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Night and Day

Chapter 1: Arrival

"Don't worry little sister, e-everything will be all…alright." A voice whispered weakly over the lapping waves against the small boat. The boat was drifting aimlessly in the ocean with a fog obscuring everything. Perhaps if it had not been night then something could have been seen through the fog, but the pitch black of night helped the fog to make sight impossible.

The woman that had spoken was weak from lack of food for almost a week. She and the little one she had with her had just run out of fresh water the day before.

"Sister…sister don't fall asleep! You said sleeping was bad." The little one begged as she huddled next to the older girl. The little girl's worry made her older sister smile fondly. The woman pulled the little one close so that they could share their warmth under the thin cloak they had been able to grab.

"We'll find land soon. W-when morning comes." The woman's voice grew weaker as she fought to stay awake. She gently touched the little girl's face. "Mum would be s-so proud of y-you." With that her hand fell across her sister's back and the woman fell unconscious.

The thought of their mother brought tears to the little one's eyes and she sniffled and buried her face in her sister's shirt to hide the tears. 'I wish mama was here.' She thought to herself as she clung to her sister. Her sobbing quieted as she listened to the lapping water hitting the side of the little boat.

It had been years since the Dragon Queen had been defeated and peace between the people of Berk and the dragons started. The Dragon Academy, led by Hiccup and Astrid, gained strength as it proved invaluable against the attacks performed by Alvin the Treacherous and his Outcast Tribe. Although life in Berk wasn't the most peaceful it was at least safe. Then again what place would be peaceful when Vikings were around and dragons lived with them? Needless to say life in Berk was as close to peaceful as a village inhabited by dragons and Vikings could get.

"Patrol is so boring." A rather aggravated and annoyed Ruffnut said as she leaned against Barf's head. "Shoulda just blamed you for everything."

A huff came from Ruffnut's twin brother. "Patrol is fun! Don't know what you're whining about." He leaned to the side to bump Belch's head against Barf's. "That prank was pretty awesome though!"

That last comment made Ruffnut grin and chuckle. The prank had been pretty sweet so perhaps being on patrol duty wasn't so bad. Still though, sitting out on a tall rock formation with their shared dragon wasn't the most thrilling thing Ruffnut wanted to be doing. Despite the peace between dragons and Vikings and the lack of mischief by Alvin and the Outcasts, Hiccup still required patrols be done around the clock. Patrols were a lot easier to perform now that they had dragons to fly around on.

As usual the twins started bickering and arguing louder and louder as time passed. Their yelling match started to affect their dragon and soon enough the two heads were fighting with each other as well. Belch turned and bumped his head rather forcefully against Barf when the argument got more and more heated.

"Watch it dragon dung for brains!" Ruffnut cursed out as she pulled herself back into her saddle after Belch had dislodged her with that hit.

"Not my fault you're not as awesome as me." Tuffnut replied as he patted his hand against Belch's head.

The two continued on with their banter, their previous argument currently forgotten as a new one started. The two dragon heads mumbled and grumbled at each other for some time while their riders continued to talk louder and louder.

"Hey…what's that?" Tuffnut suddenly said as he looked out into the fog. The dragon heads paused and looked forward. Off in the distance, there was a very dim light bobbing in the mist. The dragon, with a confused order from its riders, lifted up from the stone pillar they had been resting on.

The little girl lost track of how long she and her sister had been drifting after her sister had fallen asleep. The sound of the ocean around them had calmed the younger girl as she lay nestled against her sister's chest. She felt tired, but knew that she had to stay awake in case they found land or help. She could get some rest after her sister woke up.

That's what she was planning on doing when she heard the voices. The girl sat up quickly and she looked around hopefully as she heard voices through the mist that covered and concealed everything around them. "Hello?" The little one called out to try and get the attention of the people she could hear. Quickly the girl went over to the lantern that was at the head of the little boat and lit the wick that was inside. "Please! Help us!" She called out again once the lantern was lit.

The girl went back to her sister quickly which made the boat rock precariously. "Sister! Sister wake up! I think we found people!" The little girl pushed at her older sister, hoping to rouse her from her exhaustion induced slumber.

The first shake did not rouse the woman, and neither did the second. The little girl frowned and leaned close to try to wake her sister again. As she pressed against her sister's skin, she noticed just how cold the woman was. This lack of heat frightened the young girl.

"Please! Hurry! We need help!" The girl screamed out in the direction the voices had come from. She turned back to her sister and continued to shake her to wake her up. Wake up, wake up! Don't…don't… The little girl couldn't even finish her thought as she cried and shook her sister making the boat rock back and forth.

The girl paused when the sound of wings beating the air could be heard. The fog that was around the boat shifted and she looked up with tear blurred eyes to see a two headed dragon over them.

"Help! Please!" She didn't care who or what it was as long as it could help her sister.

"You hear that?" Tuffnut asked his sister as they flew off on their dragon.

"If you mean your stupid voice then yeah; I do." Ruffnut replied as she kept her eyes glued to the little light.

Tuffnut glared at his sister, but didn't retaliate. He could feel a tension coming from Belch and he wasn't sure what it meant. "Betcha it's a pirate!" Tuffnut grinned as he tried to get their dragon to go faster.

Ruffnut rolled her eyes but was unable to reply when their dragon suddenly stopped and flapped its wings to clear away the fog that was hovering around the glowing light directly below them.

The sounds the dragon and its riders had been hearing were clear now, but the source of the sounds shocked them all.

"Let's take the boat back to Berk." Ruffnut said after the momentary shock wore off. The twins fought for a moment on how to best get the boat to the docks before deciding to have Belch and Barf drag it with its tail.

The girl was shocked for a moment to see people actually riding the Zippleback that had appeared over the boat she and her sister were in. Then again she honestly didn't care so long as they were going to help them.

When the boat started moving the girl smiled through her tears. "Thank you! Thank you so much." Perhaps she was a little too trusting towards these strangers. Her sister and mother would have been more cautious, but the little girl was just grateful that someone had found them drifting through the sea.

"Sister! We'll be ok, just like you promised!" The little one hugged her sister and huddled against her trying to get warmth back into her. It wasn't long before the little girl spotted lights ahead of them and then what looked like jagged cliffs looming over them. "Just like mama promised." The little girl said softly as the island grew closer. She could see docks now as well as houses. Her eyes went wide as she spotted even more dragons hanging around the place they were going.

Soon enough the zippleback that had been pulling the boat arrived at the dock. The two that had been riding it jumped down and called out for people to come help. The little girl barely heard what they were yelling, or the people coming towards them. She was focused on her sister.

"Hey lazies, go get Hiccup." Ruffnut yelled at a couple of the younger teens that were close by cleaning the late catch. The two teens mumbled and grumbled, but after a whack on the head from Tuffnut and a duet of growls from Belch and Barf the teens got moving.

As the twins started to cause a racket, several people started gathering at the docks. Usually when the twins were loud and being annoying people just ignored them, but something was off about this fight. The two were arguing sure, but not in a way that was…normal for them. Even their two headed dragon was acting strangely. Instead of arguing in synch with its riders it was staring down at the little boat that it had dragged up to the docks. In fact its tail was still wrapped around part of the boat to keep it steady.

The crowd that had gathered, which had grown in numbers, was trying to look into the boat, but Belch and Barf were successfully in the way of everyone's line of sight.

"What's going on Ruffnut, Tuffnut? You're supposed to be on night patrol." A slightly annoyed Hiccup asked with a sigh as he arrived. His clothes looked like they'd been thrown on quickly, and his vest was missing. Astrid was right behind him with a rather agitated and angry look. There was also a bright blush on her cheeks.

"We found something Hiccup." Ruffnut said as she pointed her thumb behind her towards the boat.

"And it's not a stupid pirate!" Tuffnut added with a grin.

Hiccup frowned as he tried to look past Belch and Barf to see what it was that the twins had found. All he could see was the dragon.

"This better be good you two. I swear if you got us out of bed for nothing-" Astrid let the threat hang in the air. She rather disliked being pulled away during the only free time she had with her new husband.

"Hey Barf, Belch, could you guys move over some?" Hiccup asked as nicely as he could. The two headed dragon looked at the human warily, unsure if they should reveal what it was they had found. The two dragons argued quickly for a moment to try and decide if they should or not.

Toothless, who had just made his way to the docks after squeezing past the onlookers, spoke up to break up the short fight. "Move or get a blast to the face." His voice was calm as he challenged the zippleback and his expression was bored, but the dragons knew he was being completely serious.

Belch and Barf let go of the boat and lifted up into the air to make room for Hiccup, Astrid, and Toothless. As the three approached they saw something that no one had ever dreamed of seeing.

"Is…is that what I think it is?" Astrid asked first in order to break the silence.

The little one looked up hopefully when things started to happen on the dock. "Help my sister! Please! She won't wake up and she's so cold." She begged and begged, looking from the zippleback to the people standing not too far from it. No one did anything for several long minutes and it was making the little girl cry harder.

She pushed at her sister again and went back to huddling next to her hoping that maybe she could warm her up again. The little one was so focused on this task that she failed to realize that the zippleback had moved away and that more people were standing over her little boat.

"Is…Is that what I think it is?" She heard a female voice ask in shock.

The girl looked up, tears dripping down her face. "Won't you help us?" She begged softly. "Please help us. I'll do anything." The girl looked from the tall man to the equally tall woman. Her eyes paused over the black night fury that was staring at her with wide shocked eyes.

"I can't believe it." The man said with a shake of his head. Inside that little boat, huddled next to the still woman, was a small white night fury barely twice the size of a terrible terror.

A/N:

After watching the second movie (I can not even begin to express how awesome it was) I decided to make a small alteration to the plot. It really doesn't change much; in fact it makes the plot flow much nicer. I'm going to integrate what happened in the second movie into this story. I'm not going to say what I'm changing just in case some of you wonderful readers haven't seen the movie yet. Which you need to go do. Cause it's epic. And totally worth seeing on a huge screen.