Thank you for all your reviews, it really helped me realize how much more potential this story has than I originally expected. And just for your information, yes Hiccup will be skilled and badass, I plan to make that happen anyways. Just want to thank you guys so much for all the reviews I got on my first fanfic. Things that I've never mentioned in the first chapter will start to appear in this, just in case you guys get surprised. Btw I'll say Toothless from now on unless I have to mention him as a night fury. Anyways this is getting too long, I'll start now, so enjoy and be sure to send me more feedback.

Things go downhill.

(Berk)

Unbeknownst to Hiccup, Astrid had been nearby and had heard Toothless when he flew off. Astrid was too busy venting her anger on some trees, but she definitely caught a glimpse of the elusive night fury, even though she was too angry to notice it looked the exact same as Hiccup's 'friend' at that time. She trekked over to where she had seen the night fury flew from. Entering the cove, she was stopped by the ever so familiar shield she saw when she ran away from this exact spot.

The moon was out tonight, making the cove look ethereal. As Astrid was taken over by the beautiful scene, she tripped over a small object, taking the object out of the ground as well as the papers that were stuck on it. She caught herself in time with a reverse tumble and bent down to pick up the many scraps of paper that were strewn across the ground. As she picked up the last pieces of paper, the object that she tripped over shone against the rays of the moon. She bent down to pick it up only to find it strikingly familiar. It was a small dagger with intricate designs on it.

She gasped as she realized where she had seen this dagger before. It was always on Hiccup. She hadn't seen too many times as Hiccup never used it, but she had seen it enough times to remember where this came from. And with that she looked curiously at the stack of papers that Hiccup apparently left behind.

So with that she sat against the moonlit rock and began to browse through the papers. Most were contraptions she did not understand. Thankfully there were explanations to the smallest details on how they work and how to keep them in check etc. The first familiar design came into view when she saw the familiar image of their village catapults. The catapult was drawn to the finest detail, even Astrid was astounded by Hiccup's work as she had no idea that he was this good at drawing. She then realized, THIS was their village's catapult. Hiccup had been the one who came up with the idea to make the catapult. Small, weak and apparently useless Hiccup had been the one to come up with one of their most effective ways of fighting the dragons?! Astrid was at a loss for words as she quickly browsed through the various papers, each piece containing a flawless and beautifully crafted system, which would help them in more ways than one.

Just to name one, there was a sprinkler system, that would draw water from the sea, and openings of pipes were coated in wax, so only where there was a fire would the water rush out, dousing the house and effectively putting out the fire. Astrid quickly came to the end of the stack, her eyes finally falling on three slightly thicker pieces of paper, which she realized were letters addressed to herself, Gobber and Stoick. She quickly opened up her letter, eyes widening at every word.

Hi Astrid,

By the time you read this, I'll probably be gone, I don't know why I decided to write this, but I felt it would only be fair to you. Alright I admit, I made friends with a night fury, I know how you must feel by now. I had Toothless (yep that's the name of the mighty night fury, yeah yeah laugh it out) to experiment with, that's the only way I got so good dragon training. Again, I am very sorry to steal your honor, I know I have no right, but I just wanted to make my father proud, but now I know, all that he sees are that I have 'skills' in the ring, but once he finds out I'm with Toothless, he'd disown me and kill Toothless, and I don't want that to happen, so I did what I had to do. I know I have no place to ask for a favor, but I am still going to ask for one. Please I beg of you take care of my father and be by his right hand man, or girl, when he needs it, that is all I ask of you, oh and please take those designs to Gobber, he'll know what to do with them. I hope you guys will prosper without me, as all I have been is a burden that would let the village down again and again. Farewell and don't count on me coming back again.

With regards,

Hiccup.

Astrid slowly let the words sink in, fear slowly clutching her body as she tightened her hold on her letter, crushing it as her knuckles went white with how hard she was squeezing the letter. She had just sent Hiccup away, the one, she just realized, that had helped the village in more discreet but effective ways. She trembled, how was she supposed to tell Stoick about this, she knew that if she told him the truth, he would be a shell of his former self, after all, he did lose valka when Hiccup was just a baby. She slowly picked herself up from the rock and noticed that she had been in the cove for hours. She quickly ran back to the village, but she was not about to expect what was waiting for her back there.

When Astrid got back to the village center, people were walking by her, congratulating her for reasons that were unknown, but it gave her a very bad feeling. Like something that was not supposed to happen did in fact happen. When she got home, just as she was about to knock on the door, a feeling of foreboding struck her. She pushed the feeling aside and pushed open the door. She knew something was wrong as she took in her surroundings, her mother, Brynhilda hofferson, who was usually very docile, was seething at her father, Bjorn Hofferson, who was beaming at her.

As Astrid walked up to the table, a piece of parchment was sealed on the table with a familiar insignia. When she saw the insignia, her blood immediately began to boil as she started fuming. "What…is…the MEANING OF THIS?!" Astrid screamed as she knew her father had accepted a marriage contract from the Jorgensen clan.

Bjorn frowned and said," Now now, you haven't heard what we wanted to tell you, see-"

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, I THOUGHT YOU SUPPORTED ME WHEN YOU SAID I COULD BE A SHIELD MAIDEN!" Astrid shot back at her father.

"Enough, I won't let you get out of this, now be a good girl and accept it" Bjorn said harshly.

Astrid, near tears, simply trudged past her father, and to her mother, Brynhilda wrapping her delicate arms around her daughter, never wanting this to happen. "It's okay, things happen and we need to deal with it, although I feel bad not doing enough to stop him." Brynhilda said softly.

"It's okay mom, I don't blame you, the only one I blame is that despicable man." Astrid replied.

Bjorn seethed at this, "Now look here young lady, I am only trying to make a living here, and the Jorgensen's offered a hefty amount for you, and that's good enough for me."

"So am I just a tool for you to live? Do you not care about my well-being at all?" Astrid asked, partly sobbing.

Bjorn, still blinded by his pride, said," Of course I do, that's why I married you off to the Jorgensen's, you will have no trouble with money at all from now on, and I expect some of it." He said smirking.

His smirk vanished and his look turned into one of shock and regret with what Brynhilda said next, "You are too blinded by your pride, did you ever notice how much she hated that Jorgensen boy? You've just doomed her for life! I never want to see you ever again, get out of my sight this instant." She said coldly.

Bjorn was at a loss for words. Why did he never see it, every time the Jorgensen boy tried to flirt with her girl, she would just ignore him or give him a death glare. He had basically jus sentenced her daughter to life imprisonment by the side of that Jorgensen boy. Regret overwhelming him, he tried to apologize, "De-Dear, I-I'm sorry, I didn't know that this would happen-"

"I SAID, . .SIGHT!" Brynhilda all but screamed at him, making him yelp and scramble out of the house quickly, not wanting to face her wrath when she was this angry.

Brynhilda stood in the silence of her house, comforting Astrid as she sniffed occasionally, afraid of what was going to become of her in the future. After approximately an hour, she finally calmed down, and with resolve, she said to her mother, "Mom, I am never going to let that snotface take my virginity."

Brynhilda smiled softly at her daughter, this was her Astrid. Of course, as her mother, she couldn't let some despicable man take something that important away from her could she? So she stated loudly, enough for Snotlout who was coincidentally passing by her house to hear, "if any male, boy or man dares to touch you, I will personally chop them into little pieces and feed them to the nightmares!"

When Snotlout heard that, he turned pale and continued walking, fearing for his life and possibly something even more important as his hands instinctively went to cover his crotch.

(Back to Hiccup)

Finally!

Hiccup was currently resting on a distant island, watching the sun set as he laid on Toothless. They managed to catch fish and therefore dinner for that day, of course, Toothless being the one that did all the work. Hiccup knew that he would have to get better with his skills to be able to survive in the world. He decided that he would try to first get better with a sword as he couldn't wield any other weapons. A hammer was too heavy for him, and would only weigh him down, same case for the bludgeon. An axe was too unbalanced for him, and he did not want to take the risk of getting chopped off by accident. And he did discover that he was a left-hander, and was actually fairly good with the sword, although it was not refined through experience and training.

Hiccup also prepared a small forge, with Toothless' fire where he could make basic materials, like weaponry if he had the materials to do so. He managed to make a bow by bending a thin but durable stick and tied strings which he carried with him to each end of the stick. Hiccup then discovered that he could shoot a bow pretty well, that being said he needed to learn how to shoot on dragon back.

Hiccup sighed as he put his notebook away, lying on his back while Toothless circled around him protectively. He drifted off into sleep, thinking about how life could have been different if he hadn't shot down the night fury.

There, finally done with the second chapter. By the way, this will be a Hiccup x OC story. I've only read one Hiccup x OC story that was good and I plan to achieve that status as well. Please, as always, review and send me suggestions or feedback, I would love to read them, I have a few guests last chapter, which I want to thank, that gave me great feedback and constructive criticism that I wo7uld always love to read. I don't own anything as well, nothing is mine except for the story and my OC. Thanks for reading this AN and see you in the next chapter!