Fractal Fairy Tale Chapter One: Unknown Ships
Winter was coming to a close in Berk the snow was finally melting, a dragon black as night flickered open his eyes he was up earlier than normal but with the nice weather who could blame him. The dragon instantly turned his attention to his rider a short pale girl with shoulder length auburn hair tied back in a braid adorned with freckles lied in her bed gentling moving in her sleep. The dragon drifted over to the girls bed and began to nudge her, the girl remained in her slumber until the dragon nudged a little to hard hoisting the girl onto the floor.
The girl sat up with a sigh rubbing the back of his head confusion sparked in her eyes, until she saw the pair of toxic ones staring back at her.
"Toothless its early go back to sleep"
The dragon continued to nudge his rider the girl pushed the dragon away before returning to bed only to hear commotion downstairs. She motioned for Toothless to fallow sitting at the top of the stairs just out of sight the girl could hear the conversation of her father and family friend:
"What do you mean enemy ships?" the chief boomed
"Four have been spotted we are unaware of what they want" an older man with false hand stated
"We need to investigate than, send out some troops" the chief declared
"Yes sir" the older man said before leaving
The girl could hear his father muttered something under her breath before walking into the next room, she waited until he heard the sound of the man flopping down on a chair. She than began to slowly walk down the stairs making sure not to make a sound Toothless did the same. They were almost out the door until her prothetic leg made a clacking sound
"Hiccup?" the man asked walking towards her
"Yes dad" she gave an awkward smile
"Where are you going at this hour?"
"Toothless wanted to go flying you know the nice weather and all" Hiccup was lying through her teeth
"I dont want you going flying today, doll"
"But dad"
"Look Hiccup theirs unknown ships beyond the horizon and after your last little hurrah I dont want you in any more trouble"
Her father was referring to a few months earlier when Hiccup nearly got captured and killed by a man named Alvin.
"Dad nothing bad is going to happen, I have Toothless with me, we'll be fine" Hiccup assured
"No means no doll, now go back to bed the both of you"
A few hours later when the sun had risen Hiccup gawked out of her room with Toothless hot on her heels. He found her father passed out on his armchair the girl and dragon carefully tip toed out the door, making sure not to wake the man up. The second she walked out the door he was face to face with her friend and crush Aston, his piercing blue eyes staring down into his soul as her golden hair glowed in the sunlight.
"H-Hi Aston, whats up?" she asked
"There are ships just beyond Loki's cove, I was wondering if you have checked them out yet?" his tucked loose hair behind his ears
"I was just about to"
"Want me to get the others?" he asked
She nodded
Half an hour later the group of six were sitting on the edge of the cove just out of sight telescopes in hand.
The ships were a hundred meters off shore, the boats were in good upkeep the wood didn't appear to be worn and the sails wore a fierce red that would rival any fire. The sails weren't that of a pirates but unlike most larger ships or armies the sails wore no symbol. Besides that the ships seemed rather uneventful no one was on deck but they seemed to be anchored, which just confused Hiccup.
"There not doing anything" Snotlout said bored
"What if there plotting our fiery demise?" Ruffnut asked not shooken by the idea
"We should head back" Hiccup stated
The five dragons took the sky, scales glistened in the morning sun
'I wonder what they are up to?' Hiccup wondered to herself
When Hiccup returned home she wasn't very surprised by the sight, his father stood just beyond the doorway arms crossed same furious expression.
"Where have you been Hiccup?" he asked
"With my friends" Hiccup bluntly stated
"Not checking out the ships?"
Both Hiccup and Toothless shook there heads as if on cue
"Thats funny Gobber stated she saw you and your friends flying away from Loki's Cover where the ships are located"
"Well maybe we took a slight detour, we were just curious"
"That curiosity will get you killed love, who will be the next chief than?"
"Snotlout?" she asked sarcastically
"Now you go and stay out of trouble I have business to attend to" he said ignoring her previous commentMeanwhile in the forest Aston was practicing his axe throwing, with the arised threat he wanted to be ready just in case anything bad ever happened.
Every time he threw the axe it landed in roughly the same spot leaving deep ridges in the unlucky tree. His dragon Stormfly stood aside bored by her masters practicing she'd rather take the sky but the chief Stoic forbid it until they found out who this threat was and what they wanted. After nearly chopping down the tree he decided to cease his actions, after taking a better look at the blade he realized how dull it was. Soon the axe wouldn't be able to cut a log let alone win in a battle.
After a short walk with Stormfly trailing him he came across Hiccup's forgery which was a make shift attachment to her house that her father made after 'graduating' her apprenticeship. The girl's had moved vigorously sliding a pencil across a notebook Aston assumed it was a new tail for Toothless she tended to improve hers every three to six months.
At the sound of coming foot steps Toothless raised his head and opened up his toxic eyes, due to the dragon moving Hiccup looked up. Her forest green eyes staring at Ashur's icy blue.
"Oh hello, whats up?" she asked
"If you aren't busy I was wondering if you could sharpen my axe"
"Oh sure, just give me a moment" she said quickly shuffling away her paper and pencils before taking the axe
"What'd ya do to this thing it looks more dull than a butter knife?"
Aston shrugged, the auburn haired girl soon got to work until she heard yelling coming from the streets. It was muffled and hard to understand but a crowd soon formed
"Lets check it out" Aston told Hiccup she nodded and signaled for the dragons to stay put
Marching down the streets was a tall hefty man fallowed by what looked like a ships crewman and a handful of body guards. The leader was tall with short brown hair and a darker completion, he stood tall, and looked just a few years ahead of Hiccup and Aston.
Hiccup and Aston stood side by side, the man took heed to the two teenagers he walked up and stared at Hiccup checking her up and down. Before grabbing her chip and tossing her face left and right
"Good looks and hips, whats your name sweetheart?"
"H..Hi.." she appeared to be confused and even somewhat scared
"Spit it out I dont have all day" he said impatient staring at her as if this question meant life or death
Aston stepped in front of Hiccup pushing her back a few feet
"Leave her alone" he stated looking up at the man who simply continued walking
Hiccup's expression remained a mix of confusion, fear, and worriment she briskly turned around heading back to her forge. Toothless had witnessed the event from the spot which both him and Stormfly were standing after the two teens made there way back to the forgery the dragon stood in a defensive position.
"You alright?" Aston asked
"Oh yeah fine..." Hiccup said focusing on her work
Aston opened his mouth to say something but was more distracted by Fishleg's who was rushing up to both him and Hiccup. The auburn peered up
"Stoic wants us at the great hall" Fishlegs' panted
Hiccup and Aston exchanged glances before nodding and motioning for the dragons not to fallow, Hiccup threw her apron towards her work space before the three burst into a sprint. Upon arriving at the great hall they noticed Gobber, there fighting trainer who was approving everyone before entering the great hall.
"Whats going on?" Aston asked
"Remember those boats from the cove? They have demands and requests and audiance, only worriers and dragon trainers are allowed, Stoic's orders" said Gobber
When the trio entered they soon met up with the rest of there group, Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut stood towards the back of the small crowd.
"Anything interesting happen yet?" Hiccup asked
"If interesting is people rambling about a war, than yes" Snotlout said sarcastically
"A war aye, imagine how much blood will be shed" Ruffnut commented
"Finally some battle scars" said Tuffnut
"All the battle scars will be reserved for me, a true viking" Snotlout bragged
Hiccup rolled her eyes, soon the meeting began oth Stoic and the mystery man Hiccup and Aston met earlier stood at the front. Stoic seemed tired deep bags occupied his under eyes, he didn't seem to want to deal with another threat of war.
"Who are you and why do you come here?" Stoic began as if reading off cue cards
"Bjorn of Amster I am the upcoming chief, and you see we hear this island has become a band of dragon riders and we cant have you people attacking us with monsters such as dragons. But you could offer a sort of trade to assure you would never attack us, but that would mean something important to you would have to be on Amster. And if you refuse this we might just get worried about your advanced and wedge war" Bjorn stated
"What valuable would we have to offer?" Stoic asked
"Your daughters hand"
"What?" Stoic asked
The chief stared back at her daughter her green eyes were full of terror, she looked pale ready to fall over. Aston had put his arm around her stabling her from falling face first into the floor.
"If your daughter was living on Amster attacking the island would also mean attacking her and I doubt you would want to risk her life" Bjorn said coldly
"She's unable to get married" Stoic stated
"State your reason"
"She's not of age"
"When dose she turn seventeen?"
"Four months" Stoic lied her birthday was a few weeks away
"Than I'll come back for her than"
"That wouldn't work either" Stoic lied again
"How come?"" Bjorn asked getting a little hot headed
Stoic remained silent trying to come up with a lie, Hiccup's eyes remained big and flushed with terror and she looked around at her friends. Aston let go of Hiccup before stepping forward
"Because she's engaged to me"
Half the crowd gasped as they split like the red sea, all eyes were on Aston, Stoic motioned for the two to come forward and explain. Aston grabbed Hiccup's hand dragging her to the front of the crowd with him.
"Please explain yourselves" Stoic said
The two glanced and one another Hiccup nodded for him to explain, assuming he'd be a better story teller than she was.
"Hiccup and I have had a relationship since she defeated the red death, we tried to keep the relationship out of sight. A few months ago I decided to finally propose which she agreed to"
"Is this true, doll?" Stoic asked Hiccup
"Yes...yes it..it is" she confirmed
Stoic didn't care if the two were lying through there teeth he was just happy it meant Hiccup was to stay on Berk, that he did not have to lose another he loved.
"Hiccup has given you her answer, you may leave now"
"You will regret this" Bjorn said storming off guards fallowing
The crowd soon left Hiccup waited for the majority of the crowd to leave before she dashed out Aston fallowed he wanted to make sure she got to her house without any problems.
"What just happened?" she asked
"No idea, but hopefully that idiots gone for good"
"I dont think so..."
The rest of the walk remained quiet and soon came across Hiccup's house Aston remained at the bottom of the steps waiting for the auburn to disappear. She stopped a few feet from the door and walked back down the stairs
"Thank you" she said hugging the blond boy
Aston was slightly surprised by the girls actions she tended to only hug Toothless, he simply hugged her back
"Anytime"
That seems like a good place to end, so Hiccup's getting married? Sure why not she's nearly old enough, but what did Bjorn mean by 'regret'? Find out next time on Fractal Fairy Tale!
Love Luna
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