Hello again! How are you all?
I forgot to mention, this story takes place after we are Family part 2.
Back at the arena, Svea admired her new dragon. After the entire walk back from the forest, she discovered that her Changewing was a girl. The only problem now was finding a name.
"How about… Goldsky?" Astrid asked, petting her Nadder and admiring the new Changewing.
"No… doesn't fit her." Svea said.
"Hmmmm… Autumn?" Astrid proposed.
"I like it, but it's still a maybe." Svea said critically. She wanted the name for this dragon to be perfect.
"Oh my gods Svea, how could you turn down everything I proposed?" Astrid said, frustrated. Svea shrugged. "Autumn is perfect! Leaves in autumn change colors, so does the Changewing!" She said.
"Eh… its still a maybe." Svea said Astrid groaned. "What do you want your name to be?" Svea asked, turning her head and staring at the dragon. The Changewing turned it's head, exactly mirroring Svea. A small grumble escaped the dragon, almost as if it were mimicking Svea's words. Svea giggled.
"What's she doing?" Astrid asked.
"She's just mimicking me," Svea said.
"That's cute, she's like your echo!" Astrid said.
A sudden realization hit Svea and Astrid at the same time, and their eyes met. A smirk grew on Astrid's face. Svea turned to the curious dragon. "Echo," she said, "it's perfect." The two laughed.
"Did you find a name yet?" Hiccup asked, dismounting from his evening ride.
"Echo." Svea said.
Hiccup smiled, "It suits her."
"So when is Svea going to get in the saddle?" Astrid asked.
"Actually…" Hiccup reached into his satchel. "I've been making a saddle for you, we could test it out if you want," He said, pulling out a beautifully crafted leather saddle.
"I'd love too!" Svea said excitedly.
Hiccup approached the dragon with caution. At first, Echo grumbled and glared at the boy unsurely. Svea placed a hand on the dragon's shoulders and she acknowledged hiccup as a friend. Hiccup placed the saddle on the dragon's neck.
"Try it out," Hiccup said proudly.
Svea pet Echo's head, assuring that everything was fine. The Changewing bent its head down, making it easier for Svea to climb on. The saddle was comfortable.
"So where do you want to go?" Svea asked, shifting herself into a comfortable position.
"I was thinking we'd go to Raven point," Hiccup responded, hopping onto Toothless's back.
Astrid did not get on Stormfly, which confused Svea. "Astrid, are you coming?"
"No, thanks." She said, a hint of bitterness and envy in her voice. Hiccup did not hear her answer, and probably didn't hear Svea ask. The two dragons bolted into the sky, Astrid and the arena disappeared from beneath them.
Flying on Echo was much different from flying on toothless. Echo moved in more serpentine patterns, and seemed more delicate than riding the NightFury. Svea lifted her hands from the front of the saddle and reached them up to the sky, giggling as she turned to see the clouds. The sky was a vast blue, and she suddenly felt very dizzy. When Svea turned down to secure herself in the saddle, she saw something she did not expect. The lively green fields of Berk grew beneath her, but that was all that was beneath her. Echo had vanished completely. Svea gasped and grabbed onto the saddle. She felt smooth dragon skin next to the straps.
"Very funny," Svea said, catching her breath. She heard hiccup giggle. Echo changed the color of her skin to a fiery red, brighter than ever. Svea turned to hiccup, smiling at him widely. Hiccup smirked, and the same smirk grew on Toothless's face. Toothless flew strait upwards into the cover of the clouds, Disappearing from Svea's vision. Suddenly, hiccup dove out of the clouds. Svea gasped, unsure of what to do. Then, a black figure whizzed past Svea's face. Toothless unraveled his wings and swooped underneath hiccup, providing a safe and impressive landing. Hiccup flashed Svea a cocky smirk, and Svea just gawked at the rider and boy's powerful bond.
"Don't scare me like that!" Svea said, leaning into them and punching the scrawny boy in the arm. Hiccup smirked and stared at the mysterious girl. He knew nothing about her past, nothing about who she even was before they met; but strangely, it didn't bother him.
"Hey, didn't you have a satchel with you?" Svea asked.
Hiccup noticed that his bag was not with him anymore. "It must have fallen off when toothless and I did that trick." Hiccup said.
"We can look for it," Svea said, diving down with her dragon to the border between the docks and raven point. Hiccup went more towards the forests. Svea scanned the area.
"Help!" A raspy voice shouted from below. Svea followed the calls, heading down to the docks by the water. An old man with a long grey mustache and a big pointy nose shrieked and hollered in pain.
"Girl, can you help a poor old man?" The man begged. Echo grumbled, and acid bubbled in her throat.
"It's okay girl," Svea said, placing a hand on Echo's nose. She grabbed the man's hand and lifted him up.
"Thank you," The old man said, grabbing a staff with dragon teeth tied to it. Echo jumped back at the sight of the staff.
"So what happened?" Svea asked.
"Oh, some rogue Vikings pushed me down the docks," The old man said, brushing himself off. "Is that your trained dragon?" He asked.
"Yeah…"
"A Changewing is it?"
"Yeah… why." Svea said, unsure of this old man.
"And you trained it yourself?"
"I—I guess…"
The old man let out a cackle, and a sudden roar escaped Echo's mouth. Svea spun around to see two men tying her limbs together.
"Be careful, her skin is delicate!" Svea shouted running towards her dragon in distress. A strong arm swooped around her waist and threw her over a shoulder. It belonged to a burly man with a black beard and a horrible smell. Svea thrashed around, trying to free herself.
"Easy does it girl! We just need a little favor from you." The bearded man said manically. They threw Svea onto the deck of a ship. "I'm Alvin the treacherous, and your not going anywhere!" He cackled. Svea ran at the large man, kicking and punching him, but nothing made a difference. He picked her up and threw her to the ground. "Tie her up!" He yelled. Svea stood up and spat in his face. The man growled and backed away. "Don't be so hasty girl… I have your dragon," He smirked.
"HICCUP!" Svea screamed, trying to run from her attackers.
"Your boyfriend isn't coming to save you!" Alvin teased. A black shadow corrupted the ship, and toothless hovered over them. A rope with rocks on each end flew out of nowhere and tied up the dragon and its rider. Hiccup struggled to get free. The old man hobbled over to Hiccup, cackling as he did.
"Mildew…" Hiccup said bitterly. "I thought you'd changed!"
"Ha! Sorry, but ill never be a lizard lover like you people." Mildew scoffed.
"Hiccup!" Svea shouted, stumbling towards him with tied arms.
"Svea, I'm so sorry…"
"Don't worry, we'll be on Outcast Island in no time!" Alvin said, his crew joining in on his laughter.
I stared into hiccup's eyes and saw his worry. What waited for us in Outcast Island?