A Dragon's Life For Me [HTTYD/PJ Crossover]

Chapter 4: A Goodbye

The scene he came upon was nothing short of...well. It was a mixture of emotions, really. Shock was there, as Percy watched the beast roared to expose rows of sharp teeth, fire dancing around its body like it was a living piece of fire wood. Awe as the human, so small looking next to the dragon, leaned away from a swipe of claws with a movement that told of experience. Worry and fear, when Valka barely managed to move away, making the jaws miss its target.

Desperation and determination joined in, and Percy flapped his wings as hard and fast as he can. Eyes narrowed as he shot forward, he closed them when he collided with the side of the Monstrous Nightmare's head, throwing it to the side and away from Valka. Valka's eyes widened at the sight of him, but he was unable to see more as he focused on doing as much damage as he can. He may be little, but his claws were sharp enough to produce a few scratches on it's closed eyelid, a few of them bleeding.

It roared in pain and shook its head, throwing Percy off it from the force.

Before Valka can say anything to him, the Nightmare whipped its back to screech at them–which stopped and turned into a bewildered growl at the sight of a hatchling trying to glare it into submission in protection of a human. A human!

Percy's body was aching a bit from the impact and the resulting roll across the ground, but he didn't back down from its threatening advance. It was only an attempt to scare him away, it wasn't planning to actually kill him yet based on what Percy gathered from its body language.

But Valka, not knowing that fact, decided to attack in defense of her friend. Her battle cry attracted the attention of both dragons, and the Nightmare snarled as it dodged her axe swing while Percy squawked, 'No, Valka!'

She swiftly backed away from a swipe of claws, before rolling under a snap of jaws. The human took advantage of her smaller size making her a smaller target, but still she had to work to dodge the dragon's greater speed and reach.

Percy growled and called up that heat deep in his chest. He waited for a slight lull in the fight, which happened when Valka smacked its head with the butt of her axe, disorienting the Nightmare for a few seconds. He took the chance and released.

... But nothing happened.

Valka's cry of pain brought him out of his confused and panicked thoughts. The dragon had hit her thigh, blood seeping into the cloth around the new wound as she crawled backwards, and tried to put some distance between them with her axe. The smaller dragon didn't have time to think, he just leaped and flew right into the Nightmare's face.

Percy managed to injure the actual eye with his claws, but was bucked off as the dragon roared and backed away, shaking its head. He impacted the ground and rolled a bit (again) before stopping, making his body ache even more as he struggled to get up.

The loss of an eye got the Nightmare even more furious than before, and it went after him with a vengeance. Percy squeaked as he scrambled away from a snap of jaws full of rows and rows of sharp teeth.

"Wave-! Run!" The human called out in desperation.

'What do you think I'm doing?!' Is what Percy would've said, then he was rolling away from a swipe and mentally panicking as  he tried to let loose a jet of water. The heat was present, settling deep within his chest and rising in temperature as moments passed, but when he moved the muscle in his throat no water came through the opened passageway.

Speaking of, when was the last time he went into a body of water since the first time he tried out this ability?

The realization almost costed him, if it weren't for the intervention of an axe swing from Valka.