Hello, Apologies for the wait, but I did warn for sporadic updating, and some down-time, and that's continuing, you know, last term. Exams, Essays and school stuff. I'll get right down to the nitty gritty then shall I?
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Malik The Night Angel: Yup, definitely has it bad :P XD Thanks for the review
Hoytti: Definitely had a list XD Hmm, mutated speed stinger... I HAVE to write that down. You don't mind do you? And I didn't want to do the whole, drago/dagur/alvin enemies as i think its slightly overdone. XD Good ides though, wouldn't of thought of half of that. XD Thanks for the review
Ninuhuju: Hah, studying Vikings i have to say is quite fun :D though having to get a crap ton of sources secondary and primary is just annoying.:) I wol conisder myself lucky. Thanks for the review
Ludmila wase: Haha, Thanks ! And thanks for the review ! :P
a random person: Good question, I wonder why... I guess we'll... you'll find out XD Thankls for the review
Point95: Glad you liked it :) Thanks for the review, I'll keep writing, when i have time :)
Nightfury94: (Whistles,) Lots of reviews, I guess a daily review is my punishment (not much of one) for my late updating (i did warn you tho.)
Review 1/ Lol dreamy Hiccup :), Of course you didn't have a helmet XD Maybe you should get one (matching set yes?) Yeah she can't be writing Norse or all the Vikings would know it, but apparently only Gobber does in the series. XD So i'll assume she has her own language. Apologies, the future can only have so much story, The story I NEED to do is the past, as thats where the main chunk of the story is, So again apologies. And nice to know how much you like my story if its an after movie story XD :) And your poor brother, At least he can still have pizza... right... RIGHT? Xd Thanks for the highlights :P Oh also, I did just post at midnight, I have a very random updating schedule, South Australia here, I updated 11:30ish one time so I'll assume that was midnight for you XD wow 10/10? HTTYD 2 got a 7.8, I'm going to go and lower my score to a 5... XD But thanks anyway, Phrase of the day... hmmm. "Dah dah dah, we're dead." That should suffice :)
Review 2/ I am sorry for not completing you're day for 5 days then... but its going to be this way for the next few weeks, I pray you endure. And yes, I balled my eyes out at that scene. Gobbers face was killing me.
Review 3/Hey, just because I use cliffhangers doesn't mean you can! (Hypocrite 2014 award) I'll tell you my thought on the rest of this chapter next chapter. because cliffhanger vengence
Review 4/ Next chapter? umm, Now XD Peace, until review 5
Review 5/ Oh would you look at that. XD That is a lovely song, I have to say the first time I watched it I was sure it would be a happy ending, they had a cute song, But no. NO, Of course they didn't. :( Stupid dream-works (Kidding love you!) However beating let it go? I would personally agree but honestly ranking songs? I think people should let it go and focus on the dancing and the dreaming (see what i did there?) XD, and yes, my dearest one is most likely not in Astrids vocabulary. Thanks for you're review :)
Where did this chapter go wrong in the ring today? I mistimed my punchline, it was sloppy.. It threw off my red herring (Yeah we noticed) No no, that was great it was so you! [He's right, you have to be tough on yourself, where else did he go wrong?] Uhh. He started writing?, He didn't get banned, He's always using cliffhangers... Thankyou Astrid.
Crazy Plans
"Yes." Astrid replied to Hiccups question, wondering what crazy plan he is going to come up with.
"Will my father definitely not listen to me?" He asked.
Astrid raised a brow but responded none the less. "You were revealed when you tried to convince everyone alone whilst you were in the kill ring. You won Dragon training and everyone expected you to kill Hookfang."
Hiccup nodded at her suggestion and also in digression mentioned, "The Nightmare's called Hookfang… sounds very Snotlout."
Astrid nodded and smiled at his correct guess, he continued, "Maybe if we have somewhere less pressured and less tense he would listen." Hiccup noted, as if the cogs in his brain were working out an idea.
"Hiccup I think any dragon related environment is going to be intense. He would be on edge the moment he saw one."
"Then we'll have to make do with my Dad not listening. We're going to need to pierce that thick-headedness." Hiccup decided.
Astrid was also thinking hard, but not just because of Stoick. She was trying to figure out what Hiccup was planning.
"In order to turn the village, we need to convince the village!" Hiccup realized and voiced concurrently.
Astrid however, found a flaw in the plan, "How are we going to do that?" Her words almost caught as she remembered him mentioning, 'You said almost everyone on Berk has a dragon?'
…He isn't.
"No, we're not going to reveal dragons to people! It's insane and they're almost as stubborn as Stoick!"
Hiccup walked into the entrance of the cove whilst replying, "Maybe, but we have to try. If anyone can help us, it's our own." He said it with such confidence; confidence that she has seen many times. His born leadership was shining bright and she couldn't help but trust him.
"So what's the plan?"
Hiccup answered with a composed and strong voice. "Get the dragons from the nest, bring some back to Berk and make sure neither attack each other. We are going to explain our plight, together."
He really was strong under that awkward persona.
She didn't know how they were going to pull this off, but knowing Hiccup, he'll have a plan. An Idea nobody could comprehend yet it seems like it was so obvious to do so, so she left him at that.
"We'll get back to this later. Right now we need to start training you."
Hiccup looked astonished, "I know you said you were going to train me to fight Snotlout but can't that wait-" He was cut off.
"No not that! As in how to train dragons!" She rolled her eyes, feeling like that should be a book instead of: 'The dragon manual'. Hiccup responded with the appropriate 'Aah' before shrugging and greeting an excited Toothless.
"Ah hey bud, how you doing today? We're going to be training apparently! Of course you're excited…" He continuously spouted to his dragon as if it could understand him. Astrid laughed at his babbling.
She cleared her throat to get his attention after a little while and then gestured to a patch of grass on which he apparently should stand to start the lesson, he complied dramatically.
"Oh yes, of course… right here? Okay." He teased her specific orders. She stuck her tongue out at him and then got to into a 'teacher' persona, as she did many times at the dragon academy.
"Right Hiccup today we need to learn about all the basics of dragon training…"
It was a long session, took up most of the afternoon. The basics of mounting the dragon (Even though she rarely saw Toothless without his saddle.) She didn't let him fly yet however, for obvious reasons. She started with bonding and feeding, both of which he was pretty good at already. Pacifying a wild dragon was next; she taught him multiple techniques from dragon-nip, to touching the pressure point, to crouching low and basically hypnotizing the dragon. She told him how wielding fire in some way allows dragons to relate and think you're one of them. There were many different things she went over, and was the fastest learner she had. She could go over three day lessons with Hiccup in one afternoon. Usually Snotlout and the Twins lagged the class behind and Fishlegs had the thirst for knowledge but not the nerve to go through with some tests.
Hiccup learnt a lot in a single afternoon but time had run out and the day was nearing its end. They walked out of the cove to the displeasure of Toothless whom had been enjoying the attention, the fish and the affectionate scratches. Especially behind the ear! He could never reach that one.
"... I had no idea a dragon could do that! There are so many things to learn! I'm getting taught first is awesome, I-I mean nobody knows about this and there are so many possibilities and-" Astrid silenced his speech, "Hiccup..."
Hiccup quieted instantly.
Astrid adored his talkative nature generally, especially when he's excited as he is, however, they were nearing the village and knowing Hiccup he wouldn't have stopped talking about it even when they were in the village.
"We're nearing the village, may want to keep it down." She told him and winked. Hiccup continued however, "Oh. Well I was almost done." Both of them knew that wasn't true.
"I was just going to say, think of the possibilities of the village if… that happened. It would help so much!" He finished aware that they were crossing the tree line. They were met with not so few and not so subtle stares from the people they saw. They couldn't be busted could they? No, there would be a whole lot more axe swinging and yelling about how 'disloyal' they were, when in a few years the exact opposite would be so.
"What are they staring at?" Hiccup asked softly, as if he had the same fear of being caught. Astrid tugged his arm encouragingly but responded bluntly, "Us."
Hiccup looked at her confused. She then gestured to the both of them…he finally caught on, "Oh, dating, right! Yep."
Astrid knew there would be a 'not so subtle' proud father in a few days when he heard the news. She thought this as they parted ways with a blatant kiss on the cheek to solidify any doubts before they headed to their respective homes, or at least…Astrid went home.
Astrid was lying in her bed trying to get some sleep when Hiccup somehow managed to get into her room. He also started talking.
"How's milady doing?"
Oh wait, that's a voice in her head. That's not Hiccup. It's her fiancé...err, Hiccup.
"Where have you been?" She asked. She hadn't seen him for a while and she was beginning to think it was her mind telling her she's crazy.
"I skipped a day it seems, I'm not too sure on the schedules."
Astrid remembered she was poisoned on a bed in the future, that wasn't good. So she shut off her excitement of hearing her promised one's words to ask about that instead.
"How am I doing?"
Hiccup laughed the same way he did when she was poisoned, clearly not wanting to tell her, except this time he didn't pretend there was nothing.
"Well, you, per say, are feeling better. Not sure about the situation… I found out why this is happening to us at least!"
Astrid was surprised Hiccup figured it out, however she didn't see it as a bad thing!
"Isn't that good news? Now we can fix this!"
Remembering how she promised to help Hiccup, she had unfinished business, and if he figured out a way to make her return Hiccup here would be on his own. Her thoughts were cut off, "Hah, no, we can't…it turns out we're being targeted by the Gods. Or, Loki at least."
Astrid knew Loki was the God of tricks and deceit. It couldn't be that bad right?
"What does Loki want with us?"
Hiccup hummed in response then replied less than vaguely, "Fishlegs thinks Loki is trying to start Ragnarok."
Astrid spluttered, almost loud enough to alarm her parents downstairs, "What!?"
Hiccup chuckled uneasily again, "You're under twenty four seven watch courtesy of your parents and Gothi…can't have you getting poisoned again."
Astrid frowned, "Who else knows of what's going on?"
Hiccup responded without hesitation, "Fishlegs, Gothi, your parents and my mother and I think the dragons have a suspicion." He said lightening the mood.
She laughed and then she was instantly reminded of her ill-treated friend locked up in the kill ring this moment, "Anyway, I have a bone to pick with you about my catch up in the day's events." He was clearly mentioning the kisses and dragon training.
"For starters, here I am, again, respecting your space and you're off snogging my younger self! Do you have any self-control when it comes to me?" He asked incredulously.
"Nope, not an ounce" Astrid teased back.
Hiccup mumbled something about 'useless hormones' and something else she didn't quite catch. Astrid figured if anyone knows Hiccup and his scatterbrained plans, it's Hiccup.
"Do you know what you're planning?"
Hiccup perked up a bit and said, "No I don't actually…I think it has something to do with bringing dragons or something so people see they're not a threat. I'm not too sure."
Astrid grunted in agreement, it would be something like that.
Hiccup continued, "You might want to go check on the forge though. If you'd paid attention to my eyes instead of my lips you would have seen the glint that I know is me planning to make Toothless's saddle." He jested in a way that made Astrid want to punch and kiss him. He did give her useful information though so a light punch it would be. She left her house to make her way down to the forge.
She decided not to tell anyone about the Hiccup in her head for obvious reasons, like the validity of her sanity.
Now to help the real Hiccup make the saddle work on its first go.
Dun Dun DUUUUN. The voice is back, not at any exciting moment but there you go. :P
I hope that this longer updating time isn't to harsh, I apologize and feel free to abuse me in the review for taking so long (Won't do much good tho XD)
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