AN :
Hello everyone! First of all, I'm sorry that he chapter is a few days late, I had a busy weekend. Also I got some feedback saying I kind of rushed the wedding and that I played it of a bit too casual. I agree with these things, my excuse : Don't have one, I feel like I rushed it.
Anyway, onward!
Astrid walked through the forest, Hiccup in front of her. She had her eye on Hiccup, although they were married now she still had some distrust, but she couldn't find any evidence that he was going to escape. Aside from the fact that he seemed extremely skittish and nervous, but this was supposed to be some big secret of him so that could explain that part. "Remember, don't try anything stupid. I can assure you won't come far." She said. Hiccup jumped over a fallen log and looked back at her. "Is that to reassure me or to reassure yourself?" He asked with a goofy smile. "Just bring me to this cove you keep talking about already." She huffed while she also jumped over the log.
The continued down the forest, Hiccup knowing the way to the cove very well. He did struggle sometimes with his prosthetic getting stuck in vines and stuff but not often. He did trip once, but Astrid helped him up. Soon enough Hiccup spotted the outline of the cove in the distance. "Come, this way." He said as he hurried to the cove. He wanted to be done with this, to show Astrid and then either fly off if she freaked out or, on the slim chance she didn't, well, he hadn't really thought about that. Astrid had noticed his quickened pace and followed suit.
They entered the cove together. Hiccup had been here numerous times, but this time would sure be different. He turned around to see his wife being amazed at the scenery. "You like it?" Hiccup asked with a grin. "It's, wow, eem, yea." She stuttered, taking in her surroundings before realizing why they were there. "So what's the big deal?" She asked, having grown quite curios over the time of the walk. "Well," Hiccup began. "before I can show you I need my amulet. And you need to know that once I have it I can easily escape and leave this place." He decided that adding 'Kill, eat, rip apart, fly off and drop from height' would only worsen the situation. Astrid looked at Hiccup, clearly thinking about what he had just said. "But," He spoke again. "I will only do so if you give me a good reason." "Like what?" Astrid asked. "Like attacking me with that axe of yours." He responded. Astrid thought about the axe on her back. "Right, wouldn't want that." She mumbled, while searching for something in her pocket. The object that she pulled out immediately caught Hiccups attention. His eyes were glued to the small obsidian arrowhead suspended by a metal chain. "So no running?" Astrid asked while holding the necklace in front of Hiccup teasingly. Hiccup was too occupied with inspecting the very item he had been dreaming of for the past week. "Yea, yea sure." he said when he finally shook himself out of it.
Astrid thought about it for a second before throwing the amulet towards Hiccup, who caught it in mid air. And she could swore she saw it start to glow in Hiccups hands.
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Valka was scanning the clear skies, hoping on seeing her son coming their way from Berk, but to no avail. They were over half, and had just slept on a small island. Toothless could make the trip in less than a night, but Cloudjumper was a slower dragon. And took one and a half day to reach the town. After a good day of flying they had to take a break. So they rested on a small isle in the middle of nowhere. They would need all their strength when they arrived at Berk. In the worst case they would need enough for a full scale attack. Anything to get her boy back.
They hadn't slept much really. Toothless, being nocturnal and worried sick about his best friend still being on Berk, kept up all night jumping around the island and generally wreaking havoc. They would need a good half day flying to reach Berk. So they would leave late so they arrived when it was night.
"Damm it, Hiccup." She muttered while looking at the skies. "What have you gotten yourself into?"
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Astrid had her back against the rock wall of the cove, the exit being on the other side. Between her and said exit? Nothing much, some sand, some rocks and twigs, oh, and of course the big, scary and very deadly dragon that she never saw before, so she only could guess that it was one of the dreaded Nightfury. The dragon crooned at her softly, like it was trying to reassure her. It took a step forward, but Astrid quickly pulled her axe from her back and pointed it at the dragon. "Stay back!" She shouted, and to her surprise the dragon took a actual step back. This confused her? Didn't dragons go for the kill? That was the very essence of what she had been thought in dragon training. She thought back at how she ended in this situation.
She had just given Hiccup the amulet, and she could see a small blue glow coming from the black rock. "Is it supposed to do that?" She asked while hiccup slit the amulet around his neck. "Yep, but I advise to close your eyes for a moment." He responded. She did as asked, and she felt wind tugging her hair and sand being thrown into her face. She held her mouth and eyes shut tightly until she the sudden wind started to calm, once she was certain that is was gone she waited for a few more second. Hoping to hear confirmation from Hiccup to open her eyes, but it didn't came. "Hiccup?" She called out still holding her eyes closed. "Can I open them?" This time she did get a response, but in the form of a soft croon. She opened her eyes to meet with a pair of big green eyes. But they were not in a human face. This was a dragon she was looking at.
She looked at the torn pieces of rope that lay on the ground, and then back at the dragon. It looked like it was waiting for a response from her. But not in the form of a attack. She pointed the axe at the dragon again. "Back!" She yelled. To her surprise the dragon did as told again. "Take two steps back." She said. And again this giant reptile did as told. "Take one forward?" She asked but immediately regretted it since the dragon took a big step forward closing half the gap that was between them. She shut her eyes waiting for swift death to come but only felt the hot breath of the dragon. She opened one eye to see it sitting on its haunches, looking at her with confusion. "Can you understand me?" Astrid asked. The dragon nodded its head. Astrid took a few deep breaths, trying to calm her beating heart. She then remembered the auburn headed boy who she saw before the whole dragon incident. "Hiccup?" She said. "Is that you?" At this the dragon nodded fiercely, and started bouncing around the cove in excitement.
Hiccup was overjoyed, she knew, she knew and she didn't kill him. "Way to go, dragon boy!" He said to himself as he jumped of yet another rock. He was so excited to be sharing his secret with his new wife that he hadn't noticed how she was trying not to laugh at his action. He looked like a giant crossbreed of a cat and dog that just heard that his owner is coming home. She couldn't hold it back when Hiccup slipped on a mossy part of stone and slipped into the small lake in the cove. Astrid burst out with laughter. Once Hiccup resurfaced he didn't find his guest standing on the place she had. He found her standing near the edge of the water, still fighting back some snickers. "So," She began, realization dawning on her. "my husband is a dragon." Hiccup hung his head and nodded. "This explains the whole 'Berk from the sky' thing for you, but how does this affect me?" She asked Astrid decided to stay calm, for if she panicked, attacked or ran she would probably spook Hiccup into leaving or worse. Hiccup merely swung his head to his back and then to her again. "On your back?" Astrid asked with a shocked expression. Hiccup just nodded dryly. "Oh no, we're not doing that." She said with a stern expression. "I'm going back." She walked toward her axe that she had dropped, but Hiccup was faster then her and picked it up and threw it with a mighty swing of his neck over the edge of the cove. Astrid looked at the place where she just saw her favorite weapon disappear. "Did you just really?" She looked at Hiccup. Who had a amused expression on his dragon face. Astrid was starting to grow annoyed with this lizard. She walked towards the entrance of the cove, only to find it blocked by a big black mass.
"What? Come on! Let me through!" She yelled, but Hiccup wouldn't move. He just grabbed her by her fur hood and dragged her back to the other end of the cove. Once he dropped her again he sat down in front of her. Astrid's expression was somewhere between humiliated and furious, he had just treated her like some small child. "Hiccup, let, me, go!" She said calmly, but with enough anger in her voice to sink a ship. The dragon just shook his head and flicked his head to his back again.
"One flight, promise me that you'll let me go then!" She said. Hiccup bounced his head, and most of his body, up and down as confirmation. "I can't believe I'm doing this." Astrid muttered as she tried moved closer to the large dragon in front of her. She climbed onto Hiccup and searched for something to hold onto, whatever kind of dragon he was, he certainly was streamlined. "Where can I hold on to?" She asked while searching for a hold on the black creature. Hiccup flung his ears at her and Astrid took the hint, taking a gentile hold of the flaps. "Okay, so nice and slowly." She said. Hiccup agreed, it wouldn't be smart to pick her up and toss her around, so it would be a great idea to take it gentile. But the thing is that Nightfuries aren't known for their slow takeoff. Astrid was growing nervous on the back of this dragon. "Hiccup maybe this isn't the best" He sentence was cut short when she suddenly shot into the air. The short talk she had just a moment ago was quickly replaced by loud screaming. Once Hiccup was content with the height they reaches he leveled out.
Astrid slowly calmed down when she noticed that he slowed down and was now gently flying above the earth. She opened her eyes to look around and was shocked, she never imagined the sky to be so, beautiful. She looked around to see the stars and moon, the dark clouds scattered across the skies. When she looked down she could see Berk, every single bit of it, dimly lit by torches. The sheep were calmly in their pens and the crops were looking great from up the sky. She was stunned by the view that she saw from the back of this dragon. She could see almost the entire island from up there. It was so calm and peaceful. It was beautiful. "Okay I admit it. This is pretty amazing." She said. "You're amazing." She patted Hiccups side for a moment and stared into the dark night sky again. Hiccup felt great! He had shown a viking that dragons aren't mindless beast and that they can be amazing.
The two were to occupied with the scenery that they hadn't noticed the group if dragons behind them, containing a very angry Nightfury and a worried Stormcutter and rider. Astrid only noticed it when she suddenly was lifted from Hiccup, she had a big claw holding her arm. She then saw a big 4 winged dragon grab Hiccup. And they were both carried away from Berk.
AN :
So here we are. Really going somewhere in the story. I hope you all liked it! Now it's time to write the something for my other story.
Anyway, take care everyone!
