THE TRANSLATOR, httyd.

the translator, twenty-three.

drago bludvist.

she was so close to remembering the name and who it was. something about him just felt... wrong, in a way. like she had known him before, but all that appeared in her head was a shadowy silhouette with no real form to it.

then, right after that, she remembered pain. pure, undiluted pain. she could still feel the bruises on her back, but it was ten times worse, like she could feel all of them burning on her back. she knew that one way or another, her scars had been related to drago bludvist. unpleasant memories flashed to her head: that shadowy form spitting insults at her, leaving her to drown on a ship and the way water had filled her nose and brain before she fainted. 

she felt herself choking. her head was underwater, her nose frantically trying to breathe and her lungs screaming out for oxygen. she panicked and lashed out, a hoarse scream wracking her body which lead to more blood on her tongue from trying to contain her shouts.

she became dizzy and the ground became unsteady as elina stood unsteadily, leaning on chameleon's body. she felt nauseous as her feet turned to noodles. hiccup stopped his dialogue to look at her, and he let elina lean on him as he tightened the grip around her hand.

she bit her tongue to stop herself from screaming, but she could feel her breath becoming more uneven and shaky. she couldn't breathe. her eyes filled with panic and for the first time in years, fear as memories flew at her that overwhelmed her thoughts. she could only hear bits and parts of the man's words, 'dragon' and 'drago' in the same sentence making her itch.

elina gritted her teeth. the iron tang of blood filled her senses from how harshly she was biting her tongue to stop herself from saying anything. hiccup looked at her, and discretely rubbed gentle circles on the back of her hand, as if reminding elina that he was there.

then, a woman appeared in her head. she was beautiful. she looked just like her, except for her eyes. the woman's eyes were a clear blue while her eyes were sweet brown. she had the same ginger hair as her, except hers was shorter and she had a more mature look to her face, as if she had lived through many eras through her life.

however, there was a smile on her face that sort of reminded elina of the way that she herself would smile. come save me, she would tell elina. come find me.

her voice was nothing louder than a whisper. elina felt herself reach out to have a closer look at the woman, when suddenly, darkness embraced the woman.

she heard ringing in her ears as if to wake her up from her dream, and a sharp pain cut through her skull as if a knife had stabbed her in the head. it was as if something was blocking her so she was unable to recall her memory; unable to continue to delve into her past.

unable to contain the pain, elina screamed, immediately falling to the floor as she writhed around, digging her nails in her scalp. everyone turned to look at her, and hiccup immediately bent to the ground, panic in his eyes as he watched the girl he loved become tormented by her own mind.

an anguished scream tore through elina's vocal chords. she felt like there were one thousand knives stabbing into her skin, but perhaps it was all in her head, because there was no knife. 

elina felt tears leaking out of her eyes by the pain. it was like the universe had split open in her mind, an irreversible tear of her sanity ripped out of the pages of her story. she shivered on the ground, breathing heavily. even the attackers looked at her in a sort of apprehension, whether it be from fear, confusion or worry, elina had no energy to tell.

she heard loud crashing. chameleon shielded elina using her wing as she heard a blast. too weak to comprehend anything, elina felt steady arms pick her up from the wooden floors of the cabin. chameleon roared loudly. "back off!"

the last thing she heard was hiccup telling her, "you need to keep your eyes open a little bit longer, ellie. just a little bit longer."

elina barely had time to reply before the world spun. green eyes. her eyelids closed.

the body in hiccup's arms went slack, and the world turned dark.