Chapter Two
"UGH!" Snotlout whines as the gang was investigating another part of the woods. Astrid was scared, they have searched high and low, skies and ground but no Hiccup. It was a quiet minute as each of the members had their eyes glued to the ground. "UGH!" Astrid's body flinched. "UGH!" Astrid's eye soon began to twitch in annoyance as Snotlout kept whining. "UGH!" Astrid tried to shake it off as her partner just kept it up. They all separated, the twins and Fishlegs were together as Snotlout pulled Astrid to his side which she hated so much, he even said, leave Astrid with me alone. "UGH!" That was it, she had enough.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP SNOTLOUT!" The rage has coated Astrid from head to toe as Snotlout just stood like a retard.
"Geez woman, calm down." He raised his hands in the air as he acted like he was begging for surrender.
"Well stop your dumb whining."
"Well it's boring. Make it less boring then I will stop, maybe instead of looking for princess outpost. We should dance or go on a romantic date." Snotlout says smoothing his hair. Astrid grips her hand around his wrist and twist it, as the pain reached the highest point she slammed his body into a tree, cracking it slightly.
"No date with you ever. Also he isn't princess outpost, he is protecting our safety." Astrid dusted her hand off in victory. She was about to go back to examining the ground until she heard a high pitch squeal of her name. Fishlegs. Astrid took off, leaving the cripple Snotlout behind.
"Hey wait for me." Before Snotlout could finish his sentence, Astrid had already took off into the shadows of the trees. Astrid ran as fast as she possibly could, she finally got to Fishlegs and the twins.
"What's wrong?!"
"Look there is Hiccup's footprints in the mud, and they face different directions in one spot, means he stopped to looked around but then started again so we start walking and go deeper in the woods, then you see another set of prints." Fishlegs was about to get to the most important key of the information, until Astrid blurted out.
"Someone else was here, when they weren't supposed to be. Do you think it was the Dragon Hunters?"
"No, the footprints look too light, perhaps feminine and Heather wouldn't do this to us. I made an even more big discovery." Fishlegs says and walks over to a small spot. "Look these footprints are a mix of the girl and Hiccup's, by the way the footprints are mixing up, means he was struggling. Possibly to get free from the girl's grasp. Then we see a not perfect but enough of a body print in the mud, and that body print belongs to Hiccup."
"So Hiccup has been kidnapped?" Astrid gripped onto her ax as hard as possible where you could see a small crack trying to separate the blade and the handle.
"It would appear that way." Fishlegs knew what was coming so he backed a few inches up.
"When I get my hands on whoever did this, they will be so sorry." Astrid hurles her ax into a tree, and the tree split into two. "How can we find Hiccup?"
"Tomorrow we will track down Hiccup's scent with SkullCrusher. Also tell Stoick we got this." Fishlegs tried saying it in the calmest voice possible. Astrid sighs.
"What if we can't find him."
"We will Astrid, and if we couldn't then we would keep trying till we do." Astrid nodded and the gang headed off home to get rest, tomorrow would be a big day.
Hiccup woke up with pain in his head where he didn't even know he could get it. Hiccup pushed himself off the ground and checked his surroundings, he was in a tent. He was about to walk out until he was suddenly yanked back.
"What the." Was the small mumble that came out of his mouth. He looked down to see a short length chain holding him back. The thoughts that ran through his head were 'where am I?' 'what is with the chains….they hurt' His thoughts shattered when a girl walked in.
"Oh great you're awake. So how ye feelin'?"
"Oh I am just horrible, now tell me who you are."
"Your new fiance." She pulls Hiccup close and quickly smashes her lips against his. Once she pulled away from the young viking, he quickly shook his head and became dizzy, he couldn't walk straight or even stand up. That's when the pain in his head risen, Hiccup clutched his stomach and fell to the ground as the unbelievable amount of pain took over him. A few minutes past when his eye turned from a bright green to a blue. He looks up and spots the girl.
"How are ye feeling babe?" She asks and Hiccup's body suddenly pulled off the ground and walked towards her.
"Better now that you are here." Hiccup says, in his head it screamed to her but his heart screamed Astrid. 'WHAT! NO STOP IT MOUTH I LOVE ASTRID!' Hiccup's mind finally pulled through and screamed in fury at him 'LISTEN TO THAT ANGEL IN YOUR HEART!'
"Well sweetiekins let's get some rest."
"First tell me your name, I want to know what name goes with the beauty I am staring at." Hiccup smiles. 'NO STOP SMILING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?'
"It's Merida."
"That is so beautiful." Hiccup pulls her into a deep hug and lays her down next to him. His head and heart tried pulling him away and back to Astrid but something just wouldn't let him. He didn't know what was going on.
Before the young viking went to sleep, in his mind it was being taken down by the love potion and Toothless and his love for Astrid and Berk was gone. Now all he cared about was DunBroch and Merida. Berk was never in his mind anymore, it was gone and forgotten.
Back on Berk, the sun rose with a warm greeting, way warmer than any day. It was never a warm hug for Astrid, right now her heart was cold and lost. There was no Hiccup smile to warm it back and make her feel loved again. They never loved each other or held hands but it was a different story in their young souls. The gang was sitting in the Great Hall while they listened to Stoick talk about the issue with Hiccup.
"LISTEN UP BERK! Now we have no idea who took my son and what is going on. The Dragon Riders will try doing this alone. They have ideas and if they ever need backup they will contact us. Now Hoark did you bring something of Hiccup's?"
"Yes sir Stoick, here it is." He hands his ol mighty chief a old peg from Hiccup when he was young. Stoick set it down in front of SkullCrusher, the dragon sniffed it and ran outside as he was followed by curious vikings. The dragon points his sharp nose to the west and roars.
"Hiccup is that way. Let's go guys." Astrid climbs onto Stormfly and takes off slowly followed by the gang. "Look for a island and if there is no Hiccup then we keep going west.
The gang searched and searched every island in sight until night time had finally came, they landed on a island and started a fire. Everyone was asleep except for Astrid. She finally laid down and closed her eyes. In a close distance from where Astrid was, a boat passed the sleeping members. Hiccup looked at the island and saw some dragons but walked from the deck into a little room where his 'Fiance' slept.
