A/N: Here it is, the squeal to The Dragon Hybrids. This is the first chapter and wish it hadn't taken me nearly two weeks to finish. My time of peace turned out to be busy with other things that I didn't get much time for writing. Because of the summer holidays and a little person to look after don't expect the next chapter before the end of the month, maybe even mid-September.
But please enjoy and don't forget to review!
The Chief's Wedding
Chapter 1
Astrid Hofferson collapsed onto the bed next to her fiancé Hiccup Haddock, who pulled her close and started kissing her behind her ear. "That's all you're getting from me until the wedding," Astrid said with a giggle, enjoying the warm breath on her neck and the fact her future husband clearly wasn't done with her yet.
"Oh really," Hiccup breathed. "And what about what you get from me? Because I doubt you can survive a week without getting some of all this." Hiccup gestured down his body and Astrid couldn't help but laugh.
"I'll admit it'll be hard to resist all that raw Vikingness, but I'm sure I can get through a week. We have been apart longer than that," Astrid said. "And it'll make the wedding night so much sweeter if we go without each other for the week."
Hiccup groaned into Astrid's neck at the thought. "I can't wait to officially have you as my wife," he said. "I've made sure our marriage bed is strong enough to withstand all the things I'm gonna do to you."
Astrid giggled again and made a half-hearted attempt to wriggle out of her fiancé's grip. Hiccup let her go, running a hand across her bare waist as he did so. Astrid gave a small gasp at the feeling and shock her head; telling him no in the flirtiest way possible before climbing out of bed. She could feel Hiccup watching her as she grabbed a robe and put it on, making no move himself to get out of bed and get ready for the day. "Come on Chief, get that sexy butt of yours out of my bed," she said turning back round to face the love of her life. "You've got work to do."
Hiccup sighed and climbed out of bed, picking up his clothes from where he'd thrown them the night before. As he changed back into them, he watched Astrid wash from the bowl of water at a nearby table, the robe falling off one shoulder. "Are we really going to do this every morning?" Astrid asked not looking round. She couldn't hide the smile from her face though, there was something about feeling Hiccup's eyes on her that she could never get sick of.
"For the rest of my life," Hiccup replied. "Because I'm never gonna stop wondering how I managed to get a goddess as my wife."
Astrid looked over her shoulder at Hiccup, giving him a flirtatious look. "You'd do anything for your goddess wouldn't you?" she asked.
"Anything you ask of me," Hiccup replied throwing his tunic back onto the bed.
"Then get that shirt on and get downstairs. You can make me breakfast."
Hiccup shock his head and smiled as he picked up his tunic and put it over his head. He then walked over to where Astrid was getting dressed. He put one arm round her waist and pulled her closer to him. "As you wish Milady," he whispered in her ear before letting her go. He then headed out of the room, leaving Astrid to finish getting changed with the feeling of his breath and fingers on her skin still lingering.
Astrid's parents Vali and Magnhild, were just coming through the door after doing the night watch when Hiccup walked down the stairs. There would have been a time Hiccup would have been horrified to realise his future in-laws had caught him coming down from his daughter's room early in the morning, but after a while and knowing they had a rather relaxed attitude to their daughter's night time activities with their chief had made the mornings he was there less embarrassing. "Morning," Hiccup said. "I've been ordered to start breakfast."
"Oh good," Vali said. "I do love breakfast cooked by the chief."
"Astrid upstairs?" Magnhild asked already heading for the stairs.
"Yeah. She's just getting dressed," Hiccup replied, making a start on the breakfast.
"Oh good. I need to talk to her." Magnhild headed up the stairs, with Hiccup watching her go.
Hiccup turned to Vali, who was sitting at the table, pouring himself a mug of water. "Is everything ok?" Hiccup asked.
"Oh fine," Vali said with a wave of his hand. "Magnhild just realised last night how soon the wedding is and how little time is left before it's just the two of us in this house. For good."
"I guess it'll feel kind of empty huh?"
"Oh we'll get used to it. It's not like we won't see her. She'll only be across the square. Hey, your house is going to be the one filled with people and dragons now."
"Actually looking forward to it. Although I like having my mother and Cloudjumper around, since dad died the house has felt a little empty. And quiet." Hiccup took a deep breath, pushing back the tears that always threatened whenever he thought about his dad. It had only been two months since Stoick the Vast had died and Hiccup had become Chief and although things were getting easier, thinking about his dad still hurt a lot. He still had nightmares about the events that had caused his dad's death, even though they were getting less frequent. "So yeah," Hiccup continued, going back to preparing breakfast so his future father-in-law wouldn't notice if tears did start to fall. "Having Astrid and Stormfly and a bunch of baby dragons around the place is exactly what's needed."
As if on cue Toothless, who'd spent the night sleeping in the dragon stables next to Astrid's house with Stormfly, came rushing in from the back door, followed by the six baby dragons that the pure black Night Fury had fathered with the Deadly Nadder and so had been named Night Nadders. Their heads were more flat like a Night Fury, with the same big green eyes Toothless had, and it had the spiked crown at the back like a Deadly Nadder; jet black with yellow tips. The rest of its body was more like a Deadly Nadder; more rounded with two legs, also jet black with coloured streaks on its wings and on the spikes that ran down its tail. two of the six were yellow, another two red and the last two purple.
The smallest of the babies, a yellow streaked one that had been named after Hiccup, went running to the Chief's side, as the others went running around the basket of fish, waiting for their breakfast. Toothless tried to keep them in line while Stormfly appeared at the back door. "Are you really sure you want all this chaos in the mornings?" Vali asked, getting up to give the dragons their breakfast.
"Admit it, a part of you will miss this when it's over," Hiccup replied putting a pot over the fire to start cooking.
Vali just laughed as he tossed fish to Stormfly and then gave one to Dragon Hiccup. "We'll see about that when it happens," he said closing the basket before Toothless could steal another fish.
Astrid had just put her tunic on when her mother knocked on the door. Astrid let her in, before going to get her skirt from where she'd left it the night before. "I just wanted to see how you were," Magnhild said as she closed the bedroom door behind her.
"I'm fine," Astrid said putting the skirt on over her leggings. "Got a lot to get done though. I want to start work on the dress today."
"Do you want any help?"
"I guess I could use some. I want it to be perfect."
Magnhild sighed and sat down on a nearby chair. "I can still hardly believe it," she said. "In a week my little girl will be a married women. And the chief's wife at that."
"I know. This wasn't exactly how I thought my life would be," Astrid said, picking up a comb from the dressing table as she sat down in front of it. "I thought I'd join the Berk Guard and help protect Berk there. Settle down with someone later on in life like you did. It was my dream. Now I'm helping to lead Berk with someone I'm madly in love with."
"Sometimes you get your dreams in a way you don't expect."
Astrid smiled, knowing her mother was right. Her life might not have gone the way she always thought when Berk fought dragons but she wouldn't want her life now to be any other way.
