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Chapter 17: Flying Through The Storm

Toothless POV

I take in a shuddering breath. As my breathing steadies I slowly regain consciousness. Half in and half not conscious. I let out a breath.

Breathe, breathe, breathe.

Why am I here? I think back and memories slowly start to resurface slowly the first was off a small girl holding a knife over me, the next was stealing her glove, then the first horrible flight, the ring, and then the long sail to Dragon Island and the Queen…

I take in a sharp breath as I realized why I'm here. Haedryin was falling into fire, and I had caught her. I can't feel all my limbs and I try to force them to get feeling to make sure I still have her. I focus and then very slowly I can feel something cold against my chest wrapped in my arms. I still have her, she's okay, my sister from another mother is okay.

Everything seems to snap back into focus. I can feel every shuddering breath that Haedryin takes. When she skips a breath and then the gasp for breath. She's cold, but she's naturally cold and its impossible to tell if something's wrong unless she's warm. I tighten my grip on her as she takes in a shaky breath and let's out a soft groan of pain.

Footsteps echo through the rocky ground and I cancelled hear panicked shouts, "Iyn! Iyn!"

I feel her shaky breath and the shouts slowly get closer, "Haedryin?" I hear a man get closer and I shift and pull Haedryin closer to me. She moans softly, but doesn't move or shift, doesn't even seem to breathe.

Theres a sharp intake of breath and then a murmured, ashamed whisper,"I did this." I slowly lift up my head and blink several times. The large man, Haedryin's father, is on his knees a few feet away from me. He looks at me tears building up in his eyes, "I'm-Im so sorry, my daughter." He whispers. I blink several times.

This man, thinks that Haedryin is dead. As much I dont want my little sister out of my grip, I slowly open my wings revealing the Snow Queen wrapped in my arms. Her father's head shoots up,"Haedryin!" He says and rushes forward. I stare at Haedryin before the man rushes forward and gently grabs her from my grasp. He holds her in his arms she hangs limply from his large hands. He runs a hand through her unnaturally soft hair before he tosses his helmet to the side and puts an ear to her heart.

He looks up at me,"She's alive! You brought her back alive!" He joyfully shouts. He hugs the teen to his chest and she makes no movement. Shouts of joy ring through the air. He puts a gentle hand on my face, "Thank you for saving my daughter."

A one legged man with only a right hand comes up next to her father, "Eh, well you know, most of her."

Asher POV

The smoke is thick, choking, blinding and so dark you cant see your hand when its right next to your face. I stumble through the mass of people that are in front of me as I push to the front. When I finally reach it, I hear Gobber right behind me.

I stare forward and gasp my whole body going to into rigid shock.

No! No!

Why!?

Gobber takes in a sharp breath as we both stare at the fallen chief. He's on his knees in grief as he stares at Toothless, and only Toothless. Haedryin is gone.

My face falls and I feel tears building up as I watch the chief.

Haedryin is dead.

Why? Why is fate so cruel!

Then very slowly as if weighed down by water Toothless lifts up his wing to reveal Haedryin in his arms. I take in a sharp breath, not daring to breathe as Stoick rushes forward and takes his child from the dragon. He lifts his ear to her heart.

If you aren't alive Haedryin, I am going to hunt your ghost down and haunt it.

The chief lifts up his head, "She's alive! You brought her back alive!" Stoick shouts. My hands fly to cover my huge smile as it breaks across my face.

YES!

Gobber walks forward quickly and then with one quick glance he shifts awkwardly on his peg leg and foot, "Eh, well you know, most of her."

Stoick looks down and Toothless does as well. I run forward before anyone can hold me back and I stare at what both chief and blacksmiths eyes were fixed upon. I take in a sharp breath as I see what remains of her left foot. Burned off most likely or snapped off from fall a burned stump a little past her knee was all that was left of her lower left leg. Toothless rolls to his feet and stumbles over to sniff the foot. Stoick does nothing but stare at it horror across his face.

Gobber puts a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "I'll make her a leg, it will be fine." Gobber assures. I watch as Toothless recoils from the foot like he'd been burned and stares at it like he, himself had lost a limb. Stoick stands and with his daughter in his arms he stares at his village, "Healer! I need healer!" He yells, a young girl shoves her way to the front.

She rushes forward bag around her shoulder. As well we all just stand there she takes Haedryin and with one arm tosses me a blanket, "Lay it on the ground." She commands. I roll the blanket out and she turns to Gobber, "I need water, Stoick, for the love of Thor get to finding a boat! Gothi can do more than I can." Gobber rushes off and Stoick starts to direct the village but I don't pay attention.

Toothless curls up next the the blanket, cooing sadly. I sit down stiffly on my heels as the healer puts Haedryin on the makeshift bed. She rolls up the pant leg and bile enters my throat. The healer purses her lips together before she looks up at me, "Asher, right?" She asks. I nod and she puts her short hair behind her ear. Gobber returns with a bucket of water I'm not entirely sure where came from but don't question it. The healer doesn't either and she puts a rag into the water and wipes away some of the ash, blood and puss. "Thank you Gobber," She says without looking up. Gobber nods.

"Anything else I can do Irrika?" He asks.

Irrika shakes her head and finishes wiping with the rag, it's stained red and I look up at her, "She needs a real healer, Gobber. She needs real medical supplies and real shelter. If she can't get back to Berk by tonight. She won't be here tomorrow to go tomorrow." Irrika says. Gobber pales.

"Stoick says they can't find any ships, everything was burned to a red death." He says.

Irrika snorts, "Yeah, that's for sure a red death. That's the name of that monster." She says and gestures to the ash lying around us."Tell Stoick, we need to get her back to Berk." Irrkia says. Gobber nods and takes off faster than I had seen any man move even with both legs. I look up at her and then hear a squawk. The Nadder from the arena lands behind me and I stand and touch it on the snout. Rubbing it up and down. Well perfectly fine with the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself curled up next to her as the Nadder lands Irrika backs up slightly.

The Deadly Nadder nudges my shoulder and I give a tight lipped smile and pat her on the shoulder. I stare at the Nadder and then at Haedryin's limp form an idea slowly forming in my head, "Irrika?" I question. She looks up from where she's wrapping a thick bandage around Haedryin's stump.

"Hmmm?" She asks.

"What if I took her to Berk?" I ask.

Irrika looks up at me and ties a knot around the end of the bandage, "Asher, how would you do that? Fly?" She asks sarcastically. I nod.

"I would take her on my Nadder." I say, Irrika looks at me and then the dragon and then down at her patient. Slowly sitting back on her heels as she thinks about it, "Yeah...That would work." She says.

I nod and Irrika slowly wraps the blanket around Haedryin, "I know, for a fact, that Stoick will not let you take her willingly. Go now, well he's occupied and I'll explain it to him." She says. My jaw drops a little and Irrika sees this, picking up Haedryin and passing her to my arms she says, "I've been this girl's doctor before." I take her from Irrika and Toothless sits up so quickly he's a blur. He glances at Haedryin and then at me, and his eyes are pleading not to take her away.

If I dont take her, she'll die. I can't let that happen.

I glance at Haedryin's flushed face and watch her shaky breaths, "Toothless, she'll be fine, you'll be back to Berk soon." I promise.

Irrika scoffs, "Toothless?" She says and stares at the Night Fury,"He is not toothless."

I pat Toothless's head and mount the Nadder. I tighten my grip on the pale, hot Snow Queen and Toothless sits back and seems frown but doesn't try to stop me. Irrika nods at me and the Nadder takes off into the sky.

I jerk slightly but manage to right myself, keeping a firm hand on Hiccup. The smoke is worse in the air and the Nadder flaps her wings restlessly as she soars forward and out of the smoke. As soon as we get out of range from the smoke I see a different problem:

The snowstorm.

White, cold, bitter and blinding I hold on the reins tightly with one hand the other wrapped around Haedryin. Dragon island isn't very far from Berk but the longer and further we got away from the isle to Berk the harsher and fiercer the storm got. It was snowing before we left but it wasn't this bad. I've never seen a snow storm this bad.

The Nadder squawks and the wind rushed past my ears biting into my arms and face.

When we finally reach Berk hours later the storm is worse, ten times worse.

I don't even know how the Nadder is flying the storm. She lands and I jerk forward the wind bit into my clothing. I jump off of her back and pat her neck, "Thank you Stormfly." I whisper and look back at the now named dragon in shock.

I shake my head and see that Stormfly has landed next to the Haddock's house. Deciding not to question how she knew where it was I throw open the door and burst into the house. It's dark and I stumble over several things before I set Haedryin down on a chair. I whip around and race back outside slamming the door shut behind me. I race back outside into the cold snowstorm and jump onto Stormfly.

We quickly reach the elder's hut and i burst inside of her house covered in snow and shaking from cold, "Ha-Haedry-dryin, lost her l-leg...Th-he dragon is go-gone." I say and shiver. Gothi picks up her staff, swings a bag of medical supplies over her shoulder and follows me out into the snowstorm.

We mount Stormfly and she flies again to the Haddock's house. I thank her breathlessly before I shove open the door and both me and Gothi stumble inside of the house. It snowing softly in the house.

Gothi rushes forward to Haedryin who is slumped on the chair like I left her. I let out a breath of relief. She'll be okay. She has to.

All I can do is wait.

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