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Hanna POV:
The next day, early in the morning, I found myself in the cove once again, this time with the prosthetic tailfin and a bag of fish. I still wasn't sure if I heard the dragon speak or if it was just my imagination. 'Greetings, human.' Apparently not.
I waved to him. "H-hello." Don't blame me for stuttering, it's not every day you see a speaking dragon. "Good to know I didn't become insane." I muttered.
'Insane? Why would you be insane?" The dragon seemed confused.
"Because I never even heard of a dragon that can speak. Is it something only Night Furies can do or something?" Even though I was freaked out by the talking, I was also intrigued by it.
'No, all dragons can talk with their thoughts, you are just the only human who can hear us.'
That only made me more confused. "What do you mean?"
He did what must have been a sigh. 'Long ago, when this war was still young, there were dragons who begged the humans to stop their slaughter. But the humans seemed to be unable to hear us. Every time we encountered one another, the dragons begged and begged for them to stop. But after a few years, the dragons stopped trying, knowing that humans cannot hear us anyway. I tried it with you because you are different.'
"Different?"
'You didn't kill me when you had the chance, you have two hearts, your scent is only partially human.'
That last part made me even more confused "Partially human?"
'Dragons have a stronger sense of smell then humans, you wouldn't notice it but your scent seems to be a mix between human and something else.'
Oh great, I'm even more of a freak then everybody thought. "Anyway, I didn't catch your name last time."
'Why do you want to know my name?'
"Because I don't want to keep calling you 'dragon' or 'Night Fury', it seems a bit rude if you ask me."
'Understandable, but I have no name.'
No name? "What do you mean by that?"
He sighed again. 'Dragons get named by their parents or another member of the same breed. Because I am the only Night Fury I know of, I never got a name.'
Wow, that seemed a bit saddening. Not only being the only one of your kind that you know of, but also having no name. "You know what? I can give you a name if you like."
He seemed to think about it. 'Hmm, very well. BUT I want to know your name to, as it seems rude to you to keep calling you 'human'.'
Did I forget to tell him my name? Guess I did, but you can't blame me since I have a lot on my mind. "My name is Hanna."
'Hanna… Nice name.' He seemed to be completely honest about it. 'Now, what will my name be?'
Good question, what should I name him. Well, I did call him toothless once so it can't hurt to try right? "What about…Toothless?"
He wasn't expecting that. 'Toothless?'
"You know, because of your retractable teeth."
He seemed to think about it. 'Toothless…I like it!'
"Anyway, I brought you some breakfast." With that I put the bag with fish down in front of him, but everything spilled out into a giant slimy heap. "Okay, that's disgusting."
'Not to me.' He sniffed the pile. 'That's a lot of fish.'
"Yeah, I thought you'd be hungry so I took a lot." I explained. "Some salmon, little Icelandic cod, and a whole smoked eel-"
'WHAT?!' He started backing away from the pile.
"What's wrong?" I picked up the eel.
'GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!' He seemed to be panicking.
"No, no, no! It's okay." I tossed it away. "What's wrong with eel?"
He calmed down. 'I forgot to tell you, dragons are deadly allergic to eel. Our shot limits become non-existent and our fire becomes uncontrollable. We also start to hallucinate, so we don't know who or what we hit.'
"I-I'm sorry, I didn't-"
He cut me off. 'I don't blame you Hanna, you didn't know and no harm was done.'
I smiled and nodded. After a moment I chuckled a little.
'What?'
"It's nothing, it's just that I don't like eels much either."
Toothless gave a short chuckle before diving his head in the pile of fish.
"That's it, stick to the good stuff." I mumbled as I went for his tail. "Don't you mind me, I'll just be back here, minding my own business."
He either didn't hear me or didn't care what I was doing, either way, it works in my favor. I placed the prosthetic next to his tail and gently started to push them together, but his tail moved away. I tried again but the tail moved again.
I tried again, but this time the tail started thrash around a bit. "No, it's okay." I assured him. Then I reached and grabbed his tail, using all my might to hold it in place. I grabbed the prosthetic and started to put them together, but then…
'No more fish?' Toothless put his head in the basket, making a giant step forwards and causing me to fall on my stomach.
Without thinking, I swung over so now I was sitting on Toothless' tail. It was enough to keep him still so I quickly pulled the prosthetic to me and started to put it on.
Toothless started to tense a little. 'What on Midgard are you doing?'
"Just give me a second." With that I put the finishing touches on and the prosthetic was strapped on.
A moment of silence, then… 'No way…'
I didn't hear what he said since I was too busy with checking if everything was strapped on properly. "Not too bad, I think this'll work." Then, without warning, Toothless shot up into the sky. "Whoa! No, no, no! What are you doing?!"
He seemed oblivious to my yelling. 'I'm flying!'
Then I noticed we started to crash, so I did what I could and yanked the prosthetic open. We instantly shot up into the air, going higher and higher until we were out of the cove. "It's working!" I changed the prosthetics position so we were heading back to the cove. "Yes! I did it!"
Toothless then noticed I was on his tail. 'Hanna? What are you doing on there? You'll hurt yourself!' With that he flung me off his tail, into the lake. Without anybody holding the fin open, he crashed into the lake to.
Despite me being thrown into the lake, I've never felt as good as now. In fact, I felt so good that I smiled and threw my hands in the air in triumph. "YEAH!"
'Hanna, are you alright?'
"I'm not just alright Toothless, I'm great!" It's true, I felt better then ever. "This is amazing! It actually worked… sort of. I need to figure out how to keep it open, but otherwise its- Whoa!"
Toothless started to drag me out of the water. 'Alright, let's get you out before you catch a cold.' After he dragged me out of the water he sat down in front of me 'What was that?'
I smirked. "That, my friend, was your new tail. I made it last night and thought that I might as well try it out. So, what do you think?"
He sat there in silence for a few seconds. 'You made that for me?'
"Yeah, it's my fault you can't fly anymore, so I thought I might as well be the person to help you fly again."
He then looked at the tailfin, which was completely broken now. 'It's ruined. I broke it, after all the work you did. I'm so-'
I cut him off. "Don't be sorry my friend. I wasn't expecting it to work anyways since it's just a prototype. I just need to put more modifications on it to make it work perfectly."
We sat there in silence once more, until he spoke again. 'Thank you.'
"You're welcome." I said with a big smile. "It wasn't that difficult to make anyway."
He shook his head. 'No Hanna, not just for the tailfin.' I was confused. 'Thank you, for everything. For sparing my life, for becoming my friend, for just being the amazing person you are.'
I blushed, it's not every day somebody compliments you like that, especially for me. "T-thank you."
'For what?'
"For sparing my life to, for becoming my friend to, for becoming the first friend I had in years." It's true, nobody wants to be with me except for Gobber.
He smirked slightly. 'You're welcome.'
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Toothless POV:
She is amazing, absolutely amazing. Of all the people, humans and dragons alike, she just has to be the most kind, thoughtful and generous one I ever met. She may have taken my flight, but she is doing everything she can to restore it in any way she can. She gave me a name, albeit a rather strange one, but I do like it. After all these years, I finally can be called by my own name.
She was lying down in the grass, looking at the sky, looking for something. "What time do you suppose it is?"
I thought for a moment. 'I think it's almost noon by now. Why do you ask?'
She let out a loud gasp. "I forgot!" She ran around, grabbing all of her stuff. She took the remains of my tailfin off my tail and placed it in the fish basket. She then grabbed the eel and placed it in her vest.
'Is there something wrong Hanna?' I asked her with some worry in my voice.
"I need to get home. I have a, um… Viking class! Yeah, just that. Nothing more, nothing less." The fact that she hesitated, combined with her body language, told me that she was lying. I was slightly curious about it, but if she didn't me I would be alright. I'm sure she had her reasons to do so.
'When will you come back?' I liked her company. I didn't know why, I just did.
"I don't know, but I will come back as soon as possible." That reassured me, she didn't seem to be the type to break a promise, or at least the promises that are made out of her free will.
She walked up to me and started to scratch my neck, earning a loud purr on my part. "See you soon, Toothless."
I smiled. 'See you soon, Hanna.' With that she left and I laid down on the ground so I could sleep.
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