A/N: Disclaimer: I do not own HtTYD or HtTYD2. I do however own the plot, my dragon OC, and other OCs to come.
ON WITH THE STORY!
Chapter 1: Eitthvað Nýtt
Something New
3 Years After The Events of HTTYD 2
In the middle of nowhere lies an outcropping of small, rocky islands. The only hospitable isle in the archipelago is Berk. A crowd of anxious and excited Vikings begin to form a rather large mass, and they begin cheering and shouting as a young man and his dragon descend upon the isle. He unlatches himself from the dragon's saddle and dismounts; landing hard on the ground. A young woman strides up to him, kisses his cheek, and pats the black dragon. It smiles at her touch, and she removes her hand as it looks down at the boy.
"What's up, bud?" The young man asks. The dragon gazes up into the sky and sniffs.
"Hiccup, what's he doing?" The woman asks him, a concerned look on her face. If a Night Fury thinks something is wrong, then something is very wrong.
"I don't know, Astrid. Toothless, what's wrong?" Hiccup asks his dragon again. Toothless peers up into the evening sky, and Hiccup tries to follow his friend's gaze. All of a sudden, Toothless sweeps Hiccup and Astrid off their feet and rolls of out of the circle of Vikings, pushing the others aside. Then Hiccup hears it.
A shrill tone that pierces the sky, the sound Toothless makes when he divebombs, Hiccup thinks. Oh, gods.
"Get out of the way!" Hiccup shouts, raising his arms to attract attention. The Vikings begin to scatter, stumbling over each other. Running to take cover in their own homes.
A blue plasma blast strikes the ground with explosive force, sending Vikings flying. The other dragons that were gathered scatter, while the new dragon flies off again at lightning speed.
"Come on, Toothless! If that's what I think it is, you're going to like what we find!" Hiccup leaps onto Toothless's back and quickly straps himself to the saddle.
Before he can take off, Astrid calls, "Wait! If that is what you're looking for, then you may need help tracking it down."
"Alright, but just you. Let's go, Astrid."
Toothless and Stormfly, Astrid's dragon, take to the sky to find the mysterious new dragon. As they fly high and low, searching for the dragon, Hiccup ponders aloud, "If it is a Night Fury, it wouldn't be hiding under buildings. Wouldn't it be hiding in the sky-?"
The attack shriek is back, and this time Hiccup looks straight up and sees a blue light steadily growing-towards his head. Thinking quickly, Toothless maneuvers out of the way and flies next to the new dragon. Stormfly, to protect Astrid, flies away and off towards the ground.
"No!" Astrid cries, struggling to coax Stormfly to follow Toothless. "Come on, girl!" Reluctantly, Stormfly flies off to join Toothless.
"Come on, bud! We have to keep up with it!" Hiccup yells, encouraging his dragon to fly faster.
The other Night Fury peers back at Toothless and his rider curiously, as if thinking: Why would he have a human riding on his back?
Toothless begins to glow from his nose to his back and tail. Seeing this, Hiccup asks suspiciously, "Toothless, what are you doing?"
Seeing this display of aggression, the other Night Fury begins to glow, as well. Toothless's proud smirk falls off his face. As the Alpha, he thought he could control the new dragon into landing. But if it can resist him...
"Toothless-"
Suddenly, the other Night Fury stops mid-air and turns around to face Hiccup and Toothless.
"No sudden movements," Hiccup whispers to Astrid, who finally caught up with him. The new dragon glares at Toothless for a seemingly long moment, then suddenly drops out of the sky and lands silently on the ground. Hiccup cries, "Toothless!"
Hiccup's dragon flies down to the ground and lands silently. Stormfly follows Toothless, and both riders dismount hastily. By the time they are on the ground searching, the other Night Fury is perched on the roof of Hiccup's house.
"Toothless." Looking up at the other Night Fury, Hiccup nudges Toothless and gestures for him to 'fetch.' Toothless bounds up to the top of Hiccup's house and leaps onto the other dragon. They fall off the roof, tumbling and shrieking. When the fight dies down, the other Night Fury is found pinned beneath Toothless, scratching and clawing at him to get off.
Toothless peers inquisitively at Hiccup as he motions for the dragon to stay. Hiccup begins to walk slowly towards the fallen Night Fury.
"Hiccup, what are you doing?" Astrid inquires, a concerned expression appearing on her face.
The door bursts open and a taller woman emerges. "Hiccup? Astrid? What's going on out there?"
"Oh, hey, mom." Hiccup turns to face his mother Valka.
Valka's attention turns to Toothless and the dragon beneath him. "What is- It can't be- Is that a-"
"Yep. It's a Night Fury."
Both mother and son begin to approach the fallen dragon. Valka's dragon, Cloudjumper, bounds out of the house. He sees Toothless and with a solemn and indifferent expression, he gazes at the new dragon beneath him.
Hiccup and Valka continue their approach towards the Night Fury. Hiccup gestures for Toothless to move, and Toothless climbs off the struggling dragon, running off to observe with Cloudjumper and Stormfly. The fallen Night Fury does not meet the gaze of Hiccup or Valka. Valka reaches out to stroke the dragon, and it stares coldly at her but doesn't quarrel.
"It's a female Night Fury! She's your age, too." Valka discovers, with a hint of excitement while patting the dragon. She runs her hand over a ragged scar across its eye. "Poor thing."
"We should give her a name." Hiccup says. "Astrid?"
"Wait- you want me to name it? Hiccup, you're the chief, you should name her." Astrid protests.
"As chief, I say that you should name her." Hiccup says pompously. "Besides, I already have a Night Fury. Astrid, this one can, and will be yours to train."
Astrid is astounded. "But Hiccup- we- you and Toothless have been looking for another Night Fury for eight years! I can't just take her from you now."
"Astrid's right, you know," Valka says. "Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, you've been waiting and searching for so long. This dragon needs a strong, loyal, and caring friend."
"I can't just leave Toothless." Toothless straightens his back proudly at his companion's loyalty towards him. "I- no, Astrid. You have to train her."
"Hiccup, my loyalty lies with Stormfly." Astrid says shortly, and wraps her arms around the Deadly Nadder's vibrant blue neck.
"Mom, you know how busy I am-"
"Hiccup," Valka places her hands on her son's shoulders. "How about she lives in our house with Toothless and Stormfly?"
"Who will train her?" Hiccup asks his mother.
"Toothless!" Astrid interrupts excitedly. "She can be trained by other dragons."
Toothless bounds on top of the other Night Fury again as a playful gesture. The female Night Fury kicks him off and growls at Toothless in a very low, angry tone. To the humans, the two dragons appear to interact in a very strange way.
++++Night Fury++++
'Hver ert þú-' She begins, but Toothless only stares at the female Night Fury blankly. Clearly he didn't understand what she was saying... 'Who are you, and what are you doing!'
'I'm Toothless!' Toothless exclaims. 'I was-'
'Tó-ðléas?' The female Fury interrupts, as she tries enunciating his strange name in her language.
'I-' Toothless fumbles. 'Yes?'
She shakes her head, 'Don't you dare touch me again, you immature, disgrace of a Night Fury, let alone a dragon.'
'I... I'm sorry.' Toothless stutters out a reply. 'I didn't mean to offend you.'
'Too late.' The Night Fury growls, bearing her sharp pointed teeth.
'I'm very sorry.' Toothless warbles an apology. 'May I ask your name?'
'No- oh, fine. I am Nótt. It's not like you can tell the humans, anyway.' The female Fury pauses and glances curiously at Toothless. 'Why do you allow a human to ride on your back?'
'I allow it because, without him, I can't fly on my own, and I would never want to.' Toothless coos; showing Nótt his prosthetic tail fin.
'I will never let any of the humans touch me.' Nótt growls, though she slowly loses her angry tone.
'Not even Hiccup?' Toothless verbally nudges.
'No, not even him.' Nótt says flatly.
'Nor Valka?' Toothless pokes once more.
Nótt pauses before answering, later mentally slapping herself for it. '-No.'
'Will you at least be our friend?' Toothless looks at Stormfly and Cloudjumper.
She reverts back to her strange language before answering him. 'Hugsanlega.'
'What?' Toothless asks, but Nótt just laughs at him. 'What!?'
As this exchange is going on, the baffled humans watch the two dragons growl and glare at each other; making an assortment of dragon noises, and Toothless waving his tail and glancing at Cloudjumper and Stormfly. After the strange communication between the two Night Furies, Toothless smiles. He and Stormfly run off to play, the solemn Stormcutter observing their hatchling-like behavior. Hiccup, Astrid, and Valka quietly discuss what to do with the other Night Fury.
An hour later, Hiccup, Astrid, and Valka decide to let the new Night Fury stay with them, and agreeing that it can be trained by the other dragons.
The sun is beginning to rise in the east and many of the Isle's inhabitants are beginning to stir. The three Vikings have been up all night. Hiccup's friends, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut, run to his house, excited to see the new addition to their dragon community. Their dragons, Meatlug the Gronckle, Hookfang the Monstrous Nightmare, and Barf & Belch the Hideous Zippleback, come running to their riders.
"Hiccup? Is that new dragon really another Night Fury?" Fishlegs asks intently.
"Yes, it certainly is," Astrid replies jubilantly before Hiccup can answer.
"Woah!" Fishlegs exclaims.
"Yeah, well, it'll be a while before we can study and train her. She seems to be a bit cautious and nervous about being around us and the other dragons," Hiccup announces, stating the obvious, since the other Night Fury is perched defensively against Hiccup's house.
"She is strong at heart and very independent. It is not likely she will become docile for a long time. In fact, she may never by very obedient when it comes to training," Valka says gently.
She reaches out to stroke the Night Fury. This time the dragon is very responsive to Valka's touch, letting out a cat-like purr as Valka runs her hand along the dragon's neck. The Viking presses a particular spot on the dragon's neck, behind it's ears, to reveal the V-shaped dorsal spines that run along its back and tail. Seeing this, Toothless runs over to the other dragon and enthusiastically reveals his spines, as well. The female Night Fury is unimpressed by Toothless's meager display, and rolls her eyes. Glancing up and noticing that it's past dawn, she takes off into the air to find a suitable cave or tree to harbor in.
"Wait!" Hiccup calls out. But the Night Fury is already gone.
I said I would never let her touch me…
Why, then, did I allow her to stroke my head and body...
What is wrong with me...
Translations:
Hver ert þú- : What are you-?
Tó-ðléas: (Tóðléas) Phonetic translation of Toothless
Hugsanlega: Possibly
A/N: Most dragon speech will be sectioned off like so...
++++Night Fury/Dragons++++
(Text)
However there will be times when the dragons' speech is written along with normal (human) interactions. Draconic speech will be in 'This form'ALWAYS and FOREVER. any other Italicized writing are thoughts or emphasized words. Note that the Dragons can understand the humans but cannot actually speak with them; (likewise humans cannot understand or speak with the dragons).
Sorry if my Icelandic translates wrong, all my translations are from Google Translate, which I know is NOT 100% reliable but for what I want in my story, it'll have to do. However, If you are Icelandic or know the language well, PM me with corrections so I can fix them, and please remember that this is Old Draconic so it's only based on Icelandic. Sorry again,
~DreamshadeTheNightFury