Young Viking Love
Chapter 10
Love's Drastic prediction Part 1
The night of Hiccup and Astrid's trust exercise flight, they both shared a dramatic dream that seemed to real to be true.
Hiccup had his hands tied behind his back, and Stoik was restraining him from getting to Astrid. Gobber had Astrid's hands tied to and restraining her the same way Stoik was. There was something different about Astrid though. Her hair had mysteriously turned black.
They were then being led on a path. Hiccup going down one side, Astrid on the other side. Where the path went, they didn't know.
"ASTRRRRRRRIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDDDD !" Hiccup called out
Astrid remained silent
It was freezing at least 20 degrees or more below zero, the snow flakes kept falling and falling.
"Why are you doing this? Why are we being punished like this!?" Hiccup yelled in anger
"You chose this." Stoik said
Astrid wanted to respond to Hiccup's call, but she couldn't speak. She couldn't even whisper what she wanted to say.
Mysteriously after Astrid felt this way, the dream skipped to something black that was being mixed with the snow flakes, and even though Astrid couldn't speak, she kept trying with all her might to escape from Gobber's grasp, but she couldn't.
"Tell me! Why are you torturing me and Astrid like this? Why are you so again-" Hiccup was about to say
He then woke up from his dream with an extreme jolt of shock through his body. He felt as if he had been drowning in this feeling of sorrow he suddenly had and everything was sinking around him.
*Heavy breathing* "What...was...that..all...about? Its as if I had a vision of us being separated, and...and...I can't remember anything else after that." Hiccup said
He looked out the window, and saw Astrid looking for him. He didn't even for a second think twice about rushing out of bed at full speed almost tripping over Toothless.
"ASTRID!" Hiccup yelled running to her and hugging her as if she had disappeared from his life.
When they both let go, Hiccup didn't know how to tell Astrid about his dream he had.
"Soo, uh...how did you...sleep last night?" Hiccup asked not sure of what to say
"...I don't know really." Astrid said
She didn't want to tell Hiccup about her dream either. She didn't know that they both had the same one.
"SOMEONE GET A DOCTOR!" A viking yelled
Hiccup and Astrid joined a crowd of vikings gathered around the person who called for help.
"SOMEONE GET HELP! MY SISTER IS MYSTERIOUSLY ILL!" The viking called out holding his sister in his arms
A doctor soon arrived, and the viking's sister was carried to the medical center
The doctor then checked the pulse of the ill viking.
"How is she?" The viking asked worried
"I can't say for sure. She has a faint pulse, and her face is extremely pale, she isn't responding to light or any other stimulants." The doctor said after examining her
"There must be something you can do!" The viking said distraughtly grabbing his sisters hand
"She might just be in shock from something. Give her a few days, and she'll be fine." The doctor said
The brother didn't say anything. All he did was hold her hand and prayed to the Gods that she would recover.
"Could this be?" Hiccup asked himself if this sickness of that viking could somehow be related to the dream they shared
"Is this somehow a prophecy for our future?" Astrid asked herself not knowing how or if she even wanted to tell Hiccup about her dream
They decided to keep there dream a secret from one another.
Hiccup then walked away and into the plaza to clear his head, and see if he could in any way connect his dream, and this viking becoming mysteriously ill. He then layed on edge of a cliff looking up at the clouds trying to piece everything together.
"A dream of me and Astrid being separated, some of the snowflakes turning black, the viking getting sick, there has to be a connection." Hiccup said
None of this made any sense to him. It was as if he was given the task of piecing this together, but he kept failing.
"SOMEONE GIVE ME AN ANSWER!" Hiccup yelled out to the sun setting on the ocean
"Its no use. Seems like I'll never crack this mystery. Maybe I can get this sorted out tomorrow, or maybe tonight. Right now, I just need to find Astrid. I need some love." Hiccup said walking slowly to find Astrid with the sunset perfectly in line behind the right side of him.
Hiccup guessed she would be home, he was right. When he knocked on her door though, she didn't answer.
"Astrid?" Hiccup asked knocking
There was no response
"Astrid? Are you there? You alright?" Hiccup asked again
He then heard some scribbling noise through the door. As if Astrid was drawing or writing something over and over again.
"Alright. I'm coming in." Hiccup said covering his eyes just in case
When he went inside, he saw all these carvings and drawings of the letter L and M, a black painted heart breaking, and a weird design of snow being mixed with something burning.
Astrid kept drawing these things over and over again. As if she was being controlled by something to keep doing this.
"Hey Astrid. What is all this?" Hiccup asked
Astrid didn't say anything. She just kept drawing the same three things.
Hiccup decided to snap her back into reality by kissing her. It worked
"Woah Hiccup. What happened? Wha...what are all these drawings?" Astrid asked not remembering anything she was doing before Hiccup kissed her
"The letters L and M, a black painted heart breaking, and something burning that's being mixed with snow. I have no idea what any of this means." Hiccup said looking at one the the many drawings.
"Neither do I." Astrid said
"You think these are-" Hiccup didn't know how to ask about his dream
"Are what?" Astrid asked
"Uhhh...nothing. Couldn't figure out a connection for these drawings." Hiccup said
"I can't think of anything either." Astrid said
The two couldn't help but just stare at each other. Wondering if either of them had something to hide.
Astrid was about to say something, but Hiccup hugged her
They didn't say anything. It was as if the hug said all it could about how they felt.
"I won't ever let you go Astrid." Hiccup finally said still hugging her
"You will always be by my side." Astrid said hugging him back with enough strength to pop his back out of place
"You're...hurting...me." Hiccup said gasping for air
"Oh sorry." Astrid said as she let go feeling bad
"Its ok. You still can't think of a connection for these drawings?" Hiccup asked
"Nope. My mind is a total blank." Astrid said
"Like think about it for a second the-...uh that viking's sister falling ill, and these drawings. I know they're connected somehow, I just don't know yet." Hiccup said
"Think we'll ever crack this code?" Astrid asked not sure if they'll ever solve this puzzle
"We might. I got a feeling we will." Hiccup said
"...So goodnight?" Hiccup asked
"Y-yeah. Goodnight." Astrid said blushing
Hiccup was about to walk up and give her a kiss, but Astrid beat him to it.
"Come'ere you." Astrid said smirking
Astrid rushed to Hiccup, jumped, and dove to him with her arms stretched out. Little did she know, Hiccup closed the door earlier, so that when she dove toward him with her arms stretched out, she and Hiccup flew through her door and into the Plaza practically breaking the door into two pieces, leaving Hiccup on the ground with Astrid laying on top of him and layed one on him. Hiccup kissed her back as if nothing else was going on in his world. He just wanted to be with her.
Stoik was inside his house, when he then heard loud sounds of kissing in the Plaza. The sounds kept getting louder and louder.
"What in the world is going on out there!?" Stoik asked as if whatever was making the sounds would never stop.
He then headed into the Plaza, and followed the sounds he heard. When Stoik found what was making the sound, he had an extremely unexpected surprise. It seemed as if he wasn't happy one bit. He found the couple on the ground making out as if nothing else was going on, or ever mattered in their world.
"Hiccup! WHAT IN THOR'S NAME IS GOING ON HERE!?" Stoik yelled interrupting an extremely important and passionate make out session
Hiccup and Astrid were in the middle of a very very very passionate kiss, when Stoik interrupted them, they just froze in place still kissing with their lips locked. They both felt a jolt of shock through their bodies, and both their eyes shot open. Astrid then shyly got off Hiccup, Astrid helped Hiccup up, and The Forbidden Lovers of Berk now had to face the harsh, and unavoidable reality.
"Hiccup, Astrid, when were you two gonna tell me about this!?" Stoik asked irritated that he was never told of this till now
"Dad I-"
"No! Enough of this "I can explain" stuff. You've had your chance, you had your little secret relationship, now you're gonna face the consequences of keeping secrets from me. Your OWN FATHER! I first thought we had a problem with the freeze coming, but THIS!?" Stoik said
Neither Hiccup or Astrid had anything to say. All they had was a blank look on their face that showed that they didn't know what to do.
"Come on son. I'm done." Stoik said grabbing Hiccup's arm and dragging him back home
As Stoik dragged Hiccup back home, Astrid wanted to yell out his name, but something compelled her to just stand there and watch him being dragged away from her.
When they got home, Hiccup was tossed inside, he landed flat on his stomach.
"Now, lets have yet another talk about Astrid." Stoik said closing the door
Hiccup got up
"Fine. But it doesn't matter what you say about us. I will ALWAYS be with her!" Hiccup said with a determined look in his eyes
"Hiccup I wanted to-" Stoik was about to say
"What, wanted to do what!?" Hiccup asked irritated
"...Nevermind. I'm already under enough stress. Goodnight" Stoik said
As soon as Stoik headed off to bed, Hiccup decided to unfortunately sleep as well. He really wanted to try to sneak out again and comfort Astrid, but he didn't know if his Dad was really sleeping, or just staying awake incase he heard him sneaking off.
Before Hiccup went to bed, he grabbed his charcoal pencil, a cloth, and wrote everything his love sick mind could think of.
Astrid, I don't know if these are the final days of our relationship, but I do know that no matter what happens, I will always still care about you. You will always be the only one for me. You will have my everlasting love and kindness. I hope you feel the same way to. You're all I think about. From the moment, I wake up, to the moment I head to bed. Every night, I always dream of us together happily being together. I hope that these dreams will become reality once this issue is sorted out. I will love you forever and always.
Your loving boyfriend,
Hiccup
"Well, better give this to Astrid tomorrow before Thor knows what'll happen tomorrow." Hiccup said folding his love letter and tucking it inside his tunic
As soon as Hiccup layed his head down and fell asleep, a small tear slipped out his eye and slid down his cheek.
When Astrid got home, she felt her heart being ripped apart. She couldn't get the image of Hiccup being dragged away out of her head.
Astrid then felt as if she was being controlled by something to sing part of a song that she didn't know that she would sing later on.
Astrid's head swayed left and right as she sung. The more lyrics she sang, the more of her hair started to mysteriously turn black.
"Liiiiiiithiiiiiiiuuuummmmm. Don't wanna lock me uupp inside. Liiiithiiiuummmm. Come to bed don't make me sleeeeeeeeeepppp alone. Couldn't hide the EMPTINESSSSSS, you LET IT SHOOOOOWWWWWWW! Just didn't DRIIIIINK ENOUGH to say you love me. I can't hold on tooo me, woonnnndddeeerrr whats wrrroooonng with me Liiiiiithiiiiuuuummmmmm."
Astrid then snapped out of her trance, ran her hands through her hair, and a small part of it was black. The color was so fresh, that it started to drip and stain the floor.
She then had the urge to write what her mind was telling her. Astrid grabbed her charcoal pencil, a cloth, and wrote what her mind was telling her. The blackness of her hair dripped on some of the cloth as she was writing, but she didn't care.
Hiccup, if these are our final days together, I just want you to know, I love you. I've loved you ever since I first layed eyes on you. No matter what anyone says, you will always be special to me. I don't know what will happen tomorrow. Wether if we'll have one more day together, or if we will meet our demise. But if we have to meet our demise, at least I will meet it with the viking I love. You're in my dreams every night. I always dream about how happy we are together and how much our relationship has changed from simple friends, to a boyfriend girlfriend relationship. Love you forever and ever.
Your amazing girlfriend,
Astrid
As soon as she finished writing, she then felt compelled to draw the same black heart breaking she kept drawing a while ago at the bottom of the letter.
"That heart..." Astrid said recognizing the design
She then looked on the floor, and saw the same drawing. Astrid compared them, and they were a dead match.
"These are connected...somehow. Will I see this tomorrow?" Astrid asked puzzled
"Well, despite the my black hair color dripping on my letter, I'll give it to Hiccup when I first get the chance." Astrid said folding the letter and setting it on her desk
When Astrid folded her letter, the small black part of her hair dried, and it stopped dripping.
She felt the black part of her hair to make sure it wasn't dripping anymore
"Well, it stopped. I guess its well...sort of good?" Astrid asked feeling her hair
She then decided to get some shut eye. When Astrid layed her head down, a tear ran down her cheek just like Hiccup, but when the tear formed, it turned the same black color as her hair.
"I love you Hiccup...forever." Astrid said as another black tear slid down her cheek