Scales and claws

Chapter 2

I sit on the rocks, looking at the the Viking and other nightfury play with each other.  It looks like fun, but I don't wanna risk being touched by the Viking.  The other nightfury sits down, suddenly silent and still.  The Viking also goes still.  I listen carefully to see if I can tell what's wrong, but then I hear yelling.  Norse yelling.

"Wohoo!"
"Yeah!"

  The voices sound similar to each other.  Strange.  Maybe they belong to hatchmates?  But these voices seem to annoy the Viking. 

"Seriously?!  They have to be here?!  Star, lets go," the female Viking says, jumping into the back of "Star".  Both look at me quickly before launching into the air.  They disappear from my sight, only to have the female Viking come crashing back into the clearing. 

  I can hear Star's worried growls, but they're from above us. 

  Slightly concerned about the Viking girl, I crawl over to her. 

A-are you okay?

  Surprisingly, she looks up at me and nods slightly.  "Yeah...thanks for checking."

  That's when I notice her wings are back and one is bent out of shape.

Y-your wing is broken.  I tell her.  She sits up, wincing slightly after. 

"Yeah, I know.  Don't worry though, it'll heal soon, and I've been through worse," she tells me.  I tilt my head and look at her.  How has she been through worse?  What happened?  Then we both hear someone yelling.

"PHOENIX, WHERE ARE YOU?!"

  Almost instantly, she stands up and looks at me.  "I need you to allow me to ride on your back.  My friends won't hurt you," she explains. 

  I look at her before deciding to help her.  I gently throw her onto my back and fly upward. 

"Hiccup!  Over here!"

  I see a male Viking on top of..another night fury?!  How many of us are left? 

"Phoenix! Your wing- wait is that another night fury?!"

  As soon as he says that, I growl.  In not letting any more Vikings touch me.  The girl Viking growls at him. 

"Hiccup, now isn't the time.  Like you almost said earlier, my wing is broken.  We need to get back to the edge and get it fixed," she tells him.  He nods and looks at me again. 

"Uh, what about them?"

  The girl Viking growls again and looks down at me.  "First off, she's a her, not a them."  then she starts speaking in dragon's tongue.  "Do you want to come with us?"

  I turn my head to face her as best I can.  Go where? I ask.  She smiles.

"To our island!  We have some more dragons there that would probably love meeting you!  Our island is called The Dragon's Edge, and we help dragons!"

  I let out a purr.  Sure, I might as well.  I think I might of eaten all of the fish from around here...

  Phoenix laughs.  "Great!  Uh, Starshine, I need you to fly over here carefully.  I need to make sure you're able to fly home."

  The other female nightfury flies over next to us, and Phoenix stands up on my back.  She then runs and jumps onto the back of Starshine and sits on this leather padding.  After a few seconds, clicking noises are heard and the male Viking looks at Phoenix.

"Hey, I'm going to go round up the twins.  You can go ahead with the new girl," he says to her.  Phoenix laughs. 

"Ok Hiccup.  Make sure they don't throw you off of Toothless this time.  I'll see ya later."

  And with that, the boys fly off.  I look at Starshine.

Uh, what was that about?

That was Phoenix's hatchmate, Hiccup.  Toothless is his friend.  Come on, let's start heading to the island.

  And with that, we start flying.  I wonder what this new life will bring...