• 4. Perhaps not all are as bad as they seem •

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Dramatic Music for a dramatic chapter. Who wants to play with fire?

Im back! Ha! Look whos being productive! Also, I wrote two chapters in one day.

Ha nope, not me its exam season and im procrastinating by writing chapters but you guys like this so like - this is more important to me. Im listening to For the Dancing and the Dreaming while writing this.

Drawing of Athen by -I don't know what im doing- on Quotev. Not exactly as accurate as the one I drew but its pretty good none the less. Just think of this as Athen when she was younger.

Now shush my child, this is not inspired by the episode blindsighted at all just so you know ;)

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Now shush my child, this is not inspired by the episode blindsighted at all just so you know ;).


Fire.

Fire is usually taken for granted. Used to cook food, light homes and destroy what challenges your life. Yet it's destructive capabilities are unbounded and limitless. Once a wildfire begins to spread there is no stopping it with one, or even two people. 

The flames that burned high in the sky for all to see reminded two Vikings of no truer pain then to be scarred by heat.

Flames licked at the ceiling, causing the roof to groan as it came close to collapsing down on the dragons and Vikings inside. Athen pushed herself to her feet, unsteadily but quickly. Stumbling over her feet as she rushed to let out the dragons. HookFang, MeatLug and Barf And Belch flew past her, headed for the closed door and scratching and roaring at it, attempting to get free. Athen freed Gallows and headed straight for the door, shoving the large door lock from its place, the other riders dragons flew off into the sky, towards the lit up clubhouse. She was about the get on Gallows back when a crash behind her made her turn her head back and look, the roof had collapsed and most of the cells here crushed. Getting to his feet - thrown from his cell whos door was mangled and on the floor - was Viggo. 

"Move it Grimborn-" she was cut off when lightning struck in front of her eyes and she and Gallows were thrown back into a wall. Athen gapped her head and yelled in protest as it was struck against the hardwood of the stables. Her blue eyes flickered open but saw nothing as she frantically flicked them around, only seeing brighter lights and deep shadows. Everything was too blurry for her to make out completely. Like who was looking through a million shards of broken glass.

She grabbed at her head, trying to stop the sick spinning feeling that crashed through her like waves on the rocky shore. She could hear the rin now, the ringing in her ears had subsided but her vision stayed as it was, blurry and distorted. She flinched back slightly when something stood in front of her, she couldn't make it out but something was waving back and forth in front of her.

"Get up! The fire is spreading" something grabbed her by the arm and hauled her to her feet. Gallows growl erupted from behind her, weak but aggressive. 

"Steady dragon," The voice said again, she couldn't figure out - in her confused and paniced mind - who belonged to that voice. She became extremely dizzy when she was suddenly pulled to the side and placed down on something, Feeling Gallows comforting water covered scales below her she determined that she was placed on her dragons back, something moved in front of her and Gallows took to the air.

They landed very quickly and she was brought inside, her eyes still seeing forty different blurry images in front of her eyes. She blinked, desperately trying to see clearer as she was carefully placed in a sitting position on what she deemed to be a small stool.

"Viggo  what happened?" Hiccups clear voice rang out over the rain and thunder. It was silent for a second and Athen stared ahead, unclear on what she was seeing as the voice she had heard before - now knowing it belonged to Viggo - spoke.

"Lightning hit the stables, I would have thought -knowing you Hiccup - you would have made it so it would have been harder for the stables to catch alight" Viggos voice rang out.

"Well, we haven't got to it yet - What happened to Athen?" His voice was defensive, and as no one else had spoken up yet she deemed that the others were in another room.

"When the fire broke out, she was standing in the doorway when lightning struck in front of her, It seems she has been temporarily blinded" the man replied she could hear footsteps in the distance, a few pairs of them as more people seemed to enter the room.

"Uhh, whats going on here?" Astrids voice called from Athens left side. 

"Wow, Athen's got some serious soot on her did she like jump into the fire?" Tuffnut said.

"That would be awesome! We should try that"! Ruffnut replied and she heard the crashing of helmets.

"Will you two shut up!" her brother's voice sounded from in front of her and she could see the outline of a person in her vision.  Athens eyes could make out a mop od dark hair and a wide set face, most definitely her brother. "You-Who Athen?"

"What?" she grumbled, her eyes flickering around and blinking, trying to focus on the face in front of her.

"How many fingers am I holding up?"

"Uhhh, none?"

"You really can't see can you?" he replied in a hurt-sounding voice, his figure moved out of her vision. She heard Hiccup talking.

"We'll get Gothi in from Berk...until then - Athen you'll have to be bedridden" He spoke.

"What! I refuse to be stuck in my room!" she yelled defiantly, moving forward and getting up from her stool, the stool crashed away behind her with the force of her rise and she was left unsteadily trying to figure out where to direct her words. 

"Athen -over here- Im sorry but it's for your safety"

"Safety? I can still help out, im not being locked in my room"

"Athen! Just stay on the edge! that's final okay?"

Had she been able to see she would have punched him in the face.


Yay! Another chapter! God im on a roll.

I don't like this chapter honestly, but its building up for a lot of adorable sassy moments. I've already written the next chapter which will be out shen I write the one after it.

Just so you know I have a system for writing, so I alwasy have a chapter ready to puplish while writing another one.


Ask any questions in the comments.

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