Hey guys I'm really sorry about not uploading. I had exams two weeks ago, then I just didn't write anything, sorry. Plus I saw all of rtte season 3 and it was AWSOME! Anyways I'm also sorry for the huge time jump (or what ever you call it). Well that all for now I guess, but if you have any ideas please send them to me :).

Linkin watched as Astrid entered her village, then returned to the cove.

The forest was very peaceful when he was alone. He had a power to completely blend in with his surroundings, so he spent the night watching wild life come and visit their watering hole.

He was pleasantly surprised that morning when he was told that Astrid was finally of age and it was time for him to guide her. Linkin had been exited about it since the day she was born with the triforce on her hand. Ganan had messed with the triforce about 15 years ago, so when Astrid was born and the princess were a few days later, both with the symbol on the back of their hands the Gods appointed Astrid's spirit guide, and Linkin was delighted when he leaned that it was him.

But now he was a bit on edge, something awful had happened that night. The solders that marched through the cove had children with them, they were taken away and he didn't know why.

He crept over to the path they walked through and examined their footprints.

There were several pairs of footprints, some much smaller than others, some much bigger, but then there were some that didn't look like human footprints at all. They were mutated and almost hoove like, they gave him a bad feeling in his stomach. But he didn't have much time to think about it when the villagers began rushing in to the cove to fill up buckets of water.

Astrid ran in with a very large wheelbarrow and filled it, but was having a bit of trouble pushing it back back.

"Astrid, let me help you." Linkin whispered and pressed his head against the bottom to help her hold it up.

"Thanks." She whispered as he turned himself invisible once more.

"What's going on?"

"The village is on fire Linkin."

"What!? What happened?"

"I don't know yet, but it was something very, very bad."

It took hours and hours but finally the fire was put out. A little over half of the village was gone, but everyone and the animals were safe, but not all of them were a counted for.

An alarming amount of villagers under the age of 18 were gone, actually, everyone under the age of 18 was gone except for Astrid.

But Astrid didn't know that yet, so she began desperately searching for her best friend.

"Hiccup!" She called, but he never answered.

She searched the last remaining buildings for him. Astrid searched her house, the market, the stables and what was left of everything else.

"Astrid." Linkin said as Astrid double check the market. "He's gone."

Astrid didn't move from were she was looking "You don't know that."

"Yes actually I do."

"How on earth would you know?!"

"Astrid if all of the children are gone except for you wouldn't that include your friend too?"

Astrid froze, then placed her hand over her eyes. "No, he, he can't..."

Linkin opened his mouth to speak, but paused when Astrid reached back and ripped her sword off her back and bolted towards the forest. Linkin ran after her, but only managed to catcher at the edge of the forest path far from the village.

"Astrid stop! Where are you going?!" He barked and grabbed the bottom of her shirt.

"I'm going to find them!" She shouted and tried to yank her shirt out of his mouth.

"Not yet your not. Especially not when your blind with rage it's too dangerous. And if the kidnappers are as armed as the rest of the village are saying, do you really think a wooden sword with do any good?"

Astrid sighed, he was right, she wasn't even trained when it comes to sword play, just a few simple moves just in case. She bit her lower lip, put her sword back in its scabbard and placed her head in her hands.

"We will find them Astrid, just not soon."

Astrid pressed her face against the soft fur on his neck and sobbed quietly.

"It'll all be alright." He whispered and placed his paw on her shoulder. "We'll start your training first thing tomorrow."

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"Astrid, get up."

She moaned and rolled over then pulled her blankets over her head.

"Astrid come on!"

Linkin began nudging her side and pulled her pillow out from under her head.

"Fine! I'm coming."

Astrid sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes, then looked around her house. She climbed down the stairs of her small loft and made her way across the floor to a small shelf with two books sat neatly on top. She pulled one of the books of the shelf and looked through it, it was pictures of all the missing children.

It was hard to believe it had already been three years, three very, very long years. The village still seemed so empty and quiet without the children.

Astrid had changed a lot in those three years, because of the long hours of training all most every day she had become incredibly skilled with her sword, and she had become very muscular.

One other thing that had changed is her home. She moved out of her foster parent's house three months before. They helped her carve out the interior of the huge tree in the cove (without killing it of course) and made her a cozy home inside of it.

Another, and more dangerous thing that had changed was something she and Linken called 'the darkness'. Strange monsters had entered Hyrule and were spreading a strange matter that seamed to make the area dark and gloomy.

"Linkin you said that I had the day off training." She said as she flipped through the pictures.

"I know what I said, but the darkness is spreading."

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Astrid replied and set the book back on the shelf.

"I'm saying that the monsters are coming faster then expected, and we need to get out there and do something about it, now."