Lost and Found: Sister

The Discovery

The blustery wind whipped Hanna's hair one way, before changing its mind, and flinging it the other way.

Winter was on its way.  It was approaching fast, as it always did in the Viking world.  And once it was there, it would grip the world with both hands, and refuse to let go.

The sun was high in the sky.  Hanna had left the Sanctuary early that morning, and had gone to spy on Darius.  She had watched his daily Dragon killing class, before leaving the island.

It was nearly lunch time as she swooped into one of the many tunnels in her rocky home.

"Hanna!  Where have you been!"  Hiccup looked up from his work in the forge when his sister swooped in.

"Out," she said simply as she dismounted.  "What are you working on?"

Hiccup scowled refusing to let her change the subject.  "You forgot to leave a message with Bronzeblaze!"

"Oh.  Whoops?"

Hiccup returned to his work, still unhappy. 

Toothless looked up from his nap as Valka and Cloudjumper entered the room.  The twins' mother was in her exploring suit.

"Going out, mom?" Hanna asked.

Valka nodded.  "I'm going to take a few dragons out exploring with me."

"Alright," Hanna said as she moved to the cabinets.  She began to pull jars and utensils out of them as Hiccup scribbled something down on a piece of paper.

"Be careful out there, mom.  Winter's coming," Hiccup said without looking up.

"Alright, son.  I think I could've figured that out for myself, but whatever makes you happy."

The young Dragon rider sighed.

"Don't worry, I won't be gone long."

Valka said goodbye, told them to stay out of trouble and to not forget to feed the dragons, and then left, taking a good amount of dragons with her.

Hiccup continued to draw something in his notebook when his sister sat down on a stool next to him, a freshly made sandwich in her hands.

"So, what are you working on?" she asked.

"Where did you really go this morning?" was Hiccup's response.

Stonescale grumbled.  "I could tell you-"

"Stonescale!" Hanna hissed.

"What?  He probably knows now."

"Really?  Are you serious?  You've been stalking him?"

"It's not stalking."

"Umhm, yeah, because visiting a guy's house and drawing pictures of him isn't stalking," Hiccup said, "Not to mention, he doesn't know you exist."

"Hey!"

"Listen, Hanna! You can't keep going there!  I know vikings!  They're excedingly stubborn, and don't change very easily!  Why do you think I left Berk?  I knew they wouldn't except me and my ideas of dragons being friendly!"

"Hiccup, I'm not trying to change-"

"If he sees you, Hanna, he'll kill your dragon, and maybe even you.  He's tried to kill me at least three times already."

The red-head looked to her dragon, who had looked up at these words.  She then bowed her head.

"Fine.  You're right, Hiccup.  I'm putting myself and my Dragon in danger by going.  I'll stop."