Chapter 1: Prologue; Names
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16 years before HTTYD 1...
All villagers of Berk had come to the Mead Hall to witness the official naming of a newborn baby in the strong Hofferson family, who were true Vikings.
Erik Hofferson and his wife Gunhild walked in, each carrying a small child wrapped in a pink blanket.
Everyone was looking at the two babies.
Chief Stoick the Vast, his wife Borghild Ingerman, and his best friends Spritelout and Valka Jörgenson were standing in the front, watching the Hoffersons approach them.
"Chief, I present to you my daughters. Born as a Hofferson, they will be a good addition to our Viking society." Erik said, proudly presenting his baby girls.
"Which one is the eldest?" Stoick asked.
"I'm holding her." Erik claimed, whispering "Her name's Astrid." to the Chief.
Gunhild nodded.
Stoick took the baby girl Erik gave to him. He looked at the eldest born and took a deep breath. "First born daughter of Erik Hofferson and Gunhild Stefferson, I, Chief Stoick the Vast, name you Astrid Gull Tove Hofferson." his voice boomed through the Hall.
All villagers cheered for the girl, which Stoick handed back to Erik.
Then Gunhild handed him their youngest born.
Stoick let Valka take a look at the baby.
Valka saw that this young girl was a true valkyrie. "Did you already give her a first name?" she asked Erik.
"No, we couldn't find a fitting name." Gunhild admitted.
Valka smiled. "I know exactly what fits her." she said.
"Tell me." Stoick said.
"Ashalla." Valka told. "A combination of Halla and Aslog, meaning divine woman engaged to a warrior."
Gunhild immediately nodded, while Erik was still considering the name.
Stoick took another deep breath, he couldn't wait until Erik had decided. "Second born daughter of Erik Hofferson and Gunhild Stefferson, I, Chief Stoick the Vast, name you Ashalla Oydis Thora Hofferson."
The village cheered again, not hearing the thunder outside of the Hall.
The girl they were chearing for that moment was a daughter of Thor, and he was making thunder for his baby girl.
Valka had somehow seen this in the girl, it had to be her valkyrie beauty that was already showing sighns of goddessly. She just saw it.
A few gods had witnessed the naming on Berk. Those gods were Odin, Thor and Loki.
"So, I have a granddaughter?" Odin asked. "A granddaughter who's part mortal?"
"As you see, you have." Thor told, looking down upon his daughter.
Loki just went down to the sea for his son, he didn't like to look at the perfect daughter his brother had.
"I'll light up the skies for her." Thor decided and used his hammer to create the lightning. "My little girl, I will bless you with my help. There will be hard times in your life, and I shall be here to help you."
*** Time skip ***
6 years later...
There was another dragon raid on Berk.
Ashalla was hiding behind a rain barrel, trying to stay out of the dragon's sight.
Her father had told her and her sister to hide somewhere.
But knowing Astrid, she didn't listen, and it had become their father's death. He had been protecting Astrid against a Monsterous Nightmare.
Suddenly, a beautiful dragon appeared. It had four wings, a woody brown body, a cream underbelly and blue highlights. all over it's body.
Ashalla made herself small, waiting for the dragon to kill her, crossing her arms before her.
But it didn't.
Instead, the dragon smelled at her hands, making her feel its nose.
Ashalla looked at the dragon, who had still opened its light yellow eyes. She was mesmorized by the beauty of such a living being. "...Cloudglider..." she whispered, laughing as she saw the wide black pupils in the dragon's golden eyes. "Just go boy." Ashalla told him. "You're not safe here."
The four winged dragon let out a noise, flapped with his wings and went up into the sky.
"Ashalla!" it was Hiccup. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Ashalla replied. "You?"
"Dad's just pissed I left the house again, the normal stuff." Hiccup replied.
Ashalla giggled a moment, she knew how much in trouble Hiccup would be. "You rather head home right now."
"Yeah, I should do that." Hiccup said. "But I could never have slept without knowing how you were."
"Just go." Ashalla said, and as Hiccup started to run, she chased him until she was at her house.
Hiccup waved at her before his mother pulled him and his older siblings Asgard and Erika inside the house.
Asgard and Erika were twins, had both red hair and a perfect Viking attitude like their father. Only Hiccup was different.
As Ashalla got inside, she saw her mother and uncle broken down near the fire, both crying. Astrid was just sitting on the stairs, her blonde hair braided in two braids, she was sad and probably blaming herself for her father's death.
Mom stood up and angrily walked to Astrid.
"You!" Mom yelled. "You did this! If you'd just listen to me for ONE time Astrid, then none of this would ever have happened!"
Ashalla was utterly shocked.
Astrid just hang her head.
Ashalla decided to be brave for her sister and stepped forward. "Mom," she started. "Astrid has the Hofferson stubborness, you should know. Dad went to Walhalla for her because he knows that she is the future for Berk. We children are the future, and we need to do what we think that's right for our own being."
Astrid was surprised by the calmth her sister spoke with.
"You sound like Valka." their mother murmered before she snapped. "Both of you! GO TO YOUR ROOM!"
Astrid ran up the stais while Ashalla walked up easily, looking back at their angry mother with a face that said 'you know I'm right'
As Ashalla was in the room she shared with her sister, Astrid looked up at her as Ashalla sat down on Astrid's bed on the left side of the room.
"Thank you, for saying that to mom." Astrid said.
"No problem, that's where sisters are for." Ashalla said.
"Was it really my fault like mom claims to be?" Astrid asked, the doubt in her voice.
"Of course not Astrid, you are just being a Hofferson, you are the person I can't be because of my softness for living beings." Ashalla replied.
"You are way braver than I am, Ashalla." Astrid told. "I couldn't say that to mom, I was too afraid."
Ashalla took her sister's hand. "Astrid, remember these words I'm going to say to you right now for the rest of your life. Promised?" she asked.
Astrid nodded.
'Here it goes.' Ashalla thought as she took a deep breath and said: "Astrid Gull Tove Hofferson, you are born rightfully in a true Viking family and that makes you a true Viking too. You are not a murderer, you are nothing else but a fierce and strong Viking girl with an excellent beauty. And whatever the others may say about you, the gods are with you, forever."
Astrid smiled. "Thank you." she said. "I will always be thankful for what you just told to me."
"No problem sis, just go to sleep." Ashalla said and got over to her own bed on the right side of the room.
Both sisters didn't know the gods had been watching the scene, witnessing how strong Ashalla truly was.
"A true daughter of Odin." they all agreed.
Thank you for reading this!
I need to finish other stories first, so this wil be one on hold!
I had to reupdate this because of some stupid... switch I made. Don't be mad!
-Gryffindorgirl746
