Okay, so I finally went and saw HTTYD 2. It. Was. Amazing. Favorite movie of all time right there.

Chapter 3: Hiccup

"How did this happen?" I ask the Night Fury. Of course, I know it's Tora, but it was kind of hard to believe.

The only answer, or reaction, I get is her staring off into space.

"Tora? Are you okay?" I prod.

She stares at me with those large green eyes, mumbling something that I would never understand as more than a few noises.

Valka, who I hadn't even noticed was gone, comes back from the woods with ripped clothing in her hands. "Well, I think you will need some extra clothing. You seemed to have ripped them up while... changing."

Tora's eyes widen, and I could have sworn she was blushing. "Hey, don't worry. It isn't your fault." I say, hesitantly patting her neck.

She shakes her head and backs away, turning and running to her house.

"What do you think that was about?" Mom asks, walking up behind me.

I shrug. "Whatever it is, I won't go and bother her for a while."

"I guess that would be the best, since it might be something personal." Valka says as she walks back to our house.

I sigh, patting Toothless on the shoulder when he comes to stand beside me. "That was weird."

Tora

I'm panting by the time I get to my room, and just in time, at that. On the run over, the scales had disappeared faster when I was moving, compared to now, where they were receading slowly over my body.

I grabbed clothes, changing into them as soon as my body was back to its natural form. All that was left for me to do was wait.

"Tora?" Astrid called, knocking on my door.

I didn't have a mirror, so I just hoped that the scales were gone. "Yeah? Come in."

She slowly opened the door, peeking in before entering and closing it behind her. "Are you okay?"

"A lot of people have been asking me that today," I say.

Astrid smiles a little, and I'm happy that she doesn't seem to hate me right now. "Yeah, that little thing out there was pretty weird."

I smile too, but decide that this is a better place than any other to resolve some confliction between us. "Astrid, I have a weird question for you... do you dislike me?"

"Why?" She turns and stares at me.

"Because, ever since I got here, you have been..." I trail off, searching for the right word. "I don't know, avoiding me. And, I don't know if it has something to do with me coming from halfway across the world, or that me and Hiccup or friends... trust me, I only like him as a friend. Or maybe it's because-"

Astrid cuts me off, placing a friendly hand on my shoulder. "Tora, I don't dislike you at all. It's just that I feel responsible for something that Valka and I did to you. Something that could explain a lot of what happened today." She looks at me apologetically. I've never seen her look like this, and I bet very few people have either.

"What?" I ask, trying to keep the coldness out of my voice.

She pats the bed. "Sit down. You this might take me a while."