The Broken Link

Five

Everyone has gone quiet, before Astrid slaps my face, just as hard. Bile rises to my throat, and I spit it out. We stare at each other, glaring.

Finally, Milo leaps up and runs between us. "Alrighty then!" Milo says in a strained cheerful voice. "I think we should take a breather!"

I notice Hiccup glaring at me. I think Elsa is too. I wouldn't be surprised if Milo started glaring at me too.

And I've had it. I never asked Hiccup, Astrid, or Elsa to come along! I barely want to be here myself!

I want to go home! But I don't even know where that is!

I'm so angry I could cry, but I don't want to give Astrid the impression that she hurt me.

For all I know, I should be dead! Maybe Rapunzel was supposed to kill me! Why am I even still standing here?

"If yah will excuse meh." I snarl. Because even though I'm on the verge on losing it, something nags at me to keep it together.

I back away into the forest, and start sprinting. I run as fast as I can, until I reach the tower once more. Hopefully the invisible barrier is still intact, and nobody can follow me. To my pleasure, I am alone.

And that's when I start to cry. I don't even know why I'm crying. Maybe it's because I just can't stand Astrid. Or maybe because Hiccup agrees with her on everything. Maybe it's because I still don't know who I am.

As I continue to cry, something bright shines in my face. At first, I think it's the sun. But the sun doesn't shine blue.

A blue ball of smoke floats a foot away from me. A horrible sense of déjà vu hits me, and I close my eyes, hoping it'll go away. But it stubbornly remains there.

"Whaddya want?" I croak, not expecting an answer. So that's why it surprises when I get one. Or part of an answer.

Images starts to shimmer in the smoke. I see me with Rapunzel and a man I've never seen before, who must be Flynn. Hiccup and Astrid hold hands, and fly away on Hiccups dragon. Rapunzel and Flynn walk inside a castle with Elsa and Milo. I am left alone.

You'll never find a place here, the smoke seemed to be taunting me. Just look at them. You don't belong.

"Then where do I belong?" I snap crankily.

The images change to a castle I don't recognize. The same woman from my dreams holds a hand out, beckoning me forward. She had a gentle smile on her face. A big man stood behind her, laughing and holding up three young boys, who had red curly hair, similar to mine.

"Wait," I whisper in awe, forgetting my tears. "Is this... mah family?"

The woman held her hand out further, reaching away from the blue smoke.

"Mum?" I whimper a little, as if this mystery woman could be my mother. It's a mad, crazy thought, but at that money it just makes sense. I reach my own hand forward, trying to catch hers. But she pulls away sadly, her face sinking a little.

This is where you belong, the blue smoke seemed to urge me. You don't belong with strangers.

"Then take me home!" I scream.