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Far away from the enflamed village, two little ones, around the age of five, were running through the forest without a care.
"Hiccup, Hurry up!" the young girl yelled back to her companion as she ran across the sun dappled ground, brandishing a stick that she occasionally used to lunge out and cut down the invisible trolls.
Pushing himself through the thicket of branches, after his blonde friend, was Hiccup. Hiccup was an abnormally small boy for a Viking. He had a slim body that resembled a sapling, and most of it was covered in orangish-red freckles. Shaggy auburn hair covered his head in a sloppy fashion with a few twigs sticking out of it from his escapade through the woods. He looked like a rather ordinary boy without anything too interesting except for the curious, bright green eyes that were lit like torches in the dawn light. Pushing back the last branch, Hiccup dashed boldly into a clearing where trolls roamed, trying to protect his friend, Astrid, by waving his slightly smaller stick wildly around. As minutes passed, the throng of evil trolls grew and Astrid and Hiccup tried harder to defeat them, but it was useless. Only Odin could save them now.
"Astrid, I don't think I can hold them any longer!" Hiccup gasped, as his motions slowed.
"Hiccup, I can't lose you! You gotta keep going. If we fail, who will save the kingdom of Asgard?" Astrid yelled back, taking another masterful swipe at the impeding trolls.
"Ok, fine, I'll keep going, but we need a plan."
Astrid's eyes lit up as an idea burst into her head. Yelling her battle cry, Astrid let her weapon drop, but kept both of her hands up and out. From the palms of her hands burst hot fire that circled around them both. The fire soon cooled and created a rock wall that looked like a mountain protecting a hidden treasure inside.
Hiccup gasped and took a few steps back at the sight of the fire and stared at Astrid with fear and awe as it all hardened. Breathing hard, Astrid turned to Hiccup and gave a small smile.
"How's that for a plan?"
Hiccup's mouth curved up in a small smile that turned into a huge smile. "How did you do dat'?"
"I don't know…it's cool isn't it." Astrid let her smile grow bigger as Hiccup yelled,
"THAT WAS AMAZING!" Hiccup spun around in excitement and pulled Astrid into his funny dance. Hopping and skipping collided with each other and both of them collapsed into a heap on the ground and erupted into giggles.
Astrid laid her blonde head on Hiccup's shoulder and took a deep breath to recover from her fit of giggles. Hiccup did the same, and they both lay in a comfortable silence as they listened to the wrens above them singing to each other through the trees. The silence was soon spoiled when Hiccup gave a little Hic, and gave Astrid the giggles again. Hiccup looked sourly at her, which was occasionally ruined by his hiccups. Fed up, Hiccup reached his hands out and moved his fingers swiftly across Astrid's side causing her to laugh harder and double over and yell for him to stop. It continued like this for a few minutes before Hiccup decided to give her a break. Letting go of her, Hiccup got up from his sitting position and checked the perimeter of the stone walls that surrounded them, leaving Astrid lying on the ground.
"How are we going to get out, Strid?"
Astrid got up as well and looked at the walls and touched them hesitantly. She whispered, "I haven't figured that part out yet."
Hiccup stood for a while with his finger pressing against his chin, thinking. With a determined look on his face, Hiccup walked purposely towards the walls and reached for footholds and handholds to start his climb. He climbed slowly to the top only slipping against the stone twice. Once he reached it, he hauled his tiny body up onto the small ledge at the top of the wall.
"I think we can go down here, but it's a loooong way down." Hiccup whimpered, his voice getting quieter. A dragon's roar rippled through the air suddenly, startling Hiccup. Hiccup wavered on the edge, trying to keep his balance, but there was no hope. He fell backwards, falling through the air towards Astrid.
Astrid screamed in fear and lifted her hands instinctively out to catch Hiccup, but with her fear came her magic, and sparks flew from her hand, hitting Hiccup in the head, knocking him unconscious. Hiccup landed on a piece of soft turf a few feet away from Astrid, relatively unharmed. Astrid ran as fast as her little legs could carry her to Hiccup. Taking his head in her lap, she tried to shake him awake, but he just lay limp in her lap while blood oozed from a large cut on his chin. Astrid started shaking and crying as she continued to try to wake up her friend, but it was in vain.
"Mama, Papa!" Astrid's voice cracked as she yelled as loud as she could. All around her fire flamed, and her walls of stone started to crack just like her wee little heart. "It's alright, don't worry Hiccup, I'll get you to safety, don't worry." Astrid allowed a stream of tears to run down her cheeks as she curled herself around the young sapling.
Well that's it for now. I don't know when I'll update next, but I hope it is soon. I have a lot of the story planned out, but I sort of had to revamp it when I found a flaw in my logic. UGHH! Ah well, it will make it a whole lot better….I hope. Thank you for reading!