Hiccup stared blankly at the...someone kneeling right in front of him. She looked quite scared and suddenly he felt embarrassed for screaming so loudly.
"Uh..." He said, not able to find the words to apologize. He was pretty confused about what was happening, as he suddenly remembered he and Toothless crashed with something that shot them off the sky and... Toothless.
Hiccup panicked as he stood up almost loosing his balance and looked around for his best friend. "Toothless!" He called, not even noticing the look she was giving him. He cupped his hands around his mouth so his voice would reach further. "TOOTHLESS!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. There was a groan and Hiccup's eyes widened in recognition. He almost cracked his neck when he turned around so sharply and he felt then an incredible pain, but it didn't matter to him.
He stood up and ran to where he heard the growling was coming from. It was actually not so far away, he reached his friend in seconds. He gasped when he saw Toothless on the ground with his eyes closed, and for a moment he feared the worst. He shook his head in feat as he knelt and called his dragon.
"Toothless? Are you okay, bud?" He patted the night fury on his head, gently, as he felt Toothless pulse. He sighed in relief, at least he was alive. Toothless fluttered open his eyes and crooned weakly at Hiccup, nudging him with his head. His human laughed in relief and hugged him. "Hey bud!" Hiccup said hugging Toothless' neck.
They broke the hug and Hiccup watched Toothless stand up, but his eyes turned to slits as he looked in concern to his back. Hiccup followed his gaze and gasped when he saw the tail completely gone. The whole mehanism was bent and broken and there were no signs of the red fabric with the white skull on it.
"Oh, great." Hiccup hissed as he walked to the tail and tried to see what could be fixed. But the wires were bent and they suffered a lot of damage from the fall. Hiccup tried to grab one, and it broke in half. "Well, looks like we're not going anywhere soon." He told his dragon, who crooned sadly when hearing the bad news coming from his rider. All of a sudden, his teeth retracted and he growled.
Hiccup's eyes went wide and he turned to see Toothless was growling to... Whoever that one person was in front. The only thing he could make out at first sight, was that the person was a girl. She raised her hands defensively, as Toothless growled warningly at her.
"No! Toothless, stop!" Hiccup said as he ran in between the two and raised his hands, one towards his dragon and the other to calm the girl down. He reached Toothless' snot and rubbed it gently, as he calmed down almost immediately. Still, the dragon stayed in position in case of any threat.
Ahsoka's glare softened when she saw how the... Creature, calmed almost instantly at the boy's touch. It was like if he had a connection with it. Was he force sensitive? No, she would have sensed him... Unless what she felt moments ago was him. She didn't know, for the disturbance was gone. She closed her eyes for a moment and tried to concentrate, but she felt nothing at all. As if it had just vanished from the face of the planet.
She left her thoughts aside and decided to focus on the actual situation. The human was constantly talking to the sleek creature saying phrases such as "stay calm" or "it's okay, bud", which kinda intrigued her in a way. How could he talk with such peace to that animal? From what she saw in in the past few minutes, she assumed it could easily kill the boy and then her. But it didn't. In fact, it seemed like it was... Protecting him.
"Hey." Her eyes moved to the brown hair teen, who was now talking to her. She continued in her fighting stance in case that thing did anything and she had to act. Unconsciously, she reached out for her light sabers, only to realize she no longer had them, what made her uneasy.
Hiccup saw the worry in her eyes and the fear when the woman tried to look for something, but realized it wasn't there. She quickly masked her fear under a glare, although he had noticed already she was afraid, but deciding to go on like if nothing.
"It's okay, we're not going to hurt you." He said calmly, giving a step forwards.
Ahsoka furrowed slightly her eyebrows. We? She asked in her mind. There was nobody else except for that winged animal. Was he referring to them? And why would they hurt her?
"We need a bit of help. Maybe you could help us?" Hiccup offered, trusting another step forward.
Ahsoka averted her gaze down to the right for a moment, visibly furrowing her eyebrows. She was debating whether she might help them or not. But she just had promised she would help the ones in need, and right now right here this boy was actually asking for her help. Still unsure, she lowered her arms and stood straight. She gave a single nod to the boy, telling him to continue.
"Great. Um... I need some to get some things, you see this?" Hiccup gestured with his index finger to Toothless' tail. Ahsoka looked at it in silence, and then looked back to the boy. "I need to fix it, but I need to find some materials and I had no idea where are we."
Ahsoka crossed her arms at the statement and raised an eyebrow. How could he not possibly know where were they? This was Coruscant, probably the most visited and known place in the galaxy since here it was the... The Temple.
Maybe they were just messing with her, she didn't know them. In fact, there could a possibility they were working with the separatist, or the boy was working as bounty hunter. However, she answered his doubt.
"This is Coruscant." She said.
Now it was Hiccup's turn to raise an eyebrow. "Chorus... sand?" He said, but she shook her head.
"Coruscant." She repeated. Hiccup looked up, like trying to remember something. He tried to remember the name on his map or one with a similar name, but he couldn't. He tried to remember any Viking tribe or any island at all, but it didn't even sound familiar.
"Huh. Where is this island?" He asked, although he wasn't sure what to call this place. The most probably was that it was an island.
"What do you mean?" Ahsoka asked confused. Hiccup pressed his lips into a line.
Or maybe this isn't an island, after all. He thought, so he asked again. "What is this place?"
"You mean... the planet?" Ahsoka guessed.
"Planet?" Hiccup asked. "What is a planet?"
"You must be kidding." Ahsoka deadpanned, almost smirking. Definitely he was just messing with her. When she noticed his expression, she realized he wasn't joking and her eyes went wide. "Wait... Are you serious?"
"Uh... Yeah?"
She decided this was enough and that instead of loosing more time making questions with a dead end, she would just let him follow her to the market place and there they would get the things he needed. Hold on, did she just thought they?
She sighed. "You know what, forget it. I'm gonna help you, come on." She said, as she started walking to the market. Hiccup walked besides her and turned to Toothless.
"Let's go, bud."
Toothless obeyed and he walked besides his rider, still glaring dangerously at the woman. Ahsoka could feel the glare at the back of her neck, but she just ignored it and led the way to the market place. A part of her wondered from where they came from and she still wanted to know what was that creature who obeyed and listened to the teen. But she kept her questions to herself. Sooner or later she would find out on her own.
Hiccup couldn't help himself but stare at the girl who decided to help him. She was nothing like he had ever seen. Her skin was red and she had some markings on her face. She was wearing a dark red with black outfit and he was intrigued to know what was on her head. All he knew, it was pointy up and down, and stripped.
Before he could look away, he was caught by surprise when she turned at him.
"What are you looking at?"
He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly and looked away. "N-nothing." Ahsoka glared at him angrily, before punching him in the arm. "Ow!"
Toothless heard it and he jumped forward, snarling at the girl to back away, then surrounding his rider with his tail in a protective way. Hiccup watched with interest the girl give a step back, then she bent at Toothless' eye level and walked cautiously to his dragon, who just continued growling. She extended her arm almost reaching him and opened her palm, inches away from Toothless. Then she moved her palm in front of his face. Toothless' eyes rolled to the back, as he fell face up with his tongue sicking out.
Hiccup just stared in shock at the scene. Never in his life saw anyone doing something like that with a dragon, specially with Toothless. "What the-?" He watched her move her hand towards his belly, hesitating for a moment, before stroking him gently. Toothless purred. "How... how did you...?" He was lost for words.
Ahsoka smiled on the inside. Maybe they're not so bad after all... She thought. "It's cute." She commented.
"Y-you think so?"
She nodded with a small grin, but she didn't notice. "What kind of species is it?"
"He's a dragon. A Night Fury to be more exact." He said with a smile of his own. Ahsoka's smile faded when he saw him grinning at her, and that's when she noticed she was grinning back. She turned away and quickly thought in something else. Did he say it was a dragon? Like the ones she once read on the library? Weren't they supposed to be mythical creatures? Well, it's not like she knew everything about dragons, though she knew a few facts about them.
She suddenly snapped out of her train of thoughts and stood up. Toothless turned again face down again, but he seemed relaxed and peacefully. "Come on, we have work to do." She remembered. Hiccup nodded, as Toothless stood up and they continued their way.
For some reason, Ahsoka felt like she could trust in this human and the dragon, but she wouldn't do it yet. She had to be sure they were trustworthy, and maybe, they could trust in her too.
I think this is okay for the third chapter. I must admit, I'm really liking where this is going and I'm looking forward to this story. I'm actually proud of my work, because I'm taking the time to do the chapters and to think from the characters' POV, which is just amazing. However, I need your help, guys. The thing is I know Hiccup's story back and forth, movies, series and some of the books, but I don't know much of Ahsoka's. I mean, I do know her story and everything, but there's a lot I don't know about Star Wars in general. I need your help with that. Please PM me about Star Wars facts or recommend me a webpage or something so I do a good job, because I'm planning at some point to have them go at some place and I have no idea where or who lives in there and who is important to the SW universe, etc. I'm counting on you!
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