A/N: Hello snowflakes. I spent the past week watching race to the edge and I can't get over all the Hiccstrid moments. So I came up with the idea to write this. Review and enjoy my lovely snowflakes.
Hiccup has never been this nervous in his entire life, and that's saying something. First, he was nervous about his date with Astrid, and now his dad is summoning him back to Berk. As he and the other riders were flying to Berk he couldn't help think,
'What could I have possibly done?' Once they landed on Berk and got off of their dragons, they were greeted by Stoick and Gobber.
"I need food!" Snotlout said as he, Fishlegs, and the twins run to the Great Hall.
"I'm gonna go see my parents, but I'll see you later." Astrid said as she kissed his cheek and flew off with Stormfly. Hiccup blushed and stared lovingly after her, completely oblivious to the smile on his father's face.
"So, dad, what did you want to talk to me about?" Hiccup asked when he turned around to face his father. Stoick put one hand on his shoulder and opened to other one as a gesture for them to start walking.
"I wanted to talk about you, son." Stoick said.
"Whatever happened, I did not do it. It was most likely Snotlout or the twins." Hiccup started rambling.
"Hiccup…" His father silenced him.
"What about me?" Hiccup asked, slightly scared to hear the answer.
"It's time you start to think about your future and that means finding yourself a lass to marry." Stoick said with a stern tone.
"A what now?!" Hiccup asked, in shock.
"I have already decided who you are to marry." Stoick said as he kept walking. Hiccup, on the other hand, had stopped dead in his tracks.
"An arranged marriage!?" Hiccup asked.
"In a way." Stoick said with a large smile appearing on his face. "Normally I would choose a bride for you, but it seems you've already found one on your own." Stoick gestured to where Astrid's fading figure was.
"You're serious?" Hiccup asked, relatively uneasy.
"Yes. I'm not going to be around forever and I need to know that you'll be well taken care of. A chief needs a strong partner. Not just in battle but in life." Stoick said, putting his hands on his son's shoulders.
"To be honest, I never thought you would be pushing for us. I thought you'd want me to marry another chief's daughter to form some kind of alliance or something, I mean with Viggo and Ryker out there I thought you'd want all the help Berk can get." Hiccup said.
"I was thinking about it, but I realized that I would rather face The Dragon Hunters alone, then force you to do something that you didn't want to do. I made that mistake already, and I don't want to make it again." Stoick said, honestly.
"Great! Now I just need a clever way to tell her." Hiccup said as he started rambling off some different ideas.
"I know you'll think of something great, I mean, you are my son." Stoick let out a booming laugh. Hiccup let out a nervous laugh as he began walking away with Toothless. "Already have an idea?" Stoick asked with his eyebrow raised.
"Yep, but how I'm gonna pull it off is a whole other battle." Hiccup mounted Toothless and flew off. Hiccup flew over to the forge and began looking around for a thin piece of wire to use. Before you ask, yes, Hiccup is hand making the ring for Astrid. After a few minutes of looking, he found some wire that he could use. "Sorry about this, bud." Hiccup said to his dragon as he plucked off a scale. Toothless let out a light growl before glaring at his rider and began licking the sore spot. "I warned you." Hiccup laughed. "Now I just need to get one from Stormfly. Do you think I could get one without dying?" Toothless started laughing at him. "Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile." Hiccup said as he began to bend the wire, only to be smacked in the head with Toothless' tail. After Hiccup got a scale from Stormfly, who actually agreed to give him a scale and ripped it off herself, he got to work on the ring with Toothless watching everything he was doing. He continued working for several hours until he realized that it was dark outside and realized he wanted food. "What do you say to getting something to eat." Before Hiccup could finish his sentence, Toothless was already out the door and bounding over to The Great Hall. Hiccup laughed and slowly followed his dragon toward the hall. When he got to the hall, he saw his friends already at a table. Hiccup smiled, walked over to them and sat down next to Astrid.
"Where have you been?" Astrid asked as she kissed his cheek.
"I was just working on something for my dad and I kind of lost track of time." Hiccup answered, blushing at the gesture. Astrid smiled and went back to her conversation with Ruffnut. Every ten seconds, Hiccup would glance towards Astrid and smile.
"What's with the happy look?" Fishlegs asked.
"I have a surprise for Astrid and I just can't wait to show it to her." Hiccup explained as he nervously scratched the back of his neck.
"What's the surprise?" Fishlegs asked, now intrigued.
"My dad summoned me here because he wanted to talk to me about a marriage for me…" Before Hiccup could finish, Fishlegs was already going slightly insane.
"What?! You can't get married to anyone who's not Astrid. I won't allow it. I will destroy this wedding before it even begins…" Fishlegs began rambling.
"Fishlegs!" Hiccup silenced his friend. Once his friend turned to him, Hiccup started laughing hysterically.
"What's so funny?" Fishlegs asked in utter confusion.
"You actually thought that I was talking about me marrying someone who isn't Astrid." Hiccup said, patting his friend on the shoulder.
"Wait… Does that mean?" Fishlegs didn't finish because Hiccup was already nodding. Fishlegs started squealing and that caught the attention of the other dragon riders.
"He's just excited because we found a new species of dragon the other day and we finally have a name for it." Everyone seemed to buy it and went back to their conversations.
"When is this happening?" Fishlegs asked.
"Tomorrow in the grove." Hiccup said. "Don't even think about it." He knew exactly what Fishlegs was going to do and he didn't want it to interfere with the proposal.
"Alright, fine. However I will be expecting details." Fishlegs bargened.
"Deal. Well, I'm gonna go finish my project. Can't have a proposal with no ring." Hiccup said the last part quietly. Fishlegs waved and Hiccup was back in the forge working until the sun came up. He looked at the black dragon, that was just waking up, with a smile on his face. "You ready, bud?" He asked. The dragon yawned and shook himself out as he walked out of the forge. "Yeah. Me too."
