We are one - HTTYD FanFic (The We Are Series) Book #1

Chapter 17 - Pain...it hurts

Chapter 17 - Pain...it hurts

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Light shines through my eyelids, and I groan. My chest starts to sting like it is doused with vinegar. I move my arm so it covers my eyes, but that just makes my muscles ache.

Groaning, I open my eyes to see clear, blue sky and the sun beating down on me. Something is tightly wrapped around my chest, and I manage to move my arm so I can feel what it is. My fingers run across a soft material. Not like bandages or fur...but a very soft material. I push my arms back so my back is levitated off the ground, and I gasp.

I'm in a beach, my feet almost touching the water.

I gulp, able to shuffle back until my back hits a tree. I slump against it, closing my eyes.

What...happened?

I remember me, going to find Hiccup but Ruthless freaked out, nearly killing me. Then she cut me with her claws, and I sunk to the bottom of the ocean, then everything went black.

"Oh gods" I groan. "What do I do now?"

"Are you alright?"

I snap my eyes in the direction of the voice and I stare into the blue eyes of a boy.

Around my age, with a perfectly sculpted body and pale skin. He has bright red hair that just stops at the base of his neck. His jaw is square, and his shoulders are broad. The only thing he wears is a white cloth around his waist, that splits at the side, revealing a bit of his leg.

He's gorgeous...but I feel nothing for him. No spark, no attraction.

Nothing.

But I am blown away from his beauty.

"Are you alright?" he asks again, and I snap out of my little trance.

"Y-Yeah" I croak, my throat dry.

"Oh, hang on" he says, running to a coconut tree beside me.

He jumps, his hands gripping the trunk and he starts to climb. He reaches the top, grabs a coconut before jumping down, landing right beside me. He grips the coconut in both hands, and then breaks it in half. He slowly puts the other half to my lips and pours the coconut juice in my mouth, and I gulp it down greedily.

"There" he says with a small smile, pulling the coconut away from my lips. "How's that?"

"Better" I say on a sigh.

"Does you chest hurt?" he asks, bending down.

He softly places his hand on my forehead, and a weird sensation runs over me.

My Wildsoul senses totally black out, like their not even there.

"You might be getting a fever" he sighs, removing his hand from me, and my senses return, high on alert.

"Great" I say, then cough. "Now I need to...hang on...where am I?"

He looks behind him, to the water and back to me. "Just a small island, it doesn't have a name."

"Oh gods...do you know where Berk is?"

He raises an eyebrow. "You are from Berk?"

I nod.

He stands, folding his arms over his muscular chest. "The land of kill or be killed; that's what my people call it. Yeah, I know where it is. I just can't believe that's where you are from."

I cough. "Actually, I'm not. I'm visiting."

He sighs, slowly bending down again. "I have to take you to the centre of the island; I can't be seen, and you are in no state to go back into the water. May I help you?"