Do to the release of what many have dubbed the "Obama Clip" I'm in the mood to write a little Hiccstrid (they are so freaking adorable in that clip!)
Please enjoy :)
Hiccup's POV
Astrid jerked her head in the direction of the door to the Hall and I nodded. Both of us stood up and walked out quietly.
Once out Astrid grabbed my hand and tugged me along.
"Where are you taking me?" I said laughing.
"You'll see!" Astrid called back to me.
We ran through town and up the cliff, and weaving through some of the forest. We then reached the edge of a very, very high cliff overlooking Berk and the ocean.
The sun was setting and the warm orange glow made Astrid's eyes sparkle.
I was staring at her, a small smile on my lips when she turned to me.
"What are you looking at?" she asked.
"You" I said.
Astrid smiled and turned away for a moment. She then grabbed my arm and tugged me to the edge, sitting down and patting the grass beside her.
I sat down, our legs were hanging off the cliff.
"So Astrid...why did you drag me up here? I am guessing it isn't for just the amazing view" I said.
Astrid laughed and shook her head, then throwing her head back, looking up at the clouds.
"This was one of my favorite places to come when you were gone" she said "It reminded me of the flight we took together. You know, the one you kidnapped me for"
"You enjoyed it...eventually" I said.
"It was amazing" Astrid said.
"Yes. Yes it was" I said.
"You're doing it again" Astrid said looking over at me.
"What?!" I said.
"That look." she said.
"Ohh because that is such a great explanation." I said sarcastically.
Astrid rolled her eyes "Its not that. Its a...I can't really put a finger on it."
"Do explain" I said gesturing with my arm.
"Its a mixture. Like awe, happiness, and love all wrapped up into one." she said.
I smiled and Astrid grabbed my hand, placing hers on top of mine.
"You know...if things had gone as planned and not all crazy" Astrid began to say.
"We would have been married...I know" I said.
"Are you sad about that?" Astrid asked, her eyes searching mine.
"Yes and No" I said.
"Now what kind of answer is that?" Astrid said.
"Well its like I do want to be with you for the rest of my life but I also know I don't need some ceremony to really do that" I said.
"Please explain" Astrid said copying my gesture from earlier.
"I do love you Astrid, I really do. But I don't need a silly ceremony to prove that to myself or to anyone else" I said.
"You are so silly sometimes" Astrid said laughing.
"How? How am I being silly here?" I said laughing along with her.
"You are just being..." Astrid said gesturing to all of me.
"You just gestured to all of me" I said.
"Exactly." Astrid said "You are probably the silliest, craziest, most stubborn, you aren't not so clumsy any more but still..."
"Really feeling the love here Astrid" I said sarcastically.
"AND" Astrid said emphasizing the word "The most caring, loyal, smart, and overall best person I have ever met"
"Thanks" I said smiling.
"Do you want to get married?" Astrid asked.
"Yes. But maybe push it later. I just have this bad feeling" I said.
"About..." Astrid said.
"I don't know...I just feel like something is coming...something really big and really bad" I said, turning to look at the sea.
Astrid placed her hand on my shoulder and I turned to look back at her.
"We will make it through whatever the gods throw at us. You're strong Hiccup. You can make it through anything" she said.
"Thanks, Astrid" I said.
She smiled and leaned in, kissing me softly.
I hadn't realized it until now but after she had gotten captured things were different between us. It was like everything was more relaxed before and after it was one crisis or issue after another. Luckily Astrid was not one of those emotional girls that needed constant reassurance of their loved one's affections.
Astrid wasn't really emotional. She was passionate.
While other girls were like whirlpool of emotions Astrid was like a fire. If she didn't like you she told you to your face. She was a warrior who had a raging fire inside her, driving her.
We broke apart and Astrid leaned on my shoulder.
The sun showed only a sliver above the water now. Its warm glow being replaced by the cool, dark night.
Klint's POV
I was flying on Blaze, the best Typhoomerang in the entire world. Kol had already left me and Heith, going off to scout the Beserker Island.
"Which village do you want to do first?" Heith called from Stormer, his Thunder Drum.
"We can split up to cover more ground. I'll take the Sharkskin village if you start with the Bloody Axe tribe. We then work our way towards the middle, probably meeting up at the Fiery Wind tribe."
"Sounds good to me. I need to get some work done on my ax anyway" he said patting his weapon.
"Focus Heith" I said rolling my eyes "We need to get this scouting done before Dagur moves."
"Dagur isn't going to move now" Heith said "It doesn't make any sense. And as those words left my mouth I realized how stupid they were"
"Good. You're finally learning!" I said laughing.
"You have your share of the money?" he asked.
"Yeah, if you run out then sell some of the spices you gathered from the continent. But only if its an emergency" I said.
"Yeah, yeah I know the drill" Heith said.
"See you at the Fiery Wind tribe!" he called, turning his Thunder Drum in to the right and flying off.
"Come on Blaze, lets head to the Sharkskin village" I said patting him.
We then took off, heading left.
Kol's POV
This wasn't good. This really wasn't good.
I saw the Armada. It was big and bad and Dagur was at the helm.
This really wasn't good.
"Steam, we need to fly really, and I mean really fast to try and warn Berk" I said.
My Scauldron snorted his reply and picked up his speed, his wings barely touching the water, allowing his skin to not fully dry out.
"Well, well looky what we have here" I heard a voice behind me.
I turned to see a woman with long blonde hair, and piercing sky blue eyes. She was athletic for sure and had a calculating glare in her eyes. She had a brown headband with leather hair tie pulling some of her hair back. She wore a metal breast plate, iron shoulder guards, and a black wool shirt. Her black skirt looked like it was made of dragon scales and spikes. She wore long, grey silk pants with black leather boots.
She held a crimson ax in her hands and there was black war paint on her face.
But that wasn't the most shocking thing.
She was riding a dragon, a Moon Hunter dragon at that! I thought they were mostly nocturnal.
"A little spy are we?" she taunted.
"Who are you?" I asked while Steam growled at the girl's dragon.
"You're one of Hiccup's little lackies aren't you?" she said.
"I'll ask again. Who. are. you?"
"Dahlia the Cunning. At your service" she said with an almost comical bow.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Revenge" she replied coldy then snapping her fingers. Her dragon then shot a blast of white hot fire that we dodged by diving under the waves.
Luckily growing up in a village where my job was to swim down and collect traps helped me hold my breath while Steam swam fast to try and escape our attacker.
I tugged on the straps of my saddle signaling him my oxygen supply was nearing its end.
We blasted out of the water, trying to see where the woman and her dragon where.
"Steam. You know how I said we needed to fly fast. We need to fly faster now" I said seeing Dahlia swooping down, flying fast to right where we were hovering.
Steam nodded and we took off.
I tried to remember what I knew about Moon Hunter dragons.
They were know for their smooth snow white scales, large spikes go down back, along with their four horns and spike at the end of tail.
I knew they were nocturnal. Thats how they got their name.
'Come on Kol, think!' I thought to myself 'What were their abilities?'
I racked my brain before coming up with night vision, paralysis venom in tale, and an enhanced sense of smell.
"Great. She can track us down and paralyze us" I muttered to myself.
"You can't run from me forever!" she called out to me and a ball of fire rushed past us.
"Steam, down, now" I said taking in a deep breath and diving down into the water.
I held onto the straps, trying to not let the current take me.
Once I was out of breath again we flew out of the water and Steam built up a shot of scalding hot water.
Once Dahlia entered our sight again we let loose a blast of the boiling hot water.
She dodged the attack and sent another shot of fire at us.
We flew up, but the white hot ball caught me on my side, burning my arm and a little of Steam's wing.
"We need back up." I said, moving to continue to try and escape Dahila and her dragon.
A short little chapter I know and a little bit of filler but this is trying to build up to the next couple chapters. And the fact I have more AP tests this week isn't helping.
Please be patient here until my life becomes less crazy.
I hope you all enjoyed though :)