Author's Note: This is the second part of the movie arc. I hope to add as much of it as possible while including some new scenes and expanding on the movie. I hope you enjoy the fifth chapter, readers!

Chapter 5: The Night Fury

Bright walked through the forest and he looked up in the sky, which was slowly turning into daytime, with the sun rising up in the horizon and its orange morning color soon turned into yellow as Bright reached a cliff that led into a cove. He looked down and saw his sister, Luna, resting on the ground, curled into a ball with her wings folded.

Bright carefully climbed down to the ground, which Luna heard as she raised her head and opened her eyes to look at him with a smile on her expression.

"Bright! You're here!" she let out a cheerfully squawk as she ran up to him and hugged him close. "What happened at the village?"

"I thought you might ask that," Bright chuckled. But he noticed her serious look. "The Vikings here have been raided by dragons, who had stolen their livestock. I was with a boy named Hiccup, who was quite friendly to me."

"Despite you not being from here?"

"Yeah," Bright nodded as they sat on the soft ground, staring into the water pond. "There was this one stern-looking Viking named Stoick; he protected me from a Monstrous Nightmare that tried hurting me."

At that, Luna blinked in shock. "Monstrous Nightmares are stubborn and prideful," she noted.

"Indeed," he agreed. "Yet, there was a Night Fury that was with the raiding dragon."

Luna looked at him with interested eyes.

"That caught your attention, huh, sis?" Bright chuckled.

"Yes. I never thought to hear of a Night Fury on this island. What happened to it?"

"Hiccup shot it down, unfortunately. No idea where the Night Fury crash landed, though."

Luna looked sad. She nuzzled Bright's cheek. "As long as you are okay, it's fine. I wouldn't dream of anyone hurting you, my baby brother."

Bright groaned. "I am not a baby anymore. Stop calling me that!"

Luna's throat rumbled, and she laughed at him. "Still objecting to that, dear brother?"

Bright frowned, but a smile appeared on his face as he shook his head fondly at her. "Anyway. I don't think there could be someone finding us out here in the cove. You did a good job finding this place."

"Thanks," Luna said gratefully. "I knew we would be here for a while, so this should be our temporary stay. So…who is that Hiccup kid?"

Bright smiled and began telling her about Hiccup.

…

"Sorry…dad," Hiccup apologized, as the Deadly Nadders escaped from the net with the sheep in their claws. Hiccup looked at Stoick. "Okay, but I hit a Night Fury."

Stoick grabbed Hiccup by the scruff of his collar and hauled him away, fumed in embarrassment.

"It's not like the past few times, dad. I mean I actually hit it. You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot," Hiccup tried talking to Stoick. "It went down, just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there, before it—"

"Stop!" Stoick shouted, releasing the boy as everyone went silent. "Just…stop. Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter's almost here and I have an entire village to feed!"

Hiccup looked around uncomfortable, as every eyed him expectedly. "Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't ya think?"

A few rotund Vikings stirred self-consciously.

"This isn't a joke, Hiccup!" Stoick reminded him angrily. He sighed exasperatedly. "Why can't you follow the simplest orders?"

"I can't stop myself," Hiccup said. "I see a dragon and I have to just…kill it, you know? It's who I am, dad."

Stoick held his head with a hand, mumbling, "You are many things, Hiccup. But a dragon killer is not one of them." He looked and saw many of the villagers nodding in agreement. "Make sure he gets there," he told Gobber, who approached the father and son. "I have his mess to clean up."

Gobber led Hiccup through the walk of shame, while Stoick lumbered in the opposite direction. They passed the five teenagers who had stopped the fire.

"Quite the performance," Tuffnut complimented.

"I've never seen anyone mess up that badly," Snotlout added. "That helped!"

"Thank you, thank you," Hiccup sighed. "I was trying, so…" He avoided Astrid's glare and headed up toward a large house, which stood prominently on the hill above others. "I really did hit one," he told Gobber.

"Sure, Hiccup."

"He never listens," Hiccup continued.

"Well, it runs in the family," Gobber noted.

"And when he does," continued Hiccup, "it's always with this…disappointed scowl. Like someone skimped on the meat on his sandwich." He began mimicking Stoick's voice, "Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring. I ordered an extra large boy with beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on the side. This here. This is a talking fish bone."

"You're thinking about this all wrong," Gobber said. "It's not so much what you look like. It's what inside that he can't stand."

"Thank you," Hiccup said gratefully, "for summing that up." They reached the doorway.

"Look, the point is," Gobber continued, "stop trying so hard to be something you're not."

Hiccup sighed heavily. "I just want to be one of you guys."

Gobber eyed him sympathetically, as Hiccup turned and went through the front door.

Hiccup went straight out of the back door, and he hurried into the woods with a determined expression on his face.

…

Bright was resting against his sister's side as she laid on the ground near a rock, her tail curled around him protectively as they were enjoying some time alone. However, Bright soon opened his eyes and slowly stood on his feet and walked away from the sleeping Luna.

I've got to find out whether or not Hiccup is good with dragons, he thought to himself as he moved over to the cliff and climbed out of the cove.

Not long after climbing out, Bright went to the direction he was thinking the young Viking would be coming to. Soon, after an hour or so, he saw Hiccup swatting a branch away, but it whacked his face as revenge.

Bright couldn't help himself but laugh.

"Laugh all you want, Bright," Hiccup sighed.

"What are you doing out here in the woods?" Bright wanted to know.

"I am looking for the Night Fury," Hiccup replied. "I had a hunch it would still be alive…" He noticed a broken tree that led to the west side. A land of ground was roughly landed on. Hiccup walked to a large boulder, with Bright following behind.

Hiccup looked over the rock and soon lowered his head, panting heavily.

"What?" Bright asked, curiously.

"Shh," Hiccup shushed him. "The Night Fury," he was whispering low as he looked again.

Bright looked over the rock and saw the trapped dragon in ropes. He widened his eyes in surprise before stepping around the rock.

"What are you doing?" Hiccup whispered, taken aback by Bright's action.

"The right thing," Bright answered.

"But it's a Night Fury!" Hiccup reminded him, voice still low. "It will kill you on sight if you are spotted by it!"

Bright smiled reassuringly to him before walking closer to the Night Fury, who was in black scales that covered his entire body. "Can you hear me, Night Fury?" he asked the dragon.

Hiccup was blinking in confusion after hearing the draconic sound.

The Night Fury opened his eyes and glared at Bright. "I can hear you, human. Why have you trapped me?"

"Please, don't attack me, I want to help you," Bright replied.

"Why? Why help me, a dragon? Aren't you afraid of me?"

Bright shook his head, while Hiccup looked on in utter shock.

"If you help me escape this trap, then I will know you better, human," the Night Fury said.

"Bright, step aside." Hiccup took his knife out and slowly walked closer to the Night Fury, who couldn't see him due to his wing being above his eye.

Bright realized his intention. "No, don't, Hiccup! This dragon is only trapped by someone's foolishness. He doesn't want to hurt you."

"Why?" Hiccup asked. "Why risk being killed by it?"

"He won't hurt anybody," Bright insisted. "I promised to help him out."

"How can you speak dragon?" Hiccup wanted to know.

Bright bit his lips. He was caught by a Viking. "I…have something to directly speak to them. But don't tell this to anyone else. I don't want a bad impression on your village."

Hiccup looked at him, disbelief all over his face. "So…you can talk to dragons by using their communication skills?" He lowered his knife.

Bright saw his action and smiled. "If you want to help me, then help me by freeing the Night Fury."

Hiccup looked at the Night Fury, who clearly heard their conversation. He sighed regrettably and started his work, by cutting the net. Once the net was cut down, the Night Fury reacted by pinning him on his back.

"What are you doing?" Bright demanded. "He was only beginning to realize his mistake!"

The Night Fury looked at him, then at Hiccup and reared back before letting out a piercing roar directly into Hiccup's face. Afterward, the Night Fury, while struggling, attempted to fly away from the humans.

Bright noticed the Night Fury's struggle.

Hiccup panted heavily, shakingly got to his feet, but fell down to the ground, unconscious.

What a reasonable reaction, Hiccup, Bright sighed before he helped the boy back to his village.

…

Luna heard someone struggling to fly before looking up from her resting spot and saw the Night Fury up on the cliff of the cove. She looked curiously at him while he in return looked at her after getting down from the cliff.

"What are you?" the Night Fury asked.

"I am a Light Fury, black one," Luna replied. "You must be the Night Fury I've heard about."

"Yes," he nodded. "And you…look beautiful. I've never seen any other Fury before in my life…well, except my parents."

Luna smiled gently at him. "What's your name?"

"Toothless," he answered proudly. "You?"

"Luna."

"A beautiful name for a beautiful dragon," Toothless commented, before realizing his words and looked away from her, flushing in embarrassment.

Luna giggled at his own reaction. "Tell me, have you seen my brother?"

"Who is he?" Toothless asked.

"A human named Bright Lightwalker."

Toothless snorted. "Then I don't think I've met him. There were only these two kids, with one of them threatening to kill me, while the other tried to help me."

"My brother wanted to help you, didn't he?" Luna asked.

Toothless stared at her, speechless.

"In case you want to know, he's my adoptive brother."

Realizing the adoptive word, Toothless understood her. "So, that human was your brother? Strange. No human would be adopted into a dragon family."

"He was only a day old when my father brought him to us," Luna said, voice stern. "Please do remember that he was young when he came to me as my brother."

"Did you find that strange?" Toothless eyed her.

"At first, but I came over it," she answered. "We've been inseparable ever since he arrived."

Toothless looked thoughtful at her, and then accepted her story with the human. "All right, I'll believe you."

Luna smiled and together, they rested close to each other for the rest of the day.

…

Bright grunted as he had brought Hiccup back to his house on the hill. The Viking had regained consciousness once he was standing outside his home.

"Thanks for bringing me home, Bright."

"No problem," Bright sighed. "Just please don't faint again, all right?"

"I will try my best," Hiccup chuckled awkwardly. He opened the front door to the Haddock house, and Stoick turned to the doorway.

"Hiccup! What happened?" Stoick came over to him and looked all over him like a concerned father.

"Dad, I'm fine," Hiccup said. "Bright had brought me home after my short trip to the woods."

"The woods?" Stoick asked. "Why would you be in the woods?" His expression turned serious.

"Uh…nothing," Hiccup quickly said. "I was just walking until I fainted after some strange rustling in the bushes. Bright found me and here we are."

Bright gave him the 'What are you talking about' look. Hiccup smiled nervously at him.

"Oh," Stoick realized. "You have my thanks, Bright. How's your sister doing?"

Thought he was going to ask that. "She's well. Never been better."

"Good to hear," Stoick nodded, pleased. He then looked at Hiccup. "All right, Hiccup. You've got your wish: Dragon Training. You start in the morning."

"Oh man," Hiccup mumbled. "I should've gone first. Uh, 'cause I was thinking, you know we have a surplus of dragon-fighting Vikings, but we do have enough bread-making Vikings, or small home—"

"—you'll need this." Stoick interrupted him by giving him an ax.

"I don't want to fight dragons," Hiccup insisted.

Bright smiled at his heart. He's learning to know they're good.

"Come on," Stoick laughed. "Yes, you do."

"Rephrase," Hiccup repeated, "Dad, I can't kill dragons."

"But you will kill dragons," Stoick said.

"No, I'm really extra sure that I won't."

"It's time, Hiccup."

"Can you not hear me?" Hiccup asked.

"This is serious, son," Stoick cut him off. "When you hold this ax…you carry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us. You talk like us. You think like us. No more of…" He gestured specifically on Hiccup, "...this."

"You just gestured to all of me," Hiccup sighed.

"Deal?"

"This conversation is feeling very one-sided," Hiccup whispered to Bright.

"Deal?!" Stoick's voice grew louder.

Hiccup looked down at the ax, and knew it was a no-win argument. "Deal."

"Good," Stoick nodded, satisfied, grabbing his helmet and duffel bag, and headed to the door. "Train hard. I'll be back. Probably."

"And I'll be here," Hiccup said, as Stoick left them in the house alone. "Maybe."

Bright looked at him, sympathetic for his friend. "Let's get this over with."

"Yes," Hiccup sighed. "Let us do it."