The Eternal Valkyrie

Chapter 7

AN: Helloooo all my dear readers! Just like to thank you all for reading. I hope you are enjoying this story so far. There is much more to come. (Much... much more.... insert evil giggle). I have some news for all of you. I will be heading to Europe for 3 weeks on Monday but do not fear the updates shall continue flowing!! I will be in a new timezone so it might be that they will be several hours later than usual.  For now I hope you will enjoy this chapter. 

~your lovely neighborhood writer

Chapter 7

Hiccup's eyes snapped open and he bolted upright, sweat dripping down his forehead. It took him a moment to realize where he was and get his breathing under control. He stared at his hands curiously before finally looking around the room. He spots Astrid who was carefully observing him.

"How long was I out?" He asked her as she walked towards him.

"Almost an hour" Astrid said as she inspected the bruises which had now begun to rapidly heal. Hiccup noticed the pain receding as well and stood up to take a look in the mirror.

"It felt longer." He remarked before hearing Astrid's gasp.

Hiccup turned around and saw Astrid staring at him with wide eyes. "W....What's wrong?" He asked hesitantly.

"Nothing is wrong. I just didn't think your tattoo would take up your entire back or be so intricate." She told him and Hiccup opened his closet door to reveal a full length mirror to check for himself.

Checking his back was a bit hard with the narrow mirror but Hiccup's eyes widened when he finally saw the tattoo. Intertwining black lines formed the image of the dragon he had met on his back. It's wings were expanded and reached along Hiccup's shoulder blades while the tail curled slightly downward. Hiccup squinted as he looked in the mirror. There were small runes etched into the wings that he thought he recognized but reading them through a mirror was another task entirely.

"That dragon looks hot." Hiccup suddenly heard and he was snapped out of his musings and turned to Astrid who looked slightly embarrassed.

"That was Stormfly." She quickly explained. "I guess you can hear her now."

Hiccup nodded as he heard Toothless groan inside his head. "Well it seems like Toothless is either embarrassed or just shy." Hiccup said as Toothless let out a growl of indignation. Astrid quirked an eyebrow.

"You named him Toothless?" She asked. "Who names a dragon Toothless?"

Hiccup shrugged but his tattoo started glowing and next thing he knew a smaller version of the dragon he met was standing in the room. He had to admit this version was pretty cute.

"Exactly!" Toothless grumbled. "He even threatened to name me Fluffy!"

Astrid couldn't help it. She looked at the small dragon with the large green eyes and back to Hiccup who was facepalming, before doubling over in laughter.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA" Astrid couldn't take it anymore. She knew that the dragons could be summoned as a miniature version of themselves but this was just too cute.

"Are you done laughing now?" Toothless asked as he flapped his little wings and sat on the bed.

Astrid covered her mouth but did nod. "So what type of dragon are you?" She asked looking curiously at the little dragon on the bed.

"Do you not know simply by looking?" Toothless now asked looking bored.

"Bud, you told me that no one has actually ever seen your species before, so how would she know." Hiccup mumbled as he sat on the bed cross legged.