((Hi there! I'm glad that you are reading my story. I will assume that you know at least a little about "HTTYD". My story will take place in the time between "Dragon riders of Berk" series and "HTTYD2"

My English is not flawless, for it is not my first language, but I will do my best. Now, have a good read!

On the wings of love.

The sun had just rose above the horizon and the air was still cool from the moist summer night.

Hiccup quietly took the saddle down from its place and strapped it onto Toothless.

The dragon looked at his friend and let out a quiet purr.

-Let's go bud. Said Hiccup and started to climb out of the big door in his room, leading to the backside of the big house. He mounted Toothless and seconds later they were flying far up in the cloud free sky.

Hiccup leaned backwards, still tired of waking up this early. He closed his eyes and immediately a well-known face popped up; Astrid Hofferson.

Well, he have been thinking of her since they were like five, but ever since the Thawfest when she kissed him, she have been all that he is able to think of.

-Why did she do that, bud? Why did she kiss me?

Toothless glanced up at Hiccup and growled like: Well, maybe she likes you?

-No, no! SHE does not like ME, that's illogical. Maybe Snotlout made her a bet or something.

They flew in silence for a while, when suddenly they flew over the cove where Hiccup found toothless all those years ago, he looked down and saw someone sitting by the lake. Hiccup hurried to searched in his bag until he found the spyglass, he put it together and made Toothless to circle around the valley by a light thug at the reins. When he put the spyglass to his eye he took a deep breath in excitement, it was Astrid!

They flew downwards until they hit the ground a small distance from the valley.

Hiccup looked over to Toothless - Eam… bud, do you think you could find your way home by yourself? I would just want to clear some things up… for me… alone…

Toothless rolled his eyes and growled sarcastically, but then started to make his way home.

Hiccup sighed, he flattened his shirt with his hands and drew his fingers through his hair, then he strode towards the path leading down to the valley.

Astrid sat on a stone near the sandbank. She drew in the sand with a stick, and once in a while she looked up in the sky, hoping to see a black Night furry circling around.

She looked away again focusing on her drawing, it was a clumsy drawn Toothless and an even weirder Hiccup… but she was pleased with her work. She had noticed that Hiccup had gotten up early this entire week to fly Toothless.

There were never anyone else awake bye this time, so this could have been the perfect moment, but apparently not. He might have taken another rout this morning, for she hadn't seen him yet.

In the blink of an eye the atmosphere changed, the birds that were singing just a moment ago was now dead-silent, and the soft breeze seemed to have turned into a chilling wind.

Astrid grabbed her battle-axe and held it in both her hands, she slowly raised up to face any danger. She heard rattling in some bushes about thirty meters from her, near the passage to the valley.

Hiccup stumbled down the steep path, the ground were all muddy and slippery and he tried very hard to keep his balance. He took the support of a stone and slowly slide down the rest of the way, into the small bushes at the end of the slope.

There she stood, her back turned to him. He kept still for a moment and just watched her. She stood up, straight and beautiful, her blonde hair flowing down her shoulders, she wore a red tunic and her usual shoulderplates, a pair of grey-ish pants half covered by a striped leather skirt with metal bolts in the lashes and to top it all; a beautiful cloak made from fox-skin.

Hiccup took a step out of the bushes, but in the same second as he did, a humongous axe came whirling through the air, hitting a big rock half a meter from his right arm.

Hiccup screamed from the chock, but he was given no time to recover, for in the next second he got pinned to the ground by a small but strong body, while her fist was raised towards his face he could only do one thing…

Good morning Astrid… He squeaked.

Hiccup! Why in the name of Oden did you sneak up on me!? What if that axe would have hit you in the face!? Astrid screamed at him.

I-I didn't sneak up on you, I wa-was keeping in sight for the whole time…

Astrid sighed and rolled her eyes, she felt both relieved and angry at the same time, but the anger washed of her quick enough. She grabbed Hiccup by his shoulders and pulled him up.

What are you doing here so early Hiccup? Why are you not asleep as any normal person would be?

She eyed him up and down, and her heart skipped a beat, he was so handsome, he really had grown up.

-So? She repeated, after regaining her posture.

-Well, you know… Toothless and I have started to do some morning exercises-and-we-have-been-out-flying-and-I-spotted-you-and-I-flew-down-here…

Astrid looked at him with a confused look. 'What?'

Hiccup looked down in the dirt,

-I'm sorry Astrid, I'm sorry that I never can behave like a normal person around you…

Astrid put a hand under Hiccups chin and lifted his head. She held it there for a short while and stared Hiccup in the eyes with an iron gaze, then she pulled him closer and put her lips against his. She held them there for what seemed like an eternity, when she finally let go she smiled and said: The axe was for scaring me half to death. That… was for everything else.

Hiccup just stood there, like paralyzed. A thousand pictures were racing through his head, when he finally got back to reality he sat down with a heavy thud and sighed.

-Astrid… you don't have to do that, no one is watching, they can't tell if you did it or not…

-That is kind of the point…Hiccup…' she said and looked around the cove.

-Snotlout, or whoever your bet is with…' Hiccup started till he got cut off by Astrid again.

-Oh come on Hiccup? Snotlout? What does he have to do with this?

-I-I don't know! Why would you do that otherwise?

Hiccup shook his head –why are you out this early in the morning? You don't even have Stormfly with you.

Actually… I was looking for you. Astrid felt how her cheeks turned red, she tried her best to put on a cute smile and turned around to Hiccup.

F-For me? Why would you want that? We meet every day at the Dragon academy anyways.

Ye, but then all the others are there as well, and I need to tell you something important… alone…

Hiccup felt how he became red from head to toe, if this was what he wished it was… then this was the best day in his life.

So what then? Is something wrong with Stormfly? He said, trying to act unknowing.

No, she is fine. It's actually something with you… uhm, me… Us even… She said stumbling.

She leaned forward, towards him, as close as she could possibly get without touching him.

I… I think I really actually like you... the way I like the crack when my axe hits a tree, or the same crack that comes when I breaks Snotlout's nose. She said and stared down in the ground, trying frantically to hide her red face.

That's it, I'm out. This is not real, soon I will wake up to Toothless growling in my ear for being late for breakfast. Hiccup thought to himself.

Astrid wrapped her arms around him, just for one final check Hiccup pinched his arm, but no waking up, this WAS real.

He slowly wrapped his arms around her back, like he was afraid of scaring her off.

Astrid tilted her head upwards, she looked in his deep green eyes and then kissed him again.

Once again, Hiccup was paralyzed, this was the most wonderful feeling in the world. He got back to reality again and pressed Astrid against his body and kissed her back. So they stood, for minutes.

Astrid let go for a second, she grabbed his shoulders and made him back up against the cliff wall. She directed one of his hands in under her cloak, and to the gap between her skirt and her tunic.

Hiccup was red like a tomato but did not disobey, he stroke her back gently.

Astrid was taken of the moment, Hiccups warm hands on her nude back, his soft lips against hers. She leaned backwards, and made Hiccup follow. They both tumbled to the ground, not losing the grip of etch other. Hiccup now stood over her on his knees and hands. He smiled at her and she did the same, she pulled him back down on top of her and kissed him gently.

Hiccups brain were no longer in control of his hands, they were living their own life, one of the held Astrid's cheek while he kissed her, but the other one had ventured down, under her tunic, discovering her thin flat stomach, and even further it went, it cooped one of the soft lumps hiding under the red cloth.

Astrid felt what was going on, and she loved it.

(( Thank you for reading! This was the first story that I have ever published. I want as many tips and as much critic (bad and good) as possible. I will try to keep this up as much as possible, maybe one every 2:nd week if possible, also I want this story to be 80% about Astrid and Hiccup, so the gang and the dragons won't have that much of place in the story. If you want that tough I could recommend "Lovers Of Berk" or "The Hero Of Berk". Both good stories! Thanks for reading and stay tuned!))