June opened her eyes-only seconds after passing out. Hiccup this time took a step backward, should she sit bolt upright again.
June jumped to her feet, looking around her surroundings, her eyes dazed.
"Where am I? This is a dream, right?" she turned back towards Hiccup and the other dragon riders, jumping back again when she noticed them. "Whah?" she asked again, thoroughly confused.
Hiccup and Astrid were standing side by side, both looking a little worried, while the others stood behind them. The twins were watching her, there expressions blank, while Snotlout had his arms crossed, watching her every move. Fishleg's looked nervous- as usual. Heather looked cautious. Then, there were the dragons, all standing behind their riders. Even Toothless was there!
June looked down at her clothing, and realized she was still in her p.j.'s. Yep. It must be a dream. You only woke up in a totally different world and time in your pajama's in dreams, right? Yeah. A dream. That's all it was. Some strange dream that she'd wake up just as she gets to the climax. That's how it always happened.
But, boy, this felt so real. She felt like she could reach out and touch the fictional characters of her old world. Even the stuff around her felt real. She could even feel the slight sting in the air from the heavy dew the night had carried.
Hiccup stepped forward, holding his hands out as though training a dragon. It was obviously a calming gesture, "Don't panic. I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for… all of this."
Man, his nasally voice sounded so real. It sounded just like the Hiccup from the movies. Just like Jay Baruchel. This was so weird…
Hiccup was speaking again, "I'm Hiccup, this is Astrid-"
June held up her hands to stop him, "I know who you all are…" this was confusing. She thought about all that had happened to them. She knew everything that had happened- up until Race to the Edge. She racked her brain, searching for the answer to what happens after that… but her mind was blank. She couldn't remember what happened to Hiccup or any of the others in How to Train Your Dragon 2. Gah, this was so confusing!
June squeezed her eyes shut and began whispering to herself, "Wake up, wake up, wake up…" too confusing. She wanted to wake up in her room to the world as she knew it to be.
Hiccup looked surprise. He looked to the others while saying, "You know who we all are? Have we… met before?" his eyes suddenly narrowed in suspicion as he swung around back to her. "Are you with Viggo?"
June hurried to say, "No! I am not with Viggo. Not in a million years."
None of the dragon riders looked convinced though. Astrid crossed her arms and leaned back, looking relaxed. But June could tell she was ready to leap into action at any given moment.
"So, who are you… exactly?" The Hofferson girl asked, her voice even and calm.
June answered quickly, beginning to get excited. Maybe this wasn't a dream? It seemed to be getting more and more real with every minute.
"I'm June."
Hiccup spoke again, "Well, June, where do you come from? I mean, we just found you here, lying in the woods. Alone."
June laughed nervously. If this was a dream, no problem. But if this wasn't a dream, they would never believe her.
Her excitement was growing. Her heart was racing and threatened to pound its way through her chest. She was breathing heavily as though she'd just gotten done running a marathon.
"I'm from the twenty-first century. I-I went to sleep last night- in my bed. In my house… and now…" she gave a shrill laugh of joy. "SOMEBODY HIT ME! I need to know if I'm dreaming or not!"
Tuffnut stepped forward, and promptly slapped her in the face. Hard.
"Tuffnut!" Hiccup shouted.
Tuffnut looked at him, "What? She asked for it, and when somebody asks for a painful remedy, I give it willingly and gladly."
Ruffnut also stepped closer, "And look, she didn't even mind. Look she's laughing. I think we're going to get along just fine, miss June."
June was laughing hysterically. The slap had hurt a lot, and that's what made her so happy. She was really in the world of Dragons- in the HTTYD time zone!
"Pinch me." She said to Tuffnut. He leaned forward and gave her a hard pinch on her arm. She yelped in pain at the sting against her skin.
"Oh my gosh." June whispered in shock. She looked at the dragon riders, "Am I really in your guy's world?"
Everyone was looking a little out of sorts- not sure what to think of this strange girl in peculiar cloths. She said the twenty-first century- but that was impossible!
Hiccup looked uncomfortable. He lifted his arm to rub the back of his neck nervously. "You must've hit your head… or something. You sure you don't know where you're from?"
June knew they wouldn't believe her. Honestly, she wouldn't either if she'd been in their shoes- or in Hiccup's case, "shoe".
"I'm from…" Crap. She couldn't tell them she's from "America". They didn't know America existed! That would spoil the rest of history, and then she might not even exist when she went back to her own time.
Oh. Going back. How was she going to get back? Confusing, confusing, confusing…
"I'm from a very far away land. You guys don't even know about it yet." June finally said, hoping it was safe. She left it at that as she walked closer to them, not sure what to do.
"Please believe me." June pleaded. "I'm not delusional, or addled at all. I am June Lenning from the twenty-first century, and I went to bed last night with electricity, batteries and… everything of our modern world. Then I woke up with you guy's standing over me! I have no idea how to get back…" June's voice trailed off. In all honesty, she wasn't ready to go back yet. She wanted to stay for a while- and live the dream of getting to know the dragon riders. IN PERSON! June again felt like hyper ventilating.
Heather stepped forward and laid a hand on June's shoulder and arm. "Come on back to the Edge- that's our base-"
"I know about that too." June interrupted. Everyone's eyes grew wider. June inhaled deeply, then looked at all of them calmly.
"Okay. So, I know everything that has happened to you guys over the last three years at least. Hiccup." She looked pointedly at the leader of the dragon riders. "I know exactly what happened when you first met Toothless. I even know what you said." She cleared her throat, ""I'm going to kill you dragon. I'll take out your heart and bring it to my father. I'm a Viking. A Viking!'" Hiccup's eyes were as wide as saucers now, and she noticed he was beginning to shake uncontrollably.
"What… How do you know that? I've never told anybody what I said…" Hiccup whispered in shock. He wavered, and Astrid stepped forward, concern written all over her face as she grabbed his shoulder.
"Hiccup? Is she telling the truth?" Astrid shot June a glare before returning to Hiccup. "Hiccup?"
Hiccup shook his head, looking up at June through dazed eye, "How do you know that?" he repeated.
June made small gestures with her hands, "Back in my time, we have these things called movies. They're like a bunch of paintings repeatedly played one after another, to create a moving picture." Everyone stared at her strangely, but she didn't stop. "There's a movie about you guys. That's how I know what happened. You guys are famous. All of you… but especially Hiccup and Toothless. The movies and tv shows are mostly about you two."
Toothless sat up a bit straighter, head held high with pride. Snotlout stepped forward with an irritated scowl on his face. "Hey! How come Hiccup and Toothless get all the glory?"
"Snotlout and the twins… you guys are known for being the top three hilarious people in the shows… Snotlout. You are famous for the punch that Hiccup delivered to your face… haha that was hilarious! By far my favorite scene in the episodes."
Snotlout's face reddened and he opened his mouth to say something more, but Hiccup stopped him.
"What else do you know? Do you know about our future?"
June rubbed her head. "I… do. In my world. But right now, I can't… my mind just won't find the right answers. I suppose it's so there won't be spoilers and you guys won't change your fate… you know?"
Heather looked at Hiccup, who was looking at Astrid. Hiccup said something to quiet for her to hear, and she strained her ears to try and catch his words.
Astrid shrugged and looked at June. Her eyes still showed that she didn't fully trust her… but who could blame her? With Viggo and the dragon hunters out there… anything was possible.
June piped up, "And I am NOT with Viggo. I love dragons. I wish you guys could see all the figurines I have back home. Toothless, you are by far my favorite… no offense guys." She said to the other dragons. Toothless grinned at her gummily, and stepped forward to nudge her arm. She gasped in surprise and excitement. She was touching the famous Night Fury… TOOTHLESS!
Hiccup watched the scene with a watchful eye. Astrid also looked on, surprise on her face by how the Night Fury took to the girl. June laughed when Toothless slurped her ton across her bare arm.
"Toothless! That doesn't wash off." June looked up in surprise. How she knew that she did not know… it just came to her without her thinking about it.
Hiccup also looked surprised, and his smile widened. He turned back to Astrid, still smiling. "Hey, Toothless, how about we fly June back to the Edge, huh bud?" Toothless turned around happily, his tail and rear end wagging with joy. He was smiling so big that his tongue lolled out the side of his mouth, Night Fury saliva dripping onto the ground.
Hiccup climbed onto Toothless and held out a hand to June. She timidly climbed aboard, so shocked that she was going to actually ride a dragon she could hardly breathe. Hiccup looked back at the others who were standing about, not really certain what to do or what to think of all… this.
"Come on, guys. Let's get back to the Edge and find out if this has ever happened before." Toothless took off into the air, and June gasped, clinging onto Hiccup. The wind was whippin gat her hair and stinging her eyes, but she tried not to notice. Hiccup laughed at her timidness, and said in reassurance.
"Toothless can be a little energetic, and he likes to show off. But he will not let anything happen to you."
June nodded behind him. She looked down to the ground that was quickly zooming past at an alarming pace. The other dragon riders were also airborne now, quickly catching up.
Astrid flew up alongside Hiccup. For the first time since June had arrived, she smiled at her. "Fun, isn't it?"
"Better then I imagined it would be!" June replied happily. Oh… this must be a dream. But if it was, it was by far the best one she'd ever had.
Toothless rounded a corner of a cliff, revealing a beautiful scene that June had seen many times before… only without the awesome theme music. She let out a little gasp as Toothless glided down lower and slowly, giving her a perfect view of the outpost.
Dragon's Edge.
Okay, just so everyone knows… JUNE IS NOT PAIRED WITH HICCUP. For one thing, I ship Hiccstrid and HICCSTRID ONLY. And for another thing, June is only fourteen while Hiccup is like… what… nineteen? But yeah, June is not paired with Hiccup. Just wanted to make sure you all knew that. And also, there will be Hiccstrid in this story, but it's all going to be from June's point of view. Hope that doesn't disappoint any of you… but at least there'll be Hiccstrid! :D
AND WHAT'S UP WITH NO RACE TO THE EDGE TODAY? A couple months ago the release date read, "January 8th, 2017". And I woke up this morning, jumped on Netflix… AND NO RACE TO THE EDGE! What's up with that!? WHAT ARE THEY DOING TRYING TO KILL ME WITH THAT CLIFFHANGER ON THE END OF SEASON 3? GAHHHH!
Okay, got that out of my system. Now I can go sulk in a corner ranting over how Dreamworks is trying to slowly kill RTTE fans. *stands and sulks to dark corner to cry*
Hope you enjoyed this chapter… please let me know by reviewing!
See you next chapter! ;)