Dragons: Thora's Story
Bonus Chapter
Let it Go
I watched Frozen recently, and I couldn't help but see how the song "Let it Go" had some parallels with my HTTYD fan character, Thora, and her story. So I thought of how the song could relate to her. Some of the wording is different, but it still fits with the song. It would take place after the "A View to a Skrill" story.
Bear in mind, that this doesn't actually take place in the story; it's just a small bonus I thought up. Think of it as a music video of sorts. Another thing, the song half is written as if it was a stage production. At least I hope it's written like one as well I as I could make it. I would recommend listening to the song while reading this as well.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own "Let it Go", "How to Train Your Dragon", or "Rider/Defenders of Berk"; I am merely exploring an alternate story.
The clouds concealed the light of the moon and stars, yet the sky was lit up the flashes of jagged streams of light all around. The air was dense with a static sensation as thunder crackled and lightning flashed across the horizon.
Among the commotion, a Skrill with a rider on its back glided through the sky and landed on a nearby island.
Thora slipped off of Strike's back, took her hood off, and patted the side of her dragon. The Skrill responded with a small purr, causing lightning to crackle and spark along his body. The static didn't bother Thora one bit thanks to her father's specially made jacket. The metal chainmail covering attracted the lightning away from the girl and the dragon absorbed it again.
"Well, Strike," Thora sighed, stroking the Skrill's head, "looks like it's just you and me now."
(Music from "Let it Go" starts as the two friends walk across the beach. Thora looks around and starts to sing.)
"The sand glows white on the shoreline tonight,
Not a footprint to be seen.
An island of isolation,
And it looks like I'm the queen.
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside.
Couldn't keep it in
Valhalla knows I tried."
(Thora picks up her walking pace.)
"Don't let them in,
Don't let them see,
Be the good girl you always have to be.
Conceal,
Don't feel,
Don't let them know!
Well, now they know!"
(Strike takes off and circles gracefully around in the sky. Lightning strikes all around him in time with the music.)
"Let it go. Let it go.
Can't hold it back anymore.
Let it go. Let it go.
Turn away and slam the door.
I don't care what he's going to say.
Let the storm rage on.
The lightning never bothered me anyway."
(Thora walks a little further into the island.)
"It's funny how some distance
Makes everything seem small."
(Thora looks across the sea.)
"And the fears that once controlled me
Can't get to me at all!"
(Thora turns around and runs up the hill. She stops at the top.)
"It's time to see what I can do."
(Strike swoops down overhead, lands, and lowers himself for Thora to mount onto him.)
"To test the limits and break through."
(Thora runs up and mounts onto Strike.)
"No right,
No wrong,
No rules for me.
(Strike stands up and the two prepare to take off and Thora pulls her hood over her head.)
"I'm free!"
(Strike takes off into the sky.)
"Let it go! Let it go!
I am one with the wind and sky!
Let it go! Let it go!
You'll never see me cry!"
(Lightning begins to strike the Skrill in time with the music.)
"Here I stand
And here I'll stay!
Let the storm rage on!"
(Thora and Strike begin to fly higher and spin around in the sky, lightning striking them from everywhere.)
"This power flurries through the air into the ground.
My soul is spiraling in blazing white fire all around.
And one thought crystalizes like a lightning blast."
(Thora looks behind her.)
"I'm never going back.
The past is in the past!"
(Thora throws her hood off and lets her braided hair flow freely.)
"Let it go! Let it go!
And I'll rise like the break of dawn."
(The sun starts to rise.)
"Let it go! Let it go!
That quiet girl is gone!"
(Strike lands on the outcrop of a small island and Thora stretches her arms out in a victorious way.)
"Here I stand
In the light of day!"
(Thora draws her sword.)
"Let the storm rage on!"
(Thora holds her sword up in the air, Strike lets out a roar, and lightning flashes all around them. Thora then lowers her sword and grins.)
"The lightning never bothered me anyway!"
(Thora puts her sword away and the two fly off into the sky.)
