The Dragon Lords' Sacrifice (Toothcup: don't worry he's human)

Dinner With the Lord

Toothless remained with me till I fell asleep in his arms. I managed to sleep the rest of the night undisturbed but I was still rather shaken up by the dream I had had that night. I thought of Toothless and the promises he had made and thought it was very kind of him to commit to such an offer to his...then again what was I to him. Was I a prisoner, a slave, a guest with an eternal stay? I would need to speak to him about that because I still was not clear of my purpose here. I know he had decided against my death as a sacrifice but he surely had some intention for me, right?

The next morning I awoke up to discover that Toothless had already left. Meatlug came in baring a tray of food once more as well as a baby gronckle on her back. I looked up at her curiously and she sighed setting the tray in my lap so I could eat while she moved the baby from her back.

"Usually I leave the young'uns with the other dragon mother's as we take turns watching them but the wee one here Fishmeat. He's a bit of a handful as you can see not wanting to transform to his human side at the moment. Yes, he's a little mama's boy alright. Didn't want to leave my side this morning so I brought him with. You don't mind him do you, Miss?" Meatlug asked out of concern.

"No, not at all. In fact I haven't really ever seen a baby dragon so I'm a bit curious about them." I said with a small grin. She passed the small cooing and gurgling baby gronckle into my arms. I looked upon the small dragon in my arms who in turn looked up at me with large curiosity filled eyes.

"Well they are the only dragons who don't respond to the Alpha's command. Only their mother's can control them and trust me half the time we can't even accomplish that." She said chuckling. 

"But enough about that for now you need to eat up and regain your strength. I've been researching human food as dragons typically eat fish for the most part. The Deadly Nadder's will eat chicken, though. While us Gronckle's prefer rocks mainly. Naturally your not going to want those." Meatlug said chuckling while pulling the baby dragon back in her lap.

"The island does have some resources such as plants but I've gathered supplies from shipwrecks that have come onto our shores. That is how I am able to supply bread and cheese for now. I made you eggs, smoked salmon, bread and  berries I hope you enjoy it please let me know and I can improve on the food." she said.

"Actually, it's delicious. My father is a Chief so he was too busy to learn to cook so I did most of the cooking in our home when we didn't attend the Great hall of course. Trust me if I left it up to my father I would have starved to death a long time ago he couldn't cook to save his life." I said appreciating the food and eating without the guilt of being a burden on the tribe for once.

"Well then thank you my lady." she said beaming. "When your finished I'm going to take you for a bath. I heard you had a hard time sleeping last night due to a nightmare you poor dear. A nice long soak will do you good." she said taking away the tray. "Do you think you can walk on your own?"

"I'll be fine I'm not an invalid after all. I managed to work the forge up till my last days. With no food." I replied bragging. I then stood up feeling  unsteady since I had been doing a lot of sleeping since coming to the island and stumbled a bit. Meatlug helped me with not a word spoken.

"Their another few days of rest and hearty foods and you'll be running around in no time. Now allow me, Dear." Meatlug said as she walked across the bedchamber to a door I hadn't noticed previously. She opened it and guided myself, as well herself, and babe on her back and we walked along a cave.

"What is this?" I said surprised because unlike most caves it was warm as opposed to cold.

"This is the way to the hot spring himself has access to it exclusively so no one will disturb you." she said. We reached the mouth of the cave and sure enough there was the hot spring it was warm and moist in the cave. There were also cubbies carved into the cave walls containing various lotions, potions,  as well as towels.