I'm back! Sorry I haven't been updating as often as I usually do. I was really caught up in a story(or three) from Beyondtheclouds. So, hope enjoy!
"Heart what?" Hiccup exclaimed. "Heart cancer. No one really knows about it, except for me. I've only seen this in Shadow, but he didn't have anything wrong with his heart, but with his lungs." (My mom works on lungs in the OR. so yeah.) "So, now that we know what's wrong with her, we can heal her!" Hiccup said. "Hiccup, that's the thing. I don't think she could be healed." I said. "What?" "She can't be healed and…" I couldn't bring myself to say the rest. "What else?" Hiccup prodded. "I can't." "Please tell me. I need to know." "I a few months, hopefully after her time, she'll…" I swallowed. "She'll leave." "Leave? What do you...oh." Hiccup looked ready to cry.
"WHAT?" Once we told the others, they were close to tears. Especially Snotlout. "I just can't believe it. Astrid's gonna-" "Don't say it Fishface." Snotlout interrupted.
"Alaina, there has to be something you can do!" Heather said. "If I could heal her, I would. But I can't. I'll help care for her, but that's it. I can't heal her." I said. "You have no idea how I feel. Being able to heal an entire race of beings, but being completely helpless for another, and just watching your friend slowly die." I said.
"I know, but…forget it. How are we going to tell Astrid?" Hiccup asked. "You could just walk up to her and say it." Tuffnut suggested. We stared at him. "What?" "Would you like to do that?" Snotlout challenged. "Yes... no... was that a retocrical question?" Tuffnut said. "I don't know Hiccup. I mean, basically we're telling her that she's gonna die in a few months." Fishlegs pointed out. (Sorry if those are wrong symptoms. Just bear with me here, I'm trying to make this more dramatic.)
"I guess I could just tell her slowly and not straight out." Hiccup glared at Tuffnut. "What?" "I guess I should just tell her now." Hiccup walked out, leaving the rest of us alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Hiccup's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Okay, how am I going to say this to her?" I mumbled. I walked in the hut that we shared, and headed upstairs. I looked in our room, and Astrid was just sitting in the bed, reading a book. I knocked on the side of the wall, and she turned. When she saw me, she immediately brightened. "Hey." She said. "How you feeling?" I asked. "A bit ill, but other than that, I'm okay." She answered. I sat down on the bed and took her hand. "And the little ones?" I referred to the twins. She smiled. "Their okay. And one of them is kicking." (Hiccstrid moments. Don't you love them? I do. :) ) "That's good. So, I needed to talk to you about something." I said. "What?" "Well, Alaina found out what's wrong with you." I started. "Well?" She prodded. "She says you have… heart cancer." "I'm sorry what?" "Heart cancer. It's kind of hard to explain. Alaina's only seen it in her dragon, and she says that there isn't a cure." I said. "And that… it takes its victims in a few months." I choked out that last part. "That means…" She started. I hugged her, and started crying myself. "I know, I know. I don't like it either. Don't worry, I won't let you die." I promised. Tears were pouring from our eyes right now. "I'm so scared, Hiccup." She wept. "I know, I know. Gods I know, Astrid."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Alaina's pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A month later, it was almost Snoggletog! Just the day before, and everyone was teeming with activity. Even Astrid!
Despite her condition, and her being due any day, she insisted she make her famous(And by that I mean deadly) yaknog. Hiccup promised he would go around the village with it, but as soon as he was out of the house, he threw it away. (Don't tell Astrid.)
I didn't know how it tasted, and everyone considered me lucky to have not tried it. "Why am I lucky?" I asked Hiccup. "Trust me, her yaknog is deathnog." He said.
Even my parents were getting into it! They were hanging up wooden wreaths around the village, and decorating the town tree. Well, wooden tree.
I wasn't getting into it all. It just wasn't my thing. I mean, I haven't celebrated it for a few years! I only celebrated it with my aunt Valka at the nest.
"Oh, come on, Alaina, just one round around the village?" Hiccup pleaded. "No, Hiccup. I'm fine." "Please?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because it's just not my thing."
"Please?"
"NO!"
After a half hour Hiccup pleading, he finally won. (No surprise. He's so persistent.) We got on our dragons, and took off for a round around the village to make sure everything was okay.
"So, we'll start with the Great Hall, and head south." Hiccup said. "Got it."
After a few minutes, we spotted the twins behind a house, getting ready to ambush Hiccup's mom with colored paint. "Ruff, Tuff, don't you even think about it!" Hiccup warned. The twins looked up, and man you should've seen their faces! They looked at each other, and ran.
"That was fun." I commented.
After a few more minutes, we were done and headed for Hiccup's hut. "Now, that wasn't so bad now, was it?" Hiccup teased. "Yeah yeah."
We walked into the hut to check on Astrid, but when we saw her, she was barely recognisable. She was covered in a film of sweat, and writhing in the bed. "Astrid." Hiccup and I ran over to her. "What's wrong?" He asked. "Hiccup, I think… I think it's time." I looked at Hiccup and he looked at me.
Suddenly Hiccup ran out of the hut yelling "Hey! I need a midwife in here!" (They help with deliveries. Learned it from i think Beyond the clounds777) I looked out the window, and saw everyone rushing to obey their chief. I even saw a few people run into each other. This was it.
I paced outside the hut along with Heather, and the rest of the gang. I kept walking back and forth, thinking about what could go wrong. "What if one of the twins is extremely weak? What if Astrid dies? What if-" "What if there were no 'what ifs?' Alaina, Astrid will be fine." Heather assured.
"I gotta go." I said, and went over to Shadow, who was, again, flirting with Windshear. Hey, Windshear, wanna go on a fly? He said. "Give it up, Shadow. She's not into you." I said, mounting him. You don't know that. He said. "Actually, I do. Now let's go." We took off for the secluded beach. "Let me know when we can see them!" I called back.
When we touched down, I got off and immediately walked down to the water. You okay? Shadow asked. "Yeah. Just a little worried about Astrid." I thought about when Hiccup and Heather were born, and how weak Hiccup was. Everyone thought he wouldn't survive his first winter. And after Valka gave birth, she was on the verge of death!
Shadow layed down beside me, and for a moment, it felt old times. Camping out under the stars, alone with no worries about anything other than where the next dragon in need is.
We stayed until nightfall, until Heather came and said that we could see Astrid and Hiccup. I beamed at the news, and followed her`back to the village.
"Have you seen them yet?" I asked. She shook her head. "Not yet. I wanted to get you first. The others are probably still in there." "Did Hiccup tell you if she was okay?" I asked. "He said that she was relieved when it was done. I'm surprised you didn't hear her scream from the pain." She joked. "Oh come on, it couldn't have been that bad." "It was. I didn't think she could handle the pain, but somehow she did." Heather said.
When we got there, I was practically bouncing with excitement. We went into the hut, and I nearly fainted with how cute they were! And they looked almost identical to Hiccup and Heather when they were babies.
One of them was a girl, with Hiccup's auburn hair, and Astrid's face.
The other was a boy with Astrid's blond hair, Hiccup's face.
The two were both in Astrid's arms, asleep.
"Oh my Thor." I mumbled. Astrid was beaming along with Hiccup. I swore they never would've stopped smiling. Until the baby girl's breathing became shallow. "Wait a minute…" Astrid started. "What's going on?" Hiccup panicked. "Don't worry. This is perfectly normal for twins. It's not permanent or life-threatening." I assured. "Few. That's a relief." Hiccup said. "How did you know that?" Heather asked. "My mom was a midwife and she helped care for Hiccup when he was sick during the winter." In explained. "Well that's handy." Astrid said. "I guess. So what are their names?" I asked. "Stoick and Hazel." Hiccup answered. "Nice."
Suddenly Snotlout went over to Hiccup and put his hand on his shoulder. "Congrats ,man." He said. "Thanks." Snotlout nodded and walked out.
"I should get going too. And congrats you two." I said, and walked out.
Wow. Hiccup and Astrid are officially parents. *fake crying* They grew up so fast. I'm sorry if you don't agree with the names, I just thought of them now and went with it. So, anyway, hope you enjoyed and please review!