Some of you asked for a second chapter so... here it is! :)

-Clary Chase

Astrid glanced at the wedding dress on her bed. It was simple, long, made with a light green fabric that reminded her of Hiccup's eyes.

She tried not to cry at the thought of him. A month had passed. She had received only one letter from him in which he told her that everything was going as planned and that she didn't have to worry.
After that -and it was just a week after his departure- no information had come to Berk from the skies.

She had tried to keep herself occupied with all the preparations for the wedding but her mind always went back to him. Valka and her mother were always by her side, as if they feared that, when unnoticed, Astrid would've jumped on Stormfly and taken flight.

She went by the window and sat there, letting her eyes scan the sky in search of a black figure like she had done so many times.

Someone knocked and her mother stepped in, closing the door behind her.

"Have you spotted anything?" she asked sitting next to her on the cushions.

Astrid shook her head "What if something happened to him?"

"He's the chief, Astrid. He'll be alright"

"Stoick was chief too. He was stronger than Hiccup. Look what happened to him"

Her mother closed her eyes briefly. She knew the loss was hard for her parents, they had always been close to the former chief, two of his best soldiers.

"Honey, you're marrying a leader" she said softly "You have to know this is the price you must pay. It's not the first and surely not the last time you'll have to wait for him to come home by your window"

The girl nodded but didn't meet her mother's gaze "I'm just worried. I have had no news from him and... well, I'm scared he won't come back to me"

The woman tilted her head "You must have faith in him. Hiccup is a strong man"

Astrid bit her lip and her mother stood up "Well, how about we go help Valka with the decorations?"

The Hall was almost empty when mother and daughter stepped in. Some of the men working there bowed to Astrid and she smiled awkwardly.

"You'll get used to it" Valka said approaching with a smile "Being the chief's wife makes you honor"

Astrid didn't know what to respond so she just looked at the green lights and the festoons that had been placed everywhere.

On the walls they had painted "Welcome back home!" and "Congratulations to the Chief and his Wife!"

She lost herself in her thoughts and she almost didn't hear that horns echoing from the distance.

"THEY'RE BACK!" a woman shouted running in.

Astrid stood up abruptly and ran out, til her feet carrying her automatically to the harbor.

The ships were near but she glanced up at the sky.

Her heart sank when she didn't see Toothless.

"Where is he?" she whispered as Valka and her mother reached her.

"Astrid..." her mother began.

The ships docked and soldiers and sailors began to get off and make their way towards their families.

Astrid stood there, her heart beating faster than it ever had, her hands clenched into fists by her side.

The ships were now empty. There was no movement from them. And there was no sign of the young chief.

Astrid began to shiver and collapsed on the grass. Her head was spinning.

"Astrid!"

Her head snapped upward. He was there, clumsy as ever, trying to make his way through the ropes of a ship.

She squeaked and ran to him as soon as he stepped on the grass and threw herself at him.

"You idiot!" she shouted "Did you want to wait a little bit longer to get off that damn ship?! I was dying!"

"I was just helping Toothless, we were tired so we decided to come back by ship"

"Well and what about the letter? No informations for tw- mph"

Not being able to contain himself he had cut her off with a passionate kiss.
Astrid kissed him back cupping his cheek.

When they pulled away he looked at her with a dumb grin "Odin's beard you don't know how much I missed you"

She frowned and touched his chin "I'm not going to marry you like this" she said "Go shave"

She stood up and brushed her dress "Snotlout! Fishlegs! Tuffnut! Help your chief shave and prepare himself! The wedding will take place tonight!" she announced.

People shouted happily. Hiccup gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and smiled "You're already a leader"

Later, Astrid wouldn't have remembered much of the proper wedding.

For all the evening she kept looking forward for the moment she and Hiccuo would have been left alone and when the moment finally came she almost exploded of happiness, the thought of the fact they were actually married overwhelming her.

As she laid in bed, her head on Hiccup's bare chest, she thought of how lucky she was.

"My father would be proud of us" Hiccup said in a low tone.

She looked at him. He was smiling. For the first time thinking of his father brought a smile to his lips.

"He would" she agreed, smiling as well.

They couldn't know, but far far away from Berk, in a distant land the two of them would have seen so many years later, a big man smiled affectionally.
"Aye, I'm really proud of you two"

The end. Hope you guys liked it!