After some minutes of running, I get to the place. It is where I used to practice axe training years ago, the clear where Toothless and Hiccup met for the first time. Hiccup's "hiding place", not exactly secret anymore. I get to see him next to the lake with Toothless resting in his lap. He takes off his book and starts sketching or writing? I can't see. I get closer until he notices me, almost instantly Toothless gets up and goes to play with Stormfly not far from us.

"Hey, what's up with you now?" I ask while I put my hand on his shoulder as I lean down to take a seat behind him.

"The usual. Talk, talk and more talk. He pulled me out of my daily escape" He says in a frustrated while he looks firmly at his sketchbook. "And we pulled me out of a moment with you" He says this looking at me with a little pout.

"Cute, but now you are being overdramatic. And after all the times we have been through this, I might already know that talk by memory" I say while braiding a little part of his hair. "I don't wanna sound too harsh but this should stop Hiccup" He turns around to look at me

"What do you mean? What is this?" He asks concerned but at the same time a little worried.

"You know, this. You are not a boy anymore, when we were younger I understood by you were always running away anytime Stoick mentioned something about being chief but now you are almost 20" I say passing my fingers through his arburn hair, trying to not sound too hard and insensitive. "You need to settle down, babe. I'm not saying stop flying with Toothless but try staying in the ground for longer periods of time. This is your people we are talking about. No one knows what will happen tomorrow if there's an attack and well, Stoick... you know. Anything can happen" He looks at me hardening his expression. "What I'm failing to say is that-"

"I know what you are trying to say. I get it. It makes sense, you are a warrior Astrid, born to be a Chief, just like my father. You can stay on the ground as long as you want and deal with a war or something similar. You are better at this than I will ever be" He says with a disappointed but honest look.

"Don't say that. You are our leader, you have been dealing with us far more and far worse than I've done" I sigh. "I want you to be ready when the time comes, that's all"

"It's different with you guys, you are reckless and sometimes immature but at the end, you are just like me. Guys who want to explore and be independent all the time. Leading a whole village, that is huge. He is huge, I don't know how can he can keep up with everything on Berk. I barely could the times when I was acting chief"

"That's what I'm talking about. See?" I think I can make him understand. "You are not ready yet, I get it. But let your father pass some of his knowledge to you, as you said he has far more experience and in the end, he wants the best for you. Being chief someday is something you can't fly off from"

It's time for him to face the music. Stoick is not going to be always around and he will not remain to have 19 years forever. He sighs and turns around completely to look me in the eyes.

"You are always the voice of reason, aye?" He touches my cheek as he makes his way to my lips. "You know, I love that you are" I feel his warm breath agaisnt my skin as he makes his way to my lips, he kisses me passionately. Hiccup has never kissed someone before, how can he be so good at this? I lose myself for a moment until our lips part.

"Time to get back?" I say with a soft whisper "It's getting late and Stoick could be worried that we haven't returned"

"Oh, if that is what bothers you, my father knows well that I am safe with you" He laughs a little before continuing. "Aside, it's a beautiful night, how about a moonlit flight before going back?"

"How corny of you, I must address you as Hiccup the Romantic from now on" I say giggling before going for another kiss.

We spend the night together, flying around Berk until midnight. I got to see some new maneuvres that Hiccup invented. They always seem to come up with unique and dangerous ideas. During those moments with him, it felt that the whole world disappeared, he was something else. The time flew by and we ended up at my door. We kissed goodnight and I finally entered home, it seemed like no one was awake, which was good considering the late hour, I sat down in my bed thinking until I fell asleep.

As a gang, we still get to fly almost every day, we have returned to train in the dragon academy, some days we teach kids in Berk the basic needs of dragons and some others we just hang out until evening talking about dragon stats and practising some tactics.

After returning from the Edge, Hiccup and I haven't been going out alone that often. Of course, back in the Edge, we could escape for some hours and well, no one would notice, or at least, no one would make a fuss about it. But here, it all changed, the day we returned Stoick gathered every single villager in the Great Hall for a "big announcement". There were we standing side by side when the Chief announced our engagement. Hiccup became red as everyone cheered, I think they were expecting something like this, but for us, it was a little too much.

We were official and we were back on Berk and as some might have expected, there was gossip. I'm not deaf and neither blind, many started to talk that it was all about the power, that before the Green Death, I hated Hiccup and after, I only search for him because of his social status as the successor. We had to start watching out how we behaved and everything we did, as many rumours spread that during our time in the Edge we lived a "free" live without any boundaries, which stood for something more than just some innocent night dates and kisses. To Hiccup, his reputation as a successor needed to prevail and I, as his future wife, need to form a good image towards all Berkians and even more so, towards other tribes. There hasn't been any verbal talk about any of this, but it was good to keep in mind, I might some of these days tell Hiccup or ask Stoick for advisement, if not this problem could get far more serious than expected.