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Astrid couldn't believe it. The king who she has worshipped and loved since she was a little girl is trying to send her back to the place who treated her like she was a monster. She gritted her teeth at the memory.
After saying tearful farewells to both Valka and Cloudjumper she walked from the cove to the outskirts of the village. Her eyes landed on her parents who were talking to another viking about something. She smiled and she ran over to her parents. "MOMMY" "DADDY" The two vikings turned in surprise at the voice and their jaws dropped.
Astrid's parents ran up to her and hugged and kissed her. They were happy that their little girl was back.
"What happened? We both saw the dragon take you." her father said.
Astrid's eyes shined at the mention of the dragon.
"Oh, Cloudjumper. He's just a big softie." she said smiling at her parents.
They looked at her in shock. "You named the dragon!" they exclaimed.
Astrid didn't notice a crowd of viking starting to gather around her. "He already had that name! He took care of me." Astrid didn't understand why her parents looked so shocked. "That monster took care of you?" her mother asked in disgust. Astrid was starting to get mad. "He's not a monster. None of the dragons are monsters!" she yelled. The crowd of vikings gasped at her. "Monster-lover" "Traitor" "Devil" were the words people said to her as she ran back to the forest.
Astrid shook her head trying to force the memory away. Why did the king want to send her back to that horrible place? She looked up at Cloudjumper again who was still chatting with the king. She guessed that's why he's been talking to the king for so long.
She returned her attention to Valka who was still tending to the dragon. Astrid sighed. She didn't really I have a reason to be mad at Valka. It wasn't her fault she was going back to Berk. She was interrupted from her thoughts by a soft groan. She turned her attention to the dragon and noticed it was starting to wake up. Astrid watched the dragon very carefully making sure it wasn't trying to attack her again.
When the dragon opened his eyes she noticed that he didn't have the same crazed look as earlier.
"Don't move you'll upset you're wounds." Valka warned the dragon.
The dragon's eyes widened at the sight of a human. "It's okay. We're not going to hurt you." Astrid spoke in dragonese.
The dragon was surprised but made no more attempts to move. Valka and Astrid both looked up as Cloudjumper flew towards them. Astrid could see by the look in his eyes that what Valka had said was true. He crooned sadly and nuzzled Astrid.
"Did the King tell you why I had to go?"
"Yes, but I can't tell you. The king said you'll find out in due time. " Cloudjumper said to her sadly . Once again Astrid was starting to get mad at being out of the picture. Especially if it is about her. She sighed in frustration before she went to go find Toothless and Stormfly.
She looked all around the sanctuary but she couldn't find them. That only meant one thing. They were out flying. Astrid used a dragon call that she had learned to mimic a while ago to call them back. She heard them respond to her almost immediately. This was good. It meant that they weren't too far out. She sat on one of the rocks in the sanctuary and waited for them to return.
Hiccup sighed. He couldn't believe they are having this conversation again!
"You have to go son. You don't have a choice!" Stoick said his face red.
Hiccup spun around. "It's just a big waste of time Dad! None of us knows where the nest is. It would be more beneficial to stay and protect the village!" he yelled at his father.
Stoick knew he was right but he was too stubborn to admit it.
"You're going and that's final!" he said to HIccup as he walked out the door. Hiccup kicked a chair over in frustration before he went to his room. He walked over to his desk area. There were a bunch of scattered drawings on top of the desk. They all had pictures of dragons on them.
By taking the time to study and draw the dragons he could quickly find any dragons weakness. However, there is one dragon he hasn't drawn yet. The Night Fury. No one in Berk has even seen a Night Fury in decades. There was only one picture in the Book Of Dragons and Hiccup had a feeling it was a bit outdated. He honestly didn't know why it bothered him so much. He gathered all of the papers and put them in one corner.
He got out a new piece of paper and started working on a new weapon.
Inferno.