their dragons to see what happened next. Slowly, Toothless moved out, moving slowly like a cat until he had covered half of the distance between them. Sora looked at him, at what distance was left, then she looked at Scout. Scout smiled encouragingly and Sora slowly moved forward.

Toothless sat, watching Sora slowly approach. Once she was close enough, Sora sat too, mimicking Toothless. Both riders laughed. The two dragons watched each other carefully, then quickly Sora darted her head forward, pressing her nose quickly against Toothless'. She then turned and ran, hiding behind Scout. Toothless' eyes widened and he hid behind Hiccup. Scout started laughing and Hiccup joined in, both their dragons looking at their riders as though they'd lost their minds.

A few minutes passed and the laughter faded. Hiccup wiped his eyes and looked at the newcomers again. Scout was calming down and Sora looked unimpressed, but when she looked at Toothless she looked almost bashful. Toothless, for his part, was making almost the same expression.

Once Scout was able to breathe again, Hiccup decided to ask her more questions.

"Where are you from? Where did you find Sora? What did you-" he kept asking, and Scout looked at him.

"You have a lot of questions" she stated, and Hiccup grinned.

"I did say I was a chief didn't I? A new girl arrives and she has a Night Fury. Of course I have questions" he stated, and Scout nodded.

"A fair point. Am I allowed to make my lunch before you interrogate me, chief?" Scout joked, and Hiccup blushed. She started to move back to her fire when he spoke again.

"Why don't you come back to the village? It's almost lunch time" he said, and she stopped. She turned to face him slowly, chewing her bottom lip. Hiccup heart skipped a beat, but he ignored it.

"I don't know about that" she said, drifting off. She glanced at Sora, who blinked and tilted her head.

"It wouldn't be any trouble. We always have too much food anyway" he said, and Toothless nudged him.

"And I think Toothless would like it if Sora joined us" he said, hoping that would make Scout's decision. It worked.

Scout sighed quietly, then nodded and smiled.

"It might be nice to eat with actual people, not just a dragon for once" she said, and Hiccup smiled.

"I'll show you the way" he said, putting his helmet back on and swinging onto Toothless' back. Scout nodded, doing the same on Sora. Hiccup nudged Toothless' sides gently and they took off back to Berk.