His parents were here. Blizzard did not abandoned his camouflage despite their arrival though the clouds above assured that it happened anyway- shadows casting him back into the visible color spectrum. He grumbled and shifted on the highest branches of a nearby tree, spreading his wings to keep his balance. By this time it seemed his father had encouraged Hiccup to get onto his back.
Then again… He realized that it was actually Hiccup that decided on this course of action. It had been too many years since he had lost gotten to even see his daughter and staring up into the leafless winter canopy it was only clear she’d grown so much from that little girl. All this time he had missed- unable to reach her on the vast seas. He felt like a stranger as she drew the dagger and demanded with a voice quivering with fear that they stay back. It tore him apart again.
He immediately mounted Toothless with a desire to reach his daughter and… apologize. It was really all he could do. He had let her get taken away from them and all these years she’d been somewhere else suffering through who knew what. Words would probably never be enough.
The night fury ascended a nearby tree with several powerful leaps and stood across from the girl on a strong branch. Blizzard knew that he should say something before that dagger found a mark through fear. He transformed and nearly lost his balance, grasping the branch as he slipped off with a small gasp of surprise and then he called out: “Wait!” pulling himself back up onto the trees limb. Hiccup stopped short of getting any closer though he was already crouching of Toothless’ saddle, ready to step across to the girl. “She doesn’t really seem to remember anything of Berk.”
Hiccup frowned and addressed the girl soft and gentle: “Ava.” Full of hurt for what he hadn’t done for her. For how frightened she was now. “Please, you’ve been gone for so long… You’re safe now. You’re home.”
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He knew- even if Ava was yet to figure it out -that she would not catch the woman. She was a seasoned Viking warrior and though she had foolishly abandoned her dragon to go on foot (such was a common mistake after being so surprised) her strides were long and strong. Blizzard did not worry himself. Even if Ava did catch up with the woman she would not be in any danger, other than the risk of being physically dragged into the village. Still he took to the sky- vanishing in the sunlight.
Down beneath the thinned canopies he could make out the woman again, walking briskly over the uneven ground and behind her was the chief. Nearly tripping over several roots with his thoughts upon other things beyond his footing. Blizzard knew this to be Ava’s true father. He’d sent searches for his daughter almost as often as the chief before him had sought out the dragon nest. Now he was hurrying to find her- almost disbelieving but of so hopeful. “Are you positive Astrid?”
“Yes. Hiccup.” The woman was growing exasperated because she could see the cliff ahead and the girl was gone. She turned on her heel, scanning the landscape with a sharp eye and held up a hand to silence Hiccup when it looked like he might speak. “She shares a lot of features with you. I couldn’t possibly have been mistaken and she was with Blizzard.”
Said dragon landed towards the top of the tree, bending the upper portion- still invisible in the sun’s rays. He was waiting to see what Ava would do before revealing her.
Down beneath the thinned canopies he could make out the woman again, walking briskly over the uneven ground and behind her was the chief. Nearly tripping over several roots with his thoughts upon other things beyond his footing. Blizzard knew this to be Ava’s true father. He’d sent searches for his daughter almost as often as the chief before him had sought out the dragon nest. Now he was hurrying to find her- almost disbelieving but of so hopeful. “Are you positive Astrid?”
“Yes. Hiccup.” The woman was growing exasperated because she could see the cliff ahead and the girl was gone. She turned on her heel, scanning the landscape with a sharp eye and held up a hand to silence Hiccup when it looked like he might speak. “She shares a lot of features with you. I couldn’t possibly have been mistaken and she was with Blizzard.”
Said dragon landed towards the top of the tree, bending the upper portion- still invisible in the sun’s rays. He was waiting to see what Ava would do before revealing her.
lol, no I was actually thinking Castiel should be one of the ones to get ill because it would give more motive.
Some of the villagers already being sick?
I think later on we can send them on a mission to retrieve a plant. Maybe in the cold winter months many of the tribe become ill or something- or perhaps some of them already are and Ava arrived at a bad time because of this (not that her parents would consider anytime a bad one for her to return).
It was a quiet flight across equally silent seas. The only explanation for this was the girl being caught beneath the churning waves of unpleasant thoughts- he knew in those hours that Ava dwelled upon going back to that miserable island. While he’d like to tell her now that she didn’t need to worry, she lacked the understanding necessary to feel anything but panic. Her arms snaked around his thick neck but he kept his gaze forward as they flew on, descending gradually- almost unnoticeably -lower. The air was marginally warmer closer to the earth where it was thicker and he knew she was not garbed for freezing weather. Up above the clouds, at the high altitude he usually flew these long distances, ice would have crawled across even his own hide. He wouldn’t test what it would do to her.
Finally her poor human sight seemed to pick out Berk among unsavory conditions. If she had uncertainty when it first appeared there among the water- it passed quickly. Dragons were visible in the sky around the island and it was obvious that they were with riders. He did not acknowledge her panic because though she did not know it yet, it was ungrounded. Where had she thought he came from anyhow? So willing to trust a human she should have known right then that he was in the same class as these dragons ahead of them.
He descended despite her protests and pleas, his flight now wavering in the slightest. Rather than dropping right into the village though and causing a big stir and a lot confusion he landed just beyond its boundaries on a cliff overlooking the sea. His approach must have been spotted though since a moment later there was another dragon, blocking the path down into the trees. Immediately he recognized the nadder by the blue of her scales and from her back a woman dropped with hair the color of hay and a slim but powerful body. She was beautiful among the Vikings but already well along in her years with a child of her own. An offspring that was currently the best choice for era with Ava missing.
Blizzard watched her with an edge of caution for this reason but she dropped her axe immediately and gasped into her hands “is that…?” Trailing off, breathless with surprise. She grabbed for the weapon again, suddenly full of motion as she turned and then paused looking back at them again when Blizzard didn‘t jump to follow. “We have to tell Hiccup. And Castiel.”
Finally her poor human sight seemed to pick out Berk among unsavory conditions. If she had uncertainty when it first appeared there among the water- it passed quickly. Dragons were visible in the sky around the island and it was obvious that they were with riders. He did not acknowledge her panic because though she did not know it yet, it was ungrounded. Where had she thought he came from anyhow? So willing to trust a human she should have known right then that he was in the same class as these dragons ahead of them.
He descended despite her protests and pleas, his flight now wavering in the slightest. Rather than dropping right into the village though and causing a big stir and a lot confusion he landed just beyond its boundaries on a cliff overlooking the sea. His approach must have been spotted though since a moment later there was another dragon, blocking the path down into the trees. Immediately he recognized the nadder by the blue of her scales and from her back a woman dropped with hair the color of hay and a slim but powerful body. She was beautiful among the Vikings but already well along in her years with a child of her own. An offspring that was currently the best choice for era with Ava missing.
Blizzard watched her with an edge of caution for this reason but she dropped her axe immediately and gasped into her hands “is that…?” Trailing off, breathless with surprise. She grabbed for the weapon again, suddenly full of motion as she turned and then paused looking back at them again when Blizzard didn‘t jump to follow. “We have to tell Hiccup. And Castiel.”
So I will post.
I was, I just got home.
I will post tomorrow. It is late and I crave sleep.
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