[Gunnar] When lightning strikes fish

[Naviera]

Time and Date:: January 9th 
Weather:: Heavy snowing steadily turning into a blizzard.
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It had been a few days since Navi had any food. The pile of fish left by the human helped keep her full for a bit, but now she was hungry. She of course again couldn't catch any food without her wings or her electricity. She wasn't built for hunting land animals not that it would be difficult. Without the things that make a skrill a skrill though, she couldn't catch the stupid things. Not that it mattered. There was a Viking village nearby sure to have some fish somewhere. 

The ground was covered in shadow as the thick clouds above rained down white powder. Navi's eyes were adapted to seeing in harsh weather so it didn't hinder her too much, rather it helped her. The humans seemed to be having a hard time preparing for the approaching blizzard. Navi stalked around just outside the village. She scanned with her eyes and nose searching for the fish. It was more difficult with all these humans around clogging the air with their stench, fish had an even stronger scent thankfully. 

Navi found the general area of the fish storage and went after it. She weaved in and out of the wooden buildings that made up the village. It seemed odd being right next to them. She was use to seeing them as specks from the sky. Avoiding the humans with her stealthy skills Navi found the fish ware house. Only problem was it was pretty heavily fortified. It seemed they have had trouble with dragons getting into it in the past. Navi decided the best thing to do was get in as fast as possible eat a couple mouth fulls of fish and get out. The young purple skrill jumped into the air and there was a brilliant flash of light that illuminated the whole area around her as the electricity she had stored up coursed around her body before being directed out of her mouth. The entire front wall of the warehouse was blasted into splinters almost toppling the building over from the lack of support. Navi quickly ran in and started knocking over baskets to get to the fish. The lids were strapped on though and the fish wasn't coming out. The skrill decided to just crush the thing with foot and claw. She ate two mouth fulls of fish and turned around to dart out but one viking stood in her way. It it had been just any viking the skrill wouldn't have even bothered killing it but this. This was the viking that helped fix Navi's wing which was still healing. The Viking that saved her life again by giving her a bunch of fish and the viking that hadn't done anything to harm her and hadn't asked for anything in return.

During the few days Navi had in the woods alone she thought about their meetings a lot. She had decided not to harm the creature if she ever saw it again but also had no intention of ever meeting him again. This though this was a different situation and once again the skrill didn't know what to do. "What is with you you stupid human! Why do you always got to get in my way and confuse me. I'm the mightiest dragon there is yet you keeping coming before me without a weapon in hand and help me out in one way or another. What do you want with me, why don't you just leave me alone?" Navi said in dragon. She didn't expect the human to understand and knew she wouldn't understand anything the human had to say.

[Gunnar the Gullible]

Night had fallen on Berk, just as a snow storm threatened to ravage the village. It had been brewing for the past few days, and now the snow was falling harder then ever as the blizzard came underway. Most villagers stayed in their huts, as did one boy, who sat near the fireplace warming his hands. Just then he heard a rather loud sound; what he wasn't sure. He bolted out of the hut, looking around for what caused it.

Soon his eyes landed on the fishery building, completely shattered and on the verge of collapsing. Inside he saw a tail go in, but he wasn't sure what it was; could it be a forest animal, or a dragon? Hesitating for a moment, he found momentarily his curiosity got the better of him.

Following the trail left by the beast, he found the footprints were that of a dragon. However as he came to the doorway he found that nothing could prepare him for which dragon it was. For it was the very dragon he had helped, the very dragon who had broken her wing, whom he had helped try and heal.. Whom he had fed, only to be chased off. As an obvious identifier, the brace still on her wing.

He found her turning and making dragon sounds at him; she seemed furious at his presence. He looked to her. "It's alright, girl... I won't hurt you, you know that. But... If you wanted fish you could have just gone to the feeding stations. There's plenty there. Come, this way." He said softly, and moved to a feeding station, where he picked up a fish for her to see, walking back halfway for her to follow and pointing at the feeder. "This is where you eat." He explained softly, adding, as he pointed to the dragon spa, "We have a spa too, just for you. Helps get rid of loose scales."

[Naviera]

Now once again even though she had broken into their fish supply even though she had chased him away with threats he still seemed to be trying to help her. The young skrill was still confused but she knew what she had to do. Even once her wing healed and she flew away from this stupid island. The stuff that's happened here would drive her crazy. Navi already knew some other dragons lived here. She just didn't know how many and all the implications of that hadn't sunk in. She thought maybe she could stick around awhile try and figure out what this human wants. She isn't going anywhere with the broken wing anyways. She wasn't going to become no pet either. If any human even this one touched a scale on her she was going to bite them in half.

Navi followed to where the human seemed to want to lead her. She was led to a a large tray with fish hanging out in the open. Looking back at the human it had a fish in its hands. She think she could have seen a little surprise from him. Maybe he hadn't expected her to follow. The skrill took a look around the tray it seemed like it was used a lot and not by humans. 'Do they give free fish to the dragons here?' she thought to herself. She decided to test it out and took in a mouthful of delicious fish. She then looked back for the humans reaction. Whatever the reaction was it didn't seem like he was angry. The human pointed to a place Navi thought would make for a good bath.

Navi looked around a bit. The blizzard was getting much heavier. It didn't look like the human could survive such cold. She wondered for a moment if it would stay out here and die just because she was here. If he died it would put her at peace. She could go home as soon as the wing was healed and continue living her life. She of course wouldn't kill him herself. Not after he saved her many times over.

[Gunnar the Gullible]

Gunnar had walked out to the middle of the village; it was dead cold and he was the only one awake... or, at least, the only one stupid enough to be out here in this kind weather. He shivered as he got to the feeding area and motioned to it. Turning around he was surprised to see the skrill following him; it brought a small smile to his face, and he backed up, watching as she ate some fish. She seemed to test it before eating more, "Don't worry; it's perfectly good fish. Maybe a bit frost burned but still good..." He looked to the dragon as she seemed to examine him, and he smiled a little.

"You know, you're not so bad.. Maybe I was wrong about you, dragon. Maybe you do have a heart. Somewhere..." He looked to the dragon, "Maybe you just don't realize it yet..." He looked to the dragon and shivered violently before wrapping his furs tightly around himself. "I gotta head inside, dragon. You can sleep inside, too, if you want. Or out here; but its much warmer inside. Lots of good food in there too. But, up to you dragon." He said, hoping to tempt the dragon into his hut.

He headed into his hut, opening the door to let the scents of the fish and other meats waft out to her. From the fireplace came smoke, along with the sound of a soft crackling of fire. He moved to the fireplace, sitting down. He shut the door halfway, leaving it part way open so she could push it open if she wanted inside. Next he grabbed a steak, cooking it over the fireplace, and waited.

[Naviera]

The human once again began talking to her in its strange language. For once she actually wondered what he was saying. As he talked to her Navi noticed his physical reaction to the cold. He was shivering quite a bit. The human didn't seem to have any intention of staying out in this awful weather.

The little human went into one of the buildings. He left the door open and the wonderful smell of warm food filled her nostrils. Navi was now faced with the most conflicted emotions she'd ever had. The Skrill paced back and forth in front of the entrance trying to sort herself out. She wanted to go in and eat some food that wasn't frozen solid. Her instincts though told her it was a trap but she knew in her mind if the human planned on hurting her he would have a long time ago. Then there was the fact that she didn't trust any of the other humans and didn't want to stay outside for that reason. There was one other thing though that made this particularly difficult.

The young Skrill paced around for a few more minuets before finally making up her mind. Navi charged strait into the house as if the doorway was dangerous and she needed to get beyond it as quickly as possible. She may have accidentally knocked over and broken a few things in the process. Navi looked around the room and noticed how different the thing looked on the inside. It was pretty fascinating and she would have enjoyed inspecting the place except for one simple problem. The longer she was in there her body felt like it was getting hotter and hotter till it was unbearable on top of that there was a growing sense of fear. It got so bad the Skrill rushed out of the place in a panic, she didn't do well in closed off areas.

Navi decided to call it quits and go to sleep. She'd investigate the human more when the weather was better. The purple scaled dragon jumped on top of the roof and walked up to the top. She'd take a quick nap and let herself calm down a bit before heading into the woods to find a proper place to sleep. Though unintentionally the Skrill did not wake up till the next day and there was humans and dragons staring at her. 

[Gunnar the Gullible]

Gunnar found the cold air storming inside while the beast seemed to linger just out of the doorway. Suddenly she smashed her way in, breaking several things as she did so and knocking things over. He stood quickly, reaching out his hands to soothe her. "It's okay, it's okay. It's just my house. My home." He met her eyes, "This can be your home too, if you like." Yet before he could have much more of a sentimental moment with her she ran out the door, and he heard a clambering as she was outside. A few of the wooden rails shook and dust fell as she settled on the roof, and he smiled a little. Shutting the door, he found himself settling near the fireplace, pulling a blanket over him for extra warmth. He closed his eyes for but a moment, but that moment was enough to lull him into sleep.

Within what seemed like minutes a loud sound awoke him; he heard lots of people talking and dragons humming and growling. "What the..." He thought back to the other dragon he had met in the woods. Could it be him? Yet then he remembered the skrill, that she had been sleeping on... the roof! "Oh thor, if the village finds out-" He ran out the door, to find a bunch of people staring, some muttering amongst themselves. Yet when he came out they rushed towards him, questioning him. Questions about the skrill, if it was his, when he had tamed it, why it was on his roof and many other questions were thrown at him.

Gunnar didn't care, he shoved his way through the crowd to the side of his hut, where a ladder lay. He laid it against the hut, climbing up. Stopping at the top rail, he stared up at the beast. "I'm so sorry..." He whispered softly. Just then the crowd seemed to grow irritable, and one of the more drunken villagers started rattling his ladder. Gunnar gasped, clinging to the ladder. The drunken villager was one that liked to pick on Gunnar. He taunted him, yelling at him, "What's the matter! You scared! Scared little Gunnar! Come on Gunnar! Get your dragon to help you! What's the matter? Don't trust a lowly skrill?"