Yeah! New story! Hope you all like it, I know that a bunch of you were really looking forward to this, so here it is. Please review and tell me what you think! If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them!

Far away in a place unknown to humans, is a kingdom. This is the great dragon kingdom of Darkoba, ruled by the Night Furies.

At the time this story takes place, the kingdom is ruled by the Night Fury king, Avedis, and his queen, Nyla. The king and queen had two daughters and a son. Their son, Joel, was a brave warrior well on his way to becoming a knight and the future king. Their eldest daughter, Serene, was a pleasant girl who respected and was respected by everyone.

Lastly was their youngest daughter, Athena.

Athena was considered the most beautiful girl in the kingdom at a young age. She had the perfect shade of scales, which seemed to be so black that they would gleam dark blue in the moonlight. Her eyes were the perfect shade of light forest green, and her wings were built specifically for speed and agility.

So as you might have suspected by now, our story starts with her.

Athena bounced through the courtyard inside the walls of the black castle. She flapped her wings and jumped up to the strong branches of the oak tree in the centre of the courtyard.

Athena looked over the space with her intelligent eyes. Her brother, Joel, was training with her uncle, the head of the army. Her sister, Serene, was walking around the courtyard with their mother, who was teaching her how to hold her wings when she walked. Athena had never really cared about things like that. She wanted to see what was beyond the village boundaries. She didn't care about posture, and who to say what to and how. Her mother and sister strived for perfection. She was more laid back. She just wanted to have fun and explore. Even if she was only seven, she knew that there was a greater fate for her than being cooped up behind the black walls of the castle.

That was another thing, the walls. Even with the walls, Athena felt defenceless. She really wanted to learn how to fight. She didn't want to be the damsel in distress to be saved by the prince. She could save herself, or so she wanted to. This is why she was watching closely at the fighting moves that her uncle was teaching Joel.

"Athena. Come over here darling." Nyla called her daughter. She glanced away from Serene to see Athena climbing up to the thin branches at the top off the oak tree, ignoring her mother's words. "Athena!"

Athena was completely ignoring her mother's calls. Instead she balanced on the branches as she peered over the edge of the wall. The breeze felt good against her scales. Over the wall you could see the town where the villagers lived, the forest, and far off in the distance, the mountains she so desperately wanted to explore. There were legends about the mountain's forest. Strange creatures that lurked there. The stories got even crazier when people told legends about the lands on the other side of the mountains. Most people were scared off by the stories, vowing never to go to the mountains. Athena just did the complete opposite of the norm, vowing that one day she would go over the mountains and explore the lands of legend.

***** 4 hours later*****

Athena gazed over the dimly lit kingdom from the window of the black castle. In the room, her parents were dealing with some political issue, and their uncle was telling stories to her siblings.

I've never been outside the village before. I wonder what it's like out there. She thought to herself. It was true. Her parents had occasionally taken their kids out into the village, but she had never seen outside the boundaries of the central village.

As a result, she didn't know how to fly yet, despite being seven. Most dragons learned to fly when they were very young, some even before they could walk, which made absolutely no sense, but it still happened.

Athena went to the door of the room, glancing over her shoulder at her family. The king and queen had all their attention on their work, and her siblings were to absorbed in their uncle's story to pay attention as Athena quietly snuck out of the door into the castle gate yard.

The guards at the gates, a Nadder and a Nightmare, were very casual about their job, seeing as the kingdom had been at piece for 45 years. They were simply talking about things, playing poker, and taking an occasional drink. Athena easily snuck past them through the shadows.

Once she got past the village, Athena reached the farms, and past the farms was the forest, close to the base of the mountains.

Athena walked through the forest, looking at her surroundings and exploring. She was chasing a grey squirrel when she almost fell off a cliff.

She looked over the edge of the cliff. There was a large crater like hole in the ground. A tree was growing in to, with space to hide from the rain under its roots. A small spring fed lake was in one side of the cove. There were several paths leading down to the cove so you could access it by foot.

When Athena made her way down to the cove, she noticed that there were coals from a fire still burning and there was a fish lying on the ground. She went over to the fish and was about to eat it when she heard a voice behind her.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Athena whirled around to see a Night Fury about her age hanging upside down from a branch of the tree. His eyes were a more acid green compared to her light forest green ones. He jumped off the tree and glided over to her.

"It's got worms. You can tell because it's belly is bloated. He pointed out.

"Who are you?" Athena asked cautiously, never taking her eyes of the strange boy.

"Who are you?" he asked with a slight smirk.

"I asked you first." Athena retorted.

"I asked you second." He answered back, this time with a full smirk.

He laughed and introduced himself. "I'm Talon." He introduced. "What are you doing here?"

"What?"

"This is my cove. What are you doing here?" he asked again.

"Exploring." Athena answered simply.

"How did you get here? You can't see this place form the air."

"Well, I was walking through the forest and I almost fell into this cove."

Talon looked at her weirdly. "Why'd you walk?" he asked, bewildered.

Athena looked at the ground. "I can't fly." She mumbled quietly to her feet.

Talon held in a laugh. "Why not?" he managed to get out.

"I was never taught. I'm not supposed to leave home." She answered, getting slightly defensive.

"Why not? Where do you live?" He asked, curious about the girl who had managed to find his cove.

"A place." Athena said shortly.

Talon frowned. "Ok. What's your name? I told you mine."

"Athena."

Talon's eyes widened. He started bowing.

"Please don't. Everyone does that. You have no idea how irritating it gets."

Talon stood up straight, his ears perked up in interest. "So you're the princess of Darkoba?"

"Yeah. It's not as fun as you think it might be. There are too many lessons and you always have to be perfect. You don't get to have a lot of freedom."

"Well, what do you want to do?" Talon asked.

"Well, I'd really like to learn some fighting moves. Oh, and fly of course!"

"I can teach you that stuff!" Talon offered.

"Really?!" Athena asked in excitement.

"Yeah!"

So Talon started to teach Athena how to fly. Both seven year olds took off into the night air and flew over the forest and silent, sleeping farms.

***** 10 years later*****

The two seventeen year old Night Furies landed in the moon lit cove in the forest at the edge of the mountains. One with acid green eyes, and one with forest green eyes.

Talon pounced at Athena, who quickly counter attacked with a tail swipe, just missing his head. This went on for a little while, until they both got hungry and decided to catch some fish.

"You're really getting good at fighting Athena." commented Talon to his friend.

"I learned from the best." replied Athena.

"You know the rumours are true." Talon said casually.

"What rumours?" Athena asked.

"That you're the most beautiful girl in the kingdom." Talon smiled cheekily at her.

"Aww! Thanks." Athena answered, poking him in the shoulder with her tail. They both laughed. Athena looked up at the sky.

"I should probably get back. My parents will start questioning me if I get back to late." She said. "They questioned me enough the first night that I flew back." She added, referring to the night a few weeks after they had started meeting when she had flown back to the castle for the first night and surprised her parents.

"Alright, well, I'll see you tomorrow then?" Talon asked hopefully.

"Definitely!" Athena said enthusiastically. "Oh yeah, one more thing."

"What?" Talon asked right before he was tackled to the ground by his companion.

"I win." Athena smirked down at him. The two friends laughed and went their separate ways home. As Athena flew, she realized she didn't actually know where Talon lived, even after they had known each other for 10 years.

Athena flew back to the castle, but was greeted by a not necessarily welcome sight.

Her were parents standing angrily at the doors waiting for her.

So, I hope you guys like the first chapter. Yes, I know, it's very long, but all good stories start with a long chapter, so it's ok. And no, Talon is not Toothless, I decided. But Toothless will come into the story, somehow. I just haven't figured it out yet. If you have any ideas, comments, or questions, please send me a message or review them below. I hope you all like the story. Have a great summer! I'll update soon! Please review.