Nightfury Tattoo

21

I flew as fast as I could back towards the Isle of night on Blink, the Mimicwing. I pride myself on being extremely strong, but right now I was balling my eyes out. The salty sting ran down to my mouth as I cried the hardest that I had ever cried before. My heart physically pained me. Leaving Berk and Hiccup so long ago did not hurt as bad as it did right now. He looked so much older, much like his mother and still handsome as ever. The memories and feelings I felt for him came flooding back into my mind. I was heartbroken over losing my dragon and my love in the same moment. But I couldn't let sapphire not be with her babies, and I can't go back to Berk and face the people. They know as much as I do, I am a monster.

I hear a familiar sound behind me in the darkness of night. The flapping of wings and familiar whine of the nightfuries. I should have excepted hiccup to follow me at this point. He rode sapphire up next to me, out of breath from shouting for where I am. My heart ached listening to his voice call out in longing and worry. I gave in and uncloaked myself and signaled for Blink to do so as well. Hiccups head snapped to the right and he seemed relieved. "Y/n! I'm so glad I found you," he began. "Can we please talk?"

I grumbled to myself and motioned to the right of me. Down below us was a scattered pattern of islands and I signaled for the mimic wing to fly me down there. We land gracefully onto the ground and I hop down from my dragons back. I give him a release signal for him to do as he pleases. He only walks a few feet away to a tree where he scratches his back. Scales fall from the dragons back. I'm picking them up and putting them in a pouch by the time that hiccup joins me with Sapphire. Im ashamed to face him, I stay turned around, pretending to look at the scales like I haven't already studied them one thousand times.

"Y/n, can you please just listen to me. Berk was your home, and it still is, it still can be. You've got me and Eret there, the twins and snotlout, fishlegs and even Astrid. It would mean so much if you would return."

What hiccup didn't know is that tears were flooding down my face. The lump in my throat was so large that I could not crack a single work from my mouth or I was afraid I would sob. I stayed facing the tree, blink whirring at me and clicking his tongue. I patted him between the eyes on his large, shiny forehead as hiccup continues.

"Y/n, Berk is in a bad place right now. Winter will be here soon and we don't have enough food to prepare us for the months. I'm doing such a terrible job at being chief, my father would be so ashamed of me. I can hardly keep my people fed. Please, we need you. I need you. I need someone in my corner helping me rather than yelling at me. And to know you're still alive has brought me such a great joy to all the sadness and frustration I've been feeling. Please, come back with me."

At this point, I couldn't help but cry. My shoulders slouched over and I brought my hands to my face as the tears streamed down. I dropped to my knees, defeated. Blink tried to put his nose under my arm, his expression concerned. I heard footsteps and clanking come up from behind me. Hiccup knelt down in front of me and took the hood off of my head. With two fingers he raised my head up to look at him. He was crying too. I could see the pain in his eyes as much as I felt it in mine. With a hand behind my head he slowly pulled me into his grip. The musky smell of forest that I missed so much made me cry even harder. We sat there hugging each other and crying. Life had been so difficult since the dragon hunter attack. It seems that it has been hard for us both.

"I love you, y/n. From the moment I met you I knew I would love you and I have. And I still do." He said soothingly in my ear, petting the back of my head gently. I looked up into his forest green eyes that were locked onto mine.
"I love you too hiccup."

He smiled and hugged me once more, tighter this time. It was quick before he pulled apart from me completely and sat back on his heels. He just stared at me with a distant smile on his face, hardly there, but still visible.

"What?" I blurted plainly.

"You're even more beautiful than the day you left."

The heat rising to my cheeks was inevitable. Hiccup Haddock had my heart. He has me intertwined in his fingers and there was no denying that.
"I'll come back with you," I said, changing the topic quickly. " I should get back to my camp though, pack up my things."

"My gods," hiccup almost choked out a laugh. "Where have you been staying?"

For the first time in a while, a smile crept onto my face. "Isle of night," I replied with a shrug.

"Isle of night? That's so far!" Hiccup exclaimed.

I giggled gently and walked back over to Blink.
"Come," I motioned with my hand, "Ive got some things to show you."