The raid alarm startled the young girl from a dream that was forgotten before she could feel sad about waking up from it. Her mother rushed into the room not minuets later quickly getting her dressed and her hair braided before ushering her outside. As soon as she set a foot outside she could already see houses bruning down, this didn't frighten her however. It only made her grip the hatchet, that she had quickly grabbed, tighter ready to take on any dragon that crossed her path.
But before the small warrior could even move toward the battle she was held back by her mother. "Now Astrid remember what I told you. You go with the other kids to Gothi's house, no straying you hear me young lady" the stern tone of her mother's voice made the girl look down pouting lightly. "I promise" was the soft reply the parent got. Before Hilde joined the fight she gave her daughter a tight hug. As she watched her mother's retreating back the young viking started her journey to Gothi's hut.
When she's sure her mother is out of sight the child went off in the oposite direction earning shouts from other kids that were going to Gothi's hut. Astrid ignored them all too eager to join the fight. She didn't notice all the adults fighting around her but they did spot her. "Astrid! Someone get the girl to Gothi's" someone yelled as she ran past too fast for people to catch. She noticed a dragon go to a barn behind some houses and followed it making the adults lose sight of her.
The dragon in question, a changewing, was sniffing around before it noticed the girl. Astrid's heart beat quickly with exitement lifting her hatchet to throw at it. The changewing dissapeared out of sight before she could. Astrid's eyes drated around trying to spot the hidden dragon, before she could spot it however it hit her hatchet out of her hand becoming visible once again. The young girl was startled and started to wail for her mother. This caught the wild dragon off guard and it slowly moved closer to her trying to comfort the human child. When she wouldn't stop crying it picked the girl up and took off taking her with it seeing as the child was alone in the first place.
The Hoffersons watched as their precious girl was taken away by the dragon. After the raid had finished there was a funeral for the taken child. Her peers watched the boat float away all shaken now that they had seen what could happen if they didn't go to Gothi's hut like they were supposed to. It wouldn't be until years later that they would discover how wrong they were to think that.