A Complete Turnaround
Rated; M
Pairing; HiccupXAstrid
Disclaimer; I do not own anything HTTYD related. Everything belongs to its original creator.
Great To Be Me
=Astrid's POV=
{Friday, June 20, 2025-5:50 pm}
(Town of Berk; Mead Hall)
"You look absolutely stunning, my dear," my soon to be mother-in-law's voice stated after she'd placed the final piece of my bridal look where it belonged. I smiled softly as the woman gave me a slight hug, and I leaned into it before backing up. "Come, ladies, let's head downstairs and give Astrid a few moments to herself," the woman rallied my Maid of Honor and two Bridesmaids to leave the room. I heard the excited chatter fade away once the door closed as I looked back into the mirror. I stood in a white strapless, sweetheart criss-cross ruched A-line high-low wedding dress that had a jeweled waist. My hair was simple, a style I always used; one braid on the left side of my head that flowed around to the back where the rest of my hair was braided down and then hung over my shoulder left shoulder. I did have a small bridal tiara, but no veil. My shoes were flat, white jewel-strapped sandals, and the bouquet I held in front of me was something I designed to represent what today was for me and my soon to be my husband.
The arrangement of my flowers is small. The base was three blue roses because of the something borrowed, something new, something old, something blue bit. In those were two yellow roses to represent the friendship that my soon to be husband and I have; what started all of this to lead me where I am right now. And finally, there was a single red rose to signify the love my man, and I share. The other aspects of that line for most weddings is the new piece, my dress. The borrowed is my mother-in-law's tiara. The old is a heart-shaped necklace with a diamond in the middle that my father gave to my mother, which she never took off as it was presented as a wedding gift. My name is Astrid Hofferson, and I'm getting married in ten minutes to the love of my life; Hiccup Haddock. It wasn't always this way with us. In fact, I used to pick on Hiccup and his friends, calling them losers. Why would I do such a thing? Believe it or not; I was one of the wealthiest, most popular girls in High School, and Hiccup was the complete opposite. He was sarcastic, smart, funny, and somewhat quiet. I was a snobby, stuck-up, spoiled rich girl, but then something happened along the way in Senior Year that changed everything and our paths crossed, leading us to this very moment where we would say I Do and become husband and wife. I couldn't help but stand before this mirror, close my eyes and think back to where it all began four years ago in September 2021. It started on our first day of the final year at Archian Preparatory…
~Four Years Ago~
{Monday, September 5, 2021-7:20 am}
(Archian Preparatory)
I pulled up into my assigned parking space with my 2018 Blue Porsche, then shut it off and made sure the top was up. I stepped out and locked my car up before walking to the entrance of Archian Preparatory School. This would be my final year here and thank the Gods too. I hated this place because we had to wear uniforms, and everyone on the island went to the same school. I live in the Barbaric Archipelago on an island called Archia Isle. This land was big, and had about sixteen towns in it; Berk, Meathead, Berserker, Lava-Lout, Outcast, Hysteria, Shivering Shores, Bog-Burglar, Bashem, Murderous, Caldera Cay, Wingmaiden, Visithug, Uglithug, Quiets, and Dragon Hunter. Yes; we live among real dragons, and there are people out there who don't accept it, so they trap, sell, and hunt them. The best part about having dragons is that we humans can bond with one of our choosing, or sometimes; the dragon picks us as a trainer and flyer. Yeah, we ride dragons; it's pretty impressive. I don't have a dragon, none have really stuck out to me. My parents don't have dragons either. I mentioned before that aside from everyone going to the same school; we wear uniforms. The bottom line; they suck.
Girls wore a gray, just above the knee skirt, white short sleeve button-down shirt. Also, there was below the knee white socks, black shoes, and a black vest. Girls could wear heeled shoes as long as they were all black, close-toed, and not higher than one inch for the heel. The boys had black dress shoes, penny loafer style but with laces. Along with that, the males had gray pants, a white button-down shirt, and black tie, and the same sweater the girls sweater was optional, but as we live in a place that's always cold; it's advised we wear them. Also, the white shirts were either short or long sleeved; that was also our call. The school gave a standard issue of three uniforms. Two with long sleeves, one with short. If we wanted more; we had to buy them ourselves from the campus store. Not that it was a big deal for me; I came from a family with a lot of money.
My father, Colden Hofferson is the Mayor of Archia Isle. And my mother is a top doctor for the island. We reside in Berk, which is only twelve minutes away from the school. All the towns were no more than thirty minutes away, so that's an upside to all of this. The farthest spots are Dragon Hunter, Bog-Burglar, Wingmaiden, Berserker, Murderous, and Caldera Cay; just to reach the school, they have between a thirty and twenty-minute drive. The flight time is much shorter, almost half in fact. I got my car as a birthday present when I turned seventeen last March on the 9th when I was still a Junior. My parents pay the insurance, and it's registered to them. I can't wait to be eighteen, only six months to go. Nevermind my birthday, I just can't wait to be done with this school. I graduate in nine months, and then…Well, I don't know what I'm gonna do. Hang with friends, my boyfriend, stay out late, party; I suppose the possibilities are endless.
"Astrid!" I heard a few voices call to me. I turned right to see my friends and boyfriend coming near.
"We're finally Seniors!" Camicazi stated with a smile.
"Hey, baby girl," Eret wrapped his arms around my waist as I lifted my head up and he kissed me. "Mm, I've missed you,"
"Hi, babe," I replied. "And it's only been a week,"
"Our last year to rule the school," Thuggory chuckled, walking over to connect hands with Gruffnut and Eret.
"As we have since like, what? Seventh?" Gruffnut remarked, greeting the other males in the group.
"Yeah, thereabouts," Ragna inserted herself into the conversation.
"What's it matter how long?" Minden retorted.
"So true," I nodded in agreement. So my friends are Camicazi Boggs, Thuggory Meatsen, Gruffnut Thorston, Ragna Falk, and Nadia Warrier. My boyfriend is Eret Trapp; we've been together for a year and a half. Started in Sophomore Year on my sixteenth birthday. Thuggory's father is the headmaster of the school, and that keeps us off the radar with his old man when problems arise between us and others. No one in my group has a bonded dragon, but I guess it'll happen when it's meant to. Camicazi and Thuggory were dating. Nadia, Ragna, and Gruffnut were single.
"Guess we should get inside," Thuggory mentioned after checking his phone. I glanced at mine to see that it was 7:25 am. Five minutes until the first bell. Our day ran from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm with five minutes in between each class. At 7:25, like now; we were expected to be getting to our first period at 7:30. By 3 pm, we'd be out and on our dragon, busses, or in vehicles to leave the grounds, unless there was after school things such as detention, sports, etc. Deciding not to get in trouble on the first day; we moved inside to reach our classes. My first one is Algebra. What a fun way to start the day? Not.
. . .
{7:30 am}
(Algebra, Room; C-4)
I reached my class and walked in with the rest of the students just before the bell rang. I didn't have this course with any of my friends, which sucked, but what could I do? I did have it with people I picked on pretty often with my friends. This group is opposite of mine; as my gang is prevalent, these seven others were not. In fact; we called them the losers pretty often. Right now, I was with Fishlegs Ingerman, Minden Guarder, and Ruffnut Thorston. Gruffnut Thorston is actually Ruffnut's cousin, but he's older by a year and stayed back in Freshman Year. Gruff is eighteen; he just turned August 11th before school started. My boyfriend, Eret, is nineteen; just turned July 2021. Camicazi is seventeen; her birthday is in August, about two weeks after Gruffnut's. And Nadia is eighteen, born in March. Thuggory is about to be eighteen in October. Ruffnut and her twin brother Tuffnut are both seventeen as of June 14th, 2021. Fishlegs is the youngest at sixteen, he will be seventeen in December.
The other members of this group are Minden Guarder, eighteen as of February 2021. So, actually, Minden is older than Gruffnut. Heather Bazirk, seventeen as of April 2021. Snotlout Jorgenson, seventeen as of May 2021. Also, Snot has a little sister, Adelaide, who is about to be fifteen in five days, September 10th; she's only a Sophomore. Finally, there is their leader, I guess. Hiccup Haddock, seventeen as of February 28th. However, Hiccup is a Leap Year baby, born on the 29th of February in 2004. Unfortunately, as much as I tease the guy for being a scrawny little twig; he's one of the smartest students in this school with a perfect 4.0 GPA, and he's had that average for as long as I've known him. For people I can't stand; I sure know a lot about them. I suppose that's because we've all gone to school together since Pre-School, and it might have something to do with the fact that most of Elementary School was starting the new year by learning names and birthdays, other small details about your classmates. Such is the life I guess.
"Students, take your seats please?" the teacher called. I looked at her; strawberry-blonde hair and green eyes. I sat down at a desk in the back and sighed. And so begins the next nine months of Senior Year. "I am Atali Mayden; you may call me Miss. M or Miss. Mayden. Now, this next week will be going over what you learned last year, and then we'll get into the new stuff," the woman, Miss. Mayden introduced. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket as I carefully pulled it out and checked the screen. Texts from all my friends, and boyfriend. I smiled but knew I had to be careful. Phones could be taken away for the duration of class if the teacher felt necessary to remove them. If bad enough, the teacher could confiscate the device and hand it over to the principal for the day. The worst case was a parent having to come retrieve it. Thankfully; I never had this problem as I knew my phone inside and out; I could text without looking most of the time.
My Boyfriend[7:32 am]
Hey, beautiful.
Ragna[7:33 am]
Science sux. With Eret tho, not all bad I guess.
I replied to Eret first, then Ragna before slipping my phone away as Miss. Mayden was cleverly going over the rules of her classroom; it was no surprise that No Cellphones was listed first and foremost. Some peopleGro obeyed this, but most did not. When my phone buzzed again; I saw that a group text; The Pops, had been started for all of us to talk in one place. The Pops was just shortened from The Populars, I didn't come up with it; it seems Gruffnut did.
The Pops;
Gruff[7:36 am]
Hey, gang. Hist sucks!
Thug[7:36 am]
Sup, man? LA for me w/Nadi and Cam.
Nadia[7:37 am]
Bored in LA.
Cami[7:37 am]
Same. Hey, Nadi. I C U! LOL
Nadia[7:38 am]
Ha! C u 2, Cam
I shook my head a bit. These guys/girls made me crack up. I decided I should probably reply.
You[7:38 am]
In Alg. Goin ova rules.
My Boyfriend[7:40 am]
Mad lame here in Sci
Ragna[7:41 am]
W/Eret on that 1
I loved my friends; we always had a good time together. I suspected that sometime before the end of today; a final year party would get thrown. I couldn't wait for that. And…Dragon Training; it's my last period course. It's mainly to learn about the Dragon Classifications, training, possible bonding, and flying. Not everyone had to take DT, and it was a first come-first serve class, no more than twenty. Some people already had bonded dragons and went to an outside source for training and flying. They offered it here at the school for those who wanted to bond to a dragon or try at least. The training portion was going through dragons of each classification, and working with them to understand better. It was confusing, but no big deal. I'm sure we'd understand more when we got there. I decided to put the phone down because I noticed Miss. Mayden was glancing my way.
It sucked not having any of my friends in here, but there was nothing I could do. Oh well. Regardless of being alone in here; I knew things would be fine. I'm me, after all. I've also been called Queen Bitch, but I don't care. I sat back in the chair, sighing. This year would go right by, and I'd be done. Nothing could stop me with the reputation I have as Mayor's Daughter. I smirked a bit.
It's great to be me. I thought.