Reading Ledger:
"Normal Speak"
-Dragon Speak-
'Toothless&Hiccup Telepathy' [This telepathy has no limit distance-wise, but only Hiccup and Toothless can hear it.]
*All Dragon Telepathy* [This version of telepathy is not long distance, but can still be used if individuals are close enough even when they are not within each other's vision. Has around a 100-meter distance.]
Chapter 6 - Sgattaiolare
Hiccup wasn't surprised by the sudden opening of his bedroom door, from his experiences Vikings tended not to care about privacy and didn't know that knocking even existed half the time. Instead what caused him to worry instantly was the fact that he had a small dragon still lying beside him in bed under the blanket. Astrid stared at him knowing nothing about the presence of her worst enemy still quietly asleep on the bed beside Hiccup. This was absolutely crazy, why was she even in his room right now, "Astrid, do you need something from me?"
Astrid just stared at him for a moment before she responded, "Get up. We're going for breakfast."
"What? Why?" Hiccup said without even thinking.
She looked at him disappointment showing clearly on her face at having to answer such a dumb question, "We're getting food because we are people, and people need sustenance to survive, dumbass."
Hiccup swallowed nervously, not exactly sure what he was supposed to do in this situation. He was about to speak when he felt the small creature moving against his leg. He gently held the dragon down while he looked to Astrid, "Head downstairs and I'll be ready in a minute."
Astrid watched him for a moment before nodding slowly and turning to leave, "Don't make me wait too long."
Once she had closed the door Hiccup sighed in visible relief. He released the dragon who proceeded to crawl out from under the blanket and looked up at him questioningly, *What the hell was that?*
Hiccup glared at him, *You almost got caught. What would you have done if she'd seen you? She would have freaked out and tried to kill you!*
The tiny terror simply laughed at him in response, *She wouldn't have been able to do anything.*
Hiccup ignored the little monster and started getting ready. When he was done he looked at the dragon, *Don't get caught by anyone or it will be me in trouble.* Then he left the room and headed downstairs alone to see Astrid before she got angry at him for taking to long.
She didn't seem too annoyed when he made it downstairs. So Hiccup took a chance to question her, "Why did you suddenly want to go with me to eat?"
(-Astrid-)
Astrid hadn't actually expected Hiccup to question her reason for suddenly talking to him. She assumed that he would have been happy to have someone pay attention to him for a change but he was clearly on edge about the whole situation. So, she didn't have a rehearsed answer for him, but Astrid could improvise if necessary and she didn't want to deal with him being all jumpy around her so she calmed herself down before answering without any accusation in her voice, "Do I need a reason to talk to you?"
"I'm pretty sure that you hated me up until yesterday, so yeah I believe you do need a reason," was Hiccups quick reply.
Astrid sighed, "I didn't think you'd have anything better to do…," she looked at him curiously, "or do you have somewhere else you need to be?
(-Hiccup3Toothless-)
Hiccup shook his head, "No, actually this works for me" A smile crept on to his face, "If I hang out with you for a little while then it will get my father off my ass about being a better part of the village."
Astrid burst out laughing after clearly trying to hold it in for a moment, "You could try a little harder, you're never around so I'm not surprised that he's getting on your case about it. Even if you don't fit in around here you're still his only heir and that's not going to change anytime soon."
Hiccup frowned at her response a little ticked off but also understanding what she was trying to say, "I stay away because no one wants me here. I'd rather be out there alone in the forest than here in a village surrounded by people who hate me."
"We don't hate you Hiccup, sure you're a little troublesome sometimes but none of us could ever hate you," was Astrid automatic response.
Hiccup couldn't stop laughing after what Astrid had said, "The village would rather I not exist, and the other kids beat me every chance they get. My own father blames me for the abuse I am forced to live through."
Astrid frowned, "It's not your fault. Your dad just sympathizes with the fear they have of you because you are so different. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just strange which makes them uncomfortable."
"Thanks, I guess," Hiccup said not sure if he should be thankful or not about what she'd said.
Astrid shook her head, "Don't thank me for simply telling you the truth. It's not going to change anything."
"I know that, but it's nice to hear someone admit it for a change," Hiccup smiled kindly back at her.
(-Hiccup3Toothless-)
Hiccup would have rather spent his time with Toothless in the forest, than with Astrid following him around all day. She wanted something and he was absolutely sure of it too, it was setting him on edge so much that he'd been jumpy all day. When he had finally managed to escape her and make it back home to his room he was exhausted both mentally and physically. He flopped down on to his bed to hear a large squeaky noise before quickly sitting up out of fright. He almost jumped off the bed before the small creature peaked its head out from under the blanket, *What the hell?*
Hiccup giggled quietly to himself, *Sorry, I thought you would have snuck out already. I wasn't expecting you to still be here so I didn't think to look.*
The terror made a series of adorable chirpy noises that Hiccups brain registered as a series of complaints even though he didn't really understand what it was saying out loud to itself, *Stupid hatchling, why would I sneak out in the middle of the day? I'm not suicidal.*
*You being here at all is suicidal,* he looked at the small dragon with a smug glance.
*Well, that doesn't matter anyway. You sat on me!* the terror continued to whine.
*Of course I did, you were sleeping in the middle of my bed and I didn't know you were even here,* Hiccup argued back.
The mental argument continued to rage on for a while before they both gave up and laughed together. Hiccup only stopped laughing when he heard something outside. He went and looked out the window and smiled, 'Hey Bud.'
Toothless looked up at him from his spot where he was mostly hidden by the dark of night, 'Is it safe to come up?'
'You could but it's probably a safer idea for me to come down and us to go somewhere outside the village to spend time together. I don't need to get caught with 2 dragons in my room,' he thought before starting to look around for the best path down.
Toothless looked at him confused, '2 dragons?'
Hiccup nodded as the tiny terror jumped up on to his shoulder and looked down at Toothless, 'Yeah. The terror decided to move in apparently while I was out with Astrid today.'
The terror looked between them before making a sharp noise, *Stop mind whispering over your link. I'm here too.*
Hiccup laughed quietly as Toothless gave the whiny dragon an annoyed look, *Okay, we'll include you too. Anyway, we have to climb down to go with him for the night.*
The terror leaped off his shoulder and dived down pulling up before he hit the ground. Hiccup took a slower route choosing to climb down instead. He'd rather not break his neck by jumping. When he got down Toothless rubbed up against him before leaning over so that Hiccup could climb on his back.