Night Fury

Scientific Name: Panthera-Draco Furore

The Night Fury is a legendary Dragon, at 26 feet long, a wingspan of 45 feet, and weighing 1,776 pounds.

It was the Unholy offspring of Lightning and Death itself.

It was a mid-sized Dragon, and they have Cat like eyes and a jet black scale color. Perfect for night camouflage, and the Night Fury has incredible hearing. And even in a dark cave, it's has sonar to help find their way in the dark. Just how Bats and Toothed Whales do.

This Dragon is literally, the Black Panther of the Dragon world. Members of the Strike Class of Dragons, they are possibly the most powerful of all Strike Class Dragons.

Night Furies also have retractable peg like teeth that can be pulled in and out of the mouth. And they have a powerful bite force of possibly half a ton of pressure.

They are also the fastest Dragons, in a dive bomb they can hit speeds of 80 miles an hour. And make a high pitch whistling sound similar to that of a Ju 87 dive bomber World War II plane. And they have a streamlined perfect aerodynamic shape. And they're very agile, they can even make sharp turns in less than a second.

This Dragon is never seen by Humans because attacks happen at night, where they are invisible in the darkness. And only a glimpse of them can be seen. And they're nocturnal Dragons.

But every creature has it's weakness.

Night Furies have a tail design to help keep balance while flying. It's similar to that of wide tail feathers of a Bird of Prey, or the tail of a plane. If one side gets damaged or even ripped off. It's permanently grounded, and can't even get more than 40 feet off the ground.

But because Night Furies are so rare, that only one has ever been seen and his name is Toothless.

Toothless' life started when he met Hiccup, a Viking from Berk. And he was shot down and lost the left wing of his tail in the process.

As time went on, the 2 then started to become friends. And soon, all of Berk had Dragons.

But even still, not much is known about Night Furies.

Like, what is their social behavior?

If Night Furies are solitary, then each individual Night Fury would have a large territory. Possibly covering hundreds of square miles, and possibly aggressive towards a trespasser. Even with males during mating season. Possibly fights can be violent, and sometimes fatal with some males.

But if they were social animals, they've might've lived in family groups similar to that of Lions or Wolves. Possibly controlled by a dominant male or breeding pair, and their offspring.

Night Furies are also highly intelligent, even for Reptiles. They have complex brains, similar to that of Mammals. And can even remember, problem solving intelligence even.

Night Furies also have similar behavior traits with Cats, since they're Cat like. And would often groom themselves.

But if Night Furies has similar family traits like Lions. The father of the group would possibly do everything to protect their families. Or with some pack hunting animals, like Wolves, or Killer Whales. Night Furies may have extreme cooperation with other members.

Night Fury mothers would possibly be very protective of their offspring.

If so, the bonds between Night Furies are incredibly strong, they probably even mated for life.

The back plates running their backs can surprisingly, split into a V shaped to help with tight turns in mid-flight. And if they want too, they have a powerful dominance display as their backs, parts of the wing, mouth and nostrils glow in a translucent blue color.

Night Furies have few competition from other Dragons, like Skrills which are the 2nd most powerful Strike Class Dragon. Toothless once faced a grudge between a Whispering Death that the cause is unknown. Though the Whispering Death has a scar on it's body left from a Night Fury bite. The bite could've been from Toothless, or another Night Fury.

But either way, this was the most ferocious Dragon...

Of all time.

But for a long time, Toothless has been the only Night Fury in existence.

The biggest question is what happened to them? And why they're so rare?

When Valka met Toothless, she claimed that he might be the last of his kind.

But what if she was wrong?

There's also stories of a place called the Hidden World. Which is a secret land at the edge of the world, where Dragons lived totally out of reach from Humans. And home to many countless numbers of Dragons.

But where exactly could this land be, if it really exists?

And could, Toothless be really the last survivor of his kind?

And for many centuries, Dragons have capture imagination of people for generations. Parts of cultures in Europe, China and Southeast Asia.

Some animals might've even started the origin culture of Dragons. In Africa, Crocodiles and Monitor Lizards were seen as fearless creatures, and Spitting Cobras for spitting venom which made have brought the origin of Dragons breathing fire.

Even today, there's actual living Dragons, though not true Dragons. The Komodo Dragon were possibly almost seen as Dragons, if one hears about the stories of them.

The idea of flying Dragons may have come from the real life Flying Lizard, or Draco. It spreads the flaps on it's sides and glides or parachutes down from trees. This Lizard lives in Malaysia, but was imported to Europe.

Another origin for the Dragon myth could have come from the sea. With Marine Dragons. The 56 foot long Oarfish, with a red crest on it's head, may have been spotted hundreds of years ago and believed to be a Dragon or a Sea Serpent.

And an interesting fact, if they were real, they've would've been the only Vertebrate Creatures (Creatures with backbones) with 6 limbs. The front and hind legs, and the wings. Since some Dragons have wings as modified arms and hand turned into a wing.

They're were even stories of Dragons fighting in medieval times.

And people in early times, and if they came across Dinosaur fossils from the ground. Which could be easy to mistake them.

Though most people believe Dragons were legends to begin with.

But did Dragons really exist?

Perhaps we may never know.