Ch. 3
Astrid stared at everyone with disbelief. She watched as three of the trainees shook their heads. The twins disagreed because they said they had 'something to do'…which was never good. "Snotlout," she began, trying to snare him into helping her, "you know we need to go after him, he's the leader of the Dragon Academy!" he stared at her with a blank expression. "You think I'm going to go after him? Ha, that little wimp needs to learn how to survive on his own." He said, walking up to his dragon, a monstrous nightmare named Hookfang. Astrid knew he despised Hiccup, but that wasn't any excuse not to save someone's life. She looked at Fishlegs, hoping he would agree with her. He started to say something, only to stop from a glare from Snotlout. Fishlegs was more scared of Snotlout than her? She shook her head at all of them, and then ran back to her house.
Toothless frantically searched for a dry piece of land. He could feel his limbs numbing even more than before, and he didn't want to imagine the cold his rider was feeling, having no scales. He struggled against the waves, using his wings like oars. He searched with blurred eyes for anything to get his rider out of the water…and finally saw it. He didn't recognize it, but he still swam towards the beach. When he finally made it to shore, he put Hiccup in the sand away from the water, where it was dryer and might help him warm up. Toothless then looked around his surroundings. The place looked a bit like the Unlandable Cove, but he wasn't quite sure.
Astrid ran to her house, and up to her room. She grabbed a pack and stuffed it to the brim with everything she needed. Any supplies that would help keep the rider and dragon alive, until they got back to Berk. She was walking into the kitchen, just as her mom came in the door. She noticed her pack, and questioned, "Where ye goin'? Ye have enough stuff in tha' pack to last a month." She said. Astrid tried to think of an excuse quickly. "um… I'm going for a walk! Yeah, a hike around Berk…heh, you never know what'll happen." She lied. He mom just stared at her. "It is in mid-winter young lady. Ye can't go out there till the snow-" Astrid wouldn't hear it. Her best friend's life was slowly melting away every second she stood here. No, Astrid. Don't think like that. She yelled at herself. She ran out the door, not bothering to listening to her mom ramble on about winter.
Toothless wasn't in his best shape either. He was defiantly not as badly effected as Hiccup, but the cold had still gotten to him. Every now and then, a dragon like sneeze could be heard. His limbs were still numb, and he was starving. Swimming against the ocean current in ice cold water can tucker you out. With much worry, he decided to search for fish (for that was nearly the only thing he ate). He finally found a small pond, as he squinted his eyes to search in it for any fish at all, deep in the waters, he could just manage to make out the shapes of cod swimming at the bottom. He put on foot in the water, to test out it's coldness. It was warm! He was shocked, but also pleased. In a matter of minutes, there was a small pile of cod lying at the dragon's feet.
Astrid doubled back. How could I be dumb enough to leave it? She snuck in through the back door, determined on not making a sound. She snuck quietly into her room, hoping her mom didn't hear her. She opened her closet, and grabbed her axe. She couldn't believe she forgot it! She was going off to find her friend in the wilderness, and she forgot it. Astrid sighed with relief, but quickly sucked in her breath as she heard footsteps storming up the stairs…just as the door to her bedroom burst open.
{ A/N: this next chapter will be a LOT more in Astrid's POV. There isn't much you can say about an unconscious person…sorry Hiccup. This is going to have more chapters than I planned… maybe 5? Ha, who knew one mistake in a trick could do so much…ya. Anyways, I hope you like it so far! Im sorry the chapters are so short.}