AN: I do not own How To Train Your Dragon, nor do I own the characters.

Berk Academy; proud of its teaching ways, proud to host over a thousand students each year enrolling to the school.

The Academy was located just on the outskirts of the village of Berk and was built up like a small town; two large buildings for teaching and three smaller buildings hosting students. In the summer and autumn months it hosted beautiful sunsets at the highest point of the grounds, where only a few amount of students knew about as it over looked the whole of Berk and out to sea.

Astrid had been dreading the fact she would be returning back to the school after the summer had started to disappear; there had been a fight between her and another student before the term had ended and thus resulted in her being punished and further talking would be happening the first day back.

Although the fight had not been her fault, much, she had still punched seven shades of purple and blue in to Heather, and no one had any clue as to why it happened.

Her room hadn't changed much since she left it. Everything was clean and a small breeze from the opened window and brought in an autumn breeze, whilst the sun lay low, the sun rays lighting only a few things as it felt cooler in the autumn sun than the warmth that took the summer.

"Astrid!" Astrid turned, she had not been prepared for the attack of a hug from another blonde, Ruffnut; who had grown slightly taller over the summer and had a huge smile across her face.

"Hey"

"So, what did happen between you and Heather? since everyone has come back it's been on everyone's lips." and there was the punch in the stomach, it seemed no one had forgotten the fight, just what she wanted after a long summer.

"Nothing."

Ruffnut looked at her best friend, she knew full well Astrid was a terrible liar and something had provoked her to do something this drastic; although in anyone's case Heather had had it coming for quite a while, but nothing to the extent of this.

"I know full well you are lying Astrid, I just wish you would tell me, I'm you're friend…"

"That's the thing though, if I do tell you, you would think I was stupid and…" Astrid had been cut off mid sentence as Ruffnut had hugged her.

"Okay, okay, I'll explain everything after I've had the talk with the head, which I have to be there in fifteen minutes…" she sighed, knowing full well she should be expelled from the Academy for good.

The walk to the head's office was a long and quiet one, the floor creaked slightly and her footsteps echoed down the corridor, the feeling was more death sentence than discussing with your head teacher your options of being here.

"Ah, Miss Hofferson, early I see." And there it was, her God, will she stay or will she go?

Two hours later Astrid had left the office of their head teacher, in shock and yet thankful she had another chance to be here; although how she had no idea. She thanked the Gods above her for this chance and let out the air which she had held the whole time.

As she was walking back to her room she noticed a familiar figure walking across the grounds of the school, he was taller than she remembered and his hair had grown too, not a lot but he looked good…

"Hiccup?" the boy turned around, hearing his voice then looking where the voice had come from, their eyes locked on to one another for a brief second.

"Astrid?" she hadn't changed that much since the summer had she? why was he questioning her name like that. She had grown a few inches since the summer and maybe lost a little weight, but she was still the same Astrid which had been told to stay in detention for the last week of term before they broke up for summer.

"Wow, I mean…wait did you just come from the head's office?" oh great, not him too.

"Uh, yeah.."

"What happened? everyone's been trying to think how it happened or try and remember what was said. I have to admit, even I'm a little curious." Hiccup stated, a small amount of excitement in his voice.

Astrid, meeting in the cafe if you're not out of here…

She looked down to her phone again, typical of Ruffnut to leave a message like this, but either way, it was perfect timing for the blonde, who had just about had enough of people questioning her about the fight.

"Ah, I would love to answer that question, I really would, but I have to go and see Ruffnut.."

The cafe held a delightful smell of coffee in the air as the door opened for each student. It was popular amongst the elder students, who left their final projects and essays too late and ended up spending too much time in the cafe they looked even more exhausted than when they first arrived.

Astrid had spotted Ruffnut on a table filled with guys; Ruffnut's twin Tuffnut sat beside her, both of them were probably planning a way to whined up Snotlout, who in fairness didn't deserve it five percent of the time. And lastly the huge guy sat opposite Ruffnut was Fishlegs, who everyone knew had a crush on Ruffnut, even though he would deny it countless of times.

"Ah, Astrid just the girl I wanted to see on this beautiful day…"

"Quit it Snotlout, you're not fooling me."

"I told you she wouldn't appreciate that, but would you listen…"

"Fishlegs!"

the table fell quiet, the twins were nursing two coffee's whilst Snotlout held a protein shake, it had seemed more interesting than the silence which fell on them.

"This is stupid, are you guys really interested as to why I had that fight?" their eyes lit up and smiles fell on their faces, subtly was not in their game.

"Pathetic." Astrid muttered. She looked at Ruffnut, even as her best friend she should probably tell her, after all one person couldn't hurt this secret right? and the best friend code…

"Ruff, could I have a word with you? in my room?" The quick turn of the question knocked Ruffnut out of her thought, but agreed anyway to walk with Astrid, at least it was better than being surrounded by testosterone.

"I'll tell you what happened if you promise, and I mean promise not to tell anyone, not even Tuffnut."

Ruffnut nodded, and handed out her pinky finger, it was Ruffnut's promise of absolute silence and loyalty.

"Thanks." Astrid sighed before she began, this was going to be a long story and hopefully Ruffnut could keep up.

"It had started last year when Heather started flaunting herself to every guy she could. And she knew one guy in particular would ruffle me, and so she had the mission to get me back for destroying our friendship, after all she knew I had a thing for Hiccup and she wouldn't let it go…"

"So she tried getting with Hiccup so you couldn't?"

"She wanted to do more than that. She was going to get with him and then sleep with him, all thinking she loved him when in fact she was doing it in spite of me. I couldn't let that bitch do that to him.."

"Before you did?"

"Ruffnut! No, I just wanted him not to be with her, she's horrible and bitchy and it's Hiccup. I just didn't want him to be hurt.."

"So you knocked her seven shades purple, man Astrid, I didn't think you had it in you. But I'm glad someone gave her what for, although she's still as bitchy as ever this year. I think you turned the 'bitch' button on max when you punched her."

Astrid gasped, shocked. Their head teacher had also allowed Heather back in as well?

This was going to be the death of this year, she was more than likely going to be humiliated, or worse, expelled by the end of term.