Astrid's pov:
My heart was pounding as I pressed my ear to his chest, hoping to hear the sound of his heart beating. I listened for about three minutes and heard nothing. I was about to give up hope when I heard the faint beat of his heart. It was faint, but it was still there. Tears of joy ran down my face. I heard Fishlegs and Ruffnut trying to make their way up the stairs to us. I looked at them when they reached the top. "He's alive." I whispered. Ruffnut and Fishlegs smiled and came over to help me get him out of the burnt down. Fishlegs carefully picked Hiccup out of the rubble. I got up and walked slowly behind Fishlegs, while Ruffnut walked beside me.
We made our way carefully down the broken, burnt steps. It surprised me when Fishlegs went down them and they didn't break underneath him. I followed them, when we had sessesfully made our way down the stairs. The villagers looked up at us with joy and relief written across their faces. "Quick. We need to get him to the healer." I said to Fishlegs and he nodded in a greement.
Stoic and Austin followed me, Ruffnut and Fishlegs to the healers. Fishlegs was still carrying Hiccup. We got to the healers and Ruffnut was about to knock when the door opened revealing Gothi. "Why come in quicklly. I have been expecting you all." she said which creeped me out. How did she know we were comeing? Anyways, Fishlegs went inside with Hiccup while we followed. Gothi instructed them to lay his uncounisous form on the bed just like she did when Hiccup brought me in here. Gothi dissappeared into a different room while we all sat waiting. She came back soon with some herbs, a cloth, and some juices. She sat them down on a small table beside Hiccup. "Astrid. Would you come here please? The rest of you can wait outside. Now shoo!" she said. The others did not waste their time getting outside because everyone is supposed to be respectful to their elders. Our village healer, Martha, had been staying with Gothi since we got to Berk. To my curiousity, where was she? "Gothi, where's Martha?" I asked walking over to her side. She smiled. "I sent her down to the town center to treat the Jorgensons." she said and I nodded. "Come here child." she said beckoning me over. I stepped over and she handed me a wet cloth. "Take this and carefully clean his burns." she instructed. I nodded and went over to Hiccup's other side and sat down on the bed beside him. I saw several burns, one on his face and more on his arms. "Clean the one one his face first." she instructed. I nodded and carefully cleaned the burn on his face with the cloth. I looked over to Gothi and saw that she was putting herbs in a bowl. "What are you doing?" I asked. She looked at me and smiled. "I am making a cream for the burns. I have to mix up certain herbs with certain juices in order to make it." she replied. I nodded and watched her add three mysterious herbs into a bowl. She then added a yellow colored juice, making a minty smell. The smell did not last long once she poured in a second juice, this one green in color. They smell was terrible, but was soon whisked away as she poured in the last juice. She could not identify the aroma of the smell, but it did not smell bad.
Gothi got a wooden spoon and started to stir the herbs and juices. I watched as she did this. Gothi stirred for a long time, before taking the spoon out. From where I sat on the opposite side of the bed from her, I could see it was a light green cream of some sort. How she was able to make that, I will never know fully. I watched as she took a spoonful and dabbed her fingers in it. She got a little on her frail fingers before rubbing the cream on the burn on his face. "Clean the other burns." she strictly said. I did nothing but do as she said. Hiccup had another burn on his neck so I took the wet cloth and cleaned it too. The elder/healer rubbed the weird cream on the burn. I sat paitently and watched. After she was done she took the bowl of weird cream and the wash cloth back into the other room. As she was doing this, I saw her pick up a white jar of a powder like substance. Iwas about to ask what it was, but decided against it when the healer disappeared into another room.
(No one's pov)
Astrid sat on the bed beside Hiccup holding his hand, numbly stroking his fingers. Gothi had told her that her that Hiccup was hit with something and it knocked him out during the cave in. All Astrid could do was sit there paitently and wait until he woke up.
Night had fallen and Hiccup had yet to wake up. Astrid, Stoik and the others were afraid he would not wake up, but Gothi assured them that he would. Astrid, Austin and Stoik stayed with him all night waiting. Finally, in the mist of the morning, he awoke.
(One week earlier, far, far away from Berk)
"Ah. We have those pathetic vikings now, my pet." said a man with a snake like creature curled around his arm. It was green in color and had tiny wings. On it's tail was a little point, that with one sting, one would fall deathly ill. This creature was no other than a Venomus Vorpent. The vorpent hissed in reply. The man chuckled a menicing laugh. The man sat on a throne in a palace like building. Servents were lined up and guards stood at every door. The man was dressed in a robe and wore sandles strapped to his feet. He had a hooked hand and a bald head.
The man was thinking about his newly won land when the doors burst open and a tired, bloody soldier ran in. "Sir! Sir!" the soldier shouted breathlessly. The man sat up. "What is it?" he spat. "The...Vikings!...They...won." the soldier said inbetween breaths. The man scowled, angered. "What?" the man asked. The soldier looked up at him. "They...beat us. ..All...the men..are ...dead. I..am ... the... only... one...who survived." he said. The man leaned foward listening. "How did you get back?" he asked. The soldier caught his breath. "A small viking boat that was undamaged during the fight." he said. The man nodded. "Oh. And how did you escape with out the vikings seeing you?" the man asked. "I played dead until they left." he explained. The man furrowed his brows in confusion. "Left?" he asked. The soldier nodded. "The village was comepletely destoyed. Either some of it on fire or completley burnt down. There food supplies was destoyed and they left to get food from another island." the soldier told the man. The man looked at the soldier. "Did they say which one?" he asked. The soldier nodded. "The cheif said that they were to leave for Berk, he..." The soldier did not get to finish as the man had silenced him. "Berk! They must still be there now! Get all the soldiers! Get the boats! We must attack Berk now and rid it of those pesky vikings and claim it for ROME!" The man shouted. The soldier shrank back in fear, but nodded and rushed off to do as he was told.
Than man fell back on his chair and smiled an evil smile. "Get ready Stoik. Things are going to change." the man whispered and the vorpent hissed in reply. The man laughed as thunder souded across the land outside and lightning lit up the sky.
(Back in Berk)
It was morning and Astrid was still by Hiccup's side, sitting in a chair, waiting for him to wake up. Gothi said he probably got hit on the head and would wake up soon. Stoik and Austin had come over and were now sound asleep by the fire place. Astrid sighed and rubbed her eyes. She slept little that night. All she could do was think about Hiccup. She closed her eyes for a minute but they quickly shot open when she felt something squeeze her hand. She looked down and foung that it was Hiccup squeezing it. She looked up at him and saw he was smiling at her with his eyes open a slit. "You need to sleep properly." he said. Astrid shook her head smiling and squeezed his hand back. "I thought you weren't going to wake up." she said, head hanging. Hiccup sat up, only wincing as he felt a burn on his neck. He took both of her hands into his. She looked up at him, tears running down her face. Hiccup smirked. "It's going to take alot more than a fire to get rid of me." he said. Astrid smiled slightly. Hiccup tilted her chin up to looked at him with his hand and smiled. "The Astrid I know doesn't cry. She charges into battle with only a sheild. She can take down a full grown man twice her size. But she doesn't cry." he said. Astrid smiled and looked into his eyes. "She does cry when she could loose something so dear and important to her." she said smiling. Hiccup smiled too and they leaned in for a passionate kiss. It lasted for about two minutes when they were interupted by someone clearing their throat. The two broke away and looked up to see Gothi standing by the bed. "It's nice that you've finally decided to join the living." She said to Hiccup and walked closer to the married couple.
"Hiccup. I want you to take it easy from here on. You were in a nasty cave in and there could be something wrong that I've missed. Something other than a few burns." she said. Hiccup nodded when he noticed his leg was missing."OH. Here Hiccup. The men found this in the burnt Jorgenson house. It was under a rafter. They got it for you and Gobber repaired it just a little." Gothi said handing Hiccup his prosthetic. Hiccup smiled and took the prosthetic and attatched was about to get up when Gothi cleared her throat again. "Hiccup dear, I would like you to stay another day. Just to make sure nothings wrong." she said. Hiccup sighed and nodded. Gothi was actually his grandmother or Hiccup's mom's mom. Ever since he was little, she was always protective when he was sick because he was the only thing left of his mother. Gothi smiled and left the room, leaving Hiccup and Astrid to continue their make out session.
(With Snotlout-Snotlout's pov)
Me and Fireworm had been flying for hours through the night. The sun was slowly rising on the eastern horizon, dawn starting to show. We had been looking for a place to stay, but it's hard to see in the night time. Fireworm was getting tired and I was too. With the sun rising, it provided us with enough light to see. Fireworm suddenly dives, catching me off guard. She lands on the ground with a thud as I look around and see that she has found an island to stay on. I hop off and got my bag of belongings and walked around the small clearing we had landed in. This would do for a temporary home. I sat my things down and looked at Fireworm. She was just standing there looking at me which made me angry. "Well don't just stand there! Go get some firewood, you useless dragon!" he shouted. Fireworm hissed, but flew off. I looked around. This would do for a home. I grabbed my belongings and decided to look around. I walked over and hung my bag on a branch of a tree so if any pesky animal came by they wouldn't get it. I walked over and into the trees of the forest.
(No one's pov)
Snotlout wondered through the forest, looking around. He figured that if he was staying here, he might as well get to know the place. He was walking when he heard something off in the distance. Him being stupid and not bright, went off to see what the sound was.
Snotlout came up on a small valley with a river that flowed through it, connecting to the ocean. He crouched behind a bush and peered through it looking down into the small valley. In the valley was tents with weirdly dressed people. Weapons lay about, and the clanging of metal could be heard. The number of people were great. Soldiersmullling about, sharpening weapons, eating, or chatting. Snotlout looked down in there studying closely. He had never seen these people before, but from where he hid, they looked dangerous. He did reconize some as pirates. What are they doing there with those people? he thought. He looked closer and saw a large weapon like thing that was built like a catopult, only different. As he was spying, he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around and looked up to see two strangely dressed men and a pirate. They glared at Snotlout. "And who may this be. A spy perhaps? Let's see what the boss will think of you." One man said. Suddenly he was being pulled back by two men. He tried to fight, but he was no match.
Soon, he was bound and taken into the small valley. As they walked him through, he recieved glares from the strange people. As he was walking, he heard a growling, snarling noise. He looked around and saw that they had captured Fireworm. She was bound and had small wounds on her from the struggle against the men. Soon, Snotlout was brought into a tent at the head of the valley. Once they had entered, he saw a bald man and a pirate captain looking over a map on a table. "Sir." the man beside Snotlout spoke. The two men looked up at him. The bald man walked over to them and Snotlout saw that the man had just a hook for a right hand and on his arm was a weird looking snake like creature. "Well, what do we have here?" he asked. "We found him spying in the bushes, just above camp." the soldier reported. The bald man smiled. "So. I'm assuming that that's your dragon out there." the man said still smiling. Snotlout glared at him and nodded. "Yeah she is. And you better not touch her!" he spat. The man's smile faded. "Your from Berk." the man said. Snotlout shrugged. "So what?"The man smiled again. "Your going to help me." he declared. Snotlout looked at him in dissgust. "Why in the world would I ever help you?" he spat causing the man to get angry. He lunged foward and grabbed Snotlout by the front of the shirt with his hook. "You will do as I say, or you and your dragon will both die a slow and painful death." The man spat. Snotlout could only nodded quickly. The man let go and smiled. "Good."