Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Swordsmen and the Valkyrie. Enjoy the 700- word chapter. I don't own HTTYD, DreamWorks does.
Rose looked behind her as her sister raced by her.
"I'm still ahead by three points!" Rose called out as Astrid smiled.
"Not for long, sis." Astrid called out as Stormfly dived and grabbed a black sheep.
"And Astrid takes the lead with 2 points!" Stoick called out as Rose grinned and leapt off Firebrand to grab the sheep.
"Why thank you for grabbing the sheep for me, oh dearest sister of mine." Rose said before she leapt onto Firebrand as Astrid tried to grab her.
"And Rose retakes the lead for the moment!" Astrid grinned, she and her sister, along with the twins, Snotlout and Fishlegs were racing in the dragon racing tournament held every year, she looked behind herself to see that Snotlout and Fishlegs were fighting over Ruffnut as usual since they had all turned 20.
"Sister, you want me to slow down so you have a better chance to catch up?" Rose called out as Astrid grinned and had Stormfly fire a barrage of tail spikes as Firebrand easily avoided them.
"Too slow, sister!" Rose yelled out as Astrid grabbed another of the black sheep.
"And the Hoffersons are tied!" What Stoick said next made both of them blush.
"Those are my future daughters in law, Havak already proposed!" Rose blushed and looked down at the wedding ring on her finger before smirking and turning in her harness.
"Oh, right, did Hiccup ever propose, oh dear sister of mine?" Astrid growled as both she and Rose crossed the finish line.
"And it's a tie, tie breaker match will be held tomorrow." Rose gently wiped the crimson face paint off her face as she looked over her appearance.
She wore a crimson sleeveless shirt with a similar spiked skirt like her sister, her skin was a tad bit lighter than her sister's, she also wore a fur parka like her sister although her shoulder pads were made out of Gronckle Iron unlike her sister's iron, non -spiked ones. A black, skull decorated belt and bracers covered in fur, though she also wore light armor under her parka at times.
She looked down and saw that her duel, double headed axes were still attacked to her waist and her sword was now attached to part of Firebrand's harness as Havak had helped her forge the new weapons.
"I will beat you in that tie breaker for that, Rose." Rose looked at her spiked head band and put it on Firebrand's harness before looking back at her sister and smiling.
"Yeah well, I think if you hadn't been so easy to anger, you would have gotten the win." Astrid growled as Rose looked over her sliver wedding ring.
"Still can't believe he didn't propose to me." Rose smiled.
"That because Havak is a warrior and upfront with most things, sure he was nervous when he asked but he was still upfront about it. Hiccup is still afraid of how you will respond, sister." Astrid huffed as Rose climbed onto Firebrand.
"Going to go find your betrothed?" Rose smiled.
"I saw him and Hiccup talk before they flew off and split up, I can guess where he is, just a matter of finding which island, sister." Rose smiled as Firebrand took off.
"Besides, Nadders are tracker class dragons, Firebrand will hunt him down." Astrid rolled her eyes as her sister flew off before Stormfly looked at her.
"What?" Astrid said before groaning as she knew what the Deadly Nadder was looking at.
"I swear if he doesn't propose I'm going to be ticked."
Firebrand flew through the air as Rose looked from island to island as Firebrand sniffed at the air.
"What is it, girl? You find him?" Firebrand nodded as a flock of Whispering Deaths flew back towards Berk.
"Well if Whispering Deaths are nearby that would mean… Got him!" Rose yelled as she spotted Sawbite, the massive Screaming Death had finally grown to full size and was as big as the Screaming Death that attacked Berk. Rose landed Firebrand before smiling and starting to sneak up on her love.
Author notes
Yep, Rose is engaged and she looks mostly like Astrid (crimson hair and eyes not included.) Next chapter will be an island scene like the one Astrid and Hiccup had in the second movie. Until next chapter, Lighting Wolf out!