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So um... yeah

By the way, I'm not good with flashbacks, so be prepare with something worse

Chapter 24
Memory

…Two months… Two months he was out and nearly everyone already losing hope of him to wake up. I will not, and so will the lass and his best friend.

She found herself in the middle of the woods. It was the first time she was ever there alone but she never got lost since she knew the way back home and she always used the same route. Whenever she was in the woods, she always enjoyed the beauty of it. On this particular day, however, she found something on her usual path.

On the ground, where it grew in the middle of the route, was a bunch of flowers. They were daffodils. She rushed towards it and knelt down for closer inspections. It was her favorite flower and they looked beautiful. Little Astrid won't admit, but she like flowers. She would kick someone who says that she like flowers.

But, unknown to her, a pair of slit eyes were locked on her form, stalking her in the bush. Its fangs were shown as it slowly and silently approached the small girl with his four furry paws. Despite its eyes were on the girl, it cautiously avoid any twigs that might gave away its position. In a split second, it dashed towards the girl.

Little Astrid heard ruffling behind her so she turned around and froze at what she saw. She felt time slowed down as the creature approached. She couldn't move her body, she couldn't even breath. She just stared at the creature with his teeth shown. The wolf was half way between her and its hiding spot when something happened.

"LOOK OUT!" and the wolf disappeared from her sight. It got thrown to the side and tackled down to the ground, by someone. Time was still slow as she witness a boy fought with the wolf that twice his size. The boy struggled underneath the wolf and let out a quick yelp. With a strong kick, he kicked the wolf off of him and landed few good feet away from him.

Both of them stood up and the boy rushed towards the girl and stood protectively between her and the wolf. He crouched in a battle stance with his hands clawed. The wolf locked his slit eyes with the boy's.

What the wolf saw in the boy's emerald green, forest eyes was rage. It made it took a step back but it roared towards him. But when the boy roared back, his eyes were ignited with furious green flame filled with rage of fury, making the wolf shrunk and ran away.

The boy took some deep breath and stood straight. His gaze softened upon landed on the frightened girl behind him. He rushed and knelt in front of her.

"Are you okay?" he asked but the girl was too shock to reply. He grabbed her shoulder and shook her gently. "Hey, are you okay?" but no reply as she stared at the direction where the wolf ran off. "Hey, look at me. Look at me," he gently said as he softly grabbed her head locked his eyes with her. "Are you unharmed?"

"The… wolfie… kill… death…" was all she said with her trembling voice. Soon, tears of fear ran down her face as she sobbed. The boy doesn't know what to do other that doing what he thought it might help. He hugged her close.

"It's alright, you're safe. No wolfie is going to harm you," he rubbed her back as she cried on his shoulder. It did help since her sobbing decreased. Slowly, she pulled away from him. Tears were already dried. "You okay now?"

"Yes," she sniffed and looked down on the ground. The scenery was still fresh in her mind.

"Hey, what's your name?"

"Astrid," she managed to choke out her name. "What's your name?" the boy mentally sighed in relief. She asked about his name and it was a good progress of her forgetting the event.

"Hiccup," he answered. Astrid cocked her head to the side.

"Hiccy?"

"It's Hiccup"

"Hiccy," and Hiccup chuckled in amusement.

"Hiccup"

"Hiccy?"

"Hic-"

"Hic-"

"-Cup"

"-Cy," and Hiccup laughed in amusement. Even after some tries she still couldn't properly say his name. This made Astrid frown in confusion. "What's so funny? Oh gods, you're bleeding!" she pointed towards his chin. It was just a small scratch but it'll leave a mark.

"Oh, it's nothing," he said but Astrid wasn't convince. She licked her thumb and wiped in on his scratch. "Ouch," he flinched a little but the bleeding stopped.

"There, all heal up"

"Thank you," he said and awkward silence developed between them.

"Where are you from?" Astrid suddenly asked.

"I'm from Berk"

"Really? I haven't see you around"

"What are you doing here in the middle of the woods?"

"Oh, just strolling around and enjoy the view," reminding back about the view, the previous event returned to her mind. Fear consumed her as her body trembled and tears fell down her cheeks. Hiccup noticed this. He held her hands and gently squeezed them.

"Hey, it's okay. Don't cry"

"I was about to die," she suddenly started. "I didn't realize about the wolfie was about to kill me and eat me," death plagued her mind. "If it weren't for you, I would be dead," and she cried harder as her shoulder violently shaken. Once again, Hiccup hugged her as he caressed her back in comfort, making her noticed something.

His embrace was so warm and comforting.

Astrid's eyes snapped opened. She blinked several times and realized that it was a dream. No, it was not a dream; it was a memory. A memory of how she first met with Hiccup. She woke up in the middle of it and she knew what happened next. It was a sweet memory.

Astrid began to sit up and realized she slept beside him. Her eyes started to swell up again. It had had been two months and he was still unconscious. She just had a sweet memory of her and him, but in this kind of situation, it was like that was the only time she spent her time with him… before he went his one way trip.

She shook her head to clear her mind away from the thought of him for being not to return. She needed a walk. She had stuck with him for two months now so she needed a walk, but she doesn't want him to be waking up without her by his side. Eventually, she went out the front door.

The first thing that greeted her sight was dragons. Not some excited dragons that needed to be scratch or an attention, no. They were worrisome dragons, lots of them. These dragons were concerned of his health and according to Gobber they had been stayed around the house since he was brought there. Only few went away to do some tasks but came back once they finished.

It surprised Astrid that the dragons were more worried than the Vikings. When she stepped out, the dragons jumped onto their feet, hoping for any good news of him. But when they saw the look on her face, they slumped back onto the ground. Astrid only went where her legs brought her she went around the village.

The village was quieter and more gloom than before. Probably because there was no boy that going to make witty and sarcasms around the village that happened to be one who saved their sorry arse. He also happened to be the one they all mistreated for all of his life. Her mind drifted back to him.

She knew that when he woke up, he would still think that this was still a dream. He still wouldn't believe that he defeated the dragon queen, he still wouldn't believe that the village finally accepted him and he still wouldn't believe that she was in love with him.

That made her stopped in her tracks. She was now determined to convince him that all of these were not a dream and they were all real. She will have to convince him, even if it meant assaulting him.

She turned her heel and headed back to his house. Upon arrived, she noticed that all of the dragons around the house were on their feet as their tail swayed side to side in excitement. She shrugged them off from her mind and decided to make a soup for him as she entered the house. She carefully brought the bowl of soup upstairs to his room once she finished made them downstairs.

She dropped the bowl when she opened the bedroom door.