Chapter 1: A chilly September night

Hiccup walked down the sidewalk, on the chilly September night. The street was dimly lit by the streetlamps. His pocket vibrated, and he took out his phone and saw a message from his friend Fishlegs.

"Dude, she isn't here!"

Fishlegs was at a concert and after having sat trough all of the warmup bands, he was excited for the main event: Astrid Hofferson. Hiccup let his mind wander over the thought of her. He had had a crush on her, since he first had heard her sing, when Fishlegs had played a song to him. His mind was stuck on her beautiful blue eyes.

His mind focused as his phone vibrated again.

"Guess you don't have to be bummed about not being here anyway"

He had tried getting a ticket, but he had overslept on the day of the sale, and he had missed it. Practically everyone else at his school had gotten a ticket, but not him. He put the phone back in the pocket of his pants, and put his hands in the pockets of his jacket. He stopped walking. He thought about why he had started taking a walk. He was headed for the concert hall; he thought that a guard might let him through, so he could see the show. Now that he knew she wasn't there, then what was the point?

He turned around; ready to walk home, when he crashed into a girl with her hood over her head and covering her eyes. Hiccup being clumsy as usual, fell into her, and landed on her.

Both of their minds recovered from the shock of the fall and whatever thoughts they had concentrated on, and they apologized in almost unison.

As soon as Hiccup had looked at her face, he stopped breathing and his eyes widened. The girl was Astrid Hofferson!