Day 4, 29. Feb. 2020: Favourite dragon (character)

As soon as I woke up that Saturday morning, I knew which day it was:

The very last day of February, the day that only existed every four years and the day one of my favourite characters of all time had his birthday.

According to the How to train your Dragon books, this day was the birthday of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. If he were alive today he would be somewhere around thousand years old. Or 250 according to book Snotlout. I wanted to finish the day with watching all three movies in a marathon.

But before I had another job to do. That e-mail wouldn't write itself, so I of course had to do it.

I sat down in front of the desk and started my PC. As soon as it was fully booted I opened my e-mail program and began to write.

Dear sir or madam,

Thank you so much for your invitation for the special screening of all three 'How to train your Dragon' movies.

I need only two tickets for me and my best friend.

My answer to your question is:

My favourite of all three movies is the first, because this is how the story started and I love the innocence everywhere.

Plus: Toothless is the cutest wild dragon in all of the franchise and only gets cuter when he is tamed.

I'm looking forward to receiving my tickets.

Yours faithfully, Luna Nightrider

Just as I was closing the program the doorbell rang.

I knew that Tamina was coming today because we had planned to spend the day together. But I hadn't expected her as early as half past 9 on a saturday morning.

To prevent her from ringing a second time I sprinted down the stairs and opened the door.

"Hi!" Tamina was grinning from ear to ear.

"Hi." I answered, still confused at why she was here already.

"Why did you come so early?" I asked after she entered and I closed the door.

I made my way towards the kitchen, Tamina walking behind me.

"I finally got my favourite dragon in Rise of Berk!"

I rolled my eyes in mock annoyance. But I couldn't stop the grin.

Even though it was hidden deep down inside her, I knew that Tamina was just as much a crazy fangirl as I was. The only difference was that she tried to hide it from the world.

"It's the Deathsong!"

She sounded like a four-year-old who told an adult what she had drawn in kindergarten.

"I know that, stupid." I smiled and gave her a punch to the shoulder that would have made Astrid jealous. Fictional characters had that weird tendency to rub off on me.

Tamina pouted but not for long. We just couldn't be angry with one another or pretend to be offended for longer than a few seconds.

"So, what's favourite dragon?"

"As if you don't remember." I grinned. "The Sandwraith. Closely followed by the Scuttleclaw."

Tamina nodded as if she was processing new information.

She seemed somehow strange. I couldn't exactly put my finger on it but something about her earlier behaviour and now her reaction made me worry.

I thought about that the whole day. And every once in a while I closely watched her, trying find out what could have happened to her to change her so suddenly.

Even during the movies my attention was more on her than on the TV screen.

When I lay in bed that evening those thoughts kept me awake for way too long.

So, what do you think happened to Tamina? You'll find out tomorrow.