Fishlegs was pacing back and forth in the facility room, giving a small squeal of excitement. Truth be told, he was easily excited. Especially when it comes to anything involving Moldolf and their Viking heritage.
"This is unprecedented." He said.
He then turned to Hiccup and Astrid who were standing around the table as Dr. DeLilsle further examined the map.
"Hiccup, do you guys know what this means!"
Hiccup turned to Fishlegs.
"Yes, Fishlegs, we get it." Hiccup said.
"We found another of Moldofs maps," He exclaimed.
"And we found it in a Maruvian pot. Which means Vikings, our ancestor clan so to speak, had a connection with ancient Maruvians!"
Hiccup shook his head.
"Fishlegs, we shouldn't jump to conclusions here." He said.
"I mean how is this even possible? There's no way Modolf would be able to sail all the way to South America."
Dr. Delilsle looked up from the map.
"Well, it's not entirely out of the question." She insisted.
"Vikings have been know to have voyaged all the way to the coast of Canada."
"See." Fishlegs said.
DeLilsle narrowed down at the map, examining the drawing of the what was Stone Face Falls. She turned to her laptop and scrolled down to the picture of Moldof's map of the Archipelago.
"Intresting." she said.
The three turned to her.
"What is it?" Astrid said.
"These illustration do resemble old Runic maps Modolf had charted." She said.
"But look at these creatures. They resemble the ones which we've discovered on the Maruvian relics."
She pointed over at the Moon crested Cliff. There a jaguar with the wings of a macaw. The same one that was one the pot where they found the map.
"So... Moldof did end up all the way in South America?" Astrid said.
"It would seem so." DeLilsle said, turning back to the map.
She looked down at the Stoned Face and suddenly she squinted her eyes. The Stone face seemed to look familiar. Almost like she had seen it before. She cocked her head to the side as she thought to herself.
Suddenly it then came to her. She gasped, remembering where she had seen it.
"I don't believe it." she said.
"What is it?" Hiccup asked.
"This Stone Face falls, I've seen it before." she insisted.
"It's the same one seen on the old Spanish map of Maru. And look..."
She pointed to the Temples.
"These were the same temples seen on Dr. Castillo's expedition."
"Dr. Castillo?" Hiccup asked, curiously.
"Didn't he go missing in Brazil?"
Dr. Delilsle nodded her head.
"Yes." She said, nodded her head.
"He went on on expedition with his wife and Daughter to find Valle de ciudades perdidas. To find the lost ruins of a lost Maruvian. We kept in contact with each other while on the expedition. He emailed me several photo's."
She looked back at the map.
"I remember he sent me one that looked like this Stone face." She said, pointing at the one on the map.
"He was hoping
"And there was another with those temples."
"So then what happened?" Hiccup asked
"He and his wife were exploring one of the temples when is suddenly collapsed." Delilsle said.
"They were caught inside. The others tried to dig them out but they never found them."
"And the daughter?"
Delilsle shrugged.
"No one really knows." She said.
"They said that she disappeared into the jungle."
Hiccup turned into the driveway of his house. He then got off his bike and pulled it up to the garage door. He walked around to the side of the garage where there was a small panel. He flipped up the lid and entered the code. The garage door then opened.
Hiccup came back around and pulled his bike inside. He placed it along the wall, several feet from his parents car. He then came in through the door to the front room, pressing the side panel and closed the garage door behind him.
"Mom, Dad, I'm home!"
There was no answer. Hiccup then came up to the stairway and climbed up the steps to the next floor. He looked across the hallway and on the other side, he saw the doors to his moms office open. He could hear the sound of the clicks of a keyboard. Hiccup walked up to her office door and came inside her office. He found his mom sitting behind her desk on her type writer.
She was women in his mid thirty's, with long brown hair tied into three separate braids behind her back. She was wearing a long sleeved shirt and a pair of glasses.
"Mom?" He said.
She looked up from the page she was writing.
"Hiccup!" she said.
She stood up and came around her desk.
"How was your day?"
"The usual." he insisted.
"Just got back from volunteering at the Museum."
"Sorry, I heard you come in." She insisted.
"I've just been so busy writing this last chapter for my next book."
Hiccup glanced back at her type writer. There were several pages crumpled up in a ball and bottles of white out.
"I can see that." Hiccup said.
Valka glanced back at her desk.
"Oh, just a couple of rewrites and corrections." She insisted.
"You know mom, you can always just buy a laptop over at Ben's shop." Hiccup insisted.
"He can probably get you a great deal and all, being that he's your number one fan. Save you paper and white out."
Valka chuckled.
"That's nice, Hiccup." She said.
"But you know I could never write on anything else."
She walked back around her desk and came up behind her old vintage Smith Corona.
Hiccup smirked, rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah, I know."
It was true really. She could never write on anything else. Every book Valka had ever written was on that Smith Carona. It was a gift from her Grandmother all those years ago when she first began writing. As of now it was the only thing she had to remember her by.
"So have you heard back from the Publisher yet?" Valka asked, curiously.
Hiccup shook his head.
"No, not yet." He said.
"Don't worry, they should be getting back to you soon." Valka insisted.
"Would you mind going to check the mail?"
"Sure, mom." Hiccup said.
Hiccup walked across the street to their mailbox. He pulled the key from his pocket and unlocked the wide squared door. He then opened the mailbox and found several several letters stacked over a large packaged envelop. Hiccup reached in and took out the envelops and the package.
He looked down at the envelop and saw his name written in black felt pen. Hiccups widened his eyes excitedly. He placed the envelops under his arm and ripped open the top of the envelope.
He then pulled out the script and looked over the cover page. Suddenly, all sense of excitement and anticipation was lost when he saw the word of red below his name.
REJECTED.
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