"That's a pretty name" Valka responded. Astrid smiled shyly back at her.
"My name's Valka" she said pointing to herself.
"That's Firefly" she said pointing at the nadder. Firefly chirped in response.
Cloudjumper came out from the shadows. "And this big boy is Cloudjumper" she said looking over at the stormcutter.
Astrid climbed out of her bed and walked towards him warily. When she was right in front of him he cocked his head at her. She smirked.
"You look like an owl". Cloudjumper rolled his eyes. Like he hasn't heard that enough. Valka smirked as she walked over to him.
"Told you so." Cloudjumper grumbled in reply.
Valka looked over at the little girl "Would you like to see the rest of this place?" she asked Astrid.
The girl seemed a little unsure before she heard a chirping in her arm. She looked down at Stormfly who jumped out of her hands and was starting to run towards the front of the cave.
Astrid followed her without a second thought. "Astrid wait!" she yelled as she and the dragons tried to run after them. When they catched up to the girl she was staring at amazement at all the dragons.
"So. Many. Colors." she said as she gazed at the dragons flying around the sanctuary. Valka came up next to her.
"Would you like to see the King?". Astrid looked up at her.
"The King?" she asked confused. Nobody at Berk has ever told her about a Dragon King.
"Come on"Valka said as she grabbed Astrid's hand. They walked towards Cloudjumper as he started to crouch.
"Were going to get on him?!" she asked as she started to freak out and pull away from her hand. Valka tried to reassure the girl "I promise that nothing will happen to you."
Astrid looked at her for a second before grabbing her hand again. Valka helped Astrid climb onto the dragon and then they took off.
Hiccup watched as the archers set a boat on fire. He was too young to understand that the girl was dead. He was just told the girl was going to a far away place.
He looked around seeing the sad faces of the girl's parents who was still watching the boat. Hiccup looked at them in bafflement. Why are they so sad? Aren't there the ones who sent her away?
He looked up at his father who was standing next to him. His father looked at the boat with rage and sorrow and a little bit of something else that Hiccup couldn't explain.
Stoick looked down at his son. He bent down on one leg and looked at him straight in the eye. He took Hiccup's hand in his own.
"I promise you son, we will find the dragon who took your betrothed, and kill it". He led Hiccup back to their house and put him to bed.
He then walked back to his own room, took off his helmet and looked at it.
"Valka..."
This has got to be the biggest dragon Astrid has ever seen. Just being in it's presence made her want to bow down to the massive dragon.
Valka chuckled at the child's amazement before turning to the king. "This is the child I was talking about, your majesty" as she approached before bowing to the king. The king looked over the child in silent regard before blowing an icy breath towards Astrid.
Astrid shivered in response. Valka laughed and ruffled the girl's hair. "He likes ya". Astrid smiled before she started yawning. Valka smiled softly at the young child"I guess it is time for you to go to bed." Astrid shook her head stubbornly."I'm not tired" Astrid tried to say as her eyes started to close.
"Uh huh" Valka said skeptically as she picked up the child.
"I'll take to you later, your majesty" she said as she bowed toward the alpha. She got on top of cloudjumper and flew towards the cave. The alpha watched them go inwardly sighing at the news he would have to tell Valka and Cloudjumper later.
After Astrid was placed successfully in bed Valka realized something. "I never fed her!" she exclaimed.
Cloudjumper jumped in surprise at the outburst from his human. Vakla mentally face-palmed herself.
She sighed before she whispered "I'm going to go get some food for her Cloudjumper, then we need to decide what we're going to do about her" she said gathering her supplies in a corner before heading towards the entrance.
"You watch her Cloudjumper" she said as she exited the cave without giving him a chance to reply.
Cloudjumper was aghast at what his rider just did to him. She left him with a human hatchling! He doesn't even know how to handle dragon hatchlings!
While he was having a mini freak out Astrid woke up.
"Cloudjumper?" she mumbled as she got out of bed and started to come to the dragon. Cloudjumper was watching the girl apprehensively not knowing what to do. He was surprised when she came and sat next to him before falling asleep again.
Cloudjumper stared at the girl for a few minutes. Even he had to admit the girl was cute. He picked the girl up, lied down, and then placed her in his wings. The girl sighed contently feeling warm and safe between the four wings. Cloudjumper looked at the child before starting to fall asleep himself. Maybe having a human hatchling here wouldn't be too bad afterall.