Forest Encounter

He groaned and rolled onto his side, rubbing his head against the fairly cool and damp grass. Every cell in his body seemed to cry out in pain.

How did I get here? He thought, not daring to open his eyes yet. And while I’m on it, where the hell is ‘here’ anyway?

Slowly, stumbling a bit the dragon got onto his paws. He woobled in place, before opening his eyelids and almost immedietaly narrowing them to avoid the painful rays of sunshine that were coming from directly above him. He stretched his wings and folded them on his back.

He seemed to be standing in the middle of a forest, in many ways it was similar to the forests on Berk and yet it felt… different. Toothless couldn’t tell exactly what gave him that feeling, but he decided to forget about it, at least for now.

“Need to find something to drink, like right now.” He mumbled to himself, smacking his lips and tasting the nasty dryness in the back of his throat.

And with that thought in mind he walked straight ahead, not really knowing where he was heading.

***

I was looking at the map with knitted eyebrows.

“There’s something wrong with it.” I say to myself as I fold it and put it in my backpocket, looking up.

Trees, trees and even more trees.

“Great.” I grumble, as I start to walk down something that resembles a path through the woods. “You take one wrong turn and everything goes to hell.”

I sigh and kick a stone that lays in my path, it bounces off the ground and down a small hillside and into a large cove with a lake in the middle of it.

There’s a hill on this side but on the other one there’s just a flat passage between two large rocks that creates something resembling an entrance.

“It’s pretty.” I muse quietly as I descend down the smooth hill into the cove. “Maybe getting lost in a forest isn’t that bad after all.”

I finally arrive at the edge of the water and sit down on the rocky beach. Just as I’m about to take a sip of the water from the lake there’s a sound of rustling and a black shape emerges from the passage right in front of me. Its movements are sloopy and kind of unsteady, even after noticing that I still jump to my feet moving away in panic.

The first thing that comes to my mind was a very intelligent: Huh?

It’s… It’s impossible. It’s… But it can’t be… Oh my God! It is! It’s… It’s Toothless!

Yes, without a shadow of doubt the dragon that just planted its face into the water is the famous Night Fury everyone knows and loves. And that most definately includes me. I just ADORE that little draggy~ Well, he’s not really little, but you know what I mean!

The dragon was too busy drinking to notice me, but I had a feeling that would change soon. I wasn’t too careful with where I was going and stepped on a wig, making it break with a loud snap.

Toothless’ ears immediately perked up and he turned his head towards me, his large green eyes narrowing into tight slits.

“Hey, you, human. Where am I?”

My eyes widened and my mouth fell open in complete shock.

“You talk?!” I yelled in shock, falling back on my butt, blinking rapidly, trying to comprehend what just happened.

He could talk! Toothless could talk!

“Of course I can.” The Night Fury rolled his eyes, sitting back on his haunches and rolling his eyes, like it wasn’t that big of a deal.

I shook my head, slowly picking myself up and dusting my jeans off. I realized that I was shaking and I tried to hide it by looking up at Toothless with a casual expression, but I don’t think I fooled him. He was really smart, or maybe I just sucked at pretending.

“S-Sorry, I just never seen a dragon before.” I explain, my voice wavering just a little. “And to answer your previous question, you’re on Earth.”

Toothless cocked his head at me.

“Earth? I know that, I’m sitting on it.” He snorted and stood up, approaching me.

I almost jumped back in fear but stopped myself at the last second. He’s nice, right? He won’t hurt me… I think.

The Night Fury circled me, sniffing curiously. I froze trying not to make any sudden moves; startling a dragon was probably not a very good idea.
“Hmm… You don’t dress like other humans and you’re not that hairy.” He pointed out, nudging my arms and legs.

I opened my mouth to say something but I immediately closed it. How was I suppose to explain to him that he was somehow transported into a different world. So, instead I remained silent, letting Toothless inspect me. There were other things that intrigue him, like the fabric of my pants and my hoodie, as well as my boots.

Finally he finished looking me over and sat down in front of me, bowing his large head to look right into my eyes.

“So,” He started, his tone a bit more friendly than before. “What’s your name?”

“My name’s David.” I say, clearing my throat and giving him a nervous smile.
Something similar to a smile appeared on the Night Fury’s muzzle.

“Nice to meet you David, my name’s Toothless.” He said.

I gave a nod.

“I heard about you before, you’re an awesome dragon, you know?” I beamed at him, as the dragon shifted slightly in his place, looking away and fidgeting his wings.

“Heh, thank you.” He smiled at me again. “And how did you hear about me?”

“Eh…” I was wrecking my brain to come up with something to say, but I found it distressingly empty. “I heard stories about how you first defeated the Red Death and then the Bewilderbeast Alpha and became an Alpha yourself.”

Good save. I thought with a relieved sigh.

He puffed out his chest ever so slightly.

“Oh yes, that. I didn’t know the news travelled that fast. But what you say is true.”

I sat down cross-legged in front of him marvelling the sight, which truly was a sight to behold. His large and powerful frame, gave off a sense of control and unspoken dominance. His big, beautiful wings folded neatly on his back, now slightly outstretched, also looked powerful, able to stand against any wind current its owner would encounter. And last but not least, his paws, my eyes unknowingly travelled towards them, as if drawn by some kind of a spell. His large, meaty soles.

If only I could touch them. I say to myself, as I keep staring at them, my heart fluttering in my chest at the thought of worshipping those large draconic paws.

“What are you looking at?”

I felt like I was having a heart attack, as I quickly looked back at the dragon’s face. Toothless had his head cocked to the side, staring at me and waiting for an answer, much like what I did to his feet just a moment ago.

“N-Nothing. I just wanted to ask how you got here.” I gulped, hoping he’d just drop the subject and answer my question.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, but decided to humor me with an explanation.

“To be honest, I don’t know. I just went to sleep and the next thing I know, I have an insufferable headache and I’m laying on wet grass, surrounded by trees with no knowledge as to how I got here.” He shook his head. “I’m sure I’ll figure out a way home.”

It was silent for a while, before the Night Fury broke the silence.

“So, what were you looking at?” He asked, a knowing look on his face.

Oh crap! He knows! Was the first thing that came to my mind. I had to come up with a good excuse and I had to do it quick.
“Nothing, really.”
Wow, that was smooth. I scolded myself in my mind, as the Night Fury leaned in a bit closer, as if knowing that I was laying.

“Nothing? Did you know? I saw that you were staring down… On the ground perhaps. Or maybe…” Using his tail as a levarage he leaned back and stretched his hind legs in front of himself, giving me a nice, clear view of his sweaty and slightly drity soles. “My paws.” He finished with a smirk and a wiggle of his thick toes.

My eyes widened to the size of dinner plates at the magnificent sight in front of me. My mouth hanged open in shock.

His feet are so big. I thought leaning a bit closer.

As I was now closer to his feet, I could feel the smell they were giving off. It wouldn’t be too pleasant to other people, but for me it was perfect. The combination of sweat, musk and smell of leather did wonders to my nose, as I even began to drool slightly.

“Well?” He asked, wiggling his toes once more, as if wafting the smell towards me.

“I was staring at your feet.” I admitted quietly, too entranced by the sight of his paws in front of me to feel embarrassed.

“I know.” He chuckled. “Go ahead and touch them, they’re pretty tired after a whole day of walking.”

“R-Really?” I looked at him, not believing in what I was hearing. “I-I can t-touch them?”

He nodded kindly.

“Yes, you can.”

Immediately I moved closer, now sitting right next to his large feet and put them on my lap. In the meantime Toothless shifted his position into a sitting one, stretching on the grass with a grin, observing my actions, obviously as excited I was.

I shyly took a hold of his right foot, rubbing it gently. The sweat proved to be a terrific lubricant, as my fingers basically slid all over his nice, big feet. But in order to give them a good rub I had to press on a bit harder. So I took a gentle, yet firm, hold of his paw and dug my fingers further into the surprisinlgy soft and supple soles of the Night Fury.

I heard Toothless groan out happily, and my heart filled up with happiness at the thought that he was enjoying my ministrations.

I rubbed his feet even more vigorously, skillfully moving from left to right. Once I deemed that I did a good job I lifted one of his paws to my face, inhaling its thick scent, almost moaning out in pleasure. I nuzzled my face into his warm, soft soles.

I got rid of the specks of dirt with the rubbing so now I could lick his paws without the thought of having some of that dirt in my mouth.

And that’s also exactly what I did. I dragged my tongue up the foot that I was holding, from the bottom to the very top, even sneaking in a few licks in-between the dragon’s toes.
Some more purring and happy groaning could be heard from Toothless as he wiggled his toes, as if thanking me for the treatment.

I giggled giving each toe a kiss, before moving to the other paw, doing the same thing to it. I can’t remember how long I sat by his paws, licking, rubbing and nuzzling them, but I can say that I enjoyed every second of it.

Finally, slightly out of breath, I put his paws down, they were now completely clean, and looked at the Night Fury. Toothless purred happily and stood up, approaching me and giving me a grateful nuzzle and a lick. I smiled and rubbed his head. He lay down next to me, curling around me and pressing me close to his warm and comfortable body. I sighed happily and leaned back, resting against his belly and closed my eyes.

Without a shadow of a doubt this was the best day of my entire life and here I thought that trips to forests are boring!