Ok, first of all, I wanted to thank all of you for reviewing. That includes the guests, and yes, even you (Guest) Toothless. Yinz have all given me the inspiration for writing this. This is what gets me writing. So, without further ado, here is the long anticipated, *emphasis here* Chaaaaaptttttttttteeerrrrrrr rrrrrrrrr FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVV VVVVEEEEEEE. Yes, that may've been cheesy, but I couldn't resist since I've been working so long on this.
Young Viking Love
Chapter 5
The search Part 1
The next day, Astrid woke up to a sunny day without a single cloud in the sky. She however didn't care. All she wanted was for her Hiccup to be found and she could confess her love once and for all.
Astrid then lazily got out of bed. She decided to talk to some of her friends to see if she could gather any information about how Hiccup went missing. Her first person to ask was Fishlegs.
"Hey Astrid." Fishlegs said as Astrid arrived and opened the door
"May I come in?" She asked
"Sure." Fishlegs said as he welcomed her inside
Fishlegs house was big cause of his Girth of course, and it smelled very strongly of...well fish for obvious reasons.
"So whats up?" Fishlegs asked
"You remember anything before Hiccup went missing? Did he talk to you at all?" Astrid asked
"Yeah. He talked to me, the Twins, and Snotlout. If you need more information, you can talk to them." Fishlegs said
"Lets start with what you remember. What'd he say?" Astrid asked
"Ok...lets see." Fishlegs said as he tried to remember what Hiccup said to him
"Hiccup told me what he did after he left The Great Hall." Fishlegs said remembering.
*Cue flashback effect here with Hiccup and Fishlegs with "2 days earlier"*
"So Hiccup, I overheard your plans for today after you left The Great Hall. You have fun?" Fishlegs asked
"Oh you know, we flew. and dove, and almost died. Just another day on a dragon." Hiccup said chuckling
"WOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Sounds awesome. Accept for the almost dying part." Fishlegs said
"Yeah. Aside from that, it was awesome! Then I tried swimming with my prosthetic leg, it was a breeze." Hiccup said
*Flashback effect end here*
"Anything else?" Astrid asked
"No. That's about it." Fishlegs said
"Thanks. I'll go see what the Twins have to say." Astrid said leaving.
"You're welcome. Good luck with your search." Fishlegs said as Astrid left
*Sighs* "Okaaayyyyyyyy. Next are the Twins. Wonder if they'll be any help." Astrid said
She then began her search for the Twins. She eventually found them in The Dragon Arena tending to their Terrible Terror
"Hey Ruffnut, Tuffnut." Astrid said
"Hey Astrid." Ruffnut said
"Whats up?" Tuffnut asked
"Did you remember anything before Hiccup went missing? Did he talk to you or did you see him?" Astrid asked
"I saw him two days ago, does that count?" Ruffnut asked
"Yeah. He talked to us." Tuffnut said
"What'd he say?" Astrid asked desperately
"He just told us what he did after he left The Great Hall, and then he..." Tuffnut said
"What? He what?" Astrid asked frantically
"I caught him in a daze. He was like, just staring at something, and I asked "Hey, you alright?" and he runs out of the arena to get a closer look at whatever he was staring at, then he yells "Tuffnut! I see something!" and then I run out to him, and then when Hiccup looked back, he noticed whatever it was he saw was gone. Then I asked him "What did you see?" and Hiccup said "Some kind of light. It was bright. Brighter than Toothless's fire. It was like an ultra bright blue light." and I'm like "Interesting." and after that, he just bolted away. I just figured he went off to tell someone what he saw.
"Thanks for the information Tuffnut." Astrid said as she left the arena
"No problem Astrid." Tuffnut said
"The last person to talk to is Snotlout...*sighs* greeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaattttttttt t." Astrid said to herself already annoyed by Snotlout's stupidity.
Astrid eventually found Snotlout somewhere in the Plaza
"Snotlout?" Astrid asked when she finally found him
"Astrid, heyyyy." Snotlout said stupidly trying to flirt with her
"Skip your stupidity and tell me what you remember before Hiccup went missing." Astrid said
"Fine." Snotlout said sighing
"What do you remember?" Astrid asked
"He told me how his plans were after he left The Great Hall, and then right after he was done telling me, I caught him in a stare, and I looked back to where he was looking at, and I didn't see anything. Then he just jolts back and he yells "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?"" Snotlout said getting in Astrid's face in an attempt to scare her
"Pfffffff, yeah right." Astrid said laughing as if she didn't belive him
"Its true!" Snotlout said
"What was it that Hiccup saw? Prove it!" Astrid commanded
"I don't know. He didn't tell me cause when I looked back one more time to see if I could see what he saw, and looked back, all I caught was a small glimpse of Hiccup flying with Toothless to the forest. I wanted to tell him that there might be a snowstorm coming before he flew off, but they went off to fast. Whatever it was he saw, he was determined to find out what it was." Snotlout said pointing in the direction where he saw Hiccup and Toothless flew off to
Astrid didn't even want to thank Snotlout. She had to tell Stoik that his son was missing despite the fact that it was getting dark fast.
She then arrived at Hiccup's house. She found his dad in his chair by the fireplace.
"STOIK!" Astrid frantically yelled flinging open the door with the stars lighting up the night
"What is it Astrid? Something wrong?" Stoik asked getting out of his chair
"Hiccup is missing! No one's seen him for two days." Astrid said tearing up
"WHAT!? TWO DAYS! NO NO NOOO NOT MY SON! Do you know how he went missing?" Stoik asked frantically and concerned
"Probobly. All I know is that Tuffnut said that Hiccup thought he saw some kind of light. I then asked Snotlout what he remembered to get his version, and he didn't even get to ask Hiccup what he saw because he saw Hiccup and Toothless fly to the forest. Snotlout also wanted to mention that there might be a snowstorm, but he didn't get the chance." Astrid said
"Yes, there have been rumors of a snowstorm going around. Lets ask the elder. She always knows. I'll get Gobber. Astrid, come with me" Stoik said as him and Astrid went to get Gobber
Stoik and Astrid found Gobber sitting by the fireplace at his metalshop playing a song he wrote on his pan pipes.
Gobber was about to finish his song, but Stoik interupted him.
"Gobber, we need to see the elder. We need to ask her if these roumors about the snowstorm are true. Hiccup might be in trouble." Stoik said
"Alright. Lets go." Gobber said setting his pan pipes a desk
When they arrived at the docks, they saw the elder in her usual spot. Looking out to the dark black sea.
"Elder, we need to know if there is a snowstorm coming. Is this true?" Stoik said
The Elder then scribbled some stuff in the dirt.
"What's she saying Gobber?" Stoik asked
"She says, "Yes. The snowstorm roumors are true. Your son is in trouble."" Gobber said confirming the roumors.
"Are you sure? How did you know?" Stoike asked
The Elder then again scribbled something in the dirt
"She says that she could hear Bucket screaming a while ago." Gobber added
"I'M GOING AFTER HIM!" Astrid declared desperatley in a sad tone as she ran out with tears in her eyes
"Astrid!" Gobber yelled
"Its bad enough that Hiccup is already in trouble. We don't need someone else important missing." Stoik yelled in an attempt to get Astrid's attention
Astrid then froze dead in her tracks the moment she heard this for about 5 seconds. She looked up at the dark star filled night with snow starting to fall with the full moon in view.
She then resumed running to get Stormfly so she could fly off into the forest.
When Astrid reached her house, she woke up her Deadly Nadder, who was in an extreme daze.
"Come on Stormfly. We need to find Hiccup. Wake up! His life is at stake, I MUST FIND HIM!" Astrid comanded shaking Stormfly to get her attention.
Stormfly then woke from her daze, Astrid got on, and they both flew off to the forest not know or caring what was going to happen next.
When Astrid and Stormfly reached the forest, she could hardly see anything infront of her. The snow was falling fast, and the wind wasn't much help either. She didn't care if she died in the storm finding Hiccup. As long as she found him, she would be happy no matter what happens.
"HIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUP!" Astrid called out desperatley flying blind at full speed through the snow 100 times colder than ice.
Astrid then noticed the same light that Tuffnut described a while ago.
"Is that?..." Astrid said noticing the light attempting to land despite the fact she couldn't see hardly anything.
She then got off stormfly, to follow the light on foot in the snow that was waist deep and the sky was completely black.
"HICCUP! ARE YOU THERE!?" Astrid called out walking
The snow just kept on falling nonstop. She had to think of another way for Hiccup to hear her other than just by plainly calling him out. Astrid then cuffed both hands around her mouth and called out with all her might while still walking.
*Cuffing her hands around her mouth* "HICCCCCUUUUUUUUUU-" Astrid then stepped on a low patch of snow, slipped, and started sliding down a hill.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHH" Astrid yelled in terror trying to grasp the ground in an attempt to slow down.
Her efforts were unsuccessful because she saw that she didn't slow down at all, and to make matters worse, she was getting closer and closer to the edge of a cliff.
Astrid then rolled over on her stomach while sliding so she could grab anything that she could get a hold of.
When she reached the cliff, she grabbed onto some tree branches, the broke, but then after falling for a few 16ths of a second, she grabbed a what she thought was a sturdy branch.
"no no no NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!...NOT LIKE THIS!" Astrid yelled determined
She then kept breathing heavily.
"Hiccup." Astrid whispered to herself.
She then sniffled, and tears ran down her eyes
*Sniffle*"...HICCUP!"
"ASTRIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDD!" Hiccup called
"HICCUP! HICCUP I'M OVER HERE! I'M SLIPPING." Astrid called in response
"I CAN'T HOLD ON MUCH LONGER!" Astrid yelled out
The branch then cracked, but didn't break off
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH H!" Astrid screamed
"ASTRID!" Hiccup yelled
The branch cracked again, broke off aaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnd.