OMG! Guys! This story just passed up 'Soul of a Dragon' in the favorites and follows section! That's so crazy! This is definitely the most successful story I've written *sighs happily* okay, now that that's done, let's get to the chapter!
"You son of a bitch!" Astrid snapped as she threw a punch straight at Hiccup's nose, blood cascading down his face like a waterfall.
"HEY! What the hell was that for!" He exclaimed, trying to stop the blood flow.
"For making everyone on Berk think you are dead!" She snapped.
"Yeah, like anyone cares." He muttered.
"Like everyone cares! Hiccup, your dad is crazy about getting you back. He thinks a rider killed you! And he's hunting your dragon down now!" She exclaimed as Hiccup and Toothless both exchanged nervous looks.
"And worst off, you can't just go kidnapping heirs to tribes! Now that entire Terrian tribe or whatever is probably after you too." Astrid snapped as Toothless fly back slightly, ready to bolt if Astrid tried to make a move to hurt Hiccup.
"Hey! Brenna wanted to come live with the Night Furies! And besides, it's not like I had anything going for me on Berk. Everyone hated me!" Hiccup snapped back.
"Pfft, more like everyone misses you. When we had your funeral the entire village was just so somber and depressing for the next 2 or 3 days! Just because of your 'genius' plan to stay away from your home." She said as Hiccup's expression softened.
"They were really that sad?" He asked.
"Uh, yeah." Astrid responded, her expression getting a bit softer as well.
"Oh..." Hiccup trailed off, rubbing his arm nervously as Astrid started to calm down.
"Wait a minute, if you trained a dragon... A-Are you an outcast?" He asked.
"No! I just snuck away. I would never allow myself to be outcasted from the village." She said as Stormfly leaned over to Toothless and whispered:
"She might as well be. She was talking about becoming a vigilante to avoid killing dragons. I think she has a slight crush on Hiccup and it's hilarious." Stormfly whispered as she giggled slightly.
"We might as well set up a love triangle now. Brenna looks like she's falling for Hiccup too." Toothless whispered back.
"Soooooo, do you wanna come with us to the cave? It might be a bit cramped but it'll be fine." Hiccup said as Astrid shrugged and nodded.
"Sure, but is that girl I just met gonna be there?" She asked.
"Brenna, yeah, why?" He asked as a bit of disappointment showed on her face, but she tried to hide it with an obviously fake cough.
"No reason." She said as Hiccup gave her a slightly concerned look before shaking his head and leading Astrid towards the Night Fury nest.
"Hey Storm! Long time no see." Sky said as they both flew in.
"Hey Sky. How long has it been? 5 minutes?" Stormfly joked as Hiccup and Astrid both jumped off their dragons and walked over to the fire, where Brenna was cooking a fish.
"Oh! Hi, my name's Brenna. We didn't exactly formally meet back there." Brenna said as she held out her hand, which Astrud shook.
"Astrid." She said as Hiccup looked at the rope around Stormfly's stomach and then looked down in thought.
"Hey Astrid, do you need me to make you a saddle?" He asked as Astrid looked at Stormfly before looking back down in thought.
"Uh, sure." She said as Brenna piped up:
"Could I get a saddle too?"
"Oh, yeah sure." He said before looking over at the pile of scrape metal and hard leather in the corner.
"I'll get to work on them right away. Hey, do either of you mind if there's some metal detail in them? I don't have quite enough leather." He said as the two girls shrugged and nodded.
"I'm cool with that." Astrid said as Hiccup nodded and grabbed some of the leather and got to work quickly as Astrid and Brenna went on a flight.
Dear esteemed Dragon Hunters,
Hello, my name is Stoick the Vast, chieftain of Berk, and we have a dragon problem among us. A few weeks ago my son, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third was abducted by a Night Fury and killed by a rogue rider. Then, two weeks later, the daughter of Brynjar, chieftain of the Terrain tribe, was also abducted by the same man. I would very much appreciate it if you would help take out the rider and his dragon. You're expertise has been known far and wide and we believe that you could help with this problem.
- Stoick and Vast and the isle of Berk
"We were given that by Trader Johann after he came to our base." A man with a bald head and a small beard and mustache said to a man who was turned around in a chair.
"A Night Fury. Ryker, go get a boat ready. We're heading to Berk to get more information from this, Stoick man." The man in the chair said as Ryker nodded.
"Whatever you say Viggo." Ryker said as he walked away and Viggo leaned back in his chair before throwing the note into a bin.
"We'll finally find that Night Fury nest. And then we can sell their hides and bones for a fortune." Viggo said to himself, a huge evil grin on his face.
"And then afterwards. The island of Berk will be our new base of operations."
"Hey guys, have you seen where Astrid went?" Snotlout asked as he ran up to the Twins and Fishlegs, who both shrugged.
"Last time I saw her on Johann's ship. Is she missing?" Fishlegs asked, slightly nervous.
"Or maybe she was just playing hide and seek and no one's looking for her." Tuffnut stated, as if obvious.
"Anyway... I was snooping around in her room-"
"What the hell! Perv!" Ruffnut snapped.
"Not creepily! I mean, I found this!" He said, pulled out Hiccup's little notebook.
"Why would she have that in her room?" Fishlegs asked as he opened up the little notebook and flipped to the last page and read it carefully.
"Maybe the rider found out- oh no." He said before whining slightly as Snotlout snatched the book out of his hands.
"Oh please, like the rider would know that she was curious about Useless." He scoffed.
"I dunno Snotty, people can have eyes and ears everywhere." Ruffnut said spookily.
"Yeah, even the people you least expect can be traitors." Tuffnut added.
"None of us are traitors and Astrid is still missing. Do you think Stoick knows?" Fishlegs asked.
"Well she missed dragon training this morning and yesterday so Gobber knows, maybe he told Stoick." Snotlout offered.
"Or maybe she was the one who freed the Deadly Nadder and she's on an epic quest trying to find Hiccup who might actually be the rogue rider and they meet up with that other girl from the Terrain tribe and then they form a little group of vigilantes." Tuffnut said quickly as the other three just rolled their eyes.
"Yeah, sure Tuff. And next I won't be the one to kill the Nightmare." Snotlout said sarcastically.
"Okay, okay, let's get serious again, we need to find out where she went." Fishlegs said before looking around and spotting Stoick and Gobber, who were talking quietly. Stoick had an angry glare on his face while Gobber was talking slightly frantically.
"Well, ye see, Astrid's missin'." Gobber sighed as Stoick's knuckles turned white as he clenched his fist in anger.
"Damn rider. Good thing I sent that letter out to the Dragon Hunters." He muttered.
"Well we don't know if it's the rider yet. Maybe she's just lost her way in the forest." Gobber offered up, but Stoick didn't take it.
"Demon Rider, is that a good name for that, I don't even want to say man. More like beast, or devil. Hiccup was taken by a devil." Stoick said as Gobber just sighed and looked away.
'When's he gonna get his damn mind straight. Not everythin's about the rider.' He thought as Stoick huffed and walked away from him.
"Sooooooo, Brenna, what do you wanna do?" Astrid asked awkwardly as she and Brenna" flew through some puffy clouds.
"I dunno. Wanna see if Hiccup's done with the saddles?" She asked as Astrid shrugged.
"He's probably not done yet. We've only been gone for about half an hour." She said as" Brenna nodded and they continued to fly in an awkward silence.
"This is the most awkward flight ever." Stormfly whispered to Sky, who nodded.
"Yeah, it's like Hiccup needs to here to not make this awkward." She whispered back.
"Hey, what is that?" Brenna asked as she pointed to a small ship on the beach of the island. Astrid flew down a bit closer to get a better look before gasping flying down closer.
"What? Who is it?" Brenna asked as she flew down closer and gasped as well, it was a shipwrecked man, who wore a very yellow dirty tunic and dark brown pants. He looked around 15 or 16 and had raven black hair that went down to his shoulder blades and blueish teal eyes.
"AHHHHHH!" The man screamed in horror as Brenna and Astrid landed near him.
"It's okay, we're here to help." Brenna assured.
"A-Are you two-"
"Dragon riders? Yes. But it just goes to show how kind dragons really are. All you need to do is earn their loyalty and then they will be your best friend for life." Astrid said as the man calmed down a bit.
"So, what's your name?" Brenna asked as she jumped off of Sky.
"T-Talon." He said nervously, showing them a little claw on his left index finger.
"Hi Talon, my name's Brenna and her name's Astrid." Brenna introduced.
"And these are our dragons, Stormfly and Sky." Astrid said as Talon looked at Sky and Stormfly nervously before Sky gave him a toothless smile, which made him laugh slightly.
"You two don't look like you've lived with dragons for your entire lives. What village are you from?" He asked as Brenna and Astrid exchanged nervous looks.
"Uh, we'll tell you if you tell us what tribe you're from." Astrid said.
"Oh, I'm from the mainland. I was taking a quick sailing trip and then a storm blew me up into Viking territory." Talon explained as Astrid gave him a suspicious look.
"Then how can you speak Norse?" She asked.
"Oh, I know tons of languages. Norse, Latin, Greek, and English." He said.
"Oh, well in that case, I'm from Terra and her and our other friend who's in the nest are from Berk." Brenna said as Astrid shot her an angry glare before pulling her to the side.
"Why'd you tell a complete stranger where we're from?! How do we know this guy isn't just a bounty hunter or something." She whisper yelled as Brenna huffed.
"It's called earning someone's trust. You could try it." Brenna whispered back.
"Oh yeah, and Stormfly doesn't count why?" Astrid counter argued.
"Because she's a dragon!" Brenna snapped.
"You know I could just get off the island myself." Talon said as Brenna shook her head.
"Not a chance. Here, Sky and I can give you a ride to our cave." She said as she jumped on Sky's back, Astrid huffing in annoyance.
"Sorry Brenna, but I'm siding with Astrid on this one." Sky said.
"Come on. Please? I'll scratch that part of your neck that you like." Brenna begged as Sky sighed and gestured to get back, where Talon warily got on.
"Lets go." She said as Sky took off, Astrid shaking her head in disagreement.
"I'm not being paranoid, right?" She asked Stormfly, who shrugged.
"All I'm worried about is my growling stomach." She said as Astrid smiled and rolled her eyes.
"I bet your hungry. Let's just get back to the cave so we can eat." Astrid said as Stormfly squawked in approval as they took off.
Unknown to Brenna, or Astrid, or even Talon. A shield washed up onto the beach from Talon's boat, a shield with the dragon hunter crest on it.
AAAAUUUUGGGGHHHHH! I'm so sorry this is so late! I told myself I was going to finish it Wednesday, then Thursday, then Friday, and the only real excuse I have is the fact that, well I'm a human being that needs sleep. But don't worry! I'll get back on schedule after this! I swear!
HTTYD tbh: Remember in the episode 'Thawfest' when Hiccup was gloating? I wish there was way more of that, because it was the funniest thing ever. "Oh yeah?! Well tomorrow morning you'll have to face HicTooth!" -Hiccup. I almost died.
