They didn’t get too far until someone called out to him “Hiccup! The chief was looking for you!” And as this villager waved and approached they paused as they noticed the stranger beside him. “Who is that?”
“A castaway, we found her washed up on shore on the far end of the island.” He said with a nod towards Toothless to signify the ’we’.
“Where’d she come from?” It was a suspicious edge that could turn into a call for arms. Though he explained where he had supposedly picked her up Hiccup knew this was a question over what lands she hailed from. A worry about a Viking spy. As if Vikings were capable of such intelligent tactics…
Hiccup rolled his eyes, “does she look like a Viking to you?” Aurora was very unviking like in this form but one might argue the same about him and he proved to be formidable in his own right in the long run. Befriending the most dangerous of all creatures. “Come on, she’d just some foreigner that was attacked at sea. I can’t send her on her way in this weather.”
The man grunted “talk to the chief.”
“Will do.” Hiccup said offhand before taking Aurora’s hand and leading her further into the village. If a certain short tempered girl saw the exchange she choose not to approach, gritting her teeth at a distance.
Astrid should have know Hiccup would skim out on the meeting but this… it was unexpected. Besides from the female of the twins she was the only similarly aged girl in this village and the obvious choice for Hiccup. The only thing Astrid enjoyed about competition was crushing it.