Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon and do not own any of the character. Halla and Ash are based on character from the movie, but have been modified for my story
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I want to warn anyone reading this story that due to school starting I may not be writing as much as I used to, but give me time and I will update I don't plan on ditching this story ever.
Toothless point of view:
"Uhh I haven't felt this bad since I fell" I groaned shifting in my cave, trying to get comfortable. Which was hard to do with the scratches on my hind legs and bruises on my torso. 'Herradura wasn't kidding when she said she would train me' I thought, my tail wrapping around me 'she said she was old and couldn't fight that liar' I hissed as my tail slammed into the ground in frustration.
"Toothless" I inwardly groaned as I heard Halla's voice. "Toothless where are you buddy." The thought of moving to greet Halla did not seem very appealing to me due to my current state.
"Toothless I brought you some food" even that wasn't an incentive to come out, besides I didn't want Halla to see me ruffed up it's embarrassing. I threw my wing over my head trying to blend in with the darkness of my cave.
As I heard Halla getting closer I wanted to curl into myself, but my ribs hurt too much from when Herradura stomped on me. Suddenly Halla stopped and I could hear the distinct sound of flapping of wings.
"Scarlet your back." Herradura dropped something on the ground and from the smell I could guess it was a deer of some kind. I hmphed to myself knowing that if I could get out of this cove by myself I could hunt for myself.
"Scarlet do you know what's wrong with Toothless" I could hear her ask as Herradura seemed to chuckle at her responding with a "He is being a hatchling" which to Halla was only a roar.
I responded back with my own roar "I am not being a hatchling," even as my wing tightened around myself. I could here heavy steps coming my way.
"Come now Alastor you need to eat and Halla came all this way to see you so stop pouting and come here" she said her tail swing back and forth in irritation although her voice was calm. "Honestly," she shouts as she stands near the entrance of the cave. "Did you really think you could beat me so easily? I'm old not weak."
"I could beat you with ease if I could still fly" I muttered backing myself more into the cave.
"Yes well you don't" I cringed at her tone "I told you Alastor you are going to have to adapts now that your…grounded." She said, unsure of the exact word to use in a situation like this. "Fighting other dragons will take a whole new approach now that you're at a disadvantage." I growled in warning I could hear her sigh as she turns to back away. "This is going to take time Alastor, so get over your pride and come eat your worrying your human."
"Toothless" without noticing Halla had come closer her steps probably hidden by Herradura's nagging. She took a hesitant step into the cave and lowered my wing. "You all right" she asks, taking another step inside and another until she's sitting right in front of me.
I humphed lowering my head to the ground "Oh come on it can't be that bad." She says kneeling over to scratch one of my ears. I turn my head to give her better access and sighed. "Come on I have a basket of fish outside with your name on it." She seemed excited about something, so as she makes a move to stand up I follow.
It took me longer to exit the cave after I finally noticed just how sore I was. As I walked over to Halla who was knocking over the fish right next to Herradura's kill I also realized just how hungry I was. As I bent down to take a bite out of one of the fishes I heard a gasp. I looked up to see Halla was staring at the scratches on my leg. As she walked over to examine them I quickly fell to my side and assumed the position that I had in the cave. I could hear Herradura chuckling.
"Toothless what happened" she asked rushing towards my side, but I refused to get up "Toothless" she said with more force. I lifted my wing to peek at her. "Let me see" she said, with authority I never realized she could possess. I grumbled, but refused to move. "Toothless" she snapped again.
"Oh come now Alastor let the girl see maybe she can give you something to help heal your ego." I lowered my wing and growled at Herradura who took one of my fish. That's when I felt something shift on my side. Halla was standing up her back straight shoulders squares and she looked angry.
"You two got into a flight didn't you" she asked hands on her hips. "Didn't you."
Herradura stared down at the girl and nodded "Are you two stupid? Your still recovering from your own fight" she says pointing to Herradura "and you…you" she says turning back to me only to throw her hands in the air unable to finish her sentence she was so angry "I told you no fighting none. What if someone sees you? Or hears you?" She was starting to rant now walking back and forth only to stop and point fingers at us before returning to her rant.
Finally Herradura stood up and walked in front of Halla. "What?" Halla snapped crossing her arm over her chest. Herradura lowered her head to look into Halla's eyes. "You're suppose to be resting" is all Halla said as she kept looking at Herradura. I came up behind Halla and rested my head on her shoulder. "And your suppose to be safe." She says flicking my nose.
After a tense moment Halla took a deep breathe and her shoulders relax. "Let me see your wounds and I'll run home and grab some stuff." Herradura made a small hissing noise and shook her head.
"Part of training is to work through the pain," she said even though Halla wouldn't understand. However as Halla looked between Herradura and back at me, she seemed to understand.
"Fine but if it gets infected both of you are in trouble understand." She says huffing muttering something that sounded like "stubborn dragons." I nuzzled her neck, while Herradura did the same to her head. "Yah yah you both get what you want, but honestly I don't understand you to. You hate each other, you get along, you fight, you share meal, its so uhhh" We both chuckle at that because in all honesty there was no way Halla would ever understand our relationship even if she could understand us.
As we both went back to eating Halla went to sit on a rock doing something in that book of her's.
"What do you think she's doing?" asked Herradura as she took another bite from my pile of fish.
"I'm not sure, she carries that around with her all the time." I answered stealing a bite of her dead buck. Although I was happy to eat anything the Halla gave me red meat would always be better than fish.
"She seems happy today" I looked over to see that Halla was smiling as she scribbled something down in a hurry.
"She was until she noticed our wounds, no matter what you say come tomorrow she'll bring healing supplies."
"That's fine, you just need to suffer today"
"Why" I asked wondering if it was part of a secret training technique.
"Because you were acting like a hatchling that's why." I gave her a silent snarl as she looked at me with her smirk.
"I was not" I replied digging more into the buck. Herradura was still looking at me with her smirk.
"We'll start training early in the morning after Halla leaves so we wouldn't upset her, and so by the time she stops by you would have had most of the day to get over your broken ego." She states her head held high as she gobbled down another fish.
"Its not a broken ego…its just embarrassing" I muttered
"Why? You have seen Halla broken have you not"
"That's different," I growled, which from the corner of my eyes I could see we had caught Halla's attention. "I'm suppose to protect her," I shout, but quickly regret saying the words sounded better in my head, but out loud they sound desperate.
"Isn't that what she thinks about you?" Herradura asked as Halla started to walk over towards us. "She thinks she's suppose to protect you."
As Halla stood next to me looking between Herradura and I, I couldn't help but look down. "Everything okay over here" she asked noticing that the atmosphere just got a little tense.
I stood up and began to walk towards my cave. "Toothless" I heard Halla say as she tried to take a step towards me, but I stopped her with my damaged tail. She looked at me for a moment a frown on her face, before she petted my tail and took a step back.
"That's okay I wasn't planning on staying I have to get some work done in the village. So I guess I should leave now" she says taking another step back. "Good night Scarlet" she says taking a step towards Herradura who lowered her head so she could pat Herradura's cheek after she was done she looked back at me. "Goodnight Toothless." I watched as she quickly grabbed the empty basket of fish and left the cove before walking back to my cave to lick my wounds.
"Tell me Alastor" asked Herradura in a sober tone "why are you suppose to protect her? After all she was the one that broke you."
"Your wrong" I said, not bothering to turn around to face her "I have to protect her because she saved me."
"From what exactly" Her eyes shining with curiosity, but I knew she wouldn't understand.
I gave a dry chuckle at that "She saved me from the Queen, from becoming like Vulfiend, from suffering the same boring existence that seemed to just repeat itself." I turned around to face her "She broke the cycle for me." Herradura wouldn't understand because in her life it was the Queen that destroyed Herradura's happy life with war, death, and murder. She still remembers a time when the Queen wasn't in power and she fights to go back to that time. But for me its different, all I know the Queen's wrath, Vulfiend's violence, the dragons submission.
I wanted my cycle broken and "I have to get stronger so that way I have to protect her because in the end she didn't break me, no she saved me."