Hello! :) I am back with another chapter of Stranded Hope! I hope you enjoyed the story so far!

Chapter 3

Valka tapped her fingers on the table impatiently. She stared at fire, fretting about why Hiccup was so late, He hasn't seen him through the whole day, not even this morning. The storm was furious and seemed like it had no time to stop its raging winds and crashing thunder and rain. She couldn't bear the thought of her only son getting seriously hurt, or even killed. She got up out of the chair and walked to the door. She opened it slowly and walked out. She heard a dragon roar continuously, she heard its thumping feet trample on the dirt of the earth. She began to get worried. Wouldn't it be odd and frightening to hear a dragon's roar and whines in the middle of the night AND during a storm?

She rushed toward the sound of the dragon's cries. She forced herself to run up a steep hill with the rain and wind attempting to shove her all the way back down. By the time she reached the top, she was soaked with ice cold water. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw a night fury's silhouette and a figure laying on the ground, not moving at all.

"Hiccup!" She rushed to her son's aid and fell onto her knees as the rain and sleet hit her face like needles. She put her ear to her son's chest. He was still alive, but he was unconscious. "Thank goodness..! Oh son.." She put her hand on Hiccup's forehead. It was ice-cold. Her eyes frightened as she looked up at the shivering and whimpering dragon. "He is alive, you need to help me get him to the house, his life could be at risk though!" Valka carried her son, trying not to drop him since he was extremely heavy, as Toothless shielded her with his wing.

They got to the house, she had miraculously carried her unconscious son the whole way. Her legs were killing her, she felt like she was about collapse herself. When she kicked the door open, she saw Astrid standing by the fire, she turned around and gasped. Astrid look at Valka with Hiccup in her arms, he was completely unconscious.

"Hiccup!" She rushed to him and held his head. She put her hand on his forehead. "He's freezing!" She looked at Valka in horror.

"I think he will be alright." Valka said with the breath that she still had.

"Here, put him on his bed." Astrid suggested.

"Alright." Valka whispered.

Astrid helped Valka carry her son upstairs. They carefully laid him on his wooden bed, Toothless followed. They pulled his heavy fur blanket up to right bellow his chin.

"Oh, Hic. What did you do to yourself...?" Astrid whispered as she stroked his hair. Valka sighed in reply.

"I will stay with him tonight, I don't care if I'm awake all night." Astrid said stubbornly.

Valka nodded, "You do that, if anything happens, I want you to come down and wake me if I'm sleeping, you hear?"

"I will."

Valka left the room, and headed downstairs slowly. Astrid watched her leave, then she turned back to Hiccup. He started to groan quietly.
"Shh... Your alright. Just calm down. I'm here." Astrid said softly.

O0O

"Astrid!" Hiccup screamed as he noticed the night fury stalk him, growling and ready to attack at any moment. Hiccup backed up against a giant piece of ice. The dragon's eyes were irregularly slits as skinny as a line. Hiccup turned around quickly to try to climb up the ice glacier, but he slipped and fell, landing on his back like a rock. He shrieked in pain as he watched the black dragon stare at him right in the eyes. It opened its mouth and gas started forming from the inside of it. Hiccup screamed and the dragon let the fire go.

"Hiccup!" Astrid woke up in sweat and breathing heavily. She began to calm down as she realized it was only a dream. No, a nightmare. She looked at Hiccup, who was fast asleep. She felt his forehead once again, it was a little too warm now. She pulled back some of the covers. Hiccup suddenly started coughing.

Ohhh so intense! But you gotta wait ;) See you later!