Goodbye Berk ~ *CANCELED*

Just a Dash of Strange

I ~ Unknown Location ~ I

"Who the fuck are you?"

Stormfly hovered in the air, wings flapping furiously to stay upright in the air. She sqwauked slightly, tilting her head to look at the small dragon before her. Astrid looked on silently, in awe at the dragon that just spoke perfect Norse to her. 

"I'll ask again, who are you?"

Astrid blinked, shaking her head before looking at the dragon in confusion. It snorted at her, shaking its head before grunting at Stormfly, or so it seemed. Stormfly grunted back, sqwauking with a slight gesture to Astrid who still sat dumbfounded. 

Astrid blinked once more, finally taking in the sight before her. The dragon that had spoken to her was covered in golden trinkets, glistening in the hot afternoon sun. The dark fur on the dragon took in so much light she assumed it was sweating profusely. It had tufts of red and ombre hair and small red horns. 

"Oh come on kid, just tell me your name already!" It exclaimed. 

"A... Astrid..." she stumbled out in response, trying to make sense of whatever was happening. She knew it was going to be weird taking off on the back of a dragon, but not this weird. 

"And why are you on the back of a Deadly Nadder?" The dragon asked. 

"Uh... not sure?" 

The dragon barked out a laugh. "You are on a dragon but you don't even know why? You're just flying off to the Roman Empire? The hell kinda plan is that?" 

Astrid paused. She had no reason to lie, if anything the talking dragon would help her out, maybe she's seen a nightfury recently. "I do have a plan... it's not that of course, but it is a plan."

"And what kind of plan might that be Viking?" 

"I'm trying to find a friend of mine, he uh, disappeared."

"Well, good luck I guess. Wouldn't go much farther than this though, you two don't look prepared to deal with what threats lie beyond this point," with that, the dragon continued on its way, leaving the girl and her dragon hovering in the sky watching it. 

"Well, that was weird," Astrid said to Stormfly, patting her neck before gesturing to the open sky. 

"Want to continue tracking him down girl?" Stormfly sqwauked in response, turning sharply and following after the Norse-speaking gray dragon. Astrid, confused, pulled her to a stop. 

"Not that dragon, find Hiccup!" She exclaimed, completely confused. Stormfly grunted and continued on her merry way after the now grey blob of a dragon in the distance. Her efforts proving futile, Astrid gave up and let Stormfly go where she wished. She'd try again later.

I ~ Mountain Clearing ~ I

Vanessa landed softly on the green grass in front of her cave, casting a glance and Hiccup who was lounging against his dragon in the afternoon sun while reading a book. Looking back into the inviting darkness of her cave, she groaned, shuffling her way over to Hiccup who hadn't quite seen her yet. 

"Hey so remember when-"

Hiccup jumped at the sudden noise, startling Toothless as they both jumped upright with their hands (or paws) out, ready to bitch slap someone should they come near. Vanessa snorted before continuing.

"You remember when you came here and told me that you would be killed for befriending a dragon or something?" She asked. 

Hiccup nodded. "Why do you ask?"

"Because on my flight I came across a Viking girl on a Deadly Nadder who was looking for someone. I dunno who but her name was Aster or something," She sat down on her haunches, her front right leg lifting up to scratch her chin before she shrugged. "Doesn't really matter, just found it interesting that there is another person like you who is weird and not Viking-like."

Hiccup looked down at the ground, searching for an answer for Vanessa's strange story. 

"Aster... aster..." A gear clicked into place, Vanessa could see it in his eyes as he seemingly jumped up in some form of excitement-fear combo. "Astrid! Was her name Astrid?"

"Yes! Yes, that's it! Her name was Astrid and she was looking for... oh," The dragon paused, "You know her, don't you?" 

Hiccup visibly deflated, his shoulders sagged as he looked down towards the ground, shuffling his foot. 

"I... do? But Astrid hates dragons it can't have been her, no way," He responded, speeding through the last part of his sentence. He shook his head, turning away from Vanessa. 

"It's simply not possible."

Toothless lifted his head off the ground and watched Hiccup as he walked back to his house. Vanessa shrugged, turning to Toothless. 

"I'm pretty sure that girl doesn't hate dragons,"  Vanessa grumbled to Toothless, laying down on the grass. 

"I think I know who you're talking about. Was she blonde?"  Toothless asked, looking at Vanessa. She nodded.

"Blonde and short and looked like a complete Viking. No doubt about it. She was just sitting on a Nadder's back with a few supplies. She was looking for someone. I can only assume it was Hiccup,"  Vanessa added, turning her head up to the sky to watch the clouds inch their way across the sky. 

"Has to be her then. She's probably the only one who would have ever known about me. She chased after Hiccup around the time we were going to leave." 

A loud thud came from behind the two dragons, Vanessa jumped up and spun around, growling. Toothless whipped his head around in a snarl, standing up slowly. A blue Nadder sqwauked at them as a girl, presumably Astrid, slid off her back. Vanessa stepped forward, silently, poised to attack. Astrid whipped out her ax. 

"I didn't want to follow you. Storm did. We come in peace," She spoke, ax held out prepared to swing at small dragon. She paused to look beyond Vanessa, spotting Toothless who had been glancing back and forth between her and a house behind him. She gasped, she knew that dragon. 

"Hiccup's here."

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