A Dragon's Romance: Princes and Princess's

Chapter 1: Days' Dawn

A/N: WHAT IZ UPPPP! I have missed all of you peooople! LOSTSWORD IS BACK! IF you are wondering why I am caping everything, it is because I am listening to M&M's beats, so im a bit pumped. ANYWAYS, THE SEQUAL IS HERE!

I DEMAND you give me ideas, thoughts and plot possibilities! I plan to make a entire new cast of characters, all teenagers. Soooo, if you feel up to it, MAKE ME A CHARACTER and I WILL ADD THEM!

GLAD TO BE BACK, LETS GET THIS THING ROLLINNNNN!

DISCLAIMER: Hopefully you all know I DO NOT OWN HTTYD. I OWN MY OC'S, MY DRAGON OC's, OC PLACES, OC EVERYTHING! ANYTHING I MADE UP, CREATED, DESGINED OR THOUGHT UP, THEY BELONG TO ME EVERYTHING THAT DISNEY OWNS, THATS THEIRS. OH AND THEY ARE MAKING A SEQUAL OF HTTYD, SO IF THEY COPY ME, I WILL BE TICKED! DO NOT COPY MY WORK!

The sun rose softly over Berk as Hiccup groaned, then rolled over...and out of bed. With a thud, Berk's first dragon rider crashed into his wooden floor with a grunt. Groggily, Hiccup opened his eyes and glanced around. It was early morning. Great.

Standing up and holding onto his bed post for support as he woke up, Hiccup pulled on his boots and headed for the stairs. Descending the wooden stairs, Hiccup found the remains of a fire and his father's hunting bag, helmet and hammer missing. He was hunting.

Gathering what sort of meal he could from a storage basket, Hiccup heated it over the embers for a few seconds, then grabbed a second basket and hauled it onto his shoulders. That done, he began to walk towards the door. Stopping, he opened the door with one foot as he finished his breakfast before he exited his house.

The sun was slowly climbing into air as the winds picked up. Hiccup guessed it would rain tonight from the look of things, a habit he had picked up from Astrid he supposed. Walking around the hill that his home was on, Hiccup began to walk down it to the backside of the hill, facing the towering stone mountains of Berk. Stopping in the quickly vanishing darkness, Hiccup eyed the pin that had been built into the side of the hill. The pin had a short fence built around a hole drilled into the hill that had been reinforced with wood and mortar and the floor had been stripped bare to the stone, allowing the occupants to make their coal beds. And currently, it was occupied.

Inside were two large forms and three small forms. One of the large forms stirred and opened its' eyes. The emerald green orbs stared at Hiccup for a few moments in a content, relaxed kind of way as Hiccup slowly entered the pin and sat down by the entrance, observing the dragon family.

Slowly, the rest of the dragon family awoke and Hiccup was, within several quick minutes, assaulted by the small, armored forms of Sapphire's children. The three white, completely identical dragons peered up at him with their bright sky blue eyes as they romped against him. Hiccup naturally, with his normal goofy grin, played with them for several minutes before allowing them to beat him. Well, it wasn't like he would have won anyways, they had been going easy on him to begin with.

Standing up and dusting himself off, Hiccup found both Sapphire and Toothless rising to their clawed paws and begin to stretch their wings and legs, yawning and growling. The way dragons normally awoke. Grinning, Hiccup gestured and went outside with Toothless as Sapphire began to feed with her children on the basket of fish Hiccup had just left for them by the door.

Rubbing Toothless' ears, neck and head, still careful to avoid the sensitive pressure point between the jawbone and neck, Hiccup climbed on top of his dragon and with the simplest of commands Toothless spread his wings, growled and flapped his wings, shooting them into the air.

As they gained altitude, Hiccup watched his house begin to shrink and then the village followed suit as they flew on, soaring into the air as the wind whipped at them and the early morning mist swerved around them, parting and reforming as they blasted by. After awhile, Hiccup found himself landing within the familiar clearing.

Just sitting on top of Toothless, Hiccup listened to the cracking of wood as Berk's most deadly and beautiful hellion worked her havoc amongst the trees in what was commonly known as Astrid's Garden. Although there were only a few flowers, there were many trees and they all sported cuts of various sizes and lengths from Astrid's many weapons.

Dismounting his best friend and steed, Hiccup, followed by Toothless, entered the clearing and found Astrid clad in her normal shirt and in a rare pair of shorts instead of her normal spiked skirt. The huntress' headband was gone, her hair was all over her face, down her back, alongside her shoulders and covering parts of her eyes as she sweated heavily, no doubt having been up for hours training. Astrid's hands currently held one of the six odd devices she called "Throwing Knives."

The pointed blades had always been mysterious to Hiccup and being one of the few who knew she owned them, knew that she treasured them deeply because they were gifts from her father, who seemed to be in abundance of things to give to the people he knew, as he had already given Astrid multiple things and Hiccup knew he had also given Tuffnut several herbs and containers of special cooking and medical spices, so who knew what else he had given to someone.

Pulling her arm back, Astrid cracked her wrist forward, sending the spiky weapon in a straight path towards a tree, the weapon becoming a swiftly moving silver circle before it sunk almost the entire way into the tree she had targeted. Hiccup, having seen several of her practices, knew that Snoutlout had been a fool to think he could best Astrid, much less act macho around her.

Sensing someone nearby, and knowing only a few people ever bothered her hear, Astrid turned and ran towards Hiccup, a smile plastered on her almost angelic features, despite the sweat and grime of her brutal training regime.

Hiccup opened his arms and embraced Astrid with a joyful chuckle. Wrapping his arms, which over the past month and a half had beefed out into a true viking build, now that Astrid was making him eat more and actually work out, though not to the extent that she did, around her waist, Hiccup laughed again and kissed her deeply, causing both to blush slightly. He continued to give her soft, lingering kisses for several minutes until they broke apart a bit.

"You really do like to say hello in the mornings, don't you" Astrid asked as she tried to keep her bearings as Hiccup held her close, not that she minded in the least.

"Maybe" Hiccup said playfully as he kissed her jaw lightly, then her neck and her collar bone, causing Astrid to breath quicker as he continued to kiss her. Then, without warning, he tickled her stomach and side at the same time.

Astrid gasped out loudly and in a second Hiccup had her on her back, tickling her like crazy, causing her to playfully swear his death and laugh like crazy at the same time. After a few minutes Astrid had enough and fought back and eventually it ended with her on top of Hiccup and Hiccup holding his hands out in surrender, like he always ended up doing when they fake fought.

Trying to stop her laughing, Astrid stood up and helped Hiccup up as well. "Come on" she said and headed towards the nearest tree, which had several axes of multiple types and a few arrows imbedded in its' trunk. "You made me fall behind schedule, so you get to help me clean up" Astrid said, her tone indicating he couldn't just escape punishment from her. It was kind of sad that he couldn't say the same for his father.

The two began to pluck arrows, knives, throwing axes and exotic and foreign weapons from the trees as the sun continued to rise, now almost two thirds of the way to the top of the sky. Hiccup guessed it was around breakfast and if they hurried, they could grab something from the feasting hall.

Off to the side, he watched as both Nad, Astrid's dragon and Toothless layed on the grass, laying in soft pads they had made by rolling on the ground until they were flat. The two friends seemed to be talking in the odd growling and humming based speech dragons had for one another. Apart from the other dragons, Nad and Toothless had become known recluses and something of loners, only interacting with the other dragons owned by the rest of the Riders of Berk on occasion.

And Toothless really only talked with the other mostly, leaving the rest of the dragon population alone except to hunt. Which Toothless did on his own more now, since his tail was healed and he could fly by himself. Though the dragon rarely did fly by himself unless it was hunting for food or drink, as he had grown accustomed to his friend and master accompanying him around.

After Astrid had finished gathering her large assortment of weapons, cleaning them all, doing several cool down exercises and then doing another sweep for any weapons, Astrid and Hiccup put Astrid's bags on Nad's saddle and then the duo mounted their respective dragons and quickly gained the sky with only a quick, repeating flap of the wings.

/

The doors to the feasting hall swung open as Hiccup and Astrid, her hair once more in it's normal short/long combo with her bandana wrapped around it, entered the common dining place for the villagers who wanted to gossip or plan a venture to somewhere over food and drink. Finding Gobber, Fishlegs and Tuffut eating some sort of animal meat while talking about a crazy hunting trip Gobber had been on in his youth, the couple grabbed plates of fish, meat and cups of mead from a nearby table covered in nothing but food and drink and then joined their friends.

"Im telling you I was just a wee bit away from needing to change me undies!" Gobber said as he wiped a tear from his eyes. "Those crazy Red Deer ran like the devil himself was upon them, and then a Fallow Deer came out too and I just about had to knock Sigrum out cold when we didn't hit a single one!" Gobber said as he turned to face the two new members of their table. "Ah young Hiccup! Astrid!" he said in greeting. "Up to nothing bad are we?" he asked, causing both to glare at him while they also tried to bury their faces in their breakfast to keep anyone from seeing their red faces.

"Gobber...i am going to kill...no I am going to strangle you to death in your sleep tonight" Astrid snarled at him once she had brought her face back up to the rest of the world.

"Sure ye are" Gobber said with a chuckle. "Just like you were going to last night, and the night before that and the night before that...Girl your fallin behind!" Gobber teased.

Astrid continued to glare at Gobber, then she decided she was more hungry then angry and began to eat. Hiccup, beside her, was already there, his plate quickly becoming more and more empty.

"So, anyone seen Ruffnut and Snoutlout?" Hiccup asked as he slowed in his eating.

Tuffnut grunted, probably still sour, even after a month or so, about losing his sister's companionship. Sure they weren't the best of friends, but they got their frustration vented out on the other and they were almost always together, so they had a bond, regardless of it being a good one or not. "Probably got her tongue inside Snoutlout's throat" he muttered.

"Lets just hope it's his throat that something is being jammed down" Gobber said with a mischievous grin. Immediately all of the teens face's turned red. Gobber might be an elder, more senior viking, but sometimes he cracked jokes like he was still a young man, wet behind the ears and acting foolishly all the time.

Astrid, having about as much Gobber as she could for the next few hours, or days, maybe years, stood up and pushed her empty plate and mug forward as she did so. "Alright, you have fun doing that" Astrid said. "I'm going to go ahead and catch up on chores" she said as some of the other inhabitants of the table groaned, having forgotten to do their own and now having little time to do it. "Coming?" She asked Hiccup, who nodded and pushed his tray forward, then got up and followed her out, ignoring the cat calls and hoots and whoops that assailed them as they left.

/

Hiccup let out a groan of despair. This was just stupid. Utterly stupid. Maybe the...no, not the stupidest thing a Viking had ever been forced to do, but it came close. Astrid, beside him, shared the same thoughts.

Before the duo was the dockyards of Berk, dozens of long wooden platforms that held anchored boats, owned by Berk's own or those of foreigners who had come to trade at the small viking port. The only problem? A recent storm had torn at the docks.

All over signs of disrepair and damage could be seen. Broken boards, cracked boards, splintered boards, barley hanging boards, all of the boards were damaged. There were nails missing, sticking up, bent backwards and laying on the deck. The supplies of rope were missing, floating in the water or on a barely out of reach overhang of rock nearby.

And then there were all the baskets. Berk, among most other vikings this far north, chose to store their supplies in the old fashioned, dense, powerfully insulated, and well woven baskets with the easily, yet sturdy, removable lids and straps that could be used to help haul the basket around, like the Viking's leather , animal fur covered packs they wore on their backs on hunting trips.

These baskets were scattered all over the water around the docks, some had their woven sides torn open in some places and others simply floated in the sparkling water without a care in the world, still intact. Others had half sunk into the water and lapped back and forth as gentle waves moved under or around more still had their contents seeping out as fish began to devour meat, wheat and soggy bread.

"This is going to take all day!" Hiccup complained. Astrid, normally not one to let a task, no matter how hard, daunt her, had to agree as she stared at the wreckage. That last hail and wind storm had torn apart this place. Astrid winced at the idea of what it had done higher up.

"Well we might as well get started" Astrid grunted out and then, making sure her leather belt was secured. The belt had been given to them by the dock master, who had told them it would help with the repairs. It held extra nails in a pouch hanging from a loop on the belt, a wooden handled hammer secured in another loop and a knife that could be used for cutting had been put in a sheath that was strapped around the belt as well.

Hiccup nodded and they split up to work on the dock, staying close enough to the other to trade glances or maybe a quick kiss or joke, but far enough away from each other so that they could actually do, much less complete, their work.

After a few hours, they had managed to remove and lay down new boards to be nailed into place later. After checking that all the boards, or as many as they could handle that day, were repair, Hiccup and Astrid began working up and down the sides of the docks, nailing and nailing on endlessly until it was nearly lunch.

By the time Sigrum Hofferson came down to the docks they had managed to repair the wooden boards, except for a few areas, completely. "It looks like you too can work together and be expected to actually do something other then kissing" he said with a chuckle as his daughter's face became red with anger, while Hiccup's became red with embarrassment. "Oh come now, don't be angry with me!" he said, trying not to laugh at his daughter's poor attempts to hide her embarrassment. "I am the one providing lunch after all" he added, watching both teen's eyes water.

Astrid was furious with her father for playing that little trick, however the mere idea of food made her forgive him. But even for food, she would not and there would be revenge later. Maybe much later, but definitively later. As the trio walked up the wooden stairs that led back to the village, Astrid was grateful that those hadn't been damaged, or there would have been some serious problems with fixing them, she thought about eating lunch, the name alone made her stomach hurt. Then she realized something. Hiccup was eating at her house with both of her parents. Groaning inside her head, Astrid realized the second trick played on her.

Sigrum knew enough about Hiccup sure, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to talk to him sooner or later, and now was certainly as good a time as ever. And now he had managed to do that, despite all of Astrid's careful moves to keep him from doing so. Sighing, she decided she would just have to do the best she could to keep Hiccup alive.

/

Astrid was surprised.

They had arrived at her modest, if not a bit in need of repair, wow that word hurt her head now, home just after her mother had removed a set of wild turkey's and a few handfuls of dull or brightly colored fish from the outside fire that had been burning low, cooking the meal to perfection, at least in viking standards.

Nearby, Astrid could see Nad napping in his small pin through an open window near the dinning table, his saddle and harness removed and set on the wall, recently cleaned. This meant either her siblings had been out petting, feeding and cleaning her dragon, or she had done it and was suffering from amnesia.

Thanks to her brother and father, the two had managed to pull in a decent haul of food from their trip to the woods, which had brought them more then what they were currently eating, but it was good to conserve food while you could, as Sigrum was often heard saying. Her father, with his bow and her brother with his fishing line, had brought in roughly four to five turkeys, a few rabbits, a deer and numerous assorted fish and scallops.

"So Hiccup" Sigrum had said after they had sat down and begun the meal. "How has life been treating you?" he asked as they began slicing up the fish and meat, tearing out chunks and swallowing it all down with mugs of mead or some other liquid, such as the rare drink called 'whiskey', which was hard to find and rather expensive, but Sigrum however owned it barrel loads, something very hard to do for the common viking.

"Uh, i'm doing fine sir" Hiccup said. "Just talking w-with my father about...um dragon training and...uh fishing?" he said, a bit intimidated now that he was actually eating with the father of the most deadly woman he had ever known.

"Fishing?" Sigrum asked, a small bit of humor in his eyes as he played around with the young man, much to his daughter's growing anger. He knew Hiccup was perfect for his daughter, or as good as he would get anyways. Not like the bumbling fool that Spitelout had raised, and there was the added benefit that she would be in a secure relationship as Berk did not allow divorces, but he would probably end up dead if he talked about marriage with Astrid present. "Yes, my son Hagal has a natural talent for it, he's going to be bringing in more of a haul then me in a few years" he said with a wink at his son, who grew red in embarrassment at the attention he was getting. It wasn't just Astrid Sigrum teased after all.

"Well that's great" Hiccup agreed, trying to figure out how he was going to surive the rest of the lunch, he had thought it would be easier, but oh how he was wrong. "I always liked the sea...umm" he thought hard for a moment, something not related to him and Astrid, something that would take some time up. "umm, what about the...the spice!" Hiccup cried out, then quickly grew red and quieted down. "I-I mean the spice" he said in a much quieter tone. "I heard that you gave Tuffnut some interesting spice that has powerful healing traits in it...um, where did you get it? If, I mean...if you don't mind sharing" Hiccuap asked, trying not to embarrass Astrid or himself anymore then he already was. Which was a lot.

Seeing Astrid's glare, Sigrum decided to leave the boy alone at last. "Well that was several years ago, it was actually a fun trip into the port of Krazvolk, which is on the island of Ko Chang, off the coast of the Khmer Empire down in southern Asia" Sigrum began as he finished what little was left of his turkey and then moved on to his smoked fish. "Some...hunting friends of mine and myself went down there to resupply before we set off for another city. I was still young at the time and so were the rest of my group" Sigrum said with a short glance at his wife, making sure she wasn't going to have some sort of episode. "So we naturally went to the nearest bar and were drunk silly within the next few hours. By the time we stumbled out of there, well we had bruises, headaches and some rather nasty scars" he continued. "Anyways, skipp...to make a short story shorter I mean" he said slyly, "We wound up in a doctors home and he gave us jars full of that spice. We became so addicted to the taste that we ended up buying most of his store of it. I'm almost out, might have to go and get some more..." He finished. "But then again, I am getting a bit old" He added.

"I might just send you and Astrid down to get some for me" He teased before heading for the door. "Oh, and Astrid, do keep the man company while you too fix the roof, eh? And while your at it, do the doors too, mine is gettin a bit creaky" he said with a wolfish grin before darting out the door, before Astrid could really get mad at him.

Astrid, scowling at where her father had just been, sighed and headed for the stairs. "Come on Hiccup" She muttered. "We might as well get started..."

/

It took hours. But they did it.

Hauling heavy wooden doors and planks from shops run by craftsmen, Astrid and Hiccup had also purchased dozens of nails and several bags of mortar. They had then gotten down to the task of ripping off the old doors and selling them off to someone who would use them for something else, maybe as fire wood or something. Then they had to nail in the metal hinges to both the door frame and then the doors themselves before oiling the metal components of the doors as well. Once that was done, they applied a coat of some sort of liquid to the doors from jars that Sigrum had, which was supposed to let the doors last longer, "keeping the wood preserved" As he had said.

Then they moved on to the roof. The recent storm that had hit Berk had even rattled the Hofferson's humble home. Though not as bad as the docks, it still required more hard labor from the tired teens. After using an old rickety ladder to scale to the top of the decorated house, the roof, like most of Berk, imitated a dragon's back and head, they began yanking off broken wooden boards and then placing the new ones in, securing it with mortar and more nails. They actually ended up finishing the roof a bit faster then they had originally thought. However they would not be getting off free. The second they were off the ladder's final rung, they were told by Astrid's mother to head to the docks and do some more work there. Groaning, the teens complied to the order and headed in the general direction of the docks.

"So" Hiccup said when they finally arrived. "Where do you want to start first?" he asked as they surveyed the damaged area. Astrid cocked her head to the side and observed the wreckage.

"How about we just deal with baskets first, then we can mess with the ropes later" Astrid suggested, thinking it would be easier to do. Hiccup nodded and the two headed for the edge. "Oh Hiccup" Astrid said slyly.

Hiccup, to be truthful it was just plain stupid and against common sense and even his own judgment to do so, turned to face her. "Yes?" he started to say, only to get a sloppy kiss from Astrid. Her hands already grabbing his shoulders, she was quick to leave his mouth and trail down his jaw, ears and neck, now almost to his collar bone. "You remember when you did this to me this morning?" she asked as he kissed the side of her face. Hiccup made a humming sound which she assumed meant 'Yes, now stop talking'. "Well..." she began. "I think you deserve some Hofferson Revenge" she said and Hiccup realized, too late, where he was, or rather, what he was about to be in.

"Astrid! N-" Hiccup never got to finish it as Astrid kissed his mouth once more and then through the two of them into the water with a embrace like push. The two teens crashed into the sparkling icy water with a splash and Hiccup rose quickly to the surface to find Astrid laughing playfully at him. Grinning at her, he splashed at her face, soaking what bits of her golden hair that had been dry moments ago.

"Oh you are going to get it!" she laughed and swam towards him as he swam away and splashed back at her at the same time. "Stop it!" she complained. "Stop!" she continued, whining as she tried to catch him, but Hiccup managed to allude her until he finally slowed down and she knocked him underwater, the two then shot back up, laughing.

"Alright" Hiccup said as he finally stopped his coughing, which had been bordering on painful. "Let's clear the baskets already or we'll never be done in time" he said and Astrid nodded.

She had actually almost forgotten about their planned party. Since the Riders of Berk, Hiccup, Astrid, Snoutlout, Tuffnut and Ruffnut and Fishlegs would be officially begin training the next group of dragon trainee recruits tomorrow, they had decided to go to the beach, which was the beginning of the Sea Course, a racing course that the Riders of Berk normally used when racing dragons. They were planning on making it a sort of get together with a fire and roasting fish and all kinds of things. It was especially important to Fishlegs and Tuffnut because they would finally be able to talk with their old group once again.

While the Riders had not gotten out of touch, they had been having trouble staying together. It had been a minor thing at first, with just Hiccup and Astrid seeing each other and spending time together, but with Ruffnut and Snoutlout now seeing each other and spending time together, it was just the two boys and Gobber to kill time. Tuffnut had been suffering the most though, sense he had no way of venting his frustration and anger out on anyone anymore. Ruffnut just vented it out in kissing sessions with Snoutlout.

It took them the rest of the afternoon, with the sun already beginning the long trek back towards the other side of the world, to finish their task. But they had cleaned up all of the baskets and their contents from the waters around the docks. But it was by no means easy.

They had to fight Terrible Terrors and even a few Gronkles over the baskets, but they left what food the dragon packs were eating for them, as it was less work to do. Once everything had been collected, they separated broken and still usable baskets into two spots, then they had to haul the broken ones up to the dock master or a repair store or sell them off to another viking. The intact ones however they simply placed the food back inside them. Well, what food was still usable anyways, then after that was done, they left. All they would have to do tomorrow would be collecting all of the rope hanging all over the place. Of course, they would have to teach the new recruits as well, but neither Hiccup or Astrid cared to think about that right now.

Linking hands and trading a quick kiss, the two left the docks, climbed up the near endless stairs and returned to the village, making their way over to the Sea Course Beach, where they could already see several dragons with figures on them landing. "Do you thin-" Hiccup was about to say when two dragons landed next to them with duel thuds. "I guess that answers-" he was once again cut off as Toothless rushed forward and crashed into his master, licking Hiccups face and swinging his tail around, back and forth, nearly hitting passing by vikings or homes in his excitement.

"Woa! Whoa!" Hiccup cried. "Hold it boy, hold it!" he said as he tried to get Toothless of of him. Astrid herself would have been laughing madly, if she was not currently being mauled by her own dragon.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, they managed to get out from under their dragons and continued to the beach. Once they arrived, they found Tuffnut and Ruffnut fighting with the other, their dragons trying to pry them apart and Fishlegs and Snoutlout making bets on who would win while their own dragons were sleeping or looking for food, respectively. It was just like old times.

/

The fire was dying, now mostly just a few flames and mostly embers and coals as the group lay relaxed around their dying heat source. Fishlegs was once again engaged in some sort of game with Tuffnut, this one some sort of guessing game about what the other was looking at, which was defined by it's color. Ruffnut was snuggled up with Snoutlout, looking at the other while whispering something amongst themselves. Hiccup and Astrid though, they were just sitting comfortably against Toothless, who was practically wrapped around the two, as they watched the fire.

Night had fallen and their discarded wooden sticks held what remained of their dinner, which had been fish they had caught and been seasoned by Tuffnut. The favorable dinner experience made Hiccup almost wish he could relive his adventures on the trip to Tarkuse Ja Surm.

"Hey" Astrid said softly to Hiccup. "Why don't we do that game again?" she said, only slightly sleepy. "You know, the one where we had Snoutlout step on Toothless' tail?" she whispered with a sort of dreamy look mixed with a humorous one.

Hiccup nodded, laughing softly at the image of Snoutlout, foot coming down on Toothless' tail as the dragon in question looked up at his realizing victim. "Sure" he said. Looking over at Tuffnut and Fishlegs, he called out to them, "Hey, Fishlegs, Tuffnut" he said. "Want to play that game from Tarkus?" he asked slyly, causing Tuffnut to glance a bit worriedly at Fishlegs, who was still a bit mad about the task Tuffnut had given him.

"Uh...sure?" Tuffnut said as Fishlegs nodded as well. Turning to the now lip-locked couple, everyone waited for both Ruffnut and Snoutlout to stop. "Um...how about you guys?" Tuff said, still wondering if he would regret saying yes.

Snoutlout was obviously uncomfortable about the idea with Toothless, who was laughing in the dragon's odd way of laughing, so close at hand. "Umm..." he started to say, ready to decline, only for Ruffut to lean up against him and whisper something into his ear. Turning red, he nodded quickly as Ruffut nodded at a much more normal pace.

A bit creeped out, Astrid grabbed a log from the nearby pile that was within reach and through it on the fire, lighting up the circle of sand they were currently occupying. "Alright, who should go first?" Astrid asked.

Several seconds ticked by until four grinning vikings nodded and chose Fishlegs, while one viking smiled, the other viking winced. "Alright" Fishlegs said as he looked around for a few minutes, scratching his chin as he stopped looking at the others, now focused on Tuffnut. "I choose...Tuffnut!" he said.

Tuffnut froze. He could be manly and take a task and suffer brutal punishment by Fishlegs, something he wasn't going to go through again, or he could look cowardly and...ah since when had he cared about looking cowardly? He would rather be a coward then be a fool... "Question!" he said.

Fishlegs was stumped. He wasn't sure what to do now, he had been sure Tuffnut would act macho and foolishly take on a task. "Ummm...Astrid gets to decide!" he said.

"What! Hey no! That's not the rules!" Tuffnut shouted in rage, only to stop when Astrid glared at him.

Astrid, settling into Hiccup's chest, which had become muscular now, thought for a moment, then decided what she wanted. "You have to teach Hiccup how to cook like you do!" she said as everyone but Tuffnut sighed, wishing they had thought of that. Hiccup gave an angry Tuffnut an apologetic look, realizing that this must frustrate the young viking.

Tuffut glared at Astrid. "I said Question! You can't ju-" he stopped short as he saw her growl and a knife appear in her hand. Remembering the last time one of those blades had been in her hand, he nodded somberly, realizing he was stuck with the stupid task no matter what he did.

"Fine" he said at last. Then he turned to Ruffnut. "Ruffnut" he said simply as he watched his sister freeze up.

Now it was Ruffnut's turn to worry. She was terrified of what Tuffnut would do if she said task, but she was even more so of what he might do if she said question. "Umm..." she said, looking around, trying to stall for time. "Umm..." she had to think of something to say! Question or Task! But which? "Ummm...Task!" she said.

Tuffnut grinned like a cat, now actually feeling better. "You have to spit into Snoutlout's mouth!" he said laughing madly.

Ruffnut, and the rest of the group stared at him in a mixture of shock, disgust and anger. The latter belonging mostly to Ruffnut and Snoutlout. "I will kill you" she promised as she turned to Snoutlout and said what sounded like sorry. She then spat into Snoutlout's open mouth. The male viking turned green, tried to cough, but with Tuffnut's urging, he swallowed the spit, nearly throwing up in the process. Fishlegs, who had been green from the start, stood up suddenly and ran behind some boulders. A few milliseconds later and everyone in a quarter mile could hear him puking his guts out.

"Tuffnut!" Ruffnut said vehemently as she glared at her brother.

"Nope" Tuffut said and watched as Ruffut's jaw dropped and she practically looked livid. "Can't go after the person that did it to you" he said. "Remember, we made that rule" he added.

Ruffnut spat at him, but it missed. Sadly. She then turned to Astrid and the two shared a look, a bad look. Tuffnut was going down. "Astrid" she said and the girl nodded.

"Task" she said, smiling menacingly at Tuffnut, who was actually fearing for his life now that he realized what was about to happen.

Ruffnut was positively gleeful as she said, "You and Tuffnut have to brawl, loser has to wait for everyone else to go twice before they, I'm sorry, he can get back in the game, but he can still be called on" she said as she grinned at her mortified brother.

Astrid, nodding, stood up and faced Tuffnut. "Come on" she said, liking this idea. "You know what happens if you don't comply..." she taunted, causing Tuffnut to wince, he had no desire to be branded on the butt. Nodding, he stood up and the two got in a fighting stance.

Tuffnut, realizing his only chance was to get in a really good hit really fast, ran forward, screaming loudly. Grinning, Astrid moved her face to the side, neatly dodging the punch. Then she went on the offensive.

Her fist slammed into Tuffnut's gut, causing his eyes to fly out of his face practically as she followed up with a kick to the chin and then another punch, this time to the face. The dazed and barely standing viking was barely even able to see clearly when Astrid shot her knee up into the air like a projectile, causing a very loud scream from Tuffnut as he fell towards the ground slightly, he was only still standing because he was against Astrid's arm. "That is why you never do something stupid" she said and then hit him in the face, sending him to the sand as she walked over to Hiccup and sat down in his lap once more. No one even heard the 'Horrible Pain' comment from the bruised and battered Tuffnut.

"Alright...Hiccup" Astrid said after a few seconds. Hiccup glanced down at her and smiled.

"Uh...task?" he said a bit unsure of what might happen to him.

Astrid smiled up at him. "Relax" she said, leaning up to speak in his ear. "You can trust me" she whispered and then spoke again. "Kiss me" she ordered and Hiccup complied. When they broke apart, both Ruffnut and Snoutlout looked a bit peeved that they were being forced to wait for them to finish. They hadn't exactly been quick about that kiss...erm, kisses.

"Snoutlout" Hiccup said.

Snoutlout gulped, not sure how to respond. "Eh...Question?" he said, not liking how the past Tasks had gone.

"Where were you two weeks ago when no one could find you?" Hiccup asked, generally curious. There had been an incident several weeks ago when Snoutlout had gone missing. His parents hadn't been worried, but they had said they didn't know where he was. He had turned up a week later, brushing off everyone's questions about it. He might have told Ruffnut though...hmm.

Snoutlout looked a bit uncomfortable and he seemed to put his hand in Ruffnut's as he sighed. "I...um...i was...sick" he squeaked out. Hiccup looked surprised. Astrid made a gesture to continue. "I...was...sick with...the...um Rubeola" Snoutlout said, looking fearful.

Astrid looked confused. "That's it?" she asked. "You were hiding because you were sick?" she said. "What a waste..." she mumbled.

Hiccup simply shrugged as Snoutlout shot back "Well I am sorry Astrid but I was protecting my image" he said glaring at her. "I couldn't ruin my beautiful face's rep by walking around town!" he complained.

Astrid rolled her eyes. "Sure you couldn't..." she said sarcastically. Then they continued on.

They played the game for several more hours, with Fishlegs and Tuffnut too eventually returning to place. Some of the more memorable Tasks were Tuffut licking the dirt out of fire without getting burned, Hiccup trying to stay on Spitfire as he tried to knock him off, Astrid chasing Ruffnut after a rather dirty joke about her and Hiccup and of course Fishlegs tripping over a log and crashing onto Tuffnut, who was then squashed by Gronk as well. Which caused Snoutlout to ask if Tuff was dead or not, only to hear "IM IN HORRIBLE PAAAIN!" and that just set off a huge amount of laughter.

There was also personal Questions, which helped bond the group closer, such as Astrid revealing her first kiss had actually been Hiccup, Ruffnut revealing that she had though Snoutlout cute before she had seen Hiccup, which both she and Astrid skirted around quickly and of course Fishlegs admitting there was someone he did like in the village and Tuffut revealing one of the trips to the group when Astrid, Ruffnut and he had gotten drunk at Mead and Sead and the hangover the next day.

By the end of the night, Hiccup and Astrid were laying against Toothless, who had been in some form of a conversation with Nad, watching the stars as they began to drift off, still in the others arms. "Do you think we'll be able to handle it?" Hiccup asked Astrid.

"Hmm?" she said softly, kissing his chin slightly as she snuggled against him some more.

"I mean, do you think we will be able to teach those kids about dragon training? To get them motivated to do it? And then succeed at it?" Hiccup asked. "I mean we're just teenagers right now, how are we supposed too-" he was cut off, as he had seemed to be all day, buy Astrid kissing him. The kiss was soft, long and lingering, but it was also reassuring.

"We'll be fine" Astrid murmured, and then the two, as if a switch was thrown, fell into the abyss of sleep. Nearby, the rest of the Riders were dropping into the abyss as well as their fire died and their dragons themselves began to rest.

They always say that the weather predicts the future. Hiccup had predicted a storm would be showing up sometime tomorrow, and already the dragons could feel the shift in the winds, the change of the air as a distant storm brewed.

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-POST STORY INFO: WHAT IS UPPP! Still a bit sugar high/ energized/ pumped about sequel. I sure hope you guys ARE. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It is the LONGEST chapter I have EVER written. It is just under eighteen pages on Word and over SEVEN THOUSAND words. I put in a BUNCH of stuff I have been saving for the sequel or stuff that didn't make it into ADB and it's spin off short stories. I REALLY HOPE you enjoyed this, it took me TWO DAYS to write. TWO SOLID DAYS! Read on!

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