Chapter Two: Lillian Moon
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When the girl finished, all the Vikings were looking on in confusion and amazement.
"Who are you?" Hiccup managed.
The girl smiled. "Who I am doesn't matter right now, Hiccup. However, since you asked, my name is Lillian Moon. Lilli for short."
"The moving pictures were fascinating!" Fishlegs exclaimed. "How did you do that? What did they show?"
Lilli giggled. "Magic, Fishlegs! I belong to a group of people with magic. Well, two groups. Of course, I'm still waiting for my Hogwarts letter, so I guess it's just ULA. United League of Artimé. As for what they showed, isn't it obvious? The future. More specifically, Hiccup's future."
"Hiccup's future?" Snotlout asked confused. "Why not Snotlout's future?"
"Snotlout, Snotlout, oi, oi, oi!" Ruffnut and Tuffnut chorused.
"Hiccup," Lilli said gently. "I came here because you needed me."
"Huh?"
"I monitor all the characters in the stories and movies and television shows I like," Lilli explained. "You, Astrid, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Severus Snape, Emma Swan, Killian Jones, Alex Stowe, Aaron Stowe, etcetera, etcetera."
"Who?" Astrid asked.
Lilli looked affronted. "Okay, so I know those are all after you guys, but I really hate when people don't know what I'm talking about. Oh my gosh, come on! Harry Potter series! OUAT! The Unwanteds! Ugh!" She grinned. "Sorry, got carried away. I rambling though, so I'm really sorry." She walked away, then ran back and poked at Hiccup. "So I just want to let you know that you should follow your gut!" Then she disappeared.
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"Hold on! Wait just a minute!" Hiccup yelled as he chased after the woman who revealed herself to be his supposed dead mother.
"This way," Valka called back.
"Come back here!"
"Come," Valka told him.
"You can't just say something like that and run off! You're my MOTHER?! I mean, what the- do- do you grasp how insane it sounds?!" Hiccup asked loudly.
"Come! Quickly!" Valka repeated urgently.
"I have questions!" Hiccup complained. "Where have you been all this time?! What've you been doing?! They said you were dead! Everyone thinks you were eaten by..." He trailed off went he saw the Dragon Sanctuary. "This is where you've been for twenty years?" He asked incredulously to which Valka nodded. "You've been rescuing them." Valka nodded again and smiled. "Unbelievable," Hiccup stated.
"You're not upset?" Valka asked curiously.
"What? No. I don't know. It's a bit much to get my head around, to be frank. It's not every day you find out your mother is some kind of crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady."
"Oh, ha-ha-ha," Valka said. "At least I'm not boring... right?"
"Well, I suppose there is that... one... specific... thing," Hiccup said slowly.
"Do you… do you like it?" Valka asked hopefully.
"I-I… I don't have the words," Hiccup responded truthfully.
Valka pointed at Toothless. "Can-Can I...?" At Hiccup's nod, she examined Toothless. "Oh, he's beautiful! Oh, ha. Oh, incredible! And he might very well be the last of his kind. And look, he's your age! Ha, no wonder you get along so well. And retractable teeth! Ah! How did you manage to-"
Hiccup looked awkward. "I found him in the woods. He was shot down and wounded," he said, effectively twisting the truth.
Valka showed Hiccup other dragon injuries. "This Snafflefang lost his leg to one of Drago Bludvist's iron traps. This Raincutter had her wing sliced by razor netting. And this poor Hobblegrunt was blinded by a tree snare... then left to die alone and scared." Her eyes fixed upon the bright red tail fin Toothless had instead of a normal black one. "And what of this? Did Drago or his trappers do this, too?"
Hiccup laughed awkwardly. "Heh. Well, crazy thing is... I'm actually the one who shot him down." Valka's eyes narrowed. "Hey, it's… it's okay though, he got me back. Right, bud? You couldn't save all of me, could you? You just had to make it even. So… peg leg!" Hiccup lifted his leg to emphasize his point.
Valka sighed. "How did you even begin to feel compassion for dragons?"
Hiccup thought a moment. "It was a gut feeling," he told her. "A friend from five years ago told me to follow my gut. It was just a gut feeling that I shouldn't hurt them."
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Lilli leaned back in her chair in relief. "Another success for Lilli!" She cheered.
Her boss turned a stern gaze towards her. "It was a very close call, Lillian," her boss said sharply. "There is a reason people are not meant to dabble with time. Those video clips almost blew the mission. The other Vikings could have realized exactly what people on dragon backs meant!"
"Alex put me in the ULA for a reason, sir," Lilli said coldly. "On top of my magical capabilities with a wand, my capabilities with components make me one of the best. Simple memory charms could suffice. Or a memory modification."
"I do not care what Alex says!" Her boss roared. "That Mage was an accident. Aaron was suppose to be the only child until Fifer and Thisbe. One of the other trainees messed up a mission, and we got Alex Stowe!"
Lilli stared into her superior's eyes. "Father Time, I understand. And I'll do better."
Father Time nodded slowly. "Prepare for your next mission. I think you'll like it. It's a long one, and you'll meet your favorite character."
Lilli's eyes glinted. "Of course," she said seriously. "I won't let you down, sir." With that, Lillian Moon grabbed the mission file and snatched her coat and hat off her desk. "I'm out," she announced. "I'll see you tomorrow to start the mission?"
Father Time grunted. "Be there, Lillian. This one's important and will require lots of magic."
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A/N: So as mentioned in the summary, this is a Lilli Mission story. What that means is that I'm going to do a bunch of stories where Lilli has a mission to do.
