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How To Choose Sides

Ch.1: Mysterious Girl

A few weeks passed since the Trumorian defeat. The captives were crammed into the former Kill Ring, now known as the Prison Ring. Repairs had been made to any damage houses and the final head count of the casualties was determined. The Celts sustained heavier losses than the Vikings, thanks to their Dragon friends.

So here, three weeks later, everything was still normal, nothing out of the ordinary happened, even last night's storm was ordinary. Anyhow, It was Hiccup's chore to survey the damage caused by the tremendous storm that was common on the Isle.

It left quite enough damage to the harbors and piers to delay trade routes and fishing.

After reporting the damage to his father, Hiccup and Toothless ventured out towards the sandy part of the beach, a little ways from the village. It was just those two, enjoying some scenery.

"Nice day for flying, bud." Hiccup said over the wind that was caressing his freckled face. Toothless let out a low rumble, a dragon's way of agreeing. Hiccup grinned at his best friend and they continued to soar the skies but as they were still hovering above the sandy beach, Hiccup saw a speck of something not too far from them.

He expected it to be some sort of debris from a damaged boat, something that was carried by the waves during the ravaging storm. Storms that hit Berk naturally do that, it wasn't unusual. The storms that slammed into the island were pretty fierce, sometimes on the coastline of deadly. The howling winds would uproot trees and sometimes blew not-really secure roofs off of the houses, the rain would gather so much that it could flood slanted land, waves could become large and heavy, slamming against the harbors and boats, creating some impressive damage, and the lightning would sometimes be close enough to spark a fire, anywhere. Yep, those storms were defiantly a life-or-death experience.

Hiccup got closer to the debris as he began to think it wasn't debris at all.

"Go lower, bud." Hiccup commanded, shifting his metal limb against the pedal. Toothless growled in understanding and dipped lower. The debris was close enough for Hiccup to realize that it wasn't debris.

It was a girl, flat on her back against the sand, waves lapping her bare feet. Her arm laid across her stomach, her head was pointed to the clear sky. Her other arm was lying just above her head.

Her eyes were closed and her body was still, concerning Hiccup. Toothless landed upon Hiccup's command and Hiccup detached himself from the stirrups. He jumped off of Toothless's back, landing on his prosthetic limb with a thud and groan in pain. He hobbled over to the girl and knelt down. Toothless walked up from behind, barring his teeth in protection for his human.

Hiccup ran a hand over to her wrist, he felt thumps against his finger, indicating that she was still alive. He looked up at Toothless.

"She's still alive." Hiccup told his friend. "We better get her to the village."

Toothless reluctantly agreed and Hiccup picked the girl off of the ground. He set her around Toothless's neck and mounted. He kept one hand on the girl's back while the other helped steered the Night Fury. Hiccup took the time to examine the girl. She had short, shaggy brown hair, pale skin. She wore some unrecognizable attire, a blue tunic with a orange sash and some trousers. Hooked up in her sash was a scabbier, inside the scabbier was a sword. Hiccup assumed she was a swordsman or swordswoman.

Hiccup arrived at the village moments later, he got off and plucked the girl off of Toothless. A few Vikings looked over to see the abnormal scene but Hiccup was far too busy in getting this girl a nice warm bed along with some dry clothes.

Hiccup laid the girl down in the couch inside his house, just a few meters from his bed. He decided against dressing her himself, wanting to avoid…certain things. He tossed a couple of blankets over her and told Toothless to ignite a fire in the fireplace. Hiccup soon disappeared to collect some clothes for the girl so she could get dressed when she woke up.

There was something interesting about this mysterious girl that had Hiccup pondering on how she was washed up on the beach, surely she was from somewhere else and she happened to be caught in the storm somehow.

Things were getting interesting on Berk.

To be continued.

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