Heyo! Okay today's chapter was Animal Ears. I had some trouble writing this soooooo hang with me.

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Day 10: Animal Ears

Astrid's POV:

Friday the thirteenth. An old norse legend which scares vikings into believing we have bad luck.

I refuse to believe it. My friends did though. So we're here on Dragon's Edge, and they were trying to convince me.

Fishlegs stated, "Come on Astrid! It is a real thing!"

"No way Fishlegs." I scoffed. "I have yet to be hit with any bad luck."

Ruffnut asked, "You mean you have never had bad luck?"

"What type of bad luck have you guys gotten?" I asked.

Hiccup sighed. "Well it made me not be able to draw anything other than you."

I laughed. "It can't do that."

"Legend says that Loki comes down himself and curses you if you offend him." Fishlegs said.

Tuff nodded, "It's true. Last year, Ruff and I's bodies switched!"

"Not true or possible!" I exclaimed, "Nice try guys, but I'm not afraid."

Hiccup sighed. "Alright, fine. If anything bad happens though, tell me."

"Yeah sure." I scoffed.

I left the Club house and went back to my hut. Tomorrow the thirteenth would be here, and I would prove there is no bad luck.

The morning came and I woke up… with every little thing being loud. I groaned in pain and tried to cover my ears… to find them huge.

I ran to a mirror and saw that they were dragon ears. Or more precisely, Nightfury ears.

"No," I said, "No, no, no, no!"

Stormfly came over and looked at me with concern. I said, "I'm alright."

I thought about how the others would react to seeing me. Ruff, Tuff, and Snotlout would laugh at me. Fishlegs would try to tell me not to panic. And Hiccup-

Oh Odin no! I can't let Hiccup see me like this!

I walked to Stormfly, "Girl we have to get out of here!"

I put a hood on over my ears and hopped onto Stormfly. We flew out into the early morning into the forest where I planned to spend to rest of the day. The others might get a bit worried, but I refuse to let them see me!

I reached the other side of the island.

"We're safe here girl," I said.

I sat leaning against Stormfly when I had heard the sound of a Nightfury.

"ASTRID?!" A voice yelled.

I sat up and hopped onto Stormfly. "We have to get out of sight!"

We flew into the air and soon I saw Toothless. They must have seen us because Hiccup chased me all around the island.

"Head to a neighboring island girl!" I instructed Stormfly.

"Astrid come back!" Hiccup yelled.

We flew pretty much everywhere. When we were about to hit a seastack with them almost on us, I flew up suddenly.

I heard the familiar sound of Hiccup's screech and Toothless's scream.

I took a deep breath and sighed, "Phew. That was close."

I saw an island a little bit further and brought Stormfly to it. We landed at the beach, and I got off of Stormfly.

"They'll be back girl," I said, "We have to go find shelter!"

Eventually after looking around the forest, we found a cave hidden from sight. My stomach rumbled a bit.

I sighed, "Stormfly, I'll be back. I need to go get us some food."

I went out of the cave and went to get us some fish. I went to the beach with a net a brought. I threw it in and waited.

After about a few minutes, I decided to bring the catch in.

Five fish.

I smiled, "Perfect."

Then I heard it. "ASTRID!"

I gasped and looked up. The riders and Hiccup were flying towards me.

So I ran. I heard Hiccup's cry of protest, but didn't stop.

I ran so hard I didn't hear the Nightfury land and Hiccup jump off.

Next thing I know I'm on the ground with Hiccup on top of me.

"Astrid why-"

I cut him off by punching him in the face. He will not see my ears!

I ran towards the caev once he was on the ground. I yelled, "Don't come looking for me. I'll be back tomorrow when this is over!"

Then I left them there on the beach with my fish over my shoulder.

Hiccup's POV:

Later that night, I went to find Astrid. Everyone was just confused as me about what happened.

So I saw a light in a cave.

I said, "Okay bud. That must be where they're staying. Let's get closer."

Toothless flew us to the cave entrance. I got off and we entered. All I saw though was Stormfly, but her wing was spread out. Astrid might be underneath.

I walked to Stormfly who woke up when we entered.

I said, "It's okay girl. I need to see Astrid."

Stormfly lifted her wing and I gasped. Astrid… had… dragon ears.

I went up to her and shook her slightly.

Her eyes opened and she murmured, "Hiccup?"

Then she gasped and suddenly ran to her cloak. I ran after her and ripped it out of her hand.

She whispered, "D-Don't look at me. I'm hideous."

"Astrid." I said softly, "You're definitely not hideous."

She started crying and I hugged her. I mumbled, "I thought I told you that if anything bad happened to tell me."

"I didn't want you to see me like this."

I asked, "Why?"

She bit her lip. "I don't know. If it was the others I would've been fine. But I just didn't want you to see me like this."

I laughed a bit. "If you thought I would laugh at you, I wouldn't."

I kissed her forehead. "I don't like you just because of your looks. You are really pretty, but it's what's inside that matters to me."

She gasped. "You-you like me?"

I nodded. "I thought you would know."

"Well I wanna tell you something as well." Astrid beamed, "I like you as well."

I smiled. "Well that's good. And I think animal ears are very cute on you."

"Oh shut up." Astrid laughed.

I asked, "Do you want to sleep here and head back tomorrow?"

She nodded. I brought Toothless inside. Usually I'd sleep with Toothless, but instead I went over to Astrid. I laid next to her as she snuggled close to me. She rested her head on my chest and I put my arms around her. We leaned against Stormfly and fell asleep quietly.