A/N: A bunch of fluff for this chapter, not very plot-important but oh well. The song was a clip from the 1997 song 'Tell Him' by Celine Dion and Barbra Streisand. In this scenario Astrid was Celine and the 'Mysterious voice' was Barbra.
She woke up in a daze. Everything felt so fuzzy around her. She looked around the unfamiliar room and suddenly, as quick as rock hits a pond, realization dawned upon her. Then the memories of the night before came crashing down on her. Before she could think more on it a voice stirred her back to the present.
"Good Morning." A friendly yet quite raspy voice rang through the room. She looked up to see the Dragon Master sitting beside a workbench reading a book. She got up and muttered a greeting under her breath and stormed out of the room, fleeing the tense situation.
Once she was out, she blushed as she remembered his warm body pressed against hers. She fluttered at the thought and wondered how often she could fell— wait, no, no don't think about it Astrid. He is your master for Thor's sake. Only one person could be allowed in her heart so deeply, and that boy was dead for a long time.
Behind her she heard of a thump and figured that the Dragon Master must have gone back to sleep. She went and looked for her friends and saw them playing in the yard with their dragons, except for Snotlout. She scurried towards Stormfly who was sitting beside her friends. They turned towards her and threw questioning glances towards her. Then, Ruffnut smirked mischievously and asked,
"So how is your 'master'? Or maybe the better question is, how good is he in bed?" Ruff wiggled her eyebrows suggestively at that.
Astrid blushed a deep shade of pink. Her friends laughed at her flustered form.
"We didn't do anything of the sort! He had a nightmare and I just stayed with him to calm his nerves," she defended herself.
"Oh sureeeee, I've heard sex is great for relaxing your muscles especially after a raid." Ruffnut teased, the mischievous smirk never leaving her face.
"You know if you get pregnant, can I name the baby?" Tuffnut requested with a pleading look.
Fishlegs was the only one who sensed her discomfort, as the other two were complete morons, and coaxed them to stop.
"Thanks Fish," Astrid muttered loudly enough for only the person in question to hear.
Then they went back to grooming and petting their dragons. Astrid hummed a low tune and after a while asked,
"Where is Snotlout? Is he still trying to look for that Monstrous NIghtma-"
"AHHHHH!" a scream echoed through the trees and the young adults shared worried looks. SNotlout came running to them with his butt on fire. Astrid quickly got up and rushed to get a bucket of water while the rest went on to teasing Snotlout about his burning pants. He told them all the story of how he met the Monstrous Nightmare and tried to ride him, but it covered its entire body in flames and ended up with a scorched Snotlout.
Then the Dragon Master appeared from the house and the small crowd immediately fell silent. His presence seemed to slightly intimidate her friends. Astrid went up to him and asked, in her servant tone, if there was anything he wanted. He dismissed her and announced,
"Okay guys, get yourselves ready cuz' we are going flying today," followed by an eruption of cheers from the rest.
"What about me?" Snotlout asked," I haven't bonded with a dragon yet."
"You are just incompetent, I don't want to make everyone else wait for your sorry ass," the Dragon Master retorted coldly. He never seemed to like Snotlout, for whatever reason.
Snotlout pouted in defeat, knowing that lashing out would probably end up horribly for him. He was lucky that he wasn't dead yet, after all if not for him he would be.
The Dragon Master gave out advices on how to ride comfortably, not that they had never done this before but they might as well listen to the expert. Astrid followed his advices and got on top of he beautiful, sky-blue Nadder. They then shot off into the sky and the air hit their faces, hard, scraming could be heard except from the Dragon Master and Fishlegs, as one was experienced and the other was riding a Gronckle, a stable and slow dragon.
The twins then separated themselves from the group to test their 'explosives'. The Dragon Master ordered them not to do any irreparable damage which was responded to by a snort and a 'I keep no promises'. He sighed in exasperation and Fishlegs volunteered himself to go after them to keep them in line.
Astrid shot him a pleading look not to leave her and the Dragon Master alone but Fishlegs ignored her and went after the twins.
The atmosphere around them grew eerily quiet and very awkward. The Dragon Master was the fist one to speak up and stuutered,"
"So… can we uhmmm, go for a race?"
"Sure, although I doubt I would win."
"Don't worry, I will take it easy on you. First ont to reach home wins!"
They accelerated and sped through the island and soon the house was in sight. Then the Dragon Master lowered his body and Toothless whizzed past, the impact of the air causing Stormfly to lose balance and slow down. Unsurprisingly, the Dragon Master won and laughed when she landed.
"At least you tried. Hahhaaa" he mused.
Then he turned on his heel and walked inside the house. Astrid watched him and her stare transfixed on the door he went through. Then a voice shook her from a trance. It came from the woods, she ran out to see who it was. Then she reached a cove, not unlike the one past Raven Point back on Berk. She sat down in the cove, pondering over her thoughts about the Dragon Master.
She idly looked at her finger and imagined what it would be like to have a ring on it. She was not stupid, she knew what this bubbly feeling in her chest whenever she was around him meant. But she knew it was wrong. She was his servant, then her thoughts wandered back to the first day, of how gentle and soft his lips were. Yet he seemed so familiar. There was something about him that gave Astrid a sense of security.
The voice then sang out from within the trees in a high pitched voice,
I've been there
With my heart out in my hand
But what you must understand
You can't let the chance
To love him pass you by
Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
I'll hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself
Touch him
With the gentleness you feel inside
Your love can't be denied
The truth will set you free
You'll have what's meant to be
All in time you'll see
Then she continued the song, seemingly enraptured by the voice
I love him(then show him)
Of that much I can be sure(hold him close to you)
I don't think I could endure
If I let him walk away
When I have so much to say
Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself
"Go and tell him what you fell, I can bet he reciprocated those feelings." The mysterious voice said
She ran out from the forest back into the house. She decided to take a bath first to look her best and when she walked in, a sight awaited her. A man who could only be the Dragon Master yet his mask was absent. On closer inspection she found that he was a handsome young man around her age, with a mop of tousled auburn hair, forest, green eyes which bore a familiar shade, freckles covering his face and a sharp jawline. He looked up at her when he realized he was being watched and soon she realized why the man in front of her seemed all too familiar.
Hiccup was not dead.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third was not dead!
A/N: Who is excited for the next chapter? It might be a few days until I upload the next chapter though. Be patient LOL
