Chapter Three
Hiccup and his father cringed at the high sound frequency as the creature called again, "DADDY!"
"That's my angel, Heidi, you remember her right?" Hedvig asked Stoick, a pleased smile plastered across his face.
Stoick nodded slowly, "how… could I forget?"
Said "angel" sauntered her way down the ramp, covered in thick furs and cloth, with two burly men escorting her from behind. She definitely changed since Hiccup had last seen her, blossoming into her supposed title of Heidi the heavenly very nicely. Though that was only by appearance, once she opened her mouth anyone could agree she was undoubtedly Heidi the Hellish. The Horvath's were known to be quite the lookers, and apparently, that made them better than anyone else.
Her nose was held high in the air, and she stepped onto Berk soil with a disgusted expression. "Daddy why is it so cold! You never said it would be this cold!" She screeched, "And Oh!" She held her nose, "What is that horrid stench!"
"I said that it was cold! Now Darling, come meet the Chief of the Hairy Hooligans, and his son Humphrey"
"Hiccup…" Hiccup clarified in an annoyed tone.
Heidi wrapped both her harms around her fathers and looked to the two, not even bothering to give a fake smile.
"You sure have grown Heidi… I remember when you were just a wee lass, now look at you. A fine Viking lady indeed!" Stoick complimented her as whole heartedly as he could. But he couldn't deny she was already beginning to be a pain, and Hedvig beamed with pride.
"Viking princess" She made a point to ensure that people address her as a princess, for whatever reason, then turned to the already nervous boy flipping her large strawberry blonde braids over her shoulder. "And Hiccup, you haven't changed a bit have you?" Heidi said looking up at him, but also looking down at him at the same time. She remembered virtually nothing during her stay here ten years ago, not really caring to come here in the first place, but she did vaguely remember Hiccup. How could she forget the boy who answered to her every wish? The only thing she would enjoy about this week for sure, was ordering that scrawny thing all over the island, what else would she do anyways?
"… Nice seeing you again Heidi…" Hiccup said expressionless. This was already turning out to be completely unbearable, but he still knew the worse had yet to come.
"I'll show you to where you'll be sleeping" Stoick said to Hedvig, leading him towards the lodgings. "Hiccup... uh… go show Heidi around."
The two burly chieftains made their way up the hill and left the two teen's behind, Hiccup sinking his head low in pity.
"Okay… Heidi, how about we go see the training ring, I'm pretty sure that's where everyone is." He proposed after a few moments of awkward silence.
She continued to look unimpressed but managed out a brief, "It better not stink."
They trekked up the hill in the other direction toward the huge arena, Heidi complaining at everything she saw; the mud, the smell, the people. When they walked through the stone entrance, they could clearly see the other teens tending to their dragons.
Heidi's dull expression soon changed into one of both horror and awe as she saw the Vikings communicating with dragons in ways other than running towards them with a weapon. This was, in fact, her first time encountering tamed dragons, and it was hard for her to believe her eyes.
"Welcome to the Dragon training Academy… uh, I'm sure you remember everyone right?" Hiccup said stuttering a bit, naturally.
Ruff and Tuff were trying to balance things on Barf and Belch's heads while Fishlegs was pouring some water onto the lounging Meatlug. Though, what Snotlout was doing with Hookfang, or rather, what Hookfang was doing with Snotlout, was a little bit harder to interpret.
"If this is a Dragon training academy, why is that boy getting eaten by that nightmare?" Heidi pointed towards Snotlout hanging out of Hookfang's mouth, on the other side of the ring.
"Oh... they do that sometimes." Hiccup shrugged.
"Hey! not in front of the chiefs daughter!" Snotlout yelled at the stubborn dragon, but he continued to swing Snotlout around in his mouth playfully. He always chose the wrong times to not listen to his rider.
The other teens seemed to notice then, that the famed Heidi the hellish was in their midst.
"Oh Heidi! Hi do you- er, Heidi you- How do you do!" Fishlegs viciously stammered, dropping his bucket and removing his helmet, as soon as he noticed the girl.
"Huh!? Heidi's here?" Tuffnut yelled obnoxiously, turning around towards them as he spoke "Isn't she that-" but he stopped midway as his eyes landed on Heidi's still spiritless expression. He didn't remember much of her last time she was on Berk, he didn't remember a lot of things even now. But he hadn't expected her to look so dazzling. Her eyes, her lips, her hair, her nose! It was just too perfect to him. He was immediately dazed and unable to finish his sentence.
Ruffnut turned around as well to see what the whole commotion was about, " Oh yeah Heidi!" She exclaimed as she saw the girl standing there arms crossed, but then though for a moment, "Wait…Who are you again?" she questioned the stranger, clueless as usual.
Heidi scoffed at Ruffnut's not knowing who she was and stomped right up to her in a flustered way, "I am Heidi "the heavenly" Horvath, The beauteous heiress to the Glunky Gunnsons, and the most divine creature you will ever lay your eyes on. Thank you very much." She crossed her arms in conclusion and held her head high, despite being the shortest one there.
Ruffnut stared at her with a blank expression, "… What's a booty-us?"
"I don't know what booty-us means, but you sure are pretty." Tuffnut said, still dazed.
Barf and Belch saw the small girls threatening stance and slithered their necks in front of Ruff and Tuff, hissing all the while. Heidi was caught off guard and yelped at the surprise "attack".
"Ahh!" She grasped onto the person nearest to her, which was Hiccup, and hid behind him. "Get it away! Get it away!"
"They're harmless Heidi! Just calm down and stop screaming" Hiccup tried to calm her, but she only pulled on his sleeve harder continuing to jump up and down and shriek, "get it away Right now!"
"Hey stop screaming, you're making Barf nervous!" Ruffnut held onto to Barf's head and rubbed it soothingly."
"I'm making it nervous!?" Heidi questioned, as she seemed to stop wailing, but was still visibly tense, and still holding onto hiccups arm. Tightly.
"They were just trying to protect Ruff and Tuff," Hiccup hoped explaining would help her release her grip, "You're a stranger to them, and they might see you as a threat. Zipplebacks can be a bit hostile…"
She lessened her grip on his arm and seemed to relax a bit more at this, " Well, don't let that thing get near me…"
Snotlout had managed to escape from Hookfang's mouth by this time and ran over to the other teens, " Hei-…hei" He was breathing heavily, as it was quite strenuous to escape from a dragon as stubborn as Hookfang.
"Heidi! You remember me right?" Snotlout began to say, but he noticed her hands wrapped around Hiccups arm absently and his eyes widened, " Hey!, You've already got Astrid! Leave some of them for us why don't ya?"
"What?" Hiccup blushed at the mention of Astrid's name then looked down to his arm, "Oh!" He removed his arm from Heidi's grasp abruptly, "She was scared so I-"
"Don't think he can do anything if you're in trouble, he can barely keep himself alive." Snotlout threw his thumb towards Hiccup distastefully.
"I don't think that was necessary-" Hiccup murmured in a flat tone but Snotlout continued.
"If you need safety, you can count on me." He then flexed his biceps promptly, "And these!"
She looked at him up and down, "And…Who are you?"
"The name's Snotlout… Snotlout Jorgenson, "He introduced himself as he took hold of Heidi's hand as smoothly as he could manage and kissed it.
"Eugh…" She scrunched her nose feeling the dragon slobber that covered his face ooze onto her hand, and snatched it from his.
"Snotlout can't even defend himself from his own dragon! I will be your protector!" Tuffnut spoke up, escaping from his daze.
Heidi looked at him an eyebrow raised, but before she could say anything a dragon was heard from above.
Heidi re-attached herself onto Hiccup and looked at the Nadder that roughly landed itself into the middle of the ring. For a Viking girl, she really was a coward, even more-so than Hiccup used to be. All Vikings, male or female, were considered to be fearless, but it seemed that Hedvig wasn't worried about his daughter not being able to fend for herself when he wasn't around.
"That's just Stormfly and Astrid." Hiccup explained as he noticed her tense stance once again.
"Astrid?" Heidi repeated as she noticed the blonde Viking girl hop off of the dragon with her axe in hand. She flipped her braid over her shoulder and lightly adjusted her shoulder pads, as she turned to approach the other Vikings. Hiccup smiled, not really thinking much of it, but Astrid's presence just had a good effect on his mood.
Heidi though, seemed to be looking down on even Astrid. Establishing that she may be the prettiest Viking girl she had seen on the island so far, but not any real competition compared to herself.
Astrid began to say something, but then her eyes landed on the heavily accessorized girl, as well as her grip on Hiccups arm. She tucked her Axe under her elbow and went up to the group.
"That's Astrid, don't mess with her though she's crazy…" Snotlout said to Heidi while cupping the side of his mouth attempting to whisper. Astrid heard him and sent him a sharp glare in response.
"You must be Heidi." Astrid tried to give her most convincing smile, knowing that the chief would have wanted her to act cordial. Heidi didn't seem that bad anyways, the only thing she wanted to figure out was why she was holding onto Hiccup like that.
"Obviously." Heidi replied flatly. She then scrunched up her nose and turned to Hiccup, "I'm bored."
Astrid's eyebrow raised at the girls tone and her fists clenched at her side.
"Uh…" Hiccup looked at Heidi nervously.
"Why don't I take you for a ride then?" Snotlout offered as he neared Heidi at an uncomfortable closeness.
"On what…? That thing?" She pointed at his large dragon, "You've got to be kidding me…"
Snotlout frowned before Fishlegs cut in, "It really isn't as dangerous as it seems. Dragons are misunderstood as violent creatures, but my meatlug here is the sweetest, gentlest dragon around, perfect for a first time rider. And lucky for you Gronkles only have a level 4 speed, compared to the Monstrous Nightmares who are level 16 on speed, not to mention one of the most aggressive domesticated dragon species you'll find. And-"
"Whoa, hold it. No need for the nerd talk." She put a finger to her chin and scanned the arena," aren't there any other dragons?"
"Hey! What's wrong with my beautiful Meatlug?" Fishlegs put his hand on his hips, a hurt look on his face, "She didn't want to give you a ride anyways… Come on girl." Fishlegs murmured as he and meatlug plodded away from the other Vikings.
"There are plenty of dragons on Berk... speaking of which" Hiccup turned to Astrid, "Where's Toothless?"
"I saw him when I was flying overhead, I think he was headed this way." Astrid informed.
"Who's Toothless…?" Heidi questioned, with a confused expression.
Just as Heidi finished saying his name, Toothless came springing into the arena his gummy smile out for everyone to see and headed straight for Hiccup.
"Agh!" Hiccup managed to get out before, Toothless struck. He captured the boy in his wings and rolled to the side. To which he responded with laughter, "Toothless we just saw each other less than an hour ago!"
"I think he was worried, because you looked like you were leaving or something," Astrid commented.
"AHH!" Heidi screeched louder than before, " is that… is is that-"
Everyone winced.
"Yes, behold the night fury, the offspring of lightning and death itself…" Hiccup laughed weakly as he looked up at the dragon's wide-eyed and giddy expression. "The horror"
Heidi was still petrified, until she saw Hiccup laughing up at the dragon, no fear or uneasiness in his eyes. It was no doubt the oddest thing she'd ever seen, especially how comfortable he seemed to be in the creatures embrace. She had never seen a night fury before, and certainly hadn't expected it to look like this. It didn't even have teeth!
"That's really a night fury?" She pointed at the ebony scaled dragon with a hand over her mouth.
"Yup," Astrid confirmed as Hiccup stood up and attempted to straighten his tunic,
"Do you… want to touch him?" He asked putting a hand on the dragon's nose lightly and led him towards Heidi's tense frame.
Heidi wasted no time in reaching out with her hands to touch the large reptile, but Toothless shied away, a faint glare in his eyes. He had a bad feeling about this one... the feeling he gets when he meets a bad person, and Toothless was a very good judge of character for a dragon.
"Hey" She complained as she reached further, but toothless dodged her touch again, "It won't stay still!"
Ruffnut laughed, "Maybe he doesn't like you…"
Heidi balled her fists and glared at Ruffnut, "excuse me?"
"What she said was that he just doesn't do well with strangers…" Hiccup interjected, "It's alright Toothless she's a guest."
Astrid smirked her arms still crossed over each other. Toothless was like an overgrown puppy dog, and the friendliest dragon she'd ever seen. The only reason he wouldn't like Heidi was either because she posed a threat to Hiccup, or he had a bad feeling about her. And Heidi was really not that threatening so it would have to be the latter.
"Well I want to ride it!" Heidi reached towards the dragon again, but Hiccup held his arm out.
"Okay, okay," he then turned to Toothless, "How about a short flight, nice and easy?"
The dragon smiled when he heard the word 'flight', under the impression that it would be only Hiccup and him. His excitement only grew when Hiccup hoisted himself onto the saddle.
"Careful Heidi…" Snotlout rushed over to Heidi to help Heidi lift her leg over the saddle. She slapped at his hands and pulled herself up on her own. When toothless felt the extra weight he grimaced and turned towards Hiccup who patted his head reassuringly and whispered "nice and slow, okay?"
The other teens were already up in the air, ready to escort the "princess" on a dragon flight around the island. But toothless had other plans. He didn't like this human, and wanted to make sure she would never come back.
As he lifted his wigs and heaved himself into the air slowly and gently, but when he was among the other teens he let the race begin. Without warning he thrust his wings backwards and flew as fast as his body would let him.
"Oh so Hiccup wants to race? I'll definitely beat him this time, come on Hookfang!" Snotlout raced after them.
"Looks like a race!" Ruffnut said to Tuffnut with elation.
"Yeah, I'll beat you this time for sure!" He responded.
"Never!" Ruff hollered.
"You guys are on the same dragon!" Astrid yelled at them both before rolling her eyes and easily catching up with Snotlout.
"Oh yeah…" The twins glanced at each other then followed suit.
"Hey wait for me!" Fishlegs waved at them, knowing full well they wouldn't slow down, especially for him.
"Toothless! What are you doing!?" Hiccup yelled, holding onto the saddle as tight as he could, but Heidi was too caught off guard to grip anything and began sliding down Toothless' back screeching at the top of her lungs all the while.
Toothless then lifted his nose skyward and began flying vertically, getting higher and higher into the clouds, hoping she would fall off already.
"Toothless! Stop!" Hiccup panicked. He disliked Heidi just as much as anyone else, and he'd gladly kick her off if he had the chance, but war was not something he wanted to find when he landed.
"DADDY!" Heidi screeched but her calls for help were in vain, "GET ME OFF OF THIS THING!"
She would get off alright. Toothless arched his back and began flying upside down, letting Heidi slip off the saddle completely and begin falling to the ocean, her screams, surprisingly getting louder.
"Toothless!" Hiccup yelled. He knew his dragon wasn't going to let her fall to her death, but toothless didn't understand just how much trouble he had just gotten them into. When they landed Hiccup was sure to be in world of trouble. He actually kind of hoped the Gunnsons would start a war. That might distract his father long enough to not unleash his wrath.
"I will save you Heidi!" Snotlout saw the opportunity to display his saving-damsels-in-distress skills, but Toothless got there before he could reach her. He swooped her up with ease, giving her just enough time to get a good grip on Hiccups abdomen, and she didn't waste a moment.
Hiccup lost his breath with how tight she held onto his stomach, and it didn't help that she was close enough to screech right into his ear now.
"GET ME DOWN, GET ME DOWN!"
Toothless rolled his eyes and decided that they everyone has had enough of the screaming, slowing down to a pleasant glide.
She was breathing hard now, her face red from the screaming and her clothes and hair all disheveled. "You're dead" huff "Hiccup," huff "just wait till I tell my" huff huff "Father about this"
(A/N) I hope no one waited long for this update, i was quite busy this week! anyways, if you like the story so far, or have any suggestions please please please leave a review! I also posted a few sketches of Heidi on my deviant art, check it out if you want to see what she looks like. here is a link to my profile .com
