Hiccup's P.O.V.
After we had made a plan, we started preparing everything. We knew that Drago's men were probably going to see us. We had the map of how to find the island, but we didn't have the map OF the island, so they could probably see us. That's why we decided that we would take some vikings (from Berk, obviously) so that they could help us. We were all ready and in our positions. I was in the lead since I had the map, my parents behind me, then the gang, and then the rest of the vikings. We were all ready so we started flying. After some hours, our dragons were already tired so we started searching for an island so that we could rest. It took us some minutes to spot an island. When we did, we landed and built a campfire and built the tents. We were going to stay there for the night. I went to the area were the gang, my parents, and Gobber were. I sat down next to my mother and rested my back on Toothless. I was worried, and I guess I had a worried expression, because my mother asked me what was wrong.
"Oh, nothing." I lied.
"Son, come on, I know something is bothering you. Please, tell me." She insisted and I knew I couldn't lie to her, so I just answered.
"Is just that... What if when we arrive it's already too late? What if when we're there she is no longer alive? I mean, with Drago torturing her, maybe she doesn't make it. I don't know what I would do if I figured out that she was dead." I explained.
"Oh, son. I know you're worried, but I bet she's a strong woman. I mean, I don't really know her, but you've talked to me about her, and I can tell she's really strong. Besides, I can tell she's really strong since I was there when Drago attacked us and tortured her, and I got to admit that she's is one of the strongest people I've ever seen. Maybe she'll be weak and badly injured, but I bet she's gonna make it." She said comforting me, while hugging me.
"Thanks, mom. That actually makes me feel better." I said returning the hug.
"Any time, son. Now, get some sleep. Tomorrow it's going to be a big day." She said pulling apart and kissing me on the forehead.
"Yeah, you're right. Good night mom."
"Sleep well, son." After that little conversation, I laid down and fell asleep...
Rahanna's P.O.V.
I was with my dragon, Hatchet, laying next to Sophie and resting my back on Hatchet, while Sophie was resting on Ratchet, her Deadly Nadder. This two years I have been taking care of her. It's kinda easy, except for the fact that she is really depressed because of Astrid being kidnaped. At the beginning, she didn't even wanted to eat, nor sleep, nor get out of the house. Some time later I managed to make her eat and I even memorized the song Astrid used to sing to her when she had nightmares. After I memorized it, I started singing it to her every night so that she could fall asleep. That's how I get her to sleep every night, since she always had nightmares. Anyway, by the moment, Sophie and I were just looking at the stars above us. I think it's because we both had a lot to think with Astrid's situation. We were both silent until Sophie decided to speak.
"Rahanna?" She called.
"Yes, Sophie?"
"Do you think Astrid is okey?"
"Well, Hiccup said that Astrid was the one who sent the letter, so I suppose that she's, at least, alive." I replied.
"Well, yeah, but... Do you think she's like almost perfectly okey?" She asked again.
"Sophie, I'm gonna be honest with you, okey? I, sincerely don't think she's perfectly okey. Drago is a rude, cold man that has no mercy. I know Astrid is alive because she's the strongest person I've ever met. I mean, her parents died when she was 4 and she had to live all by herself since she had no more relatives. Then she had I boyfriend who cheated on her "accidentally" and she had to leave her hometown. Then she adopted a pretty, little girl and, even though she was just 15, she did everything she could to protect her. Then she had to go back to her hometown and go back with her old boyfriend just so that he could hurt her again. Then she gave herself for her ex-boyfriend, for her "sisters", for her friends, and for the whole village. Not to mention that she survived two years in another island being tortured by a really, really, really bad guy. So I know that she's gonna make it and that she will do anything to keep taking care of you, Sophie. So don't worry, she's gonna survive." I said trying to comfort her.
"Thanks for comforting me, Rahanna."
"Any time, Sophie."
"Can you sing me the song?" She asked.
"Sure." After that I started singing the song Astrid used to sing to her.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree
Where they strung up a man,
They said murdered three
Strange things did happen here
No stranger would it be,
If we met up at mid night in the hanging tree
Then we started singing together.
Are you, are you
Coming to the tree,
Where a necklace of hope
Side by side with me...
We then kept singing until we both fell asleep...
⏰At the Next Morning⏰
I woke up to the sunlight hitting me on the face. I noticed that Sophie was in my arms, so I stood up being careful not to wake her up. I then noticed that Hatchet was already awake.
"Oh, morning, girl." I said kindly greeting her while petting her. "Did you sleep well?" I asked and she just nodded her head. "Let's go get breakfast, girl." I mounted her and went to the area where we had all the supplies, like food, water, weapons, etc. I took two baskets full of chicken for Hatchet and Ratchet. I then attached them to Hatchet's saddle and then took two bottles full of yak milk and apples for me and Sophie. Then, I mounted Hatchet and went back to where I left Sophie...
Sophie's P.O.V.
I woke up to the sound of Terrible Terrors singing. I noticed that Rahanna wasn't beside me, but then I saw her mounting Hatchet, flying towards me and Ratchet. When Rahanna landed a ran towards her.
"Morning, sis!" I greeted happily and exited, since today were going to save Astrid.
"Hey, Sophie!" She greeted back hugging me after she had hopped off of Hatchet. "Ready to go save Astrid?"
"Off course! I'm really exited! I mean, I haven't seen her for two years! And, are you as happy as I am?" I asked.
"Why, off course I am! As you said, we haven't seen her for two years." She said happily. "Now, let's get ready. Eat your breakfast so that we can wait for the rest of the vikings and save Astrid." She said giving me two apples and a glass with yak milk. We then ate our breakfast and waited for the rest of the vikings to be ready. Then, Hiccup said to all the vikings to mount their respective dragons and follow him, since he had the map. We spent hours flying until we reached the island of the bad guys.
"Okey, people! Remember the plan! You go and distract Drago's men, while me and Astrid's sisters go and save Astrid and Heather! Now, go!" Hiccup commanded. Rahanna and I then started following him. "Remember, girls, we have to be very careful." He said and we just nodded our heads. After we made sure most of Drago's men were fighting against the Berkians, we walked towards a building that we supposed was where the cels were. Before we entered, Rahanna and I located ourselves in front of Hiccup since, well, let's just say he's not the best in any kind of combat. Rahanna and I nocked down the guards that didn't go to the battle field to fight against the berkians, while searching for Astrid
and/or her friend whose name I don't remember. We then heard voices coming from a room. We opened the door slightly and carefully to see what was going on in there. We saw a Drago talking to a black haired girl.
"So? You said you knew those guys! You know, the 20 years old guys! Hiccup's friends! So you must know their weaknesses! Start talking, now!" Drago yelled to the girl.
"I will not speak!" She yelled back.
"Fine! You leave me no choice!" He said. We then heard some footsteps coming towards us. We hid and then saw one of Drago's men. Drago was about to stab a knife on the girl's leg, but the guard interrupted him.
"Drago! There are too many of them! We need you to control the dragons!" The man said.
"Fine! Looks like your torturing will have to wait!" He said to the girl. Then, Drago and the man left, allowing us to enter the room and help the poor girl.
Hiccup's P.O.V.
When I entered the room, I noticed that the girl was Heather!
"Heather!" I said walking towards her and untying her hands.
"Hiccup? Oh, I'm soooo glad you're here!" She said.
"Are you okey?" I asked worried.
"Yes! But Astrid is not! Hiccup, you gotta help her!" Heather answered.
"Yeah, I know. Now, let's get Astrid! Lead the way!" I said to her.
"Okey, then. Follow me!" She said. The three of us then nodded and started following her. We kept running until Heather stopped in front of one of the cels. Then, she took out some keys. She then opened the door of the cel. Me and Astrid's sisters walked towards the cel and the only thing we could see was the silhouette of a person curled up in one of the cel's corners...
Astrid's P.O.V.
I was there in my cel doing nothing when I heard footsteps. Then I saw Heather and she opened the cel's door. Then I saw three other people, but I couldn't see who it was. I tried to talk and ask who they were, but I couldn't. I've been having troubles to speak for some time now, because of some of the wounds I have in my throat, so every time I try to speak, it hurts like hell! Sorry for the expression, but it's true. However, I just laid there not being able to talk...
Hiccup's P.O.V.
"That person is Astrid, right?" I asked Heather.
"Yes. You need to help her. I can't help her walk since I'm a little hurt too." She answered/explained. I just nodded my head. I started walking towards her, but she tried to get away from me. I could tell she was scared because she didn't know it was me.
"Hey." I greeted gently so that I wouldn't make her more scared than she already was. "It's okey. I won't hurt you. It's me. Hiccup. Remember me?" I asked afraid that she would have lost her memory or something like that.
"H-Hiccup?" She said in a very weak voice. It was almost inaudible. I then nodded my head. I went nearer her and hugged her tightly unaware of her wounds. "Aahhg!" She yelled in pain.
"Sorry. I'm really sorry. Does it heart a lot?" I asked worriedly. She just nodded her head. I hugged her again, but this time softly so that I wouldn't hurt her. I was surprised when she didn't pull away rejecting me and instead hugged back. Her embrace was really, really soft, making me know that she was really weak. I started stroking her hair to calm her down and assure her that I was there for her. "It's okey. I'm here now." I said.
"Hey, Hiccup? Can you let us greet our sister?" I heard Rahanna talking to me. "Sure." I said pulling apart. Then, the two sisters approached Astrid and hugged her. She hugged them back. "Astrid, we missed you so much!" Rahanna said crying.
"I'm so happy to see you alive!" Sophie said crying and hugging Astrid too.
"I-I'm hap-py t-too, g-girls." Astrid said with her almost inaudible voice.
"Ummm... Guys? I don't wanna ruin this beautiful, and touching moment...but... I guess we need to leave before someone finds out we're here." Heather said behind us.
"Off course. Girls, excuse me, please." I said walking towards Astrid so that I could carry her. They both nodded and moved so that I could pick up Astrid. I then picked her up. She groaned a little because of her wounds. I also noticed that she was really light. When I got out of the cel, I could notice that it was because she was really, really, really, really, really skinny. I bet they barely gave her food. We kept walking and went out the dungeon. We saw that the Berkians were winning the battle, which was totally a good thing. We were about to mount our dragons, when Drago came from nowhere.
"You're not going anywhere!" He yelled. Astrid's sisters went towards him and started fighting. I then called the gang. After the came, told them and Heather to go save the dragons that Drago had trapped. After they left, I started walking towards Toothless, when I heard Rahanna and Sophie scream in pain. I turned around and saw that Drago had broken one of their arms to each. I knew they couldn't fight, so I left Astrid laying near a bush, took out my inferno (the fire blade he has in httyd2), and walked towards Drago. "Oh, come on! You're gonna fight with me?! I bet you don't even know how to fight!" He said making fun of me.
"I may not be an expert, but that doesn't mean I can't fight!" After that we started fighting. At the beginning, surprisingly, I was winning. But then Drago started punching me until I was almost unconscious. He was about to stab his sword on my chest, when an axe came from nowhere, locating itself between me and the sword. Then the person made a movement with the axe, making Drago's sword fly through the air. I turned around and was surprised to see that it was Astrid. Her legs were shaking because she was really weak, but somehow managed to not to fall to the ground.
"You're not hurting him!" She tried to yell with her weak voice, and actually managed to yell a little.
"Seriously?! You're weaker than a hamster! Are you seriously gonna fight against me?!" Drago said making laugh at her.
"I may be weak! But that doesn't mean I can't try to beat you down! I'm tired of me being the one who gets hurt! Now it's your turn to suffer!" She said with a lot of madness in her tone. They both started fighting. At the beginning he was winning. He even threw his knife at her, causing it to stab on her abdomen! But she simply removed it. She then ran towards Drago and just in the moment they were about to crash, she slid above Drago's legs, stood up and stabbed him on his back with her axe, making him fell unconscious. She then kneeled down trying to contain the pain she felt. I immediately ran towards her just in the moment she fell unconscious and took her in my arms. Her sisters came running towards us.
"Astrid! Wake up, please! Don't leave us!" I said panicking. I then checked her pulse, and, luckily there was one, but very weak. I saw that she was bleeding badly so I called Toothless and when he came I mounted him putting Astrid in front of me. Her head and her right hand were resting on my chest. I told Toothless to start flying. When all the Berkians saw me already leaving, they mounted their respective dragons and followed. The gang and Heather came back. Heather was riding Windshear, her dragon, and the gang and the rest of the dragons followed behind. We immediately headed to Berk...
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