K so i hope you enjoy. I don't own any httyd stuff or rights or blah blah blah. My friend helped me wright this to her name is nametheuser101.

Just so you dont get confused this is based of when the riders are all 19-20year olds and basically a year ago astrid befriends stormfly and becomes the first dragon rider...or so she thinks... :D

Chapter 1

Everyone else had accepted them. The dragons. Everyone had even his father, but not him. He doesn't hunt dragons anymore, and he trusts them, but every time I bring up him getting a dragon so he can go flying with us and being a part of the Dragon riders, he tells me to drop it and walks into the forest. What was up with him? He's properly working with Alvin and Dagur. That's why he's out here. He didn't change, that lying bastard. Why am I even looking for him...Oh yeah, to prove he still hunts dragons. But where is he?

"This is going to take forever Stormfly", my dragon squawked at me telling me she agreed. Once, she saved me from falling off a cliff and I, Astrid, befriended her and showed the village Berk that dragons were good. Everyone had a dragon now, everyone except Hiccup. He had agreed to not hunt dragons, but when asked if he wanted help training one he looked bewildered, then crushed with sadness before an emotionless mask was placed and he replied with a firm "no".

"He's stubborn, that's why," me and stormfly walked for a little bit longer till we found this beautiful cove.

"Amazing", I gazed in wonder over the lake and the land that surrounded it, there was something on the rock, and it had urban hair and wore a black and red suit with a metal leg. Hiccup? I jumped on stormfly and flew down silently to Hiccup. He appeared to be drawing something on the ground with a stick. It looked like a dragon?!

"Hiccup"...

Hiccup jumped up and whirled around with a shocked expression on his face.

"How long have you been here?" He asked as he side stepped to hide the dragon he was drawing.

"Not long...what is that?" I pointed to the picture of the dragon that I could not name the species of.

"What?...Umm...nothing!" He quickly answered, smudging the drawing with his metal foot. I took a step towards him.

"Hiccup you drew a picture of a dragon...what's going on?" I took another step towards him, he took a step back, a depressed look on his face before it vanished and a scared expression took over.

"You shouldn't be here," he said before he ran off out of the cove. I followed. And let me just say for a guy with a metal leg he could run really fast. I had a hard time keeping up with him, until I remembered.

"I'm an Idiot…STORMFLY!" I shouted.

The Deadly Nadder appeared behind me and landed so I could climb on her back. We flew above the tree line looking for Hiccup.

"There he is", I pointed below us, and stormfly dived snatching Hiccup mid jump and flying us to the top of a pine tree.

"ASTRID! get me down from here!", he protested.

"Not until you tell me what's going on!"

"It's none of you concern, let me go!"

"Fine", I smirked and dropped him, letting him end up hanging on a branch.

"I meant on the ground!", he yelled as he looked up at me.

"You didn't specify", I said smugly.

"Useless dragons can't even help their king out", he mumbled quietly. And in return stormfly crooned in response with worry in her voice.

"Wait, what did you say?", I asked confused at what he said.

"Nothing I said nothing", he looked at me with an angry face, but I knew better, his eyes held worry and shock.

"Astrid my arms are starting to hurt, can you please let me down!", Hiccup grimaced.

I sighed and told stormfly to take us back to the cove...where I then told her to drop him in the lake, to which he came out shivering like it was snowing. Wait...oh shit, I looked up...It's snowing and hard.

"Sorry", I shouted and landed my dragon next to him, I jumped off and ran over to him, taking my coat off and putting it over his shoulders.

"Sure you are", he muttered.

"What?"

"You mean to tell me dropping me in the lake was an accident pfft yeah sure"

"It was"

"Whatever", he walked off to one side of the cove gesturing for me to follow. "There's a cave over here we can keep warm there till the snow stops...there's enough room for stormfly to".

Stormfly he said her name instead of saying dragon or thing like he usually does.

We entered the dark and gloomy cave and sat down on the dust. Hiccup was severely shivering now and his face started to turn pale.

"You don't look so good", I nodded at stormfly and she lit a little spot on the ground illuminating the cave plus keeping us warm.

"That's what happens when your flown to the top of tree and then dropped in a freezing cold lake", he said.

"Alright sorry", I stole a quick glance at him and saw that he was looking into the fire like he was remembering something. The fires reflection danced across his face he looked….handsome...Whoa stop that thought before it was made...what the fuck, this is Hiccup he still doesn't fully trust dragons and won't try. It was then that I noticed stormfly sitting next to Hiccup instead of me like she usually does. What the hell was going on.

"So why were you drawing a dragon before?" I asked, stealing glances at him to see his reaction.

He turned his head away hugging the coat I gave him tighter. I slid closer to him, to try and keep him warm...maybe...when I saw a tear roll down his cheek.

"I don't expect someone like you to believe me or understand", he whispered and I could tell there was a war going on in his mind wondering if he should tell me.

"Understand what?", I asked, he was hiding something and even though my first priority was to find out what, he looked destroyed like he needed to talk about it.

"You're not going to let this go are you", he turned to look at me and I could see tears in his eyes and worry in his face expression, like he was asking me to let it go. But I couldn't I wanted to know what was going on and he needed to talk about it. Someone like Hiccup the best dragon fighter does not cry, it was like something no one would ever imagine.

"No, I'm not", I said as I shuffled closer.

Hiccup sighed and made himself more comfortable in the dust.

"5 years ago…" he trailed off as he tried to fight the urge to cry. He inhaled heavily and continued as I hugged him to calm him.

"5 years ago to the day, was when I first meet toothless"

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