A trip through Midgard.
STOP! Watch the movie untill Toothles flies up with Hiccup and Astrid after they past the warrior torches on their romantic flight. Then stop the movie and continue reading.
A/N: This is my very first fanfic so criticism is welcomed but please be kind. No flaming just constructive criticism on how I can improve my writing.
This fanfic is the brainchild of The Antic Repartee's Hitchups with my own twist as well as some major changes to the plot. I have her permission to use her plot of Hitchups, which I seriously recommend to read, as well as her other stories. I hope to update at least once every other week, but no promises.
So for now enjoy and see you at the end of the chapter.
"Alright, I admit it. This is pretty cool, it's amazing. He's amazing." With that Astrid gave Toothless a pat on the neck. "So what now?"
"Probably back to the plan." Hiccup replied. "What, you mean leave?! Hiccup you can't leave now!"
"Why not Astrid? It's not like anybody will actually miss me!" Hiccup yelled back. "What about your dad? He will be devastated." Astrid said hoping to change his mind. "Come on Astrid you know just as well as I do that he's only interested in me now that he thinks I'm some sort of dragon slaying super warrior."
"Then what about Gobber? He accepts you, right?" Astrid asked. "Yea Gobber's alright." Hiccup said with a sigh. "But he's also my dad's best friend. I don't want to make him choose between us."
They said nothing else while they flew back towards Berk. They flew towards the cove when Hiccup speaks up again. "Besides, wasn't it you that told me to pick a side?" Astrid sighed. "Yea that was me."
"Plus if I leave then you get to kill the nightmare tomorrow." He adds.
"Well maybe I don't want to kill it anymore." She said while crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at him. Hiccup sighs as they land in the cove. "What do you want me to do Astrid? Stay and kill a dragon? Stay and probably get banished when I don't kill a dragon? You know I can't do that."
"NO! I just want you to stay with me."
"Wha-what?" Hiccup stammered.
"Look Hiccup, I don't want you to leave me." Astrid whispered "I don't want to lose you, I know I never talked to you since we were twelve but you always seemed so sad and I just wanted to comfort you."
"So why didn't you just do that?" He replied being a bit confused by this sudden confession. "I couldn't because of my dad. I always wanted to be a fighter since I was four but my dad never believed in me because I am so thin and even though now I can take anyone twice my size easily I still look limp, so he would beat me senseless during training just to discourage me. I couldn't comfort you because every time I showed the tiniest bit of weakness he would use it against me. I could handle the beatings and the screaming but I don't think I could have endured it if he used you against me as well."
"Whoa, I never knew that Astrid, I mean everybody always knew you wanted to be a warrior, but to this extent? I almost can't believe a father could put his only child through something that cruel." He said. "Well I hide it pretty well and I don't think anybody knows about my father and his so-called training methods." She replied.
"Although there was another reason that I didn't comfort you." He stared at her encouraging her to continue. "I well, I was kind of jealous of you. You also wanted to become a great warrior like me but you never went through that hel like I did and I kind of envied you for it. To be able to just do your own thing and not be afraid that your father could actually kill you with his training."
"why are you telling me all this now Astrid? What's the point?"
"Because I am not letting you get away from me until you promise me that you'll stay."
"Then we will both stay here for till Ragnarok because I am not staying here." Hiccup said stubbornly.
"So you're just gonna leave? Abandon everybody to protect you pet dragon? Are you serious?"
"Yes." He said with the most determined expression Astrid had ever seen. "Because if I don't then I will have to kill that nightmare and I can't do that, and if I don't kill it my dad will find out about Toothless and I can't do that to my best friend."
"And you are certain that this is what you want to do?"
"Yes Astrid I am sure." He said irritated. "Okay then I am coming with you." She said while walking towards Toothless. "You can't do that! What about your mom?" Hiccup yelled "I mean your mom will be devastated, I can imagine you couldn't care less about what your father thinks but don't you care about your mom?"
"Well you should have thought about that before you showed me how dragons really are." She replied with a smirk. "You're not gonna let this go are you?" He asked but already knowing and dreading the answer. "Nope, I am not Hiccup." She said smirking, already sensing victory. "Well okay then. Let's go."
"Are you sure you can fly in the darkness? Maybe we should wait until dawn."
"Yea you're probably right. Toothless should be able to see at this hour just fine but six eyes are better than two right?"
"So where should we sleep for now then?"
"At home? Where else were you gonna sleep?" Hiccup said confused. "And you're sure you would be able to wake up before your father and sneak out without waking him?"
"No. Probably not. So you have any ideas?"
"Well you're the smart one here. But yea I got one." She said with a triumphant smile. "Well let's hear it." He replied "Toothless should be able to keep us warm right? So why not right here. It will also take less time to take off at dawn."
"You know what." He said enthusiastically. "That's not a bad idea. What do you say bud?" Toothless gave an approving shrug and laid on his side and opened one of his wing for the two Vikings. As they walk over to Toothless Astrid hits Hiccup in the upper arm. "Ow! What was that for?" He asked while rubbing his arm.
"That's for kidnapping me." She then grabbed the front of his shirt and pressed her lips to his for a quick kiss. "That's for… Everything else." She said before laying down under Toothless's wing.
After a few seconds being dazed Hiccup couldn't stop staring at the Valkyrie that laid a few feet away from him. Suddenly she turned around. "Are you coming or what?"
"uh. Y-yes Ma'am." He blushes at the thoughts to lie alongside Astrid for the night. He lays down next to her and Toothless wraps his wing around them both for warmth. This pushes Hiccup and Astrid a little closer together. Hiccup feels the heat rise to his cheeks. "Goodnight Hiccup, sweat dreams." Astrid says to him with a smirk on her face. "Go-goodnight Astrid." He replies. She chuckles at his obvious discomfort and with that she drifted to sleep. Hiccup following a short while afterwards after thinking of a time when he and Astrid were much closer.
It was three years ago when he and Astrid were both twelve. They hung out a lot, just laying in the field and looking at the skies or walking through the forest. They had spent the entire July afternoon in the field talking about marriage and dragon slaying. At the time it felt like they would be together forever. He had been bold enough to give her a kiss, nothing more than a peck on the lips. She giggled at his nervous face. "Do you think I am useless Astrid? Like Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and my dad think? He asked her. "No, I think your different but I don't think it's bad. You are not like everyone else. You are special and even if nobody else knows it, I do, and I always will."
He had forgotten she ever said that because not long after that she stopped coming around, she even stopped talking to him. It was only now that he realized that at that point her father began intensifying her training and began to use her weaknesses against her. And with that thought he drifted to sleep.
"Hiccup! Come on son, rise and shine!" Stoick yelled to his son who was sleeping upstairs. "Hiccup?!" Stoick yelled.
Since he didn't answer Stoick went upstairs to wake Hiccup up himself. When he got there, Hiccup wasn't in his room and his bed looked like it hadn't been touched. "Where the devil is that boy? Stoick muttered to himself. "Probably slept at the forge again."
As he walked down the stairs there was a knock on the door. When he opens it he sees Gerda and Boulder Hofferson standing with worried looks on their faces.
"Chief Stoick have you seen our daughter Astrid?" Gerda asked "She hasn't come home last night and nobody has seen her since the battle in the ring yesterday."
"No, I'm sorry Gerda. My boy slept in the forge last night maybe he's seen her." He replied "I was on my way there now, you can join me if you like."
"Thanks Stoick, but I will be off to train, if that so-called warrior daughter of mine wishes to keep training with me she better be on time from now on." Boulder said before walking off. "I'm sorry Stoick, Boulder takes training very serious sometimes I wonder if he isn't too caught up in it." Gerda said.
"That's okay Gerda. So, shall we?" Stoick asked gesturing towards the general direction of the forge. "Yes, lead the way." She replied
After a few minutes they come to the forge and see Gobber opening the shop for the day. "Ah Stoick where is that boy of yours? He was supposed to come early so he wouldn't fall behind because of the nightmare battle." Gobber asked. "You mean he's not here Gobber?"
"No you daft bugger, I wouldn't be asking if he were." Gobber said "Well where is the lad?"
"I don't know, he didn't come home last night." Stoick said "And neither has Astrid." Gerda added. "Gobber you have any idea where they might be?"
"Well Hiccup did go into the forest a lot to get away from his fans maybe he's there. I'll ask the other youngsters to go search for him there." Gobber said. "Okay, me and Gerda will go on ahead towards the eastern side of the forest. Send the kids towards Raven Point." Stoick replied before walking towards the eastern part of the forest with Gerda close behind.
"We've been here for hours and we haven't found anything." Snotlout said pouting. "We've only been here for two minutes and all you have done is complain." Tuffnut said. "Well it feels like hours."
"Come on guys complaining won't help us find Hiccup or Astrid." Fishlegs said trying to keep the peace between the two. "HEY GUYS! Over here." Ruffnut called from behind a few bushes. "What is it Ruff?" Fishlegs asked. "I got some tracks over here." She called back. Everybody quickly walked over to her. "See right here, two pair of tracks one plain walking and the other one sneaking behind the first set. Judging from the size I would say the second set is from a female, Astrid to be precise."
"Astrid, are you sure?" Snotlout asked with hope on his face. "Yes, I'm sure Snot." She replied getting annoyed while following the tracks. "Okay if she asked I'm the one that found the tracks."
"Why? You didn't do anything." Fishlegs asked confused. "Because Legs than she will be totally grateful and admit that she's my girlfriend. Duh." Ruffnut suddenly stopped at the entrance of the cove. "Uh, isn't that Astrid's axe over there?" She asked. "Yea. Oh and that's Hiccup's vest and his notebook." Fishlegs added. "Uh, guys please tell me that you all see that black dragon over there." Tuffnut said pointing towards the far end of the cove with a sleeping black dragon near the pond."What kind of dragon is that?" Snot asked. "I don't recognize it. Whatever it is it isn't in the manual." Fishlegs said.
"Whoa, a dragon that Fish doesn't know something about? That's a first." Snotlout said with a smirk on his face. "This is serious Snotlout. I think this might be a Night Fury judging by the color." Fishlegs said seriously. Everybody turned to look at the still sleeping dragon with shocked faces. "Oh my Thor, we will be legends for being the first vikings to see a Night Fury and live." Tuffnut said with a big smile on his face.
"Guys this is serious we need to get Stoick. We can't handle this on our own. Plus adding the fact that Astrid's axe and Hiccup's notebook are there, the dragon might have eaten them both." Fishlegs said "Yea I'll go get him. He and I will save Astrid from that stinking dragon." Snotlout said.
"Just don't you dare take all the fame for discovering this all for yourself you bastard." Tuffnut said while scowling at his friend. "Of course not who do you think I am?" With that he ran off towards the eastern part of the forest with all haste.
Stoick and Gerda were searching on the eastern part of the forest when they heard some noise coming from a little farther ahead. "Boulder? Is that you dear?" Gerda asked when they entered a small clearing. "Gerda? What the devil are you doing here? Don't tell me you are still looking for that daughter of ours." Boulder said.
Just when she was about to reply Snotlout came running into the clearing. "Uncle Stoick! Uncle Stoick!" He shouted. "What is it boy? Did you find anything?" Stoick asked. "Well sort of. We found a cove just off Raven Point and two sets of tracks leading towards it. We are pretty sure one of the tracks belonged to Astrid, but in the cove there was only her axe and Hiccup's notebook." He said while trying to catch his breath.
"But then we saw a dragon there and we think it's a Night Fury!" The adults looked shocked. "Where is it Snotlout? Where is the dragon?" Boulder asked with excitement to see and maybe fight an actual Night Fury.
"Damn Boulder, you're not even worried that our daughter may have been eaten by this devil." Gerda said while scowling at her husband. "Enough!" Stoick bellowed. "All we know is that our children might be in danger. Snotlout lead us to that cove. Now."
"It's this way Sir, just follow me" And with that he was running back the way he came."
Astrid shot up from her dream. She had completely forgotten that had happened.
She just turned twelve when she and Hiccup spent a July afternoon in the fields talking about dragon slaying and marriage. He had kissed her nervously and innocently, nothing more than a peck. At that time she felt that they would be together for ever. He had asked her if she thought he was useless like everybody else. "No, I think your different but I don't think it's bad. You are not like everyone else. You are special and even if nobody else knows it, I do, and I always will." She really felt that way, she knew that Hiccup was destined for greatness, but it was not to last. Shortly after that afternoon her father decided to intensify her training to discourage her even more. He had even started to use her weaknesses against her: her love for flowers, her stuffed animals she would occasionally still play with. It was at that point that she stopped seeing Hiccup in fear that her father would use him against her as well. She never spoke to Hiccup after that and she remembered being angry that he seemed so unaffected by it, like she meant nothing to him.
She than realized there was an arm around her waist. "Hiccup?" She asked. Hiccup didn't stir. She removed his arm from around her waist without waking him and leant over his face. "Hiccup" she whispered "It's time to wake up." The boy's eyes shot open and he immediately began blushing because Astrid's face was so close to Astrid couldn't help but laugh. "O-OH YOUR-YOUR FACE! PRICELESS!" She said between laughing.
"Haha, really funny Astrid. Hilarious." Hiccup said his voice dripping with sarcasm. "What time is it anyway?"
"Don't know Toothless's wing blocks out the sun so I can't tell." She replied. "Come on bud, we need to go." Toothless opened one of his eyes to look at the two teenagers hidden beneath his wing before opening them completely and making his way over to the pond. Astrid went to pick up her axe and Hiccup's vest and his notebook. Then making her way back to Hiccup and Toothless and getting ready for take off.
"What is taking Snotlout so long?" Tuffnut asked getting agitated with the long wait. "Like I would know what that idiot is up too." His sister replied. Both of them were looking towards the forest looking to where Snotlout ran of to. Waiting for Snotlout and the Chief.
"N-no way" Fishlegs suddenly whispered. Tuffnut and Ruffnut both turned around and their jaws dropped to the ground for there they saw Astrid leaning over Hiccup laughing with the unknown dragon still lying next to them. While they were being covered by it's wings.
Suddenly they heard Snotlout in the distance and some other voices one of them being the Chief. "shhhhhhh." The three shushed Snotlout, the Chief and Astrid's parents before they gave away their position. "Will you people stay quiet before they hear us." Ruffnut said to the Chief and the others. "Who are you talking about Thorston?" Stoick asked. "Hiccup and Astrid. They are right over there with the dragon that could possibly be a Night Fury according to Fishlegs."
"My son is where?" Stoick asked hoping he misheard. "He's right over there sitting on the dragon like it's a horse or something." Fishlegs told them "And Astrid is walking over there as well." Tuffnut added. "My daughter is doing what now?!" Gerda almost shrieked before Boulder clapped a hand in front of her mouth. "Silence woman or we might make them aware of out presence."
Unfortunatly Boulder was a tad too late for at that moment Astrid climbed on the dragon and looked straight at them clinging to Hiccup. "ASTRID HOFFERSON! YOU GET OFF THAT DRAGON RIGHT NOW!" Boulder shouted at her. "NO!" She shouted back at her father. "After the way you treated me you no longer get a say in what I do with my life! I am going to make my own decisions from now on! And right now I want to stay on this dragon with Hiccup!" She shot back at her father.
"HICCUP!" Stoick yelled next. "What are you doing?! Get away from that devil!"
"TOOTHLESS IS NOT A DEVIL! HE'S MY BEST FRIEND!" He shot back at the Chief. "Hiccup get off that dragon right now or Odin help me I'll drag you off myself!" Stoick said while he and Boulder climbed down into the cove. "Oh oh" Hiccup gulped. "Let's go bud." And with that Toothless took to the skies with Hiccup securely in the saddle and Astrid with her arms around Hiccup's waist.
A/N: Okay till so far the first chapter. I know Astrid is a bit OOC but at the begining of the movie when Hiccup is sent to his house by Gobber she looks at him not with anger or dissapointment but sincere saddnes (or that might just be my brain trying to justify my crazy antics speaking without my consent.)and I was listening to a beautifull song while writing this. So that's how this side of Astrid was born. Look the song up on youtube: Astrid and Hiccup It is you.
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