Astrid' s tale( httyd astrid's pov)

First glimpse of Berk

"Bring your coat! It'll be cold there!" Dad yelled at me while carrying a trunk of our stuff.

I was going with him to Berk, which was a two-day trip away from Latia.

I looked down at my trunk, which was tiny but filled with clothes and a couple headbands, made from brown leather and some decorated with bits of metal. They were gifts from my uncle Finn, who lived on Berk. We were gonna stay there for a couple days with him in his hut there.

"Already packed it!" I hollered back, waving my coat around my head for emphasis. He grinned and turnd his focus back to packing.

A few thing have been tossed around, and my mom, who wasn't coming due to a slight cold, was sneezing and grabbing stuff that fell to the ground and immediatly reorganizing them.

"Asty! I have a surprise for ya!" Anna said as she frantically ran through our doorway, holding something behind her back as she did. I walked over to her, cuatious that she might explode from the excitement that radiated out of her.

She smiled ear to ear and pulled out something shiny. It was a belt of metal bird skulls, the symbol of our tribe!(A/N: I meant the bird skulls, not the belt.) It shone in the light when I dangled it from my hand. It was a bit heavy, but I loved it so much,I put it right around my waist. Perfect.

"Awwww. Thanks, Anna! What's the occasion?"I asked.

"Since you'll be gone for Snoggletog this time, I thought'Hey! Why not give Astrid her gift now, as an early Snoggletog gift?' So, your welcome!" She said, shrugging.

I jumped up and down, squealing and lunging onto her, hugging her to death. well, not really to death, since she was mostly alive. Sort of."*gasp* Astrid... can't... BREATHE!"she choked. Oops, a little too hard.
"Alright. It will be a long day tomorrow. Get some rest, lad." My dad ordered from behind us, making Anna shriek a bit, before hurrying off.
"Bye Asty! See ya tomorrow!" She cried, waving her hands like a madviking.
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"Wake up laddie. It's time to go." My dad whispered to me. I yawned and stretched a bit, knocking into him. I heard a slight 'oof' from him as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes.
The sun had just risen, all of Latia still asleep. Puffy white clouds in the sky, the weather was just right for some smooth sailing.
Sailing! Today's the day we get to go to Berk! I was wide awake now, practically jumping out of bed and running about, tying my hair into its usual pigtails(a/n:in fright of passage, Astrid had pigtails then.), and grabbing my stuff along the way downstairs with Dad following.
Surprisingly enough, Anna was there waiting for me, grinning." Mornin' Asty and cheif! I grabbed some  yak cheese and chicken for you guys, since you don't wanna be sick when ya get out there!"she greeted cheerfully. Oh. She was referring to Moms cooking.
Speaking of her,my mom was heard sneezing in her room. Dad had tried to stay, but she insisted we go. After all, the dragon problem wasn't  a joke. We could all be a dragons next meal. You know, barbecued Vikings with a side of burnt chickens dipped in seawater. Yeeeeaaah.
When we were done with our meals, we went to the port and climbed on a ship. We unloaded our stuff onto it and greeted the crew. They were all my neighbors, nice guys actually, and always had a cup of yak milk to share.
The men started rowing, and Anna ,slowly but surely, became smaller and smaller.
"Be sure to tell me if ya made some new friends!"she yelled.
"I will!" I yelled back, waving.
"And if you meet any cute boys, be sure to tell me! I would want to meet you new boyfriend or whatever!"
"Anna!"I blushed a tomato red.
Well, I do hope that I could make some new friends, but cute boys and boyfriends? No, thank you.
I looked at the sea ahead of us. Berk, here we come.