While your body remained in the safety of Nightsong's side, your mind was in a far less friendly place. Your dream was dark and foggy, and the things you saw were wavering, like you were trying to make out the shapes of familiar surroundings during a violent rainstorm.
What you could make out from the fog and darkness sent chills down your spine and pain was sent coursing through your lower body and back. The cold eyes staring back at you from the shadows held only anger. You started screaming, having a knowledge that the owner of the eyes was not going to hold back in their attack, whenever that attack would happen. The eyes narrowed, a bright glow came from a point below the eyes, and-
You woke up with a jolt, accidentally smacking your head on the edge of Nightsong's wing, which was resting just above your forehead. This in turn woke her up with a surprised jump. While you were rubbing your head, she turned her head over to look at you with worried eyes, rumbling out a worried hum.
You turned to look at her with a chuckle. "It's alright, I'm fine, girl." You placed a hand onto her warm snout in reassurance, and you felt her purr in contentment.
Looking outside the cave, you noticed it was still dark, the faintest sign of any light coloured the sky in navy blue through the black space on the far side of the sky. While looking out into the early morning darkness, you couldn't help but think back to your dream. But whenever you tried to grasp a part of it, it slipped right through your fingers. This frustrated you to no end, for no matter how hard you tried, more and more of the dream slipped from your grasp. Nightsong must have noticed your concentration, for she placed her nose against your shoulder, nudging you out of your self-induced trance.
"Sorry, I'm trying to remember what I dreamed of, but-" You furrowed your eyebrows, trying yet again to remember, but again, failing. "I can't remember what I dreamed about."
Moving to get up, you felt something warm against your leg. Looking to the source of the warmth, you saw a leg brushed up against your own. Following the line of the leg, you saw the unclothed torso of a boy. Hiccup, that's right… he stayed with me last night.
You studied his face as he slept, watching his slow breathing and his gentle expression. Freckles covered his nose and cheeks. He had a scar, from something you have yet to know about. You caught yourself staring at his face, and quickly looked away, a flush settling into your skin. As you looked down away from his sleeping form, you noticed with confusion of the green shirt and fur vest you were wearing. Touching it, you slowly recalled that Hiccup also gave you his shirt and vest last night because your own clothes were soaked. He'll probably want his shirt and vest back.
Looking around, you noticed your shirt lying on the cave floor. It looked dry from this distance, but of course if you left anything to dry overnight it would be dry in the morning. Looking back at Hiccup to make sure he was still asleep, you slipped off his vest and shirt and placed them gently upon his chest. At least you still had your bindings on, which made it feel less cold than it would be if you didn't have them.
Quickly, you retrieved your torn shirt and slipped it on. This feels much better. Your wings felt stiff, they had been cramped under Hiccup's shirt, and because you didn't want to tear a hole in the back of his shirt, your wings had to uncomfortably stick out from underneath it. Now you were back in your own shirt, your wings resting comfortably through the hole in the back.
As you stretched out, your stomach growled uncomfortably. Nightsong obviously heard, for her rumbling chuckle resounded in the cave.
"Shut up, I'm sure you're hungry too." Smiling, you walked towards the cave entrance. "I'm going to go see if I can catch some fish for us, or at least find something to eat if I can't catch anything." Nightsong let out a rumble in protest, you could tell she wanted to come too. "Song, you know we can't just leave him here with the Nightfury, we don't know if he'll attack Hiccup. Can you keep an eye on both of them for me? Make sure you keep them in check?" She glanced at both the boy sleeping on her side and the black dragon closer to the back of the cave before huffing out in annoyance. "That's my girl. I'll be back before you know it, okay?" Letting out a laugh, you ran out of the cave and leapt, your wings taking the wind and lifting you to the lightening sky.
You had made your way back to the small valley from the day before, knowing that there was a lake there with plenty of fish. Finding a large stick, you spent several minutes sharpening it to a point with your claws before you took up a position at the edge of the lake on a rock outcropping.
A half hour past, the light of dawn tinting the sky and surroundings in orange and yellow. You had successfully caught five fish, all of which large. Luck had graced you that on your first attempt of spearing one, because the schools were so dense, you instead speared two.
"Time to be headed back then." Murmuring to yourself, you tucked the spear in a crevice of the rocks and picked up the four fish by the gills, then with a few flaps of your wings, took to the sky once more.
It was a calm flight once the wind above the trees caught you, even though the fish weighed you down. I hope Nightsong and the Nightfury will help to cook these, I wonder if the Nightfury and Hicucp are even up yet? But- ahhh, that sun feels good. The sun's light had just pierced the horizon, the first rays shone on your spread wings, sending a comforting warmth through the skin and bone.
Smiling, your eyes started to close, relishing in the warmth of the sun, when a weight came barrelling into you from above. Your eyes flashed open in surprise and fear, the fish slipping from your grasp and the breath being knocked violently from your body.
As you righted yourself in flight, hunched over in pain from the blow, you noticed a large, rust coloured dragon gliding 10 feet away alongside you. In the few second glance you got at it, you recognised the thorny head and stocky body of a Skrill, before you heard something peculiar. Over the sound of the air rushing past your ears, you could have sworn you heard the words 'abomination' being hissed through the wind. You didn't have enough time to ponder this word, for the dragon came at you again, talons extended and eyes full of fury.
You threw your body to the left, spinning down before the dragon could snatch you. As you righted yourself, head spinning and breath coming in fearful gasps, you saw a rust coloured blur coming down from above. The dragon was too fast for you to drop a second time. Rows of teeth connected with your waist, the teeth sinking in to your hips and legs.
Screaming, tears streaming down your face from the wind and the pain, you made desperate attempts to get free; scratching the dragon where ever you could find a hold of, struggling to try and free yourself. Your movements only seemed to anger it further. It adjusted you in it's mouth, so that it's teeth were now sinking into the flesh of your thighs and lower legs: you were dangling by your legs in the mouth of an angry- possibly hungry- Skrill.
"Nightsong!" You screamed out, hoping that she could hear you. "Nightsong! Hiccup!" Flapping your wings and whipping your tail about madly, the panic which was already present started growing, the pit in your stomach getting ever bigger. "Nightsong!" Now sobbing, you whispered your dragon's name, trying to keep close that hope which was quickly slipping away as the dragon flew you further from the cave where the dragons and Hiccup were.
It might have been the rushing wind, or the blood roaring in your ears, but you could have sworn you heard a wild screech. Opening your eyes, you saw a flash of dark blue against the orange sky, and the Skrill which had held you tightly in it's jaws shuddered as the force from Nightsong made contact. Roaring and screeching filled the air as all three of you tumbled towards earth.
At some point in the fall, you felt the grip on your legs to loosen. As you watched blurry-eyed at the struggle between the two dragons, you slipped form the Skrill's teeth. You barely grasped the concept of falling towards the earth as your vision tunneled.
A/N: Here's the next chapter guys! We know you've all been waiting! (Don't kill us TwT)