Astrid couldn't remember being so afraid before. She was dangling between a big dragon's claws. She couldn't have been more than 5 years old. She was screaming and crying for help for hours before she realized that nobody got hear her.
Her body exhausted from flailing so much finally settled down and all that was heard was a little hiccup now and then. After about a couple of minutes she finally fell asleep. The dragon that was carrying her know sighed in relief.
All the squirming that she was doing almost caused him to drop her a couple of times. He glanced down at the little human hatchling he rescued from being consumed by the fire that caught in her nest. Cloudjumper snorted humans don't appreciate anything.
He tried to put her back on the ground safely but all of those vikings were just screaming and attacking him. He had no choice but to fly off with her. He heard a fellow dragon's wing flap behind him before he could see it. The dragon eventually revealed itself as a purple nadder with yellow markings on her body.
He sighed. It was one of the dragons from his nest. He knew she would have a lot of questions about the human hatchling but he didn't feel like answering them right now. It was silent for a few moments as the two dragons flew side by side next to each other.
"Care to explain" the nadder whose name was Firefly said nodding towards the hatchling in his claws.
"I'll explain later. Right now I need to take her to Valka than report to the king what I saw".
Firefly nodded"I'll go tell the others so they won't freak out so much over the hatchling" she said.
"Thanks" Cloudjumper said as she took off at high speed flying towards the sanctuary. After a couple of minutes going a moderate speed he finally was able to see the outline of the sanctuary. The protective ice spikes were glistening as the sun slowly slide up over the horizon.
Cloudjumper flapped his wings before enter the cavern that lead to sanctuary. Using the air vents to carry him quicker and faster than he could have if he used his wings. The light at the end of the tunnel came closer and closer before there was a white flash. Cloudjumper then snapped open his wings so they wouldn't fall. On his way to Valka's cave several dragons who were already awake were looking at the pair curiously before another dragon came over and said something to them. The dragons stopped staring and they went their separate ways.
On his way over to Valka's cave Firefly came over."I told the dragons who were already awake about the hatchling. They'll spread it to the other dragons as they wake up" she said proud of herself.
Cloudjumper nuzzled her cheek as a thank you for the job well done before he continued on his way. After about 20 more seconds of flying he could finally see Valka's cave. He landed gently not wanted to wake the human up in his claws.
He put her into his nest he made in Valka's cave before walking towards the back of the cave. He saw that his human was still asleep in her own nest(she sometimes called it a bed) so he gently nudged her. She moaned something about a Hiccup before he nudged her again.
This time she woke up. "Cloudjumper why did you wake me up so early" said Valka starting to sit up in her bed. Cloudjumper decided she wasn't moving fast enough so he grabbed her by her shirt and carried her over to where Astrid lay. Valka yawned as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes "What is it-" she stopped as she soon as she saw the child laying there. She turned to Cloudjumper.
"Have anything you want to say?"
Cloudjumper looked around sheepishly. Valka bent down and examined the child that lay in front of her. She was about as old as her son Hiccup. Valka bowed her head a tear falling out of her eye as she remembered her little Hiccup.
Cloudjumper cocked his head at her sensing her mood. Valka shook her head clearing the thoughts out of her head. She focused on the girl who was mumbling in her sleep. Valka picked her up and placed on her bed making sure to cover her with the sheets before turning to Cloudjumper.
"You have to take her home, boy" she said patting Cloudjumper's crest. Cloudjumper shook is head no. Valka looked at him quizzically but before she could ask why he started drawing on the ground.
When he showed her what he wrote she froze. In the ground the words "Stoick" and "Kill" were written. She now understood. When her husband saw the dragon that took his wife he lashed out in rage not caring about the child in his claws. That got Valka furious. She let loose a string of curses words that would make a sailor flinch. She looked back toward the child. Would she really benefit from staying in Berk,learning how to kill dragons without a second thought?
Before she could think on it any further a thundering roar from the alpha signified that a meeting was about to start. Valka and Cloudjumper were about to take off when they heard a tiny snore. They stopped in their tracks. They completely forgot about the child! There worries were stopped when Firefly landed and said she would watch over her. Cloudjumper and Valka then took off to go to the meeting.
By the time they got their almost every dragon was gathered around the ledges surrounding the king.. Cloudjumper and Valka flew down so they were directly in front of the Alpha. The alpha blew an icy breath- a signal to be quiet. The squawks and roars settled down almost immediately. The alpha then focused his attention on Cloudjumper. "Speak." Valka shivered a little bit she was still not used to the alpha's voice inside her head.
When every their was a meeting the alpha would use some sort of power to allow Valka to understand dragon speech(slowly but surely she's learning how to do it herself). Cloudjumper bowed then began talking. "What you have suspected is corrected, my King. The queen is controlling the dragons and making them do her will". The dragons were in an uproar over that news. The alpha's job was supposed to protect not to control a nest.
The alpha roared demanding order. "Continue." "Their stealing food from the vikings, causing the vikings to attack the dragons killing many of our brethren." Valka gasped she was right. She knew the dragons Berk wouldn't normally act like that if they had free will. The alpha turned to her "Did you know about this?" Valka quickly shook her head no. If she knew she would have ended the war between the dragons and humans ages ago.
The alpha looked like he was in deep thought he closed his eyes and then opened them. Tell me about the child. Cloudjumper became nervous and Valka offered her support by patting his crest. "Well, my king. Her family's nest was on fire and I rescued her". "Very noble indeed "the king said sending his pride toward the bashful Stormcutter. "Why didn't you leave her on Berk". "Valka's mate and other vikings tried to attack me before I could put her down" he said. "And also-" He was cut off by a loud scream. Cloudjumper looked toward the direction of the cave before excusing himself from the Alpha. Valka and Cloudjumper took off towards their cave at high speeds.
Let's just say that Astrid isn't used to a dragon being the first thing she see's when she was awake. She screamed and backed away from the deadly nadder that her mother said were very dangerous. "Please don't eat me!" she screamed now crying.
The deadly nadder just cocked her head at the little hatchling. She hoped the child didn't really think that dragons liked human flesh. She heard the flapping of wings behind her and the running of feet. "What happened" said Cloudjumper as he watched Valka trying to calm the child. "She woke up and just started screaming" she said still confused. Cloudjumper nodded his head in understanding
"Her parents much of taught her that dragons are dangerous". Firefly thought about this for a moment before flying off somewhere. Cloudjumper turned his attention back to Valka who was succeeding a little bit in calming down the child.
Astrid was still terrified seeing the big scary-looking dragon in the room. Valka looked at him before politely asking him to back up a little so she wouldn't be able to see him. Valka heard a whoosh of wings as they entered into the cave. She turned to see Firefly approaching the bed terrifying the child even further. Valka tried to get her to stand back but she seemed intent on going to the bed.
Firefly dropped something on the bed and it wiggled towards Astrid. Valka and Cloudjumper could see it was one of Firefly's children , Stormfly. The little hatchling was chirping at Astrid. Astrid was still slightly scared but she reached a hand forward to touch it. She gasped when the dragon leaned into the touch. She then started giggling. "You're very pretty" she said rubbing the dragons blue scales.
Valka and Cloudjumper sighed in relief. Valka turned to Firefly "Good job, girl" she said patting her on her head. Firefly purred before looking at Cloudjumper who was looked confused at what happened. "I thought she would feel less threatened if their was a small dragon than a big one."
"That makes sense" he said agreeing with her. Valka bent down so she could be at eye level with the child. "What's your name?" Valka asked the child. The blonde girl smiled still cradling the baby dragon.
"My name's Astrid"
