Glad the last chapter went down a treat here is the next one…..
The next few days spent on Rhinegland felt like heaven for Hiccup, mainly because Rhinegland was vast for an island and there was so much to do, the other reason was that he and his long time friend, Camicazi had recently taken their friendship to the next level and were taking every opportunity to spend their time together, when Camicazi wasn't riding her new mood dragon Stormfly, she was riding on the back of Toothless with Hiccup usually wrapping her arms around his chest as tightly as she could, Hiccup hadn't felt so contented with his own existence in ages not since he had broken down the barrier between viking and dragon.
Hiccup and Cami had also taken note that Astrid had been talking quite a lot to one of the young vikings on Rhinegland, this young lad was apparently Ivarrs nephew, Ivann, from what Astrid had told Camicazi they seemed to have taken a shine to each other, which in Hiccups eyes was great to see, and in terms of Fishlegs and Ruffnut well, they hadn't seen them in days, according to Legs the pair had found a secret hideaway similar to Toothless's cove back on Berk, and spent most of the day there.
Hiccup had taken a page from Legs's book and found a small secluded spot, complete with a waterfall and in perfect alignment with the afternoon sun, after they had landed Toothless went off to the other side of the spot to sleep, while Hiccup readily held his arms out for one of Camicazi's hugs, which were getting tighter each time, not that he even minded.
"This spot is so pretty Hiccup." Camicazi said with a smile.
"Yeah It makes me think of you." Hiccup said with a grin.
Camicazi didn't say anything, just pulled him in for another kiss before they lay down on the ground and held each other while looking up and the blue sky.
"You know Cami that dragon of yours is really something, me and Legs are baffled, overtime we think we've listed every mood colour just to mock us she changes into one I haven't seen yet." Hiccup said quite tiredly.
"Well if she's being cheeky with you, then me and this dragon were meant to be." Camicazi winked.
"Oh ha ha." Hiccup force laughed. "What do you think of Astrid and Ivann being together?"
"I think its cute, and I also think he is very brave, if those two are dating then Ivann must be all too aware of Astrids death glare and mass strength."
Hiccup gulped in worry. "lets hope he finds out the easy way."
Camicazi then smirked. "But it would be fun to see the look on Ivanns face."
Hiccup didn't say anything, he just laughed quietly and sighed, peace and quiet, this is just what he needed after today, Byorgen had paid him to make some more saddles after Ivarr showcased Toothless again, then soon enough the villagers had their own dragons, which presented the small problem of dragon control and the equally important dragon fire control.
"Hiccup." Camicazi nudged him slightly. "Its nearly tea time, Im so hungry."
Hiccup sighed and hastily sat up. "Ok then get yourself up, I'll go get Toothless."
Soon after ten minutes of flying Toothless landed near the stables where he slept for most of the days on Rhinegland and thankfully the horses had gotten used to the presence of Horrocow, Stormfly and Toothless, when it dawned on them they weren't going to be eaten, Hiccup swiftly jumped off and kindly offered his hand to Camicazi who just rolled her eyes and jumped off, leaving Hiccup to remember that she was a bogburglar before a kiss quickly reminded him, Camicazi laughed at her new secret way of winning Hiccups favour in any argument.
Hiccup and Camicazi walked into the chiefs house where Ivarr was talking to Astrid and Ruffnut and Fishlegs were curled up on the sofa, drinking mead and exchanging kisses, Hiccup cringed he had never seen Ruffnut act that soppy towards a boy, even if this boy was brighter than the average candle.
After Hiccup had fetched some cod from the cellar he lit up the fire place and heated up the fish over it until they were crisp and cooked, and soon Hiccup and Camicazi were sat down by the fire, having their supper and trying to avert their gaze from the young lovers sat on the sofa, Hiccup probably would've felt queasy had Ivarr stepped in.
"Ok thats enough face munchin for one day! Some people are trying to eat?"
Camicazi was trying hard to keep down her laugh but it clearly failed, Astrid joined in the laughter and sat down on the opposite side of the fire place.
Hiccup looked up towards Astrid. "What were you and Ivarr talking about?"
Astrid slightly hesitated for a moment before realising who she was talking to. "Er me and Ivann."
"What about you and Ivann?" Camicazi said quickly.
"Well Ivanns asked me to stay with him on Rhinegland, and Ive agreed."
Hiccups jaw dropped followed by Fishlegs, he was too shocked for words. "Er… well….. rem…"
Camicazi swiftly broke into Hiccups shoved stuttering. "Thats terrific news, Astrid me and Hiccup are so happy for you."
Ruffnut also looked equally happy as well as impressed. "Well done on scoring that gorgeous piece of viking Astrid, but he's no Fishlegs."
Fishlegs and Ruffnut almost kissed before they heard Ivarr loudly clear his throat, which made them just hug instead.
"Thats better you two, were still bloody eaten, so either take it outside or wait."
Without a second thought Fishlegs and Ruffnut quickly left the house, a few seconds later dragon wings were heard before Ivarr rolled his eyes. "Bloody teenagers." He moaned. "Lets just hope wherever they're goin they wont be caught by any wanderers.
Hiccup laughed at the thought of Fishlegs face in that kind of situation, but he probably wouldn't care, it took the almighty force of Ivarr just to stop them from kissing so the others could eat.
Camicazi then broke the silence. "At least we can eat in peace."
"Well put lass, we can eat in peace, so any Hiccup have you got any more islands you're thinking of visiting on your journey?"
Hiccup thought for a moment before getting a small map out of his pocket and looking at it. "Well me and Cami were thinking of heading back to our island for some rest, then we were looking at an island of the south west of the map, its called Unglar."
Ivarr chocked slightly on his fish before he spat it out across the room and managed his words finally. "Laddie if you know whats good for ya, you will stay well away from that damned island."
Hiccup was confused. "But dad confirmed for me that Unglar was a peaceful tribe."
"It was laddie but about two months ago, after you left Berk the original chieftain of Unglar died of Illness, and so his heir took over, his son, a right nasty piece of work at that."
"Whats his name?" Camicazi was just as curious as Hiccup.
"Malmar Val D'aran, son of Meinmer Val D'aran, he's one of those wicked tribe leads that takes pride into feeding prisoners and criminals to dragons."
Hiccup started to look sick. "How could he do such a thing?"
"It gets worse lad, since you defeated the giant dragon, the dragons that ate the prisoners refused to eat and broke free, and Malmar directly blames you and Berk for this, so for Thors sake, stay away from the island, if he catches you Thors knows what he could do."
Camicazi held onto Hiccups hand to reassure him. "What else did he do?" She asked.
"Well he also slayed anyone who questioned him on the spot, no second chances, no pardons, no excuses just execution, sometimes he just does it for fun."
Camicazi started to look annoyed. "How could he think he would even get away with this tyranny?"
Ivarr stood up. "Now you two promise me, that no matter what comes across your minds, that you will not make any efforts to bring him down."
Hiccup still looked worried. "But what if he decides to expand his borders?"
"Me and your dad have collaborated and we've come into an alliance with the meatheads, the artisan elders, the peace keepers and the bogburglars, if they even move so much as an inch into any of our clan territories, we will use the dragons to torch them."
Hiccup looked slightly relieved, but still worried that he know knew that he was the primary kill target for some deranged tribe leader.
"Don't worry Hiccup, I'll never let anything happen to you, you're safe."
"Thanks Cami, you're my angel."
Cami smiled and kissed him. "I love you."
Hiccup smiled back. "I love you too."
Ivarr sighed and wiped his hand over his face. "For Thors sake you two what did I say no lip locking while Im eating!"
Camicazi just smirked. "I thought you finished your meal?"
Ivarr just laughed loudly. "Obviously you've never heard of second helpings."
Hiccup smirked. "Or in my dads case third or fourth helpings."
Theres the next chapter, villains and new islands and such, it will all continue and also read, review and tell me what you think :)
