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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III walked down the familiar path ways of the forest. He glanced around a bit hoping to see something. Or rather, someone. After a few minutes of this, Hiccup stopped. "Who am I kidding. It's been years since then..." he said to himself. He looked around once more and sighed deeply. "I just have to accept the fact that I'm probably not ever gonna see her again." he said. He sighed again. He was about to turn back, when his surroundings caught his attention. He finally realised where he was. He was at the trail end of the path he took to the gorge where he'd met Toothless. The Night Fury dragon. AKA his best friend. He sighed once more and stepped just inside the familiar gorge.
It was still just as beautiful as it ever has been. He took a moment to take in all of it's beauty. Nothing has changed since he and Toothless had last been here. He began walking to the edge of the fish filled lake. Then he saw something in the dirt. He sat himself down on a small rock by the water. He looked at the small squiggles in the sand. It wasn't much now considering that it had been a few months since then, but it was the same drawing of Toothless from the second day they met. He looked around the scene at Toothless' scribbles that, was probably meant to be him. Hiccup smiled at that thought. It seemed so long ago but it was only three months or so.
Suddenly a chill ran down Hiccup's spine. He shivered a bit. Strange, it wasn't a cold day. For a spring day, it was pretty nice out. The wind had calmed over night and the sky was clear of clouds. He looked at the lake. It was calm. Although, something about, something about this place seemed...familiar. Like he'd been here before he'd met Toothless. Which was strange because he didn't remember ever being here. But not remembering something didn't mean it didn't happen. Right? Hiccup stood up and walked towards the edge of the water.
He bent down and peered in. He wasn't sure why he was doing this, but it was as though something was almost- summoning him to look. As he stared into the water, his reflection stared back.. At first, nothing strange happened. The key words being, at first.
Hiccup's world began to slow down. Time almost, stopped. "What..." he breathed. In the water, images began to appear. Hiccup leaned in to get a better view. A small tiny human figure appeared. Hiccup somehow knew that figure was himself. Himself when he was about five years old. Just tiny. He'd always been small. For a viking. The scene came into view. He was here. At the gorge. Maybe he had been here when he was younger.
In the water, Hiccup saw himself wondering around in awe at the place. He smiled to himself. He'd always been the adventurous type. As the vision or whatever it was went on, he saw himself see something splashing about in the water. Shock and realisation appeared on Hiccup's face as he now began to remember. It wasn't a vision. But a memory. A memory of...her. Hiccup gasped a bit of the thought. Out of nowhere, his heart began racing. His palms became clammy. Why was this happening to him?
The memory went on further. Little Hiccup moved closer to the water to see what the splashing object was. He gasped seeing a small hand appear and disappear back into the water. It was a human! A small human judging by the hand size. They needed help! He looked around for a large stick or something that he could reach out to them. He wasn't a very good swimmer yet so he didn't want to go in himself. Finally he saw a big branch that had fallen. He looked at the figure splashing about in the water. It might just work! Now the only question was, how would he get it over there? He didn't think all that long about it though, with that, he grabbed onto the branch. With all his might, he pulled on the branch. At first, it wasn't budging. "Come- on!" his high voice squeaked out. He grunted a bit.
He tugged on a small, sturdy branch sticking out of the larger one. He looked ahead at the splashing figure. All of a sudden, he shot forwards, dragging the branch behind him!
As Hiccup watched the memory, he stood up a bit in shock. He shouldn't have been able to move that thing all by himself like that... what happened? Something had to have pushed it! Hiccup leaned in a bit watching curiously. The scene showed Hiccup dragging the branch proudly to the lake. The scene widened to show what was pushing the branch. Or, more like, who was pushing the branch. Hiccup gasped again in shock as the figure came into view. The figure was big, black, and it had a tail. It also had wings. Wings that were folded up in order to keep quiet. It had long feathery ears. The eyes- he`d seen those eyes. They`re the eyes he sees first thing in the morning. Toothless. Toothless was pushing the branch behind Hiccup. Unbeknownst to him because he kept his eyes on the figure in the water. Toothless was helping him out!
Little Hiccup made it to the water in almost no time flat. The figure in the water had come closer to the edge so that made it easier to get the branch to it. Little Hiccup got ready to throw the branch out there a bit. Toothless bit onto the branch lifting it up as Hiccup`s arm went up. Little Hiccup didn`t even notice the dragon behind him. It was amazing! Little Hiccup turned as Toothless helped him throw it out.
The branch landed a splash short of the figure. "Grab on!" squeaked Hiccup. Toothless stayed patiently waiting behind him. The figure in the water came to surface and grabbed on. Hiccup grabbed on the branch sticking out and began to pull. Hiccup was amazed that he didn't even notice Toothless tugging on his shirt to help him. He guessed that he was too busy paying attention to the figure clinging to the branch. When the figure was hanging on the edge of the lake, Hiccup stumbled backwards once he let go of the branch. Toothless made sure to get out of the way so that he wouldn't hit him. So that he'd stay hidden in plain sight. Hiccup ran towards the figure. That figure, was a girl.
A small girl. About the same age as him. Only five. Hiccup got her out of the water and set her down near that small rock. He layed her down on the grass. Little Hiccup took in what she looked like as Hiccup himself remembered. She was small, and thin. Her bright red long curls that went to her waist were soaked and covered a bit of her face. Little Hiccup cautiously moved the strands away from her face. Hiccup sighed as he remembered every detail about her. She was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Since the young girl wasn't moving, Hiccup leaned in and cautiously poked the girl in the cheek. Once she moved, Hiccup quickly withdrew his hand.
The girl stirred a bit, then her eyes blinked open and she coughed. The girl sat up slowly. Then she noticed Hiccup. She stared at him curiously. He stared back. Her eyes were beautiful. Hazel with small purplish specks and a light brown ring around the pupil. Hiccup finally realised he'd been staring, and said something. "Oh, um... are you okay?" he asked quietly. The girl stared at him a bit, and hesitated before answering. She nodded. Hiccup glanced at the ground before speaking. "Um, what were you doing in there?" he asked. The girl stared at him. Hiccup's face began to redden. As he remembered, he recalled feeling very hot after that. "It's okay you don't have to answer if you don't want to." he said quickly.
The girl still stared at him as if she hadn't seen another human being before. Hiccup stirred awkwardly. He hadn't been stared at like this before. Most of the time, he was ignored. Well, his mother payed attention to him. His father? Uh, half and half.
As Hiccup watched, he felt his own face heat up. He ignored it though and kept his attention on the memory. "My name is Hiccup." Little Hiccup said. He held out his hand for a shake. The girl just stared at him. Hiccup withdrew his hand, a little sad, and his face grew even more red. He didn't really know what to say. He looked down at the ground in front of him. Suddenly a small hand appeared in his view and took his. He looked up to see the young girl smiling. He smiled as well. "I'm Valerie." she said quietly. It was almost a whisper, but Hiccup heard it. He smiled. It sounded similar to his mother's name, Valhallarama. So, naturally, that's how he remembered it. Hiccup sighed remembering her voice.
It was so, soft. Warm even. Friendly. Little Hiccup found himself staring again and glanced away feeling embarrassed.
Near by, Toothless watched his friend with curiosity. What the heck was he doing? He just simply stared into the water. He's been doing that for a few minutes now. In the beginning he'd gasped a few times. What was that about? Hadn't he seen a fish before? Toothless didn't bother his friend because he wanted to see what the outcome of this situation would be. After all, Hiccup was standing, and was bent over peering into the water. He was very close to the edge. Was he seeing something that Toothless wasn't? Earlier a strange sense had emerged. A chill went through Toothless' body. It was a strange kind of...power. He sensed that it ran throughout the gorge. Was this perhaps, sacred grounds? Maybe a spiritual being once lived here. It'd make sense.
Then a noise caught Toothless' attention. However, his friend didn't seem to notice. He must be seeing something then. He's just been staring into the water as if something was there other than fish. Toothless looked to his right. In the rocks, there was a figure. A human. Toothless' eyes narrowed a bit. He was about to growl, but familiarity stopped him. He stared at the human. She looked oddly familiar...
"What exactly are you doing?" she asked Hiccup. Hiccup, upon not hearing her come, was startled. Actually, startled is an understatement. "Whoa!" yelled Hiccup. He turned suddenly and was slipping into the water. He had been standing over it, on the edge after all. He fell backwards in with a splash. "Oh my gosh! Sorry! Sorry!" said the girl. She ran up and grabbed his hand just as he went under. She pulled him out of there and onto the grass. She layed him down on the grass. He was now soaked to the bone. He must have passed out from the shock of the cold spring water, or he gasped some water into his lungs. Or both. Toothless watched the whole scene and his eyes followed their motions.
This girl seemed so familiar. Toothless stared at the two, trying to remember if he'd seen her be- wait! He suddenly took notice to how the two were arranged. The girl was leaning over Hiccup who was out lying down on the grass. Toothless' eyes widened in shock. This scene had happened before! He knew it! Suddenly the memory flashed before his eyes. He knew he'd seen Hiccup somewhere before! That was why he befriended him... well, half the reason why.
The girl brushed some hair out of Hiccup's face. Hiccup. He wasn't moving. This whole thing has definitely happened before. The girl leaned in more. Then Hiccup stirred a bit. A small groan came from his mouth. "What...the..." he breathed quietly. His eyes blinked open. Yep. This has without a doubt happened before. Toothless remembered the whole thing. He helped Hiccup save someone. Now the scene had just replayed in front of him. Toothless smiled to himself.
Hiccup stared at the girl in front of him. "Hiccup...I-I'm sorry." she stammered. He knew her? Hiccup blinked. 'Duh. You idiot! Of course you know her! Now...say something!' he thought.
"Uuuuuhh..." was what came out. He did a mental face-palm. 'Nice one.' he thought. But, she smiled. "You remember me, right Hiccup?" she asked. Hiccup blinked again and smiled. So did she. Her voice was still warm and soft! Hiccup slowly sat up. Then he quickly embraced her in a friendly hug. The girl laughed. "I take that as a yes!" she said. "But, you can still speak right?" this time Hiccup was the one who laughed.
"S-sorry. I just... uh...What-what happened to you Valerie? I've been looking since..." he trailed off. Valerie pulled away. Although, Hiccup for some reason, wanted to stay in that position. He wanted to feel how he felt before. Once they were fully apart, Hiccup suddenly felt cold, and chilled. But that might have been because he was still soaking wet.
He looked at Valerie and stared deep into her beautiful hazel eyes as if the answer was in there. "Hiccup. I left b-because...I-I..." As Hiccup looked into her eyes, he began to see sadness appear. Without thinking, he took her hand in his. She looked up in surprise. Hiccup could feel his face heat up again. He smiled. "I-it's okay. You don't have to explain if you don't want to. I don't want to push you or anything." he said. She smiled and squeezed his hand tightly. The two fell into a comfortable silence.
Near by, Toothless waited. He gurgled a tiny bit, not so much that they'd notice him. Would they do something already? It's getting quite boring. From what he could tell by Hiccup's reactions towards the girl, Valerie, there might just be something there. Hiccup use to have the same reactions from Astrid, but eventually that sizzled out and he was just friends with her. They didn't actually go out or get together. Toothless thought that she wasn't a very good match for him anyways. She's too, tough, and strong-headed. Too hard to impress. Almost the exact opposite of Hiccup himself. Yeah, yeah. Toothless has heard the humans say that opposite's attract a lot, but he believed otherwise. He believed that if they're too different, it wouldn't really turn out good. He figured that's what happened between Hiccup and Astrid. Valerie on the other hand, Toothless had only known her for an incredibly short amount of time, but he had this feeling about her.
She seemed friendly enough. She doesn't seem to be one for killing and war and such. That was a good sign. She was very pretty. Red hair, green eyes, and tall. Valerie also seems to have a good arm too. She pulled Hiccup out of the water in no time flat. Although, it was Hiccup. He is rather light. The two apparently know each other very well, that is also a good sign. It looks as though their close. Plus, the way those two are staring at each other, while holding hands...in silence. Guh! Do something already! Gees! What did Toothless have to show them how to interact? He sighed on the inside, but boy did he want to sigh deeply. This may take a while.
With that, Toothless plopped himself down on his belly, extremely quietly though not to draw their attention away from each other. He rested his head on his paws. He kept willing them to do something.
Suddenly, Hiccup was looking as though he had something to say, but was debating whether or not to say it. "Uh... so- Valerie. Um, I was wondering... um..." he stammered. Oh come on kid, just spit it out. Toothless watched them intensely with his ears perked up. "Yeah?" Valerie urged. Come on, come on...Toothless has waited long enough. Hiccup took a deep breath. Why was he nervous? Was he going to ask her to be his girlfriend? "I was thinking that maybe you could come to the village." he said quickly. "With me..." Valerie didn't say anything. "Um, t-that way you could live with a family. I-in a nice warm home. Safe and sound." Hiccup put some emphasis on the word safe. Valerie smiled, but it was sad. She looked down.
"Hiccup... You know why I stayed out here before. I'll have to do it again now that I'm back." she said calmly and quietly. Hiccup's smile slowly turned to a frown. He sighed a little. "Y-yeah. I know. I just...Berk's nights aren't the best. Even in the summer time they can get cold. You know that. I... I know that it's somewhat safer now that the vikings and dragons are at peace but,,," Toothless could see that there was curiosity in Valerie's eyes. "Oh, you haven't heard huh?" said Hiccup. Toothless' expression changed from eagerness, to 'duh'. Well, of course she wouldn't know. She's been away for, well, the gods know how long!
Valerie looked down. "I suppose I have been away for a long time." she said. Then her gaze fell onto Hiccup's prosthetic leg. "Your leg!" she exclaimed. That's right. When they had saved her, Hiccup had two legs. Another 'duh' expression appeared on Toothless. Maybe he's been sitting here for too long. For a moment, he thought his left leg has fallen asleep. As Hiccup began telling the infamous story of him and the dragon queen, and meeting a certain dragon that everyone feared at the time, said dragon shook his leg awake.
It didn't take too long for Hiccup to finish the story. He usually tells it with excitement and enthusiasm. Plus there was the fact that Valerie didn't interrupted him and ask ridiculous questions that would be answered later. (That sadly happened a lot.) Hiccup was giving Valerie a moment to take it all in. Her expression read amazement. Then she laughed. Hiccup's expression read confusion. "Uh, what? What's so funny?" he asked. Valerie smiled. That made Hiccup smile. "I remember you being so scared of dragons. Now look at you! The bravest of them all! And having a Night Fury, the most 'frightening' of them all, your best friend! It's...amazing!" said Valerie. Hiccup's smile became wider, if that were possible. "Oh. Right, speak of the devil- Toothless! I know you're out there, you can come out. It's okay!" Hiccup suddenly shouted. Toothless' expression turned from 'duh' to 'hmph.' Devil. Psh.
As Hiccup and Valerie looked around for him, he got on all four and made his way through the brushes, unnoticed, behind Hiccup. This would be payback for that 'devil' comment. He didn't like being called that. He very slowly and cautiously made his way out of the brush and right behind Hiccup. Hiccup didn't seem to notice. Good. Steady, easy- almost...there-
"Hey boy!" Hiccup suddenly turned and faced him. Toothless jumped and his wings shot out for a second. With that, his expression turned from 'what the ****?!' to 'hmph' again. He'd been beat! That never happened. Perhaps Hiccup had now learned not to call him a 'devil'. Or maybe he just knows his best friend really well. "Thought you had me didn't ya? Come on don't be a poor sport. Come and meet Valerie." Toothless sighed and walked around Hiccup. Toothless looked at Valerie who looked at him in awe. Toothless cooed hello.
Valerie smiled and reached out to touch him. Toothless, trusting her, moved closer and pressed his nose against her hand. Valerie giggled. "He's cute." she said. Well, cute was better than devil. Toothless cooed again. Valerie glanced at Hiccup. "Hey um, are you okay?" she asked him. Toothless looked at Hiccup when he didn't answer right away. He seemed to be in a trance of some kind. He was just staring at Valerie. Toothless blew some air in his face to get his attention. Hiccup blinked and looked at him. "Oh, what? Sorry...uh..." he stammered. His cheeks became a light shade of pink.
Valerie smiled softly. "I said, are you okay? From the fall?" she asked. Hiccup smiled. "Oh that- yeah I'm fine." The two began talking about flying dragons, when Toothless heard something in the bushes. He looked over, not enough to attract the two that were talking, and saw four people. Hiding. Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut. The other teenagers of Berk. Why were they here? They noticed that Toothless was looking at them. Astrid brought her index finger to her lips telling him to be quiet. He did so. But again, why were they here?
Earlier...
The teens, minus Hiccup, were hanging out in the plaza that morning. Snotlout was going on about some event that happened with Hookfang, his Monstrous Nightmare. Astrid noticed Gobber walk up to them. "Hey Gobber." she said. The other teens stopped talking. "Whatcha need?" asked Fishlegs.
"Have any of ya seen Hiccup today? I need him to watch the shack." said Gobber. Now that they thought about, they haven't. "Hm. No. Actually, I haven't. Have you guys?" asked Astrid. Fishlegs thought for a moment. "No. Toothless is gone too so maybe he went out flying." he suggested. Snotlout looked at him. "It's not time to fly yet though. If that guy is getting extra flying time, I'm just gonna-" he started, but Tuffnut interrupted him.
"He told me he was going for a walk earlier. Haven' t seen him since." he said. Gobber looked at him. "How long ago was that?" he asked.
"Around ten. Why."
Gobber sighed. "Because it's four o'clock now. He's been gone for too long now. I need you to go look for him. I can't leave the shack until he's here." he explained. The teens nodded and headed off.
"If you ask me, Hiccup hasn't been gone this long since he was hiding Toothless. Maybe he's hiding something else." said Fishlegs. The teens were walking along the pathways of the forest in search of him. "That's an idea. But I can't come up with a secret he'd want to hide from us. I know Hiccup. If it were an invention, he'd want to share it once he'd built it. Right?" Astrid sighed. What was with that guy? Suddenly, they heard a big splash! "What was that?" asked Ruffnut.
"Sh! Come on." said Astrid. She headed in the direction of the splash. She then recognised where they were. It was the gorge where Hiccup had kept Toothless hidden in. "Shhh..." she whispered. They tiptoed in and hid among the rocks. They saw a girl pull Hiccup out of the water. Who the heck was that?
Hiccup woke up and he seemed to know the girl. How? What was her story? "Hey- what's Toothless doing?" whispered Tuffnut. The other teens looked to where he was pointing. Toothless was just on the other side of Hiccup and the girl. He looked as though he was hiding just as they were. Their attention was brought back to Hiccup when he suddenly shot up and hugged the girl! "What the-" Snotlout whispered in surprise.
After Hiccup and the girl, Valerie apparently, began talking. "I knew he was hiding something!" Snotlout whispered. Astrid covered his mouth. "Would you be quiet?!" she whispered.
Hiccup then told the story of the dragon queen. Afterwards, he called Toothless out. The teens watched Toothless as he crawled on all four in behind Hiccup. Apparently he didn't like being called a devil. The teens smiled when his plan backfired. Once Toothless and Valerie got to know each other, the teens notice Hiccup staring at Valerie. "Well...this is interesting." stated Fishlegs. Just then, they saw that Toothless had noticed them hiding. Astrid brought her index finger to her lips telling him to be quiet. He did so.
Toothless was still wondering why they were there when he turned his attention back to Valerie who'd begun to pet him. "So...I know you're worried about staying in Berk but, it'd be better than staying out here. I know you've gotten use to it and all, but- well. I just, I..." Hiccup stammered.
"Hiccup... I know you care about me and I would like to meet your friends but-" said Valerie. Toothless, out of the corner of his eye, suddenly saw Snotlout stand up. "And we would like to meet you." he said. The other teens looked at him quickly and back at Hiccup. Hiccup and Valerie jumped at his voice and looked at them. Hiccup stood up quickly. "Uh, uh, guys! What uh, what are you doing here?" he asked nervously. He wasn't quiet ready for this yet. Not for Valerie to be discovered like this. The other teens came out from behind the rocks.
"Well, I would just like to say- it was Astrid's idea to hide." said Snotlout. He gestured to Astrid. All he got were eye rolls from everyone else. "Gobber sent us to find you. It's four thirty. You know that right?" said Ruffnut. Hiccup looked surprised which meant that he didn't know. "Ooh man, I'm sorry guys. Uh, why did Gobber-"
"He said that he wanted you to watch the shack today. While he went on a fishing trip with your father?" said Astrid. Hiccup sighed. "Man! I'm doomed! I completely forgot!" He tried to calm himself so he wouldn't panic. "So uh, if you don't mind me asking, who is she anyways?" asked Fishlegs. Hiccup sighed. He then took a deep breath and told their story very quickly. The gang stared at him for a second.
"Wow. No wonder you wanted to keep her a secret. Her being from the southern tribe and all." Snotlout said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, I mean, we use to be at war with them! I guess over time you two were lucky that it mellowed out." said Astrid. Hiccup and Valerie glanced at each other. "Well, either that or we just completely forgot about each other." stated Tuffnut. "I did."
"It's amazing to think that you were just left behind. Good thing Hiccup found you. He's good at keeping secrets." said Astrid.
Valerie smiled. "Yeah. Lucky he's one to put aside differences. Even back then." she said. She looked at Hiccup who smiled. But then he frowned. "I don't know what's going to happen when we tell my dad." he looked at the ground. Valerie reached over and grabbed his hand. He looked up. "Yeah. He is pretty unpredictable." said Ruffnut.
"I'd hate to be in your shoe." said Snotlout.
"And how are you gonna explain it to Gobber?" said Fishlegs. "He seemed pretty upset that you skipped out on him." Hiccup frowned. "Boy. I have the best friends in the world." he said sarcastically.
As the teens talked about what he would do, Toothless sat just behind Hiccup and Valerie watching. He liked to listen to their conversations. Humans were interesting to him. Then Toothless' gaze went to the space in between Hiccup and Valerie. They were still holding hands. He wondered if the other teens realised this. Toothless smiled inwardly. Once everything was settled, the teens plus Toothless started to head back to the village.
With each step he took Hiccup's nerves didn't settle. Despite what happened with the dragon war, he kept thinking the worst outcomes of this situation. In no time though, they had arrived back. They came back to see a very annoyed Gobber and Stoik. Hiccup braced himself for...well, whatever really.
He took a deep breath. "Uh- h-hi d-" however, Hiccup got cut off. Stoik turned to him. "I hope you have a good reason son. Our entire one month fishing trip has been delayed one day. We need those fish." said Stoik. This time Snotlout cut in. "Oh, he has a reason alright." he said. With that, he and the other teens, minus Valerie, plus Toothless walked to the side to watch this engagement. Hiccup just stared at them. His attention was drawn back to his father. "Hiccup. Who is she exactly?" asked Stoik. Hiccup hesitated before speaking.
"Uh, it's uh, a long story?" he said. He glanced at the other teens. "We have time. You know. Now." said Gobber. He was not helping. Well, Hiccup couldn't really blame him. It was his fault. He quickly looked at Toothless, who in his incredibly helpful way, blinked. Everyone stood there waiting for his response. "O-okay. H-here it goes." Hiccup said quietly. Mostly to himself. He then told the story about Valerie and how he'd found her. He'd left out the part about saving her from drowning though. Once he had finished, there was a moment of silence before Gobber and Stoik were...laughing. That left Hiccup a bit dumbfounded.
He glanced at the other teens who were smiling as if they knew something he didn't. Even Toothless looked at way. Even though his expression hadn't changed one bit. He turned back to his father who'd quieted down. Hiccup was still confused. "Son- come with me." said Stoik. Hiccup glanced at the others, then followed his father. He really didn't know what to say at this point.
The two of them entered their home. Stoik sat in his big chair by the fireplace. Hiccup chose a smaller chair and pulled it over beside him. Stoik looked at him. "Son. I can understand why you were afraid back then, but now. Now you don't have to be. You can tell me if you're worried about something." he said calmly. Hiccup looked at the ground. "I-I know. I just...I just..." Hiccup trailed off not knowing how to respond. Stoik put a large hand on his small arm. Their father-son moment was shortly lived however when they heard an "Awww!" coming from the window. Hiccup turned to his right as Stoik looked up to see the others, including Gobber, looking in on them. They disappeared as quickly as they were spotted though.
Hiccup shifted awkwardly in his chair as he turned and stared at the fireplace. His father just laughed. "Ya do have some interesting friends there son." he said. Hiccup smiled. "And as for the girl, I'm sure we can make arrangements with one of the families." Stoik finished. Hiccup beamed. "R-really? She can stay?" he asked hoping he heard what he thought he heard. Stoik laughed again. "Of course!" he said. A sudden cheer from outside brought their attention back to the window. This time Hiccup walked over to it with Stoik behind him. They had come just in time to stop Snotlout in the middle of his sentence.
"So, Valerie, since you're looking for a place to stay you know my family-" although the didn't have to stop him. He stopped himself once he realised he was talking to no one. The others had walked away from the window at that point. He looked at Hiccup and Stoik who were looking smug. "Whatever." Snotlout said glumly. He then joined the others. Stoik and Hiccup walked out of the house. The gang had decided that Valerie would live with Astrid and her mother. So long as she says yes. Once Hiccup reached the group he caught Valerie's eye and smiled.
"See dude? We told you, you had nothing to worry about!" Snotlout said. Hiccup turned his attention away from Valerie, and onto him. "Told me- you guys said nothing supportive whatsoever!" he exclaimed. Ruffnut chimed in. "Hey! I said that he was unpredictable!" she said. Hiccup thought on that. "Well...yeah. But you guys well." he said. He gestured to Snotlout and Fishlegs. Fishlegs shrugged. "Fine! Whatever!" sighed Snotlout. He clapped his hands together. "So. Who's up for flying?" he asked. The teens smiled. "Alright you have some fun. I have to go down to Spitelout's fields. Someone has been yak tipping again." he said, glancing at the twins. They didn't respond as they were arguing about something. They just got eye rolls from everyone else. Stoik carried on to what he was doing.
"Alright. Time to fly. I just need to go ask my mom about Valerie. You wanna come meet her Val?" asked Astrid. Valerie smiled, as did Hiccup. "Sure!" she said. The two girls went off to find Astrid's mother, Phlegma. Before leaving with her, Valerie quickly squeezed Hiccup's hand and smiled at him, thanking him. Hiccup watched her as she caught up to Astrid. "We'll catch up with you guys, you go ahead!" called Valerie.
"O-okay! We'll see you there!" Hiccup stammered back. This made the other teens to all look at each other. Hiccup turned back to them once he couldn't see the girls anymore. He noticed the smug looks that they were giving him. "What?" he said. He looked at Toothless but that did nothing as he had the same look on him. There was silence as Hiccup tried to figure out why they were looking at him in that way. "Okay. This isn't going anywhere. So- when are ya gonna tell her?" asked Ruffnut. Hiccup stared at her.
"What? Tell her what?" he asked. Fishlegs and Snotlout glanced at each other. "I really don't think he knows..."whispered Fishlegs. Hiccup looked at them. "What? Know what? What are you talking about?" said Hiccup. He was getting annoyed. He didn't really like being left out now that they were his friends. They smiled however. "All in good time Hiccup." said Snotlout as if he were the wisest man on earth.
"All in good time." echoed Fishlegs. The twins snickered. They went to go get their dragons leaving Hiccup dumbfounded. That was twice in one day. What was going on? Did everyone know something that he didn't? He started to believe that could be true as Toothless was looking incredibly smug. "Oh cut it out bud. Let's get flying already." he sighed. Toothless gave his familiar laugh and the two of them took off.
A/N: This was sort of a one shot. But I'm gonna continue it as a book following them in the tv series. The series with a few changes. WARNING: Additional Fluffiness! not a lot... I think.. But just to warn you! There may or may not be an added episode/chapter. Yeah, yeah. It's obviously been done before. But I just decided to give it a shot. I think the gang could use someone sweet and gentle like Valerie.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Criticism? REVIEWS?
*Silence...*
Anyone out there? *Whimpers*