Dark Despair (Book 2: Together Forever)

The Hidden World

Stoick's POV

We'd been flying for almost three days. We had taken a break for the last two nights and the next island we approached we would be our next stop.

Suddenly I started hearing a loud sound. Like water falling down a waterfall. I looked ahead and saw a mist coming from one spot up ahead. 

I was about to call for everyone to turn around when I heard Delta call, "We're here! Everyone follow me!"

She continued. Flying directly towards the waterfall. What I saw when we got there three dragons flew straight out the top. They were a Night Fury, a Deadly Nadder and a Razorwhip.

The three dragons had riders on them.

Delta flew right towards them. The Night Fury roared and was followed by every dragon in sight.

Three shadows, the riders jumped off the dragons and glided down onto my boat.

"Dad! You made it!" The figures took their helmets off.

"Son? Astrid?"

"Yes, you remember Heather don't you?"

"Ah! Heather." That's who the other figure is.

"So what's going to happen is that we're going to get you to anchor your ships here and Sky is calling some more dragons up to help carry you into the Hidden World." He explained.

"Okay. I'll let everyone know."

I started shouting at everyone. Telling them to lay anchor and wait for a dragon to come and pick them up.

After waiting for about five minutes everyone had laid anchor and was on a dragon. We took off and flew down the waterfall. 

We were met with a beauty beyond compare. A beauty that is so wonderful that it left us all speechless.

"Welcome, to the Hidden World. My home and the ancestral home of all dragons." Declared Hiccup loud enough for everyone to hear. The dragons smiled. Lucky for us most of the stacks around Hiccup's were empty so we all decided to move in there, for now.

Hiccup's POV

We reached my stack and everyone from Berk chose an empty part of a stack to live with their family and dragons for now.

I was about to shift into a dragon and go as a guard when I saw Darkstar fly up to me.

"I heard Berk was here." He said really excitedly.

"They are."

"Is-" He shifted nervously, "Is Delta here?" He said with a lot of hope.

"She is. Why?" I asked suspiciously.

"Uhhh... No reason. I just wanted to know. Do you know where she is?"

"Hiccup! Have you seen my knives!" Delta called.

"No! Why in the name of Thor would I know where they are? Furthermore, you just got here how did you lose them already?"

"Can you just come here!"

"Why?"

A long silence told me she wasn't going to answer.

"Fine! I'm coming!" Then I remembered Darkstar, "Sorry. I'll be right back."

"It's okay, take your time."

I walked into the cave Delta was waiting in. But, when I walked through the entrance she tackled me in a hug. "Congratulations!"

"I should've known better!" I said while laughing. "Tackled by my own little sister who just wanted to congratulate me!"

"Your right! That's exactly what happened!"

While she was laughing I changed into a Night Fury and flipped over.

"Oh! You want to play dirty, now do you? Well, I'll give you DIRTY!"

She also shifted I leaped off and ran out of the cave with her chasing close behind.

"I'm going to get you, Hiccup! I will-"

She skidded to a stop.

"Hey, Darkstar," Delta said shyly. Huh? She's never shy! Unless... Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

"Hi, Delta... How are you?" If Delta had been human right now I knew she would've been blushing.

"You know what. I'm going to go find Astrid. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to see Astrid. Bye."

I flew off to find Astrid.

"Astrid, Astrid, Astrid, Astrid, Astrid!!!!!"

"Hiccup, what are you doing?" I looked around, sniffed, listened. Nothing.

"You can't tell anyone."

"Okay, I won't."

"I think. No, I'm positive. That Delta has a crush on Darkstar."

"No..."

"I know right! And I think Darkstar also likes Delta back!"

"How could you tell?"

"They were all awkward around each other and asking how they were doing and they were so nervous and shy and-"

"Hey, guys what are you talking about?" Asked Heather.

"Delta and Darkstar like each other, but don't know it." 

"No!!" She said in disbelief.

I glared at Astrid and she facepalmed. 

"I won't say another word about it."

"Fine. Whatever. By the way, I told Delta and Rowan that we're engaged."

"What!?" She yelled. Heather laughed.

"I only told them. Don't worry. They're my siblings and I wanted to tell them."

"Fine! But, no one else."

We stood there together, just the three of us enjoying the bit of peace we had in that moment before full out war broke loose.