Astrid walked by the closed arena on Dragon's Edge, Stormfly by her side. Her loyal dragon followed her closely, her eyes fixed on the structure with booms echoing from inside. Astrid was the same way – expecting something to happen at any given moment. The booming inside suddenly seized and so she carried on walking with Stormfly that early and beautiful morning.

Until suddenly, the Triple Stryke shot from the entrance when playing Beat the Doom and beat his wings as fast as he could, flying away to go playing.

''Not again!'' mumbled Astrid under her breath and immediately hopped on Stormfly. ''Let's go!'' She went after the dragon, Stormfly's wings beating madly.

Sleuther, as Tuffnut had named him, went for the forest on the Edge, flying above the ocean of trees upside down with his tongue sticking out.

Stormfly had no trouble following him until he decided to shoot under the treetops, and play try-to-catch-me-if-you-can.

A dead tree lay straight ahead, resting against another living one, creating two ways to pass it. Sleuther shot underneath while Stormfly went over, roaring after the Triple Stryke. The dragon looked backwards and with one blast of his wings, shot upwards, Stormfly hot on his trail.

And then suddenly, he flew right back in there.

Astrid kicked Stormfly's sides to go after him, but she refused to move forward and hovered above Dragon's Edge wilderness. ''No! Come on, Stormfly!''

...

It's after hours of searching that Astrid finally found Sleuther, eating dragon-berries from a bush.

Stormfly landed a distance away from the dragon and her rider slid from her back and approached the Triple Stryke.

''It's okay, boy. It's okay.'' she said calmly every step she took towards him.

Sleuther looked up at her and lowered his head as she wrapped a rope around his neck to bring him back to the base.

''Good boy.'' she said and started walking back towards her Deadly Nadder, only for Sleuther to refuse to go and pull on the rope tied around his neck. ''Whoa! You're fine! Come on.''

Sleuther finally decided to calm down and agreed to follow her back home.

...

Hiccup walked in his hut. It was middle of the afternoon and he still hadn't seen Astrid all day. Sleuther was missing as well - again. It didn't take much time for everyone to figure out she had gone after him.

Hiccup reached up to his loft, and a loud crack was heard. He instantly froze on the spot, his eyes scanning the area suspiciously.

''Hey, guys!'' Astrid's voice suddenly called from outside, immediately breaking him from his thoughts.

He walked out of his hut and on the platforms giving on the lower ground of the Training Arena where Astrid on Stormfly landed with Sleuther behind them.

''Don't tell me.'' said Fishlegs as he approached to grab the Triple Stryke, half laughing.

''Oh, yeah,'' said Astrid, dismounting Stormfly. ''He escaped again. He found a way to somehow squeeze between the cracks of the floor, took off... Took me forever to catch him.''

...

Astrid walked in the Clubhouse later in the day, finding Snotlout alone in there, sitting on a chair with his feet up resting on the table.

''Where's Hiccup?'' she asked the moment the entered.

''His hut, I guess.'' answered Snotlout, his head resting against his crossed arms behind him.

Astrid was about to go when Snotlout suddenly stopped her.

''Hey, Astrid!'' he called, and she immediately turned around to face him. ''What are we gonna do with that dragon?''

Astrid sighed and came closer. ''I have no idea why he runs away. He just does.''

''We bring him to our home with open arms and it's the third time in his many days we had to chase after him.'' he said seriously.

''Actually, only me and Hiccup have been chasing after him.'' said Astrid matter-of-factly. ''And yes, I know, Snotlout.''

''Well, now do something to fix him and his crazy habit. Or ask Hiccup while you're there, he's really good at this stuff...'' said Snotlout.

Astrid only rolled her eyes as she turned around to get Hiccup.

...

Hiccup flew Toothless and Astrid Stormfly with Sleuther following them behind.

''Alright!'' said Hiccup to the Triple Stryke as they came to a stop and hovered above the trees of Dragon's Edge. ''Since you love playing so much, why don't we play a game out here, huh? Maybe that'll get some of your crazy energy out, and you won't have to run away anymore.''

Hiccup nodded to Astrid, and Toothless and Stormfly raced up the mountain until they reached the snowy top, Sleuther following, interested.

''Come on, boy, you can do it!'' called Hiccup to the Triple Stryke right behind them and as soon as they reached the very top, Toothless and Stormfly let themselves fall from the sky. Sleuther followed, doing the same.

Hiccup looked at Astrid upside down, smiled and gave her a thumbs-up. She laughed in response.

When they crossed the clouds, Toothless and Stormfly with Sleuther twisted around and unfolded their wings to let the wind slow their fall. With that speed, they were able to soar without a beat of their wings back to the base for the sun was setting.

''Okay, that was awesome!'' commented Astrid.

...

''Huh... That's weird. I could swear I placed Macey right here...'' said Tuffnut as he scratched his chin thoughtfully, observing the wall of the Clubhouse.

''You sure? I mean you're always losing stuff anyway...'' stated Ruffnut as she leaned against the wall with her arms crossed, watching her brother inspecting the wall seriously.

''No, I'm sure I put it right here! Astrid! Were you jealous of my Macey?!'' he called to Astrid who simply rolled her eyes.

''Tuffnut, I never even know where your mace's at.'' she said, shrugging. ''And I don't care anyway.'' And with that she simply walked away carelessly. Why would she take a mace anyway?

''You know, you could be losing you mind as well or something.'' added Ruffnut, smirking.

...

Astrid walked to Hiccup's hut that same night, waiting for everyone to join up at the Clubhouse. She opened his door to go see Sleuther resting with Toothless on the first floor. It surely had been a day for these guys. They barely lifted their pupils when she came in.

Floorboards from upstairs suddenly cracked and Astrid raised her eyes.

''Hiccup?'' she called after a moment of silence. The two dragons didn't even bother to move, like they hadn't heard a thing.

She climbed up the stairs and found the room dark and empty.

''Astrid?'' she heard Hiccup's voice call from downstairs. ''Astrid, you up here?'' By the time she turned around, he was already in the loft with her.

''Yeah, I,... Just heard a noise, like someone walking across the floor.'' she explained, gesturing at the empty room. ''I thought it was you.''

''Well, Heather made dinner.'' said Hiccup as if these strange noises were completely normal. ''Wanna come?''

Astrid nodded. ''Yeah, sure.'' she said and with Hiccup following, walked down the stairs and out of the building.

...

After dinner, the sky had turned from dark blue to jet black with only a couple visible sparkly stars. Almost all the torches around the base had been put out for almost everyone was going to bed by now.

Astrid walked in her hut, not bothering to light up a candle and immediately crashed in her bed.

Right after making herself comfortable, a loud bang rang across the room, and she immediately lit up a candle to see what had just happened. A couple objects of hers were on the floor, including her favorite axe that had been resting against the wall next to her. Now how had all of this suddenly fallen to the ground..?

Heather was her roommate for now, but it couldn't be some kind of prank from hers since she hadn't came in yet.

Astrid slowly got up from the bed with the candle in hand and inspected the area.

Her door suddenly slammed shut, and she gasped loudly.

''You're jumpy...'' said Heather as she walked in. It was a first to see Astrid like that.

''Yeah, it's been kind of a weird and jumpy night.'' said Astrid, looking down at her objects on the floor.