Hello, dear readers! I hope you all like this little one-shot about Hiccup and Astrid! Enjoy! :D :D :D And don't forget to R&R!
The sound of Hiccup in the forge had been going on all night, and it made sleeping a very difficult task to achieve. But suddenly, the pounding ceased. I sighed contently and tried to go back to bed. Until there was more pounding, coming from my front door.
"Ugh!" I groaned, just wanting to sleep! Luckily we were at Dragon's Edge, otherwise Hiccup would have my parents to deal with. Luckily. I walked to my front door, and opened it to see a very suspicious Hiccup. "Hello Hiccup. Come in," I say formally, really just wanting to punch him real hard. Hiccup looked at me nervously,and then cautiously stepped in the hut.
"Ummm... heh heh... what are you doing?" He asked nervously.
"Nothing, I just want to know why you're even up!" I demanded. It looked like it was around dawn, but with Hiccup hammering all night long I had hardly gotten any sleep! But Hiccup seemed to brighten up a little when I asked that question.
"Actually, that's why I'm here" Hiccup informed me. "Come with me." He held out his hand for me to take. I looked at him curiously before taking his hand. We stepped outside my hut, and then Hiccup stopped me.
"What are we-" I started but then Hiccup cut me off.
"Snotlout!" He called out. I turned around and saw Snotlout coming from beside my house
"What are you-" I tried again, but Snotlout cut me off.
"Close your eyes" He instructed. I complied, but only because I was curious as to what in the world was going on! I felt a cloth go over my eyes, and then someone tied it up. I opened my eyes only to reveal that I was blindfolded.
"Hey!" I protested. This all was very suspicious. Very suspicious.
"Just relax, Astrid" I heard Hiccup tell me. 'And start walking, too" He added. I didn't think I had another choice, so I followed, Hiccup's hand guiding me. I would never admit it to anyone openly, but it felt reassuring to have Hiccup guiding me. Eventually, though, we stopped, and Hiccup let go of my hand.
"Hey!" I exclaimed. "Where did you go?" I asked. The blindfold was a good one, so I couldn't see anything, I just heard the hushed voices of Hiccup, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut. I decided that I wanted to see what was going on, so I went to take off the blindfold, when I heard Ruffnut.
"Hey Astrid, don't lift your blindfold. You'll ruin everything." She told me. I grumbled, not wanting to feel blind anymore but decided to play along with their little game.
"Fine" I grumbled. Suddenly, someone grabbed my hand.
"Alright, come on Astrid." Hiccup told me. I started walking and Hiccup guided me some more. We walked for a long time, until the chill night air was replaced by heat from the sun. Looks like it's morning now.
"Where are we going?" I asked Hiccup. We'd been walking for a while, and I was starting to get frustrated.
"You'll see" Was all he said. UGH! Why wouldn't he just tell me! That frustrated me even more! After what I guessed was a few minutes, we stopped. "Okay, I need you to do exactly what I say. Can you do that?" he asked. I nodded."Alright. I want you to stand still, and spread your arms out.
"Okay..." I said, doing what he said. Something was off about this, but I didn't know what. Hiccup let go of my hand and I heard him walking away (Only because of his prosthetic). Suddenly, I heard wings flapping, and Hiccup's voice calling out to me.
"Okay! Now, take off the blindfold!" FINALLY! I took it off, and then once again spread out my arms. It took a bit to adjust to the light, but I did, eventually. And just in time. I felt myself being lifted up from the ground. I,of course, reacted accordingly. I screamed my head off. I looked up to see Toothless carrying meto a tall tree. I saw what he was planning and screamed some more. Eventually, we made it to what was probably the tallest tree at Dragon's Edge, and plopped me down so I was hanging from one of the taller branches (of course!), finishing off with Toothless on the tree making it so the only thing between me and the ground was air.
"HICCUP! Get me DOWN from!"I screamed, wanting to at least not be hanging from this tree!
"You have to give me a chance to explain" he told me, trying to be serious, but I saw a playful glint in his eyes. I then realized what he was doing and decided to play along.
"I am NOT listening to ANYTHING you have to say!" I said, inching towards Toothless. Hiccup grinned, before regaining his serious demeanor.
"Than I won't speak. Just let me show you. Please Astrid" He asked. I lifted myself up onto the branch and Hiccup held out his hand. But instead of smacking it, this time I took it. Hiccup looked surprised, but then grinned and helped me off. I decided to continue playing along, and said:
"Okay. Now get me down." I said, looking at the ground.
"Alright Toothless down, gently." Hiccup told him, but Toothless knew what we actually meant. Toothless prepared himself, and slowly lifted up in the air. Hiccup turned to look at me "See? Nothing to be afraid of!" He told me. I grinned. Hiccup laughed and leaned in closer. "Unless you're as crazy as me. Than he almost kills you with spins and dives" He whispered. I laughed, causing Hiccup to grin. That was short lived, however, as Toothless decided that there was too much talking, so he zoomed off! Hiccup and I screamed as he grabbed Toothless and I grabbed Hiccup. Toothless dived into the water, and did a bunch of tricks, having the time of his life. Then again, so were Hiccup and I! We were laughing and trying to stay on, almost falling off when the spinning came! "Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile" Hiccup joked. Eventually though, Hiccup looked like he was going to throw up, so I told Toothless to top. That didn't work. I thought back to the night when this happened before, and remembered how I got him to stop.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" I exclaimed. This caused Toothless to level off, revealing the beautiful evening sky. I slowly let go of Hiccup, and reached up to the clouds. I felt like I was on top of the world, and after that flight, I just laughed. Hiccup looked back at me and grinned.I grinned back. Eventually, Toothless went up into the starry sky revealing Dragon's Edge, looking absolutely beautiful. I relaxed, and put my arms around Hiccup, and resting my chin on his shoulder. I sighed contently. "So, this has been fun. No nest this time though. Deal?" I asked. Hiccup laughed.
"Deal." There was more silence. "So, you enjoyed your kidnapping, Miss Hofferson?" Hiccup asked. I laughed.
'Yes. It was the best kidnapping I've ever had." I informed him.
"Good. Because it's not over yet." Hiccup told me. That surprised me. What else did he have planned? I decided to just wait and see. Toothless flew us onto the side of one of the cliffs, where Tuffnut was. He was holding the blindfold.
"Not again" I groaned. Hiccup just laughed and continued to fly Toothless. When we landed, Hiccup hopped down and held his hand out. I took it, and came off of Toothless. I patted Toothless' head. "Thanks Toothless" I said, before once again being blindfolded. Hiccup grabbed my hand, and off we were. I thought about the day... why was Hiccup doing this? It wasn't Valentine's Day... so what? It confused me. But before I could think about it anymore, we stopped. "Are we here already?" I asked in surprise.
"Yep! But you still have to be blindfolded." He told me, and almost immediately my shoulders sunk, but Hiccup still only laughed."Don't worry, Astrid. You can take it off soon!" I brightened, but only a bit. Hiccup let go of my hand, and walked off. I waited a few minutes, before I heard someone else walk towards me. I felt them grab my shoulder. Someone familiar, yet unfamiliar at the same time.
"Hey Astrid." The voice said. Heather!
"Heather!" I exclaimed! What was she doing here! Did Hiccup have something to do with it? Probably.
"Hey! You can take of your blindfold now." She told me. I hurriedly took it off, wanting to see my friend. As soon as it was off, I noticed we were still near the cliff. I chucked the blindfold off the side of it.
"There. Let them find that!" I said, very proud of what I did. Heather just laughed.
"They have spares" She informed me. I deflated a little, in mock sadness. But I instantly brightened, and hugged my friend, who hugged me back.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, still surprised that she was even here!
"Oh, I was flying around, when I thought I should come visit." She said casually. I, however, did not believe her.
"Sure" I said, raising an eyebrow. Heather smiled.
"Oh, come on! Don't you believe me? When have I ever lied to you?" she asked. I was about to count all the times, when Heather said "Don't answer that" Then she ran ahead and motioned for me to follow. I ran to catch up to her, and we soon made it to the motioned for me to stay, than walked off. I was left alone at the lake. I found a rock to sit on and waited for whatever was supposed to happen. After a few minutes, I began to lose hope that anything was going to happen, and after a few more minutes, I stood up to go. But I was stopped by whistling. [I bet that you all know where this is going.] I looked behind me, and saw that Hiccup was coming toward me. He continued to whistle, but I couldn't figure out what the tune was. He eventually walked right behind me. I still couldn't put a finger on the tune. Until he started singing.
"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." he sang, which made me realize the song. For the dancing and the dreaming. Wait... no. He isn't. Is he? My eyes widened in shock. Hiccup continued.
"No scorching sun, nor freezing cold, will-" He was cut off by Tuffnut in the background, who started to sing as well.
"Will stop me on my journey..." Tuffnut stopped when he realized that everyone was staring at him. "Sorry" he apologized, as Hiccup glared at him, before once more softening up. I giggled a bit at Tuffnut's antics. He continued again.
"If you will promise me your, heart" He sang, holding my hand to his heart. He looked at me expectantly. Oh yea! I have to sing, too! But how does it go? "And love..." prompted Hiccup. I couldn't figure it out! I was panicking now! Hiccup sighed, and let his hand drop, when I remembered.
"And love me for eternity." I took a shaky breath, and took lead Hiccup away from the lake. I was... I couldn't describe it. So I continued. "My dearest one, my darling dear, your mighty words astound me. But I've no need of mighty deeds when I feel your arms around me!" I sang a little faster as Hiccup and I started dancing, a bit clumsily since he was still, well... Hiccup! Then he continued.
"But I would bring you rings of gold, I'd even sing you poetry, and I will keep you from all harm, if you would stay beside me!" Hiccup sounded overjoyed! Then again, so was I! I continued, and even though we were tripping all over each other, we were both laughing.
"I have no use for rings of gold, I care not for your poetry I only want your hand to hold" I sang.
"I only want you near me" Hiccup continued. Then, we both sang.
"To love, to kiss,to sweetly hold, for the dancing and the dreaming. Through all life's sorrow's and delights I'll keep your love beside me!" We sang faster now. "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!" We finished. Off in the distance we heard Ruffnut and Tuffnut finishing the song as well, but they weren't the best of singers, so everyone (including Toothless) were clutching their ears. Well, everyone except us. We were too busy laughing and hugging. Eventually, Tuffnut and Ruffnut stopped. Then Hiccup stopped laughing, and took a deep breath. He grabbed something from one of his many pockets, and went down on one knee. I gasped, putting my hands over my mouth. He held out what he took from the pocket. It was a ring!
"Astrid, I love you, and I always have. Will-" I cut him off with punch to the shoulder "OW!" He exclaimed. "Why would you do that?" I smirked.
"That's for not asking me sooner." I told him. Then his eyes widened with realization. I've done this before. I went in to kiss him. It was... different than the other ones. Better. I knew my answer. When we broke apart, I gave him my trademark saying. "And that's for everything else." I whispered. He hugged me, and I hugged him back, leaning my head on his shoulder.
"So, I take it that was a yes?" He asked.
"Yes." Was my answer. Suddenly, I remembered someone. "Your Dad is going to be pleased, huh?" I joked. He laughed.
"Yep. One step closer to grandbabies!"
So, did y'all like that one-shot? I thought it would be a fun one to write. Stoick should be happy. It's one step closer to grandbabies! ;) What did you think? Should I make it a two-shot and show you the wedding? Well, bye for now! :D