Authors' note: alright so this is my first official fanfic but through late-night scrolling for new stories to read I ran into "the boy with the dragon tattoo" by C.S.M.P (look it up if you have an interest in where the inspiration came from for this) I loved it a bit too much and finally decided to act on it and write this out, despite practically having this already finished in my head. Thanks to C.S.M.P for allowing me to take this story and 'fly' with it hehe. ENJOY!

1-New School, New Me - Hopefully

-Hiccup

Hiccup sighed as he finally saw the building that would suck away his next year of adventure away, school, the dreaded sight made him wish that it was nighttime. The night was so much better than the day, nobody bothered you, it was quite, it was cool unlike the scorching sun, and he could do pretty much anything with toothless. He sighed and finalized the years' death contract as he walked towards the looming building. "Your first class is going to be right around the corner to your left, it's Math." the secretary explained to him in a happy cheery voice that Hiccup couldn't help but not believe in the slightest.

"Thanks," he said somberly walking on over to his first of an endless stream of classes. As he rounded the corner he discerned someone he hated before even registering that he was speaking, a man with bulging chest and muscles, he was either a bodybuilder or a football player, Hiccup decided the latter. He was planning on ignoring him, to just slip by, when he heard,"BACK OFF CREEP!" Hiccup was still wishing to slip by unnoticed, We all have our own problems her tries to convince himself. Before he realizes he's lying to himself and decides to pacify the obvious couldn't decide if he was valiant or just being an idiot, he decides both and Hiccup strides forwards gracefully towards the ever obvious adversary.

"HEY!" his eyes lock onto the football player, clearly agitated.

"EXCUSE ME?!"

He cracked a sly smile enjoying the jocks' ego, only a second passed, exactly what he planned for.

The right hook came out of nowhere, aimed straight at Hiccup's jaw. Before anyone else could even notice the punch, the big man was on the floor cradling his wrist.

"That's a bit too bold for my tastes to try and take me out before you even know my name." Hiccup beamed at his handy work.

"What was that about?!" Hiccup turned to the angry voice quickly approaching and turning just in time to dodge a punch directing itself towards his face almost like it was heat seeking.

"I had that!" she insists pointing a finger at his chest," and I almost certainly didn't need to be saved from him!"."I'm s-sorry I just can't stand bullies." he protests removing her finger off of his chest. And trying his best to walk slowly towards his first class like nothing happened. The whole 'all eyes on him' wasn't helping much if he was being honest.

He slides into his seat and pulls out his notebooks, wondering how hard it would be to catch up to his peers since he just transferred in practically a term late into the school year. Can't be too hard, right?

He hears the door creak almost painfully slow, Hiccup turns his head to what he assumed to be the homeroom teacher as he pictures her in his mind. Old, wrinkled, with frayed hair that would smell of rotten fish, and ugly as a hag. What he saw, however, was almost the exact opposite. A young, smooth skinned, blonde, beautiful girl entered the room and suddenly, the old musky room smelled like wonderful, wonderful lemons (no, stop that). He was instantly smitten and had already fallen too deep in love without even knowing her name. But what caught his eye wasn't her pure beauty, it was the feeling of knowing that she could fend for herself and didn't need any help. Strong, independent, and beautiful she was the whole package! His absorption of her was abruptly broken when he recognized a taller blonde and the girl who he had just had an episode within the hall, she had brown hair. He guessed they were her friends. He had been so selfishly focused on her beauty that he didn't even realize that she was sobbing violently. With a pang of guilt, he stands to speak before he knew that he had absolutely nothing to give to help her. He ended just drawing attention to himself.

"You!" she sneers, the girl with brown hair had targeted me, he was dead, not even toothless could save him now.

"H-Hey" he spoke up thinking about how to back out, to get away from her unbridled rage.

"How dare you! yo-!" unleashing a torrent that Hiccup could only half hear, he was too busy focusing on more important matters, like helping that beautiful girl...

"HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU! BRAINDEAD!" she's practically shouting at this point

"Heather. Calm down, please" The blonde said recollecting herself, her eyes still red from crying.

"Ugh fine, but only because you're not doing well today."

Hiccup melted. That voice was so rich, so demanding of attention it made him want to give up everything just to hear it again, well almost everything, anything but Toothless. He would never willing give up toothless but if only she asked, he might have done it. It was at that near perfect moment that the teacher walked in, Hiccup almost lost his breakfast and everything else he had eaten in the past week. It was Gobber, His very Scottish, very loud, and very rude instructor that had helped Hiccup learn to fight and helped perfect his skills after he had learned them. He gave a blank stare, not trusting his own eyes.

"HICCUP! Good to see ye!" the girl, Heather practically lost it at the sound of my name.

"Hey, Gobber…" Trying not to lose my lunch, I was wondering how in Thor did GOBBER of all people, land a job as a math teacher? How was he going to get through the year without at least whacking half the class with his 'training stick' more like 'beat stick' Hiccup thought glumly.

"Wait, hold up, HICCUP? AHAH" Heather laughed crazily, she couldn't catch her breath. I simply raise an eyebrow until she finally got over her laughing fit. The class eventually started and Gobber started on the role and announced we that we were going to have assigned seats for the new term. Everyone groaned except for me, then again I'm always the exception. As long as I wasn't next to Heather, I was fine. I eventually ended up being in front of twins? At least they looked like it, both tall, both long blonde hair, practically same face, same build. He recognized the girl from earlier, his dream girl's friend. He was in the front, not that he minded, he probably already knew what Gobber was going to ask anyway. He just hoped Gobber wouldn't blurt out his secret that he had a dragon and was a 'vigilante' at night.

The rest of first half drawled through uneventfully after math, then it was lunch. He sits by himself, seeing as he had no known friends, it made sense. Then he caught a big shape moving towards him, sighing internally at how this confrontation probably wasn't going to be pleasant, he really didn't want another fight drawing, even more, attention to himself than he already had. Then the big mass hit him. Not a fist, was someone, hugging him? Once Hiccup had broken the hug and looked at the man behind the hug a look of understanding eventually crossed his face.

"FISH FACE!" he exclaimed happily. Fred looks at me unamused, "That was ONE time."

"Sorry man, it just stuck with you so well haha." behind him I see my approaching doom, Heather is coming right at him, probably to finish what she threatened to do earlier. Trying to think quickly, he needs to disappear, but he finds himself stuck between the wall, the table, the backrest, and Fred… At first, his strategy of shrinking works when Heather doesn't immediately recognize him but does something immensely more shocking. She struts right up to Fred and kisses him so casually Hiccup can't believe his eyes, she was capable of not murdering someone with her gaze. Then Hiccups' luck ran out when Fred pronounced,"Babe, I have to introduce you to my best friend." He beamed like it was a good thing, his time hiding was up and I sat up straight and tried my best to avoid Heather's piercing glare.

Then I saw her, and everything else became unimportant, she was practically the goddess of beauty herself, and my heart sunk so fast I thought it must've reached terminal velocity. She was sitting alone, with nobody to talk to. Hiccup couldn't say that he wasn't at least surprised that she wasn't with someone. The other two also looking over and a few moments later Heather sighed heavily enough for me to hear, "I'm going to beat Scott to a pulp." Heather growls. "What happened this time?" Fred asks timidly, almost like he's afraid to anger her. "That jerk cheated on her with some college slut," Heather answers heavily.

"Poor Astrid…" Astrid so that was her name, perfectly stunning. Her name pounded in his heart in perfect unison with his heartbeat

Astrid Astrid Astrid

Soooo yea, first chapter done just the good old classic introduction of characters and hiccup obsessing over Astrid... But next chapter should take a different route than every other fanfic you see :) Also real quick, Snot lout is Scott, Fred is fish face (fish legs), and Scott is a year older than everyone so he's a college freshman and therefore is long distance relationship with Astrid. We can see how well that worked out...