Chapter 21

guys. I am probably going to move this to ao3 sometime today. It will be updated there sooner than here because they blocked it at my school and I don't have wifi at my house. This is still Loki's little sister but I changed my name to match my ao3.

Hiccup stroked the Draco and she rumbled.
"We will have to survive off of fish till we reach the barbaric archipelago. Then maybe we can have land based meats." Astrid nodded and they urged their borrowed mounts into the sky.
"How long do you think it'll take for us to reach Berk?"
"Maybe… three weeks? Give or take a few days if we fly from sunrise to sunset." Astrid nodded "I think we may have to push the limits though, I don't know how the Village will deal with Berk." He chuckled. "Probably not to well. James is the 'leader' in all but name of the Village and he doesn't really take orders well. Hopefully Berk will still be Berk, and not the barbaric archipelagos own Village refuge."
"Are you saying Berk is weak?!" Growled astrid.
"No, I'm just saying that they wouldn't really last long against dragon riders. Even the children, twelve and up, have dragons." He soothed. "But let's just hurry, I'm i bit worried for toothless." He clicked his tongue and the Sky Screamers screeched and flew faster.

-two weeks later-
They landed on the terror island, getting there a whole week faster than expected.
The terrors sniffed about the screamers who looked a little freaked out about the mini dragons.
"We rest here for tonight, we get back to Berk by noon tomorrow." Astrid nodded and pat the dragons head.

The dawn came quick, the duo setting their packs back into order and mounting their borrowed Dracos after a light breakfast of fish ("I think I'm getting sick of cod").
They flew towards the island of Berk and slowly, astrid noticed hiccup withdrawing into himself, stroking the dragon and giving astrid glances.
"You okay, Hiccup?" He nodded and sent a small smirk at her.
"Never better…" he chuckled, his usually warm hazel eyes turning to a shifty dark brown.
He tapped the sides of his Draco and they flew faster, a whistle announcing their arrival.

"Jacob!" He was tackled by Charles and helped to his feet and given a much more subdued hug by Yukio and James.
"Hey." He returned the hug. "Please tell me you didn't do anything I'll regret?"
"They painted the sheep." Chuckled James "then said the two blondes did it. Nearly got cleaved in half for that one." He said with a laugh.
"They won't let us go tend to our dragons." Pouted a small girl. "He sent off my Grindal!" She pointed to spitelout.
"Grindal was that little Kasher, right?" She nodded, big tears in her eyes.
"Kasher?" Inquired astrid.
"I'll let the only Kasher trainer in the Village explain." The small girl puffed up in pride.
"A Kasher is a medium sized dragon with large fangs that are usually a silver colour or blue, and they spit a paralyzing poison and love to eat birds." She said with one breath "the reason I'm the only person to train one is 'cause I'm awesome." She giggled at hiccup/James when he rolled his eyes "and they don't like adults and the adults don't let their kids near them." She said. "I snuck out." She whispered.
"And she is the only kid brave enough to do that and the only kid that don't have her parents following everywhere." He pointed to the edge of the forest where a small child was ushered back towards the trees by a gigantic dragon that's head was three times the size of the toddler.
"That was a kadhavra. They like to eat leaves." She said "they aren't very dangerous. The best choice for a protector." Astrid nodded "oh and the big leader of Berk wants to talk to you. He say you land but he went to the hall." Hiccup nodded and pat the girls head
"Thanks Elizabeth." He quickly ran off
"Liza!" She shouted after him.

A loud screech sounded from behind the duo and hiccup was greeted by his dragon with a face full of dirt.
The dragon bounced off him and pranced about the fallen man
"I missed you too, Toothless." Hiccup stood and brushed the dirt from his face and have the dragon a hug.
He looked up to see a tall, broad shouldered, blonde Viking with a large war hammer strapped to his back looking at the dragon.
"Um hey, Hiccup. It's me fishlegs." The large Viking chuckled awkwardly. "I was wondering if you could tell me more about your dragon." He said nervously.
Out of all the kids his age, only Fishlegs had really talked to him, even if it was only about dragons and his odd fantasies (that hand thing during dragon killing academy. Ew).
"Sure, as long as you don't try kill him." Hiccup said, eying the large mans war hammer "wicked upgrade from your little hammer, eh?" Fishlegs smiled brightly and took the large thing from his back.
"I made it with some 'elp from Gobber," he patted the blunt side of the thing "it's my favourite weapon." He said, childish glee in his eyes. "An' I can finally take down Snotlout, broke two of 'is swords the other day." Said the large blonde.
"Have you seen my brothers?"
"Oh ye mean Charles an' Yukio?" Hiccup nodded "they 'ave been sittin' in the dragon ring plottin' somethin', won't tell me wot though." He muttered the last part.
"That's okay, legs, I'll tell you more about Toothless when I get back, k?" Fishlegs nodded and walked off back to the hall