Forgiveness~ Httyd Dagur x reader (Sequel to Betrothed~)

Chapter 23 - THE BABY

"it's working!" Fishlegs whispered excitedly to Hiccup as Astrid crawled closer to the leader. 

"Hiccup?" She asked quietly, prompting him to turn around to her as she kneeled in front of him, showing off her betrothal necklace clear as day. 

Hiccup stared for a moment, his eyes flickering between Astrid and the large dragon behind her and the bush, before perking up from excitement as he made a discovery. 

"Of course! How could I miss it!-" Astrid let out a sigh of relief and a soft smile. "Right in front of me this whole time! There's a dragon eye lens on the Armor Wing!" He whisper shouted enthusiastically, pointing out the hexagonal lens just below the dragon's wing, small but noticeable if you had it pointed out. 

Astrid let out a sigh of defeat. 

"But how did you spot it Hiccup? There's so much metal surrounding it!" Fishlegs exclaimed as Hiccup readied himself to capture the lens before Krogan or any others could make their appearance. 

"Of course he spotted it. Hiccup would never miss a detail as intricate as that." Astrid spoke monotonously, clearly taking a harsh jab at Hiccup, but the other four remaining oblivious to the behaviour. 

Hiccup walked forward, after Dagur excitedly asked him to, in his words, "Maybe try not dying before your niece or nephew is born?" with a rather hard slap to the shoulder. You could tell Dagur was still shaky on the topic of your baby. 

The Armour Wing noticed Hiccup immediately as he passed the bush, rearing its wings ferociously and bellowing a screech as a warning to stay away. The rider however, wasn't phased in the slightest, instead going for the option he always did of displaying his hand open for him to try to touch the dragon's muzzle. 

That was before the inevitable fire ball that rained from the sky, causing the Armour Wing to withdraw from the possible taming and cry out in shock. 

Toothless leapt forwards and shielded Hiccup from the barrage of smoke and flames, only being able to watch as the Armour Wing retreated into the woods with Astrid flying past announcing the presence of the Dragon Flyers. 

Every dragon and rider made their attacks towards the two flyers who were present, each doing quite a good job of dodging them. They retreated rather quickly after Hookfang took a shot at them, prompting Snotlout to start his chant of "Hookfang!! Snotlout!! OI OI OI!!" 

"They were scouts you idiot. They've gone to report back to Krogan that we're here." Astrid told him with a roll of her eyes. 

"Hey, you say scouts, I say master assassins! Who's to say who's right or wrong!" He declared proudly, puffing out his chest as he crossed his arms. 

"Astrid's right-" 

"Shut up Hiccup!"

"-they're most likely gonna tell Krogan that we're here, so we need to find that Armor Wing. And fast."

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"S-so this is FUN!! I had no idea this is what a-all WOMEN-- have to go through during childbirth.." You exclaimed through deep breaths as Heather gripped your hand tighter. 

"How could you d-do this to your own mother child?" You joked, laughing tiredly as you were told to push again. It had varying levels of pain ranging from 'why are you doing this to me Frigg?!' to 'OH HELL WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME FRIGG?!'. 

(Frigg is the Norse goddess for Childbirth etc)

"But I can't wait to meet you!" You managed out before crying out in pain again, sweat dripping down every part of you as the healer told you to push again.