Chapter 2

Okay, I'm really sorry for the wait guys! But thank you for being patient and taking so much interest in my story and for this I'll reward you all greatly ;)

As space itself turned white that cold, blistery night; Toothless the dark night fury walked through all kinds of plants deep in the woods, accompanying was the human he had been ordered to find and kidnap for his clan, his leader mainly. For him, Traipsing through the thick snow was like walking through water, it wasn't too difficult for his large paws to deal with. Occasionally, he turned his head, making it seem like he was turning away from the oncoming snow in his face but in fact he was checking up on the small and innocent looking human walking quite far behind him. The snow provided quite a challenge for humans, this being one of them in particular. They found it much harder to walk through it with their weak legs and tiny feet.

Toothless turned his head away and he continued on walking but he could see the human was growing weak and cold, he noticed how pale red his face had turned and how pale any unclothed parts of his body were. He knew it was kind of his fault for letting him get into that predicament because in actuality he was just wandering through the woods, trying to buy time as he knew deep down he couldn't hand this child over to his leader, he'd never see his family again. He too had been in such a similar position as he had been taken away from his own family when he was young and he knew how it felt and how much you have to learn things on your own, it's no easy task. But compared to his superior flying skills his leader was far stronger and much more experienced with life than he was, he couldn't argue about this or even try to stick up for the human.

Toothless sighed and stopped suddenly, turning his head around and watching as the human walked towards him with such great difficulty. However as he reached Toothless's side he walked on and straight past him, like he had barley acknowledged his presence. Toothless didn't try and do anything to make him see otherwise and instead walked behind him, he wasn't sure how much time humans needed with these situation where they went all quiet and depressing. However, Toothless felt a great desire to talk with him, to help him feel better and not so scared of them, he wanted to help the human, to try and save him. He hated everything the other night furies did to humans and how they treated other dragons, it was like they were the top of the food chain, nothing tried to eat or kill them except for the humans but even then they still found it difficult to hunt night furies.

Toothless caught up with the child and walked beside him, keeping him company whilst they walked aimlessly through the woods that evening. Hours passed by and the weather turned worse, the child shivered and snivelled. Snow fell onto them from the tree tops and the wind picked up blowing more of the white powder into their face. Toothless knew he could make it, his warm and thick scales kept him warm and cosy but he knew the child was feeling every bit of this coldness.

"Are you okay?" Toothless finally asked, in a warm and softening voice, almost childish and friendly. Hiccup jumped away from him though after he had heard him speak, he didn't realize the dragons could talk and speak his language, he even almost wet himself with fear. But what did he have to fear now? The dragon hadn't harmed him so far, he hadn't even tried to speak to him up until now.

"U-um… I'm… I'm fine" He said shakily, he clutched his elbows together and tried to keep warm.

"You don't look it" Toothless replied worriedly.

"I was forced to run away from home and I don't even know why and now I have no idea where I am or even where I'm going"

Toothless shied away after that and felt even more so horrible, he hadn't even revealed that he had technically been kidnapped by the dragon he was beginning to trust. Toothless hadn't even needed to tell him that, Hiccup wanted to stay with him because at least then he'd have a better change at survival. Toothless still was unsure though about what to do with him; he could hand him over or take him home. He could lie and say he was ambushed by a very large posse of humans and they managed to get the child back? But then again the other furies knew Toothless had a weak spot for other living creatures, forget about killing a human he'd never even harm a fly. They'd know instantly that he'd made it up.

On top of that he didn't even want to begin imagining what would happen to the poor child once they reached their lair. He skin would be torn away from his very bones and even they would be used as play toys. Nothing would be spared or left over, his organs, eyes and even teeth would be eaten.

While lost his in thoughts a sudden thump in the snow behind him alerted his attention and he quickly jolted his head around. He noticed the small outline of a child's body in the snow and when he had ran back to see what was up, he knew something was incredibly wrong as the child was face down in the snow and seemingly unconscious.

With time possibly running out for him, he grabbed the back of the boys shirt with his teeth and quickly tried to come up with ideas to get him somewhere dry and safe for the night. He couldn't fly in this weather and putting him on his back might cause him to fall off, all he can do is drag him through the snow but that way he'll just get even colder and wetter from the snow beneath him. He quickly decided to fling him over onto his back and hope that he wouldn't fall off as he ran through the forest, heading towards his unique and secret hideaway that he had created when he was a cub.

He felt the body on his back rock from left to right constantly as he continually jumped, fell and even skidded across the terrain on his way through the forest. But lucky for them they were close to his hideout in the first place and he was even considering taking him there just for the night before he passed out.

He eventually reached the hideout and wasted no time getting inside and snuggling up against the back wall. He slowly pulled the child off his back and he lay down against the wall, he placed the child within his arms and then covered his entire body with his wings, keeping him warm and safe.

With that out of the way, Toothless lay awake for another hour or so, watching the snow outside fall and almost cover the entrance to the cave. He occasionally checked the child beneath his wing, his heart was still beating and he could see his breath apparent in the air.

Happy and comfortable with the way things were he fell asleep and let his warmth keep the small figure resting within his paws alive.

***

The next morning, it had finally stopped snowing. The snow glistened and sparkled under the light of the sun that early, fresh and peaceful morning. But the fresh and untainted canvas of snow was ruined by large paw prints treading through the thick snow, their black and deathly figures haunting the rest of the woods and scaring away even the bravest of creatures.

Three night furies wandered and tracked through the woods that morning, disturbing the peace of the atmosphere and worrying other animals as they watched the dragons sniff and scout out something.

"Damn it, where the hell is that lousy excuse of a night fury?" One of them screamed, undoubtedly the leader who was extremely agitated and appeared very violent towards the others as he glared at the night fury to the right of him, sniffing the ground crazily whilst the other took off into the sky and did a search from above. "He better have that child" He whispered angrily to himself, heading onwards behind the night fury which was tracking a scent.

"Boss, I think I've got something. It's faint but I think I can follow it" The night fury added after a couple of minutes.

The leader looked on with glory filled in his eyes, he was very pleased and seemingly excited but evil taunted his face. The two night furies ran on through the snow, one of them tracked the scent exactly and still followed his nose even when he felt most uncertain about which way to head next.

It eventually brought them up to a hill covered entirely in snow. The leader looked at it with disbelieving eyes and then looked at the night fury stood next to him; he knew he would be unable to control himself for much longer if this situation got worse… "What the hell is this? Have you led me on a wild goose chase?" He growled.

"No! I haven't Boss. Believe me, this is where the trail ends. Can you not smell it? It's so strong and apparent;" He paused and sniffed at the air once again… "I can also smell a human with him too. They must be buried underneath this snow" He argued back but sounded innocent whilst doing so, he really didn't want to get on bad side of his leader, he may have had the best nose out of the clan but the leader was the strongest and the most confident, who could top that?

"You better not be lying Tatsu, otherwise…" The leader's eyes narrowed and he glared ruthlessly at the other night fury who then trembled with fear and worry.

But none the less the night fury nodded and said "Trust me, this is it Boss" The leader then looked back at the pile and begun removing bits of the snow with his paw, eventually he created a hole within the snow and he realized that it led somewhere. "Go and find Gaia and bring him back here. You best be quick about it as well" He ordered. With that the fury stood next to him was off in an instant and took off vertically into the sky.

The leader dug at the snow for a couple of minutes until it all collapsed onto him like a miniature avalanche. He stepped back afterwards and let the snow settle beneath his feet. His eyes were not ready for the portrait in front of him. Sleeping peacefully was Toothless and wrapped within his wings was Hiccup; however the leader did not realize this and assumed that Toothless was slacking off from his original job or had just given up.

"Toothless!" He screamed and growled, taking an unnecessary stance of attack just in case he needed to scold his follower. Toothless awoke with an abrupt start, standing up and allowing Hiccup to just slip out of is grasp and slam on the cold, hard floor. The force of the slam caused him to startle awake as well, seeming much better than the night before and much warmer. "What the hell is going on?" His boss said, staring angrily at both Toothless and the human.

"Wait! I can explain" Toothless said, stepping in front of Hiccup and holding a protective stance over him, which was a very wrong move on his part as this angered his leader much further.

"Explain what? That you were hogging that human in this cave? Why was he wrapped up inside your wings like that?"

"Well I thought he was going to die! I thought you didn't want that… yet anyway. I couldn't get him back last night either because of the storm, no dragon can fly in any snow storm that horrific, even you can't. I was going to bring him to the hideout after the storm cleared. You can trust me, I mean I'm not that childish or absent-minded."

"Toothless?" Hiccup said, thinking that was probably the dragons name since he had heard it be pronounced before and the dragon had awoken to it as well. "Wu-what are you talking about?" The human whispered innocently, looking up at the night fury stood before him. He really had no clue what was going on and he felt scared and worried for what may happen to him now. Toothless looked back and stared at him with sympathy and sadness; he then turned away and looked up at his boss with his head lowered in shame.

"Sorry Boss. Here, you can take him now" Toothless stepped out of the cave and stood beside his leader, his head still hung down, he couldn't bare to look the child in the eyes, they were too innocent and certainly frightened and Toothless really didn't want to turn against his Boss's wishes.

The leader grinned and stepped into the cave, he picked Hiccup up with his teeth clutching on the back of his shirt as he carried him out into the snow. Hiccup struggled and kicked. Suddenly, Tatsu and Gaia, the other night furies landed on the soft snow next to Toothless and stared at the human before him. Of course, they were up to congratulating Toothless for successfully capturing the human but the boss saw otherwise and wasn't really bothered that Toothless had spent all night doing his best to keep this, in his eyes disgraceful creature alive just for him to kill in the end anyway.

With that, Gaia and Tatsu re-took off into the sky and acted as guards as they made their way over to their lair, they never knew who could have been watching them and they didn't want to take any chances. Their boss then took off with Toothless following behind.

Along the way Hiccup struggled and screamed, he felt so air-headed from being so high above the ground. He never realized how high dragons flew and he certainly didn't realize that night furies flew incredibly fast.

With Toothless flying behind, acting as another guard it gave him time to think and be alone. He really wasn't sure if he had made the right decision, but when faced head on by his boss like that the easiest thing to do is weasel out of things and let him be the one in control. Of course he really didn't want to give the human away to his Boss; he reminded himself that he would figure out a way to keep him alive long enough to get him back to his home, back in the safety of his parent's arms.

At their incredible speed it wasn't long before they reached a dormant volcanic mountain. They flew around its cone and then flew downwards into a cave nestled deeply within the walls of the volcano. Inside, many other night furies watched as they landed upon the ground and as their boss dropped the human to the floor. He walked over him and stood facing him. "You should feel privileged; you're the only human to ever see the night fury hideout. We may seem like a dying species but in fact we are a largely over-populated one. You just don't know where to find us is all" He directed his attention away from the scowling human and then faced the others in the cave. "Now, does anyone present have any worthy ideas about what we should do with this human?" He addressed every fury in the cave.

Toothless creped up behind his boss and whispered into his ear "I thought you already had a plan Boss?" He questioned. Toothless stood back from his boss and gazed at him with inquisitiveness.

"I think we can really have some fun with this child. Killing him seems like the best revenge, but torturing him sounds better" He smirked.

The audience of night furies became noisy as they chattered amongst themselves. Some shouted "Kill him and eat his flesh!" others shouted "Let him join us!"

When Toothless had caught wind of that idea, he really went into great thought about it. If this human joined them, learned their ways then maybe he'd really help them. He'd be able to steal more things for them, not that he was interested in stealing but the other furies would be grateful, he'd really fit in and maybe eventually he'd forget about his village and remain with them until he met his end.

"Boss?" Toothless questioned again. "I have a terrific idea that will really benefit us, will you hear me out?" He asked. His Boss seemed pleased and thrilled at his sudden show of interest but he couldn't hear a damn thing with the other furies screaming their ideas out.

"SHUT UP!" The Boss screamed out "Get on with what you must do, I will hear no more ideas for now" With that the furies dispersed except for Tatsu, Gaia, Toothless and their Boss. When the cave was almost completely empty and they had moved good enough away from the small human, Toothless begun expressing his idea.

"Most of the other furies had a good idea, if we let this human join us we can use him to our advantage. Imagine what we can use him for. He can steal more goods for us, he can be our spy, find out what villages are plotting against us and even destroy them from the inside. We'll be invincible, unstoppable and I think this covers the torturing part of your idea Boss. He won't like anything he has to do and neither will his own family. We'll be getting revenge for the way the humans used our kind as experiments, the way they kept us locked up and made us fight against the humans for training. I think this is the best thing we can use him for" He explained. "And who knows… maybe in time he'll really be one of us and he'll hate the humans as much as we do…"

The furies looked at each other; Toothless stared at them and tried to determine their thoughts on his idea. On his part he knew it was a brilliant idea and this way he'd be able to figure out a way to get the human home and plus he wouldn't be killed and eaten by the other furies.

"It's certainly an excellent idea… maybe we should give it a try, I mean who knows what we can achieve?" Tatsu added.

"I don't think I'll have a problem being around a human and even so, just because he's living with us doesn't mean we have to treat him like he's one of our own." Gaia then added.

Their leader nodded as he accepted the ideas as brilliant "Alright Toothless, we'll try it your way. But I'm leaving you in charge of the brat, so don't let him out of your sight or let him escape."

"Yes Boss" Toothless smirked with happiness. Tatsu and Gaia took off into the cave and disappeared within moments as they headed down one of the tunnels in the cave. Their Boss took one last look at the human behind Toothless and smirked at him "We take off to Berk's brother village tonight. You better have him ready by then. I'll brief you later" As he walked away from Toothless he abruptly turned to face him "And Toothless… you better not be messing me around with this idea. If you are, I'll kill him…. And you." With that he took off as well and headed down one of the tunnels. Toothless sighed and turned around to face the human who seemed a little confused.

"I just saved your life, little one" Toothless said with a smile, heading over to the human still sat on the cold, rocky floor.

"Saved my life? You betrayed me last night I thought you were trying to help me get home or something like that" Hiccup screamed in reply.

"No I am, don't you get it? The others wanted to kill you and eat you. If I wanted to do that don't you think I would have done it by now? Besides, I'm going to try and get you home this way… I may be working on that idea for a while but please just go with what the others and I need you to do" Toothless said, almost begging in a way.

The human looked away from a few moments and then turned back, seeming like he had no choice in the matter "Can you really get me back home?" He asked worriedly.

"Yes, but you just have to work with us for a while, you may outrun your course and the others may just become bored of you, at that point I should be allowed to return you" Toothless explained. "So, will you do it? I promise I'll protect you from whatever may come in your way. I'll make sure you get enough to eat and that you also have plenty of time to rest"

"Okay Toothless!" Hiccup replied unexpectedly "I'll do it!" With that Toothless bounced around the human excitedly, for the first time since he was taken away from his own home he felt happy and comforted. "By the way… my names Hiccup."

"Well… you already know my name by the looks of it. Come on, I'll show you to my cave in this place. It may involve some flying though…"

So…. What do you think? I have a feeling this chapter may have broken away from my original idea… :/ Maybe I can get back onto it though. Enjoy the rest of your xmas as well and have a fab new year guys! :D