==Chapter 9==

The ride home was a bit silent and strange. The more they got closer to Kabac, the more they felt uneasy. To Faye, the air just spells out misunderstandings but she didn't know what or why she felt that. Astrid was feeling nervous to the core. She's going to be living at a totally different place where the language, culture and environment and of course, people are different. They never stated when they'll be coming back so they didn't expect that they'll be greeted by a lot of people, let alone the king.

The minute they landed on the balcony, the king, priestess and their subjects ran towards them, screaming congratulations enough to make Hiccup and Faye's ears bleed. The group who just arrived was confused as hell until the King spoke up.

"I'm going to become a grandfather right?! At this age, I'm so lucky!"

Their jaws dropped in sync. How did they come to that conclusion was something the group couldn't understand.

"I saw the stars! They-"

Right the stars. Faye sighed loudly and buried her face on her arms.

"I have a new aide." She said as she slowly put her arms at her side. She looked at the King and the Priestess with dead eyes.

"It's her star."

The both turned their attention to the girl beside the Nadder, who had no idea what they were talking about and kind of just awkwardly waved at them. Lucel bent over and whispered to her.

"They were talking about you." He said in Norse.

"Duh. They're looking at me."

The king cleared his throat and composed himself. He welcomed Astrid, called a servant and asked him to prepare a room for Princess Faye's new aide.

They went inside the castle and the structure wasn't like Berk. It was totally new.

Astrid, Lucel and Faye were heading to the training grounds. It took a while for Astrid to notice Hiccup was gone and asked them where he had gone.

"He left during the preparation for the coronation. He was gone for a week and although the king and my prime minister helped, there are some things he had to do himself."

Astrid and Lucel stayed in the training grounds since Faye went to get something. It wasn't silent. She and Lucel were getting along. Lucel talked to her about dragons like some techniques in battle with them and where they are most likely to be found. Faye and her dragon returned with a pile of books.

Faye gave her a book about the Kabac language. Astrid saw the other books and they were about dragons, Kabac history and culture.

A few hours later, Astrid was really surprised with herself. Instead of complaining how this was boring and she would rather fly with her Nadder but she was actually pretty interested. How Kabac and Sandtorg came to be, the not-so-good relationship between the two kingdoms. It actually made Astrid admire Faye even more.

The language was a bit interesting and hard. It was totally different from Norse and no words even connected with it. It was like an entirely new world. It might take a very long time still she can speak fluently.

Astrid and Faye stopped reading when Felix arrived with his dragon.

"Your Highness, the Prime Minister wants to see you."

Faye totally forgot to tell the Prime Minister she was back and just got up and called Lena her dragon in a hurry.

"OH OH. Astrid! You should go visit Ray in a bit! Give him some coffee or something to make him feel better. I got to go! I'll see you tonight!"

Then they were gone. Night furies are the fastest indeed. Now Astrid was just staring at the clouds. Her mind was all blank until-

"Where do I even find Hiccup?" Well too late. She decided she was just going to fly with her dragon around the castle just so she can get used to it. One thing about this castle that's totally convenient is that the ceiling is high enough for dragons to pass through and can still have people below walk around casually without having to duck.

After a while of searching for Hiccup, she finally had the courage to ask somebody where Hiccup is with her limited knowledge of the Kabac Language.

"Do you know where His Highness Ray is?" She said Hiccup but she thought maybe other people don't even know that was his real name. She had no idea who gave her the name Ray but I guess it works because it kind of fits with other people's names in Kabac.

The servant led her to a room where it had two doors and it was located at the West side of the castle. The servant bowed to her and went on her way.

She was about to open it without knocking but she remembered that it was actually rude to do so. So she knocked twice and a familiar voice told her to come in.

He looked horrible. Astrid thought to herself.

Hiccup was buried in 5 piles of paper with Raven at his side trying to scan some books for information. Amilia looked like she was writing 30 words per second and Astrid even wondered if anyone can read based on the speed.

To be honest, It looked like hell.

"I'm done with the invitation letters, what's next?" Amilia shouted at her brother.

Hiccup basically destroyed the pile at his left.

"Letter to the Royal Guards of Hewon."

"Another letter?! Wait Hewon? I thought Gabe was supposed to do this?"

"Apparently he was busy with the negotiations in Sandtorg. That aide of yours was needed somewhere else."

Amilia pouted and stared down at the blank paper. She banged her head on the table and was sounding muffled cries.

"I don't wanna do this anymoreeeeeeeeeeeeee."

"Keep it together Amilia!" Raven was scanning the books and Astrid feared he was going to rip the pages right off.

Maybe she shouldn't have come here. Then she remembered what Faye said. She closed the door quietly, mounted on her dragon and went to get the book she left at the training grounds for a guide and went to the kitchen to ask for snacks for the three.

She offered to deliver them by herself and when she went back, they were still the same. They were still shouting and all over the place.

Astrid cleared her throat in hopes it was loud enough for them to hear over the screaming. Thankfully they did and they were silent and actually surprised Astrid found them.

"Maybe you guys need to eat and think. You know, regain your strength and hopefully not scream at each other's faces."

Raven was the first to look away and turned a page. This time, he did it gracefully and gently unlike five seconds ago. Astrid placed the snacks on a nearby table and handed it to each one of them. Hiccup didn't look at her but he did thank her.

Amilia was silently munching on her cookies while writing the letter and Raven was doing the same. Hiccup stopped for a second to grab a cookie and munch on it before going to signing things. Astrid figured there was nothing else she could do. She went out, closed the door and mounted on her dragon that was waiting outside.

She decided to fly around the town and just try to remember where things were. She was in a totally different world so she figured she might as well get to know it.

The town was filled with dragons and people. Some dragons even helped in pulling wagons which contained fruits. Children were playing with other dragons which Astrid was a little uncomfortable but quickly dismissed the feeling as she saw the child hugging a dragon and it seemed to enjoy it.

Astrid and her dragon walked to the port where big ships were stationed. She wondered why they would need it since they have dragons until she saw the amount of load that was loaded on the ship.

Just in front of a ship, Astrid heard yelling. There was a big guy who she thinks is the captain yelling at someone. The person looked terrified and so small compared to the captain.

"What is going on here?" Astrid tried to interfere. When the captain saw Astrid, his eyes lit up.

"Well if isn't the new aide of Princess Faye." He said with a hint of saltiness when he said Faye's name. He laughed as if he was mocking her.

"Well since you're here, you might as well help us. This bastard here let a ship sail even when a storm is coming. But I'm sure you already know that. Find it. We have valuable things on that ship. Find it before they come face to face with the storm." The captain left and the little guy followed him nervously.

Astrid's dragon called her attention when her eyes were still on the two people who just walked away.

"This might also be my job as aide! Come on girl, let's go find that ship!" Astrid mounted on her dragon and flew up the clouds where it started to rain.

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME WOOHOOO IM SO SORRY. I'VE BEEN BUSY BUT HEY HEY GUESS WHAT! IM GRADUATING IN 22 DAYS~! WISH ME LUCK /SWEATS