Just finished watching HTTYD 2 for a second time, and let my tell you it was freak'n awesome. Even if you aren't a fan, I still say that its worth going to see at least once especially in 3D. I enjoyed it so much that it has inspired my to pen this fic, well one of two actually, both of the ideas came to me as i was walking out of my first viewing of the movie and have been soaring non-stop through my thoughts. This is my first time writing anything for HTTYD, most of the stuff that I have previously post is for KFP, but what can I other than after seeing the movie I can't seem to focus on any of my other works until I get it out of my system, so I do hope that all of you enjoy reading it.

Just a warning for those of you who haven't had a chance to see the movie yet, this fic contains **SPOILERS**, so I strongly suggest if you haven't seen the movie than don't read this.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, etc, etc, etc

The responsibilities of being Chief

Chapter 1, Surprise nuptials'

With Gothi still standing in front of him from anointing him the new Chief of Berk, a sudden thought occurred to him, and it seemed like as good as time as any given his new position. Briefly glancing back over his shoulder toward his long time girlfriend and noticing the cute smile upon her face, knew that in a few moments time, his spontaneous decision was either going to be very stupid or make both of them very happy for the rest of their lives. Motioning for the village elder and Gobber to come closer, Hiccup bowed slightly as Gothi stood before him and leaning in closer toward the sagely woman and Smithy, filled the two in on his little plan. Having not moved form the spot where her boyfriend had kissed her, Astrid, might not have known what the new Chief, the Village Elder, and the Chief's right hand man were secretively talking about but when Gobber turned his head and quickly looked at her before rejoining the heads of the other two, she knew that it had something to do with her. Judging by the ear to ear goofy grin what covered Hiccup's face as the three parted ways, a few moments later, and he began to walk back toward where she stood, he was about to either do something stupid or crazy or both and she was somehow involved but to what extent she did not yet know. Walking right up to blonde haired, blue eyed steadfast shield maiden, the young Chief embraced her about the hips and leaning toward her pressed his lips against her own in a deep passionate kiss, pouring every last speck of the love that he had for her into it.

Closing her eyes as she melted into the kiss, Astrid wrapped her arms around him, one hand found its way to rest upon the middle of his back while her other caressed the nape of his neck as she began to kiss him back. Then just as their kiss was beginning to get really good, so good that the shield maiden began to dearly wish that they were someplace a little more private instead of standing before the entire village like they currently were and preferably dragon free for once, Hiccup pulled away braking the couples deep kiss. Furrowing her brow in annoyance up at her boyfriend, since he rarely ever took the initiative in their kisses, Astrid noticed that a soft warm smile had replaced his previous goofy grin from before but what he did next made her jaw drop in awe as he took a single step away for her, completely braking their intimate embrace and dropping down on his one good knee, tenderly held her left hand in-between both of his. Having once been in the young lass' position herself, Valka, already knew what her son was about to do and even thought she did not know the girl all that well, having yet to be formally introduced to her, it was easy for her to read that both loved the other deeply even if they hadn't out right admitted it to each other yet; and given the rapid chain of events which had just past, she didn't hold it against him for not properly introducing the two them and if her son didn't do so soon after what he was about to do, than she was going to demand it as well as an explanation as to why in the gods name he had been the one to shoot down Toothless, in the first place. Valka, had countless questions to ask her son about what had happened to the Berk, after Cloud Jumper had whisked her away form all those years ago? What was it that finally made Stoick, see that dragons were not the same monsters he once believed them to be but smart, intelligent creatures to be treated with respect and admired. Questions like these and countless others swirled around inside her head like a dragon effortlessly flying through the sky but they would have to wait until later to be answered, for now it was her son's big moment and she could tell that he was beginning to get nervous even thought he really had not reason to be when it was quite plain to her and most if not all of the other villagers that the girl was in love with him and him with her.

"Astrid, I know that this is very sudden but before you give me your answer, what ever it maybe, I want you to know that I'm asking you this form a place of love. You are my confidante, my unwavering supporter and my voice of reason when I'm thinking of doing something crazy," Hiccup stopped when he said that because this made Astrid roll her eyes as if silently commenting, 'really, since when,' before he continued speaking adding sheepishly, "Well most of the time, anyway. This last time was an exception. Milady, you are as strong, beautiful and cunningly intelligent as the agile Deadly Nadder you ride. So I humbly ask if you'll do me the honuor of becoming my wife, and together we shall fly the azure skies."

Feeling happy tear well up in the corners of her eyes, Astrid didn't even have to think about her answer for a single second because she knew with all of her heart that Hiccup was the only man for her and had been ever since there first flight on Toothless together. That night was the one that had forever changed how she not only viewed dragons in general but also how she saw him too as her frustration with him had changed to admiration instead. Still that didn't mean that she was going to answer his proposal right away, even if her answer was a resounding giddy yes, however the shield maiden liked it when she saw him fidget nervously no doubt worried that she was possibly considering turning him down. After letting the tension build for a little over a minute, which no doubt felt like a lifetime for him, Astrid gazed down at her knelt boyfriend with a soft warm smile and equally warm expression upon her face.

"Oh, Hiccup, I wouldn't want to be with anyone other than you," Astrid answered happily as tears rolled down her cheeks, "So I accept your offer, babe."

Standing as quickly as his metal leg would allow him, Hiccup caressed his arms around her waist once again and this time leaning toward one another the married couple shared their first kiss as husband and wife before a crowd of hooting and hollering villagers and lowly roaring dragons; Toothless and Stromfly were both happy that their riders had finally become mates, having picked up on the pairs strong attraction toward each other from the first time the couple had ridden either of them together. Lightly pulling at the tiny braids of auburn hair at the back of her hubby's hair, a few moments later, Astrid felt as if the rest of the world had fallen away around them while a pleasing warmth began to fill her; it was a warmth that she had only felt whenever she was with him, it made her feel all warm and toasty on the inside and now it was all hers for the rest of their lives. Coming back to the harsh realities of their life and the dire-straight's that village was in form Drago's attack, as Hiccup brake the kiss a little over a minutes later but in a tender and loving whisper in his young brides ear promised that he would make it up to her later on that night. Sweetly pecking her husband briefly on his lips, a few moments later, Astrid laced the fingers of her right hand together with those of his left as he turned to face the assembled villagers.

"First of let me say that I'm not my father and I don't know the first thing about what it takes to be a Chief, so just bear with me since I'll be leaning as I go along," the young chieftain began addressing the people and dragons now under his care.

Continuing to speak Hiccup began to organize the villagers in to various groups, each one with a different task assigned to them, these jobs ranged for melting the dangerous towers of ice to village repair to even flying patrols around the battered island just in case one of the other tribes decided to launch a surprise attack while they were weakened. After everyone know what they were supposed to be doing, the young Chief told them that if they needed him for anything than he was going to be up at his house checking things out there. For the most part everyone seemed happy about the tasks Hiccup had assigned to them, well except for Tuffnut whom groaned insufferably about having to work with Eret but he wouldn't have any of it and told Tuff bluntly that the village needed every available set of hands to help in the rebuilding effort and that if he didn't like that than he could take it up with his sister, Ruff. Lifting his free hand and massaging his temples with it, he could already foresee those two causing seemingly endless trouble for him not just now but the near future as well and he hadn't even been the Chief for less than ten minutes. Lowering his raised hand he summoned the burly smithy, and his mentor, over and asked Gobber to keep an eye on the twins and more notable keep to a smitten Ruff from burning down what few builds that were still left standing. Nodding in acknowledgement of his Chief's orders, the peg-legged blacksmith joined the mass of villagers already walking back in the direction of their ruined or completely destroyed homes, leaving only Hiccup, Valka, Astrid and countless dragons standing there.

"Some things never change, and here we had it perfectly built up and everything," Hiccup complained as he surveyed only a small portion of the damage left behind from Drago's Bewilder beast, "Well so far as I can tell no looked to be missing or hurt, so that's a huge weight off of my shoulders but still what are we going to do about all of these dragons."

"Hiccup, I sure things will work out, you'll see," Astrid reassuringly commented a comforting tone coming to her voice, "They always do, besides isn't there a little something that you think that you should probably take care before we head up to our new home, you know now since were technically married."

"Oh, by Odin's bread, it completely slipped my mind," Hiccup said as his new wife's words instantly sank in, realizing that he hadn't taken the time to properly introduce Astrid to his mother yet and now that they were husband and wife, it really wasn't the best way to begin a marriage with the woman he loved. Walking toward his mother and standing before her, a few moments later, added, awkwardly, "Mom, this is Astrid, Astrid, this is my mother."

"It's a pleasure to met you," Astrid said releasing hiccup's hand and warmly smiling at the tall woman that stood before the couple, a nostalgic feeling briefly washing over her as she remembered that a similar situation had played out when Hiccup had first introduced her to toothless and the dragon to her.

"No the pleasures mine, Astrid, my name is Valka, but you may came me Val," Valka said extending a hand which the younger woman took hold of and shook it before both let go and swept her eyes over the new wife, before casually saying, "I can certainly see how come my son, feel in love with you and the way you control that dragon of yours its hard to tell were one ends and the others begins, the two of you are so in sync with the each other."

"Yeah, well Stromfly and me have been together for a while now but she still manages to surprised me ever now and then, I've still got a bit learn if I ever want to catch up with those two," the shield maiden responded, her smile growing and eyes beginning to sparkle remembering all the fun the two had together since peace had come to Berk, "But none of this would have even been possible if it wasn't for Hiccup and Toothless, they were the ones that showed everyone that Vikings and dragons could work together in peace and harmony even if the legendary feat did cost him a foot. I still can't believe that just five years ago, I was so eagerly looking forward to winning dragon slaying training and earning the honour of killing one in front of the entire village but then I met Toothless and that was the night everything changed for me."

Valka could tell just by the look in Astrid's eyes as she spoke about meeting Toothless for the first time that it had truly been an eye opening experience for the lass and not just in the way she felt about dragons either; she made a mental note to ask about it in more detail when the time was right, if the couple didn't mind sharing it with her, of course. Happy for the two of them, even with the village that she had left behind some twenty years earlier more or less in ruin, the returned wife of the former Chief felt happy to be back home and couldn't wait to pass down all the information that she had learned about dragons to her son and the people of Berk. With her head still buzzing with questions and thirsty for the answers to them, Valka joined the young couple as they both climbed aboard their individual winged mounts and taking to the unusually clear sky flew in the direction of the Chief's house. Flying a wide circle above the village to make it to there destination the trio saw first hand the damage that the battle had been left behind, and so far as Hiccup could tell only a dozen or so homes would have to be entirely rebuild, another half dozen were in need of repair, but at least the dragon stables seemed to be in good order and the Great Hall somehow managed to escape the attack undamaged even thought the buildings that surrounding it were either blasted apart with ice or otherwise showed damage in other ways. This was a good sign because it meant that more than likely the home of the chieftain, had escaped the attack unscathed as had Gothi small single room shack high up in the mountain range just behind the village.

My original idea was to have this as a single one-shot but then it just kept on growing and growing and even though in some of other fic's I have long chapters, i didn't want do that with this pairing. So look forward to more Chapters, however not ever one is going to have an individual chapter title like this, as always I welcome all reviews.