touch the sky | hiccup haddock

〄 i think i like you too

Astrid and I walk out do the ring and towards my father. Mother of us have said anything not that we need to. We're both feeling the same shame and embarrassment and fear of what comes next. "I'm disappointed in you," my father starts and Astrid is quick to apologize. "I'm sorry, I messed up and I don't know why I did so badly, I-" but he raises his hand cutting her off. "Not with you," he turns his glare down to me and I feel sick. "You've embarrassed me, you've embarrassed the Hofferson name, and you've embarrassed your mother with what you did in there," his tone is so calm that I'm terrified. He should be yelling at me, hitting me and cursing at me. Not calmly correcting me.

"Dad I-" but he cuts me off. "No, I do not want to be associated with you. Do not come around us right now. Now until I can fix the shame that you've brought down on this family. You are not my daughter," he spits out with enough venom to kill. "Give me the ax," he orders and I look up shocked. "Da- no it's mine. Mom gave it to-" but before I can finish he slaps me across the face. "Do not speak your mother's name and disgrace her. Hand over the ax or I'll take it myself."

I feel tears come to the back of my eyes from the pain. He hit me in the same place he did yesterday and a bruise had already formed from the last one making this one hurt much more. "I-" my voice cracks but he hold out his hand waiting for the weapon. I look around at the people watching as they walk by and feel my face flush. I take one final look at my mother's ax that she gifted to me before handing it over. My dad grabs it and stomps off leaving Astrid and I alone.

"I'm-" I start but Astrid glares down at me. "Don't," she spits out and I feel myself shrink inward. The blonde doesn't even spare me a second glance before she leaves. I stand there alone as I watch other villagers walk past me. Enough people saw the event that world will travel fast. I wipe my eyes before tuning and leaving. I walk straight through the village towards the woods. Unlike the night before I make it all the way to my base rock. I don't dare go further with the fear of seeing Hiccup. I don't exactly trust myself not to ring his neck and stick him on a pole.

I'm not sure how long I sit against the rock and cry but enough time to where I feel my eyes grow heavy. It's not till I make up in the dark that I realize I fell asleep or that I realize where I am again. All the shame crashes back on me and I have to take deep breathes to make sure I don't start crying again. A crazy idea pops into my head, one that makes me even question if maybe I've spent too much time around hiccup.

I don't even have my whole plan thought through when I find myself at the gate leading to the training dome. The moon is high in the sky to light my way as I feel round to try and open the door. I find a latch but when I try and pull the metal door up it barely lifts a few inches off the ground. I realize I'm too weak which is surprising considering Gobber has been opening the door daily with one hand for the last month and a half.

I find a small piece of broken wood from the training session that I am able to slide under the door. Slowly by slowly I slide more and more pieces of wood until the gap is big enough for me to slide through. I run across the open arena towards the large door with two locks. I know the locks are meant to keep the dragons in but they're also keeping me out. I see the small door at the bottom that's used for food and prop it open with my foot. I take a deep breath before I position myself before it so I can crawl in. "Um, dragon?" I call into the darkness and suddenly wish I had a torch or lamp or anything.

"Shit, this is so stupid, I'm literally walking into the lions den," I whisper under my breath and I hear the dramillion shift somewhere in the darkness. "Hi large killer dragon, it's me, Freya. I'm the idiot that didn't kill you," I explains hoping this dragon happens to be like toothless. "I promise I'm nice and just trying to uh-" but I don't finish my thought because I hear the sound of a large creature stand. My eyes slightly adjust and I can see the shape of the large dragon come before me. A low growls echos and I feel my heart pound.

"I'm sorry about earlier. I didn't actually want to kill you," I apologize and it almost sounds like the head on argues back at me. "I promise, there this other dragon, a nigh fury, that I'm actually friends with." The heat radiates off of the oversized reptile making me sweat. "It's so dark, I wish I could see you." I plead with the large beast who to my surprises complies. He spits out a glob of lava a few feet away from us and it lights up the small cave. I look around and take anything in. There's a lil bit of hay in one corner and a large trough of water in another. Other than that the space is all empty. The ceiling is just low enough where he wouldn't be able to fly without hitting his head. "It's really cramped in here isn't it?" I ask and I watch the young dramillion bob his head in agreement.

"Can I stay here tonight?" I ask and he seems surprised. "I got kicked out of my house for not killing you. So I feel like this is the least you can do to owe me." The dragon rolls his eyes and I let myself laugh. "You're really moody for a dragon." He puffs out a cloud of smoke in my face causing me to cough. "Okay sorry, I'll just go over there," I point to an empty corner where I go and sit. By now the lava is slowly growing dim and I let myself relax against the wall. "Goodnight, scary dragon beast." I hear him rustle in the hay across from me before he comes close to me. I let out a gasp when I feel him lay down next to me. "You like me," I tease him and he turns and faces the opposite way. "Aww, don't be embarrassed," I tease as I turn my body so I can lean against him. "I think I like you too."