A/N: Hey guys! Just before I start, I just want you to know that this is my first AU, so please be nice. This story will follow the TV series, (at least season 1&2) in case anyone was wondering.

Characters might be a bit OOC, but it's an AU, so I hope that's appropriate. I'll try not to have the characters too OOC. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy the first chapter! :)

Asmund Hofferson looked out of his window watching his daughter mounting off of her Deadly Nadder. Three little Nadders ran after them following their mother as Astrid led her dragon to her pen. Asmund smiled watching the babies that will be adopted soon running in the snow. He walked away from the window once he heard the door open and shut beside him. He turned his head and saw his daughter kicking the snow off of her boots. "Hey dad," she said with a smile. "How are you feeling today?"

Asmund sighed; he didn't want to tell Astrid about what happened that morning. "Do you want something to eat?" She asked putting a pot over the fire.

"No thank you dear, I'm not really hungry."

"That's the fourth time this week dad! You need to eat."

"Astrid, I already ate. You can go ahead and eat. I'm going to bed."

The teenager sighed "alright dad, good night."

"Goodnight," he said walking into his bedroom. He sighed as he got into bed. He hated keep secrets from his daughter, but he didn't want her to worry.

~oOo~

While she waited for her food to fry, she heard the sound of clanking metal from outside. She looked out of the window and saw the black creature curled up in the snow by The Forge. She smiled knowing that her best friend was possibly making another crazy invention. Since it would be a while before her food was done, she walked out of the house and followed the clanking sound.

The black dragon's ears perked up hearing the sound of crunching snow coming towards him. He opened his green eyes and saw the blonde girl walking towards him. She heard him purring as he raised his head up to her. Astrid patted his scaly head and walked inside of The Forge. She saw the back of her auburn hair friend moving his hammer up and down at the metal in front of him.

She got an idea and snuck up behind him; she put her finger in her mouth then put it in his ear. Hiccup turned around rapidly from the surprise and saw his friend grinning. "Oh my gods don't do that!" he cried putting his finger in his ear.

"Oh don't be such a baby!"

"I could have hit you with this!" he yelled swinging his hammer in front of her face. She snatched the hammer and started to toss it in the air.

"You wouldn't have hurt me with this." she stated catching the hammer and tossing it again, but Hiccup grabbed it in the air before she could catch it. "Nice hands," she complimented with a small smile.

"Thank you, now what are you doing here?" he asked putting his hammer on the work bench.

"What? Do you not want me to be here?" she asked with a fake pout.

"No, that's not what I meant! I mean-"

"Hiccup, I'm joking," she said dryly putting her hands on her hips.

"I knew that…..I was just…." Hiccup hit his head on the table and heard his friend breath a laugh.

"Anyway, I came down here to see what you were making." She answered; Hiccup perked his head up and held up the metal rod that was on the table.

"I'm making a new connecting rod for Toothless. The other one was looking a bit rusty, better safe than sorry." He stated and continued to work on it. Astrid gave him a nod and watched him work. Hiccup stopped smashing his hammer on the rod, and started to sniff the air. "Do you smell that?"

Astrid smelled it too, "It could just be the fire in here."

"No, it smells like…burnt fish," Astrid's blue eyes got wide once he finished his statement. Hiccup watched her run out of The Forge to her house. He sighed knowing that she burnt another meal. Then he saw Astrid walking out of her house, giving the burnt food to her Nadders. Hiccup shook his head seeing her fail at cooking once again. Ever since she made yaknog a few days ago, she thinks she can cook. Maybe it didn't help the fact that no one told her how bad it was.

Hiccup walked up to her with Toothless following behind. "You know Astrid, dad and I haven't eaten yet. Maybe you and your dad can just eat with us," he suggested.

"It's just going to be me, dad's asleep."

"Really? It's pretty early."

"I know, but he hasn't been feeling the best. So I just let him sleep."

"Gotcha, so you want to come?"

"Sure why not, come on Stromfly!" she called out behind her. The four Deadly Nadders followed the two teens and the Night Fury up the hill to the chief's home.

~oOo~

Asmund woke up the next morning and went to get a box out from his night stand. When he opened it, he saw something he wasn't expecting. It was empty, his life work was gone! Did he already spend the money? Then he remembered, he was gambling the other day and got drunk. He must have used all of the money when he lost. He was hoping that his daughter could use that one day. Now they have no money and it would take another 15 years to get that amount back.

Asmund clutched the box then threw it out the window. He got up from the bed and paced around the room before he punched the wall. He flinched realizing that Astrid could have heard that. He stood still waiting to hear his daughter's footsteps, but nothing happened. He walked out of his room and softly opened her door. He poked his head in and saw that her bed was empty.

What time was it? He shut the door and walked out of the house. The sun was rising, and he saw a shadow flying across the ground. He looked up and saw his daughter's Deadly Nadder flying over the island. He smiled and saw another dragon flying next to her; it didn't take long to figure out that it was a Night Fury.

He smiled knowing that his daughter finally had a real friend. He never did like it that the Jorgenson boy flirted with his daughter. He could never understand why she hung out with those kids; maybe it had to do with the fact that they were the only teens on Berk.

He watched the two teens land in the middle of the village. He couldn't make out what they were saying, but he heard her laugh then punched Hiccup in the arm before walking away. He chuckled when Hiccup put his hand on his now bruised arm. He would never understand how that little tradition of theirs started, but they always seemed to like it.

"Morning dad, did you sleep well?" Astrid asked seeing her father as she walked towards the house. After she put Stormfly in her pen, she gave her and the babies some fish from the basket next to the stall.

"Not really," he answered.

"Is it your chest again?" she asked walking up to him.

"Not this time."

"What's wrong?" Astrid felt her father's hand gently push her inside of their house.

"I have some bad news, but I don't want to say it out here." Astrid narrowed her eyes at him, and then walked inside of their house. Asmund fallowed her, and then shut the door behind them. He pulled out a chair from the dining table for his daughter to sit in. Astrid looked at her father and sat in the chair. He took out a seat for himself then took a deep breath. "You know when you and your friends were doing that best trick competition the other day?"

"Well, it depends what day you're talking about. We do those every week."

"Last week, anyway…..that day, I and a couple of other men made a bet. I don't even remember what the bet was, but I lost all of my life savings-"

"What!?" Astrid jumped out of her seat. "You lost everything? There's nothing left?! How can you be so irresponsible?"

Asmund raised a hand to her. "I know, I know. I made a huge mistake, and now I can't take care of you." He whispered the last part, but she heard him anyway.

"Dad, don't say that! You can take care of me; we've been through this before-"

"This isn't like other times Astrid."

The teen raised a brow at her father. "What do you mean?"

Asmund let out a sigh. "Astrid, I didn't want you to find out this way, but its best that you know." Astrid sat back down watching her father staring at his hands, "I'm dying." Astrid's eyes grew feeling her heart skip a beat. "I coughed up blood this morning. It's now official that my illness is worse than we thought." He added watching his daughter looking down at the ground with her mouth gaped open.

Astrid felt her heart pounding out of her chest. She couldn't believe what he was saying. She took a breath before she spoke. "Don't, don't worry dad. We can figure this out right?" she stammered seeing her father answering her by shaking his head.

"I don't think so. I can't even relax now because I know that you can't take care of yourself when I'm gone."

"I can take care of myself! I'm a Hofferson!"

"You have no money! You can't even cook without messing it up! You never learned how to sew and you're going to grow out of your clothes! You have to buy your clothes with money that doesn't exist! I only taught you how to be a warrior and that's my fault. I should have taught you how to do things that mothers teach, but your mother died when you were too young to learn how to cook, sew, and bunch of other stuff that I don't remember…and that's my fault."

"Then what do you expect me to do?!" Astrid yelled at her father who was hesitating to answer. "Tell me dad!"

"I don't know!" he shouted back.

"Fine, while you figure it out, I'm going to go out flying to figure out why you lost our money at a time like this." she snapped before getting up from her seat to walk out of the house.

"Astrid, come back." he ordered before she slammed the door shut. Asmund got up from his chair to follow her. When he got outside, he saw her mounting on Stormfly. "Now come on don't be like that, Astrid!" he shouted trying to get her to come back. He watched her fly away on her Deadly Nadder to Thor knows where. He hung his head down, and then he saw someone standing in the corner of his eye. He turned his head and saw the Ingerman boy with wide eyes standing next to his Gronckle. "What are you looking at Fishlegs?" he snapped making the boy jump.

"N-nothing sir….I was just…..leaving now. Come on Meatlug!" he got on his dragon and flew away from the house. Asmund sighed and walked back inside to leave the cold.

~oOo~

Hiccup was at his desk working on The Book of Dragons. He heard his dragon snoring behind him as he worked. Without any warning, he heard the door slam shut downstairs and his name being called out repeatedly. The boy sighed knowing who was screaming his name. He heard pacing footsteps running up the stairs and saw Fishlegs enter his room.

"What's wrong now Fishlegs?" he asked not leaving his eyes from the book.

"Hiccup, you won't believe what I just saw! Well heard I guess…..anyway after I dropped off Meatlug's babies to their new owners, I was by the Hoffersons' house. I heard yelling and screaming, but I couldn't make out what they were arguing about. Then I saw Astrid storm out of the house and flying away on Stormfly. Mr. Hofferson seemed pretty upset."

Hiccup closed the book and looked up at Fishlegs. "That can mean anything. They've fought before."

"Not like this. They sounded distressed, something really bad happened." he watched Hiccup pressing his lips together. He looked down at the ground and sighed.

"Come on Toothless, let's go find her." The Night Fury's ear's perked up. He got up and stood next to his rider purring.

"Do you need me to come, Hiccup?"

"Yeah, I might need the extra eyes to find her." The two walked out of the house and they mounted on the dragons to find the fuming teen.

~oOo~

Stoick was walking around the village when he saw his son and Fishlegs flying over the island. After seeing the two boys flying, he wondered why he didn't see Stormfly with them. He then remembered seeing the girl flying away a while ago; usually Astrid was with Hiccup when they flew around the island.

He figured something must have happened between the three of them. If Astrid was angry about anything, he knew the first person she would tell was Asmund. Stoick walked to the Hofferson house and knocked on the door. "Asmund?" He didn't get a response so he banged on the door. It took a while, but he heard footsteps and the door opened revealing a groggy man. "Mr. Hofferson, did you just wake up?"

"Um no, I went back to sleep. Well tried to at least, is there something I can help you with?"

"Is there something going on with Astrid? I saw her flying away minutes ago and I just saw my son and Fishlegs going the opposite direction. I don't know what you think, but that's very unusual for the three of them. Do you know what happened?"

"Listen chief, this is between me and Astrid. You are not involved," he groaned at his chief.

"I didn't say anything about you, but if this is really about you and Astrid, then it looks like my son is going to be involved with your situation. So better tell me what's going on before it becomes an issue."

"Hiccup isn't….wait. That's it! Hiccup's the answer!" Asmund shouted with a smile.

Stoick tiled his head slightly and narrowed his eyes at the man. "What are you talking about? My son's the answer to what?"

"To our problem! Why didn't I think of this before? It's perfect!"

"Mr. Hofferson, can you please explain to me what you're talking about?" Stoick watched the man smile and laughing. He wasn't sure what was going on inside of his head, but he started to wonder if he was going insane.

"Ah yes, I would love to, but inside please. I don't want everyone to know just yet."

~oOo~

Astrid couldn't understand why this had to happen. Her father was dying and now she could barely live on her own. Why did this have to happen to her? First her mother was taken, now her father? Would this be her legacy, to be the only orphan on the island?

Before she knew it, she felt tears falling on her face. Stormfly must have heard her sniffling; she squawked trying to get Astrid's attention. The girl wiped her tears away and patted her dragon's head. "I'm sorry girl; I'm just having a bad day."

"Astrid!" She turned around and saw Hiccup and Fishlegs behind her.

She let out a groan before speaking. "What are you doing here?"

"I should ask you the same question. Now can you please land so we can talk?" Hiccup asked her.

Astrid pursed her lip and let out a sigh, "Stormfly, land." The Deadly Nadder obeyed and landed on the snowy ground. Toothless and Meatlug landed next to her and their riders mounted off.

"Fishlegs told me that you and your father got in a fight," Hiccup replied. Astrid crossed her arms and gave Fishlegs a death glare.

The boy laughed nervously and mounted on his Gronckle. "You know what Hiccup; I just came to help you find her. I helped you find her, and now I'll just be heading home." Fishlegs patted Meatlug and she hovered over the ground before taking off.

Hiccup sighed watching him fly off then he turned back to look at Astrid. "Okay, so judging by the look you just gave Fishlegs, he was right."

Astrid sighed and looked down at the ground. "Yes, he's right. My father and I did have a fight."

"What were you guys arguing about? Fishlegs said that you guys sounded distressed."

Astrid put her hand on her head and let out a groan. "I guess you could say that," she mumbled.

"Can you tell me what happened?"

Astrid was hesitant to answer. She wasn't so sure if talking about it would be good or bad, but she huffed and said "alright, I'll tell you."

~oOo~

Stoick scratched his forehead after listening to Asmund request. "Are you sure about this, Asmund? I mean, this is a big decision."

"I know it's crazy, but I'll be able to rest in peace knowing that she's being taken care of."

"I understand…but marriage? We're talking about our children here. They're hardly adults-"

"They'll be turning 16 soon. I was that age when I got married," Asmund added.

Stoick ignored him and kept trying to make his point. "-and let's not forget that they're friends, and not for very long if I may add. This is going to be a major change for them," Stoick explained.

"Stoick, think about it. They're going to get married any way. Can you honestly see your son marrying the Thorston girl and my daughter marrying…..any of the other boys?" Stoick thought about it. He really couldn't see his son and Ruffnut together. The thought of Ruffnut Thorston being his daughter-in-law made him cringe inside.

"You do have a point there, but don't you think we should wait? At least let them be engaged so you know that she'll be taken care of. They can get married when their older."

Asmund shook his head. "No, I don't know how long I have left. I must witness my daughter getting married. Just someone's word isn't enough; I need see my daughter getting married."

Stoick groaned and pitched the bridge of his nose. "Alright, when they come home the four of us will talk at my house. Let this be their decision, and don't force the marriage on them. If they don't want to get married, then I'll find another way to prove to you that your daughter will be okay after your passing."

"Thank you, I'm glad that you're at least considering it."

~oOo~

"You just found out today?" he asked after she told him what happened.

"Yeah, I was hoping he would get better, but that's clearly not going to happen," she groaned.

"And the money?"

"He found out this morning. I mean, how drunk was that man to lose all that money?"

The two of them stood in silence. Neither of them was sure what to say, Hiccup broke the silence when a thought came. "You know, maybe my dad can help."

Astrid shrugged at him. "Maybe, I guess we can try and see." The teens got back on their dragons and flew to the chief's home.

~oOo~

Stoick and Asmund were in the Haddock household waiting for Hiccup to show up, and maybe Astrid if she was with him. The longer Stoick thought about the marriage, the more it made him nervous. He didn't know how his son would react, but he couldn't think of anyone better for his son.

His thoughts were interrupted when he heard the door open. He saw his son and Astrid walking in with Toothless following. "Hey dad can we talk?" the two teens were shocked seeing Asmund there too.

"Dad? What are you doing here?" Astrid asked seeing her father by the chief.

"We need to talk to you two." Stoick stated pulling out chairs for them at the dining table. The teens looked at each other and took their seat. "Before I start, did Astrid tell you what's going on at home?" Hiccup nodded at his father letting him continue. "Alright, well….Asmund and I talked and he thinks he has a way to help Astrid when he passes." Astrid's heart pounded; maybe she will be okay after all.

"Well, we think it will be best for Astrid if….if the two of you…well….get married." Stoick stuttered rubbing the back of his neck. He saw the teenagers blushing bright red with their eyes widened.

"Say what?"
"Marriage?"

"I know it's a shock," Asmund replied trying to help out his chief.

"Shock is an underrated statement!" Astrid shouted feeling her heart pounding from the news.

"Anyway, I need to know that you're being taken care of. Hiccup is the only one I trust on this island to be that person. Also with the chief being there for the both of you is a plus. Knowing that the two of you are in a covenant relationship will help me relax before I die."

Hiccup buried his face in his hands trying to recover from the shock. "Ohhh…..I feel sick." He muffled through his hands feeling nausea rising.

"Dad, does marriage really have to be the answer? I can take care of myself; I don't need to interfere in Hiccup and the chief's life." Astrid said to her father trying to ignore her heart that was beating out of her chest.

"Astrid, I know you're a strong woman. I know you can take care of yourself, but how long will you last by yourself? I'm doing this for your own good." Asmund said seeing his daughter looking down in defeat. Stoick sighed and placed a hand on Asmund's shoulder.

"We'll let the two of you talk about it." Stoick said leading Asmund out the door. Once the teens heard the door shut, Hiccup slammed his face on the table and let out a loud groan. Astrid sunk down in her chair and took deep breaths trying to lower her heart rate.

"What are you thinking?" Astrid asked him.

Hiccup lifted his head and shook his head. "I'm thinking that if we do go through with it, our friendship will be ruined."

"Yeah me too, but what my dad says does make since…in a weird way," Astrid grumbled watching Hiccup shrug. "I mean, do you really see me marrying Fishlegs and the gods forbid Snotlout or Tuffnut?" she added.

Hiccup chuckled a bit. "Yeah, and can you imagine me married to Ruffnut?" Astrid laughed at the thought and Hiccup joined in.

"Oh gods, I guess it looks like that we were going to end up getting married anyway," she laughed.

"Just sooner than we thought uh?" Hiccup said sitting up in the chair.

Astrid nodded in agreement. "I guess so…..I mean, w-who says we can't stay friends after we get married?"

"Yeah, you're right. Let's just get married so your dad can be happy, and we'll stay friends." He said with a small smile. Then he realized what he just said when a thought came to his head. "Then again, we have to do things that friends don't do." It took her a moment, but he saw her face turn blushing red just like his.

She briefly forgot about that. The fact that Hiccup would be chief someday, she would have to give him an heir at some point. Astrid cleared her throat before making her last statement. "Well, we did say that it looks like that we were going to get married anyway, might as well go along with it."

Hiccup felt he face burning and his heart beating rapidly. Did she just say that she's okay with doing that with him? "You know, we don't have to do that."

"Hiccup, if we're going to be married. I have to give you an heir; we don't have to do anything right away. We can wait until we're older."

Hiccup sighed in relief then and sunk down in his chair. "You know, five months ago you would be strongly against this." He stated and then saw her looking into space like she was watching the past.

She smiled and shook her head breathing out a laugh. "Oh my gods you're right! What happened to me?"

"I took you flying on a dragon." He joked making her give him a weak smile.

~oOo~

The two fathers waited outside for their children to tell them their answer. They heard them laughing at one point, and wondered if it was a good sign. After a while the door opened and they walked outside. "We've talked about it, and we decided to go ahead and get married." Hiccup said at them.

With no warning, Asmund picked Hiccup up and gave him a bone crushing hug. "Thank you so much lad." He said before putting the boy back down on the ground. Once Hiccup was released, he took a deep breath and rubbed his ribs.

"Well, I guess I'll make the announcement tomorrow. Congratulations and welcome to the family lass." Stoick said with a smile patting both of their backs before walking away to finish his duties. Asmund said thank you one last time before leaving the porch. Hiccup and Astrid then walked away from the house together with their dragons following them.

"You know what I just realized, Astrid?"

"What?"

"Snotlout is going to freak out when he finds out." He saw a little sparkle in her eyes and smirk appearing on her lips.

"This could be fun." Astrid raised her hand up and Hiccup slapped it with his.

A/N: So how was that? Again, this is my first AU. Also, this story's rating may change to M due to adult themes. I will tell you right now that there will be NO lemons, but there might be limes in later chapters. As of right now, this story will be T.

I'll give you guys a heads up if I feel that I need to change the rating.

I don't know when I'll upload the next chapter because I'm in college right now.

Don't forget to Review and I'll see you next time! BYE! :)