"HICCUP" Astrid came running back into the house "Snotlout told me that the ships are getting close to the bay, they should be here in a few minutes."

Hiccup had been asleep when Astrid first ran in, so he was even less happy to be getting this news then when he normally does. He let out a heavy sigh.

"Couldn't I just go back to sleep and pretend like this week never happened?"

"Not unless you want Berk to get burned down by an armada of lunatics, now get up."

"No, I'm with dad on this one, I mean really, we've got dragons, we could probably take the armada." The older of the Haddock children said with the stubborn sassiness that was so common in the 18 year olds of the family. Leif was a lot like his father in that way, and a lot of other ways (Astrid was amazed she was able to put up with them both). One of the only things he shared with his mother was his blond hair and blue eyes.

"Would you two just get ready, none of us are looking forward to this but hey, you don't hear me complaining about it." She began to looks around the house a little "Have either of you two seen Sigrid?"

"She's out back with Starwing, probably planning to run away for the week again." Leif answered.

Sigrid was Hiccup and Astrid's 15 year old daughter. She was almost the complete opposite of Leif with her brown hair and green and much more of her mother's personality. Though she wasn't as heroic as him, or as good with people, she had always been better with dragons.

She was lying in the grass with her dragon Starwing, a newly discovered strike class dragon called a Valdrake*, when her mother walked out.

"Come on, we've got to be down at the docks, they're almost here."

"Is that today? Do I really need to be there?"

Astrid was just about done with this, so she gave Starwing a look, and she picked Sigrid up by the back of her tunic.

"Yes, now let's go."

"Yes ma'am." She sighed, still dangling from the dragon's mouth.

-o-

Down at the docks the Haddocks stood there as the ships docked. One of the crewmen stood up and announced the chief as he stepped off the boat. Hiccup, Astrid and Leif all seemed to roll their eye's at his over exaggerated entrance and at the fact they would have to spend the next week with him.

"Hello Dagur."

"HICCUP, BROTHER! It's been too long."

"Well it's been two years since the last treaty signing, so no, I think it's been just long enough."

As they talked, Sigrid watched her worst nightmare walk off the boat. Dagur's son was Norbert, a 17 year old who was almost as big a maniac as his father. Like her father had done with Dagur, Sigrid had the job of keeping him busy when the Berserks where on Berk. Leif had roped her into doing this because he told Hiccup that he would like to get an idea of the treaty sighing for when he's chief. So now she would have to endure another week of idiotic schemes hatched by a crazy man.

-o-

"Hiccup, there was something I was hoping to talk to you and Astrid about." Dagur said with a suspicious gleam in his eye.

"Alright, what is is?"

"Actually, I was would prefer it is was just you, Astrid and I." He gave an awkward glance to Leif, so Hiccup sent him out of the great hall.

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"Well, I was reading over the treaty and I came across something that I found rather interesting." He reached into his bag and took out a copy of the treaty "Take a look."

Hiccup read it over, and Astrid could see him go a little bit weak in the knees as he did.

"Um, Astrid, you might want to look at this."

They exchanged a worried glance when she finished reading.

"Dagur, you wouldn't."

"Oh brother, I think we both know I would."

*See, stupid little edit but it was bothering me so much. So this dragon is supposed to be like a smaller, slimmer night fury (ya, most of my fan-dragon's are the size of or look like night furies) with a more triangular head, smaller wings and navy blue scales

Sorry for the fuss