Well hello there again! I really have to find other greetings since every day I say the same thing ahhh!
Okay okay, as promised you can read a small sneak peak:
/ "What about you? You believe me right?" He asked the blonde.
"All those times you….you had attacks… it was all fake? Everything we went through together, you- you faked it?" She asked, her blue eyes facing the ground.
"Of course not! I- I'm not working with the Dragon Hunters! I promise! I would never hurt a dragon-" He said, stopping abruptly as memories filled his mind, especially a certain one in which his hands pushed a sword downwards. "I- I-"
"Your look says it all." The blonde answered running out of the place, she couldn't contain the sobs any longer.
"Astrid wait!" He tried, grabbing the bars of his cell but to no use. /
I'm still not sure I should've done this but I though you guys deserved it.
So yeah, that's it! Enjoy your reading and see ya down there! XD
"Please don't kill us…" Snotlout begged "Wait… please don't kill me… you can kill them if you want to."
"Hahaha yeah…" Tuffnut laughed. "Wait what?"
Astrid paced back and forth in front of Snotlout and the twins who had, thanks to Fishlegs, arrived at the Clubhouse a little before her.
"Hum… what's she doing?" Ruffnut asked. "I though she called us for a little chit-chat. I personally have no idea what that means." Ruffnut shrugged her shoulders.
"She's probably deciding how to kill us… and I think she'll start by… YOU!" Tuffnut whispered in Snotlout's ear, literally screaming the last part.
Snotlout screamed, either because of the possibility of him being Astrid's first victim or just because Tuffnut yelled REALLY loud REALLY close to his ear. Still, it's most likely to be the first option.
Astrid obviously heard the Thorston's shout but kept pacing back and forth, Fishlegs looked at Meatlug obviously worried with his friend, because while the other three riders believed that the blonde was trying to choose between throwing them to the Screaming Death's mouth or simply abandoning them on Changewing Island with the Changewings, Fishlegs knew what she was so worried about; WHO she was so worried about.
"Hum… Astrid?" Fishlegs called slowly, fearing the girl to throw an axe to his face if frightened.
Astrid was pushed aside from her thoughts. She noticed the others looking at her. Snotlout's face transmitted the idea of 'I'm too beautiful to die!'. The twins looked bored which made Astrid wonder for how long they were waiting. Fishlegs studied her and as if he could read her mind the boy mouthed a "I'll go check on him for you" and took off with Meatlug. Astrid thanked him before the boy was airborne and turned her attention to the three muttonheads in front of her.
"What am I going to do with you guys?" She sighed. Of course, she often scolded them but it was Hiccup who usually did most of that part.
"You could drop Ruffnut on the Screaming Death mouth!" The male twin suggested.
"Hey!" Ruffnut complained, elbowing her brother "Leave Tuffnut to the Changewings instead!"
Snotlout swallowed thickly. Okkaay… that was a little creepy. He had thought about the same options.
Astrid looked at them; her expression showed clearly that she had already thought about that scenario before.
Snotlout swallowed again.
"I'll ask again. What were you thinking?!" Astrid asked for the umpteenth time- most of the other times had been in her head, trying to find out how someone could be that stupid.
"We were just trying to help!" Snotlout tried.
"Well if only you made it worse!" She answered.
"Hey! If we try to do something you always complain but if we don't do anything at all, you complain about that too!" Ruffnut shouted.
"We all want Hiccup to recover, not just you Astrid!" Snotlout said.
"But you should be more careful and listen to us!" Astrid answered. "We don't even know what happened to him! He doesn't say a word and thanks to you, headstrongs, I don't think he will soon!
"Look, I know it's not easy to understand us, mainly Ruffnut gods! She's so confusing sometimes- Ow!" Tuffnut was interrupted by his sister's fist. "Okay okay! But try to follow my logic here, missy. Hiccup Haddock was kidnapped by Dragon Hunters right? But!... but but but but, since Toothless Night Fury was with him when that happened, Hiccup Haddock only trusts Toothless Nightfury! See, that's why he didn't want go with any other dragon!"
"That doesn't make any-" Snotlout started, only for Astrid to interrupt him.
"Actually that makes sense!" She greeted.
"Wow! I should feel this more often! What is it again? Accomplishment?" The male twin laughed. " Apart from that it was actually really easy to understand this. It's the exact same logic of when I eat lots of Yak stewed and then-"
"No no no nonono! I want to sleep tonight thank you very much!" Snotlout interrupted much for Astrid and Ruffnut's relief.
"Hum…? I was just going to say tha-" Tuffnut tried to continue but Snotlout used his hands to cover his own ears and started singing a lalalalalalalala.
Thankfully Fishlegs arrived again and the subject changed.
"How's he?" Astrid asked.
"He's sleeping. The sedative will last some good hours." The boy answered.
Astrid released a long breath, and looked at the others again.
"What is she thinking about now?" Ruffnut asked rising an eyebrow.
Astrid couldn't help but think about Hiccup. What he told her, 'I don't want you to know what the Hunters do out there' was ringing in her mind. She couldn't help but remember he's despair a few minutes ago, the fact that he didn't want to ride any other dragon but Toothless… sure he always preferred to ride the Night Fury, they were best friends after all but he was never afraid to fly on other species. Actually he was the enthusiastic of the group when the theme was dragons (Fishlegs too but the Ingerman was often scared by the new species). Astrid had seen something in his eyes; it was not fear… it was… guilt?
The female twin caught her attention and Astrid turned to answer. "Your punishment." She answred simply, earning the horrified looks of her friends.
Suddenly a voice called her from the sky along with a strong, constant breeze.
Fishlegs' face turned to a shy, worried smile and the others just looked up, their eyes widening. Astrid looked behind her to see Stoick mounting on Skullcrusher. The chief of Berk and his dragon landed and the big man dismounted walking towards them with a calm face although the black bags and his tired eyes revealed nothing else than worry.
"Stoick! Hi chief! Hi chief! Chief hi! Hum…." Fishlegs greeted.
Stoick looked at him and said hello too although his eyes searched the place, memorizing the faces and the rider's positions. The bit of hope he had in his eyes disappeared as he noticed Astrid on the leader's position.
"Punishment? For what?" The Haddock asked.
Astrid was still recovering from the shock. Stoick was here uh oh…
"Oh hum… since you're the chief, Chief…. and a father…. It's probably better if you don't know…" She said glancing at her friends pale faces. Fishlegs shook his head feverishly, Snotlout seemed a ghost who's color had fallen from his face to the ground and even the twins were aware of the trouble they were in.
Stoick looked at her suspiciously.
"I'll just finish with them and then we can talk ok chief?" She tried and luckily Stoick was way more worried about his son to care about what the other had done.
Astrid turned to her friends again and an idea popped in her mind. She wanted to be with Hiccup but being the acting leader and having her own duties and responsibilities didn't help at all. Beside she now had Stoick to take care of. "You three are going to do my chores." She announced.
"What? Why?! You can't do tha-" Snotlout complained but stopped when Astrid glanced at Stoick studying them.
Fishlegs gave her a piece of paper and charcoal from Meatlug's saddle and she wrote a list of things the others were going to do for her.
Snotlout seemed to be holding his complains and the twins weren't understanding anything.
"Fishlegs would you mind checking on them from time to time?" She asked and the boy agreed with it.
"Good. You can go then. And hurry. At night the weather gets even worse." Astrid declared.
"What are we supposed to do really?" Ruffnut asked, starting to follow Snotlout.
"Am I supposed to know? They all speak in riddles!" Tuffnut answered mounting his half of the Zippleback and taking off after Hookfang. Meatlug and Fishlegs hot on their tale.
"Any sign of Hiccup?" Stoick called from behind her and the blonde turned on her heels. "Or is he still missing?"
"Actually he's not." Astrid couldn't help a smile.
"What? Since when? And why didn't you warn me?" Stoick asked, hope had returned to his eyes.
"Basically one week ago, I even wrote a letter yesterday when I finally had time but a Terrible Terror would never fly through this weather and there were some… little inconveniences…. "
Stoick's eyes widened."Where's Hiccup?" He asked not even trying to hide the worry in his voice.
Skullcrusher and Stormfly both landed in front of Hiccup's hut. Stoick literally jumped from his still landing dragon and ran for the hut. He was about to literally break the wood door when Astrid blocked his way.
"He's sleeping sir… Maybe it's better to enter slowly…. Hiccup needs all the rest he can get…" She didn't want to worry the poor man but saying this was better than letting him break everything in his path and scare Hiccup. She didn't want Stoick to testify one of the boy's attacks.
The man nodded and she got out of his path. Gently and being extra careful but not less worried, Berk's chief opened the door and stepped inside; Astrid right behind him.
They headed upstairs and as soon as Hiccup entered their camp of vision, so did a growling, protective Night Fury.
As soon as he realized that the two intruders were Stoick an Astrid and not the bad men Toothless guarded his teeth but kept blocking the way between them to his rider. Stoick petted his head and the black dragon felt that there was no threat. He had just woken up from a nightmare and heard people opening the door. He wanted to protect Hiccup.
Stoick looked in the bed's direction and was surprised to see Astrid already there, checking Hiccup's temperature. The girl had stayed until he fell asleep and a bit after that. She was so afraid to leave him and then returning to find an empty bed. She couldn't forget the day Hiccup finally appeared and passed out in her arms. The times he screamed during his sleep. The times he woke up startled just to be claimed by unconsciousness right away. When she held him convulsing in her arms... The state he was in after the twins and Snotlout had tried to 'help'.
She found Stoick right next to her, kneeling near Hiccup's head and passing a hand on the boy's auburn hair. "Oh son, what happened to you?"
The father looked all over his son. From the several minor cuts all over him and his face to the wounded arm supported by the fabric Astrid placed around the boy's neck. Astrid didn't know if she should feel relieved with the fact that his broken ribs couldn't be seen or if that was actually bad to be grateful for.
Stoick looked at a bottle on a table near the bed and his eyes widened after reading what was written (more like carved) in the recipient. He looked at Astrid who was still scanning the sleeping boy. The Chief wanted explanations. And he was going to get them.
Uh oh… ALERT! "Smad" Stoick! That can't be good. If Astrid tells him what those three idiots did I'm pretty sure they will be outcasted hehehe
Okay, the action will start after the next chapter most likely.
Well, here I am saying the very same thing in every chapter… Hope you liked it! And since it's Friday next chapter will be on Monday!
See ya there! XD
