Yay! Thank you for all the reviews favorites and followers! * does happy dance* second chapter, yay, also happy Halloween to everyone! And enjoy this chapter! I own nothing!
Astrid sat in the passenger side of her dad's old pickup truck and stared out the window. She soon entered London witch was a ten minute drive from her farm on the country side. She tried to tack in the sights and sounds of the city, because she didn't know when shed be back again. Stormfly was sitting on the floor of the truck by her feet and had her head was seeted on Astrid's lap. They soon arrived at the train station, her dads pickups truck's engine sputtered to a stop and Astrid, Stormfly and Penny exited the truck. They entered the station Astrid hade her suitcase in hand towards the train that would eventualy lead her to safety, at lest she hoped. She jumped when she felt a cold glove on her shoulder. She turned to see a solder in uniform with a large assault rifle at hand.
"This way" he said in a low voice.
She hesitated and started shuffling backwards
"No no no it's ok! I'm an Allie" He said while pointing to an american flag on his uniform. "I'll be on the train with you and the other kids to keep you safe, ok?"
" Uhh, ok" She replayed shyly.
"What's your name?" he asked softly.
"A-astrid" she mumbled.
"Cool name! I'm Jackson, but you can just call me Jack."
"Ok Jack." She said then smiled.
"And who is this?" he said exitedly while reaching down and scratched behind Stormfly's ears.
"This is Stormfly my border collie!" Stormfly yipped at the sound of her name and jumped and spun around in the air witch made Astrid chuckle.
Suddenly the old steam engine whistled.
"That's the signal, we're heading off in ten minutes, you better say your goodbyes. " Jackson exclaimed.
Astrid turned towards Penny who pulled Astrid into a hug.
"I'm gonna miss you Penny" Astrid mumbled.
"I know, I'll miss you too." Penny sighed "you better get going"
"O-ok bye Penny"
"Bye Astrid"
Astrid began towards the train along with about 20 other kids, and without even looking back she boarded the train. She walked to the forth seat on the right and sat at the window seat. There were two empty seats facing her and a table situated in between. Astrid rested her head against the fogged out window as the train engine made a hissing sound and the train started down the tracks.
A few hours later Astrid stroked Stormfly's silky head and sat her head on the table as the train hissed to the third time that day to pickup more kids.
"Stormfly, what am i going to do now? I've got no one."
Stormfly gave Astrid a irritated look and gently nipped her ear.
"Ok i've got you, but who else?" Astrid whimpered.
Suddenly she heard a voice say;
"Uhh, hey may I sit there?"
She turned to see a short skinny boy pointing to the seats in front of her. He hade a goofy smile, he wore a white tunic and black vest and pants, much like she was wearing he was even wearing the same style hat. In his hand he hade a suitcase and a horse sized Great Dane on a leash in the other. Astrid would never admit it but he was kind of cute, in a dorky way.
"Ya go ahead." Astrid said and smiled.
"Thanks" he replied.
They sat in silence for awhile before his giant dog leaped over the table and began soaking Astrid's face with slobbery kisses.
"Hey! That tickles!" Astrid laughed as Stormfly decided to join in the fun and began licking her face to.
"Hey you! Get off her!" the boy chuckled while clumsily trying to pull his dog off.
When they finally calmed the two dogs down both their stomachs hurt from laughing so hard for such a long time.
"Thanks" he panted.
"Why are you thanking me? I should be the one thanking you!" She exclaimed while panting herself.
"Thanks because, that's the first time I've laughed in months." He said then gave me another dorky grin.
"Your welcome, so what's your horses name?"
"First, he's a Great Dane not a horse and second, his name is Toothless" he replied.
"Toothless? I'm pretty sure that he has teeth" she chuckled.
"Don't judge me."
"To late I already have." She replied, then reached out and ruffled his hair.
"Why!?" Hey exclaimed as he attempted to fix his messy mop of hair. "by the way what's your dogs name?"
"Her name is Stormfly" then Astrid looked her in the eye and said "say hi Stormfly!" then Stormfly reached her right paw up and 'waved' at the boy.
"Cool! Wait I almost forgot, what's your name?" he said and gestured towards her.
"My name?" He nodded "oh it's Astrid."
"No fair! You have a really awesome name!" He said sarcastically witcb made her frown "but I'm not joking your name is actually really cool."
"Thanks, what's yours?"
"My name is 'hic' " his face reddened and he quickly covered his mouth.
"Aw looks lick somone's got the hiccups!" She chuckled.
"As I was saying 'hic' my name 'hic' is Henr'hic'y"
"Try holding your breath, it will help."
He sucked in as much air as he could and held his breath for as long as he could, and after a few minutes of trying they finally went away.
"My name is Henry" he panted.
"Henry"
"Ya?"
"Could I give you a nickname?" She questioned.
"It depends, what is it?"
"What about, Hiccup?"
He raised his eyebrow "Are you making fun of me?"
"No it just suits you, please!" she bagged.
"Ok, my name is pretty boring anyway."
"Yes!" She exclaimed then pulled him into a hug.
She rethought what she said to Stormfly before while she buried her face into his neck. Maybe she does have a family, maybe she is loved by someone.
She smiled then pulled away from Hiccup, got up, then walked around the table and sat beside him, rested her head on his shoulder and they both quickly drifted off to sleep.