Astrid ran as fast as she could to Gobber's place and effectively banged on his door. She waited for a little while until groggily the door was opened slowly. Out came a really tired and sleepy looking Gobber.
"ugh what is it lass. I'm trying to catch some much needed rest." he said tiredly. Astrid held up the remains of Toothless' tail. Gobber paused for a second for his eyes to adjust to what she was holding up, and was awestruck at what he saw. She handed it to him and he just stared at it a little confused, because he could have sworn Astrid did not want Hiccup to know. Gobber looked toward her again and asked, "How did you get it?" she smiled and said, "Hiccup just gave it to me and told me to get rid of it... although it was not easy to get Toothless to let go of it." Gobber nodded and just decided to accept it. Now that he had Hiccup's hand made tail for Toothless, he was sure that maybe he could make a decent copy of it.
"thanks lass maybe I can have it made before Snoggletog," Gobber stated. He was about to go back into his house for some shut eye, but was stopped by Astrid.
"Gobber, Hiccup told me about what happened on that island between him and Chief Thunder's daughter," she said. Gobber stopped and looked down. It was a good minute before he finally decided to speak, "We try not to talk about that day. That day was the day that Hiccup not only did good for Berk, but showed his father that he had a strong will. I wasnt there to witness what happened to those that hurt Hiccup, but I was there when we had to take him to a medic."
"so what happened to the ones that hurt Hiccup," Astrid asked. Gobber looked toward her and said, "You're gonna have to ask either Hiccup, Stoik, Chief Thunder or his daughter." after he passed that message off he bid her goodnight, closed the door, and went to get his much needed rest. Astrid just stood there for a little while pondering what he said. She knew that there was something that Hiccup was not telling her when he told her of the incident.
What Gobber had suggested about asking Chief Thunder or his daughter kind of unnerved her. She never really got unnerved when it came to asking anyone anything, but every time she heard about the daughter of another chief going anywhere near Hiccup made her uneasy and a bit angry. A feeling that she could not explain. Her thoughts were interrupted when lightning struck and a drop of water hit her face when she looked up.
She immediately ran toward her own home to take shelter from the rain and rest for the night. She needed some time to think about this. Once she got home she removed her armor and got ready to go to bed. Her mind was blasted with thoughts about that story. How in the world did he go through that and come back walking okay. She remembered the day Hiccup, Chief Stoik and the other villagers return from that visit. She did remember him having a scar on his face, but what got her was that he was walking just fine. Everything those two put him through would have been very painful for a good few weeks, and yet he came back walking just fine. She needed to find out what happened when Chiefs Stoik and Thunder arrived. With that in mind she went to bed.
At Chief Thunder's island
Chief Thunder woke up and felt great early in the morning. It was just an average morning for him doing the most basic of things. Right now he had to do step one of his morning rituals; check the docks for anything new. Everything was calm today; no attacks, no rain, sleet, hail, snow, and no dragons. His island never really got many dragon attacks, but when they did it was always handled very easily by some of the villagers. Thunder closed his eyes and took a deep breath to enjoy the morning freshness, after releasing it he continued forward toward the docks with a small smile adorning his face.
