Chapter Four, The Nightfury
The photo above is of Elivra when Dragon racing (Which will be in later chapters), and gives an idea of the sort of outfit she generally wears and of Volta.
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Edited 23/5/2020!!!!
Chapter Four, The Nightfury
"Hiccup what took you so long we were supposed to start half an-" Astrid ranted as she heard Hiccup walk in with Toothless but she stopped as she turned around noticing the new girl was with him. "I know I'm sorry Elivra followed Toothless and I. She wanted to see what Dragon Training was like and as she lived in a village that had a Dragon Reserve that she helped out at and she has a way with dragons, so I said she could come." He said with shrug. Before anyone could say anything Snotlout burst out laughing a smug grin on his face as if he knew something they didn't as he pointed at Hiccup.
"What is so funny Snotlout?" Fishlegs asked confused.
"Yea what he said." The twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut exclaimed, causing Astrid, Fishlegs and Hiccup to roll their eyes. "Oh your gonna be in so much trouble Hiccup!" Snotlout laughed almost bent over at the knees. "Dad told me that Elivra wasn't allowed out yet and you happened to bring her to Dragon Training where she could get hurt. I wonder what uncle Stoick and her father would say." He laughed.
"Snotlout shut up." Astrid moaned fed up with his gloating all the time. "I'm going to regret saying this; but he is right Hiccup, Elivra shouldn't be here."
"My dad knows I'm not in the house. In fact he said I could go out if I wanted, given he obviously didn't mean come to Dragon Training but it won't hurt its not like I'm going to fly or anything." Elivra cut in before a real argument could take place.
"If you're still unwell why did your father say you could leave the house?" Fishlegs asked confused.
"Because he knew I'd sneak out anyway." Elivra says with a shrug of her shoulders, she frowned confused when the rest of the teens groaned and look from her to Hiccup. "Oh, great another Hiccup." Tuffnut complained throwing his arms in the air dramatically. "Err what's going on?" Elivra asked confused.
"They're moaning because we're so much alike." Hiccup told her rolling his eyes at the others but he had smile on his face as he looked at Elivra. "That's because you are." Ruffnut stated one hand on her hip as she threw the other in the air like her brother. "You sneak off when you're not supposed to, you both have a thing with dragons and I bet you both always attract trouble wherever you go." She cried.
Elivra frowned and sat down where she stood next to Toothless who cooed to her concerned putting his head in her lap purring softly as she stroked his head, the other dragons went and sat around her cooing to her, shocking their riders.
Elivra was so lost in thought that she didn't notice the other's astonished faces, 'Is that what everyone thinks of me?' Elivra thought with a sad sigh eliciting more coos from the dragons around her. 'Does everyone just think I'm a burden and attract trouble like the Dursleys always said.' She didn't realise that she started to hyperventilate, she couldn't even hear anyone else calling her all she heard was white noise, nothing made sense it was like everything was mixed together. Her magic caused a wind to whip around the Academy, the more she got upset the stronger the wind became. "Elivra it's alright you're safe you need to calm down." Hiccup said reassuringly as he slowly approached her as he would a startled dragon. The wind wasn't hurting them or their dragons, it just kept them away from her but the dragons still sat curled around her cooing softly to her to try and calm her themselves but it wasn't working.
"Why would she think she wasn't safe?" Tuffnut asked confused scratching his head. "Yea it's not like any of us threatened her or anything." Ruffnut said also confused. But the closer they go to her the more ferocious the wind became it started throwing the barrels, the chairs and their training equipment around the arena, even leaving scorch marks on the ground. "Well her magic says different!" Snotlout shouted at the twins.
"You just had to go and upset her didn't you!" Hiccup shouted at the twins and Astrid exasperated. "You don't know what she's been through." Hiccup and Snotlout says together.
"And you two do?!" Astrid challenged angrily, though she was shocked that the cousins were actually trying to work together for a change.
"YES!" Hiccup and Snotlout shouted together stopping the others in their tracks. "Snotlout go and get her father he may be able to calm her down. She's having a panic attack and her magic is reacting and so are the dragons they think we mean to harm her, they're protecting her like she's family one of their young." Hiccup ordered.
"Hiccup what's going on?" Fishlegs asked worried and confused. No one had been told why the newcomers were here Stoick had been waiting until Elivra was feeling a bit better and had planned on having a full village meeting tonight.
"I don't know much only what Snotlout and I have overheard and what small things her father told me while she was unconscious. This the second village they've escaped to. Their original village her father and her left I don't know why but dad said they'd be safe here and no one would hurt him or Elivra while he was Chief. The village that had the Dragon Reserve Elivra had a fit and her father was getting her help when they were attacked and forced to escape." Hiccup explained what they knew to the others. "Snotlout go and get her father."
"I'm trying Hookfang won't leave her. Stupid dragon." Snotlout grumbled under his breath. "Come on Hookfang, if you want to help her you have to come with me. We need to get her father!" Snotlout snapped, why was his dragon so stubborn?
Hookfang looked from Elivra then to his rider as if trying to decide who to go with, after what seemed like ages he finally made up his mind as he slowly made his way towards Snotlout though you could see he was reluctant to do it. As soon as Hookfang was close enough Snotlout quickly climbed on and flew off in search of her father. While the others still tried to calm her, unbeknownst to everyone the snow in the mountain was starting to crack as someone tried to fight their way out of the ice the stronger her magic got the harder they fought.
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"Come on where are you?!" Snotlout complained as they flew around trying to spot the man he'd seen when he first arrived a few days a go, however he spotted his dad and uncle in the Plaza and decided to ask them where Elivra's dad was. "Dad! Uncle Stoick!" Snotlout cried as he landed.
"Not now Snotlout we're busy!" Stoick exclaimed as he turned back to his brother to ask how the construction was going. "But it's Elivra I need to find her dad. Where is he?" Snotlout asked urgently.
"What do you mean?" Stoick asked confused. "She's at my house where we left her. She's not is she?!" Stoick sighed seeing the look on his nephew's face. "Where is she then?"
"At the Dragon Academy. Hiccup brought her along with him and Toothless."
"That boy!" Stoick groaned. "I told him. I told him she was not well enough to fly let alone join the Academy. Please tell me she hasn't had another fit? I promised Sirius she'd be safe here on Berk and my own son and nephew have endangered her!" Stoick ranted but before Snotlout or Spitelout could offer a retort Sirius came running up to them with Gobber behind him.
"Where's my daughter? She's not at the house!" Sirius cried worriedly after he got his breath back. "Snotlout why don't you tell Sirius where his daughter is as it's yours and Hiccup's fault you both knew she wasn't well enough!" Spitelout said sternly in a voice that said we'll talk about this later. Gulping Snotlout looked at the four men looking expectantly at him and to his dragon who kept pacing back forth looking in the direction of the Academy. "What's wrong with your dragon?" Gobber asked also noticing hoping he didn't have to pull out another tooth.
"I don't know he and all the other dragons are like that. He wouldn't leave Elivra's side took me ages to convince him. The twins and Astid said something to her and Hiccup said she's having a panic attack and her magic won't let us near her only the dragons. Hiccup said they're protecting her as if she's their young." Snotlout explained.
"She's at the Dragon Academy?" Sirius asked with a groan. Snotlout nodded his head wincing at the glares he got. "Let's go. I felt her magic that's why I went looking for her. I need to get to her now to calm her down. I should have expected this can I take your dragon?" Sirius asked the boy, Snoutlout his mind told him. Snotlout went to argue but a look from his dad stopped him instead he nodded his head. "We'll meet you there." Stoick told him watching as Sirius flew off on Hookfang. "Come on." He said to the others.
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Back at the Dragon Academy Hiccup with the help of Fishlegs was trying to calm her down but to no success but then Astrid and the twins weren't exactly being helpful. "Can you three just go! You're not being helpful!" Hiccup snapped at them. "You think that moaning about her or moaning that you haven't done your training exercises is really going to help!" Hiccup ranted.
"Err Hiccup." Fishlegs called uncertainly spotting the dragons getting into defensive positions around Elivra as their ears pricked up. "What?" Hiccup asked as he turned back around noticing the stances of the dragons. "What is going-" he was interrupted as a very familiar cry pierced the air, the cry of a Nightfury and it was not coming from Toothless.
Before they had a chance to prepare themselves a Nightfury, a female Nightfury as black as night flew into the arena growling at them and the dragons that surrounded Elivra. The dragon was much smaller then Toothless about half his size, had emerald green eyes the same shade as Elivra's and was pure black except for the small silver diamond shape mark in the middle of her forehead. As the dragon turned around Hiccup noticed that a thin layer of ice covered her body but mainly her tail. He immediately looked up to the mountains, he could see from this distance that there was a hole in one of the mountains he guessed that she's been frozen all this time, he couldn't help being happy despite the situation Toothless wasn't the last of his kind after all.
"Hiccup." Astrid whispered bringing him out of his thoughts. "What're we going to do?" She asked quietly not wanting to attract the angry dragon's attention that was fighting with her dragon and winning. Hiccup looked at the scene before him assessing the situation. "Call your dragons off. Call them off now!" Hiccup said quickly as he called Toothless over to him. "Come on bud. Come here she won't hurt Elivra, she'll be safe I promise." Hiccup called trying to reassure his dragon.
"Hiccup are you mad that dragon will kill her!" Fishlegs squeaked.
"No she won't." Hiccup shook his head denying what his friends thought. "Look closer she's protective of Elivra, she's trying to get to her to keep her safe she thinks we and our dragons are the threat hence why her magic is out of control. I think Elivra's magic somehow awoke her, brought her out of the ice in the mountains. The wind slows down when she gets closer to Elivra but spikes again when she moves away. Call them off." He ordered as Toothless slowly made his way over to Hiccup rumbling soothingly to the enraged female Nightfury.
The rest of the dragons slowly backed off following Toothless to their riders. Once the dragons were far enough away the Nightfury slowly relaxed and curled around Elivra whose magic slowly stopped lashing out as the Nightfury purred and cooed to her rubbing her head against Elivra's side. Slowly but surely Elivra relaxed as her magic returned to her body and she slumped against the Nightfury exhausted from her magic lashing out only to go into a fit against the dragon's side worrying everyone gathered as the Nightfury cooed worriedly trying to wrap it's body closer.
Only for its head to snap up growling showing all of its teeth as Hookfang flew in carrying Sirius. "What happened?" Sirius snapped seeing his daughter having a fit against a very enraged, very protective female Nightfury. The Nightfury growled again as Stoick, Snotlout, Spitelout and Gobber all entered the arena. "Is that- is that a Nightfury? A female one?" Gobber asked shocked. "Beard of Thor!" He gasped seeing Hiccup nod, he thought Toothless was the only Nightfury. "I think she's been frozen in ice and Elivra's magic somehow brought her out she appeared not long after Snotlout left. She's very protective of Elivra she started attacking our dragons thinking they were hurting her as they were curled around her and her magic was still lashing out. After her magic stopped lashing out she collapsed and started having a fit." Hiccup explained the best he could.
There was silence for awhile as everyone digested the news the only sound was of the female Nightfury cooing to Elivra worriedly. "Daddy." A voice called hoarsely gathering everyone's attention as Elivra slowly stood with the help of the dragon much like Toothless had done for Hiccup when he first woke up after losing his leg. The Nightfury growled at Sirius warningly but soon stopped when she realised he was not a threat, though Elivra's hand rubbing her head and voice calmed her more.
"Oh my baby girl." Sirius cried sweeping Elivra up into his arms holding her close to his chest carefully examining her making sure she wasn't injured. "What happened?" She asked confused. Hiccup explained everything to her about what had happened Sirius adding that he'd felt her magic react and went looking for her when he found Snotlout with Stoick and Spitelout. He asked her what had caused the panic attack and she softly explained after some prompting from her father- that she thought what the Dursleys had drilled into her was true and that she was nothing and never would be.
"Never think that pup. What they told you was wrong you're the most kindest, caring, loving person I've ever met even with your fiery temper." He joked kissing her forehead holding her close again. "She's like me." Elivra said quietly after just enjoying being help by her dad. "How so pup?" Sirius asked confused much like the rest of them. "She's different from the other Nightfurys. Where they're all black she has a silver mark on her forehead in the shape of a diamond, she's unique whereas I-"
"Don't you dare finish that sentence young Lady! I know what you were going to say and you're not a freak and you're not responsible for you're parents deaths. That's Peter, Dumbledore and Voldemort's fault not yours. Never yours. You're the most wisest and most powerful witch of your age Liv, and I don't want you to ever think otherwise, understand? Sirius said firmly gripping her chin gently so she can look in his eyes, she nodded her head but she wasn't sure she quite believed that yet.
"What're you going to call her?" Sirius asked nodding to the dragon who was now playing with Toothless now that Elivra was calm though she did keep checking to make sure she was indeed safe. "Volta. Her names Volta it means Silver." Elivra decided after a few minutes eliciting a purr from the now named Nightfury as she rubbed her head against Elivra before she started licking her frantically as everyone laughed. "I take it you like your name then." Elivra giggled once she stood up again wiping the saliva off of her. "Right lets get you home and to rest this time. And I'll be keeping an eye on you, you're fits are coming too close together." Sirius said concerned as he picked up his daughter ignoring her protests as he carried her out of the arena only stopping to thank everyone and made his way back to Stoick's house with Volta following alongside them.
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