I do not own any of HTTYD.

I recommended one of my favorite HTTYD authors 'BeyondTheClouds777', to write this AU, but I realized she is way too busy with her 'Race to the Edge, Season B' series (love it!), so I decided to write it myself.

I loved the scene in the actual episode and I could not stop thinking about what if the others were there, and if it was our favorite couple thinking they were married unexpectedly.

Just to be clear, this is an AU set when that episode took place, so that is where the time line in RTTE is set.

After being finished with a bit of morning training, the riders were enjoying a little peaceful time together in the Club House. Snotlout was swinging his sword at a flat enemy standee made of Gronckle Iron, Tuffnut had his helmet off and was trying to walk across the room while balancing Chicken on his head, Ruffnut was keeping track of her brother's progress. Fishlegs sat with Hiccup at the table, going over maps and information from the Dragon Eye. Astrid sat next to Hiccup, sharpening her axe with a smooth stone while listening to the two talk.

"So Lycanwing Island is right here," Fishlegs said, pointing to the island him and the heir visited a few weeks ago on the map. "Did we ever see this one?" he asked, dragging his finger to another island not far from the previous.

Hiccup looked down at the spot. "I don't think so," he said after thinking back a bit. "Maybe we should check that one out next."

Fishlegs nodded in agreement and was about to mark the map, but was stopped when Chicken glided onto the table, landing right on top of the map. Fishlegs screeched in surprise, drawing the attention of everyone else in the room. Tuffnut walked over, putting his helmet back on, and watched as Chicken leaned down and pecked at another island on the map.

"Chicken thinks we should go to that one instead," Tuffnut said, pointing to the map where his Chicken was interested in.

"Well, Chicken is not coming with us, so she doesn't get a say in it," Astrid said while putting her stone on the table, turning to look at the male twin.

"Why not? Why can't our dear old Chicken share an adventure with us once in a while?" Tuffnut asked in dramatic retaliation.

"Well for one thing Tuff," Hiccup said as he stood, gently picking Chicken up off the map and turned back to Tuffnut. "She isn't equipped to handle wild dragons and battle dragon hunters," he said, handing the fowl back to the dreadlocked blonde.

Tuffnut took his beloved pet back and cradled her, stroking her feathers. "Don't listen to him Chicken. I know you're tough, no matter what everyone else thinks," he mumbled close to her head where he assumed she had invisible ears; just like how he has an invisible tail.

As Tuffnut walked away, cooing to his chicken, Hiccup and Astrid just stared at him before looking to each other. Both smiled and shrugged, knowing Tuff was just being his weird self, and Hiccup sat back down beside her.

Fishlegs quickly cleared his throat. "Okay, back to business…" he said, raising his charcoal pencil to mark the island he meant to before he was interrupted. But sadly, just as he was about to touch the charcoal to the parchment again, he found himself startled by a Terrible Terror, flying in and landing on the map in front of him, blocking him once again. "Oh come on! What else in going to come and stand on my map!" Fishlegs hollered in frustration, his pencil flying out of his hand.

"Easy Fishlegs," Hiccup chuckled. Hiccup then looked down and saw a scroll tied to the little dragon's leg. Hiccup untied the scroll and the Terror leaped off the table to curl up on a chest on the other side of the room. Astrid leaned in as Hiccup unrolled the scroll.

"Oh, I think this is from my dad," Hiccup said happily, glimpsing down at the bottom of the parchment.

"What does he want?" Astrid asked.

"Yeah, read it out loud," Snotlout said, coming over to the table to listen. The twins did as well. Hiccup looked back at the letter and started to read.

"Dear Hiccup, I've been missing having you home lately and wanted to come to the Edge on Skullcrusher myself, but I have a little too much on my plate here on Berk right now to come for a visit. So Gobber suggested I write you letters instead when I am missing you.

Skullcrusher is doing well. He is liking his new home with me and his position as the chief's dragon. Chiefing from his back has been making my job easier every day.

Astrid's Auxiliary team is doing fine. I go over to the academy and watch their progress every couple of days and they are getting better. I've been trying to give Gustav some pointers on being a leader from the back of a dragon, but I think he would fare better learning from you.

Gobber is well, despite his lack of assistance at the forge these days. He says hello and that he misses his apprentice.

And just to keep you updated on things happening; Sven has expanded his sheep field to make room for the sheep from Bucket and Mulch's farm. Bucket and Mulch have decided to focus their farming on yaks. A family of Terrible Terrors have moved into a nest on the top of the Great Hall. And Gustav has informed me that his cousin Brenna is getting married to a nice young man from the Meathead Tribe next week. The union ceremony will take place on Meathead Island, so the Larsons are leaving soon for the wedding. Gustav said he was very excited to show off Fanghook to the rest of his family and to the Meatheads.

Hope you, Toothless, your friends, and the other dragons are well. Be careful, and please write me back when you can. ~Love, Dad." Hiccup read aloud from the parchment. "Huh, that was nice," he smiled.

"Yeah, my parents wrote to me last week. I enjoy hearing back from them," Astrid said to him.

"Me too," Snotlout also said. "But did he really have to mention all that useless stuff like Sven's sheep and Gustav's cousin getting married?"

"Hey, I'm glad he told me that," Hiccup said to his cousin across the table. "It's good to know what's going on with everyone else back home. Which is why dad wants me to write him back and let him know I'm okay and we're all doing fine over here too."

"And I for one am very happy for Gustav's cousin. I mean don't you just love union ceremonies?" Fishlegs said happily, cupping his hands together and placing them under his chin, dreamily.

"Don't know. Never been to one," Ruffnut said from by the door way, leaned up against the wall beside the frame.

"What?" Fishlegs asked, looking her way.

"Really?" Hiccup did the same.

"Yeah, us Thorstons are not exactly the marrying kind. We're more of the mutton kind," Tuffnut said walking up to stand beside his sister. Having let Chicken walk around on her own.

"Well, as luck would have it, I am somewhat of an authority on Viking union ceremonies," Fishlegs told them proudly.

"Why are we not surprised?" Snotlout moaned sarcastically.

Fishlegs sighed but brushed the Jorgenson boy's comment off. "Anyway, I could teach you guys about them," he said to the twins. Then his eyes brighten as a better idea came to his mind. "I know," he squealed briefly before turning to the others. "Let's all meet down at my hut later and I can give everyone a run through on Viking union ceremonies," he said happily.

"Uh, excuse me?" Snotlout said annoyed. "If it's for the twins, why do the rest of us have to be there?"

"Well it could be fun," Fishlegs said. But Snotlout didn't look convinced. Fishlegs turned to Hiccup with a pleading looking, silently asking for help.

"Uh, Fishlegs is right," Hiccup said.

"He is?" Astrid asked him. She wasn't too thrilled about the possibility of this activity.

"Yes. And it would be more fun if we were all there," Hiccup said to her.

"Yeah, all there to watch these two muttonheads learn about mushy vows and dancing," Snotlout chuckled to himself, but everyone still heard him. The other riders looked at Snotlout annoyed for a moment. "What? I'm saying I'll be there," he shrugged.

After a look from Hiccup, Astrid conceded as well. "Fine, I'll be there too."

Hiccup smiled and turned to Fishlegs, giving him a friendly, nod, letting him know they were all in. "Great," Fishlegs clapped his hands together with joy. "So we'll all meet at my hut later and I'll show you all you'll need to know."

"Great! Because we know very little about… most things," Tuffnut said before he and his sister started to walk out the front door of the Club House. Everyone else sighed with a roll of their eyes as they watched them.

That afternoon, everyone was outside Fishlegs' hut. They had a long table set up, full of food to demonstrate what a proper Viking union feast entails. Plus, it was just about lunch time.

Ruffnut and Tuffnut sat at the head of the table with their feet propped up. The others just watched from by the hut as Tuff nibbled on a fish bone and Ruff continually licked at a plate.

"Okay, so table etiquette it's really your strong suits," Fishlegs said slowly before quickly noticing a small fire on top of the table. Hiccup noticed too and grabbed a bucket of water to put it out. "Why don't we move on to the actual union ceremony," Fishlegs suggested after the fire was out.

"Yeah, let's move this along already," Snotlout yawned, leaning back into his own chair on the other side of the table.

"Tuff, why don't you be the officiator," Fishlegs said as the twins stood up from the table.

"Nice! I'm finally official," Tuffnut said, pumped.

"And Ruffnut, you can stand in as the bride," Fishlegs said to the other twin.

"Yeah, no thanks. Unlike Tuff, I prefer learning by watching not participating," Ruffnut said, sitting down on the rocks by the table, getting comfortable to watch the 'wedding.'

"Oh, okay. Then, uh… " Fishlegs shuttered, looking around franticly for another option. And that option was Astrid. "Astrid, you'll have to stand in as the bride."

"What? Why me?" Astrid snapped up right from where she was leaning against his hut.

"Well, you are the only other girl here," Fishlegs shrugged.

At the mention of Astrid being the bride, Snotlout almost fell out of his chair in anticipation before immediately springing to his feet. While Astrid pouted, Hiccup noticed Snotlout's sudden snap of attention to what they were doing and knew in a second that he was going to volunteer to be the groom.

Even though this was all supposed to be fake, Hiccup did not want that. And even if it might be a little funny to see Astrid brooding and angry through the whole thing, she might be angrier at him later if he didn't try and do something to help her. Freya knows she'd never even want to be Snotlout's fake bride. And besides, he really wanted to be standing there with Astrid himself.

In a bit of panic, Hiccup hastily stepped forward. "And… uh, I'll stand in as the groom," Hiccup said, raising his arm. Astrid looked to her best friend, smiling for a brief moment before Snotlout cut in.

"What?!" the Jorgenson shouted in outrage.

Astrid dashed the short distance to Hiccup's side, grabbing his arm. "Yes, Hiccup will be the groom. He spoke up first," she said quickly. She would take Hiccup over Snotlout being her fake groom without blinking an eye.

"Oh come on!" Snotlout threw his arms up in frustration, stomping back to his chair to wallow as he too watched the 'wedding' with a pout.

"Alright," Fishlegs clapped his hands together. "So we have our bride and groom," he said, getting behind both Hiccup and Astrid, steering them over to stand on his stone patio, their backs facing his little pond. "Okay, now Hiccup, you need to hold Astrid's hands like this," Fishlegs took Hiccup's wrist and guided him to have his right hand palm up, and then guided Astrid to place both her hands there, and Hiccup's left hand covered the top. "Perfect," the larger boy smiled as he walked away. Hiccup and Astrid shared a quick look with each other but looked away as both their faces grew warm, but kept their hands where they were asked to.

"So what does the officiator do?" Tuffnut asked.

"These are the traditional Viking union words," Fishlegs said, handing the male twin an unraveled scroll. "You read them," he instructed before stepping away to pull a chair away from the table and placed it just to Tuffnut's left. As he sat down, Fishlegs glanced back at Tuff and noticed he was looking over the scroll while only mumbling the words to himself. "Out loud," Fishlegs clarified.

"Oh, okay," Tuffnut said. "I was reading'em in my head. Any who…" Tuff quickly cleared his throat before reading out loud off the scroll; very loud, deep, and dramatic. "Yay, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, child of Odin. Doth taketh Astrid Ingrid Hofferson, daughter of Freya, to be his betrothed-ed-ed. And by utterance of these words, this union may only be broken in the Halls of Valhalla," Tuff waved his arms fluidly, waving one up towards the sky. "You may head-butt the bride," he said directly to Hiccup. Both 'bride and groom' raised an eye brow at this, but Hiccup reluctantly shrugged before lightly tapping his forehead to Astrid's hair. Tuffnut watched this and chuckled. "I just added that part," he admitted.

Still flushed, Astrid looked from Hiccup to her hands in his before pulling them away gently but quickly. "Okay, so that's how a Viking union is performed," she said in a rush, wanting to get out of this odd and somewhat awkward situation. "So we're done here," she took a single step forward.

"Wait," Fishlegs said, stopping Astrid in her tracks. "Aren't you forgetting something?" he asked in an assuming tone. Astrid looked back at Hiccup for an answer, but the chief's son only shrugged. Both looked back at Fishlegs, still not knowing, and Fishlegs sighed. "Geez, maybe you guys need this education more than the twins," he said with a hand rubbing his forehead. "The bride and groom's dance," he said to them.

"Dance?" Astrid exasperated.

"Fishlegs, is all this showing really necessary?" Hiccup asked the larger boy.

"It's all a demonstration Hiccup. If it's part of the ceremony, you guys need to do it," Fishlegs told them.

"Yeah guys," Ruffnut said from her rock. "How are Tuff and I supposed to learn if you don't complete the ceremony?" she teased, very much enjoying the show.

Hiccup looked back from Ruff as she chuckled, to Astrid as she rubbed her arm, annoyed, and looked down at her feet. Hiccup reached a hand out and put a hand on her shoulder. Astrid snapped her head up to see that adorable lopsided grin of his and kind, reassuring eyes. "Come on Astrid, one dance won't kill us," he offered while also offering her his other hand to take.

Astrid's heart and cheeks warmed further at this gesture. True, she had deep feelings for Hiccup, and won't mind the bit of extra physical contact, but she wasn't entirely sure she wanted to do it like this, with all of their friends watching. Astrid wasn't sure how to execute her feeling when she had them too well, especially when it came to deeper emotions. She was already feeling her nerves bubbling oddly from the fact that Tuff had just spoke both their names and 'pronounced' them as betrothed while they held hands. She didn't know why, but after glancing at his intrigued face once again, she caved.

With a sigh, Astrid took his offered hand and stepped closer, placing her other hand on his shoulder. Hiccup followed her lead and placed his on her upper back. And the two started to sway.

After less than half a minute of swaying like two leafs in a lazy, gentle breeze, Astrid rolled her eyes. "This feels lame," she mumbled to herself. It wasn't that she didn't like being held by Hiccup the way she was, but their dance didn't feel like a dance at all. Just a boring step that way then another. Plus it felt a bit awkward being watched by everyone else. But as soon as the words left her lips, she felt even more awkward because Hiccup heard her say that. She didn't want him thinking she didn't like being this close to him, so she just kept swaying and kept her mouth shut.

"Maybe we just need a little music," Fishlegs said from his chair. "Oo! I'll go get my pan pipes," he announced in excitement before dashing into his hut.

Hiccup did his best to smile with her face so close to his, but she was right. This did feel pretty lame. And he could understand why Astrid would think so. He knew she preferred faster paces in things she did, as did he most of the time. Another thing they had in common. And he knew this was not how Vikings dance at weddings. He remembered hearing about real Viking union receptions and how the bride and groom would dance and even sing to a special…

Hiccup's eyes widened as a light turned on in his head. He knew it was stupid and a bit crazy, and he wasn't really sure how Astrid would react to it, but like Fishlegs said, 'this was a demonstration. If it's part of the ceremony, they had to do it.' And it would defiantly give what they were doing some better energy. Astrid noticed his eyes widen and knew something just clicked in that vast head of his. She knew Hiccup well enough to know when he is thinking and when he has an idea. But before she could ask him what, he started to whistle.

The first few notes were all Astrid needed to recognize the song he was trying to initiate. It was an old Viking ditty, traditionally for weddings. She was surprised Hiccup would think to use this song for right now, but at the same time, she was not surprised.

But she was more surprised that Fishlegs didn't remember to bring it up himself. He was the 'authority on Viking union ceremonies' among them after all.

But Hiccup wasn't stopping there. After whistling the entire chorus through, he started to sing the words.

"I'll swim and sail on savage seas, with ne'er a fear of drowning," he sang. Fishlegs just stepped out of his hut with not only his pan pipes, but also a tambourine and a small drum, and listened and watched the scene with the other riders. "And gladly ride the waves of life, if you will marry me-e. No scorching sun, nor freezing cold, will stop me on my journey, if you will promise me your heart," Hiccup started to slow down his singing. Astrid's hand that was on his shoulder slowly slid down to his chest, which Hiccup held after removing his other hand from her back. Astrid looked down at her two hands being held by Hiccup between the two of them. Astrid looked back up at Hiccup's face, an encouraging smile on his lips. "And love…" he started for her.

She knew this song. She knew it was the female's part next. Astrid was still nervous. This was a wedding song after all. And dancing and singing a wedding song with your crush made one's mind race pretty fast. But the thing was… she really wanted to.

"And love me for eternity," she sang the next part. Hiccup smiled wider and their joined hands slip down until they were separated once again, at their own sides. "My dearest one, my darling dear, your mighty words astound me," Astrid lifted her right arm, her elbow bent and her fingers in a fist. Hiccup copied her, touching his forearm with hers. "But I've no need of mighty deeds when I feel your arms around me." The two started circling each other, not taking their eyes off the other. Hiccup chuckled as they quickly switched directions.

By now, Ruffnut had gotten off her rock and came over to where Fishlegs and Tuffnut were standing. Fishlegs held his pan pipes, Tuff had the drum, and as she came over, Ruff was handed the tambourine. Snotlout just sat where he was, watching with a jealous huff in his throat. As the dance continued, the three riders with instruments started to play a complimenting tone for them.

"But I would bring you rings of gold," Hiccup sang at a faster pace, taking hold of Astrid's left hand with his, and her right with his, hopping up to clank their ankles together. "I'd even sing you poetry." Hiccup knelt down on his right knee as Astrid comes around him, hopping over his leg and circled back around to his front.

"Oh would you?" she asked as he took hold of both her hands again.

"And I would keep you from all harm," Hiccup leaned towards Astrid's right shoulder and she did the same to him. Then doing the same to their lefts. "If you would stay beside me."

Astrid turns to stand with her back to Hiccup, crossing her arms in front of her. Hiccup held her hands on each side of her as they swayed and hopped from one foot to the other to the beat. "I have no use for rings of gold, I care not for your poetry, I only want your hand to hold," Astrid spines out from Hiccup.

"I only want you near me."

Hiccup pulls Astrid to him again, his right arm caressing her upper back again while his other arm is extended up over his head, bent slightly at the elbow. Astrid held herself to him, her left arm holding onto the arm around her and her right hand on his left shoulder. Both kept their eyes locked on the other as they spun around in circles and sang together.

"To love and kiss, to sweetly hold, for the dancing and the dreaming. Through all life's sorrows and delights, I'll keep your love inside me. I'll swim and sail on savage seas with ne'er a fear of drowning, and gladly ride the waves of life, if you will marry me!" Hiccup picked Astrid up by the waist, holding her as high as he could with her hands on both his shoulders.

The other riders stopped playing their instruments, laughing and cheering as Hiccup started to put Astrid back down on her feet. The two stared at each other, trying to catch their breathes through exhilarated smiles. Hiccup absentmindedly kept his hands on Astrid's waist as did Astrid with her hands on his firm shoulders as they breathed, at least until Fishlegs came over, clapping with glee.

"Oh, that was beautiful guys!" the larger boy cheered. Hiccup immediately pulled his hands back to himself and took a slight step away from his dance partner, as did Astrid, giving Fishlegs their attention. "I didn't know you knew that dance."

"Yeah, neither did I," Astrid said almost bashfully, turning to Hiccup. "I mean, I didn't know you knew how to do that dance," she said to the auburn haired boy.

"Well, my dad used to sing that song to me when I was little," Hiccup grinned fondly while he rubbed the back of his neck. "He said it was my mother's favorite, and it was 'their' song. And when I asked Gobber about the song, he told me there was a dance that goes with it, and for some reason he just taught that to me too," he chuckled, remembering back. Hiccup put his arm back down. "But I didn't know you were in to dancing," he said directly to her.

"Oh I'm not, my parents just made me go to a lot of weddings when I was younger. And I used to catch them dancing and singing that song at home on occasions," she said shrugging. "I thought it was sweet," she grinned up at him.

"Yeah," Hiccup shrugged and grinned back, his blush slightly returning. "Well, I didn't think I'd do so well, you know since I have this," he lifted his metal leg up a bit, gesturing down to it. "But then again, I was taught by a man also missing a leg," he joked.

"Looks like you got lessons from just the right guy," Astrid chuckled.

"Yeah," Hiccup looked down again, too bashful to look at her for a moment, rubbing his arm. "This was fun," he said to her honestly, meeting her eyes again. Astrid smiled back. She opened her mouth to tell him she truly enjoyed herself as well, but she didn't get to.

"Lessons!" Tuffnut exclaimed, making everyone look at him. Hiccup and Astrid were too focused on each other, and their conversation also held Fishlegs' and Ruffnut's attention the whole time, they didn't notice the male twin had been studying the scroll in his hands very closely since the dance ended. Looking for something he thought he knew, and what Astrid just said sprang something in his wonky memory. "I knew this stuff all looked familiar," he said, glancing from the scroll to the other riders.

"Uh, familiar?" Fishlegs asked.

"It's all coming back to me now. This is the same as when I trained with the town officiator back on Berk," he continued, mostly to himself.

Hiccup's back snapped taller. "Wait, you did what?" he asked quickly.

"I took lessons on Viking union ceremonies. Slipped my mind. I am a man of many talents after all," Tuff elaborated proudly.

"So you officially trained with the town officiator?" Astrid asked with a bit of dread, sensing were this was possibly going.

"I mean that's a lot of officiating, but yeah," Tuff answered.

"Tuff can perform Viking union ceremonies, we've just never been to one before," Ruffnut jumped in to make clear. "I can check that off my bucket list," she crossed her arms with a proud smirk.

Hiccup stumbled back a bit, one hand on the feast table supporting him up as he covered his eyes with the other.

"Oh. My. Gods," Astrid said with horrified realization, bring her hands up to cover her face.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Tuffnut asked. "This is great for me!" he said with joy. "I whole new world has opened to me. A new career. New potentiality. New possibilities. And all those happy, officiated faces, looking back at me into my eyes with gratitude," he fantasized. But no body shared in his happy vision. Fishlegs whined under his breath, as the only other person who realized the severity of this situation, and started to walk away in his silent panic. "No? Okay you go," he said as he watched Fishlegs walk back into his hut.

Hiccup raised his head and looked back at Tuff. And then over at Astrid; her face in her hands, her cheeks flushed.

If Tuff can perform legal Viking unions, and he just said the union words with their names, with them willingly standing right there, and not only that, they also sang and danced the traditional Viking union song… then that means…

"Astrid and I just got married?!" Hiccup shouted.

A moment of silence passed before Snotlout snorted and roared with laughter, falling out of his chair. Ruffnut quickly followed, leaning over as she held her gut that ached with her mirth. All this happened while Tuffnut just stared from the two laughing riders and the other two he just accidently married.

"Oh," he said. But then something else occurred to him. "Wait, why aren't you guys looking back at me with happiness and gratitude?"

I also do not own the song 'For Dancing and Dreaming'. I couldn't resist not using that song here.

Not exactly sure when I will come back to continuing and finishing this, but I know what I want to do with it.

Please let me know what u think, comments mean a lot to me. Bye for now ;)