Wayfinding Berk

14. Familiar Waters

14. Familiar Waters

Within two days Maui made it to recovery to a point where he could walk and move without complaining about any injured body parts. During that time Moana had the gang study the map she and Maui had been working on for weeks from all the times they went out exploring. Eret had Gobber made Moana a small set of knives to keep herself armed.

"Can't have you unarmed when we're going against an army." The ex trapper explained when she asked him why he gave them to her. "You have been acting strange with me lately."

"Well why do you think?" Moana asked closing the box the knives were being kept in. "That deal we made, I can't look at you the same after that."

"Look it was a stupid bet, you lost but I shouldn't have done that." Eret said placing a hand on hers. "And I'm really sorry, plus I think you've been mad at me for a little too long."

"I've been known to hold a grudge against someone foe a long time. Once I held one against Maui for four months, what I was giving you was nothing compared to what I was giving to him." Moana and taking the box and started to walk away.

"What was it that you were screaming at the ocean about?"

Moana felt her face heat up with embarrassment but urged herself to keep walking and didn't dare to look back.

"Nothing Eret, it was nothing!"

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"I think you are going to love Montunui." Moana said to her dragon as she placed another basket of food into the small hold of her raft. "Beautiful sapphire blue waters, warm nights, plenty of fish to eat and rays to befriend, and I know everyone will love you."

Kai and Tide screeched and bobbed their heads happily. Moana chuckled before bending down to cover the storage hole and secure it. She stood up and adjusted the blanket she wore wrapped around her shoulders and covered her body down to her ankles. Underneath she wore a simple and thin tunic with the top and skirt she had been wearing when arriving to Berk along with a pair of leggings to keep her legs warm but she had planned on keeping them on till they reached warmer waters.

"Ready curly?" Maui asked when he approached the boat. Moana took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before nodding.

"Let's do this." She answered and tugged on the rope to release the sail.

As the small raft began to sail on forward and the dragon riders kept a steady pace behind them, Moana and Maui kept an eye out for the fog. A few times the ocean had popped up to point them in the right direction but they never seemed to find the fog and it was starting to annoy some people.

"Seriously how much longer do we have to keep chasing this imaginary fog?" Snotlout asked loudly in a bored tone.

"It's not imaginary you dumb cluck, it's real!" Moana retorted. "That's how Maui and I got to your island and that was how Maui went and came back from where we are from."

"Hey what's that?" They heard Tuffnut yell. Moana squinted her eyes to see a huge and thick fog bank slowly rolling their way.

"This is it! Some of you drop onto the raft!" Maui yelled before diving into the ocean and turning into a shark.

Astrid, the twins, Fishlegs and Snotlout dropped onto the raft while Hiccup and Eret remained with the dragons. Maui, Kai and Tide grabbed onto the rope that Moana had dangling in the water and began to pull the raft forward. After what seemed like an eternal, the fog soon faded away to reveal bright blue skies and a bright blue ocean to match.

"Is this it?" Astrid asked. Moana dropped to the floor and stuck her hand in the water. It was nice and cool with a touch of warmth, unlike the waters around Berk that were very chilly.