Prologue: How They Met
Many years ago, Dragon Island has many dragons flying around while some are in their nesting grounds while the others are flying off or returning to their parasitic glutton of queen's nest to feed her against their will or she will eat them as the dragons lived in fear while trembling or hiding.
And then on the beach, showed a black adolescent dragon washing up on the shore.
The black baby dragon appears to be a baby female Night Fury cub, who was starting to wake up as she groaned and shook her head and then her whole buddy as she shook the water off her and looked around.
'Where am I?' The female dragon asked in confusion as she looked around. 'Mom!? Dad!? Brothers!? Sisters!? Aunties?!' She called out, hoping that her family was nearby. 'Hello!? Anyone?!'
Alone and scared, the young dragon started trembling as she moved up off the shore before winching as she turned around and saw that a blow dart was on her flank as she reached behind to bite it off, but couldn't reach it as she shook her head and continued on.
As the Night Fury walked around the island she came upon a log and ran across it, finding some fun despite being so far from her family. But then she tripped and rolled across the ground and then bumped into someone.
The someone turned out to be another Night Fury, a young male about her own age. The two shook their heads from the impact.
The young male soon realized what happened and leapt to his feet and snarled at the young female as she scrambled back in fear, 'Who are you, stranger?' The young male growled in suspicion as he forced the female night fury back. The young female tried to leap the other way but male Night Fury blocked her so she tried again but he blocked her over and over again, and each time she did she made sure to not break eye contact with the male.
The male Night Fury looked confused, 'What are you doing?' He warbled while tilting his head.
'My father says to never turn your back on another dragon!' The young female growled with a firm look.
The young male gave the female a cheeky look, 'You always do what daddy says?' He asked teasingly.
'No!' the Female Night Fury retorted.
'Bet ya do!' The Male Night Fury teased as the female gave him a look. 'Bet your daddy's little girl.' He added before giving a dragon-like chuckle and walking over a strange looking rock, 'A real Night Fury doesn't need anyone, I can take care of myself!' He said proudly, sitting on the rock.
Midnight looked amazed, she always thought Night Furies lived in groups, 'Really?' She asked, walking onto the rock too, but not noticing a pair of orange eyes opening where she stepped, 'Cool.' She said in amazement.
And then suddenly, without either of them knowing, the head of a Monstrous Nightmare appeared behind the female Night Fury glaring at her in hunger.
But the moment the Male Night Fury looked behind him and saw the Nightmare opening its jaws wide and gaped in fear. The Female Night Fury saw this as the male started roaring in fear as she turned and saw the Monstrous Nightmare behind her as she roared as well as she dodge a jaw snap from the dragon as she and the male started running off.
'Run!' The female Night Fury cried out to the male.
'Whoa!' The two Night Furies jumped on a rock while the male dodge another jaw snap as he jumped on the pillar next to the female. 'This way!' The male told his new survival buddy as they jumped away from another chomp.
The Nightmare glared at the retreating short-wings, 'Get back here you little rascals!' He roared as another Nightmare joined him.
The two Night Furies then stopped on a couple of rocks in the middle of a lake after they lost the Monstrous Nightmare as they caught their breath as they started laughing at the adrenaline.
'That was a close one.' The Male Night Fury commented.
The Female Night Fury gave a small smile. 'Yeah.' She said in agreement.
But they're relief was cut short when the rocks they were resting on rose up and to their horror they realized they had stepped right into a Monstrous Nightmare bathing hole. The two young dragons roared in horror as one of the Nightmare's looked at the two, 'Haha, I got dibs on the big one!' He roared before snapping his jaws at the two but they jumped and he missed.
The two Night Furies then hopped across each of the Nightmares back as they chomped at them but missed and sometimes accidentally biting each other.
'Where'd they go?' One asked.
'I didn't see em!' Another said.
'Wait, I think I got one!' a Nightmare called out as they chomped on something
'Ow! That's my tail, peabrain!' Another cried out in pain before biting the Nightmare who bit it.
'Ouch! Sorry!' The one from before cried out.
Before long the Nightmares were fighting each other as the two Night Furies tried to slink away before one noticed them, 'There they are!' The female climbed on a tree branch while the male rushed off, leaving her dangling while the Nightmares chased him.
'Hey! What about me?!' The Female Night Fury cried out.
'I'll distract them! Run!' The Male Night Fury called out as he hopped on each Nightmare and dodged their jaws to take their focus off the female. But then as he ran one rolled his tail back causing him to slip off and land in the water. He resurfaced and saw the Nightmares smirking at him as he panicked and tried to swim away but his kind weren't good swimmers.
The Nightmares then charged after him as the female turned and saw that he was cornered at a fallen log, 'Look out!' She called out to him.
The largest one gave a hungry dragon-like chuckle, 'Mm-mm! You're gonna taste so good, all crispy and fried!' He said gleefully as the young male tried to back away from his gaping jaws ready to blow fire.
But before the big Nightmare could get a bite out of the Male Night Fury, the female hopped on his head as she clamped his mouth shut to the water as she looked up to the Male Night Fury. 'Move it!' The Female Night Fury called out.
The two Night Furies then took the advantage and climbed to a branch up to higher ground as they, ducking a snap from one of the Nightmares, managed to chomp the branch while the female was still on it. But she managed to jump to safety just in time as she took a breath as the two Night Furies looked down and saw the Monstrous Nightmares panting, exhausted from trying to catch the two slippery short-wings.
'I did it.' The Female Night Fury said in surprise as she gave a smile. 'I did it!' She cheered as she gave a dragon-like chuckle to the defeated Monstrous Nightmares as the Male Night Fury looked at her in amusement.
'Ha! Better luck next Hotheads!' The Male Night Fury mocked as the two ran off before the Nightmares caught their second wind.
The two Night Furies then stopped in a rock valley with no dragons around as the female turned to the male as she gave an exciting expression. 'Oh man! Did you see the size of those teeth!?' She asked the male excitedly. 'They were like…' She stopped as she gave intimidating roars as she rolled on her back while giving a laughter while the Male looked at her in surprise at her excitement as she stood up. 'He's totally just eat me up right there!' She called out as the Male gave a small smile at her. 'Like I'm gonna shut you! I thought you were so good!'' She added as she turned to the Male Night Fury. 'We make such a good team and you…You were really brave.' She said with a smile.
The Male Night Fury looked at her in surprise from her words as he gave her a smile. 'Yeah. You were pretty brave too.' He said to her as well as the Female Night Fury gave a smug look, 'You know, for a female.'
'A Female who helped a pretty brave male from becoming Nightmare food.' The Female Night Fury said in a flirting tone as she moved closer to the male as he moved back a bit in surprise before she winced in pain and she turned and saw the dart still on her flank. 'Dang it. Forgot about that.' She cringed in pain.
'You're hurt.' The Male Night Fury said in concern after seeing the dart on the female's flank. 'What happened to you? What is that on you?' He asked in concern.
'I don't know. But it's so sharp that it went through my scales.' The Female Night Fury answered as she cringed again. 'And it really hurts.' She added with a whimper.
'I got it.' The male night fury warbled as he plunked the dart from her flank and gave her a smile, 'See, all better.' He mumbled before he spat the dark away and it accidentally hit a Terrible Terror knocked it out. 'Ooh! Sorry!' He apologized to the unconscious Terror as he turned to the Female Night Fury. 'Did that happen to you when you were hit by it?' He asked.
'Sorta. I can't remember what happened. But all I remember was me being hit by that dart before blacking out and then suddenly, I washed up ashore on this island before I met you.' The Female Night Fury explained while giving a sad look. 'I was with my family before I got hit, don't know if they are out there searching for me.'
The male gave an annoyed snort, 'They probably forgot about you by now, families aren't as trusting as you think.'
The female looked at the male in shock and confusion. 'Why would you say that? Don't you have a family here?' She asked in confusion.
The male just looked at her with narrow eyes before he turned and started walking away as the female just put the pieces together.
'You don't have a family, do you?' The female asked in shock.
He looked at her, 'Don't you have your own family to think about right now?' He asked with a growl before continuing to walk off.
'Wait! Come back!' The female called out as she trotted to him. 'I'm sorry for what I said, but I am confused as to why you don't have a family. Don't Night Furies stay in groups?' She asked.
'Not me. I'm a lone dragon. And even if I did, I never knew my family.' The male said with a growl. 'I've been on my own for as long as I can remember as a hatchling. I can't even remember their faces.' He added with a bit of sadness.
He shook his head and walked on, the young female watched him in sympathy. She looked back at our sea, though she planned on leaving to find her family, she didn't have any idea where to start looking. She then looks at where the male Night Fury is walking off to as she gives a sigh and then with courage, she then runs off to him as she comes next to him.
'Well, I'm not going anywhere. I'm not leaving you.' The female said to the male as he turned to her in surprise.
'Why? Don't you have a family to go look for?' The male asked in surprise.
'Incase you haven't learned, Night Furies stick together. No matter what. And I can see that you need a friend of your own kind to keep you from being lonely.' The female said.
'What makes you think I'm alone?' The male questioned with a dragon-like brow.
'Because from what I can tell when we first met, I'm the very first of our kind that you have met.' The female explained as the male looked at her in surprise as he looked down, confirming her thoughts. 'Aren't there any other Night Furies on this island?' She asked.
'Not that I know of, and even there were, they were probably already eaten by…' The young male trailed off.
The female tilted her head in confusion, 'Eaten by what?' She asked but then right after, they heard a loud booming roar from within the mountain behind them as the female flinched in shock as she got close to the male in right.
'By our Queen.' The male answered grimly since he hears the Queen Call everyday and gotten used to it, but still trembled in fear.
They then saw a flock of adult dragons flying away from the island as Midnight looked up at them, 'Where are they going?' She asked.
'To gather some food for their Queen.' The male revealed grimly. 'They have to obey her to stay alive. If not, then the other dragons will be her next meal.' He explained.
The female looked shocked by that. 'That's.. That's crazy! It goes against what we dragon's stand for!' She called out in shock.
'Yeah. But what can you do? It's the way it is.' The male simply said. 'It is at least merciful that we cubs can be free for now until we hit our Broad-Wing years, when we become servants as well.'
'But what do we have to eat then?' The female asked in wonder.
'Whenever the Queen is full or just not hungry, the dragons have the chance to finally gather as much food as they can for themselves or for their young.' The male answered. 'But for orphan dragons like me, and now yourself, we either eat the scraps or travel to the nearest lake that crosses from the others across the island to get some food. I happen to know one nearby actually.' He revealed with a small smile.
'There is?' The female asked in surprise.
'Yes. It's not far from here, come on, I'll lead the way.' The male said as he walked off as the female began to follow him after hearing her stomach growling.
'I am kinda hungry.' The female said as the two Night Furies walked to the otherside of the island. 'Race ya!' She said before running off.
'Hey! No fair!' The male cried out playfully before running off after the female as the two started laughing together.
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3 Years later…
The two Night Furies have bonded over time together as they became mates as they flew around Dragon Island together, and lived life as best they could considering they were beasts of burden to gluttonous titan.
In the forest area of the Island, the Female Night Fury was snoozing on a rock, waiting for her new mate to come back with dinner. But then, she felt the ground tumbling a bit before she woke up and looked around.
'What in the world?' The female asked in confusion as she then saw the ground in front of her cracked as a Whispering Death popped from the ground as it gave a roar as it spun its razor sharp teeth. 'A Whispering Death!? Now?!' She called out in shock.
The Whispering Death looked around as it then saw the Female Night in front of it. 'A Night Fury? I thought they were all wiped out!' He called out in surprise before narrowing his eyes in interest. 'Hmm, never tasted one of them before, but a first time for everything.' He hissed.
The female narrowed her eyes at him after hearing that as she then charged up her plasma blast as she shot it at the Whispering Death, who dodge it as he flew around as she took to the air.
'Try to eat me, will ya?!' The female called out in anger.
'Feisty one. Good, I love to play with my food!' The Whispering Death roared in excitement as he then shot some spines at the female fury as she dodge and shot some plasma blast at him as he dodge and fired back as it then went to the ground as it made another tunnel.
The female Night Fury landed on the ground while looking around for any sign of the dragon as she kept her guard up.
'Where did you go?' The female asked herself while keeping her focus, but then she was cut off guard when the Whispering Death appeared from under her as it clamped its jaw on the right side of her body. 'AAAAAAHHH!' She cried out.
'I got you!' The Whispering Death roared and sank his two rows of teeth on the female Night Fury as she began to roar in pain.
'AAHH! Let go! LET GO! HELP!' The Female Night Fury roared in agony.
'Snacktime.' The Whispering Death mumbled and he sank his teeth further as prepared to drag her underground. The female roared in pain as tears began to fall from her eyes.
'LET HER GO!' And then a familiar roar was heard as the Whispering Death turned around just in time to see a plasma blast hit him right in the face, causing him to drop the female Night Fury as she fell to the ground with a painful grunt as she turn and saw the male Night Fury, who was giving the Whispering Death a death glare before pouncing on his tail, 'Let's see how you like it!' He roared before sinking his teeth into the snake-like dragon's hide.
'AAAHHH! Let me go, You fool!' The Whispering Death roared out in anger as he fling his tail as the male Night Fury let go of his tail as he rolled across the ground and landed beside his mate as he gave a defense stance and growled at him.
The female Night Fury looked at him as she nudged her head on him. 'Honey, we have to go! Now!' She pleaded.
'And let him off the hook for hurting you?! Not a chance!' The male Night Fury roared in protest.
'Sweetie?! Please, this is suicide! And we need to go!' The female pleaded to her mate before crying out in pain and slumped down.
The male turned to his mate in worry, realizing that she was more important than killing one dragon. He then turned back to the Whispering Death with a glare, 'Don't you ever show your face around me again, or else next time, I won't be so merciful.' He warned with a growl as he gently placed his mate on his back as he flew off, leaving the Whispering Death behind as he watched the two Night Furies fly off with a glare.
'I'm hoping to cross paths with you someday.' The Whispering Death warbled before it tunneled underground.
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A few years later…
The two Night Furies grew up into their Broad-Wings as they flew around the night sky while helping their fellow dragons in a raid to grab some food for their queen.
'Okay, we gotta provide cover for the other dragons from getting hit by those catapults.' The male spoke out.
'Agreed. We need to make sure they get enough food to please the queen so they can live to see another day.' The female said in agreement.
'Let's start with the big one on that tower, it's more of a threat when it's got a clear shot than the ones on the ground.' The male suggested while gesturing at the tower before he noticed a Monstrous Nightmare on fire in another part of the island, 'Looks like he's keeping most of the humans distracted.'
'Then let's take the chance and fire while we can.' The female said determinedly as her mate nodded in agreement as the two Night Furies flew to the tower as their flying made a high-pitch sound as they charged up their plasma blasts and hit the tower as they flew over it. 'That's one!' She called out.
'Great! Now let's go before they get another sneak attack on-AHH!' The male was cut off when he suddenly got tangled in a bola as he started falling from the sky as he roared in panic as he fell into the forest on the other side of the island.
'NOO! Honey!' The female cried out as she then flew to the forest in search of her mate while abandoning the raid since it's not as important as her loved one as she spent the whole night searching for him.
That's when the two earned their names of Toothless and Midnight after they realized that's the beginning of a new adventure and new friendship with two auburn vikings named Hiccup and Hicca Haddocks, the Haddock twins as their adventures began.
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