Hey guys I'm back from my first week at work, I'm going back tomorrow though, but it was AWESOME! Sorry if the end of this chapter is a little rushed, I really wanted to give you a chapter today. Well thats all, onwards with chapter 8!
Hiccup woke up the next morning half on his bedroom floor and half on his makeshift bed made from shark skin, his back hurt terribly from his uncomfortable sleeping position. He rolled back onto the shark and began wondering why he was on the floor. Hiccup then looked up at his own bed and saw Astrid curled up in a little ball fast asleep and remembered that it was dark when he was done fixing her splint, so they decided it'd be easier for her to spend the night. It was probably about time to make breakfast and also about time to give Astrid something other than fish to eat.
He tiptoed down the stairs to the kitchen, careful not to wake his best friend from her slumber.
Hiccup stepped into the kitchen and began preparing his favorite breakfast foods, pancakes and bacon. He wasn't sure if she'd like it so he had a few trout on hand just in case.
Once the food was done he distributed it between the both of them, two pancakes and three pieces of bacon for each of them. Hiccup also planned on teaching her to use a fork and knife if she didn't already know how.
He walked back up to his room and set the two plates of food on his desk, then walked over to Astrid who was still fast asleep. Hiccup gently shook her until she opened her tired sky bleu eyes and looked up at him.
Astrid groaned and rolled over so her back faced him and closed her eyes again. But before she could fall asleep, she caught scent of something, she had absolutely no idea what it was, but it smelt good. She sat up and looked around the room, them at Hiccup, then his desk and she finally saw what she was smelling.
"What is that?" Astrid asked before stretching her wings, arms and legs then got off his bed.
"That, my friend, is breakfast." He replied and grabbed a plate and handed it to her.
Astrid sat back down on his bed and studied the food on her plate. "This isn't fish."
"No it isn't." Hiccup said and sat next to her. "I thought you might want to try something new."
Astrid stared down at her plate a little longer and noticed something else that was different. "What's this?" She asked and held up the fork.
"This, Astrid, is a fork and you use it when you eat instead of using your hands."
"Why can't I just use my hands?"
"Well, uh." He sighed, then they had a short conversation about what was rude and what was polite for people.
Astrid looked back at her plate and cut a small piece off one of the pancakes and put it in her mouth. Her ears immediately perked up and a wide smile spread across her face, then she almost literally inhaled the rest.
"Oh, no no no Astrid don't eat too fast or you might-" Hiccup warned but was interrupted when Astrid hiccuped.
"Hic"
"Get the hiccups."
"Whats 'hic' the hiccups? Is it deadly?"
"No, it just happens sometimes when you eat too fast." He said and wrapped his arm around her middle.
"When will 'hic' they go away?"
"Uh, it just kind of goes whenever, but sometimes if you drink a lot of water or hold your breath they'll go away."
Astrid sucked in a bunch of air and puffed her cheeks out, and didn't breath for thirty seconds, then breathed out.
"Do you think they're gone?" She asked.
"Only time will tell."
About an hour later
"Are we ready to go back?" Astrid asked impatiently, she had just finished putting on her disguise and she was more than ready to leave this village.
"Actually, I have a few errands to run and I was wondering if you wanted to come with me."
Astrid thought about it for a moment "Sure, why not, but if your cousin comes back, he's dead."
"Astrid that's normal, they always do that, it's not even that bad." Hiccup replied.
"Not that bad!? What do you mean by not that bad!? Hiccup did you hear what he was saying about you!?" Astrid yelled.
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." Hiccup stated.
"No Hiccup. Words will always hurt you if they're meant to."
"Whatever Astrid, it doesn't matter anyway." He grumbled.
Astrid sighed, she was done fighting with him, but this conversation was not over, not by a long shot. "Ok, fine let's go do these errands."
They stepped through his front door and headed to Mulch and Buckets shop to buy some fish.
"Oh hello Hiccup." Bucket greeted.
"Hey Bucket, where's Mulch?"
"I, I don't know. Mulch!" He yelled and looked underneath a small basket. "Where are you!"
"I'm right over here Bucket!" Mulch called from the back of their shop and came towards them. "Oh hey Hiccup. Wait who are you?" He said and pointed at Astrid.
"I'm, uh, Astrid, from Nigh-tmare Ed-ge." She stuttered nervously.
"Ya, it's from outside of the archipelago, and uh she lost her way and I'm helping her get home."
"Well that's nice of you." Mulch smiled.
Astrid licked her lips nervously, completely forgetting that her tongue was a nightfurys, but smaller, and for people other than her it was kind of odd to have a forked tongue.
"Mulch what's wrong with her tongue?" Buket asked.
"It's a tribe thing." She answered almost too quickly. "Our tongues get cut when we're just, uh, hat-newborns."
"Well, Astrid we should get going." Hiccup said as he got and paid for her fish. "Bye guys!"
They left the shop and did a few other errands before Astrid headed back to the cove with her lunch and Hiccup left for dragon training.
