STOLEN [httyd]

Chapter Seven

//stolen
//chapter seven

A S T R I D

It was a week later and Dragon Boy still wasn't better. I was getting worried. The whole village was, everyone except for Stoik I believe. Everyone thought he was really cool, by the fact that he had wings and a tail and all that stuff, but Stoik was still attached to the 'Freak' term.

I went on a walk in the woods one day and decided to end up in the cove, to my surprise when I walked in, Toothless jumped ontop of me and licked me to death!
"Ah!" I screamed, startled. "Yulk!" I said, wiping off the slobber.
He looked at me and cooed, a sad look in his eyes.
I knew exactly what he meant, or atleast I thought I did.
"Dragon Boy is okay, he is just very hurt" I said, I guess trying to reassure him that his rider was okay.

The sky was turning a shade of deep purple and I knew it was time to go. I said my fairwells to Toothless for now and hopped out of the entrerance to the cove.
When I got back to the village, the village was empty, and I heard a loud screaming coming from the Great Hall, but meanwhile all the teens and kids were at home. Hm I thought.
I was an only child and my family had been killed in a fire. So since Stoiks child got stolen by a dragon years ago, he and Valka took me in.
I knew something was going on in the Great Hall, and I needed to know what.

I ran up the giant steps that led to the Hall, and stood outside the door. It was slightly opened so I could see what was inside.
The whole village was crowded around the fire pit. Stoik was ontop of the stone barrier that surrounded the pit and was talking out.
"THAT BOY KILLED THE QUEEN, AND STOPPED THE RAIDS. BUT. I DONT WANT TO KEEP TRACK OF A BOY WITH WINGS, AND A NIGHT FURY WHO COULD ALSO BE A BIG THREAT" He boomed.
"SO, I HAVE DECIDED,I LET GOTHI STOP THE CARE FOR HIM."
My heart sank, because Gothi told me he wouldn't make it, it would be the slightest chance, and if it did it would be a miracle.
"THIS BOY IS USING UP TO MUCH OF OUR RESOURCES, SO WE WILL PUT HIM OUT OF HIS MISURY TONIGHT."
I was stunned.
Stoik doesn't go around killing people! Who would do that?!
I ran as fast as me feet would carry me and climbed the laddar to Gothi's hut.
"GOTHI" I yelled, out of breath.
The elder waddled out of her hut and frowned.
"HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING" I yelled, hurt that she would listen to such vicious orders.
She just started at me, so I pushed past her and broke into her house.
There I saw Dragon Boy on the bed, no blankets on or nothing.
He was worse than I saw before.
His body was bruised black, blue and yellow, he was all stained red around his wounds, and his burns were still covered in yellow-stained cloths.

I heard loud screaming and shouting and knew that the Vikings were close, so I took a satchel of hers and stuffed it with bandages and healing stuff.
I knew what to bring because Valka taught me gardening and how to cook. I slung the bag over my shoulder and picked up Dragon Boy in my arms, to my surprise he was extremely light, afterall he probably hasn't eaten any food.
I pushed open the back door and ran down the hillside, heading towards the woods.

When I got deep enough in the woods, I yelled frantically for Toothless, He never came. I saw the cove and hurried down to the water.
Toothless was curled up next to a tree sleeping.
When I walked to the water, he sprang up and came my way.
He sniffed the body of his rider, and cooed in confusion.
"He needs to stay here, Stoik is going to kill him!"
I explained to him, although he probably couldn't understand a single word I said.
I carried Dragon Boy over into a small cave and placed him down on the stone.
I unraveled the satchel and took out some of the medicines. One of these were going to work. They had too.
I kept smelling and tasting the ingredients, which wouldn't harm me because the were all natural ingredients. I found the smelliest one, StinkDragon breath. It stunk like Gobber after not bathing for four months.
This one has the properties to open the throat and nostrils. I cupped the ingredient around Dragon Boy's mouth, and poured the vile of Stinkiness into his breathless mouth. His breaths immediately became more heavy and he was breathing in more air.
I took out the new bandages and undid his old ones, I had to get Toothless to do the last one, I almost yacked.
I treated the wounds with different kinds of ingredients, careful not to mix ones to make a reaction that would hurt him more.
I finally finished treating and putting on the fresh bandages.
I let him be, and I kept watch for the Vikings.

Days later

Dragon Boy looked better. He didn't seem as wounded, and most of his bruises have disappeared. He has been hiding out in the cove with Toothless protecting him.
I was arriving at the cove around evening to check on Dragon Boy, when I heard laughing, and grunting along with wierd clicking noises.

"Dragon Boy?" I called out, entering the cove.

"Astrid?" He called, and I rushed down the rocky wall.
I saw him and ran over to him, giving him a
feather-light hug.
I let go after around too seconds, remembering that even if my mind liked him, sorta, and why,? I would still have to lay low, because I couldn't like a freak..even though I kissed him, well, without him knowing. I honestly don't know how I feel anymore!

He flew up with Toothless and separated in the sky, they circled eachother, happy to be together again, but when I was about to look away, an arrow shot through the membrane of Dragon Boy's wing, Geez, this boy won't recover! He was falling fast and Toothless was too far behind him to catch him, he fell in the water and I dove to catch him, 'at least I can sow that'; I thought as I plunged into the frozen water, seeing the glow from the torches along the leaves of the trees.

//edited 11/23/17