AN: Coming right at you with ANOTHER story. I promise I won't abandon this one (yes my other two are dead, writer's block killed them). Hope you like it, and if you do, please leave a review, favourite and/or follow.
I do not own HTTYD or any of it's characters.
Chapter 1: Oxymoron
Hiccup smiled politely at the girl he was having a "date" with in the garden that was - apparently - romantic. Unfortunately, his father, King Stoick the Vast was rather insistent in trying to get Hiccup to marry. Fortunately, his mother Valka was always there to stop his father from going overboard.
Hiccup hated the idea of arranged loveless marriages. How could one live with another for the rest of his life with someone he didn't love? He was glad that he was the one who managed any proposals that came his way.
That didn't stop his father from arranging continuous dates with pretty, vain and in Hiccup's opinion, evil women. You know, the kind of women you wouldn't be sure if they'd stick a knife in you just to steal the throne.
As Hiccup returned to the present, he realized that the girl had asked a question and was now smiling at him, expecting an answer.
"Pardon?" Hiccup said, apologetically.
The girl's smile shook for a bit as if she didn't want to smile anymore but had to.
"I said, do you like the colour purple?"
Hiccup internally sighed from boredom and the thought of having to do this for at least another 30 minutes.
"I'm male." He sarcastically said.
Hiccup searched his mind for the girl's name briefly. Heather. That was the one. She had jet black hair and a sly smile and she would have been almost attractive had it not been for the creepy mascara and Egyptian eyes (eyes that sharply slope downwards).
The girl's smile faltered briefly at his sarcastic reply before being replaced with an obviously fake, bright grin.
"I like you."
Hiccup sighed, this time aloud and the gir- Heather's smile fell.
"We've literally been having a date for 5 minutes." Hiccup deadpanned.
Heather went bright red and excused herself.
As she walked away, Hiccup stood up and groaned as his stiff muscles came to life. He had been sitting there for over an three hours listening to girl after girl after girl babbling on and on about boring stuff he had no interest in.
The next girl in line came in and Hiccup quickly changed his facial appearance from one of boredom to the one he always bore during "dates".
Hiccup glanced momentarily at his watch. It was 5:00pm. Probably one last date before his miserable day would finally be over. He glanced over at the girl coming at him and was momentarily stunned by how beautiful the girl was. If the girl noticed, she didn't say so.
She sat herself down and began introducing herself.
"Good afternoon, your royal highness. My name is Astrid, daughter of Finn Hofferson (1)."
Hiccup hurriedly closed his mouth before opening it again to speak.
"Um... my name is Hiccup, so enough of that 'ro- royal highness nonsense'." He said before internally face-palming. He had never stuttered before. Why now, in front of such a beautiful girl?
Astrid covered her mouth with one velvety silk glove and coughed lightly. Hiccup didn't know it was to hide a amused smile. However, when she lowered the glove, her face was just as stony as before.
Suddenly, a flash of thought went through Hiccup. What if Astrid was just as "evil" as the others? What if she just happened to be beautiful but she used her beauty as a trap?
Hiccup pushed the thoughts away, but it would be only a while before the thoughts came back.
"So it was lovely meeting you, but I'll have to go now. Don't want my parents to be mad at me." Astrid smiled, revealing a set of perfectly white set of teeth.
"Please, the pleasure was mine." Hiccup answered, smiling back.
Astrid rolled her eyes.
"I bet you say that to all the girls."
How wrong could you possibly be? Hiccup thought but didn't voice his thoughts aloud.
"So... when will I be seeing you?"
Astrid grinned. "Eager are we?"
Now, it was Hiccup's turn to roll his eyes, though as he did it, all he could think was: You don't know how eager I am...
"Anyway, I'll probably come around tomorrow, the day after if not tomorrow. Bye." She said as she stood up. Just as she was about to leave, a black kitten jumped out of the bushes and rubbed itself to Hiccup.
"Hey Toothless." He said as he picked the kitten up. However, when it mewled cutely like all kittens do, it revealed very sharp pointy teeth and flashed in the sunlight.
"Why do you call him Toothless? He has a perfectly fine set of teeth." Astrid said.
"That's the point. It's an oxymoron... just like my name. I don't see myself having any hiccups." Astrid rolled her eyes and walked away, muttering something about nerds, hiccups and cute kittens.
Stoick smiled out the window as he looked at the interaction between Astrid and Hiccup. Perhaps Hiccup had finally found his soulmate.
He froze as someone slid next to him but relaxed as he smelled the comforting scent of Valka. Well, 20+ years of marriage and goodness knows what in bed lets you recognize your wife's scent.
"Spying again?" Valka asked, grinning.
"Oh you know. The usual."
"So you're admitting you spied?"
"No..."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
Stoick rolled his eyes at the pointless banter. It just showed how close he and Val really were. After all, you don't see many strangers doing that.
Before Hiccup went to sleep, he opened up his notebook and doodled some random dinosaurs just to fill the page before opening a new page.
All he only wrote one word on it. "Astrid." When he looked at Toothless, he could knew what Toothless would say if he could talk.
'Obsession much?'
(1) I couldn't think of a good name for Astrid's father so I just used Astrid's uncle's.
AN: So that's the end of the first chapter, and I think I've done pretty well. I haven't really written out the storyline so if you have any ideas, just shoot me a PM or leave a review.
Thanks for reading guys. :)
