Dwagons

The Announcement REWRITE

Haha, bet you didn't expect THIS for part 30, did you?

"No way!"

Astrid nodded.

Ruffnut shook her head as she put a hand on Astrid's shoulder comfortingly. "Astrid, this is BIG! You know how crazy the village went when it was announced I was carrying the chief's COUSIN'S child, imagine what it'll be like when it's announced that the true heir is born!"

Astrid nodded guiltily. She couldn't speak. Fear clouded her emotions. She and Hiccup weren't ready to have a child yet. Stoick had only died two years ago, and there was still clean up from Drago's incident that needed to be done. It was already hard enough with Ruffnut out of the game, now eight months pregnant.

"Ruff, I'm not sure if I'm ready for this. Hiccup and I only just got married five months ago!" Astrid said, fidgeting with her skirt. She had ditched her fur lined clothes and shoulder pads, as spring had begun, and it was hotter than normal.

Ruffnut sighed and nodded. "Yeah, I can understand, Snot and I weren't even married when I found out, it came as a shock, but ready or not, this is happening."

Astrid gulped and nodded. "He's not even back from meeting with the other chieftains, he won't know for another two weeks!" she said, her voice slowly slipping into a panic.

Ruffnut nodded uncomfortably. "Astrid, calm down." she said before delivering a swift slap to the face. "Panicking won't help you. Just take deep breaths."

Astrid inhaled deeply. "You're right. It would have to happen at some point anyway."

Ruffnut smiled. "That's my girl. Now, do you want to keep this as a secret between us until Hiccup gets back, Or would you like to tell the others?"

Astrid shrugged. "I think we should keep this between us. I know the others will want to tell Hiccup right away, and then I'll probably get locked up until I actually give birth. So, I guess I'd like to have at least two weeks left of freedom."

"Al...righ...t." Ruffnut said, her voice getting breathier by the second.

"Okay, that's not a good sign." Astrid said, holding her hand out for Ruffnut to take.

"Get. Snotlout. Now." she said through gritted teeth.

Astrid nodded and whistled for Stormfly. She mounted the dragon and flew out of the cove.

~~~

Screams of anguish could be heard from outside Gothi's hut. Astrid gulped and put a hand on her stomach in fear as she stared at the closed door. As guilty as she felt, she chose not to be in there with her friend, not wanting to see what fate held in store for her.

"Nervous?"

Astrid whipped around to see Valka standing behind her with a smile on her face.

"N-Nervous? For what?" Astrid asked, fearing that her mother-in-law knew.

Valka shook her head. "No need to pretend, I can tell what's going on."

Astrid laughed nervously and nodded.

"Scared?"

Astrid nodded and rushed up to hug the woman. Valka hugged back, and the pair sat down next to each other.

"We've only been married for five months, and there's still so much clean up to do because of Drago, and-"

"Shh, shh. It'll be alright. You know, when I found out I was pregnant with Hiccup, I ended up watching Snotlout's mom give birth, it scared me half to death, but in the end, everything turned out alright. Well, mostly, anyway."