Hello, um, well this is my first story so... please go light with the flaming and constructive would be veeeeery much appreciated! i love the httyd franchise and don't own any of it. even if i did i wouldn't change a thing. so please, read and (hopefully) enjoy this story. i had my one friend help me with this THANK YOU MADDIE MY DEAR! YOU ARE WONDERFUL!

"Hiccup! Stop! You can't possibly be serious!" a tall, darker teenager called after his best friend who was climbing up the mountain at a surprisingly fast pace, considering his prosthetic leg and the fact he was carrying two bear skins and a leather bag filled with wool.

"Of course I'm serious!" yelled back the other teen as his forest-green eyes scanned the ground for briers and snakes.

"You can't do this and you know it! This is just running away from your problems! I thought you were better than that!" chided the first, his pace getting slightly faster.

"It's not running away, Toothless!" argued the one called Hiccup. "I'm fixing the problem aren't I? I'm not packing up and running off!"

"This is the same thing and you know it!" Toothless scolded him, yet again.

"Oh don't be a drama king! It'll all be fine!" assured Hiccup. "Anyway I cannot marry that ugly woman! I don't care if it's only political!" he said making a face.

"She's not all that bad…"Toothless tried to reassure him but still ended up sounding unconvincing.

"Not that bad?!" Hiccup stopped abruptly and turned around to glare at Toothless. "She looks more like a Magnus than a Hildegard! Seriously! She has a beard!" he said gesturing to his chin.

Now Toothless also stopped. "She has a-uh-a nice personality…" Toothless tried again, this time averting his bright-green eyes.

"She's about as exciting as a basket of fish!" Hiccup exclaimed, extending his arms as if there was a basket of fish in front of them. "And doesn't smell too different either…"he added scrunching up his nose.

"Then just tell Stoick that you don't want to marry her! You don't need to make it into such a big ordeal!" Toothless shouted as he started forward again, he too was quick on his prosthetic leg and was only a couple feet away.

Hiccup turned around and began walking again this time not as fast thus letting Toothless catch up to him.

"You know how he is, bud. He never listens! Even after we defeated the Red Death I feel like I can't get a word in edge-wise." The shorter of the two sighed and cast his eyes downward.

"Well, in all honesty Hiccup, you're still a dork." Toothless replied, serious as could be.

Hiccup rolled his eyes and his shoulders seemed to roll with them. Then he sarcastically retaliated with, "Thank you, so much, for that information."

Toothless chuckled lightly elbowing his best friend's side, "You know I'm kidding Hiccup. You just shouldn't be mad at your father, him being a chief makes him like that. He has to make executive decisions all the time and sometimes they don't make everyone happy."

"But sometimes I need a father, not a chief."

Toothless couldn't think of anything to say to this so they just continued walking quietly.

It stayed like that for a good while, both of them just marinating in their thoughts and enjoying each other's company.

It was Hiccup who broke the silence first, "So how long do you think 'till we find this völva?"

"What?! You still want to ask for a spell!?" exclaimed Toothless.

"Of course! If I'd changed my mind we wouldn't still be walking up this gods-forsaken mountain."

"What are you going to ask for? A spell to make the perfect wife? They do sorcery, not miracles."

"I know that… I thought that maybe …" Hiccup looked up, "Maybe she could cast a spell or something for me to FIND the perfect wife… well, the perfect one for me."

Toothless looked at Hiccup's face and saw how pure his thoughts were. This whole thing wasn't some spurt of teenage rebellion or that he felt Hildegard was repulsive; he just wanted to marry someone he actually loved.

"Ugh… Fine. I swear Hiccup, you get me to go along with the stupidest crap."

Hiccup's face lit up, "oh Toothless, it'll be fine. Just think of it as an adventure!"

Toothless rolled his eyes, "Sure, a really absurd one."