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Here is the next chapter!
Let's see what Astrid's going to do,
Here's Chapter 8 - Trust and Anger:
"Who are you and what are you doing with my night fury?" Astrid scowled at the young boy. She was training in the forest when she saw the smoke from his fire. She had no idea who he was; he looked the same age as her but was definitely not a Viking. He was scrawny with no muscle; he had auburn messy hair and wore some sort of leather armour with a utility belt which appeared to be holding a small notebook and the hilt of a sword.
"Err… Toothless isn't your night fury!" Hiccup looked cautiously at the axe the girl was holding. She noticed this and smirked a little as she saw the uncertainty in his eyes.
"Um yeah! I shot him down…. wait. Toothless?" Astrid gave Hiccup a very judging look. Hiccup simply nodded.
"Why would you call a night fury Toothless? And you've named it, really, how is it not attacking you?" Astrid really wanted to throw her axe at the dragon but the boy was stood in between them.
"He's not attacking me because he trusts me and we've bonded. And Toothless why don't you show her why you're called that." Hiccup turned round to face Toothless who was snarling at the girl. After hearing his instructions Toothless opened his mouth to show all his teeth. Astrid looked at him in confusion, but her question was soon answered as Toothless retracted his teeth and proceeded to make a gummy smile once he saw the girl's reaction
Astrid stood speechless for a second before snapping back to reality. The boy possessed a very smug expression and this angered her.
"Who are you?" Astrid hissed. She began to make her way towards the boy, slowly lifting her axe. Hiccup saw this and backed up towards Toothless. All of sudden there was a loud roar and acid was shot out in front of Astrid. She staggered back in shock as Shiftwing became visible.
Shiftwing had been stood to the side invisible, watching the young girl carefully; making sure she wouldn't hurt Hiccup.
"What! You have another dragon!? A changewing?!" Astrid backed up slightly, carefully eyeing the changewing.
"Oh yeah, that's Shiftwing. And if you must know, well, I'm from quite far away; I live in a dragon nest with my mum. I was exploring when I came across Berk during a dragon raid the other night. Who are you?" Hiccup eyed Astrid. She paid no attention to him; she was focusing on the two dragons growling at her. Hiccup noticed this and so asked his question again.
"Who are you?" This time Astrid heard, she looked back and forth at the dragons and the boy.
"Astrid. So you live with your mum in… wait… you know where the nest is? Our chief has been trying to hunt down the nest for years, you can take us there!" Hiccup was taken aback by her words, if the Vikings found the nest, god knows what would happen!
"The nest I live in isn't the one you're looking for. It's too far away, there's one that's closer but you can't find it and I'm not helping you. Besides, I've never been there." Hiccup scowled at Astrid. He could tell Astrid was ready to attack if she wanted to, and she definitely wanted to.
"Okay but seriously you have pet dragons? You're on their side? You live with them? Come on, don't you see, they are horrible monsters who deserve to die!" Astrid shouted at Hiccup, who continued to scowl, even though deep down her words had hurt him.
"They are not monsters! They don't need to be killed; they only attack Berk because they have to. They're forced to!" Both Hiccup and his mum knew about the red death, although they had never seen it, they knew that it controlled the dragons and made them bring it food.
"Oh so you do know where the nest is? Stoick will be pleased about this! You know, I still don't know your name!" Astrid edged closer to Hiccup, he could see the anger in her eyes. He wasn't too keen on telling her his name; he assumed the whole village knew about Hiccup the chief's son who was taken from him by a dragon.
Astrid edged closer and the dragons got ready to pounce. Hiccup signalled the dragons to stand down, Astrid couldn't kill him; he had precious information.
By now Astrid was stood directly in front of Hiccup; her axe only centimetres away from his neck.
"What is your name?" She coldly asked. Hiccup couldn't understand how such beautiful blue eyes could hold so much anger and hatred in them. He gulped before answering.
"Hiccup." Astrid's eyebrows rose in curiosity. He could tell that the name was familiar to her, she just didn't tell him that.
"Thank you. Now you're coming with me." She grabbed Hiccup's arm and began to drag him towards the exit of the cove. Toothless growled and leapt in front of her, stopping her in her tracks. The night fury suddenly appearing in front of them gave Hiccup a chance to pull away. He rubbed his arm where she had been holding him.
"Ow! No I can't let you tell them, I can't let you kill dragons. My dragons won't trust you unless you stop killing dragons, and if they don't trust you they will stop you from harming me and you won't be able to take me back to the village." Hiccup walked back towards Shiftwing.
"What could possibly make me like dragons?" Astrid huffed. She wasn't going to give in this easily. Hiccup sighed.
"Just let me show you!" Hiccup held out one hand towards Astrid and the other to Shiftwing. Astrid wondered what he was planning to do; that's when she realised that Shiftwing had a saddle on. She stepped back in shock, she didn't realise he rode them, and she didn't know what to do. She looked at Shiftwing and then back to Hiccup who looked at her longingly. She groaned.
"Fine, I'll come but I highly doubt this will change my mind!" She made her way towards the changewing.
"Oh, the axe stays here." Hiccup nodded towards the axe still being held in her hand. Astrid gave him a dirty look before dropping it on the ground. She then proceeded to hop onto Shiftiwng's back behind Hiccup who was already up.
"Is the night fury coming?" Astrid asked as she noticed that Toothless was sat watching them.
"No, because when you shot him down you ripped his tail fin off and now he can't fly!" Hiccup scowled at Astrid who shrugged her shoulders, a slight smirk on a her face.
"Let's go Shiftwing, slowly!" And with that, Shiftwing took off into the sky.
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