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Chapter 2: The ring

Toothless had woken me up incrediable early this morning and for once I was pleased. I had put on my thick fur coat and headed out the door. As I walked to the forge I passed the Hofferson house. I noticed Stormfly wasn't in her barn, which meant Astrid must have gone out flying. She would be occupied for a few hours and hopefully she wouldn't come find me in the forge. Less chance she would find the ring.

I finally made it to the forge and hung my coat up on the rack. The forge was warm which could only mean that Gobber had been in here not too long ago. I wandered into the back room and opened the bottom draw of my desk. I grabbed the gold and the little bag containing the gem. I checked the gem was still ok. It was glistening in the bottom of the pouch and I still couldn't believe Johann had just given this to me! I couldn't even imagine how valuable this tiny gem was. Closing the bag i put it safely back in the draw.

I walked out to the furnace and began to melt the gold. "Now, how am I going to make this thing? I need a mould! And... I need her finger size,"I said less enthusiastically. Great, how in the name of Thor was I going to get the size right? She would get suspicious if I started measuring her ring finger. I would have to do it descretely. I hid the gold and left it to cool.

How could I get the size of her finger? Suddenly my thoughts were interupted.

"Where have you been all day?"

"Astrid, hey. Hey Astrid, hi. Um I've just been busy you know doing stuff." I said scratching the back of my neck.

" I've been looking for you all day. After I got back from my morning flight with Stormfly I went straight to your house. You weren't there so I asked Stoick if he knew and he said he didn't. I looked for you around the village but couldn't find you anywhere so I went home and finished my chores before I decided to come here to the forge for one last look and here you are, finally!"

"Yea I've been here all day."

"What are you working On?"

"Nothing important, just helping out Gobber." I hoped she wouldn't see through my lie.

"Oh, ok."

Phew!

"So have you got any time left for me today?" She asked, staring at her hands.

"Always."

I put my hand on her cheek and guided her lips to mine. The kiss was brief but full of love. I loved her and very soon I would be asking her to spend the rest of her life with me. But for now I was more worried about getting the size of the ring right!

We slowly walked to the cove without saying a word. We often spent time there, nobody was ever there but us. It was our private place where we could talk about anything we wanted, or do anything we wanted and no one would judge us. It was perfect.

when we finally reached the cove we sat on the grass facing the water. Astrid pulled out three long strands of grass and began to weave them together.

"What are you making?" I asked curiously.

"A bracelet. Ruff and I make them all the time."

That was it! I could make a ring out of grass and make it fit her finger! That way I could use the size of the grass ring as a base for my mould. I picked up astrids hand and placed it on my leg.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Just wait and see."

I pulled a long piece of grass out from the ground and wrapped it around her finger.

"Whats that supposed to be?"

"Well it was supposed to be a ring, but if you think it's that bad I'll have it back." I said laughing as I pulled it off her finger and tucked it into my pocket.

"Hey!" She called out after me. But it was no use, I was off.

I had gotten up and ran off and I was now on the other side of the cove with Astrid following up, closely behind me. That's when I had an idea. I flicked off my boot and ran into the water. I quickly pulled off my prosthetic and threw it onto the bank before I swam deeper into the water. She soon followed suit, kicking off her own boots and diving into the water.

"Come back here!"

"Nope!" I called back as I swam around until I was behind her.

Astrid knew I was behind her. She spun around and splashed water in my direction but I had gone under the water.

"Hiccup? Where are you?"

I grabbed her and tugged her under the water. Once she was under I quickly swam away. Astrid came back to the surface and chased after me. Once she finally caught up to me she splashed me in the face. I grabbed Astrids waist and held her close.

We swam to the shore . I waited in the shallows as Astrid grabbed my prosthetic from the bank. She came back into the water and helped me strap the prosthetic on my leg. We started the long walk back to the village, Astrid's hand in mine. We were soaking wet and I could feel the water squelching in my boot. However the long walk home meant we were almost dry by the time we got back to the village.

"Well I better get home. I'll come see you after dinner."

"See you later Astrid."

She started sprinting in the general direction of her house, and I headed back to the forge. I sat down at the bench in the forge and began to sift through the the contents of my pocket.

"GOT IT!" I accidently called out aloud.

I looked around to make sure no one had heard me call out. The little grass loop that I had put on Astrid's finger was still in my pocket. I pulled it out and studied it. This would definitely help me get the size right. I measured the grass loop and carved the exact size into into a piece of rock. I began to heat the gold up again and once it was liquid I poured it into the mould.

Once the gold had finally cooled I gently removed the gold ring. It was flawless. No lumps and no bubbles. I studied it carefully, and I was pleased. Now I just needed to attach the gem. I put the ring safely away in the pouch with the gem and pulled out my sketch book. I drew the ring and drew a picture of the gem on top. How could I attach it? I drew for little prongs connecting from the ring and hooking over the top of the gem. I hoped that would work.

I melted the left over gold and while it was still hot I attached the four little prongs onto the ring. I carefully fitted the gem in between the prongs and gently bent the tips over the top of the gem, securing it tightly. I held the ring over my right hand and carefully turned the ring upside down. The gem didn't fall out! I placed the completed ring inside a small wooden box and hid it in the bottom draw of my desk in the forge. I knew it would be safe there as I am the one that goes in that draw.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead with my apron as I took it off and hung it back on the rack. I made my way home and when I got there I was greeted by my father.

"Hello son." He said as he handed me a smoked fish. "What have you been up to?"

"I made that ring I was talking about."

"Good, good.. Have you planned when your going to propose yet?"

"Yea I think so. I am working on it, slowly."

"Good."

We sat in silence for a moment until there was a knock at the door.

"Hello there Astrid. I take it you want to see Hiccup, he's just in here."

Astrid walked in the door and sat down next to me.

"I just wanted to say goodnight." She smiled sweetly at me.

"I'll walk you home."

We stood up and walked to Astrids house without saying another word. When we reached her door she grabbed my shirt and pulled me into a kiss. It was slow and sweet, like always and I wouldn't change it for the world.

"Goodnight milady, I love you."

"I love you too." She whispered into my ear.

Astrid dissapeared into her house and closed the door. I turned to walk away until I heard the door open again.

"Goodnight Hiccup." She called out before dissapearing into the house once more.

Authors notes:

hi guys sorry it took me so long to update. I've been pretty busy. Anyway I hope you enjoyed the second chapter and don't forget to review? thank you for reading!