You Are My Destiny
Chapter 5
Hiccup stayed quiet for a few days, never leaving his house and whenever he did, he would fly around the island with Toothless for a while and then come back.
Hiccup and Toothless just came back from flying around the island again when he notices that his dad came back from the other island.
"Hey, Dad. How was it?" Hiccup says to his dad.
"Son, I have something important to tell you."
"Yeah, I do too. Let's go inside."
"Good thinking."
Hiccup and Stoick the Vast walk into their home and close the door. Stoick and Hiccup sit down at the table and look at each other.
"Son, I want to tell you that… well there's no easy way to explain it but…"
"What?"
"Your mother might still be alive."
Hiccup looked at him wide-eyed while spitting out his cup of goat-milk.
"You don't believe me!"
"No! It's not that! Just this goat-milk tastes like goat-hair and dragon-mucus."
"Oh… well, anyways. There are reports that she was captured by Outcasts and that she had escaped. The village is looking around the waters to see if she's on a boat of some kind."
"Ok, why can't we look for her?" Hiccup questioned Stoick.
"Because she's somewhere near Outcast and our waters… well at least, that's what the other tribe said."
"Anyways, what's your good news?"
Hiccup took a deep breath and looked at his father.
"Astrid and I… are boyfriend and girlfriend."
Stoick gets up from the table, and hugs Hiccup tightly.
"Uh, Dad, is the goat-milk poisonous?"
Stoick laughs and pulls away from his son.
"Hahahaha! No, son. I'm so happy for you both. I can see it now… Hiccup Horrendous Hofferson the 4th!"
"Dad! Stop it! I don't want to think about that till we get there."
"I'm only joking. Now, where is she?"
"She's…. she went to a family reunion." Hiccup said sadly.
"Well, that won't take long."
"Well, she's said she would be gone for a few days."
"So?"
"Dad, it's been 3 weeks."
Stoick then realized what his son meant and grabbed him by his shoulders.
"Oh no…"
"What?"
"Hiccup, there was a storm coming here 3 weeks ago."
Hiccup's eyes widen and (again) freaks out.
"CRAP! She's probably hurt or….. NO! She's not dead! She can't be!"
"Hiccup! Calm down, we'll go find her…"
A few hours later…
Hiccup, Stoick, Fishlegs and the other teen Vikings are on a boat headed for their location. Thanks to Toothless, he found their exact location and they find a shipwrecked boat on another island. Hiccup and Toothless get out of the boat and begin to look for Astrid and Stormfly.
"Astrid!" Hiccup yelled for his love.
"Astrid, where are you?"
All of a sudden, a dragon's scream pierces the calm, night sky. Hiccup and Toothless run toward the sound, where they find an unconscious Astrid, her mother and Stormfly.
"Oh, Hiccup! Thank Thor you found us." Astrid's mother said with relief in her voice.
"Is Astrid ok?"
"No. She's still hurt from when she got attacked by that wild dragon. What happened to us… well, I'm surprised she's not dead yet."
Hiccup looks at Astrid's mother in horror, as Stoick and the others take Astrid back to Berk, while Hiccup takes Toothless with him, so that they can alert the healer.
A few more hours later…
Astrid is at the healer, losing blood by the second, as the others and Hiccup try to revive Astrid.
Hiccup looks at Astrid, whose eyes are shut and begins to cry.
Hiccup regains his composure and begins to wash Astrid's wounds.
After Astrid's wounds are washed and healed, she's still lying there, eyes closed, arms and hands limp.
"Is she d-dead?"
"No. She's unconscious. She'll wake up soon."
A few minutes later, Astrid is still lying there motionless. Hiccup walks up to Astrid's limp body, kisses her lips and then goes home and goes to sleep, hoping and praying that Astrid gets better.
The next day…
Hiccup wakes up and rushes to the healer's place to find no one there, not even Astrid.
Hiccup runs out of the healer's place and heads for Astrid's house.
To his surprise, Astrid's mother opens the door and greets Hiccup.
"I'm sorry, Hiccup. She's dead."
Hiccup walks in slowly, knowing that after hearing those words, he will never be the same.
He walks up to Astrid's room and sees Astrid lying there in a black dress.
He takes Astrid's hand and holds it for a long time and then let go of her hand. Hiccup stays for a few hours and then the funeral begins.
They take Astrid's body, put it in a black coffin and they then head to the Berk cemetery. They have a service and then, before the service ends, Stoick calls Hiccup, Tuffnut, Fishlegs and Ruffnut up to the front.
"Astrid's mother and I agreed that, you four should play a song for Astrid, since you four are Berk's most musically talented.
Hiccup, Fishlegs, Tuff and Ruff look at each other and agree to the idea. A few minutes later, Hiccup is is vocals, Tuffnut is on backup vocals and electric guitar, Ruffnut is bass guitar and Fishlegs is drums.
"This is a song for Astrid. Astrid, I know you're here with us in spirit, but I want to let you know, I will never let you go, I will always love you."
(Tears Don't Fall by Bullet For My Valentine)
Let's go!
With blood shot eyes I watch you sleeping
The warmth I feel beside me is slowly fading
Would she hear me if I called her name?
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?
There's always something different going wrong
The path I walk's in the wrong direction
There's always someone fucking hanging on
Can anybody help me make things better?
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home
The moments die, I hear no screaming
The visions left inside me are slowly fading
Would she hear me if I called her name?
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?
There's always something different going wrong
The path I walk's in the wrong direction
There's always someone fucking hanging on
Can anybody help me make things better?
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home
Oh yeah
This battered room I've seen before
The broken bones they heal no more, no more
With my last breath I'm choking
Will this ever end? I'm hoping
My world is over one more time
Let's go!
Would she hear me if I called her name?
Would she hold me if she knew my shame?
There's always something different going wrong
The path I walk's in the wrong direction
There's always someone fucking hanging on
Can anybody help me make things better?
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come
Better!
Your tears don't fall, they crash around me
Her conscience calls, the guilty to come home
As the song ends, Hiccup walks toward Astrid's casket to find her moving out of the casket.
The crowd of Vikings is overjoyed and they begin to cry tears of joy, as if by some miracle, Astrid came back to life.
Hiccup wraps Astrid in a hug and cries on her shoulder.
"Hiccup, let me go. I'm still hurt a little."
Hiccup let go of Astrid and kisses her lips, as Astrid kisses him back.
"Astrid, you died. How is this possible?"
"I don't know, don't you believe in miracles?"
Hiccup and Astrid kiss one more time before they both head to Hiccup's house and sleep together on his bed, under the same night sky as before.
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