Chapter 12

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===Hiccup===

I woke up and felt my muscles aching all over my body. Waking up after the whole adrenaline rush yesterday, my body has bever felt this sore. Everywhere is aching, from my head down to my toes.

I got up, wincing from the pain, amd stretched which caused a lot more pain than I anticipated. I look over to Heather and she wa still asleep. I guess yesterday's frenzy wore her out. She looked tired and she need the rest.

Not bothering to wake her up, I quietly went downstairs and went out of the house and went for a run to and back from the academy. No one was still up, amd the sun isn't up yet. "How am I awake so early when my body feels so tired?" I asked myself as I entered the academy.

I saw the salmon ladder in the arena and I contemplated on whether or not should I do a couple of rounds. 'I shouldn't. I could wake the whole village from the loud, metal clanging while climbing up and down.' I thought as I started off back to my house.

I'm already in the middle of the plaza when I heard a voice from behind, "What are you doing up so early?" I turned around and saw Astrid. 'Great. And she just had to be up at this hour too.' I thought to myself sarcastically. "Went for a run to strecth my limbs before training with Heather." I simply answered her. She just nodded.

"Listen Hiccup. I don't think you should hang out with her anymore." She said, and I stared at her, both confused and angry. "Why should I do that?" I told her. "Because, I have a feeling she's hiding something. Something big!" She said. "Yeah, and I know what it is because its my secret too." I said to her, my anger starting to surface.

"And how is it that her secret is your secret?" She said, looking angry. "Because it was my idea to make it a secret because she wanted to tell you guys." Okay, that's a lie. But, what was I supposed to say?

"Then why would you tell her to keep it a secret?" She asked. "Becasue I knew you would take me away from her." I told her. And it was true. "How important is she to you?!" She shouted at me. I looked her dead in the eye and said through my gritted teeth, "More than my own life. More than you could understand." And I turned on my heel and ran back to my house.

The secret that Astrid was talking about is the one where me and Heather destroy thieving ships and hunt down Dagur. She sensed it the moment Heather set foot on Berk. How do I know? It happened three years ago when we first met Heather. And if she knew that we were up to, she would shamelessly shun Heather and have my dad forbid me from ever leaving Berk again.

I can't let that happen to her and me - To us. I promised Heather that I'd never leave her. And keeping our vendetta a total secret from the whole village - even my dad, is the only way I know how to keep that promise. Heather means everything to me. I can't afford to lose her. And she doesn't deserve the torture and pain of losing me - the only friend she has, besides Windshear, that has a fair share of what its like to be all alone in the world. And I should know, I've had 15 years of it.

I entered my house and found Heather stil asleep. I decided to cook breakfast and feed Toothless and Windshear this morning, since she does it every morning before I wake up.

As I set down the plate of eggs on the table, Heather emerged from the stairs, yawning and her eyes still filled with sleep. "Good morning." I greeted her. "Morning." She muttered out, sleep drunk, as she sat down at the table.

"Why do you look so angry?" She asked me as she munched on a piece of bacon. "Nothing." I mumbled as I took a sip of my milk. "Nothing, huh? Then why do I get the strange feeling in my gut that Astrid is somehow the reason you're angry." She said with her eyebrows raised. Okay, she got me there.

I sighed and ran a had through my hair. "Astrid told me to stay away from you." I told her. "Why am I getting a major feeling of deja vu?" She said as she held her head in her hands. "You're not the only one." I said and leaned back on my chair. "What's the reason this time?" She sighed. "The same as last time, you keeping a big secret." I sighed in reply.

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