Ahh! I'm nearing to win the challenge! Yes! Just a little bit more, my dear kitsunes!
I like the idea of this story a success! I thought it will take a while before this story will have more than 500 reads… I thought I've already finished this story before I get even 300 reads, seems I was wrong…
I'm not that good of a writer but I'm trying my best to be motivated… I've already started on HTTYD -Last Stand- and That Thing Called Destiny and I've decided to put TTCD in Wattpad only
So guys… WHO'S EXCITED FOR Captain America: Civil War?! I AM! EVEN IF IT'S STILL NEXT YEAR!
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Chapter 21: Exploration FAIL
"Where have you been?" Astrid asked
"Went exploring new lands with Toothless…" Hiccup answered, dismounting Toothless
"So have you found anything new so far?" Astrid asked
"Yeah… I found a whole bunch of islands far off in the North West… I'm going back there tomorrow so I can explore more about the place" Hiccup said "Wanna come?"
"Sure… should I tell the gang?" Astrid asked
"Ugh… I suggest no… I can't have peace and quiet with them flying around, it's still an undiscovered island… we don't know what's in there" Hiccup said
"Oh… I suppose so, but what happens to training tomorrow?" Astrid asked
"Well I'm starting to think that… Training is Over…" Hiccup said (Oh my gods! You know what this means?! We're nearing HTTYD 2! We're nearing the end of the story!)
"Over? You mean..?" Astrid asked
"Yeah… I think we've learned all we can learn… as I said, I think Training is Over…" Hiccup said
Astrid smiled at Hiccup and then she patted Stormfly, then she patted Toothless also, who nudged her. Hiccup chuckled at the scene and just watched as Astrid patted Toothless
"So what time do we leave tomorrow?" Astrid asked, facing Hiccup
"Meet me at the docks tomorrow at daybreak… we have a long day tomorrow" Hiccup said, patting Toothless "See you tomorrow then"
Hiccup began walking to his house, Toothless followed him from behind. Astrid watched him walk away, then she looked at Stormfly and smiled "Looks like we'll go exploring tomorrow, excited?" Astrid asked
Stormfly squawked quietly, making Astrid smile, then they started walking to their house. After a while, they reached their house, Astrid opened her door, then she waved 'good night' to Stormfly and entered her house.
"Astrid… you're still up?" Finn asked
"I'm right here, Uncle Finn! Hey, Uncle Finn! I'm going exploring tomorrow with Hiccup in the new land he discovered..!" Astrid said "I'll be leaving tomorrow by daybreak, I'll probably come back at sun down"
"Alright! It's up to you anyway!" Finn said "Astrid… I noticed you two are spending time with each other often… is there something going on between you two?"
"No… nothing is going on between me and Hiccup, Uncle Finn… good night" Astrid said, going to her room
"Good night… Astrid" Finn said
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"Ready?"
"Yeah… we're ready…" Astrid said
"Let's go"
Their dragons flew away. Stormfly and Astrid followed Hiccup and Toothless in which direction they would go, then they went to direction West and flew to the direction straightly, then Astrid took time to look around the vast seas, then she looked back out-front and saw a couple of islands and islets up ahead
"Wow… I never thought that this world is so vast…" Astrid mumbled
"C'mon Astrid, we still have a long way to go" Hiccup shouted from a little afar
Stormfly sped up and caught up with Toothless, Astrid continued to look around and she saw Hiccup and Toothless turned right, she leaned right, making Stormfly turned right, they began to sped up, catching up to Hiccup and Toothless, then they began to leave the territory. Astrid took one last glance at the islands and islets they passed through and looked back out-front
"How far is this place exactly?" Astrid asked
"Very far from Berk… so we should really speed up to get there fast…" Hiccup said
Toothless looked back before Hiccup pushed his prosthetic leg, making Toothless' tail flap open, then they began to speed up, making Astrid and Stormfly left behind a little dumbfounded, then she shook her head sarcastically, Stormfly squawked "C'mon Stormfly… before we get lost" Astrid said
Stormfly sped up and tried keeping up with Toothless and his rider, then she finally caught them on sight, she fastened her pace and was keeping up with Toothless and Hiccup from far behind. Hiccup looked back and saw Astrid and Stormfly catching up, then he patted Toothless "C'mon bud, let's show them who's fast…" Hiccup said
Toothless began to fly at his greatest speed yet, leaving Stormfly and Astrid like little dots from far behind, he chuckled at the sight of them trying to catch up, then he looked out-front and saw islands from afar "This must be Forest Atolls… c'mon bud!" Hiccup said
Astrid stared dumb-founded at them, they were already flying at a great speed, then she patted Stormfly and smiled "Stormfly… just keep this speed, I don't want you to go to your maximum speed yet"
Stormfly squawked and Astrid chuckled, then she looked out-front and saw a dot disappearing, it must've been Hiccup and Toothless, then she a few couple of islands up ahead, it was still far, but it was easily seen because of it's fully green and brown colours. She smiled widely at the looks of it, the islands were full of trees.
"C'mon Stormfly, let's fly up… I'm sure we'll find more lands without that rat-eating fishbone… c'mon…" Astrid said, before Stormfly stopped gliding and going up high to the sky
Astrid looked around from far above, then she pointed at far western side where there was nothing but a vast sea, Stormfly squawked happily and flew to that direction, Astrid smiled happily, going on her own, it wasn't exactly what has been planned, but she felt that she wanted to go exploring on her own.
Stormfly began flying on her normal speed to far western side, where there was nothing but sea, Astrid looked around for any sign of land around "C'mon girl, let fly more far ahead, there's nothing here…"
Astrid looked around as Stormfly flew farther away, but all she saw was sea and nothing more… oh, and a few Scauldrons and Thunderdrums swimming at the sea. Astrid had smiled at watching the dragon swim around the ocean, then Stormfly squawked "I know you're a little tired, but wait until we find land" Astrid said, reassuringly
Ha! I wonder what Hiccup and Toothless are doing right now? Surely they are a little worried I went for a little exploring… he won't be seeing me anytime soon!. Astrid thought playfully
Stormfly squawked, Astrid got back to reality and looked around, then pointed to the island at the eastern side "Look Stormfly! There's land there! Let's go!" Astrid said
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"Where are they? What's taking so long?" Hiccup asked, turning to Toothless
Toothless looked at him sarcastically as if he was saying 'it's your fault', Hiccup sat down beside Toothless and played with the sand. After a few moments, Hiccup stood up and began walking around, Toothless followed "C'mon bud, let's just explore this place on our own… Astrid could easily track us, Stormfly is a tracker after all" Hiccup said
They began walking around the first island, coming across different wild dragons, a few of them were Gronkles, Deadly Nadders, Snafflefangs and Hobblegrunts. Hiccup haven't found a new species yet but he has a few more islands to go, maybe he'll find new species or wondering if they'll come across another Night Fury
Hiccup labelled a few dragons to be found on the island in his map, Toothless just played around, then Hiccup looked at his dragon and chuckled, then he began to clear up the map and his tools and he snuck them under Toothless' saddle, then he grabbed his helmet and mounted Toothless "Let's go to the other islands bud…" Hiccup said
Toothless flew up and took a moment to look around, Hiccup looked around also, trying to find Astrid and Stormfly, but he saw no sign and ordered Toothless to just go to next island. Toothless began flying to the next island and he landed on shore, Hiccup dismounted his dragon and took a quick look around
"C'mon bud… let's take a look around…" Hiccup said
Hiccup began exploring the island, followed by Toothless at his side, they saw a few couple of new wild dragons, just the same as they saw on the first island, but adding to the list are Timberjacks. Then he took out his map and began adding the Timberjack to the list of dragons found in the islands. After a while, realizing it was already noon, Hiccup took out a small basket from Toothless' saddle and brought out the fish and gave some to Toothless, then he took out a few for himself and started cooking it with fire from Toothless.
"Well bud, where do you suppose Astrid and Stormfly are now? I'm a little worried…" Hiccup said "Did they went back to Berk or just wandered around completely lost not knowing where to go?"
Toothless looked at him sarcastically again as if he was saying 'Well it is YOUR fault', Hiccup chuckled at his dragon and began eating "Well option one sounds nice to me, only then she'll kill me when I get back" Hiccup said, trying hard to swallow when he mentioned 'kill'
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"Wow… this is so… amazing…" Astrid looked around
The island was like a paradise with a few dragons flying by, Astrid had looked around again and saw baby dragons playing around, Stormfly began drinking at the lake near them, Astrid looked around and saw a beautiful island with a few dragons inhabiting it. Then she mounted Stormfly "C'mon Stormfly! Let's get to the top of that mountain over there!" Astrid said
Stormfly began flying to the top of the mountain, it took a while but they managed to get to the top of the mountain. Astrid dismounted Stormfly and took a quick look around and saw no wild dragon whatsoever, then she went to Stormfly and got a paper and a pencil and began sketching the island the best she can.
"Girl… since I discovered it… what should I name it? Got any ideas?" Astrid asked
Stormfly squawked and Astrid chuckled and turned to her drawing and sighed "What about 'Rapture Azure'?" Astrid asked, before smiling at the view
"Hey girl, let's explore more islands out there and give this to Hiccup…" Astrid said, adding a few touches to the drawing
Astrid smiled and labelled what kind of dragons she saw, adding to the list a few Gronkles, Deadly Nadders, Rumblehorns and Terrible Terrors, then she turned to Stormfly and smiled. Stormfly looked at the drawing making Astrid smile "You like it?" Astrid asked
Stormfly squawked making Astrid laugh, then suddenly a few Terrible Terrors came flying to them, Astrid giggled as one Terrible Terror approached her and let her pat him, Stormfly squawked quietly and stared at her rider "Hey buddy…" Astrid smiled "What do you think on 'Rapture Azure'? I'm naming your island… what do you think?"
The Terrible Terror jumped on Astrid, wanting a hug, Astrid accepted it and labelled the island 'Rapture Azure'. Stormfly looked around and squawked, Astrid took her paper and pencil and puts the Terrible Terror down, she looked to where Stormfly was looking at, she narrowed her eyes "Another island! C'mon Stormfly!" Astrid hurriedly mounted Stormfly
Stormfly took a moment and started to fly away to the island, Astrid looked determined to know about the new island, Stormfly flew at a fast speed, while Astrid looked down trying to know the distance between the islands, then Astrid looked out-front and saw the island a little rocky and abandoned, it was a weird island
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Hiccup looked around and smiled to himself, Toothless watched him and picks up a pebble with his mouth and throws it at Hiccup. The dragon looked annoyed, Hiccup looked at him surprisingly, and approached him "Don't think this the wrong way, I know we haven't seen them the whole day and I'm worried about them also! But look we discovered this island in every corner… that makes me happy also… c'mon Toothless… let's find Astrid and Stormfly" Hiccup said
Toothless growled, Hiccup cleared his map and got his materials and snuck them under Toothless' saddle, then he got his helmet and wore it, then he mounted on Toothless and locked himself up
"Okay bud, let's find Astrid and Stormfly" Hiccup said
Toothless roared and started to fly away, then he began circling the islands from above and Hiccup looked around and tried finding them, then he patted Toothless "C'mon let's find them is the sea" Hiccup said
Hiccup took one last glance on the islands before Toothless flew away to the ocean, Hiccup looked around sharply, trying to find an even a faint outline of a Deadly Nadder and her rider flying nearby or afar. But to their luck, they didn't see anything.
"Where could they be?" Hiccup asked himself
Toothless growled and flew around once more and Hiccup took an even closer look, but he just saw a vast sea below and clouds and the sun from above. Hiccup looked at Toothless and sighed, then he took one more look around "C'mon bud, maybe she already went back to Berk" Hiccup said
Then cold seeped through, making Hiccup look up to the sky, then he saw the sun in its lowest spot in the horizon, with sun light glistening with different colours of yellow, orange and hints of purple from the opposite direction of the sun
"It's already sun down? Time flies fast… c'mon bud, let's go home" Hiccup said
Then Toothless growled at him and flew a little higher, then Hiccup pushed his prosthetic foot down, making Toothless' tail flap open, making Toothless tail flap open, making him glide through the air faster, then Hiccup held on to the saddle's handles while leaning down
They did a few somersaults in the air, trying to enjoy the freedom as much as possible, then they felt the cold wind crashed them, the breeze was overwhelming them, making them want to say at the air as long as possible
"Hey bud, what if we do one last search around and if we really can't find them, let's go back to Berk and hope that they're there for sure" Hiccup said, patting Toothless
Toothless warbled in agreement, then Hiccup leaned right, making them both turn back. Toothless started to fly around one last time, Hiccup began to search again, and kept his eyes narrowed, trying to see a possible sign of a Deadly Nadder with a female rider. But there luck was run out, they didn't see any sign
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"C'mon girl, let's go home back to Berk… I guess 3 islands are already enough discoveries for today" Astrid said, mounting Stormfly
Stormfly squawked, making Astrid smile "I never thought that exploring vast lands can be fun, especially when you're on your own… no wonder why Hiccup likes to explore"
Astrid took one last glimpse at the new land she discovered that she just named 'Odinsland' because of its vast and great land, it was like a paradise too perfect and only a few wild dragons to be found, but it was like Odin blessed the place to be perfect for his sight.
Stormfly started to fly away, leaving the island grounds, then Astrid looked down and saw another island far ahead, it was a rocky and dark island, with a volcano at the centre, which makes sense to why it's abandoned and rocky and mysterious. Stormfly passed the island Astrid named 'Ash Boulder'. Astrid smelled the lava and smoke emitting from the island
Stormfly flew a little faster, Astrid looked around and ordered Stormfly to go the East direction, and after a while of flying across the seas, she saw 'Rapture Azure' nearing. Astrid smiled at the view
"Hey girl… let's hurry before night falls…" Astrid said
Stormfly squawked and fastened her speed and got to Rapture Azure in just minutes, then Astrid saw a few Terrible Terrors flying from a distance, it made her smile.
Astrid looked around and took a glimpse at Rapture Azure before passing it, Stormfly squawked and flew faster, startling Astrid. They continued flying into the vast seas, then Astrid leaned left a little, stirring Stormfly. The dragon flew fast across the sea, Astrid had her hood on, protecting her head from the cold. She felt proud with her discoveries, she patted Stormfly, feeling proud of herself and her dragon
Ha! In his face now! This is what he gets for leaving me in the middle of the ocean! That son of a half-troll, rat-eating, steaming heap of dragon dung… Astrid thought, smirking at her thoughts
"C'mon girl! Let's hurry up… I still don't recognize this place" Astrid said
Stormfly sped up as she passed the vast sea, Astrid felt the wind seeped through her face and her arms, she felt happy in what she had done that day and can't wait to get back and kill Hiccup and tell what she had done and discovered. Astrid laughed at her thoughts and focused on the way home
Astrid saw the Forest Atolls just up ahead, then she felt a little bit annoyed, then she leaned right, stirring Stormfly. Then they flew straight flying away from Forest Atoll trying to find the way home, but all she remembered was the islands that she passed through getting to her destinations
"Stormfly, I want you to go on your maximum speed… don't worry I'll give you extra chicken tonight" Astrid said "So? Let's go!"
Stormfly then squawked and started flying at her maximum speed, Astrid held on to her saddle, and focused on where they were going, then Astrid felt the cold wind beginning to get more colder, Astrid looked up to the sky and saw the sun almost had set, then the night sky was engulfing the sun's light. Stormfly had slowed down her speed a little, when she noticed her rider gazing at the sky
"I'm fine… c'mon, girl… let's go home" Astrid said, patting the dragon
Stormfly started to sped up again, making Astrid startle a bit, then she held on to the saddle's handle, Astrid chuckled at her dragon and looked around.
"Look! It's the islands we saw this morning! It means we're on the right track girl! C'mon!" Astrid pointed out from their north side
Stormfly squawked and immediately glided down near the sea and started to speed up again, Astrid focused on their destination. The sun was set completely, only tiny bits of lights left from the sky, Stormfly made it to the islands and islet and Astrid looked around and stirred Stormfly left, making her go left, they flew straight trying to get Berk before it gets completely dark
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Hiccup landed on Berk, then the gang greeted him, they rushed to him and started bombarding him with questions, then Stoick and Gobber came walking to Hiccup who was dismounting Toothless
"Where have you been all day?" Stoick asked, a little angry at Hiccup
"Dad! Before you guys bombard me with questions… have you seen Astrid?" Hiccup asked
"No… she didn't return here… we haven't seen her all day, I thought she was with you…" Fishlegs said "Where did you two went anyway?"
"Cause that's the thing, when we were going to the new land I came across yesterday, I kinda… raced her there… but I didn't realized I've already lost her in the middle of the ocean… so I thought Stormfly can track me, but she didn't came… so when we were about to go home, me and Toothless tried finding her… but we didn't find her, so we thought she was already here, back on Berk" Hiccup said, before getting smacked by Toothless' tail in the head "Really? Toothless?"
Gobber smacked his head "Idiot…" Gobber mumbled
The gang felt worried about Astrid, Stoick approached his son and held his shoulders "Son… you will be responsible for your actions… what you did was completely stupid of you… in the morning you and the dragon riders will find her and will not rest till she is found" Stoick said, with a tone of anger in his voice
Then they heard a screech from behind, they all turned around and saw Stormfly and Astrid. Hiccup and the gang sighed in relieved, Stoick lets go of his son's shoulder. Astrid pulls off her hood and dismounted her dragon, then she grabbed her minuscule map with the drawing of the new lands she discovered, then she grabbed her axe from Stormfly's saddle
Astrid gazed at her map, before being crowded by the gang, but Astrid ignored them and she approached Hiccup, then she took a glimpse at the map
Hiccup breathed nervously "I-I'm-I'm sorry Astrid! I'm so-so sorry! I-I shouldn't have left you in the middle of the ocean..! I'm so-I'm so sorry!"
Astrid looked at Hiccup and did a quick, strong punch in the face, making him fall down. The gang did their 'ooh's and 'ow's, Toothless looked at his rider with a face that's saying 'That's gotta hurt'
Hiccup held his jaw and looked up, then he saw Astrid still standing there, holding a paper, then it took a moment before she handed the paper to him "Here… just something for your map, after you left me in the ocean, me and Stormfly went for our own exploration and I found this islands North West of Forest Atolls…" Astrid said, as Hiccup stood up
"Oh… y-you went for your own-own exploration… hey, I'm-I'm sorry Astrid… I-I promise to not do that again..! I was so worried! You really made me worried! I'm-I'm sorry!" Hiccup said
"Fine… I forgive you… but if it wasn't for you leaving me out there in the sea, I wouldn't have found these three islands… it's alright" Astrid said
Hiccup got the paper and stared at it, there he saw three different islands with names and labels on what dragons that she found there, then after a while, he smiled "Thanks, I'll add this to the map right away…" Hiccup said
Astrid punched Hiccup in the shoulder, this time harder than what force she punched him in the face "That was for leaving me in the ocean!"
"Ow… Astrid… was the punch in my face isn't enough for you?!" Hiccup complained
Then Astrid kissed Hiccup's cheek "That was for your concern…"
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I am the Mighty Thor, son of Odin, prince of Asgard, I command you to vote and comment in this story and I am running out of words to say *throws hammer at you guys, then you dodge and he was actually aiming at Ultron's robot minions*
Thanks Thor! Now go back to Jane Foster or Asgard or whatever! Before Ultron kidnaps me!
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