GUILT PART-3

So this is part 3 of the chapter . And this chapter will be focus on Astrid and Snotlout . What is it that snotlout want to say to Astrid . I hope you guys like it ^U^ . 

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"Hey babe." He called out from behind her, bringing a snarl to her face - god how she hated it when he called her that. "What's a delicate flower like you doing in a scary face like this?" 

"Go away, snotlout. I'm seriously not in the mood right now." Astrid replied.

"Aw , but if i leave, who will be here to protect you?" Snotlout said while flexing his arms in the annoying way he always did . Gods, Astrid thought, did this boy have any redeeming qualities? He was arrogant, egotistical, spoiled, and stupid: Why was it that everyone could see it but him?

"The only thing I need protection from is YOU!" Astrid shouted while bouncing back to her feet. "When will you get it through your thick skull that i'd rather jump off a cliff and be a dragon feed than be your girlfriend."   "Mm-hmmm" Snotlout said in thought, though it was perfectly clear that the comment, like all of Astrid's insults, blew over his head once again. "Astrid, what do you see when you look at this?" 

"You do not want me to answer that question....." Astrid deadpanned. "You're right - I think we both know what the obvious answer is." Snotlout replied with a smirk, all though his and astrid's definitions of 'obvious' were entirely different. "Then let me ask: What should you see when you look at this?" 

Astrid raised her eyebrow at the second question. Just where was Snotlout going with all of this? Knowing him, probably another hour-long 'Snotlout is awsome' rant.

"Your future husband and a chief!" Snotlout exclaimed in full conceited excitement. 

"WHAT?!" Astrid shrieked.

"That's right - Stoick's gonna announce it once he gets over 'what's-his-face.' I'm gonna be the next chief since I'm the only other heir Berk's got. Finally , this place is gonna have the great chief it deserves. And if that isn't enough good news for ya, my dad is gonna be offering your parents a marriage contract, and I think we both know what they're gonna say." 

"Well, do you know what I'm gonna say." Astrid muttered darkly before turning to him in full-on rage. "NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!" Even if spitelout was related to the chief and could offer the Hofferson clan great wealth for accepting in the contract and giving snotlout Astrid's hand in marriage, there was no way in Hell she would go along with it . As far as she was concerned , death would have been more pleasurable experience than living in the same house with him for the rest of her life and worse, forced to bear his children. 

"Come on, we both know you want this." Snotlout said leaning in as if he was about ready to kiss her. Yeah, not gonna happen. 

"Let me tell you what I want- for you to take a hint and get a life!" Astrid shouted as she pulled out her axe again and strode towards Snotlout, Who backed away in intimidation from from the look of murder on her face. "And here's why: One, I'm a shield-maiden, that's how it's always been and that's why it's gonna stay - no stinking way would I be reduced to serving you food on a platter and washing your putrid socks! Two, as if I could ever be with someone who could cast aside his own family so easily just so he could get what he wanted. 'What's-his-face?' Do you even care about Hiccup at all? Did you ever?"

By now , Snotlout had his back pinned to the tree, but by the time Astrid was finished, that stupid conceited smirk reappeared on his face .

"Sorry, I don't know a 'Hiccup' - at least not one that was ever a chief material, or even run-of-the-mill viking material for that matter," Said Snotlout cruelly. "Now when you say......'useless,' that rings a bell or two." He could barely finish his last sentence before cackling out loud.

"How DARE You!" Astrid screamed as she pressed the sharpened blade into Snotlout's fat neck, drawing out the slightest trickles of blood. "He was your family and you'd still call him that? Don't you feel anything at all for him after all the misery you put him through?"

This got Snotlout's attention : deep down he did feel a bottomless hole of regret eating away at him for everything he said and did to hurt his baby cousin. Adding to that feeling was the fact that now he could never take any of it back. But he'd figured everyone was trying to forget about Hiccup - at least, that's what his father told him - and so he tried to do the same. It was admittedly rather easy when he had considered all the good things that were going to happen next. 

Still, Astrid was not one to talk, especially in light of recent events. "You've got a lot of nerve, you know that?" He said. 

"What's that supposed to mean ?" Astrid threatened ; she was doing it again and didn't even know it . 

"You know full-on what, o great goddess!" Snotlout yelled. "Since when did you start getting so defensive over him? Last time I checked, you had some serious issues with him getting in your way." Astrid gasped , subconsciously letting up on her axe grip and on Snotlout's shirt.

"I'd have figured you'd be happy now that everyone's focused is on you again. Now that he's gone, you get to kill the dragon. You get to prove that you and your family don't turn tail and run like little fraidy -Hiccups at the sight of dragons." Snotlout taunted, hitting Astrid right in that sensitive spot even she didn't know about. Now the tables have turned , now he was the one confronting her, while she was backing away as she did before with the others. 

"No-no I...I mean, yeah, but.. not like this. I-I didn't mean to..." Astrid stuttered. Both of them thought it was very unbecoming of her, but Snotlout wasn't about to let up. "Now your little burden is gone, now there's no one to stand in your way..." He continued .

"H-He wasn't a .... I didn't mean to..."

"You're not saying you're okay with it all now." Snotlout said, his smirk turning in to a snarl. "Since when does Astrid Hofferson , or any viking for that matter, feel sorry for their opponents?"

"I-I-I...." Astrid couldn't even get a word out anymore. Her face was turning red and faintest sign of tears began to form, but not enough for Snotlout to notice. He snorted and chuckled under his breath in mockery - he had her now. "Come on, Astrid what stings the most? The he could take down dragons with his hands when you couldn't even with your axe? That he put all your years of training to shame and stole your dream? That everyone liked him better than you?"

Astrid couldn't even speak anymore, or even glare back. She was scared that a moron like Snotlout was calling her out on everything she felt in the previous few weeks. She had always been praised on her beauty, but now she was being made to stare at her own deeds, the reflection of her old self, and it was the most hideous thing she had ever seen in her life.

"Or is it because now you'll never have the chance to tell him-"

He couldn't finish that sentence as Astrid punched him square in the face, breaking his nose. He was knocked back and clutched his nose as it began to bleed, flailing on the ground like a fish on the land. Astrid couldn't bear to let him finish that sentence, whatever it was he'd planned to say. She couldn't pretend anymore, not when everything was staring her in the face. Her fist fell limply to her side and she dropped to her knees. After a few moments, quick as a whip she brought her hands to her face and sobbed violently as Stoick did in the square. Like him, she didn't care who was watching - this was her punishment for her greed, Her stupid dreams caused this .

"Hiccup.... I-I'm sorry. please, please forgive me...." 

YAY! the parts of that chapter is complete. Next chapter is about Hiccup and what is coming for him good or bad . So be ready ^U^!!! Also if you guys want to ask anything then u guys can :) And if you see that i am not uploading next month then that means i am busy with my schools since exam is coming T-T.... 

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