A/N: Hey everyone, sorry about the late chapter. Holidays and family time took up my time. But I am back and with a new chapter for you all. Here we get to see how the plane ride goes and what kind of hijinks the cast gets up to.
Httydastrid4ever- *Raise fist in the air* UNITE! Glad you are enjoying the story and I hope your tea is warm and delicious.
CB73- Steven is just sitting back and watching with two big mugs of mead and laughing as he watches his son get up to all kinds of shenanigan's. The twins definelty have some fun, Simon gets what is owed to him, Audrey gets a reality check and Henry tries to make some friends. And the chapter titled gives the plane ride away.
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(Saturday, October 6th, 2018)
36,000 feet in the air and finally felt his ears pop. It had been a grueling first hour waiting for it to happen but once his ears popped his headache went away and he was able to look around and enjoy the view. DragonWorks apparently had cash to spend as the interior of the plane was gorgeous. Dark hard wood walls and cabinets, massive TV's, recliner like chairs, and excellent food and drinks.
Smiling as he looked around, his gaze fell onto that of his neighbor, Audrey. For a moment when they found their seats, he saw her eyes widen with surprise before the same bored expression that had been the norm for her came back. Henry hoped that she would loosen up a bit and enjoy the plane, 18 hours trying to stay bored would certainly suck. Taking a deep breath Henry turned his body so he could face her.
"So, we never got to finish our greeting." Henry started, hoping to re-break the ice.
Audrey shifted her head over to him and Henry suddenly wished he was in the aisle seat. Her bored look cut through him and he wished that he could at least pretend that he had to go somewhere else, but as it was, he was trapped.
"I- uh- I was hoping to get to know you better. I mean we are going to be working together." Henry tried again, hoping to get some kind of reaction.
Audrey just blinked at him and popped a piece of hard candy that she had into her mouth. Figuring that this was going to be Audrey's mood the entire time, Henry sighed out and went to turn his body away from her.
"What would you like to know?" Audrey's voice cut through the air.
Henry snapped his head over to her, trying to see if she was indeed the one that actually spoke. Audrey just looked at him, bored expression replaced by an impatient one, waiting for him to ask his questions. Swallowing, Henry turned his body back to her.
"Well for starters, where are you from?" Henry asked cautiously.
"New York." Audrey answered.
"Neat, I'm from Berk." Henry replied, his voice getting a little excited.
"So how did you get your start in acting?" Henry continued.
"From my Uncle." Audrey answered shortly.
"Oh, that is cool, what did you start out in?" Henry asked, hoping to get more than a few words out of her.
"Sit-coms, TV series, Plays." She answered, her bored tone coming back.
Henry frowned at this; he was just trying to get to know her, but it was like pulling teeth with her. He didn't get what her deal was, but he was reaching the end of his rope. If she wasn't going to put any effort into this than he would be done trying.
"Who was your uncle, perhaps I have heard of him?" Henry asked, his last attempt.
That question got a bit more reaction out of her, if only a slight one. He saw her eyes widen just a bit and looked over his shoulder. It was brief moment, but a moment none the less before she looked back at Henry.
"Finn Hofferson." Audrey stated.
Henry nodded at hearing the name, he had heard it before, Finn Hofferson had gotten a raw deal after a series of accidents happened on set and got unfairly blacklisted from Hollywood.
"How has he been?" Henry asked.
"About what you'd expect. Lamenting being blacklisted, trying to get back in the game." Audrey answered bitterly.
Seeing a chance to possibly help her Henry smiled as a thought popped into his head.
"You know if you want, I'm sure my dad could help. He has connections and could help your Uncle get back into Hollywood." Henry offered.
It was the wrong thing to say as Audrey's mood went from bored to furious in an instant. Glaring at Henry she stuck her finger in his chest and seethed at him.
"I don't need your help! I have been trying to get him back in the game for years and I'm not about to become some damsel in distress for the famous Henry Haddock to pity and try to save! So keep your offer!" Audrey said through her teeth.
The harsh reaction had Henry backing up in his seat but once she was done, Henry just felt annoyed and angry. All he was trying to do was get to know her better and extend a helping hand to someone who needed it. Sending a glare of his own her way he snapped back at her.
"It was just an offer. All I was trying to do was try to get to know you better and maybe become friends. But it's like pulling teeth with you, everyone could use some help now and again. I certainly do, but if this is how you act towards everyone then no wonder you haven't gotten your Uncle back into Hollywood." Henry shot back.
Audrey's eyes widened as she was stunned into silence. Henry reached into the pocket on the seat in front of him and pulled out some headphones before plugging them into his phone to listen to some music. He pointedly turned away from Audrey and closed his eyes.
Audrey took the silence as a chance to think back on how she has been acting. She mentally slapped herself, she was acting like a brooding toddler and making life more difficult than it needed to be. She knew that Henry and his dad could help her greatly, more so than she could do by herself, and she might have just thrown that chance away. She looked back at Henry only to find that he was asleep or pretending to be.
She deflated a bit and turned back; she would have to apologize later. Henry didn't deserve that, and she was being unfair. Deciding to follow Henry's lead she took out a pair of headphones, plugged them into her phone and decided to catch some sleep.
(later that evening)
Audrey slowly opened her eyes as she felt a weight on her lap. Sitting up she looked down to see a Terrible Terror curled up and sleeping peacefully in her lap. She took a closer look at it and noticed that the dragon was mostly green with a few red streaks flowing down its back. She looked around to see if anyone else had noticed, seeing that no one was even up she reached down to scratch the beast. It started to purr in its sleep which caused Audrey to smile, the tiny dragon looked undeniably cute sleeping in her lap.
She felt the dragon start to stir and stretch its legs as it stood up. She stifled a laugh as she watched the dragon look around confused as it tried to figure out where it was. The dragon turned toward her and with a blank expression looked at her for just a moment before all hell broke loose.
The small dragon roared out and scrambled out of her lap, ripping up her clothes as it went. The roar woke everyone else up with a start and had the stewardess' running in to investigate.
"Who let a dragon in the cabin?!" One of them shouted.
"Who cares, capture it and get it back in its crate!" The captain yelled over the intercom.
Soon enough crew members came sprinting down the aisle chasing after the dragon. The dragon, now terrified was letting out small streams of fire and leaving small burn marks in its wake. Henry now fully awake saw the dragon as it ran past his aisle again and was thoroughly surprised.
"Sharpshot!" He exclaimed.
"Sharpshot?" Audrey asked, confused.
"He is my Terror, how the hell did he get in the cabin?" Henry asked.
"No idea, I just woke up with him in my lap." Audrey explained.
"Traitor." Henry grumbled.
"Well let's go get him." Henry stated as he motioned for Audrey to move.
She got up, followed closely by Henry and ran down the aisle. As they were running however, every time they passed by an overhead bin, they would be splashed by water they had spilled out of cups that had been balanced on them. A few foam snakes had sprung out and hit them both in the face, Finnick was screaming at the chaos, and Simon was trying to stop the female crew members to hit on them.
"What in the ever-loving fuck is happening?!" Henry screamed out.
"Henry what did I tell you about using that kind of language?!" Steven bellowed out.
"Not now dad!" Henry shouted back.
Exhausted, Henry stops only to be run into by Audrey. He stumbled forward but caught himself before he fell. He looks back to see Audrey looking sheepishly at him, shaking it off he walks up to her.
"Do you want to help me? Or are you gonna snap at me again? Henry asked harshly.
Audrey cringed at the tone but couldn't blame him. She hasn't exactly made a good first impression, something her Uncle always told her was important to do.
"I'll help you, what is the plan?" She asked, the bored tone gone from her voice.
"Wow a seven-word answer, moving up in the world. Split up, you down the aisle and I'll go up, hopefully we trap him." Henry told her.
Audrey nodded her head and cringed internally, she really needed to apologize to Henry. Following his instructions though, she made her way down the aisle looking for the tiny dragon. Thinking back, she remembered that the dragon's name was Sharpshot and figured calling out to it might help.
"Here Sharpshot, c'mere boy, I hope you are a boy, come on out buddy." Audrey called out.
As she neared the back of the plane, she could hear soft growling and the sound of bags being ripped. Creeping closer she peaked her head around a corner and saw the tiny dragon digging into a number a luggage cases. She took a step and the floor below her creaked which drew the attention of the tiny dragon. He looked up and made eye contact with Audrey and stopped his rummaging.
"Hey there Sharpshot, why don't you come with me. I can give you more scratches like I was doing earlier. Would you like that?" Audrey asked.
The dragon seemed to think about it as it moved its head back and forth. Before slowly crawling out of the luggage case it was in, a sock around one of its legs and a pair of underwear on its head. Audrey fought off laughing as the dragon finally got to her. She picked it up gently and took the clothing items off the dragon and just like she promised she began scratching the dragon, who rewarded her with deep purrs.
Smiling she walked back toward the front of the aircraft, seeing the aftermath of the chaos that had just ensued. All the overhead bins were open and carry-on bags were everywhere, the floor was covered in water, scorch and claw marks, and the crew members were slowly peeking out of their hiding places.
Before Audrey could react, Simon came out of nowhere and snatched Sharpshot from her grasp.
"HEY!" Audrey snapped at him.
"There you are you little devil!" Simon exclaimed as he held the dragon above his head like a trophy.
Sharpshot did not appreciate going from the comfortable hands of Audrey, to the rough and meaty hand of Simon. The poor dragon tried to escape from the boy's grasp but found that if he struggled it would pull his skin and scales, so he stopped if only to try and make himself a bit more comfortable.
"Don't worry babe, I got this little bugger. Can't have you getting hurt now can we." Simon said to Audrey, winking and wagging his eyebrows.
Audrey just glared at the boy and went to reach for Sharpshot, only for Simon to move him out of her reach.
"Give him back, I had him, and you are scaring him. I don't want to chase him all over this plane again." Audrey told Simon as she reached again for the dragon.
"I can't do a thing like that. Don't you know that only big strong men can handle these dangerous beasts." Simon said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Audrey was fuming now, if there was one thing she would not stand for, it was being told she can't do something because she is a girl. While Simon was still holding Sharpshot high above his head Audrey reared her fist back and cracked Simon in the jaw. Which sent the boy plummeting to the floor.
"She brought the wrath of Thor!" Rachel and Thomas suddenly cried out, from their curious position inside an overhead bin.
"Audrey's iron fist, meets Simon's paper jaw." Thomas sniggered, followed by his sister.
"What are you two… You know what I don't want to know." Audrey shook her head as she went to pick up Sharpshot.
The dragon quickly curled back into Audrey's eager hands and started to purr all over again. She smiled and made her way back to her seat. Once she got back to her seat, she saw Henry come down the aisle still looking frantically for his dragon. His eyes met that of Audrey's just before he noticed Sharpshot.
"There you are!" Henry exclaimed as he ran to his dragon.
"What happened to you buddy, who let you out of the crate?" Henry asked as he scratched the dragon.
"Oh, we did that." The voice of the twins came from above.
Henry looked up to see the twins were still in the overhead bin looking down at the chaos, laughing, high fiving, and just generally looking proud.
"Why would you do that?" Henry asked.
"Look around you, it was almost the full Loki. This will go down history." Thomas said dreamily.
Henry looked back down and over to Audrey who was shaking her head and looking mighty annoyed at the twins.
"Can I have him back please?" Henry asked Audrey as he held out his hands.
"OH! Right, here you go. I found him in the back digging through some luggage cases." Audrey responded, chuckling as she remembered the state at which she found the dragon.
Henry raised an eyebrow at the chuckle and the subsequent smile that came over Audrey. He was fairly certain that she was incapable of looking amused or happy. He took the dragon into his own lap and offered Audrey his thanks for finding Sharpshot.
Silence engulfed the cabin of the plane as everyone took in the mess that one little dragon and some planning by the twins had caused. Letting out a sigh Henry continued to pet his little dragon in the hopes that things would stay calm. Audrey though was looking out the window of the plane and trying to think of how to approach the situation with Henry. She knew that she had to apologize to him, and hopefully catching his dragon would enamor her to him a bit. Deciding that waiting around for the right moment would not help her, she opted to just dive right in and deal with whatever comes.
"I'm sorry." She said as she turned to face Henry.
Henry looked up from Sharpshot and had a look of disbelief written all over him. Audrey scrunched up her face as she realized that she really hasn't presented herself in a redeeming light at all. Straightening her back, she knew she had to push on.
"I'm sorry for snapping on you earlier. That was…unfair and not your fault." Audrey continued.
She fell silent again, if only to give Henry the chance to say something. While it looked like he wanted to, he also was waiting for her to finish. Audrey to the hint after a moment of silence and continued with her apology.
"I'm just not use to anyone offering help without some reason behind it. When all those accidents happened to my Uncle, plenty of people came wanting to 'help'. So, I guess that is where some of the attitude comes from." Audrey went on, surprising herself with how much she was tell Henry.
"Just some of the attitude." Henry replied, though his tone was light and teasing.
Audrey felt relieved when Henry answered her. She knew he was right from earlier, working on this movie together and being friends would be a lot easier and more enjoyable.
"Yes some. I just like doing things by myself though, so it may take some time for me to accept your help…if you are still offering it." Audrey finished, hoping that Henry would still be willing to aid her in helping her and her uncle.
"Well when you put it that way…" Henry trailed off, leaving Audrey in suspense.
Audrey had unknowingly sucked in her breath and couldn't understand why Henry's answer mattered so much to her. As the seconds ticked by however, Henry's stone like face began to crack and eventually he burst out laughing. Audrey finally let out her breath and took in much needed air. She frowned at Henry for laughing at her but couldn't help but smile herself. The boy apparently knew how to hold someone in suspense and Audrey had fallen for it.
"Ass." She muttered as she lightly punched his shoulder.
"I've been called worse." Henry smiled as he rubbed his arm.
"So, am I forgiven?" Audrey asked, wanting clarification.
"Will you accept help if I offer it next time?" Henry countered.
"Yes, just give me some time. But yes." Audrey replied.
"Good enough for now, I will forgive you." Henry replied as he reached his hand out.
Audrey smiled and took his hand, firm yet gently and shook his hand. A show that forgiveness had been offered and accepted. Henry took his hand back just as a beam of sunlight came through the window and into his eyes. Henry blocked the beam and leaned over to see out the window to see the new landscape of what had to be Norway.
The pilots voice came over the intercom, stating that they were beginning their descent and to strap themselves in. Henry and Audrey followed the instructions and looked back at each other and offered smiles to each other. They had survived the plane ride from hell and managed to become civil with each other, now all they had to do was film a movie with the others.
A/N: So not everything ended as messy as it started, Henry and Audrey have an understanding. The twins caused all kinds of hell, and Simon got punched out. Sounds like a good chapter to me, hopefully you all agree as well. Next chapter we get see the set and the cast get an overview of what their roles are, should go over well when someone finds out they are not the lead role. See you next time, and leave a review please and thank you.
