Here you go! Chapter 2! This chapter is about how Zephyr was living up to the expectations of being a chief's daughter. Just to let you know, I typed was instead of is for a good reason that shall soon be revealed.
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Chief's home, Berk
"CHIEF! CHIEF! CHIEF!" Not-so-Silent-Sven exclaimed at the top of his lungs. "CHIEF THE INGERMAN TRIPLETS SET MY HOUSE ON FIRE!" Sven yelled bursting into the chief's home without the decency to knock. Hiccup let out a loud groan. Astrid looked up from her knitting. Nuffink had gone to his friend's home. Zephyr looked up from the letter she was writing to Daphne, or rather, Daffy as she had called her when they were babies.
Daphne was Dagur and Mala's eldest daughter. Daphne lived on Berserker island where she helped her dad with his chiefly duties. Despite her 'lame' right foot, she was one of the smartest people in the archipeligo. Other than Hiccup of course.
"Again? That must be the 3rd time this month alone..." He said wearily while standing up from his infinite mountain of paperwork.
Hiccup was a good chief who protected his people, and ever since the Thorston twins married, he truly thought his troubles with pranks were over. But when Ruffnut gave birth to TRIPLETS for Thor's sake, all those thoughts quickly bid adieu to his brain. Lex, Logan and Lois were all boys and despite being only 14, they had made a reputation for themselves all over the island. And no, it wasn't a 'goody-two-shoes' reputation. It was a reputation known for its rather dangerous pranks. It didn't help that Ruff and Tuff encouraged them. Moving on...
Hiccup was thoroughly exhausted with the preparations of the visit of the Visithugs (So punny!) The Visithugs were a very violent tribe. Heck even the kids were big bullies. To quote Gobber, "Kill or be killed." But still, the chief, his family and the Visithug council had to come to Berk for the signing of a trade treaty. As brutal as they were, they made excellent weapons. On top of all these preparations, he had a butt-load of paperwork to do for the annual Thawfest games.
He reached to take his fur cloak from the the table before Zephyr piped up and said, "I'll go!"
Hiccup gave her a quizzical look to which she responded, "Dad have you looked in a mirror recently? You need a break." She said directly looking him in the eye. "I'll go and see what the triplets are doing and solve it."
"Hiccup she's 18 now. She could easily get them under control." Astrid said with a chuckle "Besides, she's too stubborn to take no for an answer." Now I wonder where she got that from Astrid...
Hiccup slowly nodded his head and looked at Zephyr. Gods it seemed like yesterday when she was finger painting all over the walls with face paint. And here she was, slowly taking on more duties. Where had the time gone?
"Dad?" Zephyr asked. He seemed to be deep in thought. He smiled and gave her a confirming nod. There was trust, gratitude and was that pride she saw in his eyes? Zephyr gave him a huge hug and Astrid gave her a warm smile.
The loving family scene was interrupted by an impatient Sven. He had been standing at the door for nearly 10 minutes and his hut was still on fire. Can't blame the viking for being impatient at this time. Zephyr quickly left with Sven to try and put out the fire.
When they left, Hiccup gave an audible sigh. To him, Zephyr was his little girl. When he held her in his arms for the first time, he had never felt so happy, but now? Astrid put down her knitting and strode to where her husband was standing and gave him a half hug and a kiss on his temple.
"If you're like this when she helps with chief duties, imagine you at her wedding!" Astrid said half-serious and half-teasing.
"You are actually the worst when it comes to pep talks. You know that?" Hiccup said
"But you still love me." Astrid said with a girlish grin
Hiccup didn't answer her verbally. Instead he proved her statement right with a passionate kiss.
Zephyr was his daughter and always would be, of course. But in time, she would get married and have kids of her own. That still didn't mean that Hiccup would let her go completely, oh no! The way a daughter loves her dad is amazing. The statement is easily justified if you saw them together. But of course, we don't live in viking times and time travel isn't possible. At least that's what the government keeps trying to tell us. I'm keeping my eye on you government. My GOOD eye...
When Hiccup and Astrid eventually broke off their kiss, Hiccup took the opportunity and cheekily told Astrid "If I'm a mess at Zeffy's wedding imagine you at 'Fink's". That remark earned him a punch to the shoulder.
In the village with Zephyr
"Thank you so much for your help Zephyr!" Sven said, sounding truly grateful for once in his life. After leaving the chief's hut, the two had made their way to Sven's home and with the help of a few villagers, were able to put out the fire and recover most of Sven's belongings.
Whatever doubt Spitelout had in her when she was a kid, was surely gone by now. She often helped out during trade days and had been a darn good acting chief once or twice when her parents were abroad. The way she handled the flaming hut incident in such a mature manner proved that she would be ready to be the next chieftess of Berk.
In. Your. Face. Spitelout.
As Zephyr made her way to the plaza, she ran into Hrithik. Hrithik was a pretty handsome and charming guy who attracted MANY of the Hooligan girls. Everyone knew that he only had eyes for Zephyr though. Everytime her friends nagged her about him, she would always deny it but deep down she had a crush on him. Zephyr could keep a pretty good poker face and was totally cool and casual towards him.
"Hey Zeph! I heard about what happened to Sven's hut and the way you handled it. That was pretty awesome!" He said giving her his famous dimpled smile that made girls go weak in the knees. God his eyes were so dreamy. She... wait. No stop it Zephyr. Play it casual and calm. He obviously thinks you're pretty cool. Smile and say thank you, Her mind told her.
"Thanks Hrithik! So... wanna go for a stroll or hike sometime?" She asked giving him a nervous smile. Oh no. What if he said no? What if he thought she was too pushy? What if he thought she was a weirdo? She was disturbed from her thoughts by Hritihik's response.
"Actually, would you like to go on a picnic with me?" He asked, as charming as ever.
YES! This was an even better reply than she thought! Ok ok. Now what did Felicity say to do when he asked her out? Oh yeah. Give him a million-dollar smile and say you'd love to.
"I-I-I would l-love to." Zephyr stammered out
Damn. Hrithik's smile could have lit up a bonfire by the way he was looking at her.
"Great! How about tomorrow for lunch in the forest?" He asked
"S-s-sounds great!" Zeph said
"Awesome! I'll see you then!" He turned to leave but stopped and gave her a timid peck on the cheek before sauntering away to the Great hall leaving a dazed teenager behind him.
Of course she eventually snapped out of her daze and sped of to tell her friends what had just happened. After all, friends come first. Right?
Chapetr 2 is done! This chapter was mostly about Zephyr and her dad with a little boy drama thrown in there ;D. Chapter 3 is mostly going to be about Zeph's first date and should be up by Saturday. I live in India so the days may vary for all you non- Indians. Leave a review please!
See you all in the next chapter!
