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(n.) a place into which you can disappear; a hiding place
There was nothing like sitting on the edge of the cliff and enjoying the winter breeze, sure it might seem terrifying to have your legs dangling below but at the moment you didn't really care. A small cherry blossom petal flew beside you and a weak smile appeared on your face when you remembered how Hiccup showed you this place not too long ago.
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The moment you arrived at the place you almost fainted because it was the most magnificent place in the world. Hiccup and you landed near the edge of a steady cliff and your lips were risen in a joyous grin since you first saw the place from the sky.
"Oh my gods..." You dismounted from Crystal and gaped at the scenery around you. Just in front of the cliff the rays of the sun were slowly disappearing behind the mountain, adding a bit of orange shade to everything. Below the cliff there was a vast river and some dragons were drinking from it.
The thing that made you tear up was the forest of cherry blossoms you were currently viewing, they nearly reached the end of the cliff and made a river of pink petals below the trees. It was like a dream to see a tree like that again, let alone a whole forest. You twirled around happily, pink being the colour you saw the most. Without hesitation you let your body fall free, in just a second it came in contact with the soft ground underneath you. Rolling around laughing, you breathed in and savoured the smell as much as you can.
"This is life." You said a bit too loudly. Closing your eyes you felt the pleasant breeze pass you and at the same time making the cherry blossom petals land on your face. From the scent to the touch, everything reminded you when you first found a tree like this and it felt like you were experiencing childhood again.
"I knew you would like it." You heard Hiccup say, just as you opened your eyes he sat down next to you. Toothless and Crystal chased each other around you two and made the petals fly everywhere.
"Like it? I love it!" You exclaimed and puffed a petal that fell on your nose.
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Crystal had been laying beside you till now but for some reason she straightened up into a sitting position. You didn't care enough about that so you concentrated your thoughts about something else, but they were abruptly cut off when you heard a dragon landing and a voice speaking afterwards.
"You really need to find a better hideaway."
Even without looking you knew that voice belonged to Hiccup and what he said was entirely right, internally you cursed yourself for not thinking a better plan but in that moment all you wanted was some sort of an escape from all your worries and at that time this place was the perfect solution.
"What do you want, Hiccup?" You spoke without looking at the boy behind you, a hint of annoyance was noticeable in your voice. You wanted to somehow convince him to leave but that would be hard, considering he went to these lengths just to find you. Without a second doubt you pushed yourself up in a standing position and walked to Hiccup with a glare plastered on your face.
"I want answers. Why are you acting this way? Did I do something? Did I offend you in any way? I just want things to be like they used to." Hiccup said, murmuring the last sentence. His voice held such sadness and pleading that it made you step back a bit, all this time you had cared about trying to hide your feelings towards him that you didn't realize how hurt he actually was.
"It's just-" You sulked and for a second you internally put yourself into his position and thought how hard it would be for you if someone, one day decides they should ignore you without any explanations. Your heart felt a million times heavier and you can only imagine how Hiccup must've felt all this time. Once you looked up to his sad green eyes you felt the leaden feeling overwhelm your body.
"It's nothing, can you... can you please leave?" Your questioned, almost as if begging him to do so. You drifted your gaze far away from his beautiful face because you couldn't bare to see the frown that etched on his face, the one you caused. Hiccup denied and it made you feel a sudden rush of rage flow through your veins.
"Just leave, Hiccup!" You spat and pushed Hiccup away, that only made him take a step back and stare at you with wide eyes. Of course he was shocked by your sudden out-burst and you yourself were as well, though for the following seconds you seemed to not be able to control what you were doing. You began repeating 'leave' while you pushed Hiccup away even more, your voice was getting louder and angrier every time you spoke. That carried on for a few seconds until a sudden force pulled your wrists together, you tried to get them free but that only made Hiccup tighten his grip even more.
"I want to be left alone!" You yelled, your fast breathing was heard through your gritted teeth.
"Tell me why you were ignoring me and I'll go." Hiccup pleaded, it angered you how he was so calm about the situation, even though it should be he that is yelling at you and not the other way around. In that moment you realized that instead of keeping your friendship with Hiccup, you were actually ruining it thanks to your 'ingenious' plan, the corners of your lips fell down in a deep frown while tears were already forming in your eyes.
"Because I love you!"
After you said those words it felt like all the weight was lifted away from your shoulder,all this time keeping those feelings to yourself you were relived to finally let them out, even if you didn't want to. But that feeling quickly faded away once you realized what you just did, a rush of regret ran through your mind making the tears roll down your cheeks.
"W-what?" Hiccup stuttered, his voice cracked but at the same time it was laced with sudden shock, his forest green eyes were now widened with his eyebrows arched up. The grip on your wrists loosened up and they fell back to your sides, your gaze was fixed on the ground and the few tear drops fell freely which made you grit your teeth tightly.
"Yeah, you heard me!" You snapped and wiped the tears from your face. Composing yourself was hard but you forced yourself to do it, you didn't want to come out as weak but deep down you knew you were. "I love you." You said prolonging every word as if savouring them and with a tone like that you seemed like you were spilling out your soul.
"Every time you look at me my heart races and I can't stop thinking about you, alright?! I ignored you because I wanted to make these feelings go away, but that only made it worse and I'm sorry. I was just too stupid to think that I had a chance, that maybe you liked me back."
"But what if I do?"
His replay made you finally look up and lock eyes with him. The response was so unpredictable you took a step back and at the same time wondered if you heard right. Hiccup took a step forward and gently cupped his hands on either side of your face leaving you marveled at how they perfectly fitted your rosy cheeks, the sudden contact sent a shiver down your spine yet it was no match for the heat that was flowing throughout your whole body.
You let your eyes travel across his face and loose yourself into examining his cute little freckles, looking at his emerald green eyes became unbearable because it felt as if they were piercing through your soul so you let your gaze fell on his lips that were curved into a genuine smile.
"I love you, (Y/N)." Hiccup whispered those three words that you were secretly longing to hear and with the mellow tone of his voice made your name sounded ten times better. Hiccup began leaning down and an unknown gravity made you lean towards him as well, the surroundings started to slowly disappear leaving only Hiccup into view.
The moment your lips connected with his something inside of you just sparked like a sudden rush of euphoric bliss envelop you. For a moment it felt like your emotions were all over the place, fighting for which one you would feel the most but that all stopped when Hiccup placed his hands around your waist and drew you closer deepening the kiss.
You shuffled your hands behind him, curling his soft auburn hair around your fingers. A thousand fireworks explode inside you because of the caress of Hiccup's lips was softer than you could have imagined so it made you melt even more.
When you pulled away and clasped your arms around Hiccup's neck not wanting him to go away. The contagious smile on his face made you grin joylessly, at that moment all your worries and problems washed away leaving you with unconditional ecstasy. Suddenly two arms were wrapped around your waist surrounding you into a warm embrace, burring your head into the crook of Hiccup's neck you were intoxicated by the smell of cherry blossom and you found it hard to figure out if it his scent or from the forest around you.
The moment you had dreamed of for so long finally happened yet even if happiness was over-flowing inside you there was also a hint of guilt, you couldn't help but feel sorry for ignoring Hiccup so you apologized one more time and that made him tighten the hug, assuring you that it was okay.
"So are we, um, are we a couple now?" You questioned with a voice barely above whisper, suddenly sounding quite unsure. You parted away and stared at each other for what seemed like hours until you shyly dropped your gaze and looked at the ground instead.
"I guess we are." Hiccup replied softly, the corners of his lips were curved in a gentle smile and it made the flush of warmth spread across your cheeks just by looking at him. Then both of you decided to lay down next to your dragons and you scooted closer to Hiccup, placing your head onto his chest you heard the faint heartbeat through the layers of armor. A smile crept on your face when you realized his heartbeat was a lot quicker than yours and it made you cling onto Hiccup even more.
After that it was complete silence except this time it was a comfortable one, you didn't care if none of you spoke and weren't bothered at all to come up with ways to strike a conversation. The two of you were lost in thought and just appreciated each others presence, you didn't know what Hiccup was thinking but knew what was going around inside your mind.
The past.
Nobody knew about it. Nobody asked about it.
And frankly you were glad they didn't, but when you think about it it seems too unfair that you know everything about Hiccup and the rest but they don't know anything about you. So after taking a deep breath you decided to come clean and tell Hiccup everything.
"I just realized I never told you anything about my past life." You uttered your thoughts and got up in a sitting position. You were now facing Hiccup and waiting for his replay, he had one eyebrow risen up and didn't necessarily say anything only nodded, but that was enough for you to continue talking. Just to be sure you asked him if he even wanted to and Hiccup responded with a determined 'yes'.
"Well I, uh, I was.... I was born on O-Outcast island..." You stuttered, lacking any confidence and the reason behind it was because you were never proud of your roots and you knew how much war there was between the Outcasts and the Berkians. The moment you said that the colour on Hiccup's face drained in an instant yet he didn't say anything and let you continue.
"Anyway though, when I was thirteen I used to go to the woods, like a lot. I went there to draw most of the time and explore a bit, write down what I found, you know the usual things. And because of that kids my age made fun of me because I wasn't strong enough like them."
"Truth be told, I never hated dragons like my tribe used to. In any dragon raid I would stay inside and no, not because I was afraid but because I didn't want to hurt them." You confessed and remembered how much hate you got because of that. When you passed through the village everybody would glare at you and deep down you knew even your parents disliked you, though they didn't show it.
"One day, a Thunderdrum popped out of nowhere. And I didn't have any weapon around me to protect myself, but turned out I didn't need one because the dragon just flew around and then just stopped in front of me. I thought it would attack me, but it actually nudged me on the leg! And for the next few days the Thunderdrum kept coming back and we played together. Can you imagine that? A kid playing with a dragon?" You laughed at that picture in your head, but then memories from that day started flooding in and corrupting your mind. You'd expect a happy ending, but this was far from happy.
"One day I woke up and and as usual went to the forest, I didn't expect anything to happen, but it did. And it changed my life forever."
[Flashback]
(Y/N)'s POV
I sat under a tree and waited for the dragon to come, it now became a routine to meet up with what I now call, my best friend. Sure people will think I'm crazy that I be-friended a dragon let alone call it my friend, but thankfully nobody knew. Whilst waiting I opened my notebook and drew the trees around me, it was such a peaceful place secluded deep into the forest which I liked very much because nobody can bother me.
In the middle of drawing I heard the familiar sound of the Thunderdrum approaching me and just as I closed the book the dragon sat next to me.
For some minutes we stayed like that, but then it got up and began walking around, the dragon followed me around and we chased each other playing a game of catch. Out of nowhere a bolas were thrown at the dragon, capturing it so it couldn't move. Men came out of the bushes and put a muzzle on the dragon before it could fire at them.
I watched in shock as the scene unfolds and slowly backed away until I hit something or rather someone. Suddenly something grabbed my arms backwards and I turned my head back to see a man tying up my wrists whilst the other was holding me.
"I know you, you're from my village." I heard a raspy voice and looked up to see a man walking from behind me and the men. I felt the colour of my face drained when I recognized that it was the chief of our village, Alvin the Treacherous.
"What were you doing here, lass?" He asked me with a face that was more serious than the usual, I gulped loudly and feared for the worst. Before I had the time to answered he spoke again while walking in the direction of the dragon. "I know you were not trying to kill it so don't lie to me."
"I-I, I was! Your men caught my kill!" I stuttered a bit trying to think of a lie and then came up with one. I smiled a bit thinking that I fooled him, but I was so wrong.
"Stop with this nonsense. Who do you think you're lying? Out of all the years the dragons had attacked us you were nowhere to be seen. You've never killed one before so why should this make a difference." He spoke bitterly and looked me up and down before speaking again.
"And where is your weapon if you were planing to kill it? You weren't planning on killing it with your weakling hands, were you?"
I stopped trying to find excuses because he had figured everything out. He was right about everything he said. Now all it's left to do is to wait and hope for the best. All the time Alvin was talking I was looking at him without saying a word, but now I glanced at the Thunderdrum and felt my face turned into a worried one.
Alvin must've seen me because he took out his axe and yelled at me.
"Are you deaf?! I'm talking to you!" Alvin was frustrated enough that he slammed his fists on the poor dragon who screeched in pain.
"Don't hurt it!" I yelled without thinking.
"Oh? You care about the dragon? Is that it?" He exclaimed and I tried to escape, but the guards tightened their grip.
"Just let me go!" I cried out. I wanted to ignore his question so I tried to move again with no success.
Alvin saw that I wasn't planning to answer his question so he looked at the troops and then back at the dragon. It looked like they understood his plan and began to hit the dragon again and again with no intention of stopping. With each kick the dragon whined and I closed my eyes from the unbearable scene in front of me. The whines didn't stop and I knew exactly how to stop them.
"Please free the dragon! It's not like the rest of them, it won't hurt any of you I swear!" I yelled and opened my eyes to see everybody look at me in disbelief before they burst out in laughter. I stared at them one man to the other and they all stopped when Alvin stopped laughing.
"So is this a way of you saying that you choose their side?" Alvin asks and looked at me dead in the eyes while waiting for my reply. I took a deep breath and told them my decision, the one they didn't expect.
"I do." I said proudly making all the men gasp. What I didn't knew was that that was the end of my life like I knew it.
Alvin's eyebrows arched up and a mischievous grin found its way on his face. He began laughing quietly and then so loudly that I would've covered my ears if I wasn't tied up. But nobody around him dared to even smile, they were all still shocked by what I said that they didn't even blinked. And in that moment I didn't know what to feel, but when Alvin swung his axe above the Thunderdrum I knew exactly what I felt.
Fear.
I was afraid for the dragon because I knew exactly what Alvin was planning. My breathing slowly sped up with each second that passed and I felt rapid thumping of my heart against my chest. Alvin turned to face me and his grin grew wider and wider as he saw me struggling to get away. I finally looked into his eyes and caught the glint of evil in them.
"I wouldn't want to be your place right now." Alvin admitted and let a loud wicked laugh.
"No, no, no, no." I screamed repeatedly and shook my head. For the last time tried to get away from the guards. I began shaking myself off with all my strength, but it wasn't enough for me to free myself.
"Alvin no! We don't have to kill them! We don't have to kill the dragons! Don't do it! Please!" I begged him with my eyes tearing up already. I was moving back and forth, trying to escape.
My eyes were shut, but fluttered open when I heard an axe slice through something. And it seemed like time has stopped and everything was in slow motion. I looked up to the Thunderdrum and felt my heart drop to my stomach. I screamed in horror from the sight in front of me.
There it laid, the dragon, bloody and headless.
Alvin was sadistic enough kill the dragon in front of me and I just screamed till my voice was gone and I'm certain it sounded like music to his ears.
"Your opinion does not matter, We do not care about the dragons, we kill them and will continue to do so. Since you've thrown your lot in with them you have no right to be here. You're have no right to call yourself a viking." Alvin spat while he passed me and the guards turned me around. My legs were trembling and I had no energy to even walk, they were forced to drag me and I just lowered my head.
If it were another person, they wouldn't have done that. They wouldn't have even gone to the point to say they were on the dragon's side, but I did. Part of me regretted that decision and part didn't, maybe it was the rush of the moment that made me say it. I began pondering what would've happened if I didn't say anything, would he have still killed it?
And the more I thought about it the more I accepted that he would. We are Vikings who for the past centuries have killed dragons so a solo voice trying to make them stop will not work, no matter what.
I lifted my head up and realized I was dragged around the village. Looking around I was met with death glares by everybody, some had scowls and some had disgusted face. As I pass a group of people my age they all smirk devilishly. I bet they snitched on me and told the chief about the dragon, but I had no evidence to accuse them.
My thoughts stopped when the guards came in a sudden halt. I looked up in front of me and saw Alvin walking with some of his men following behind. My eyes widened when I saw my parents came out of the crowd. Everybody was speaking loudly and a sound coming from a horn made them stop. Alvin cleared his throat and everybody looked at him.
"Who would've thought that this weakling would make such a foolish mistake to be on the dragon's side. Our fellow lass wanted us to free the dragon, going to the lengths to swear that it will not attack us!" Alvin spoke loud and clear and it made everybody gasp in shock some even spat at me.
"But only a madman would do such a thing! And a madman is not welcomed in our island! So I, Alvin the Treacherous, banish you from this village! You are never to be seen here, if so, you will get shot down right on sight." I gasped loudly and looked at my parents for help. The crowd went wild, everybody screamed in agreement. They swung their arms and axes in air to show their dedication. I ignored them all and saw my parents approaching me.
"Mom! Dad! Please help me!" I cried out when they stopped in front of me, my voice pleading for their pity. I moved forward with my upper torso and just then I noticed their blank faces. A second later a hard hand smacked me on my face, leaving a throbbing sensation on my cheek. The sharp pain hit me immediately and I couldn't stop the tears from watering my eyes and making everything blurry. I swayed slightly, but didn't loose my balance. Only then I looked up with utter shock.
"You're such a disgrace to our family, you've ruined our name, you've ruined us (Y/N). You've ruined us." My father said getting angrier with each word he spoke. His once happy face now held anger boiling inside him like hot lava. Hatred was the only thing I saw in his narrowed eyes. My dad shook his head for the last time and walked away.
"Mom..." I choked out quietly and looked at her for last resort.
"How could you do this...I'm ashamed that I gave birth to you. You're not my daughter (Y/N) anymore, just... just know that." My mother spoke coldly, her voice was static with no emotion. But I know what she felt, disappointment. She walked away with shame, trying to get away as quick as possible.
I let all my tears roll down on my rosy cheek, I couldn't hold it in anymore. Everyone yelled around me, but I paid no attention to them. What was going to happen next was all I wondered, was I going to get killed? Or perhaps thrown overboard? The possibilities are endless.
The men holding me began to drag me away from to crowd to an unknown direction. I chocked out a silent sob and gritted my teeth in a way of trying to stop the crying.
I figured the way I was taken and it was the sea shore, we were walking and approaching the only ship near the decks. I was forcefully pushed inside the ship and loosing my balance made me fall on the ground without any help from my arms or legs. I laid there for moments trying to recover, but then a pair of boots appeared in front of me.
Before I had the time to look up, a sudden punch in the stomach knocked the wind out of me, I began gasping and even breathing became heard to do. I bent forward hoping to somehow ease the pain, but it did not work and no air was filling my lungs. Some seconds after I began to see black spots blurring my vision until everything turned into darkness.
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When I woke up my stomach was aching with pain and one by one my senses quickly came back. I coughed silently and opened my eyes to see that it was almost sun down. I must've been unconscious for a while because when we left it was morning. And then it hit me... where am I?
I tried to get up and noticed my hands were still tied behind me. I leaned myself on the tree for support and slowly got up winching at the same time because of the pain from my stomach, but I tried to ignore it.
I turned left and right hoping to find something pointy and found nothing. I looked around for a while until I finally found a sharp wood sticking out from a tree. Quickly I rubbed the rope from my hands against it and hoped that it wouldn't break and to my surprise it did and it successfully cut the rope. I massaged my wrists a bit, they were still red from being tied up all that time. After that I began walking around the forest and thought about everything that happened to me.
Who's fault was it, who should I blame. The other kids from the village, the chief... myself? Soon all the hatred that I should have been concentrated on the others, was directed at me.
"Why was I too dumb to come back, if I hadn't went there the dragon would have still been alive. It was all my fault." I voiced out my thoughts to nobody in particular. What made my heart stop was when I turned around and saw something was watching me.
A navy blue coloured Night Fury with teal eyes appeared and stared at me. This dragon must be so light on its feet because I didn't even hear it approach me, but the more I stared at it the more I realized it was definitely not a Night Fury, it was a dragon I had never seen before.
Even if I was trembling in fear, it felt as if my body was glued on spot and I couldn't move, I couldn't blink, I couldn't do anything. I was paralyzed.
The dragon slowly walked towards me and my arms were beginning to sweat. It was no use, I was leaned on a giant rock and felt my heartbeat rise with each step the dragon took. A loud roar escaped the dragon's mouth and it made me shut my eyes. But then I relaxed myself with my eyes still closed.
I accepted it. I accepted the fact that this is how I will die. Nobody will know, nobody will care. Everybody lost their faith in me anyway. I began to remember all the good things in my life, there wasn't much, but there still were some. I remembered when I was just a child how I used to play in the grass, my mom and dad would chase me around and we had fun. But as I grow up I noticed how they lost interest in me, they stopped caring and it felt like I was a burden just by living. I had nobody and it was destined for me to be here.
I was ready, I awaited death... but it never came. I still didn't dare to open my eyes, but that was until I felt a sudden hot gust of wind blown in my face. I slowly opened my eyes and saw that the dragon was right in front of me, its limpid eyes staring deeply into mine.
I felt my heart pounding against my chest faster and louder than ever before, my quick breaths matched it perfectly. Since the day I first saw dragons I knew that they weren't what they seemed, I knew that one day there will be peace between humans and dragons and I just hoped I would be alive to witness that. And that's the reason I always stayed at home and didn't go out to kill the dragons like my fellow lads. I just couldn't kill another being even if it was a dragon.
My fear had died down because the dragon did nothing, only stare. But this was not right, dragons don't only stare, they always go for the kill. I narrowed my eyes and began questioning why doesn't this one kill me. The fear disappeared and anger quickly washed over me leaving me gritting my teeth.
"What? What are you waiting for?!" I screamed at it, "Why don't you just end me! My life is already ruined so just do the honors..." My voice cracked, it didn't held the rage from just a second ago, it turned into sadness.
The muscles on my chin began to tremble and and tears began streaming from my (E/C) eyes. My memories of the day began coming back and all of them made me remember everything at once. I crouched down and began shaking again. My brain was clouded by the unforgettable events of the day just replaying back and forth. The death of the poor innocent dragon, the disappointment to my parents, the banishing, the-
My thoughts were caught off when I felt a slimy liquid brush on my face. I opened my eyes and blinked in realization that the dragon had licked me. I fell back in shock and the dragon only came closer. I wiped the wet saliva out of my face and blinked still surprised.
And after that it was a moment of silence and staring again. I was feeling all these emotions all at once yet this dragon was a contrast of me, plain emotionless and it almost felt like it was staring at my soul.
My breathing steadied, but I was still feeling on the edge just waiting for it to attack. Not once did the dragon blinked and neither did I. With each breath it exhaled I felt my hair move in every direction except my face. My eyes began to water because I hadn't closed them in a while and I blinked. In that millisecond the dragon moved back and ran off to Thor knows where.
"What just happened..." I clutched my heart and stayed dumbfounded for a period. After that I, being the curious person I am, followed the dragon's tracks and found it drinking water. It looked so peaceful and hadn't noticed me so far, when I took a step forward a branch under my shoe snapped and the dragon perked up.
"Uh...hello." I spoke slowly and began walking closer to it, my palms were now sweaty and I wiped them off my leggings. Now that I think about it, maybe earlier it just gave me a chance and now it can easily rip me apart. I shrugged off the thoughts and came to the end of the river, the next few seconds I stood there with no plan on what to do, but the dragon on the other hand, easily jumped over the water and was now in front of me.
I was not that afraid as the first time I saw it because if it wanted to kill me it would've fired at me right on spot.
"You're one special dragon you know that?" I said the thing that was on my mind and the dragon tilted its head. "Can you even understand what I'm saying?" When the dragon nodded its head a grin spread across my face. I was correct, dragons are smart enough to understand us and not only that we can even communicate with them, but sadly I am the only one that thinks this way.
"If only people understood how amazing dragons really are." I unconsciously trailed off while I was lost in my thoughts, but what grabbed my attention was the green acid that flew right pass me, making me snap my head at the source only to find a red dragon slowly becoming visible. It was coming my way and I walked backwards which was a really bad idea. Whilst walking I stepped on a rock and that send me falling back on the ground.
From my peripheral vision I saw the red dragon open its mouth ready to fire at me and before I could react the navy blue dragon jumped on the dragon and tackled it on the ground. The Changewing dragon got off the other dragon's grip and immediately fled away in air. The blue dragon growled at it and turned around facing me and only then I realized what it had done.
"You saved me...you saved my life." I muttered while getting up. I then calmly walked to the dragon who was now sat on its hind legs. When I came near I thanked it even though I was still in shock.
An idea popped in my mind and I was very curious to how it would turn out. I began to raise my hand up to its head, half way I was hesitating and stopped for a second before I brought my hand up again. The dragon stared at me with a very puzzled expression and I just took a deep breath. I closed my eyes and looked down at the ground.
And then it happened, the dragon placed its snout on my shaky hand. Every single muscle in my body froze before I looked back up and felt my lips stretch into a gaping grin. The dragon's expression reflected mine with that gummy smile on its face. I began to stroke it and noticed its feathers were soft as a silk which was something new.
This is the beginning of something great.
[Flashback end]
"You know, I always wanted to see peace between the dragons and us. And I never thought I would be the one to make it happen." you confessed and felt the corners of your lips curve into a smile, but then you looked at Hiccup and remembered his story.
"Mine was a minor accomplishment, but you... you managed do change everybody's mind! Every single viking on Berk! And that really takes a lot of effort." A slight chuckle escaped your lips in hope of trying to somehow lighten up the mood but it didn't work because Hiccup still kept his dazed face.
Out of nowhere Hiccup wrapped his arms around you and pulled you into a tight embrace. Because of the sudden gesture you gasped quietly and froze for a second, but then your tense body seemed to melt and your muscles became loose.
There was something right with this embrace, it was too peaceful, too cozy and too perfect.
It felt like home.
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Honestly this is my favourite chapter and I love it so much, there were so many roller-coaster feelings throughout the chapter and idk if it was good or bad? Feedbacks and votes are gladly appreciated! ❤️