"YOU'RE BOTH DEAD."
Those were the last words that Hiccup heard from his longtime-crush and now sardonic tattler. "Wow," he thought, "didn't see that coming." Astrid had followed Hiccup all the way from the village and was now standing over him, her legs straddling his spindly body. Then she ran. Away from Hiccup, away from the terrible beast that was probably chasing after her.
Hiccup and Toothless just stood, well laid there. Hiccup was still out of breath from Astrid's tackle. They looked at each other stunned.
"Du du du, we're dead." Hiccup said as he watched Astrid disappear around the large rocks that concealed the cove. Wow she was fast.
For a split second, Hiccup wanted to chase after her. He played this scenario out. He would hop on Toothless, catch up to Astrid, kidnap her, and force her crazy Viking mind to see the possibilities that could arise if dragons and Vikings could see even terms. Of course Hiccup was leaving anyways so he stopped the thought.
Satisfied with Astrid's departure, Toothless turned away. "Where do you think you're going?" Hiccup inquired. Toothless, imitating Hiccup growled something somewhat meaningless that meant, "Oh, I was going to go save our butts and go end that other human."
Hiccup decided that even if Astrid made it back to the village, no one would believe her. They would probably think that she was making up some story to try and discredit him. And by the time they realized she was telling the truth, he and Toothless would be long gone.
Come sunset, Toothless charred some earth, laid down, and within a few seconds was dead asleep. Hiccup, knowing that once the sun was gone the temperature plummets, crawled over to Toothless and tried to wake him up. "Toothless," he whispered, "I need a small fireball. Please?" No response. Hiccup tried again, louder this time, "Toothless, fire?" Again Toothless stirs but isn't awake. This time, Hiccup tries to roll Toothless over. "Toothless, hello? Is anybody there?" Finally toothless woke up and glared at Hiccup. "So are you going to help me out here or?" Hiccup said.
Toothless rolled over towards Hiccup and spat a small plasma blast on to a small pile of wood. The wood instantly burst into flames. Even with a small shot, the shockwave was enough to send Hiccup falling to his back.
Astrid stumbled through the dense Berk forest, still wrought with anger towards Hiccup. She despised being deceived or upstaged. Hiccup had done both of those things in the last day. That boy needed to be punished.
The melodic thumping of her woolen leather boots against the hard packed dirt and the crunch of the occasional leaf was interrupted by a small tree root that jutted out from the ground. Astrid's boot abruptly caught on it and she tumbled to the ground.
SNAP
Astrid looks down at her leg. "Great!" She exclaimed with sarcasm meant for no one but herself. She moved her leg, gauging the pain. It is definitely broken, but Astrid thinks that it is just a scrape. She tried to stand, moans angrily in pain, takes a step, and collapses back to the ground with a blood curling scream.
She heard something approaching and looked up. Snotlout stood above her with a look of mock concern. This is not happening. Astrid groaned internally. "You alright babe?" Snotlout asked. She lunged at him, giving a solid punch to his jaw before crumpling again. He yelped and held his jaw as a bruise formed.
"Don't call me that, Jorgenson." She snarled. Snotlout's eyes were watery from pain, but he managed to say "Need help?" Fuming slightly, Astrid nodded. He helped her up as she almost gagged from his flirtatious wink. They walked into the village and headed to Gothi's house. She tried to ignore Snotlout's rambling, but eventually she purposely stumbled on his toes. His grimace of pain was so worth it to Astrid.
To get to Gothi's home they had to go through the entire village. Astrid earned stares from everyone they passed.
"Astrid!" Stoick thundered, "Where in Thor's name have you been? Half the village has been out looking for you."
"I'm sorry," She said cruelly, "I was looking for your son. Oh, and by the way, your son is a filthy traitor." Stoick looked surprised and asked, "Why?" "He befriended a dragon" Astrid retorted.
"He, what, Astrid?!" Stoick questioned. "He...a dragon!"
"Not just any dragon, a Night Fury." She said.
"A Night Fury?" Stoick said in disbelief. Knowing that Astrid was not one to joke about anything, Stoick bellowed, "Everyone, to the forest! We have a traitor in our midst!" Immediately, it seemed that all Hell broke loose. Vikings were running everywhere, to their shops, their houses and their friend's houses, grabbing axes and swords and maces. They all followed Stoick as he raced into Berk's deep dark forests that were bathed in a blood red sunset.
Toothless' ears perked up and swiveled around. He emitted a low growl. "What is it Bud?" Hiccup said. Off in the distance, a low shriek sounded. "Dad? Toothless we need to go, NOW! " Hiccup exclaimed. He stamped out his fire and climbed on Toothless. "Let's go Bud."
They rocketed up towards the clouds in an attempt to hide themselves, when they heard a voice shout, "Night Fury!" And thensudddenly, they were gone. The pursuing Vikings started slinging bolas at the last place they saw Hiccup and the deathly creature. As Toothless soared deeper into the clouds it became harder and harder to see the oncoming projectiles.
"Toothless!" Hiccup screamed. Toothless dove just in time to see a bola pass right over Hiccups ducked head. Hiccup almost thought he heard Toothless say thank you. He was never quite sure if Toothless did in fact speak to him that night.
"AYEEAH!" Toothless yelped as his legs were caught by a bola that seemed to come from nowhere. Toothless fired a shot in the direction that he thought it came from and to Hiccup's surprise, it exploded on a tree and lit it on fire.
Toothless, unable to fly with his back arched in such an extreme position, started plummeting to the ground. Hiccup heard the other Vikings yelling to each other to "get away" or "get back from the falling beast". The few Vikings who stayed in the open hurled more bolas at Toothless. One managed to wrap around his wings.
Toothless managed to open his wings the slightest bit to slow himself and Hiccup as they fell. They landed with a loud THUNK, even though they were by this time barely falling and more gliding.
When Hiccup finally awoke, he was in a dark room that he didn't remember ever seeing. "Toothless." he moaned. Silence. He called again "Toothless." His eyes were adjusting to the extreme darkness. He looked around and saw that he was in an extremely small room, only about ten feet long and much less wide. He tried to stand, for he had been sitting.
He heard the dull scraping of chains, looked down and saw a deathly sight. There was a think band of metal around his waist with spikes a few inches long pointing slightly towards him. He sat back down, not wanting to hurt himself more than he probably already was.
He then had a dreadful realization; he was in the Berkian jailhouse.
The thick metal door to the room opened and his father stooped down and stepped into the shallow room.
"Well." He said, with a hint of sorrow in his voice. "What are we to do with you?"
You could let me out of here for starters. Hiccup thought. He started to say this but then realized that saying anything was a mistake he probably couldn't afford to make.
"The elders, we've had a meeting." Stoick said. "What you did to Astrid,"
"I did nothing to Astrid, Dad" Hiccup stated firmly.
"Hiccup" Stoick yelled "For one in your life will you listen to me! The elders had a meeting. You are to be exiled to the world's end."
Hiccup sat there, stunned.
"It wasn't my decision." Stoick started.
"And why not?" Hiccup yelled.
"Hiccup, this isn't just about you. It's about the safety of the village. Can't you see that Son?"
The two sat there in silence for a few minutes. "How long? How long till we leave?" Hiccup finally asked. "Three days." Soick said "What about Toothless?" Hiccup asked.
"Enough with the dragon, Son." Stoick retorted. "Will he go with me?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes" Stoick answered bitterly. Stoick turned to leave.
"What happens now? Can I see Toothless?" Hiccup requested. Stoick was silent as he left the cell. He shut the door behind him with a muffled thunk and walked away. He let a tear slip out of his eye and run down his cheek, not bothering to wipe it away.