Hello to whoever will read this. No fighting scene. Sorry... Just read hope you enjoy it.
The village was quiet. Everyone was gathered at the Great Hall. Stoick had an announcement to make.
"Everyone, everyone be quiet. I know that in the last raid the dragons destroyed our ships. I also know thay we haven't had any raid the last two weeks, which is disturbing. I feel that something bad will happen to us. Anyway, I have requested ships from the Berserkers to aid us in our search for their nest. I also asked help from Alvin and the Outcasts." Gasps were heard, many were surprised to hear that Stoick asked Alvin for help after everything that he did to Stoick.
"You are not serious Stoick. We can't ask the Outcasts for help. They will betray us. Alvin will betray us. It's in his name" Gobber said trying to reason with his oldest friend.
"I know that many of you are reluctant, but think this. We CAN'T win this fight alone, if what he heard from Hiccup is even remotely true then we need all the help we can get, all the other Viking tribes are too far away. We must thank Osvalt for agreeing to help. As for Alvin... I will never trust him again."Stoick now said calming the minds of his villagers.
"So, when they arrive, in three days, i want you all to treat them ni-" Stoick was interrupted by a voice yelling two very familiar words.
"DRAGON RAID!"
'What? There has never been a raid in the morning. Something is wrong, something is VERY wrong!' he thought.
"Prepare for battle! All Vikings ATTACK!" Stoick yelled. Everyone rushed outside to defend thrir homes, but what they saw surprised all of them. Hundreds and hundreds of dragons,high above the Berkian sky, were circling the island.
"Thor help us" said Stoick.
"I'm gonna beed a bigger axe" said Snotlout
"Actually, we all need 20 speed, power and luck" Fishlegs now followed.
"Look at all this imminent destruction. I want some" Tuffnut said before he got a punch from his sister.
"You know, I should have worn extra undies" said Gobber while clipping an axe in his hand. While everyone was preparing Astrid had another one of thise in-mind debates. This time the other voice began.
'We can't beat them they're to many of them. We have to get everyone out of here'
'NO. We are Vikings. Vikings never run. We stay and fight. Besides if we die honourably we will go to Valhalla.'
'You are crazy you know that?'
'Yeah i know' Astrid smiled for a moment. She won the argument again.
Meanwhile, the dragons were still circling the island. They hadn't attack yet, which didn't stand right with the chief. Usually the would come, attacked some of the farms and houses and then they would leave with their loot. Not this time. This time, it felt like they were watching and they were debating whether or not to attack.
"Be on high alert! We don't know what those devils are thinking." Stoick ordered. Suddenly, all the dragons flew towards the forest and they left the villagers speechless.
"What is going on? Why aren't they attacking us?" Asked Gobber.
"I don't know, but i have a bad feeling about this. EVERYONE TO THE HALL." Stoick said. They need to discuss this, and find an answer.
Meanwhile, away from the village, deep within the forest, there was a clearing. In that clearing many of the dragons landed and they were greeted by four of their kind that had stayed back on Berk. Those four dragons were the ones that were captured and put in the ring but thanks to some other dragon they escaped. Now they just stayed back to keep an eye on the Vikings and report any suspicious activity. However they were confused when they saw the others land in front of them.
"What are you all doing here? Did any of those humans see you?" Asked the Nadder, with a tone that resembled almost to the core the tone of a certain shield maiden from Berk.
"Is it finally the time to attack these filthy humans? Is it time to get our revenge?" Asked the Nightmare, who obviously carved for a chance to prove himself to the other dragons. Actually he was the only one from the four that liked the arena and the fights.
"No, we didn't get followed nor did we came here to get our revenge. We came here because we are free! The queen is dead! A human and a dragon challenged her to a fight and they won." said one of the Nadders, who from its looks you could see that he had seen many battles.
"Father, how did they manage to win? You told me the she is very powerful and that we should never challenge her." The Nadder from the group of four said.
"My daughter, you are the only family that i have now. I didn't want to lose you too. I know how brave and stubborn you are, and so i told you something that is not entirely a lie. Of course she could be killed. Everyone can be killed, i just didn't want to see you try it." The older Nadder now said with a softer voice.
"What..what about the human and... and the dragon where are they?" Asked the Gronckle very timidly. The older Nadder looked down with sadness in his eyes.
"The other dragons left before they could see but... but i saw it. Fire everywhere. The human fell from the young dovah into the inferno. The young one tried to save him but.. the flames ate them both. There is smoke and ashes everywhere i couldn't find them. They didn't deserve such death they were heroes. They were a perfect example of peace." The older Nadder said again and now all the dragon roared loudly to honour the fallen heroes.
The next morning find Astrid in her bed wide awake. She didn't sleep all night due to two reason. Firstly because the dragons for some unknown reason roared and growled all night and secondly because she was thinking what the Chief said in the Hall last night.
'What is the Chief thinking telling us to leave those beasts alone? They have occupied OUR forest. Now we can't go and get wood if we ever need it.' She thought.
"I can't just sit here and do nothing." She said while getting dressed with her usual attire. She got her axe and left her house. She headed for the forest to look for them.
Several hours passed and she was still looking. She stopped in a clearing she found and drank from her water. She froze when saw something moving from the corner of her left eye. She reached for her axe and she looked at the bush better. A Nadder's head appeared and it sniffed at her from a safe distance. Astrid didn't know what to do every time a dragon was in front of her it attacked, but not this dragon. She was so focused on what's in front, that she ignored the other dragon that was coming from behind ready to attack. When it was too late, she turned her back and saw two huge black claws trapping her. A red Monstrous Nightmare was on top of her. She knew this dragon and the Nadder, they were they ones she trained with.
'How poetic, to die from the dragon i fought to kill.' she thought closing her eyes prepared to go to Valhalla. But death never came. She only heard a snarl. She looked up and saw the Nadder protecting her.
"No! don't kill her! We don't have to kill them anymore remember?" The Nadder said in dragonese.
"Are crazy? She wanted to kill me. She injured you. You want to protect her?" The nightmare replied.
"I know that. But i feel something different from her she didn't attacked me. She is different from before. or we are different. Anyway i don't want to hurt her." The Nadder said raising her wings to hide the blonde human. The Nightmare backed off and left. The Nadder turn her head expecting the human to have left but what sehe saw was two blue eyes watching her with astonishment. The blonde teen raised her hand and tried to touch her snout.
'What is she doing?' the Nadder thought.
'What am I doing?' Astrid thought. she couldn't stop her hand from raising and she couldn't stop her mouth saying"Thank you."
The Nadder closed her eyes and touched the raised hand for only a moment, but that moment felt like eternity for both the Nadder and Astrid.
"You came like a storm you know that?" Astrid said in a more relaxed voice. The Nadder just purred affirmative. Without a word the dragon left and Astrid was left behind in her thoughts. After a minute she regained herself and walked for the last exit of the forest with the smallest smile on her face.
Sorry for the wait. I had a hard week. Some very mentally hard stuff happened. My depression came back and i had no motivation to write or eat or speak or see anyone. I only went to my part-time job because there i didn't have time to think about anything. Anyway thanks for reading and please bare with me.