Chapter 7: Berk

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I shoot up from my lying position on the ground, suddenly woken by the memories shifting from a fun day with Hiccup to the memory of my entire family's death. As I gain consciousness, I hit my head on something soft and hard at the same time. Strange I opened my eyes to see Hiccup sitting in front of me, holding his forehead.

"Ow" He says, with a new pain in his skull

"Hiccup! How long was I out?" I ask, already knowing the answer is at least a few hours, since the bright daylight turned into a engulfing dark mist.

"I found you an hour ago. Are you alright?" He says, trying to examine the wounds created from the boulder and the fall.

"Fine, I say." Brushing him off, and trying to stand.

"Woah there, don't go hurting yourself you could have a head injury" Hiccup says worried

"I am fine, just leave me alone please" I say whilst tripping over my own feet.
Hiccup rushes forward and catches me before I hit the ground and hurt myself more. I instinctively loop my arms around the backside of his neck as a way to maintain balance, then look up to Hiccup's emerald green eyes and he's already staring into my eyes as if to stare into my soul. He doesn't break eye contact, not even for a second.

"I have seen those eyes before" Hiccup says as if talking to himself

"Yep, everyday for the last week" I say hoping to not blow my cover, Hiccup still staring into my eyes

"We've met before, haven't we?" Hiccup asks, almost pleading for the answer to be yes.

"No, I don't think so, I would have remembered. Can you please set me down now?" I ask to deflect the imminent questions

"No. You'll just fall and hurt yourself, Stormfly and I will take you back to your cave so I know you are safe." Hiccup says, not asking but rather telling me.

I didn't even try to argue, Hiccup seemed to have his mind made up about this and there was no changing it. He walked over to Stormfly and gently helped me climb onto the saddle on her back, then hoisted himself onto the saddle, positioning himself in front of me. I reached out and put my hands on his shoulders, and I could swear I saw a smirk on his face when we pushed off the ground at top speed. Fearing that I might fall, I quickly wrapped my arms around Hiccup's waist and felt his abs tense up. Someone's nervous

We whipped through the air, ducking between trees before arriving safely at the cave I now call home. Hiccup then jumps off Stormfly, and helps me off of the saddle by placing his hands on my hips and simply lifting me off as if my weight had no effect on him. As I got closer to the ground, his hands slid up the sides of my body onto my waist where His hands continued to be for the next few moments. We were standing so close, I could feel his breath on my face, and I just looked up at him, peering into his Beautiful eyes. He started to lean in closer to my face, probably attempting to kiss me, when suddenly the world spun and I felt entirely too dizzy, and I fell, causing Hiccup to once again catch me. However this time, instead of taking me into my cave, he picked me up, Put me on Stormfly and flew me into his village "Berk.

As we flew faster, in Hiccup's attempt to keep me alive, him holding me in his lap, I genuinely felt safe, however The impending doom waiting for me in Berk, had me fearful.

*Flashback*

Expertly dodging the knife that was thrown at my head, I masterfully slid into a summersault, and fly forward and kick the woman who threw the knife at me. Kicking her feet out from under her and jumping over her to attack the man behind her, I take the knife out of my boot and throw it straight at his leg. He falls in pain and hits the ground, Hard. The final woman jumps at me and swings her iron sword at my body but I jump into a backwards handstand then to my feet. She gives me a quizzical look, surely confused by my agility. I take the opportunity to unarm her and pull her into a choke hold.

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