Chapter 35 here :) So in the last chapter, Dagny and Doglegs had a long talk, and they've decided to take their relationship slow :) Read to find out what happens :) Enjoy :)
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Chapter 35
Morning After
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The winter months were still hanging around, making the morning air cold and crisp.
But for some reason, Dagny was warm and cosy.
Not that she was complaining, maybe Spark had crawled into bed with her during the night, she often did it during the cold months.
Dagny snuggled closer to the warmth and slowly opened her sleepy eyes.
Wait a minuet... since when did Spark wear a brown tunic?
Dagny's eyes slowly travelled up. She could now make out the pale freckled skin, blond hair and sleeping face of a young man.
Dagny jumped and squeaked a little.
She turned to see Spark still sleeping on her stone slab, leaning heavily against Froghorn. The Gronckle was lying on his back with his tongue hanging out, the occasional grunts making his nostrils flair.
Dagny slowly turned back to look down at the other person in her bed. She and Doglegs were both lying on their sides facing each other. Her hands had been pressed against his chest, with her head resting on one of his arms and the other wrapped around her waist.
They were both fully clothed though. Dagny breathed a sigh of relief to calm herself.
She didn't remember falling asleep. She remembered talking to Doglegs late into the night about nothing in particular, and slowly she remembered becoming more and more sleepy. She must have passed out right in the middle of a conversation, and by the looks of it, she had fallen asleep on Dogleg's arm. She'd have to apologise for that later.
Dagny looked down at Doglegs and just watched him for a moment.
He was still tall and broad, with not overly large, but well defined muscles in his arms and chest. His face had grown angular over the last few years, with a few areas of fuzz on his chin. His straw blond hair was still short and shaggy, with two long braids on the left side of his face hanging down to reach the middle of his chest.
His short sleeve tunic was dark brown, his sleeveless jacket was an even darker brown and made of thick fur, while this belt was thin and made of black leather. He also had thick leather flaps hanging from his belt, a dragon tooth necklace from his uncle, black leggings and brown fur boot with leather ties around his shins.
But despite obviously looking like a young man, there was still something about him that reminded Dagny of the little boy she had played with when she could barely walk.
But he was a young man, and quite a handsome one at that.
The longer Dagny looked at him, the more she felt the urge to kiss him.
No, she couldn't do that. She and Doglegs had agreed last night that they would take things slow, she couldn't...
Could she?
It seemed like Doglegs was still asleep, he wouldn't know.
Dagny moved a little closer, biting her lip as her eyes flickered from Dogleg's face to his lips.
Just a small kiss wouldn't wake him... she hoped.
Dagny carefully leaned closer, tilting her head up, and pressed her lips to his.
They were so warm.
She only meant for it to be a light peck, but it may have ended up being a little longer than she originally intended.
When Dagny eventually did pull away, she found Dogleg's eyes were open and looking straight at her.
His face was just as surprised as hers was.
"Um... Morning?" Dagny said with an awkward smile.
Doglegs stared at her for a second longer, then he blinked the sleep away and gave her a soft smile, "Morning. Did you just kiss me?"
Dagny blushed, "Um... yeah... Too soon?"
Doglegs gave a small laugh, "I don't think so. But... can we do it again, now that I'm actually awake?"
Dagny returned the smile, "Sure"
The two slowly leaned forward again.
But then a knock sounded at the door.
"Dagny! Time to wake up, breakfast is ready!" Hicca's voice travelled through from outside Dagny's bedroom door.
The two teens froze, their eyes wide and faces inches apart.
"Oh Thor!" Dagny gave a harsh whisper. The two jumping up from the bed, Doglegs ran over to where the dragons still slept and tried to wake up Froghorn. While Dagny rushing over to the door, not wanting her mother to walk in and see the boy in her room.
"O-Okay mum, I'll be right there," she called out. Then she turned to Doglegs and pointed to the window.
Doglegs nodded and practically dragged the still sleepy Gronckle over to the window, he was about to start climbing out the window when Hicca called out again.
"I made some for Doglegs too."
There was a slightly amused sound in Hicca's voice, almost as if she could see through the door. The expressions on Dagny and Dogleg's faces must have been priceless.
But while the two teens were frozen in shock, Froghorn was very annoyed at having been woken from his sleep. The Gronckle reared up and gave an annoyed bellow at his rider, startle Doglegs so much that he tumbled backwards.
Right out of the window.
Dagny turned just in time to see Dogleg's feet disappear out of her bedroom window. "Doglegs!" she called out and rushed over to see if he was alright.
Thankfully, the fall wasn't as bad as it could have been. Doglegs lay there on the ground for a moment before he sat up, he stretched his arms and back to make sure nothing was damaged, and then looked up to see both Dagny and Hicca staring down at him. They both had shocked expressions on their faces, so Doglegs gave them a small wave to tell them he was alright.
But there was another reason for their shocked faces.
"Doglegs..."
The blond froze as a much deeper voice sounded very close by. At the same time, he realised that the ground was a lot softer than it should have been.
"Get off me."
Doglegs slowly turned to see chief Dagur sprawled out on the ground, with Doglegs sitting on his chest.
Doglegs' thoughts halted as he tried to comprehend the situation. He had accidently spent the night with the daughter of the chiefs. He'd then been caught by chief Hicca. Then he'd fell out of the top floor window... and landed on chief Dagur.
Was it possible to have such bad luck?
"Oh my gods! I'm so sorr! I-I didn't... I mean..." Doglegs stumbled to his feet as his brain kick started.
Dagur slowly stood and brushed himself off, standing to his full height to glare down at the blond teen. "I'm only going to ask you this once, boy. Why are you sneaking out through my daughter's bedroom window this early in the morning?"
The terrifying chief's voice was deep and full of venom, and his large form and long horned helmet made him look like a demon. Doglegs was too scared to move. "W-W-Well...I- I didn't want to be seen... I-I mean..."
That may not have been the best thing to say.
Dagur's glare intensified. He lunged forward and grabbed Doglegs' forearms, lifting the boy off the ground and looking him straight in the eye. Terrified blue meeting fierce green.
"Leave. Now."
With that, he unceremoniously dropped Doglegs back onto his feet.
The blond quickly whistled to Froghorn and took off into a run. The Gronckle flew passed Hicca and Dagny, and straight out of the window. Dagny could do nothing but watch Doglegs run away, barely catching the way he turned back and threw her a quick smile. Then he clambered onto his dragon and flew back to his own house.
But then Dagur turned to look up at Dagny.
"Young lady! Downstairs, now!"
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Inside the large chief's home, the word 'Awkward' would be an understatement.
Dagny sat on one side of the table, her hands in her lap and her eyes downcast, not wanting to make eye contact with either of her parents. Spark on the other hand, was perfectly happy eating her breakfast in the corner near the fire.
Dagur sat at one end of the table, Shrieker curled around his large chair. He was leaning forward and resting his large forearms on the table, just by looking at his tense arms and clenched fists, it was clear he wasn't happy.
Hicca sat opposite Dagur, with Toothless's head resting on her lap. She sat up straight looking as regale as ever, not a hair out of place. But her eyes were narrowed in thought, she also wasn't happy with the situation.
"What happened?" Dagur asked in a slow dark tone.
Dagny tensed a little, "Nothing happened, we just fell asleep last night." Her voice didn't shake, but it was obvious that she was nervous.
"Did that boy sneak in to your room last night? Did he do something?" Dagur had clearly tortured himself by thinking of the worst case scenario.
Dagny's head snapped up to look at him, "No, nothing like that! I invited him over last night."
"What was so important that you needed to sneak him into your room last night?" Hicca asked from the other end of the table.
Dagny blushed a little and looked down at her hands, "We just talked... Doglegs is... I mean..."
Hicca and Dagur had both calmed down a little, Hicca was more curious now, but Dagur was still concerned.
"Dagny, tell us what happened," Dagur said forcefully, he wanted to make sure that his daughter was telling the truth.
But Dagny was growing annoyed with her father's almost condescending tone, "I already told you, nothing happened. We just talked, fell asleep, we did kiss but-"
"He kissed you!?" Dagur was suddenly bolt upright in his seat, startling Shrieker and the other dragons.
Hicca realised that Dagur was starting to get worked up, "Dagur, calm down." But unfortunately, her voice went unheard.
Dagny turned to face her father fully, a frown starting to form on her face as well, "No, I kissed him. Stop jumping to conclusions, it's none of your business."
"You are my daughter, of course it's my business!" Dagur's voice was starting to rise in volume.
"I'm old enough to make my own decisions, why don't you trust me!?" Dagny stood from her chair and glared at her father.
"You were the one who snuck a boy into you room behind our backs, do you really think you deserve to be trusted!?" Dagur was also standing now.
This was starting to get out of hand, Hicca could practically feel the Berserker Blood in both her husband and her daughter starting to boil. Even the dragons had backed away into one corner of the room. "Both of you stop shouting," But again, Hicca's voice went unheard.
"Like I said, it's none of your business! In any case, that doesn't give you the right to manhandle Doglegs and frighten him away!" Dagny was truly yelling now.
"That boy snuck into our house last night! I have ever right! He is not allowed to come here ever again!" Dagur was taking this much too far now.
"You can't do that!" Dagny was furious now.
"I am your chief! My word is final!"
That did it.
Hicca slammed her hands on the table, "Both of you stop it! This has gone far enough!"
Dagur and Dagny had never yelled at each other like this before. They were both panting slightly, their faces red, and they were even shaking. When they finally turned to Hicca, she glared back at the two of them.
Dagur's fists were shaking, but he at least sat down and tried to calm himself.
But Dagny was too upset, she couldn't calm down now. She turned back to her father, her face still red and tears starting to for in her eyes.
"I hate you!"
Dagny roared at her father, startling everyone else in the room. Then she turned and ran out of the house, Spark close behind her, obviously worried for her rider.
"Dagny!" Hicca called after her, but it was too late.
She gave a heavy sigh, and turned to her husband. Dagur had fully calmed down now, he just sat at the table with a tired and almost miserable look, obviously regretting what he had said. He let his head fall into his hands and gave a deep sigh. He couldn't believe he'd yelled at his daughter like that.
As Hicca stepped closer to him, she gently put an arm around his large shoulders, "I'll go talked to her."
Dagur just nodded slowly. He hadn't meant to say such things, and his own daughter saying she hated him... it broke his heart.
Hicca knew it wasn't his fault, it was just part of being a Berserker. Their blood was full of power and strength, but also passion. When it came to a fight or argument, they fought to protect those they loved. Hicca had seen Dagur put his whole heart and soul into a fight many times before.
That passion had been passed on to his daughter.
But that wasn't always a good thing.
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So yeah... The morning started off so well, but things turned bad quickly :( Are Dagny and Dagur going to be okay, stay tuned to find out :) Hope you all liked this chapter, let me know what you all think and I'll see you next time :)