Hello and welcome back to another Flashed back Chapter.
Thanks a million to my Beta Reader (NorthernLights94) For where would thoust be without you? (That proper english...)
Anyway. Should probably cut down on the chit chat (PS over the next few weeks the story updates may be more in bursts as time is limited. Just less in general. Sorry. School. Blame education.)
Anyway Review Replys
Storygirl99210: Thankyou! thanks for the review... And in all caps too! Indicates excitement :D (Sherlock Holmes thinking there...) Anyway You can now read moar :P
Malik The Night Angel: Only one part D: D: (jk) I don't care if you were reading this for the use of the word realization (as thats the only word i seem to use i have realized) But hey you are looking forward/ Enjoying it so im happy :D ty for the review XD And i will keep on writing.
Scorpian6955: Oh but good sir what if i don't know what you mean about every nook and cranny. Its not like its stupid to take everything literally. (Which it actually really is) So its your fault for not being overspecific! Anyway. My review of your story didn't work! So i wrote it again after a spaz attack. (From myself, to myself) For the 'thats your mother' Line. Hah... Yeah... I remembered that... I did it differently :P Moving on. B.o.D (Book of dragons) What was that about the bottom stuff.. Nadders are in sharp class. Thats it? I added a few from the wiki but I didn't know they remastered it for HTTYD 2? Pls tell me where i find this teeth-sinking stuff!? (as always ty for the review :D)
Horses-Are-My-Life: Thanks, glad you like it :D. And past of my story i'm keeping unique is the fact that the past isn't changing the future... You'll find out why later. Or maybe not. (Checks plan) Okay still a maybe.
A random person: Oh he is, imagine if she came out with the truth and everything. He would be... Terribly terrored (Confused) With the romantic flight scene, that may be different. How? My plans not that detailed. Thanks for remembering to tell me my idea was cool (I liked it too :D) Thanks for your review as always XD
A Random Fan: I am making sure the future version of Hiccup remembers both pasts. Reasons? Unknown. (to you) and i would like it to end similar to Hiccupy Astridy fluffiness (or whatever) in the end too! Hopefully there is an end! Thanks for the review. And again, Astrid looking at Eret wasn't competition for Hiccup. :P He was comparison (Who Hiccup just so happened to flatten in that area. Save Ruffnuts opinion) . Thanks for the review :D
With random fans and people reviewing amuck, We'd better begin! (see what i did there? Coz my last two reviewers were a that- and then i did- and it was... I'll shut up now)
Mixed Feelings
Astrid was angry. She didn't know at what. Ever since she'd been thrown into this 'future' everything was turned on its head. Dragons were apparently not mindless killing machines, Hiccup had become chief, a leader, new people had become a part of the village and she was betrothed to Hiccup! Not to mention her future self found him attractive! (Which was not true) She was a mess. She went into the forest alone to throw her axe at more innocent trees. It was early morning, a new day. The fact that she had woken up in the same place and not back into the time she was from was less than comforting. She was stuck there.
She continued her trek alone in the forest until she heard stomps and a twig snap behind her. She turned in a flurry just in time to see her dragon (apparently) following behind her. It was a blue and gold Deadly Nadder that was following her cautiously as if it was trying to be aware of anything that might attempt to harm her. She had tried to sneak away from it, leaving early morning while it was still sleeping and hoping that it wouldn't follow her. She forgot how good their sense of smell was.
"What do you want?" She scowled in her usual tone.
She didn't want company from anyone, she wanted to think. The last company she wanted was a dragon. Sure they were innocent and friendly but she couldn't let herself trust it yet. It was a dragon. What was its name? Stormy… Stormsky… Stormfly!
"Stormfly go back to the village." She eventually sighed.
Instead the dragon just nuzzled her affectionately. It seemed at a glance like a killer that they were all thought to be, but Astrid was having a very hard time picturing it deadly right now as its widened eyes and adorable nuzzling attack didn't let up. She yelped again in surprise as the dragon pushed its head into her arms demanding attention. Astrid was losing control of her hard Viking self as an extraordinarily laugh escaped her lips and she smiled whilst giving it a scratch.
'What's coming over me?' she screamed internally when she caught herself lost in the moment. She was becoming everything she swore not to do, siding with the dragons. She huffed in frustration and pulled away as her dragon crooned in concern and looked… hurt. Astrid was surprised at how well she could detect its emotion. A pang of guilt hit her as she looked at her dragon. All it was trying to do was cheer her up and be her friend, and look what she's doing to h- It! She realized she was literally expressing sympathy for a dragon!
In fact, to rid herself of this horror she will destroy the mindless beast because it was mindless and Berk's enemy; Astrid tried convincing herself as she drew her axe. Stormfly backed off a bit upon seeing this and crooned in worry, concern, and fear. A dragon was emitting fear! She took a step forward and her dragon bowed its head, warbling softly with the occasional squawk and continued lowering its head until it was in perfect striking distance. It was offering itself to her like it had done something wrong. She was slowed by this but tried to continue her rage as it was being bitten away. She tried desperately to think of all the terrible things they did to the village. She fought back tears as indecision and fear bubbled up. She was terrified of this future, it was too quick of a change, and too soon, so she would end it.
She took one last steadying breath and locked eyes with her dragon. But then something within her snapped and stayed her hand. She was frozen to the spot, for when she looked at the dragon she saw none other than herself. The exact same confusion and the exact same fear.
Stormfly was confused as to why her best friend was not herself and scared of her lashing out. When her rider unsheathed the axe she thought it was her fault. It was her fault for not protecting Astrid from going through the glowing thing and now she was going to get punished. She lowered her head and locked eyes with her rider. However instead of seeing the disappointment in herself from her riders eyes. She understood.
Astrid dropped her weapon, the bond between dragon and human reformed. Astrid practically tackled her dragon into a hug. She didn't know what happened exactly, but all she did know was that dragons were what Hiccup said they were. She couldn't bring herself to kill it if her life depended on it. This was one of the quickest transitions Astrid had gone through, one moment she had an outburst and tried to force herself to kill her dragon and the next she was hugging it in happiness and relief that she realized how wrong she was about dragons early enough.
It may have taken more than a beautiful flight, but Astrid was glad she finally saw Hiccup's point of view...took her long enough. All of her stress had reached its climax and had been let out in that experience. She will still take a while to fully accept this way of life and she would cope because she was Astrid.
Hiccup woke from that dream with his Astrid with a start. The dream faded too quickly. Why didn't he get more time?! His leg was sore as he forgot to unclasp his prosthetic. He then remembered he didn't go to bed in the conventional way. He must of looked like such a wreck to the Astrid here. He also realized she must of met his mother…that would of gone down well. He cautiously made his way downstairs only for a figure to enter through the front door.
"Oh! Hey Ma…before you say any-", he was cut off anyway.
"I know you feel like it's your duty to make sure everything is running smoothly but this does not mean you can overwork yourself. Astrid had to drag you back here by herself!"
"I was not over-exhausted, I passed out!" He quickly retorted.
Valka raised an eyebrow, "Sure… anyway what's happened to Astrid?"
Hiccup grimaced at the fact his mother changed the subject when he wanted to talk about his dream; however he also needed to explain this.
"Errr, ahh okay long story."
Valka straightened slightly and responded softly, "Go on, I've got time."
Hiccup told her the truth, if anyone would believe his theory his mother would. Maybe Fishlegs, as he adored outlandish theories. His mother listened attentively to the whole story, including his dreams and the other's dreams. The whole story was quite long so he left out the little parts about him and Astrid's miscellaneous time together whether in the dream or on a romantic flight. He stayed focused on the main points and after he was done, his mother was silent for a while.
"So what you're saying is the Astrid we've got now is from the time where we killed dragons?"
Hiccup nodded slowly. Valka laughed slightly, which confused Hiccup.
"Well you've changed her mind quickly haven't you?" Valka finished.
Hiccup stared; Valka decided an explanation was probably due.
"Well she's been docile enough around all the dragons I've seen her with, so whatever you did you did it right!"
Hiccup blushed slightly but nodded none the less. Had he really changed Astrid's mind so quickly? He remembered back to when she thought it was a dream and more specifically had no filter when it came to her thoughts about how attractive he was. He smiled as a new found confidence was planted within him. His Astrid had a little fun teasing him in the past. He would have a little fun now. He was going to set a few things straight today, but first…he had an Astrid to woo. He said a quick goodbye to his bemused mother and left the door with Toothless not far behind, he got on his back and took off into the sky.
He informed his dragon, "What do ya say bud? Want to go find Stormfly and Astrid?"
Hiccup would be able to see from the air where she was, his dragon wasn't a tracking dragon but he had incredible eyesight. Toothless huffed in response and took off with all the speed of a Night Fury.
Astrid was spending quality time with her dragon. Excitement of having a dragon friend taking rapidly over the fear of being eaten by one as she discovered. Dragons weren't so bad after all, in fact they were magnificent. She would make it up to Hiccup for being so skeptical about dragons. She was now curious at how the village came to this; he had a lot of explaining to do. She ended up thinking about Hiccup again, except instead she didn't fight it. She wanted to see where her thoughts would lead her as she scratched another spot on her dragon that made her squawk with glee. Hiccup was quite dashing all of a sudden; his new found confidence was mesmerizing and his kind nature was adorable. How did she find herself drawn to him so quickly? Last she remembered he was a scrawny boy who she'd barely paid attention to… maybe if she had gotten to know him…
She didn't finish the thought as a black shadow zoomed overhead. The unmistakable shrill whistle of the Night fury kicking instincts into place. There was no-one around so instead of shouting the warning she whispered to herself, "Night Fury! Get down!"
However instead of a purple blast of death decimating the area a russet haired boy and onyx dragon landed near her. He was no longer russet; his hair had darkened into a more brunette look now. Hiccup smiled at her in a way that made her stomach flutter. Since when does Astrid's stomach flutter?
"Hey, how are you faring?"
He had to physically pinch his arm to stop himself for including 'milady'. Astrid was frozen and could barely think straight, where had this come from?
"Uh, f-fine thanks."
Hiccup fought the urge to burst out laughing as he'd barely said a sentence and he was making her like this. Also the fact that he was holding his own and she was stuttering for once made his ego boost slightly. However he was never self-absorbed, so by ego boost it probably means he could hold up this confident display for an extra three seconds before breaking down and rambling, stuttering and violently shaking from nerves. Her blush was a clear attacker to his strong display as it wavered almost instantly at how beautiful she was when attracted to someone. Let alone him. However something that now crossed his mind and shattered his smooth approach completely is the fact that this was Astrid when she was fourteen. There's gotta be something wrong with that.
Astrid didn't catch on to his smooth attempt nor its break as she was trying hard to think straight anyway. How did Hiccup do this to her? It was like he had been blessed by Baldr to be the most attractive being in the world to her. Gods did she just say that out loud? No, no she did not. Astrid couldn't like him, he was older than her. However if she ever made it back to her time she would pick him before he ripens so to speak. He seems to be the same old Hiccup, deep down. Even though she didn't really know his younger counterpart, she came to the conclusion that Hiccup got his chance to shine and obviously succeeded making him a natural leader and more confident. Hiccup was a late bloomer.
Hiccup shook off his unwanted thoughts and decided fun time was over and answer time should probably begin. He was the first to speak out of the two, as Astrid was still dazed.
"I assume you have questions, I've come to answer them."
Astrid shook her head from her guiltily and pleasurable thoughts to focus on a question that was bugging her.
"Where did your Aunt come from and why did she come?" She said cautiously hoping it wouldn't lead into a conversation about his recently deceased father.
"Aunt?"
Astrid was confused and realized it must be someone else. A thought crossed her mind but she dismissed it.
"You know that lady in your house from last night…" Astrid prompted.
Hiccup caught on to what she was saying and laughed nervously.
"Well you see that's uh, that's not my Aunt but we are related. She's umm well…long story short, she's my mother" He stuttered out his reply.
Astrid's eyes widened, even though the craziest part of her mind secretly suspected it, it was still a shock… 'Hiccups Mother was alive!' She thought incredulously.
'This place just got a whole lot weirder'.
You said it Astrid! Anyway. This brings another chapter to a close and how rude and cruel of me to leave you on a cliffhangar for something you wanted this chapter aye!
(I believe this is que for. Qoute: WILL TEAR YOUR LIMBS APART AND SLOWLY AND SAVAGELY BUTCHER THE REMAINDER OF YOUR BODY )
Ouch, wouldn't wanna be that guy... (oh wait)
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