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Chapter four

Displeased that Hiccup grabbed her arm so roughly and forced her to be silent Astrid torn herself away from his grasp. She glanced at the boy who was frowning at the moment listening to something the girl was unable to hear.

"That's ridiculous" Astrid said in her usual loud voice. "We ARE alone here! If there was someone else I would…" The blonde was sure in the rightness of her words until she heard a loud thud that made her quiver and shut up.

"Stay here" the boy whispered heading towards the door leading to the basement. Astrid followed him walking with vigorous strides. Hiccup stopped in front of the wooden door and turned to look at the agitated girl. "Do you remember I told you about the man I scratched once?"

"Uh-huh!" Astrid nodded feeling that her legs were terrifyingly shaky.

"That's him" he exhaled the words feeling uneasy.

"He came to kill us?!" Astrid gawked at her classmate, and this time it was her turn to snatch at the boy's arm.

"I don't know. I can't read minds" Hiccup reassured the girl wishing he could read at least her mind.

"What should we do then?" Astrid wanted to sound confident but her trembling voice was giving her away.

"Go upstairs and stay there. I'll talk to him. We need to know what he wants" the dragonboy pronounced concentrating on the new sounds.

"Ok" Astrid agreed feeling anxious. "Not that I'm worried about you, but… Be careful" she released his arm to leave and hide herself in her room.

Hiccup's face was calm but his guts were moving in the victorious dance. She cared about him.

Astrid went upstairs and locked herself in her room. Her heart was throbbing painfully in her chest. Why did that man come to her house and what he wanted? Was he after Haddock?

"Hello, pretty face" a hoarse voice greeted the girl. Astrid turned around ready to scream, but she stopped her mouth with her hand.

"Astrid?! Astrid!" Hiccup was alarmed running upstairs. "Open the door! He is somewhere in the house! He left his coat in the basement to put me off the scent and then… Astrid, do you hear me?! Astrid!"

"I think I found him" she whispered to herself staring at the stranger. That was a muscular man of middle height dressed inconspicuously. The only thing that made his appearance unforgettable was three long scars crossing his left eye. Astrid decided that that was the very mark Hiccup left on his face.

"What is your name, girl?" the man was drawling. He bared his teeth and came closer to the blonde. Astrid was gazing at him, now he was close enough to strangle her with his hands. She swallowed hard as his round pupils slowly narrowed and now resembled cat's eyes.

"Astrid!" Hiccup was yelling banging his fists on the door of her room. "Astrid!"

She stood paralyzed with terror unable to move even a single muscle of her body and the stranger was coming closer and closer. Would he torture her? Or maybe rape? Or just kill?..

"Finally" he smirked and stopped in several inches from her face.

A moment later Hiccup broke the door with his right shoulder and arm and burst into the girl's room.

"Keep back from her!" the boy shouted and when the man did not obey he stroke him down to the ground pressing his face against the floor.

"Oh, Hiccup, old friend" he greeted Haddock freeing himself with an abrupt movement.

"Oh! Hiccup" Astrid ran up to her savior and wrapped her arms around him almost ready to give way to tears.

"What do you need?" Hiccup asked mechanically embracing the frightened girl.

"Her" the man pointed at Astrid with his index finger and jumped out of the window. The next thing the teens saw was a huge black dragon flying away.

Astrid noticed that he did not look like Hiccup's and Toothless' dragon selves… That was a different… kind. But the girl did not manage to examine the creature properly.

As soon as the monster dipped below the horizon Hiccup and Astrid jumped aside.

"Um… I… Sorry" the blonde mumbled.

"Did Astrid Hofferson say sorry?" the boy was amazed. He could hardly believe he just heard her apologizing.

"That won't happen again" she grumbled and next thing she did was…

"Ouch! Please! Stop punching me!" Hiccup begged stepping back.

"That was for mocking at me!" Astrid crossed her hands on her chest. That was the gesture that protected her from the outer world and made her feel a bit more confident and less scared. "Do you think he will come back?" she asked Hiccup looking at him shyly. The boy looked devilishly hot with his messy hair and anxious face.

"I don't want to frighten you… OUCH! STOP. IT!" Astrid landed one more punch on Hiccup's body.

"That was for thinking I was terrified" the blonde wanted to seem brave but she could hardly pass as a bold spirit with her shaky limbs.

"Ok, brave pants, he will definitely come back. Are you still not terrified?" Hiccup said spitefully, though he momentarily regretted that he opened his mouth because the fear was visible in the girl's eyes. And the last thing he wanted to do was to frighten his crush.

"Go home!" Astrid shouted pointing at the door.

"Astrid, I…" Hiccup hemmed.

"I said go home!"

They went downstairs and when Hiccup was already standing in the doorway Astrid grabbed the boy's shoulder, turned him so that they were face to face and placed a soft kiss on his red cheek. Thunderstruck by her own behavior in her next breath Astrid slammed the door and flattened herself against it clutching her head with her hands. She kissed Hiccup. Why the hell did she do that?

"So… You still didn't tell her?" Toothless chuckled looking up at his best friend. The boy made himself comfortable in the chair.

"I didn't tell her" Hiccup nodded walking up and down the stairs.

"Do you have a plan or she will have to figure everything out herself next full moon?" the boy with dark hair was curious.

"I have a plan, and you" He looked at his best friend "will help me!"

"Please don't tell me you are going to…"

"Now when Dagur is somewhere nearby I have to protect her… Umm... Bud? Why are you looking at me… like this?" Hiccup gazed with suspicion at Toothless.

"She kissed you, didn't she?" the boy grinned sitting cross-legged.

"You think so because I you can smell her on my clothes?" Hiccup felt blood rushed to his cheeks.

"Nope, but I can see her lip gloss on your cheek" Toothless laughed. "So, what's your plan?"

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