My little Flower (HiccupxOC, part 1 of Grimborn Family AU)

Chapter 6 - The mysterious girl (Rewritten)

Hiccup's POV

Gasping heavily for air I bolted upright only to feel sick. I leaned over an threw up whatever was left in my stomach. My whole body ached and my throat felt sore. Groaning, I tried to get into a sitting position, but felt a pressure on my chest putting me back down. Through blurry vision, I could make out the form of a young woman bending over me.

"Drink."

Something, what seemed to be a big seashell, was held in front of my mouth. I complied thankfully.

The drink tasted bitter, but it felt soothing to the soreness in my throat. After blinking several times, the vision of the girl became clearer. She seemed to be around my age, her ocean blue eyes looked at me with a spark of curiosity and long copper curls framed her face.

What's going on? Where's Toothless?

I was about to say something, but she stopped me by placing her fingers on my lips. "Shh... Now you sleep."

Exhaustion overtook me once again and I drifted into a dreamless sleep.

Lilly's POV

Speaking in human tongue felt strange to me, at least I haven't talked to another human for years.

I watched the human, Shadow called him a boy, fall back asleep. Good, he needs to rest. The herbs will help him getting better.

Placing the seashell back down beside me, I decided to have a closer look at the strange scaled thing the boy wore. Maybe I could remove it...this couldn't be comfortable. Determined not to wake him, I settled myself beside him on my knees and reached out to touch the biggest brown strap that went around his waist. It took me quite some time of fiddling around until it finally came undone. Piece by piece I removed the odd carapace and put it aside, leaving the boy in his red piece of clothing. I touched the fabric. It was softer and probably more comfortable than the rest had been. So I left it be.

I leaned back and watched the boy in wonder. Auburn wisps of hair hang in his face, he had two braided strands at the back of his head. His freckled face looked peaceful now, one of his hands rested on his chest.

I reached out and grabbed his hand, placing the palm of it against my own in curiosity - his hand was bigger than mine. My heart skipped a beat as he stirred in his sleep and I quickly put his hand back down. He mumbled incoherent words and his head dropped to the side. Luckily he didn't wake up. When I was certain he was fast asleep again, I bent over to touch his braids, they felt hard although his hair was soft. Doing what Shadow did with me when she brought me to her island, I leaned in closer to sniff at his hair, face and finally clothes. He smelled of sea water, the brown material of his carapace and something else...something I couldn't put my finger on. Pushing myself back up I let my gaze travel lower.

Something strange was hanging from his left leg.

I tilted my head and frowned as I crawled down to sit at his feet and touched the cold, silver material. A gasp left my mouth as I realized what it replaced. He's missing a foot?

My eyes wide in wonder I continued to examine the boy but just as I was about to peek into his pants, Shadow's voice startled me back to reality.

"Lilly come quickly! I think he wakes up!" She sounded distressed.

"I'm coming." I replied and jumped down from our nest, heading towards the clearing right under it where the other Night Fury slept.

Shadow paced around him in circles as she saw me coming. She was not happy at all that I brought a human to our island. Growling lowly she spoke up again.