Hey guys I meant to get this up yesterday but didn't have the time, sorry. I'm glad I got positive reviews for this, honestly I wasn't sure if people would even like it. That's about all that I have to say for now.
Astrid stood for a moment in silence, trying to process the words the man had just said, and she ended up bursting with laughter.
"Okay, this is some kind of misunderstanding. It's just a birthmark."
"But-"
"Look, it's almost sundown and we have to get home before sundown, so we have to get going." She said as she grabbed Hiccup's arm and they dashed out of the town.
The teens walked in silence for what seemed like forever, until finally Hiccup spoke up.
"You know he could be right."
Astrid stopped dead in her tracks. "If he was right what would that make me, the reincarnation of princess Zelda? And isn't the Hero of Time supposed to be a guy?"
"Not necessarily,the new hero of time is just a descendant of the original. Also you are not a descendant of royalty so you couldn't be her descendant. And, while you were exploring some I found out that recently they found out that our princess has the triforce on her hand, so they're looking for the hero, but they're only checking guys."
"Are you seriously believing them?"
"I'm just saying that it's a possibility."
"Am I the only sane person left in Hyrule?" Astrid exclaimed as they reached the forest path that lead to Berk.
Hiccup just shrugged and patted Toothless's head.
That night Astrid laid awake in her bed staring at the mark on her right hand. She rolled over and saw her hawk perched on a large dead branch in the corner of he room and Hiccup sleeping soundly with Toothless curled up a the foot of his bed.
Astrid couldn't stop thinking about weather or not they were right, what if she really was a descendant of the Hero of Time? No, that's impossible... right?
After about another hour with still no luck of getting to sleep Astrid decided to go for a walk. She crept downstairs from their loft to their front door, careful not to wake her foster parents took a lantern and her wooden sword and shield off the shelf, just in case pushed the front door open and silently closed the door.
Astrid took a deep breath of fresh air and started down the path in the forest with only her small lantern to light her way. It was probably about 2 am so it was pretty dark out. She arrived a the small cove where she and Hiccup usually go camping. There was a massive oak tree off to the side that she liked to climb, so she wasted no time and climbed up.
Once on the largest branch about half way up the tree Astrid hung her lantern and hung it up on a sturdy branch just above her's. Astrid came to the tree quite often, sometimes to exercise and other times to clear her head. She actually came here to work out quite often too.
The tree was a nice place to sit and relax if she couldn't sleep, sometimes if she was quiet enough the animals would come to the lac in the center of the cove fr a drink. Once last spring Astrid was quiet enough an entire wolf pack came to the cove for a swim.
She laid back against the tree, wrapped her arms around herself and patiently waited for something to come out.
About twenty minutes later Astrid heard a quiet rustling in the bushes. She turned in the direction of the noise and saw something she had never seen before.
There was a large gold wolf staring up at her from the other end of the cove. The wolf itself wasn't the weird park, but the fact that it was glowing was.
As soon as they made eye contact the wolf bolted across the cove and stopped just before he reached the tree. Then he did something equally as strange as his strange golden glow.
"Hello."
Astrid didn't hesitate and ripped her wooden sword from its scabbard and threw it at the wolf. The sword landed in between his paws in the dirt.
"Watch where you throw that thing you could hurt someone!" He barked. "Haven't you ever seen a talking, glowing wolf before?!" then he paused. "No, no, of course you haven't."
Astrid ducked behind her shield, then finally spoke to the wolf.
"Who are you?"
"That's not important, what is important though, is who you are, Astrid."
"How do you know my name?"
"I'm a spirit, and apparently my spirit form is a wolf. I was sent to guide you." He said. "Now come down from there."
Astrid cautiously climbed down the side of the tree. Once she arrived at the bottom she pulled her sword out of the ground and put it back in its scabbard, then sat down on a rock.
"How do I know that your real?"
"Have you not heard of spirit guides?"
"Well, yes, but I didn't actually believe that they existed."
The wolf smiled and after a short pause he spoke again, "I want to show you something."
He trotted up to her, but as he got closer the mark on her hand began to morph into a more triangular shape, then it started to glow the same color gold as the spirit that stood before her.
"Do you see it now." He whispered.
Astrid looked down shakily at her right hand, her mark had changed into the Triforce.
"How, how did you know?" she said and ran her fingers over the mark.
"I just did, you are the Hero chosen to save Hyrule once again." The wolf said and climbed up onto the rock next to her. "Though Hyrule isn't in danger just yet, the Gods sent me to help you build up your strength before its to late."
"So I'm not needed yet."
"Oh you are, just not necessarily needed to save Hyrule yet. But I will help you train for the journey ahead."
Astrid opened her mouth to respond but was interrupted by a ear-splitting shriek.
The wolf's ears pined to the back of his head and he started to snarl. "Hide, NOW!"
At the back of the tree there was a large hallowed out area where animals used to live, she and Hiccup made it a bit bigger when they were a lot younger and turned it into a little club house.
The club house was a lot smaller then she remembered, but it was just big enough for her to squeeze in and close the door.
She looked out the small window of the door and saw the wolf disappeared into the bushes as some solders marched out of the forest through the cove. Astrid held her breath and closed her eyes as they passed her, and waited for the wolf to tell her that it was safe to come out.
A very long twenty minutes later the wolf scratched at the door.
"It's safe now, but you should probably get back to your village, I will go with you just in case."
They walked cautiously down the path to the village. Once they were almost their the wolf stopped.
"I can't go with you, other people can't seem me, only you are aloud too."
"OK, before you go, what is your name?"
The wolf smiled up at the girl "Just call me Linkin."
"Well, bye Linkin."
"Stay safe Astrid."