Berk is an island among many islands . The people bathe less than the animals , breastplates are recycled into helmets and everyone's protecting a common secret , their pets...dragons.

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...No really, they have pet dragons . I'm not kidding ( who else is incredibly jealous ?).
Currently two dragons , one black and scaly and another with blue scales and spikes were shooting across the sky over the water , dodging random tall cliffs arising from the water . A boy with messy brown hair and green eyes had a wide grin as he rode the black night fury . He looked behind to see a blond girl with her hair in a braid and blue eyes with a smile on her face as she rode the deadly nadder . Her smile morphed into a mischievous grin. His eyes widened and he twisted enough to fly a loop and dodge the spikes but before he regained his upright position , the nadder shot past him.
"ASTRID ,DID YOU JUST GET STORMFLY TO THROW SPIKES AT ME?"
"DON'T BLAME ME ,HICCUP .IT WAS HER IDEA..."
She shouted but he could hear the mirth in her voice .
"...BUT I APPROVE."
He shook his head , smile still present . He knew those spikes wouldn't have hit him and that she purposely waited till he looked back before shooting ...not that she would ever admit it. That was just who she was.
"Let's go , bud."
And being the best dragon-rider was who he was.
With a grunt of approval from the night fury, he turned their direction towards an island with huge cliffs ,rock bridges and ledges . It was pretty much an obstacle course for dragons , only very hard .
Astrid saw his change in course and followed him with a grin . Both the dragons entered the range , twisting and turning , avoiding the mountains and cliffs , ducking over ,under and around the rock formations. Neither slowed down and both were completely exalted .They had an understanding between each other , Hiccup would do the more complicated and difficult routes and Astrid would stay within her capabilities and Hiccup would never mention this fact to anyone ,... including her . They took an unfamiliar twist , hitting the sky when they saw the trees , but they came too close to the lower middle of a large rock bridge . Being more agile and faster , Hiccup angled the setup and his dragon ,Toothless shot straight up , barely making it past the edge . Up in the air , he steadied Toothless before noticing that there was no dragon behind them. He shot towards the water . Panic began to arise in his chest.
"ASTRID?ASTRID , WHERE ARE ..."
Before he could reach halfway across the bridge , the waters shooted up and a blue blur shot out of it . The nadder's wings shot open and with a heavy splash , the dragon shot past the night fury , it's rider laughing as she saw Hiccup's face . Her face immediately extinguished the panic .
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME , HICCUP."
Hiccup whispered .
"Never."
Then he guided Toothless into a U-turn and followed the nadder up to the sky . He flew next to the nadder ,quickly looking over the dragon and it's rider for any injuries . But as he looked at Astrid as she was removing her hairband and unbraided her hair , her golden locks flying behind her , the sunlight highlighting her figure and the water-drops shinning on her body , ...Wow. She definitely looked ...wow.
Astrid turned her head to see him gawking at her . An unnatural shyness formed in her , but like the true viking she was , she ignored it and shouted.
"WHAT?"
That broke Hiccup out of his stupor.
"NO, ...I...WHY'D YOU? ...YOUR HAIR..."
"OH!JUST LETTING IT DRY ."
"OH!...KAY!...UM! ...THE SUN'S GOING DOWN ."
Astrid turned to see that the sun was indeed retiring for the day .
"WE SHOULD GET BACK . YOUR DAD SAID HE WANTED TO TALK TO US AT DINNER ..."
She said as she changed her course towards the island whispering 'Time to go home , girl' to her dragon ,Hiccup automatically followed , his legs reflexively making the necessary action and saying 'Let's head back , bud.' to his best friend.
"Yeah , he did say ...WAIT , US ? YOU'RE COMING FOR DINNER ?"
Astrid rolled her eyes as the boy who had easily caught up with her .
"YEAH, YOUR DAD DIDN'T TELL YOU?"
"NO , HE JUST SAID WE NEEDED TO 'TALK'. I'VE BEEN PREPARING MYSELF FOR ANOTHER LECTURE FOR THE WHOLE DAY. "
"WELL , LET'S TALK ABOUT IT AFTER WE LAND ."
Hiccup smiled as they flew together in comfortable silence , just flying with their dragons , touching the clouds , gliding over the water and just enjoying the time with their dragons . Hiccup went at his own pace and Astrid at hers . It never gets old . Far too soon for either of their liking , they reached the village . They decided to land at Astrid's place and leave Stormfly there before walking to the chief's house . Astrid petted her dragon and went with Hiccup .Toothless fell in step with them beside Hiccup . Hiccup slowly petted Toothless as they walked.
"So, what do you think it's about ? Maybe , it's got something to do with those new outsiders , the ones who brought those weird new books ."
"Weird ? those books were awesome. So much information , I hardly understood most of it . But 'electricity','friction',...the physics section helped me with calculating the aerodynamics of the dragons ...and Planes! Wow. I never knew we were so ...kept in the dark about these..inventions."
"I like the saddles that you invented better than any of those things given in those books."
She stated bluntly.A slight blush formed on his cheek , then he remembered the stunt.
"Why didn't you ever show me that underwater diving trick you and Stormfly pulled off? I almost had a heart-attack."
She gently elbowed him with a fake insulted look.
"Heart-attack? Me and Stormfly are tough . You should have known we were fine.."
"Doesn't stop me from worrying ..."
He quietly mumbled rubbing his arm before placing his hand back on Toothless.
"...and you didn't answer my question. Why didn't you tell me?"
"I had no reason to."
"I thought we had an unspoken agreement that any new stunts created would be...oh!"
Astrid refused to make eye-contact with him as he figured out the reason for her silence . They would share any tricks they thought of , but He couldn't do this trick , Toothless couldn't do it . His tail would be soaked and they wouldn't be able to fly back up . That and his leg ... She didn't want to upset him. If it weren't for the bridge , she probably would have kept it a secret for good.
"...ah, so how long ago did you learn it anyway."
She took a peek at his face and on seeing the understanding smile on it ,let relief take her as she answered.
"A few weeks . Stormfly wanted to catch fish and I wanted to swim . So I dived in the ocean..."
Hiccup's eyes widened. That was some serious trust to dive into the ocean.
"...after she was full , she dived after me and floated . I got on her and we left . Later , whenever I wanted a quick dip , I just...you know..."
"Hmm...I'm not too fond of getting wet . I prefer staying in the air."
Astrid gave a teasing smile .
"Says the guy who takes who takes more baths than all the villagers combined."
"Okay , that is a complete exaggeration and you try working in the forge all day...It's hot ...and Sweaty ..."
Astrid gave a short laugh.

"Gobber doesn't seem to mind it .."

"Yeah , but he's ...he's ..Gobber."

Astrid let out a small chuckle.
"So what about my question?"
"Huh?"
"what do you think the joint dinner is about ?"
"Who knows ? Probably something about the dragons since I'm ..."
"Don't finished that sentence , or I'll punch you."
Hiccup looked at her surprised.
"W...why?"
"I'm sick of you putting yourself down . There's more to you than just the dragons ."
She said and with such sincerity that he almost believed her but instead snorted.
"Yeah , right . Like what?"
"You're smart , the axe you made me is the best I've ever seen , funny , creative ,..."
Hiccup's face grew more and more red with every word and finally he clamped her mouth with his spare hand .
"Alright, I get it."
Her eyes widened but she noticed his red face as he looked straight at the ground and a smile formed on her face . With a quick movement she swatted off his hand and lightly punched his shoulder successively gaining an 'ouch'.
"That's for putting yourself down..."
He rolled his eyes and faced her.
"Why must you always..."
"HICCUP! ASTRID !YOU HAVE ARRIVED! GOOD ! COME ON IN! FOOD READY."*bang*
They both turned to see their chief get off his dragon and head to the house , shouting the whole way before entering and slamming the door behind him . Woah, How did they get here so fast?
"Well, you go on ahead , Astrid . I'll just leave Toothless in my room . He doesn't need to suffer with us."
"As optimistic as always , Hiccup."
"I try."
With that he headed to his house .
"Hiccup?..."
He turned to see Astrid looking at him with an unreadable expression .
"...what are we?"
His eyes widened and nervousness began to choke him . What were they ? Anything she wanted them to be . But she would never...no ,she was a viking and he was just...a hiccup .
"We're ...friends , right? You know , if you want us to be and well...I .."
A flicker of disappointment and sadness crossed her eyes , or did he imagine it , before a smile formed on her face and she walked up to him and pulled him by his shirt and kissed him...on the cheek .
"...and that's for being my special friend."
She whispered in his ear before pushing away and walking into the house leaving a red-faced hero of Berk staring at nothing with a goofy grin on his face .
"HICCUP , GET IN HERE."
"Wha...oh ...who?...I?...uh..., YEAH , DAD , COMING!"
He quickly entered the house and led Toothless to his room ,saying that he wouldn't want to be there anyway . Toothless ,from past experiences agreed and stayed , not minding the lack of dinner due to the large amount of fish he had consumed during the flight with his owner and the girl and her nadder. Hiccup went to the dining table after splashing himself with cold water (it wiped away the blush but not the grin).
"Son, take a seat ."
Hiccup threw a suspicious glance at the occupants of the table .Gobber, his dad, Astrid , Astrid's dad , and the two travellers who brought the study books to the island were there too. He took his seat between Astrid and his dad and opposite the two outsiders.
Hiccup and Astrid shared a look. Astrid , haughty and Hiccup , mild amusement.
'Told you it was about the outsiders.'
'Yeah, yeah, no need to rub it in'
What? Close friends can talk with their eyes.
"So ,these are the two kids ,then?"
Asked one of the outsiders . He had blond hair which was trimmed and combed and yellow eyes. Something which clearly indicates that he's not from around here. Astrid's father , spoke with pride.
"Yes, this here is my daughter , Astrid . She has read most of your books ...and understood them too."
Hiccup turned to Astrid with a surprised expression . Didn't she say that they were 'weird'?. Astrid refused to meet his gaze , choosing to ignore his presence instead . Hiccup immediately turned back to blond guy . Being ignored by Astrid was something he did not want to experience ever again. Astrid gave a polite nod to the outsider. His dad decided to speak next .
"And this here is my boy, Hiccup . He may not look like much , actually , like nothing at all but he very smart ..."
Hiccup rolled his eyes and mumbled ...
"Feeling the love , dad..."
...which caused Astrid to crack a grin and almost made being insult/compliment-ed worth it.
"...he read all your books , keeps talking about elect-something , aero-something and make lightning from metal...gave me shock."
"I told you not to touch it."
He complained.
"Blah , who say I complaining ? It was very ...exciting."
The other outsider , he had black hair combed to the back ,green eyes and tan skin, seemed to be surprised and looked at me with interest ,...which was Very unnerving . Hiccup fidgeted a bit under his gaze . They never liked that guy , he seemed weird but that other guy guy seemed okay enough . He didn't want to judge though .
"Ya created electricity ?...Here?"
Indignation grew in all the five vikings who were seated . But the blond man quickly interrupted .
"Please do not be offended . He is naturally rude ..."
Instead of being offended , the other guy just rolled his eyes .
"...now,we have a proposition ..."
Every viking at the table narrowed their eyes.
"...we would like to sponsor these two children for high-school ...in the main-land of America."

A.N:-

I seriously don't know why I'm writing this or even how long I'll continue . But recently , I've fallen back into the Httyd and Rotg fandom and I got an idea and started writing it . Whether or not I'll complete it ...is unknown . But I would like to mention that the story is basically a highschool fic and characters from tangled and brave will show up as well . Though it's mainly Rotg and Httyd.

It's post Httyd universe ,post-tangled,post-brave ( Merida is a princess in a remote kingdom separated by forest )and pre-Rotg with slight changes in Toothiana's past story (Read it in wikepedia ) ,but characters are same.

I wrote as if Berk is one primitive island among many out in the ocean.

PLEASE REVIEW . I WOULD SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE IT.