Author's Note:
Hello everyone and welcome to the third story of my trilogy 'Family of Legend'. To those who haven't read my other two stories in the trilogy please do since this one will not make a lot of sense if you haven't. This is a short starter chapter but most of the next ones should be longer and I'll do my best to explain details in the story as I go. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and the rest of the story to come.
I do not own any aspect of 'How to Train Your Dragon' or the 'Legend of Zelda' series.
Two Weeks After
It had been a couple of weeks since the Sanctuary had collapsed and Astrid was still having difficulty wrapping her mind around the fact that Stoick the Vast was still alive.
Like all the teens of the Sanctuary, Valka had told her that they'd originally come from a village called Berk and she'd regaled them with many stories of her former life there, including the fact she was once married to Stoick. They all thought that the chief would've died along with his village so for him to suddenly appear at the Sanctuary just when they needed him was quite an astounding thing.
After saving them Stoick brought them all back to the small settlement he'd started with the other former slaves of the Fortress. Those who'd been left behind were surprised when the massive ship sailed up to their island carrying their own people, five strange teens and several dragons but any panic such an event could cause was swiftly quelled by Stoick and they were all welcomed. Many stories were told that night and there were more than a few tears from some who were involved.
Alvin and Alister remained alone together for some time, it hadn't taken either of them long to realise who the other was and both father and son had a great deal to catch up on. The others largely stayed with Stoick as the man told them everything that had happened since the night Berk fell. He told each of them as much as he could about their birth parents and what had happened to them but he sadly knew very little himself, they'd all been pretty much scattered when they were conquered and the final fate of many remained a mystery. Gobber told them about the night of the invasion itself and how they'd survived and the teens related what had happened to them after that point and many of the former slaves were amazed to hear how the dragons had cared for the children over the years.
After that long, emotional day a measure of quiet fell over the settlement as everyone took time to consider what they'd discovered. The days passed and gradually more and more of the Sanctuary dragons found their way to the island, despite the unease of some they were welcomed and soon there was an almost community of humans and dragons. All the teens dragon families found them and a semblance of a daily routine developed after all the reunions.
Despite this they all knew something was coming and what had happened at the Sanctuary was far from over.
Astrid sat silently staring out over the ocean.
It had become a habit of hers over the last few days when she didn't have anything else to occupy her time though that in itself was a fairly rare occurrence. Since she'd arrived she'd spent a great deal of time training in her combat skills. Many of those on the island had been fighters or at least trained to fight at some point in their lives and they were more than happy to teach her. They'd also been training the other teens as well and they'd all gained far greater fighting abilities than they'd had before, though Astrid showed particular skill in the art of weaponry. They'd also been learning farming, fishing and seamanship which were all skills that had been unneeded in the Sanctuary so they'd never been taught them. This meant she had little time to just sit around but whenever she did she would stare out to sea. Often the others joined her and they all knew without saying it that they were hoping to see Hiccup, Snotlout, Toothless and Hookfang flying towards them.
There'd been no sign of them since the Sanctuary collapsed and everyone was concerned, Valka and Cloudjumper hadn't been seen either and Astrid wondered why she hadn't found them yet. Valka had always been quick to find them if they ever got lost or wandered too far (as had happened more than once in the past) so for her not to appear was unusual.
Focused as she was on the horizon Astrid quickly saw the small sail heading their direction. The ship it belonged to was far too small to pose a great threat to them but the girl still shot to her feet and ran back to the village.
Someone was coming!
PS-So two weeks have passed and people are still missing. Please let me know what you thought and I'll hopefully update soon.
