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Astrid's POV
I was still in shock at the scene that had just unfolded before me.
I knew Hiccup was good...but this...
He was probably long gone by now, on Toothless most likely. I shook off the shock and awe I was feeling and looked around.
Many of the people were in shock.
"We will be giving you your winnings in a short amount of time" I heard Ruff said.
"But we need to collect some items first" Tuff said rubbing his hands together, grinning.
The twins were both grinning evilly and ran off.
"How much do you suppose they made?" Helga said.
"I have no clue." I said shrugging "But I do know a lot of people in this tribe that love to bet and they probably put their money on Snotlout"
"Should have run that boy through" I heard a cranky old voice mutter behind me.
I whipped around to see Mildew and his pet sheep.
"What did you say?" I said, my voice was hard and sharp.
"That Snotlout should have run Hiccup trough with a nice swipe of his sword" he said.
I lost it. I stormed up to his and grabbed his collar, bringing the old man down to my eye level.
"I'll ask you again" I growled "What. did. you. say?"
"Snotlout should have won and run Hiccup through with his sword" Mildew sneered.
I then pulled back my fist and it collided with his face.
He fell back to the ground, grabbing his now bleeding nose.
"Don't ever say that again" I growled, turning on my heels and walking away.
I soon saw Ironclad follow me.
"Don'y talk to me right now. I'm still mad from what Mildew said" I said.
"I wasn't going too." he said "And that old man shouldn't have said that. You were right to break his nose"
I stopped and looked at Ironclad "Thanks. Now I'm going to go find Hiccup."
"Good luck" Ironclad said.
I then whistled for Stormfly and she landed in front of me.
I hopped on and waved to Ironclad, then taking off.
I flew around on Stormfly for a while and saw nothing. I decided to try his island, maybe he was there.
I landed on the beach and saw Hiccup, leaning on Toothless, who was curled up behind him
I sighed and got off Stormfly. I walked over and put my hands on my hips, looking down at him.
He smiled when he saw me "Hey Astrid" he said.
"Want to tell me what Snotlout said to you in the ring that got you all mad?" I said.
Hiccup sighed "Do I have to?"
I just glared at him.
He rolled his eyes "Fine" he said.
"Good" I said smiling triumphantly. I then sat down beside him, also leaning against Toothless's side.
"So? What did the idiot say this time?" I said.
"You" Hiccup said.
"What?" I said, confused.
"You...he said how after I lost the fight you would end things with me, fall in love with him and marry him" Hiccup said, not meeting my gaze.
I was shocked. I blinked a couple of times, speechless.
I didn't know if I should be angry at Snotlout for saying those things or touched that Hiccup cared for me that much.
"Wow" was all I could say.
"Yeah" Hiccup said sighing "I probably shouldn't have lost it like that"
"He deserved it" I said, placing my hand on his shoulder.
I then moved close to him and leaned into his side, resting my head on his shoulder. My hand found his and we wound our fingers together.
Being on the island brought me back to the memories of Corey kidnapping me. But with Hiccup beside me, most of the fear was pushed away.
But some of the curiosity of the events that took place filled its place.
"Why was Ironclad on the island?" I said.
"What?" Hiccup said, snapping out of whatever train of thought he had.
"Ironclad. I knew you two were friends and everything, so did you ask him to be there?" I said.
"I didn't know he was going to be there actually" Hiccup said.
"Then..why?" I said.
Hiccup sighed "He..he wanted revenge"
I sat up and looked at Hiccup "Revenge on who? Corey? What did he do to Ironclad?"
"It wasn't Ironclad...it...it was Calypso" Hiccup said looking down, there was sadness in his eyes.
"Calypso? But what..."I said. Then everything hit me all at once.
She was amazing.
She was my betrothed.
She was...
Was...
I gasped "Corey killed Calypso...didn't he?"
Hiccup looked up and nodded, solemnly.
How could I have been so stupid! I didn't register how he acted when he talked about her. Or the fact he always spoke of her in the past.
"I...I didn't realize" I said to myself.
"You didn't know. Its fine" Hiccup said.
"What happened?" I said.
"You don't want to know this story" Hiccup said.
"I do" I said.
Hiccup sighed and looked off.
"It was a couple months ago...Corey had already turned against us. Calypso, she was betrothed to Ironclad at the time and they were going to be married the next week. We were flying into the island to attend the wedding. When we landed...we saw Ironclad, weeping, holding Calypso's bloody body in his arms" Hiccup said.
"What happened?" I said.
"Calypso had gone for a swim without Ironclad that day. For what reason I will never know" Hiccup said "Corey was waiting for her and caught her off guard. He tried to force her to be with him but she refused and tried to fight him off. Ironclad heard the commotion and ran to the beach. He said he saw Corey holding a beaten Calypso, but before he could act...Corey ran his sword through Calypso and flew off before Ironclad could even react."
My hand covered my mouth...I knew Corey was evil...but this?
"Why? Why did he do that?" I said.
"Corey...he liked Calypso. She never returned his feelings because she loved Ironclad. He resented Ironclad and her for that and he killed her" Hiccup said.
"So Ironclad wanted revenge" I said.
Hiccup nodded "He has never fully gotten over her death. He always blamed himself for her death and I don't think he will ever come to full terms with her passing."
"Thats...awful" I said looking down.
"You needed to know. I just wish this story had a happy ending...but life isn't like that" Hiccup said.
"I feel awful" I said putting my head in my hands.
"Why?" Hiccup said.
"I talked to Ironclad about Calypso! Asked questions about her!" I said "And all this time.."
"Its alright Astrid." Hiccup said patting my back "I know he probably feels better in telling you about the good times they had together"
I sighed and leaned back into Hiccup, staring out into the ocean.
"Do I remind you of her? Of Calypso?" I said.
"You do slightly look alike and she had a fighting spirit like you" Hiccup said "But she could also be kind and caring and loved with all her heart"
"She sounds like an amazing person...I wish I could have met her" I said.
"Me too" Hiccup said and he wrapped his arms around me.
Hiccup's POV
We decided to head back to Berk once the sun started to set. We landed and Astrid kissed me and said she would see me tomorrow.
I decided to just walk around the village or maybe head over to the cove with Toothless.
But right then Kol and Klint ran up to me.
"Hiccup!" Kol said, out of breath from running.
"What?" I said.
"We just scouted around the Beserker's island and they are bulking up for something big. Word on a couple near by islands its an attack against Berk." Klint said.
"Then we need to tell Stoick now" I said and they nodded.
We then ran to my old home and saw Stoick talking to Gobber outside.
"Hiccup! I wanted to talk to you" Stoick said seeing me.
"We have a problem" I said.
"What?" Gobber said.
"Beserkers" I said "They might attack Berk soon"
"We have a treaty with them, they won't attack" Stoick said "Why would they?"
I sighed "Because of me and the Riders. Dagur the Deranged hates us and wants our dragons. Toothless and Black Ice mostly, he is obsessed with the rarest dragons known to Vikings."
"And he might attack Berk because of it?" Stoick said "That makes no sense!"
"This is Dagur we are talking about" Kol said.
"He literally has the word 'deranged' in his name." I said, crossing my arms.
Stoick looked like he was about to say something, and then stopped.
"Ok, I'll send a ship to the Beserker island as a precaution" Stoick said.
"And we will scout with our dragons" I said.
Astrid's POV
I was walking home when Ari and Helga ambushed me.
"Oh hey guys" I said.
"We are going to hang out tonight!" Helga said, excited.
"Don't try and resist, its easier that way" Ari said.
"Please say yes!" Helga said.
I laughed "Fine" I said rolling my eyes.
"Great!" Helga said tugging my arm to the watchtower the Riders were staying at.
"So I guess we are starting now!" I said.
"Yes!" Helga said.
She continued to have a grip on my arm until we reached the tower and entered the main room.
"So! What do you want to talk about?" Helga said sitting down in a chair, still excited.
I looked at Ari and she put her hands up, sitting in a chair.
"Don't look at me" she said.
"Can I ask you something?" I said, sitting across from Ari and Helga.
"Sure!" Helga said, smiling.
"Its...about Calypso" I said looking down.
They both had a look of sadness in their eyes.
"What about her?" Ari said.
"I want to know more about her and Ironclad" I said, wrapping my arms around myself.
"Its ok to be curious Astrid" Ari said.
"She was my cousin actually" Helga said "My mother's sister married a man from a the White Light tribe. So Calypso and I were cousins."
I was speechless.
"She was the best of all of us" Ari said "Her fighting was magnificent, she was caring, kind, beautiful, intelligent, and the best person I have ever met"
"And Ironclad loved her so" Helga said, smiling but her eyes showed sadness.
"If this is too painful.." I said.
"No its fine" Helga said.
"We need to talk about her" Ari said.
"She would want us to remember the good times we had with her" Helga said.
Ari laughed "Remember when she told us about her first date with Ironclad?"
Helga laughed too "She was so excited and happy."
"What happened?" I asked.
"Well Ironclad was so nervous and so was she. He picked her up and they took a ride on Black Ice over the island." Ari said.
"It was really romantic, especially since it was a Blue moon and he picked a large bouquet of wild Dragon roses. Its a really rare flower that grows on Dragon Island." Helga said "And in the roses he had a knife."
Ari laughed "He spent all day making the short little thing. Hiccup said he had to try like five times and Hiccup had to help him every step of the way"
"But he was determined" Helga said "Calypso said it was the best knife she would ever use and carried it with her until she died"
"Thats amazing" I said "I wish she could have been with Ironclad longer and maybe had children with him."
Both Helga and Ari exchanged a quick glance.
"What?" I said.
"Nothing!" Helga said way to fast and Ari palmed her face.
"What do you two know? What are you hiding? I said.
Helga looked at Ari and nodded Ari sighed and nodded in return.
"Its...its a secret we promised to keep until she told Ironclad and we intend to keep that promise" Helga said "Calypso asked for us to meet her the day before she died. She said she wanted to tell us something really important"
"So we met her" Ari said "So we quickly flew over to their island."
"And...and she told us that she was pregnant." Helga said.
I gasped "She was...pregnant?"
"She found out that day and wanted to talk to us" Helga said "She was planning on having a big dinner and surprising Ironclad with the news."
"And we flew back to Hiccup and the rest of the guys. She said she didn't want to raise suspicion if we headed over to early" Ari said.
"And then we found out..." Helga said.
"We decided to take this secret to our graves" Ari said.
"If Ironclad or anyone else found out..." Helga said.
I was in shock. I blinked a couple times and took a deep breath "I swear to never tell another living soul. I won't betray your trust"
"Thank you" Ari said nodding.
Helga wiped away a tear and laughed a bit "This wasn't how I expected this night to go"
Ari punched Helga in the arm "What do you want to talk about?"
"Well I was thinking" Helga started to say and me and Ari both laughed.
Black Ice's POV
I was outside the dwelling my Rider was staying in. I curled up near the door to maybe take a nap.
I overheard some of the female rider's conversations.
Calypso was pregnant with my Rider's unborn child when the evil one killed her.
She was carrying his unborn child when she died in his arms.
I quickly took off to find the other dragons.
I needed to decide what action to take.
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