New Beginnings

Pairing; HectorXBriana

Rating; M for Mature

Disclaimer; I do not own HTTYD or the songs I may or may not use.

*Author's Note; So, in celebration of Valentines Day is this week; I decided to write a little sequel to my story 'Change Of Heart.' The idea was bugging me to do a sequel to this based on the fact Briana and Hector didn't get a lot of screen time, and also that it refers to something in chapter 52 where Glenn told Hector not to get Briana pregnant before they were married. Enjoy!*

Characters;
Hector Haddock as Hiccup with his Black Panther, Toothless.
Glenn Forger as Gobber
Briana Grayson as OC with her Savannah F1[Cat], Sava.
Alyssa Hofferson as Astrid
Shane Jorgenson as Snotlout
Alexia Jorgenson as Adelaide
Flynn Ingerman as Fishlegs
Rylee Thorston as Ruffnut
TJ Thorston as Tuffnut
Harper Bazirk as Heather
Derek Bazirk as Dagur
Thaxter Meatsen as Thuggory
Cassandra Boggs as Camicazi
Ethan Trapp as Eret
Dimitri Bludvist as Drago
Aaron Ogglebert as Alvin
Sawyer Helnor as Savage
Jeremy Traytor as Johan
Kayne Hunters as Krogan
Victor Grimborn as Viggo
Ryder Grimborn as Ryker

1. Home At Last

{Briana's POV}

=May 4, 2018=

I would have liked to believe that my boyfriend, Hector, didn't join the Marines Island Guard. However, I suppose I couldn't think that when Hector did leave January 8, 2018, for training in Arc City. It's been nearly four months since then, and Hector hadn't been able to stay in contact a lot. I was still living with my cat, Sava, at his house in the cul-de-sac neighborhood. Toothless, and the Hell Drakes were here too. Hector had asked them to stay and keep an eye on me while he was away. Not much has happened since Hector left. Thaxter and Alyssa are still dating, so are Rylee and Ethan. Also, Shane and Cassandra started in February. TJ shocking managed to talk to Shane about being with Alexia, who happens to be Shane's little sister, and now, he was dating Alexia. The two started dating in March. Lastly, Flynn and Harper were still together. One shocking relationship that began was Sylvia Solberg and Derek Bazirk. Yes, Derek was dating Sylvia, and I honestly couldn't wait to find out how Hector would respond to it since last we all checked, Sylvia and Hector were on nasty terms because Sylvia refused to stop trying to come between Hector and me. Anyway, Derek and Sylvia started having an interest in one another right after Hector left, maybe a week later, and then towards the end of April, they began a relationship. Nobody was thrilled about it, and Sylvia was warned that it better no be a way to get closer to Hector, or it would be an awful time for her.

All my friends were doing well in their relationships and lives career-wise. Cassandra and Rylee are C.N.A's now. Flynn and Alyssa are still going to college. Shane and TJ went into business together; lawn care for Summer, and snow removal for Winter. Thaxter and Harper still have their jobs; Thaxter with the fast food, and Harper in cashiering. I found a job too, working in an animal shelter that was ten minutes away from Hector's house. All of us still live in the same neighborhood; even Victor, Ryder, Harper, Derek, and Ethan as they have moved into Derek and Harper's mom's house since she moved out to live with her boyfriend or whatever the reason had been. My Mima and Papi were here as well, in their home, not Hector's. Life is good for everyone, and me; I just want my boyfriend back. Oh, I almost forgot to mention Glenn, Hector's Godfather/Uncle! Yes, Glenn is doing fantastic too and comes by once or twice a week to make sure everything is okay.

"Briana? Is everything alright?" Dimitri's voice cut through my thoughts. I glanced at the Hell Drake leader and gave a small smile.

"Just wondering when I'm going to hear from Hector," I replied. Unfortunately, it had been about six weeks since his last check-in, so I was worried if Hector was alright or not.

"I'm sure he's just busy training," Victor offered. I nodded, figuring the same thing, but that didn't stop me from worrying about my boyfriend. Sadly, it just passed the one-year anniversary of Stephen and Valarie Haddock's passing, and Hector hadn't been having an easy time dealing with the loss ever since it happened. I recall Thanksgiving and Christmas being difficult for Hector, but we got him through, and that was also the day Hector announced that he joined the Arc Island Guard; Marine Division, and got clean. Initially, Hector said he'd be gone three months, but I guess that got pushed back because it's now the beginning of May; marking the fourth month he's been away.

Today is Friday the 4th of May, and we're all getting together to throw a block party to enjoy the warm Summer day it is. We were starting at 5 pm because everyone would be off work by then, and we'd be grilling ribs, burgers, hot dogs, and chicken alongside any other little foods that we prepared and set out on a table.

"I'm here!" Glenn's voice announced as I smiled a bit and went to greet the man. "I brought my famous stew,"

"Thank you, Glenn. I don't suppose you've heard from Hector?" I wondered.

"Sorry, lass. Haven't heard from the lad in a few weeks now," Glenn admitted sadly. I sighed.

"It's okay. Well, should we get outside; it will be starting soon," I informed.

. . .

{Normal POV}

{Block Party}

The time reached 5:45 pm and everyone was having a fun time. Sylvia arrived, then Xavier came by to enjoy the festivities and the members of the Hell Drakes that Hector brought in who used to be Sons of Odin until Hector beat Rex's butt. The music was going; food was being cooked, people were talking, dancing, and just loving the time they could spend together.

"Still nothing from Hector?" Alyssa wondered coming beside Briana who was sitting at a smaller table with a soda in her hand. Briana shook her head to Alyssa.

"I'm sure he'll make contact soon, Bri," Harper offered with Flynn besides her. Suddenly, the sound of a chopper flying over got their attention, but moments later it was gone and headed in the direction of Arc City.

"That was low to the ground for a helicopter," Sylvia mentioned. However, the friends shrugged it off, and everyone was about to start partying again until…

"SOMEONE IS FALLING OUT OF THE SKY!" Alexia pointed. Once more, the group looked up, and sure enough, someone was falling.

"Do we call the police?" Thaxter wondered curiously.

"I think we should leave it be," Glenn offered. "Could be a routine parachuting exercise," he stated. As the figure got closer to the ground, a parachute was activated and came out, slowing the descent of whoever jumped. "See, what did I say?" the man remarked. Not more than five minutes later, the person hit the street running and came to a stop as the party-goers were quiet and inspected carefully. This man, as defined by the parachute not have boobs, was wearing a brown, black, and green military uniform and black boots. The male unclipped the parachute harness and then his helmet. As soon as it came off, their eyes widened to see who it was. Hector.

"Now, who said you could have a party without me?" Hector smiled as he put his hat on and stood before them. Briana instantly got up from her seat and rushed to her boyfriend. Briana jumped up and wrapped her legs around Hector's waist, using her arms to hold on.

"HECTOR!" Briana squealed with delight as she kissed him over and over again. Hector laughed but kissed her back passionately, holding her tightly.

"Hi, babe," Hector said after the kiss. Briana continued to hold onto him as Hector walked closer to the rest of the group.

"Ya know, when you said you were going to surprise everyone, lad; I did not expect this. Nicely done," Glenn chuckled.

"YOU KNEW HECTOR WAS COMING HOME TODAY?" everyone yelled at Glenn.

"Why do you think I made Hector's favorite stew for the party?" Glenn shrugged as Hector put Briana down and hugged his Godfather tightly. "Good to have you back, laddie," Glenn pulled away now, and took a step back. "Now, let me get a look at you!" Hector rolled his eyes as he stood straight with his feet shoulder-width apart, and hands clasped behind his back as Glenn circled him, then stopped in front and took Hector's hat off. "I see that even the military couldn't do much with that hair of yours,"

"It's just shorter and out of the way," Hector informed.

"You look great, Hector. And your parents would be super proud of you, as am I," Glenn smiled. There was a roar as Toothless came barreling from the backyard of Hector's home and towards his friend. Hector got tackled down and licked by his panther.

"Hey, bud! Oh, I've missed you!" Hector laughed Toothless was whining with joy to see Hector again. Hector kept rubbing his face and trying to avoid the licking. Moments later, Sava, Briana's cat had made her way over to greet Hector as well. "Hi, Sava; I missed you too," After a few minutes of that, Hector was able to get up again. The chopper from before returned and hovered above.

[Hawk to Raseri. You land okay? Over.]

Hector grabbed a small radio from his belt and pressed the button on the side. [Raseri to Hawk. I've landed. Over.] Hector gave them a thumbs up.

[Copy that, Raseri. See you at the end of the month, and don't forget to bring that stuff back! Hawk, over and out!]

[See you soon, boys! I won't. Raseri, over and out.] Hector turned the radio off as he rounded up the parachuting gear, and then folded it up and set the bag in his father's truck so he wouldn't forget it when he went to Weekend Warrior Training at the end of the month. Hector made sure to put the radio with it. Briana instantly hugged him again.

"I'm so happy you're home!" Briana said happily.

"Me too. Now, why don't you let me go change because I'm so tired of being in this uniform?" Hector kissed her. Briana nodded afterward as Hector went into his house and changed, then returned outside wearing a pair of jeans, tucked in t-shirt, and sneakers. Hector was still wearing his watch, and the dog tags hung from around his neck. There was a small black, what appeared to be a radio, attached to his belt, and a handgun. The shock was wearing off Hector had parachuted into the neighborhood to surprise them, and everyone began to greet and welcome Hector back. For Briana, she would not be leaving Hector's side the next week now that he was home again.

"So, how's it feel to be a Marine, lad?" Kayne asked.

"Different, but I love it. I've spent the last fourteen weeks going from civilian to warrior," Hector replied.

"Boot Camp and AIT, right?" Glenn asked. "Oh, memories," he chuckled. "What MOS did you go for?"

"Infantry," Hector responded.

"And what does that let you do?" Derek wondered.

"It means that Hector and any other Infantry Warriors to the Arc Island Marine Guard will be called first in the event of Island Emergency. Hurricanes, Flooding, Tornadoes, Blizzards; stuff like that. And Odin forbids it, but if enemies ever launched terrorist attacks here and a war started, Hector is on the front lines to fight and get them off our island," Glenn explained. "You tried to get as close to the action as you could without being Active Duty, didn't you?"

"Hey, I'm a protector, Uncle Glenn. If my leg prevents me from helping the world be a safer place, then I'll settle for making sure my home is secure," Hector shrugged. "Besides, you know that if things got bad overseas; the guard is a reserve list if extra Warriors are needed,"

Glenn sighed. "That I do, laddie. Thankfully, most of those other country situations are taken care of, and you shouldn't ever be called on for an off-island deployment,"

"I'm also a Medic and Military Police," Hector informed as Glenn blinked.

"How in Thor's Beard did you end up with three MOS's, Hector. I've never heard of that before," Glenn asked.

"I scored well on the ASVAB for everything related to Medical and Combat. The Military Police thing seems to have become a regulatory addition to the Infantry category; this is why I'm allowed to carry my gun. I'm considered Law Enforcement, which is why when I'm not doing Island Guard stuff…I'm gonna be part of the Berk Police Department," their eyes widened a little. "I contacted Chief Svendson before I left the base. Next Monday, I start at the Police Academy. In for 6 am, and home by 4 pm. I get weekends off unless called in, and they can't during weekend warrior training," he enlightened.

"I gotta ask; why so in on all the things you didn't want before?" Alyssa wondered.

"Yeah. You didn't want to join the military last May when it got brought up," Cassandra reminded.

"And you didn't want anything to do with the police either," Shane stated.

"I said it in December why I decided to do everything; change of heart," Hector said. Briana smiled and laid her head on his shoulder. "I can go back to being a sarcastic asshole who doesn't care about anything except drinking, smoking, and doing drugs; just say the word," he rolled his eyes.

Glenn glared as he smacked Hector upside the back of the head. "HECTOR HICCUP HADDOCK! I swear to Odin if you even consider it; I will kill you myself and then once you're up there, you parents can kick your ass,"

Hector rubbed his head. "Um…OW! I was kidding, Gobber!" Glenn glared, clearly unamused. "Damn! Do you honestly believe I went through all that a second time just to throw it away?"

"It's not funny, boy. You got clean once and went back to it, so I'm not about to take your sarcasm as a joke," Glenn reminded.

"That was a different situation, and yes; I know it could have been handled differently, but it didn't happen that way. I was a mess; I got overwhelmed with emotions. I was hurting, and I went right to the thing that made all of that stop. That's all it was, Uncle Glenn. I had a relapse and then an eye-opener because of you. I turned my life around again, and now, I'm someone that even I can be proud of. I'm clean, have been since December 1, 2017. I'm a Marine Infantry/Military Police/Medic. I'm going to be a Berk Policeman in…Roughly five months, so just relax, old man. And hey, you should be honored that I decided to take after my two male role models; you and my father," Hector reminded softly.

"Awe, you are a good lad!" Glenn smiled as he noogied Hector.

"As I said; a change of heart, and I honestly couldn't be happier," Hector chuckled. "Alright, so enough about me. What the hell has been going on here while I've been away? And why is she here?" he pointed to Sylvia.

"Uh, about that, Hector. I'm with her, as in we're dating," Derek informed as Hector blinked.

"It happened at the end of April," Briana added.

Hector sighed. "As long as my brother is happy, then you and I don't have a problem. I find you're hurting Derek or using him to get to me; I will do what I'm good at and protect the people I care for. And this does not make us friends; you've done far too much to earn that title. I don't like you, and I don't trust you. You're an acquaintance that I tolerate. Do we understand one another?" he stared.

Sylvia nodded to him. "Yes,"

"Good! Anything things I should be updated on?" Hector wondered.

"Shane and Cassie are dating, so are Alexia and TJ," Harper giggled. Hector wasn't surprised about Shane and Cassandra dating; he knew that those two liking one another long before he had left for training in January, and had said it would only be a matter of time. The shocking information had been TJ and Alexia, who was Shane's little sister were in a relationship. Alexia had only just turned seventeen in August 2017 and started her Junior Year of High School at Berk Isle. TJ had would be turning nineteen in June with his sister Rylee. I guess it wasn't a terrible age difference, but I assume Shane gave TJ a stern talking to about the idea of TJ and Alexia dating. And I could not believe Derek was with Sylvia after all the shit she pulled, but hey, I guess there's someone for everyone; I wouldn't knock it. I knew Thaxter and Alyssa were still together, so were Flynn and Harper. I was glad my friends were happy and safe; that's all I could ask for.

"Well, awesome for all of you," Hector smiled as he pulled Briana into his lap as she squeaked in surprise, then blushed after Hector kissed her deeply. "I can't wait to fall asleep with you in my arms tonight," he murmured against her soft lips.

"Hey, now; save that for your bedroom," Glenn rolled his eyes.

"I fully intend on doing so, but it's been four months, and I don't feel like saving it any longer," Hector retorted as Briana's face lit up.

"Boy, I swear to Thor if she ends up pregnant…" Glenn trailed off.

"Relax, would you? We're always protected," Hector rolled his eyes.

"First time we did it we weren't," Briana mumbled then quickly covered her mouth realizing that she just told everyone the first time Hector and she had sex, they weren't using any protection. All eyes were on them now.

"WHAT?!" Glenn stood up.

"It was the heat of the moment! I was sick and-," Hector began.

"And you didn't think to say no when you weren't prepared to be safe. Your parents and I DRILLED it into your head to always-," Glenn started.

"Glenn! It's not Hector's fault!" Briana defended as Glenn looked at her. "I-I came on to him that night. Hector was downstairs sleeping, and I woke him up by kissing him. Hector asked if I wanted it, and was sure; I said yes, and it just went from there. I didn't give him time to say no because we didn't have protection; I was the one on top and started riding him first, and everything else after that stopped being a concern. We discussed it later on, and I assured Hector I wouldn't get pregnant because I was nowhere close to ovulating; I know my cycle, I have since I was thirteen," she informed quickly.

"And every other time since has been with condoms, I swear!" Hector when his Godfather was glaring at him. "You already gave me the no baby before marriage warning,"

"And you best not forget it!" Glenn pointed at him. "Protection every single time, Hector. I mean it! You're just starting off as a Marine Guard and will be beginning training for a second career in the same general field. You don't need a baby right now too; you're still young and plenty of time for a family. Just give it until you're like, mid-twenties,"

"Yes, sir. Gods, you sound like my parents did when started High School about not wanting to find out I had sex before I got married, knocked up a girl and becoming a teen parent," Hector huffed.

"Fat lot of good that scolding did when you had sex at seventeen!" Glenn scolded.

"In my defense; I was drunk and on drugs…" Hector reminded.

"THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER!" Glenn crossed his arms over his chest.

"Gobber, relax. Okay? Briana and I are careful; she won't end up pregnant before we're married; I promise," Hector vowed.

"You better hope not 'cause I'm gonna kill ya or cut your cock off for not using it responsibly!" Glenn warned. Hector gulped.

"Please don't; I'm rather attached to it…Literally and figuratively," Hector pulled Briana closer, using his girlfriend as a shield.

"Well! I think we should get back to partying!" Shane announced before it got any more serious. Thankfully, Glenn took a deep breath and relaxed as the celebration of Hector's homecoming began once more. Hector was glad to be among them again; he missed his friends, Glenn, and Briana. Hector could smile and know that he was finally home at last.