Later that evening, Hiccup had cooked a roasted chicken and put it into his basket case. He also packed up a pillow and blanket from his bed and some fish for Toothless to eat.

"I'm heading out with Astrid tonight, Mom," Hiccup told Valka. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay," Valka replied. "Have a good time."

Just as Hiccup and Toothless walked out of their home, Astrid and Stormfly were waiting for them outside.

"Astrid, darling," Hiccup called over to her as they approached. "Ready to go?"

"Ready as I'll ever be." she replied happily.

After Hiccup and Astrid boarded their dragons, Astrid asked Hiccup, "So where are we going?"

"You'll see when we get there," Hiccup answered.

"You lead, we'll follow."

With that said, Toothless and Hiccup took off flying with Astrid and Stormfly following them.

During their flight, Astrid asked Hiccup, "So how did your duties as chief go today?"

"Went great!" Hiccup said, though not looking at Astrid and keeping his eyes on where Toothless is going.

"That's good," Astrid said. "And you thought you'd never become chief after your father died."

"Yeah, well," Hiccup replied in a slightly sad tone. "At first, I thought I wasn't ready to accept my responsibilities as chief, and I should've listened to my dad because when I tried reasoning with Drago about war, I was wrong and my dad was right. But then I realized I'd gone too far and was ready to become chief."

"And I'm glad you realized your mistake."


They continued trek over the ocean. It was a pretty calm journey, though pretty long, about lasting for an hour. The wind blew in Hiccup and Astrid's hairs and faces. They passed by many flocks of seagulls. Also, thankfully, no other dragons attacked them. They continued to chat nearly the whole way, having a very friendly conversation.

As they finally reached their destination at last, the sun was beginning to sink into the horizon. The sky around the burning ball of fire turned into a mix of orange and white. The few clouds were a pretty shade of orange and purple. The horizon in the east started to encroach in the sky in a dark bluish-purple shade. The ocean was also starting darken in its colors. Hiccup was telling Astrid a joke.

"I have a dragon with a scarred wing named Thunderbolt. And his sister asked, 'What's his other wing's name?'" Hiccup finished his joke, and he and Astrid laughed hard at that.

"Well, here we are." Hiccup finally announced as they landed at their destination. It was a small island with trees, rocks, grass and a small pond.

"Cool place," Astrid said complementarily.

"Glad you like it," Hiccup replied cheerfully. "Also, remember that we came here on some of our dates?"

"Yeah, I do remember."

By the time Hiccup and Astrid got off their dragons, the sun had set and the sky turned dark blue with thousands of visible stars. As far as the eye could see, the land was shrouded in a dark blanket. The grass, rocks and pond were darker now.

Hiccup sets down his basket case and prepares to set everything up for tonight's date. While Hiccup is setting things up, Astrid had the instinct to look at the starry night sky. Suddenly, a shooting star flew at high speed across the blue. Astrid held her breath, closed her eyes and made a brief wish. She wished that all would work well with Hiccup tonight, held her head high and hoped that things would work out and wished herself luck.


Stay tuned because the next chapter is the rest of Hiccup and Astrid's date.