Hello again! This chapter is going to load you with some more exposition, so you understand what is going on better. And you will learn about 'The White Knight' and what he has to do with all this. so at least theres that. oh and theres the whole Hiccup alive thing. so yeah, fun stuff. Enjoy!
Astrid stares at him, jaw dropped. He is alive, after all this time. Hiccup is alive. she didn't know how she should handle this. part of her is really happy that he never died, and that she should be able to come back home now. But part of her feels betrayed, sad or emotional because he faked his death and left Berk. But him being alive means that she has a chance at having her normal life. She looks at his eyes, trying to figure out what she should say.
"You... you.. are alive.." She says, still very surprised, how did he even survive?
"Yes, thanks for pointing out the obvious Astrid" He says, laughing softly to himself. She glares at him, he is still a sarcastic guy. she wants to say he is a asshole, but that probably wouldn't go well. As she processes this whole situation out, she looks at him, looking at his features. He is taller, and has grown up quite a bit. And why she wont admit it out loud, she did think he is good looking.
"How did you survive? I saw you die" Astrid says as she looks at the floor. He sighs and sits back down. "You don't seem that excited to know I am alive" He says, she looks up at him and frowns slighty.
"Well for obvious reasons I can proudly say you did not see me die" He says. she glares at him once again. since when did he turn into the cocky, sarcastic type? He was the shy one three years ago, and now he is this.
"I saw the blast. you were shot by a Night Fury!" She says, still trying to process how in the hell he survived everything. But as she is talking about this, she keeps thinking about Berk, and how she would love to go back. knowing that she wont die of course. Now she can tell everyone Hiccup never died, and her life can go back to normal. it makes her somewhat happy, now that things can go back to normal. well, somewhat normal. Hiccup was never the good looking type of guy, but apparently disappearing for three years has that affect on him.
"I was never shot. I was on his back. Toothless most likely shot at a rock or something, but I can promise he never shot at me. he would never do such a thing". Hiccup gets up and takes his vest off, leaving him his dark green tunic. he grabs a mug and fills it with water, then walks back to Astrid and hands it to her.
"Thanks" She says while taking the mug. She inspects it first, making sure nothing was done to it before drinking from it. "So what have you been doing all this time? where have you been?" She asks. He looks at her before taking out his notebook, and pulling out his knife and putting it on the table next to him. Knowing he was armed does scare Astrid.
"You aren't going to use that on me are you?". She stares at him with wide eyes, startled. He snickers at her sudden fear.
"I am not going to hurt you Astrid, I promise" he says, "And I have been traveling the world as much as I can. And when attacks happen, I go and make sure no one dies, and I pick up a little food in the process" He finishes. She finishes drinking the water and puts the mug down, and coughs softly as the water went down wrong.
"Oh yeah, like telling me you aren't going to hurt me when you took me here without my consent is the perfect way for me to trust you" She says. and she knows she has a point. while she should be grateful he saved her life, it doesn't change the fact she is here against her will. But he knows he did the right thing by taking her, or else she wouldn't be breathing right now. her body would be without a head, and she would already be a memory. and it wouldn't be a good memory.
"Astrid I wasn't going to let them kill you. This was the only way I could keep you alive. its not like I wanted to bring you here, but I don't want you to die" He says as he takes the mug and puts it on the counter near his stove. He looks outside, and he sees a storm cloud. something he really doesn't like about the place he chose to settle down for the moment is the fact there is always rain. Storms show up more than he can count, and it really does suck. Whenever there is an attack, and there is a storm, it is hard to get there before the dragons do. which can sometimes mean lives lost.
"Well now that you are alive, I wont die when we go back and tell them you are alive" She says, as her voice was higher pitched out of excitement. going back to her normal life is all she could ask for. its all she wants, is to go home and sleep in her bed, and forget this day ever happened. This day could be a thousand times better than expected.
"Well uh... here's the thing Astrid, we aren't going back" He says as he watches her facial expression go from hopeful to sad. She looks at him with a frown, as his eyes wander off to look around the room while he rubs his neck. Instead of being sad, she turns that emotion into anger.
"And why the fuck cant we go back? Your father misses you, everyone wants me dead. We can have our old lives back Hiccup!" She says. He knows she wants to go back, but he also knows how much of a bad idea that is.
"Astrid, I don't want them to know I am alive. For all my life I was a nobody, my own father wouldn't even look at me because I wasn't a hulking mass of muscle. He was sad because he lost a son that finally showed he could hold his own, not just because me and him are family. plus, even if I did go back, there is no guarantee you are going to be safe. I am not taking you back until I know you are safe" He says, and her hands ball up into fists as she slams her fist onto the bed she was sitting on as she starts a fit. While he does have good reasoning, she wants to go home.
"Hiccup you listen to me. I want to go home right Fucking now! do you hear me?! I want to go home NOW" She says loudly as she glares at him. She would kick his ass if he wasn't the only way off this damn mountain.
"You are in no position to make demands. Secondly, I will not take you home until I know that they wont hunt you and that my identity will be safe. no one can ever know who I am". She stands and stomps her foot on the ground. and before she says something else to continue this argument, she comes up with an idea. she stands up in front of him and walks slightly closer to him as she smirks. He looks at her dumbfounded. he wasn't expecting her to not yell back.
Just as he has a chance to say something back she lunges to him and latches her lips to his. He puts his hand on her sides as he kisses her back, and he can tell she is still smirking as his tongue sneeks past her lips. she moans slightly as he deepens the kiss even more. She then pulls back and smiles at him.
"Lets make a deal. I will give you my virginity, but only if you take me home" She says, as she continues to smirk. Hiccup lightly pushes her back and shakes his head, but that doesn't make her smirk go away.
"Come on Hiccup, you know you always wanted me. and im going to let you fuck me, but I want to go home" She says as she tries to kiss him again as he is leaning against the table. "Astrid, as much as I have had a crush on you, I will not take you home" He says, and as he finishes saying it, she grabs the knife from the one side of the table he was sitting near and puts the point of it on his chest, right where his heart is.
"If you don't take me home right now, I will push this knife right through your chest" She says, her eyes daring him to say no. This time, its his turn to smirk.
"Astrid, you wont push that blade into me at all. I am your only way out of here, and I will not take you home unless I know we are both going to be safe" He says as she grits her teeth. She sighs and puts the knife down. he is right, he is the only way out of here. He takes the opportunity to grab the knife and put it against her throat as she falls onto the bed, he falls on top of her with the knife on her.
"Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way" He starts as a tear forms in her eye, "We can be peaceful and have a half decent time while you are here, or we can do this the hard way and I can break my promises. I can hurt you, I can Rape you, I can do whatever. take your pick" He says as he puts a hand right under her breasts, as she jumps slighty as a tear falls down her cheek. As the heat inside him burns down, and he realizes he sort of violated her, he nods and hops off of her. He puts the knife away as he heads into his forge room. the forge room is a small little forge area, which is outside but has a roof on top of it. He sits outside with he holds his head and tries to figure what to do. Toothless wakes up from a short nap and goes to Hiccup.
"Hey bud, how was your nap of yours?" Hiccup asks, and the dragon responds with something Hiccup will never understand. Toothless always talks in his own little dragon language, and sometimes gets frustrated when Hiccup cant understand him.
"What am I going to do? She doesn't want to stay, but I cant let her go back. and I would like for her to stay, maybe me and her can be friends. I just don't know what I am going to do" He says, and Toothless looks at him before shrugging, basically saying "I don't know either".
As they sit there in silence, the pair both hear Astrid scream. Hiccup runs into the house where he sees Astrid about to throw a pot at a Terrible Terror. The Terror is used as a messanger since they are very good at that, and she is about to attack it.
"Astrid stop!" Hiccup says as he runs and takes the pot from her. as she is flipping out and about to run after it he grabs her shoulders and tells her to calm down. She calms down enough for him to go the Terror and take the note attached to its back.
"Here you go buddy" Hiccup says as he hands the Terror a piece of bread. The little dragon goes super cheerful as he takes the little piece of bread and flies off. Hiccup opens the note and reads what it says
"Hey Hiccup! long time no talk I see. Alright let me get right to it, there is another White Knight sighting, and it seems like he is coming closer and closer to Berk. I don't know what you can do but I can tell you he seems to be in the 'No Mercy' type of mood if you ask me. He took down my Uncle last night. and almost me with it. Just thought I should warn you buddy. hope to see you soon ~Troy"
Hiccup drops the paper as he goes to his vest and takes out his map. He looks to where Troy's Uncle lives, and sees that The White Knight is closer than what he would have hoped. He doesn't want to have to go up against the White Knight. he really doesn't. Meanwhile Astrid picks up the note and reads it.
"Hiccup?" She asks, and he grunts. "Who is the White Knight?" He comes back to the main room where Astrid is and stands right in front of her.
"The White Knight is a very dangerous man. He is at different attacks, but unlike me, he kills. He will go after anybody and kill them. I don't know what is going to happen when he reaches Berk again. But there is just another reason why you aren't leaving yet" He finishes as he heads into his kitchen where he pulls out a pot and starts heating water over a fire. He puts some vegies in the water once its hot, to make some type of stew.
"What are you going to do about this man?" Astrid asks as Hiccup cuts up some Yak meat to put in his stew. "I don't know Astrid. he seems stronger, and I know he could kill me easily. so I guess we will find out when the time comes" he says as he chops up the rest of the little meat he had. Astrid nods and tries to look around for something to do.
"So what can I do why you spontaneously cook?" She asks, laughing softly at herself in the process. Hiccup manages a little smile as he points to a bookshelf. "Theres books over there if you ever wanted to read. I never got into them. or you can go outside to the small garden and get some vegetables and fruits before the storm hits" He says and she shrugs, then nods and heads outside.
The garden is small, and it doesn't see like he cared to put anything in any neat matter. She sighs. because its apparent she is going to stay there a while, so she wants to make the best of it. or it least its what she wants to do.
The mountain top is quite beautiful. There is lots of grass, Hiccups small little house, a forge area. and there is a cave, which she is curious on what is down there. She continues looking around near the garden and sees some pretty flowers. She focuses on the garden and takes some berries that have fully grown, but everything else is either already picked or still not matured yet. She takes the berries back inside to Hiccup, who is still cooking. she puts the berries in the kitchen and heads back outside.
She goes to the mountain side and sits there, looking out into the deep blue sea. She thinks of what will happen when she gets home. She wants to hope she wont be hunted or killed for being taken and not serving her death sentence, or will they accept her back? She wants to hope that they would take her back and accept she didn't do anything, but she knows that wouldn't happen unless Hiccup agreed on coming back as well and showing he is alive and well. but that would start a whole new issue. everyone would question where he has been and why he didn't come back. but she wants to go home, and he wont let her.
She continues looking out into the big blue as Hiccup comes from behind her and sits beside her.
"Do you understand why I wont let you go home Astrid?" He asks, and she nods, while still looking out into the ocean. "I get your point, but it doesn't mean I want to be here" She says, and he nods. Hiccup gets up and starts heading back inside.
"Hey there is someone else you should meet" Hiccup says as Astrid looks behind her. He gestures her to follow him and she does. They head back in the house, and Toothless awaits to meet Astrid.
As they enter, Astrid looks at Toothless and moves to the other side of the room. She doesn't stop looking at Toothless, and Hiccup can tell she isn't comfortable with this.
"HICCUP, Why is this Night Fury in here?!" She asks, and He can also tell she is frightened. Toothless tilts his head as Astrid continues freaking out.
"Astrid what happened to the tough as nails you? Listen, dragons aren't born killers, they turn violent only when threatened. And Toothless? he couldn't harm a fly" He says, laughing as Toothless snorts at him. Astrid is still uneasy.
"Come on, how about you give him a little pet on the head, he loves it. or scratch under his chin" Hiccup says and Astrid shakes her head. "There is no way I am going to touch that dragon Hiccup!" Hiccup laughs again until Toothless puts his head down.
"Now look, you hurt the big puff ball's feelings" He says jokingly. Astrid perks her lips up as she stares at him. "Why do you want me to pet him so bad?" Hiccup looks at her with a soft smile.
"Because I want you to be somewhat comfortable with Toothless since he lives here too" Hiccup says and Astrid sighs and walks closer to Toothless. Hiccup smiles because she actually listened to someone, something he doesn't ever remember her doing ever. She goes in front of Toothless, who is looking at her with such an innocent look, as she slowly reaches out for Toothless's head. Before she touches it she retracts her hand and walks away.
"I cant do it" She says as she sits down. Hiccup frowns a bit, and Toothless has a very big sad face. So Hiccup scratches under his chin to cheer him up. He purrs as Hiccup sits down himself.
"How about we eat the stew before it gets cold. I have some things I have to tell you anyway" Hiccup say and Astrid nods.
She is just glad that she is safe enough not to worry too much.
This was just a chapter for interaction between Hiccup and Astrid. and so you can all get an idea on how they interact together. Also next chapter will include more stuff on the White Knight, as well as Troy. Troy is gonna be a good person to write, I can feel it. anyway I know this chapter didn't have any action or anything much at all, but that wasn't my intention anyway. this was just to show the main characters and stuff. hope you enjoyed! see you all soon
-kyle11055