Chapter 8

Heather crashes into a hard surface and passes out instantly upon collision. After a few hours heather comes to...

Heather: huh? (Sits up) I'm alive but.. Aw my head, my arm..

Astrid: good, you finally woke up

Heather: astrid? What happened?

Astrid: well, basically you jumped off a cliff like a crazed gronckle..

Heather: oh yeah..

Astrid: What in Thor's name we're you thinking, jumping off like that?

Heather: I don't know, when that baby nadder fell, I just kinda went for it..

Astrid suddenly punches heather's arm lightly..

Heather: aw.. Huh?

Astrid: you're a good person, heather.. sorry for doubting that (smiles)

Heather: (blush and smiles) thanks astrid

Astrid: hey, I almost forgot how's your arm.. It was bleeding pretty bad..

Heather: oh, you did this? (points to the bandage)

Astrid: well, it wasn't the dragon.. I just cleaned it and wrapped it in some cloth, that'll stop the bleeding for a while..

Heather: it doesn't hurt as much anymore, thank you astrid (smile)

All of a sudden a red deadly nadder joins their conversation with a loud squawk or roar or whatever..

Heather: astrid, look out! It's the wild nadder- (points at it)

But astrid instead stands up and moves closer to the nadder..

Heather: astrid, get back! It's too danger-ous?

The nadder playfully bumps astrid and let's itself be hugged, just then the nadder sees heather sitting up and immediately dashes straight for her..

Heather: wait! (Closes eyes) huh?

Heather was surprised at the nadders actions, she wasn't aggressive at all in fact she was very playful now. Especially towards heather the red nadder rubs its head against heathers arms and back maybe trying to get her to stand up, but heather was still dumbfounded at the dragon's sudden change of heart. It was only a few moments ago when the wild nadder wouldn't even let heather get a few inches close to her but now the dragon's helping her stand up, she gets uncomfortable and stands up getting a few meters away from the dragon before talking with astrid about what could've happened?

Heather: huh? What happened? Did you train her while I was knocked out?

Astrid: I didn't train her, (points) he did

Just then hiccup walks out from the forest along with two baby nadders biting and scratching his false metal foot, another baby nadder on the other hand just calmly rests its head onto hiccups arms

Hiccup: Woah! (fidget) Hey! (fidget) Would you two stop doing that.. why couldn't you two be more like this guy over here (looks at the baby in his arms) or girl?...

Heather: Hiccup?

Hiccup: oh hey Heather.. looks like you found yourself a dragon (laugh)

Heather: huh?

Astrid: and where have you been?

Hiccup: I was with these guys (gestures to the babies) apparently baby nadders are a lot more playful than full grown nadders

Astrid: they grow up that happens.. Where's toothless?

Hiccup: yeah.. (scratches neck) toothless never liked babysitting..

Astrid: you didn't answer my question..

Hiccup: (sigh) he's probably with stormfly right now

Astrid: and wheres stormfly?

Hiccup: probably with toothless right now..

Astrid: and where are they?

Hiccup: I don't know astrid, ok.. They're somewhere out there doing whatever dragons do

Astrid: fine (stands up) I'm going to go find them.. And when I do were heading back to berk..

Hiccup: yes mam..

Astrid stands up and leaves for the forest passing hiccup without even looking at his face, heather notices the rather tense conversation and decides not to ask hiccup about it

Heather: Hiccup, Why are you here?

Hiccup: uhh.. I just wanted to check on you guys.. you know.. to see if everything's going smoothly

Heather: how was everything? What did you find out?

Hiccup: nothing much.. the usual, baby nadders are a lot livelier than adult ones.. oh and you jumped off a cliff?

Heather: (laugh) yeah.. wait.. you saw that?

Hiccup: of course I did, I caught you.. well, toothless did, I helped.

Heather: thank you hiccup.. for saving me.. (smile)

Hiccup: it's nothing, really.. We're friends.. I'm sure you would've done the same thing for me.. if you already knew how to ride your dragon

Heather: sorry but.. I don't think I'll be able to return the favor..

Hiccup: wha? so you're just gonna let me fall?

Heather: of course not, what I meant was.. I really can't return the favor because.. I don't have a dragon..

Hiccup: what are you talking about?.. Isn't she your dragon? (points at the red nadder)

Heather: nah, she doesn't seem to like me very much

Hiccup: what? That's crazy here (extends hand to heather)

Heather: huh? What?

Hiccup: give me your hand

Heather: why?.. hiccup?

Hiccup: let me show you.. she's not gonna hurt you, I promise

Heather: but, she won't even let me touch her.. the last time I tried to touch her I got cut..

Hiccup: just trust me, ok..

Heather: Ok (sigh) I trust you..

Heather slowly places her hands on hiccups and hiccup gently stands up, guiding her towards the red nadder. The dragon now slowly walks towards heather, heather is reluctant, she takes a step back but hiccup holds her hand and gently eases her forward. Heather nearing the dragon looks at hiccup almost trying to plead not to go on but hiccup keeps his pace slowly placing her hand on the dragons face and or lower jaw. The dragon stares at her hand and then closes her eyes pushing herself further to feel heathers warmth. Heather was initially surprised but ultimately she smiles and hugs the nadder, their hug was cut short when 3 little baby nadders come rushing for their mother. One baby nadder separates from the two and slowly heads to heather...

Heather: huh? Hey little guy (carries the nadder) are you alright? (Being licked) that tickles (laugh) you scared me out there (laugh)

Hiccup: that's the baby nadder you saved right?

Heather: yeah, how did you know?

Hiccup: you held on to her the whole time you were falling, plus.. When I caught you, you practically wrapped yourself around her.. Maybe that's why they're a lot nicer to you now (laugh)

Heather: maybe (laugh) go on now (lets go of nadder) go back to your mommy..

Hiccup: so we're done with step 1; finding you a dragon, what do you say we bring her back to berk so gobber can make you a saddle?

Heather: that sounds great.. But what about her babies?

Hiccup: we're definitely bringing them along, it doesn't feel right separating a mother from her children.. The question is how?.. oh I got just the thing? (calls toothless)

Heather: what was that?

Hiccup: my nightfury call

Heather: night-fury call?

Hiccup: yeah, a call for nightfuries like toothless.. Although I'm not sure if it works on all nightfuries.. I haven't really seen other nightfuries except for toothless..

Heather: that's amazing hiccup!

Few seconds after hiccups call, toothless comes rushing out of the forest, searching for the cause of the sound. He spots hiccup and immediately pounces

Hiccup: ooff!.. hee-y bud! Huh? Where's astrid and stormfly?

Toothless responds with a confused expression but then looks at his back to where the forest was

Hiccup: you left them? That's just great.. like Astrid's not mad at me enough (sigh) oh well.. (climbs on) lets go bud

Heather: wait, where are you going?

Hiccup: I'm just gonna get a few things..

Heather: few things? What few.. things

And they're gone.. toothless dashes with great speed back to the shores of dragons island. After a few minutes astrid comes back with stormfly, looking frustrated.

Astrid: where did toothless run off to now.. Honestly, he's slowly turning into his rider (sigh) or is it the other way around.. Speaking of his rider where is he? And where's heather?.. You gotta be kidding me.. She's gone.. Again.. With hiccup.. augh!

Heather: astrid! I'm up heere.. (Laugh) woah steady girl (pats her head)

Just then a red nadder flies above them with heather on her back...

Astrid: heather!

Heather: astrid look! I'm getting the hang of it (smiles)

Suddenly the nadder shakes and twirls around making heather lose her balance and fall..

Heather: woah

Astrid quickly asks stormfly to catch her and so she does catching her by her foot, stormfly hangs heather in front of astrid, there she is hanging from her foot upside down infront of astrid...

Astrid: (crosses her arms) how many times are you gonna fall before you actually stay put..

Heather: (smile and laugh) sorry.. She insisted

Astrid: (sigh) stormfly drop it (stormfly let's go)

Heather: ooff (pats her butt)

Astrid: rule no. 5: no flying without a saddle, got it

Heather: ok..

Astrid: where's hiccup?

Heather: I'm not really sure where he went..

Astrid: did he say anything?

Heather: he just said he was gonna get a few things

Astrid: (sigh) whatever.. let's just wait for them..

Heather: uuh.. astrid did something happen?

Astrid: what?

Heather: did something happen between you and-

Astrid: hiccup.. of course not! Everything's just great (sarcastic)

Heather: but you seem so upset again..

Astrid: everything's fine heather.. hiccup has nothing to do with it ok..

Heather: oh ok…

After a few more minutes of awkward silence, hiccup finally arrives with toothless carrying a small fishing boat…

Hiccup: hey! Look what I found

Heather: a boat! That's great we can put the babies on the boat while the dragons pick them up

Hiccup: exactly.. so, wheres- (looks around)

Hiccup took the time to pause and admire the scenery.. which was astrid, the sunset looked beautiful as it shown brightly on Astrid's face, the perfect background for the perfect viking…

Hiccup: hi, astrid

Astrid: hiccup? Well?.. What're you waiting for snoggletog?

Hiccup: huh? oh Sorry, something got in my eyes..

Astrid: just get down here..

Hiccup follows astrids command and lands toothless on the ground carefully positioning the boat infront of them. Luckily hiccup brought with him two pieces of rope, he ties one rope to one side of the boat and astrid ties the other to the opposite side. After making sure the rope was secure heather playfully placed three baby nadders inside, and then hiccup gets on toothless and astrid on stormfly, heather looks at her new red deadly nadder and tries to climb on..

Heather: ok girl steady (climbing on)

Astrid: What did I just say?

Heather: huh?

Astrid: what's rule no. 5?

Heather: right.. (Gets down) sorry..

Hiccup: huh? What's rule no. 5?

Astrid: really hiccup? (sigh) just shut up and fly.. by the way heathers riding with me..

Hiccup: oof course she is.. I wouldn't have it any other way..

Heather climbs on stormfly but at the same time gestures for her dragon to come with her. Once the nadder comes close heather asks her a question..

Heather: do you want to go home with me? To berk

The nadder nods it's head, heather hugs her again and then guides the dragon back to where astrid and the boat was..

Astrid: so? What did she say?

Heather: I think she said yes (pats her dragon)

Hiccup: that's great (smile) lets go

All three of them begun to hover off the ground toothless led the way and stormfly was manning the back, surprisingly as playful as they were the babies remained calm in fact one of them was even sleeping, maybe being rocked back and forth relaxes baby nadders, who knows. The flight back was ultimately peaceful, everything was calm as the three flew back while the sun sets..

End of chapter 8