"Dragon Raid!", the little Astrid heard her Father yell from the downstairs. "Dragon Raid!", she repeated excitedly. Most young vikings would be wetting their undies by now, like that snotface baby Snotlout. But this was Astrid Hofferson the daughter of Phlegma the Fierce and Bjorn the Brash. She was not to be afraid of any dragon. To be honest though Astrid found them to be the most fascinating of creatures. Since she knew of dragons she wanted to know more about them along with her best friend Hiccup Haddock. The chiefs little useless twig, or so the village called him. Though he wasn't the only one bullied. She was called the misfit. Seeing as she was to uphold her parents legacy, but being just as clumsy as Hiccup the village never gave her a chance. The worst part was that she was only five years old. And the little misfit understood there was room for no weakness in the Barbaric Archipelago.
She was drawn out of her fantasies to hear her mother run up the stairs,"Astrid!", she said a tad out of breath,"Hon, I need you to stay here ok? Don't go sightseeing with Hiccup alright Baby Girls?",her mother finished."Yes Mama!", she said sweetly,"Thank You, Mommy and Daddy will be back for you in a little bit, stay put.", her mom said, the little misfit nodded and her mother bolted out the door.
For once she decided to listen to her parents and went and sat by the window to watch the show. On the other side of the village a little boy went through the same thing as Astrid, but with a more gruff and hot tempered chief.
Outside About an Hour into the Raid
Dragons flew around in any and every direction looking for any food or livestock out. Vikings ran around on the ground protecting said food and fighting and capturing as many dragons as possible. Even if they were fighting a useless battle they were Vikings, they were just really dedicated to their forefathers lands.
"Night Furiy! Get Down!", a peg legged man yelled as he shielded his face. All vikings hid under shields or nearby objects. "Blasted beast, comes in right when our defenses are low!", yelled Stoick the Vast the Chief of the tribe. He swung his warhammer at a nearby gronckle dropping it where it stood. "Relax Stoick you know once the Night Fury does it's damage the end of the raid is soon to come.", Bork yelled over to him as he jogged up with his wife in tow. Gobber hobble over to the three "What's the plan Stoick?", he asked tiredly," Stoick looked at him and sighed "Protect the reserve food stores then-", he was cut off as a high shrill little girls scream ripped through the air followed by a loud kabloom!, "Astrid!", her parents yelled in horror and whipped around to find their house burning and a dull colored zippleback lazily flying away.
The couple made a maddash for the house only to find it starting to buckle. Both parents ran into the house without a second thought. They ran to the upstairs room to find their baby girl under a large pile of rubble struggling to squeeze from underneath. The pile of rubble itself was supporting the little room keeping the house from caving in. "Astrid!" her mother yelled. Her parents were by her side in seconds pulling the wood and stone from a top her. The house began to shake her parents were too frantic to realize they were compromising the structural integrity of the house. Astrid noticed the shaking and yelled for her parents to stop. They ignored her completely. "The house is falling apart the more you take away the rubble!", she yelled as loud as she could muster. "Hon we wouldn't stop if helheim was set loose on midgard.", her father said resolutely.
Flaming wood began to fall more feverishly and with one final stone removed Astrid was on her feet running down the stairs her parents on her heels. The stomping on the stairs finally took its toll on the house. The ceiling fell and with a good push from her mother sent Astrid flying out of the door right before her parents were crushed in the rubble. She turned around ready to celebrate with her family for making it out alive only to meet the rubble of the Hofferson Hall.