Astrid awoke to the sound of her mother yelling for her to come down for supper. As she got up memories of the night before flooded into her mind. She looked down as she felt her heart thump at the thought of Hiccup. That flight with Hiccup and the Night Fury was the best thing she had ever experienced. The cool air brushing her hair back, the cold feel of the clouds as she reached up to feel them, and of course the warmth that Hiccup provided while they were flying. She smiled at that thought, but frowned when she remembered what they had both discovered.
Not even all of the Vikings of Berk together would be able to take that thing down. She looked up as she really hoped Hiccup would come up with a plan. Her thoughts were interrupted further when she heard her mother calling her again. Quickly she got out of bed and charged for downstairs to not miss her supper.
The meal was really delicious, but what really bugged her the whole time was not what she had discovered yesterday. It was of Hiccup the Silent. Everyone had labeled him as that for many a days but she could not understand why.
"Astrid" Astrid's mother said, breaking her from her thoughts again. She looked up at her mother to acknowledge her call.
"Everything all right dear? You haven't really touched your food much?" she gestured to Astrid's plate of food that only had small nips here and there. Astrid looked down at her plate and realized she had only taken up to three bites out of it. She sighed and looked up at her mother as she prepared herself to ask a question that has been bugging her.
"Mom... can I ask you something?" she asked. Her mother smiled and replied, " you just did dear." They both laughed at this small humor.
Once they calmed down Astrid finally asked her question.
"Mom... what do you know of the chief's son" she asked. Astrid's mother's eyes widened as she was taken aback at the question. Never had Astrid even asked about another person, let alone a boy. Yet here Astrid was asking about son of the chief.
"Well what do you want to know dear?" she asked. She knew that Astrid had a specific topic in mind.
" Why does everyone call him Hiccup the Silent?" Astrid asked.
"I really can only tell you what I remember from long ago Astrid. To tell you the truth you were too young to remember this but as far as I know something happened to Hiccup that forever left him apart from the world. I can't give you the specifics, but as far as I know one day he just... stopped talking." She said as she put her hand on her head to clear her thoughts.
"What happened Mom? What do you remember from all those years ago? There has to be at least something that you can remember." She finished
Astrid's mother sighed as she pulled her thoughts together and replied, " I remember one day I was taking care of our clothing. I looked up to the end of the village at a cliff and I saw something. I can't really describe what I saw dear, but I do remember our chief approaching the figure and picking it up. After that no one had seen Hiccup for six whole weeks. I had actually asked Stoic what was wrong with Hiccup and he just looked at me. He turned away for a few seconds then replied 'Hiccup will not be coming out for a while Madame Hofferson. Right now he is still recovering from a problem event.' After that reply stoic just walked away and continued to do what he needed to do. When Hiccup did show up he never talked again he just gestured to everyone what he needed." She said as she sat back on her chair.
