Chapter one: When it all started

WARNING! Heartbreaking. :(

Hiccup and Toothless is out flying, they landed on a tiny island to check the weather. Hiccup checked the wind and looked in his little weather book.

"What do ya think bud? This doesn't look too bad, sunny weather for at least a week."

But suddenly Toothless accidentally stepped on inferno which was on the ground, it didn't break but a spark came out of it, it started to burn on the ground.

"Toothless, you gotta be more careful!" Hiccup stepped on the fire and put it out, "But I think we need to check the weather again, I might have missed something." Hiccup raised his hand up in the air, "Oh no." he got down on his knees again and checked the book, "There's a dry hot wind coming from the north, and it hasn't rained for two months." he turned to Toothless who growled in response, "This is definitely fireweather. Okay bud, let's get back to the village and get ready for it." Hiccup mounted Toothless and flew away towards Berk. Now when he is chief there's a lot to do, he left to check the weather because Fishlegs had his class and the twins don't even know what weather is... and there's no one else who can, so he was the only one.

When he reached Berk he could see it's beauty, the ice from the bewilderbeast was gone and the houses were fixed. He could see the statue of his father next to the great hall and the people of Berk walking around in the village. He landed at the plaza, he saw his wife Astrid come out from the new hospital house. He sighed and went to talk to her, lately he hasn't been her favorite.

"Hi there Astrid, how's Mr. Thorvidrson?" Hiccup asked when he reached her.

"Good, he just need to rest." Astrid didn't even look at him, she just mounted Stormfly and flew away.

Hiccup just sighed, why is it so hard to be a husband? Is it 'cause I'm the chief too? He felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned his head to see who it was, it was his friend Eret.

"You're in trouble again, aren't you?" Eret asked as he removed his hand.

"Sort of." Hiccup turned to Eret and sighed "It's not working! Where ever I go, what ever I do she just glares at me and when I try to talk to her she just ignores me. What am I gonna do, Eret?"

Eret smiled, "That's what you have to find out, you just need to talk to her at the right moment and at the right place. It worked for me."

"Okay, thanks Eret."

"So, about the weather, is it going to be sunny?"

"Yes, but the worst part is that fireweather is closing in on Berk, it will surely be here soon. We need to make this place more fireproof."

Astrid went to her parents, her mother got hurt when the Bewilderbeast attacked and for the past two years Astrid have visited them everyday. Her mother can't talk or stand up without assistance and her father got problem with his back after working on the repairing of the village.

Astrid knocks on the open door, "Hello?"

Her father comes and raising his arms to give her a hug, "Hi, sweetheart. How are you?"

Astrid hugs him back, "I'm fine, and you?"

"I'm doing great." He pulls away from the hug.

Astrid saw her mother sitting in an armchair with a blanket, "Hey mom, how are you?", she sat down on a chair beside her.

"She's doing great today," her father answered, "can I get you anything to drink, dear?"

"Do you have any sweet tea?"

"With lemon?"

"You know me." Astrid chuckled and turned back to her mother, "Oh, mom, I wish we could talk. It's been so long since I've heard your voice." she placed her hand on her mother's hand, "I hope you will get better. There's something we need to talk about."

When Astrid left the house it was soon dark, she headed home. When she entered she saw Hiccup at the fireplace, Toothless resting beside him.

"Good afternoon." Hiccup said, "How's it going at the hospital?"

"Good." she went to the fireplace but opposite to Hiccup, she sat down and reached out her hands to get warm. Even if the fireweather had come it was still a bit cold when it's dark.

Hiccup took a deep breath, "Okay, Astrid, what have I done now? Why are you ignoring me?"

Astrid just lifted her head, looked at him for one second and then looked back at the fire. "I think you should know why."

He shook his head, "No, I don't know."

Astrid sighed, "When are you going to help me with the household? I've tried to talk to you so many times... but you just excuse yourself and run off."

Hiccup stared at her, then he sighed, "I'm sorry, Astrid. I-" he got interrupted by her "You could at least try to listen."

"Excuse me, but I'm trying my best to be a good chief, like my dad. But it's hard when I haven't got used to it yet." Hiccup sounded a bit irritated, Astrid noticed that.

"Yea, but as I see it you use your spare time to be with your friends and fly around instead of helping me -you know what, I think that you can't be the chief Stoick was 'cause he didn't have a wife who needed his help." Astrid got a bit irritated too.

"Don't go that way. You know he had to take care of the household by himself AND raise me."

"Yea, and I guess it was hard for him to raise you, he's probably sitting up there in Valhalla shaking his head and feels disappointed about you."

Hiccup didn't answer, he just glared at her. He hated to fight with his wife, but that thought was not in his mind right now, he just felt anger about what she just said. Astrid stood up and walked towards the stairs, she only got halfway when Hiccup stood up and turned to her, "And it's obvious the great shield maiden can't handle some work in her own house."

Astrid stopped and turned to him, she went down the stairs again and glared at him, "Who do you think you are? Do you even know what I'm doing everyday? Half of the day I work at the hospital and the rest of the day I take care of this place!"
"Yea, and I need to go up at sunrise so I can help my people! Then I get home when it's dark, and sometimes I don't get any sleep 'cause I need to run to a house fire in the middle of the night!"

"Yea, and that's all you do, I also need to be at the house fire to transport the injured! But who takes care of this house? Me. Who washes all the clothes? Me. Who tries her best to fix dinner for two persons and two dragons? Me. Not to mention I help my parents everyday. I got so much pressure on me and when I see you without anything to do and ask for help you just excuse yourself by saying you are busy!"

"Astrid, when have I ever been without anything to do? I need to be with my friends to discuss about the problems! Why can't you be the Astrid I loved two years ago?"

Astrid glared at him, she turned to the door and started walking while mumbling "I hate this... I hate you."

"What did you say?" Hiccup asked. Still mad.

She turned back to him, she was really mad, "I hate you!"

Hiccup gasped, that's the first time she said that, it really hurts.

"If I'm not good enough for you... then what's the point of this marriage!?" she almost shouted. Then she turned around and went through the door. She mounted Stormfly and flew away. Hiccup was standing completely still, then he dropped to his knees. Tears started to fall from his eyes. Why? Why, I can't understand why? Toothless gave him a nudge. "I'm okay, bud. Although I got a broken heart." Hiccup scratched Toothless' chin, "Maybe she's right, maybe it's best for both of us to go separate ways." Hiccup couldn't tell if he was angry or sad, it's probably both 'cause they had a fight AND he now has a broken heart. His only love hates him.

Astrid was flying on Stormfly, she was feeling the same as Hiccup, sad and angry at the same time. Why? Why, I can't understand why? Stormfly squawked questioning why Astrid was sobbing. "I'm okay girl, even if I have a broken heart. I just can't understand him. Maybe he's right, maybe I'm not good as a wife. Maybe I should die as a shield maiden." Astrid cried again. She hates him, and herself. "I don't think I should be a chieftess anymore, I should fit more as a normal wife... or just a lonely girl who helps her parents." she cried out, "He is not the Hiccup I fell in love with anymore." she laid down and rested her head on Stormfly's neck and cried loudly. Stormfly felt sorry for her, she really wanted her rider to be happy. But now... there was nothing she could do, this was the kind of human stuff she couldn't understand.

The next day, Hiccup's sadness was gone, but not completely, and he marched to the workshop where Gobber was working on some saddles.

"Well, good morning chief. Nice to see you happy and ready for another day of work." Gobber said sarcastically when he saw Hiccup's angry face.

"Let's just get on with it." Hiccup sighed and went to a saddle he was working on yesterday, Gobber shook his head. "Alright, spit it out. What happened now lad?"
"Just a normal day as chief and husband at the same time."

Gobber sighed, "Oh, I've heard this on before, it's why I'm never married. So, what happened this time?"

Hiccup sighed, he went to the tool shelf and grabbed some tools, "Gobber, yesterday Astrid and I had a fight again."

"Another one?!" Gobber took off his hammer-looking prosthetic and went to his little wheel of prosthetics.

"Yea but this time she said she hated me. REALLY hated me." Hiccup went to the cutting machine, pulled the lever and started work.

"You two are gonna get in serious trouble one day," Gobber puts on his brush-prosthetic and starts brushing his mustache, "not everyone survives this kind of life."

Hiccup looked down on the leather for a moment, he hesitated a bit, but then his anger raised and he pulled the lever again and made the machine stop, he looked at Gobber, "Gobber, she wants a divorce."

People close to the workshop stopped and looked at the chief, Gobber was shocked. Even if this was normal he still didn't think it would happen to Hiccup and Astrid.
Hiccup thought about the fight, then his sadness came back and his eyes got filled with tears again. He ran to Toothless, got in the saddle and flew away. Gobber stood completely still, then he went to get a ladder. He placed it under a hatch in the roof, he went up the ladder and opened the hatch. He searched after something.

Hiccup was at raven point, he landed in the cove and jumped off Toothless. He walked around with his hands on the back of his head. Then he grabbed a rock and tossed it in the lake, then he shouted. Then he sat down leaning to a rock, he curled up and covered his face in his hands. Toothless could hear his rider sob, he went next to him and laid down. "This is the worst day of my life." came from behind Hiccup's hands, "Why don't I deserve a happy life?"

So, this is the first chapter, I know, it's sad. But it will be better. I'm sorry if there's any wrong spellings, I'm trying to improve myself. But just so you know, the next chapter will be out next week, I can't work on this on the weekends (I've got a job on the weekends -_-) but I hope you'll like it. =)

See ya later!