Chapter 4: Belief
"Yes... I do." Hiccup replied.
"At least someone has still faith in me..." Ashalla said, sitting down on the nearest big rock. "My family only pays attention to Astrid now, who is currently becoming the family's next dragon killer."
"You're not going to Dragon Training?" Hiccup asked.
"My family says I'm a natural, that I don't need it. I'm quite glad they told your father that, otherwise I'd be stuck with Snotlout's constant flirting. Now I'll just watch him being beaten by a dragon." Ashalla replied.
A loud roar was heard, beaming through the forest.
"What was..." Hiccup started, not receiving the chance to finish as Ashalla went straight to where the roar came form. "Hey!"
Ashalla was running towards the place known as Raven's Point, one of the places she went with Hiccup once in a while for a break. Times when either Hiccup's parents had yelled at him or when Ashalla witnessed one of her father's outbursts.
Once they both neared the cove, they saw tree branches hanging broken on the road.
"Something big crashed here..." Ashalla murmured, holding her hammer in her hand.
Hiccup took out his dagger, one of the weapons he could carry around without harming someone.
"Something's odd about this place now..." Hiccup said, seeing mist clouds rolling in around them.
Ashalla looked to the sky, seeing dark clouds rolling in as well. "Thor must be angry." she said.
"We maybe should head back to the village..." Hiccup said, not liking the clouds.
"It's not that worse, we've been out in the rain before." Ashalla said.
"Right... but back then there was no mist!" Hiccup argued.
Ashalla put her hands in her sides, glaring at Hiccup with her lightning fierce crystal clear deep light blue eyes.
"Alright!" Hiccup called.
Ashalla walked to the fallen tree a few meters away from them, Hiccup following her closely. They both looked over the fallen tree to see a black winged animal. Both ducked again.
"Did you see what I see?" Hiccup asked, his eyes wide. He gulped.
"Night Fury." Ashalla replied.
"Yes." Hiccup said, gulping again.
Ashalla took a deep breath and jumped over the fallen tree.
"Asha!" Hiccup tried to grab her arm, but she was to fast for him.
Ashalla went low, walking down the hill on hands, feet and knees.
Hiccup watched from behind the fallen tree, not wanting to die this soon. He tried to be brave in front of the village, but it wasn't him. And with Ashalla, he could be who he truly was. The truth is: he was practically a coward when it came to dragons, especially a Night Fury.
Ashalla was now on the dragon's side. She pushed the wing aside, seeing the Night Fury's head.
The Night Fury had forest green eyes, eyes that reminded her of Hiccup.
Ashalla could feel the dragon's fear, she didn't know how, but she felt it. Strongly.
"I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to help." Ashalla told the dragon softly.
The dragon seemed to understand her, roaring something in dragonese.
Ashalla laid her hammer down, taking a dagger from her pocket, starting cutting the ropes. Once she'd cut all the ropes, the Night Fury slowly stood up.
"Asha! What the hell are you doing?" Hiccup asked, his head poking out from behind the fallen tree.
The Night Fury growled and wanted to attack Hiccup, but Ashalla stopped it.
"Calm down! He's a friend of mine! He's just very afraid of dragons." she called.
The Night Fury calmed down, staring at Ashalla.
Hiccup gulped.
"Come out Hiccup, and walk slowly towards me." Ashalla said.
Hiccup hesitated first, but took a deep breath and took very small steps as he walked to Ashalla. He felt the dragon watching his every step. "I don't like this..." Hiccup murmured.
"There's nothing to be afraid of." Ashalla ensured him when Hiccup was on her side. "Look, somehow, this dragon can understand me. I don't know how, but it can."
"Great. Another weird power you possess..." Hiccup said.
The dragon roared softly. It actually sounded more like a purr.
Hiccup looked at the dragon with a questioning face.
Ashalla laughed when she saw Hiccup's face.
"What's so funny?" Hiccup asked.
"You should've seen your face! It was hilarious!" Ashalla said when she was done laughing.
Hiccup cursed under his breath.
"Well, I can't let anyone find this dragon, they'd kill him on sight." Ashalla said.
"Yeah, just like it's told in the Dragon Manual." Hiccup said.
Ashalla thought for a moment, but Hiccup interfered her thoughts.
"Maybe we can hide the dragon at Raven's Point. It's nearby and no one else besides us ever goes that close into the forests of Berk." Hiccup said.
Ashalla smiled. "That Hiccup, is a marvellous idea!" she exclaimed.
"It is?" Hiccup asked. "Well, if you say so."
Ashalla guided the dragon to the cove and down to the lake via a path she created. A path big enough for a Night Fury to go in and out of it. All done with her hammer.
"And what now?" Hiccup asked.
"Well, we bring him a basket of fish every day and check him on injuries to treat him. So one day, he can go back to his pack.
The dragon roared. "I can't."
It startled Ashalla for a moment.
"What's wrong?" Hiccup asked.
"That... that... the dragon just... talked." Ashalla said.
Hiccup looked at her with a questioning face.
"Only you can hear me, Tyra-Odinna." the dragon said in a roar, poking Ashalla's arm.
"W-w-what did you just call me?" Ashalla asked, very confused.
"Tyra-Odinna." the dragon said.
"Why? That's not my name." Ashalla said, kneeling on the ground in front of the dragon. "My name is Ashalla, Ashalla Hofferson."
"What the hell is the dragon saying?" Hiccup asked, having no idea where Ashalla was talking about.
"He's calling me Tyra-Odinna." Ashalla said. "But it's not my name."
"It is your name!" the dragon said, louder this time. "You are Tyra-Odinna Lokida Thora, daughter of Thor, niece of Loki and granddaughter of Odin!"
"What!?"
I'm so sorry that it took me so long! I had a block before summer and I didn't have an idea how to write this chapter! I'm sorry for making you wait. I hope the next update is sooner than this came! I hope to get a few reviews now. Thanks for reading!
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