Dragons, Humans, Gladiators, & Freedom

Astrid's side story

(AN: I wrote Astrid's, Snotlous, Fishlegs, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut's story to be read as if it was 'them telling the story or from their mind.)

She had always been strong. Astrid was going to be a great shield maiden if she stayed in her village. Her uncle would help her train every day. Her favorite weapon was an axe. She was able to slice a tree down the middle when she was such a small child. It made her uncle proud. She was going to be something great, but that all changed when she was taken from her home.

She was force to lined up with the rest of the children. She and the rest of the children had been stolen in the night by a group of slave trader. She watched as the man poke and touched them to see how much he could make out of them.

She knew how it worked. Her uncle had told her stories about people who had been forced to work as slave. Who knew she end up like the ones in her uncles story.

She held herself back as she wanted to bite his fingers off. Her uncle had told her to never make the situation worse. She had to plan her escape not force it. That's why she was at a complete surprise when she one of the kids give the fat man a big bite.

She watched the skinny kid run off to gods know where with the men on his heals.

'Stupid kid' she thought. Astrid never got a good look at the boy. She just thought that the boy would end up dead in a matter of second by the angry traders.

She along with the rest of the children were then pushed down a hall and towards the dungeon with the other children that would be turned into slaves.

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While weeks had passed, Astrid tried to come up with an ideas on how to escape. So far, nothing had come to hear. The guards were much bigger and stronger than her. And they didn't give them enough food to give them enough strength to fight them. Her captors were smart.

Astrid was only brought out of her thoughts when she was forced up with a bunch of other children. She was forced out of the room and down the hallway.

That's when the idea hit her. She was going to be sold. That's when the idea struck in her head about how she would sneak away when her new owners let their guards down.

Many people, she thought would buy her, probably thought she was weak. That would soon change when she held a knife to their throat.

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When they at last came to the end of the hallway they met with a door. Astrid raised an eye-brow as to why they were stopping. Her answer was met when she hear the sound of a roar from behind the door.

She knew that roar. She had hear it all her life from her village growing up. It was the sound of a dragon. Fear kicked in inside her as she began to panic. She hit her captor as she tried to get away. All she got was a push towards the, now, open door.

Astrid looked side to side as she saw rows of caged filled with different dragons of different species. The cage door was thrust open as she was pushed inside. She fell onto the ground floor with a thump.

Astrid looked up as she came face to face with a Nadder. Fear struck inside of her as she did not know what to do. The Nadder, however, stalked towards her.

That's when the training with her Uncle about dragons kicked in. "Stay in its blind spot"

With that, Astrid moved in front of the bird dragon. They both danced as the dragon tried to find the girl.

Once the dragon tilted its head to look at her, did it get angry. It brought out it tail as it began to spike. Astrid gasped as she quickly moved out of the way. The needles hit the ground as they made dents in the stone. Luckily, none of its poisonous needles hit the girl.