Chapter 14: Angry females

Kaida's POV

The human herd's settlement is a lot different up close… but that's probably because I'm not helping my flock destroy it… Anyway, it's different. For one it's impressively peaceful, although Hiccup says that's just because everyone's asleep. Apparently, humans rest in these strange things called "houses", which are scattered around the "village". Mentally, I sigh. Humans are so pitifully fragile I almost feel bad for them.

"Kaida!" Hiccup whisper-shouts and motions for me to hurry up. I quickly bring my attention back to our current predicament and hurry over to a house Hiccup and Toothless are hiding behind, just as an older human walks by carrying a stick of fire. I let out a tiny gasp and turn to my human friend but find he's already scurried to a different house so I hurry after him.

"Okay, c'mon. This is the smithy; I'll be able to fix the safety rope in here." Hiccup states, his face covered almost completely in shadows.

"It smells gross in here." My brother says as he pokes his head in everything and makes a ruckus.

"It smells like human." I say, as I pass by a large piece of cloth and make a face, "It really smells like human…"

"Yeah, yeah, I know; Gobber's disgusting. Just get over here!" Hiccup rambles while pulling Toothless over to a small corner of the smithy to start working on the rope. I walk over to see if I can help when all of a sudden we hear a voice calling for him and, before I even have the chance to react, Hiccup jumps through the wall and starts talking to an angry female.

My brother huffs and looks around while I try to get a better view of the girl. I've never seen a female human up close before. Actually, I've never seen any human up close before, other than Hiccup.

"She kind of reminds me of a bundle." I whisper to Toothless.

"Really?" He asks and goes over to the spot I'm standing in but gets held back by Hiccup (who's still attached to the saddle) and accidentally bumps into me, effectively pushing me out of the smithy, in full view of the unknown human.

I take one of the more intelligent of Hiccups examples by standing there wide eyed, not knowing what to do. Luckily Toothless does: He pulls Hiccup back into the smithy, gets him in the saddle and grabs me while jumping into the air and out of sight, leaving the shocked human girl standing in front of the smithy in the middle of the night, gaping at the spot Hiccup was just standing in.

"So," Hiccup says as he helps me into the saddle, "That could've gone better." This might be the worst time to do this but, in that moment, I burst out laughing, soon followed by Hiccup and Toothless.

"I am so screwed." He says in between chuckles. All I can do is giggle while I try to catch my breath.

Hiccup turns his head and gives me the nicest smile I've ever seen; it's different from the other ones, more… genuine. I give him a soft one in return as a strand of hair gets blown in my face. I'm about to move it but Hiccup beats me to it; he twists in his seat and brushes the strand over my shoulder, his hand leaving a warm trail on my skin as the cold wind blows Hiccups own hair in front of his eyes. I've never been as mad at the wind as I am right now.

"Kaida, I_" I don't get the chance to hear what he was going to say as Toothless tries to shake me off and Hiccup almost falls into the water.

"Brother!" I scream at him.

"Stop making goo-goo eyes and get off me! You're not a hatchling so you can fly on your own!" I huff in exasperation as Hiccup's face suddenly glows bright pink and he turns back around to face the way we're flying.

I jump off my brothers back and spread my wings, purposefully falling farther down than I have too to get a moment away from my brother. What is his problem?! I mean, sure I haven't ridden on my brothers back since I was a few months old but I really don't think it matters that much.

And goo-goo eyes?! What the Hel does that even mean? Hiccup and I were just looking at each other!

My foot touches water and I look down in surprise; I am a lot farther down from the boys than I thought. I let my hand skim the surface and smile to myself. Whatever my brother says is irrelevant; that moment with Hiccup was nice, not fun or stupid or educational, just… nice. My smile grows a little bigger and I flap my wings to rejoin my friends.

A/N: Please R&R, critique is always welcome and very appreciated :)