CHAPTER 7

Astrid heard someone banging her door. She wondered who could it be at this time of day. Sleepily she went to the door yet she tugged her dagger in the back pocket.
She opened the door with her right and her other hand rested over the dagger. She opened the door to find a cloaked person.
As the door opened Elsa pulled down her hood and she watched Astrid being shocked for a second and then the next she had her usual annoyed expression.

"I need help, please. I have nowhere to go." begged Elsa. Astrid stepped out to see the scene behind her. It was calm and no one was in sight.

"I am hurt please just let me in. I'll explain everything."

"I'll hear you out and if its not worth I give you away." Astrid gave a curt response. Elsa nodded.

"What did you do?" questioned Astrid.

"I was walking by until someone shot me."

"Not just someone that is The Chief! Why did the chief shoot you?" asked Astrid again.

"The Chief, well it was him but I was in front of his house when he saw me and shot me?"

"He would never do that." She patched up the wound.
"Either you tell me everything or i take you to the Chief? Threatened Astrid as she gripped the dagger tightly ready to attack.

Can she be trusted? Well, she does have the tattoo and I have seen her strength. But she is still loyal to the chief?

When Elsa didn't reply Astrid continued.

"Very well then, you will go through the questioning and the chief will decide your fate. And since he already shot you I don t think that the decision will not be in your favour." said Astrid while she was closing the door at Elsa's face.

Elsa sighed but just then Avrid came down. He smiled at Elsa and Elsa returned the favour.

"Astrid she was the one I was talking to about earlier. Hi Elizabeth! How are you?" asked Avrid. Elsa just smiled and nodded.

"Avrid, honey go back to your room will you I and she have do the adult talk. Good night. And you come on in." Said Astird.
Elsa stepped inside and closed the door after her. Astrid cleaned her wound and bandaged her.
"You should leave now. It's better now than later. Stay away and stay safe. I don t want to know who you are where you are from what did you do? just leave."

"What?"

"Just leave. I patched you because you helped Arvid. Now that I have repaid you. You must leave."

"Astrid, You know i just didn't come here for this I came for something much more than this." said Elsa. She conjured a ball of ice in front of her somehow she felt that at that time she needed to prove herself. Astrid wasn't able to reply as the front door banged.

"Hide." warned Astrid.

NO! Run backdoor. Take the bag on the table and leave." Elsa ran to the direction that Astrid was pointing while snatching the bag from the table and ran outside. She ran away from the crowd into the forest to meet Anna.

Breathless she reached the camp site. When she didn't see Anna she shouted "ANNA!"

After a while from the bushes came a response. "Elsa." shouted Anna as she ran to meet her sister.

"So how was it? Tell me everything about Berk! How are the people? Is it safe for us to go."

"Anna I need more time."

"Are you hurt?" asked Anna. Elsa showed her, her bandaged wound.

"How did this happen? How deep is it? Who did this? Who bandaged it?"

Elsa recited everything to Anna. They kept a watch while the other slept. Elsa slept peacefully while Anna kept a watch. Bored she glanced at the bag that Astrid had given Elsa. She approached it and was about to open it when Elsa s hand stopped her. The eldest then took the bag in her hands and opened it. It had supply for a week some cash and a dagger. Anna held the dagger in a ready to strike position and played with it but when Elsa took it into her hands, it glowed. Elsa tried out a few strokes and it worked beautifully in both of her hands. Elsa had tears in her eyes. She had almost given up hope of being able to use her other hand.

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Next morning

"Anna I have to go back."

"Do you think it is safe now?" when Elsa didn't reply Anna continued.

"Yesterday a stranger got hit and today a new face is seen plus you have that arrow marks. Elsa not today! Lay low today and tomorrow just until the wound has a layer over it. Let s just roam around today." Defeated Elsa silently packed up her things. Anna smiled and helped Elsa pack and they both hid the excess supply and carried minimal with them. They both were walking through the Forrest when Elsa felt that they were being followed.

"Anna when I saw run just run don t look back." ordered Elsa. Anna nodded.

"NOW!" shouted Elsa. Anna dashed to the appointed direction. When Elsa saw that Anna was not being followed she went the other direction.

Elsa ran until she tripped over a log and fell. She turned to face the one who had been following her. She gasped and shouted in fright.

"AAAAAAaaaaaaaa!"

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Anna ran as her sister had ordered her she had walked back a known track, bewilder she roamed around but she couldn't trace back to where she was heading, her gut feeling guided her back to the lake. When she reached the edge she went and washed her face and drank water. When she stared at her refection she realised where she was and why this seemed familiar but it wasn't her reflection alone.

She turned back slowly and saw the black beauty. She was terrified. She kept her head down and slowly crept back, she didn't dare stand up. But his stare kept her in her place. She didn't dare to move now.

After a few seconds she took a step back but the dragon stepped towards her. Slowly she got raised her gaze up to meet the dragon, and the dragon stared back at her.

'I have to make a run. That idiot left this enraged dragon behind. My doom.'

She looked around with the corner of her eyes only to find a way out right behind the dragon. It was an impossible task. It was a die or do and then die. With only 1% success rate.

Anna gulped taking a deep breath in she ducked and went for it. The dragon was taken by surprise but then with his ferocious nature he took his stance and pounced right in front of her.

Anna gasped and was startled that she fell on her butt. She crawled back away from the dragon who in turn advanced towards her. She tried to stand back on her feet while she was moving back.

The dragon growled at her every move, giving her a full view of his razor like teeth and His emerald eyes showing nothing but pure rage. Walking towards her like she had no tomorrow.

She back touched the wall of the clove. She let out a small yelp. The dragon was still coming closer to her with every passing second. She closed her eyes ready to accept her fate. The dragon raised his head at her as if positioning himself to attack her. But...

He sniffed her.

He licked her.

She stood there dumbfound.

'What the hell just happened'

He moved back a little. She was scared.

She raised her hand slowly so that he didn't see it as a threat but he snarled at it. She caught a glance of his teeth at her. And she brought it back and held it close to her chest.

'What does it want from me and why did it act like that to me and not to the guy'

Then the dragon moved away and then tried to climb out of the clove. He tried but was not able to do the needful he was trapped in the clove. Anna noticed the tail it was wounded and it had an arrow stuck to it and seemed quite painful.

She walked up to the dragon. The dragon had its back faced towards her but turned when she approached him. She was terrified when he turned to face her but then he turned around again. As if he didn't mind her presence. She walked up extremely close to the tail. As she was about to touch the arrow he turned around.

"Let me remove that for you it must be painful" she said politely. But the dragon didn't stay at a place it was trying to escape the clove. Anna waited and watched the dragon struggle it pained her heart that it had to go through a lot of struggle.

She smiled when the dragon had almost reached the top, just then it foothold slipped and it came tumbling down and accidently it hurt the tail. It let out a sharp pleading cry. Anna couldn't stop herself she marched towards the dragon and tried to bring out the arrow after some struggle and cries of pain the arrow was completely out. She noticed that the trap had done a permanent damage to the tail.

After some while she moved to face the dragon she reached out her hand to pat it. The dragon too stepped forward. Astound Anna held her breathe. When the dragon let her stroke his head Anna let out the breath she had held in. Unknowingly she then reached for the underside of his head and gently stroke it. The dragon let out a purr.

Anna smiled at this. Anna remembered that the boy had offered the dragon a fish. She stepped back slowly and walked to the lake and used to the arrow to capture a fish as she was taught by Mia. She brought it back to the beast, offered it to him. The dragon accepted the fish and gulped it down in one go but wait he wasn't done yet. He purged out half of it and offered it to Anna.

Though Anna understood what she had to do get his trust but she hesitated. The half of the fish was covered with goo, his saliva. Anna took a deep breath,

'No one needs to know about this. Survival guide be ready to eat anything in any state.'

She took a bit and munched it loudly involving movement for the dragon to notice. Dragon smiled when Anna took a bite from the fish.

'Why didn't the dragon fly away when that idiot had let him free.'

Hello guys I just found some problems with the story so I will be editing it .for now this is the 7th Chapter after Elsa got hit by Stoik's arrow and asks Astrid for help and the scenes will enfold after this. Hope you like this.

No I haven't done any major changes just a little here and there. The way the story progresses is the same the thing that I have changed is the method hope You like that

Kohinoor~