Urszula (A Hiccup Fanfiction)

Part 5

"Okay! What on earth happened out there!" Snotlout exclaimed as he landed his wings on dragon's edge. "Is anyone going to talk about the fact we almost DIED! I thought Heather said they weren't expecting us"

"They weren't" Astrid answered petting her Nadder "But they nearly had us, I get the feeling something big is happening"

"You guys need fo relax, loosen up a little" Ruff said, resting her elbow of Fishlegs' shoulder. "We freed all the dragons, that's all that matters"

"Yeah, I mean did you see Toothless! It was like he magically got himself free and blasted our way out of there!" Fishlegs supplied, "There's still so much we don't know about Toothless' abilities!"

"Well he is one of a kind, aren't you bud" Hiccup said as he patted his friend on the head, making the dragon almost purr.

"Oh yeah, give T all the credit" Tuffnut exaggerated, "Even though the red head girly was the one who took his muzzle off."

"Tuff what in Odin's name are you you talking about" Snotlout sighed, sick of his friends rambling.

"Hey! Leave my bro alone, you never listen to what he says" Ruffnut interpreted, annoyed at Snotlout's attitude.

"Can you blame me?" He deadpaned.

"Guys!" Astrid said, gaining everyone's attention. "Tuff what red haired girl?"

The groups eyes were now glued to the long haired boy. He stood awkwardly, rocking back and fourth, suddenly shy from all the staring. "Well..." he started, "There was a girl about our age with really long hair. I saw her get Toothless' attention, take his muzzle off and then do the thing".

"What thing..." Hiccup pressed.

"You know the-" Tuff walked up to his sister and placed the palm of his hand on her forehead. She closed her and leaned into his touch until Tuff suddenly moved his hand, making her fall flat on her face.

There was a confused moment of quiet as the group absorbed his actions.

"Right... good one tuff" Fishlegs laughter breaking the silence.

Hiccup, without speaking a word, turned on his heels and walked towards his hut. His jaw was clenched tightly, contemplating this new information.

~

Urszula did not want to go home. She felt has if she had only gotten a taste to life outside her father's base and she was not ready to return. As a child, she would explore the base as often as she could, which was pretty often because she spent most days wandering around on her own and no one ever questioned where she was or if she was okay. Urszula knew her Father loved her but he would never show it. In fact, she didn't even think he had hugged her before.

As she, Ryker, Dagur and Heather walked towards Viggo's tent, she thought about that dragon riders and specifically a peculiar skinny-looking, brown haired boy. Urszula was just trying to help him, but he couldn't see past the fact that she was with the dragon hunters; which she supposed was understandable. But if he had just calmed down and listened to her, maybe she wouldn't of had to fight him.

Before she knew it, Ryker was pulling the fabric door of the tent to reveal Viggo sitting behind his desk holding a Maces and Talons piece in his hand. This tent was all too familiar to Urszula, it is where her father would summon her and usually scold her for asking too many questions of sticking her nose in peoples business.

"They say there at two ways to be fooled" Viggo began suddenly. "One is to believe what isn't true, the other - is to refuse to believe what is".

This kind of talk did not surprise Urszula in the slightest. Her father was known for talking in riddles and his annoying obsession with Maces and Talons. In her mind, it was just a stupid game about strategy. She had played a few times and was actually pretty good, but that still didn't mean she understood why her father based his whole personality on the board game.