Hi everybody! This is chapter 3

"What? FLY!? Are you crazy?" Astrid asked with disbelief.

"No, I'm not crazy." Hiccup said. He offered his hand to her and said calmly "You just have to trust me, Astrid."

"I just met you. Why should I trust you?" She asked hesitantly.

"Because this is your only option right now."

"Good point," she said and looked at his outstretched hand.

With pleading eyes, he said, "Please, Astrid!" She hesitated for a moment but then took his hand. Hiccup smiled and helped her onto Toothless' back.

"Hold on!" he shouted as they launched into the air. Astrid quickly grabbed Hiccup's shoulders. They flew slowly, with a relaxing speed that calmed her down a lot. She looked around and saw that everybody in the village was looking at them. Soon they landed in front of the Great hall. Astrid jumped off as quickly as possible. She looked around and saw two very large doors.

"Let's go inside. I think the gang is already there." Hiccup said and smiled at her.

Astrid looked at him "The gang?"

"You will see," he answered simply, pulling the large doors open. The two of them walked in with Toothless right behind them. There were a lot of people inside the hall. Seeing Hiccup, they all greeted him with a singular voice.

"Hello, chief!" Hiccup just nodded and walked towards one of the tables. Around the table, there were six people sitting - two women and four men. A man with long black hair said: "Good to see you chief!"

"You too Eret!" Hiccup said happily.

Astrid whispered to him "Why are they calling you chief?"

Nervously Hiccup turned towards her

"Because I'm the chief of Berk."

Astrid almost yelled "WHAT?!"

"Yeah," he turned towards the table "Everybody, meet Astrid." The table went silent and all six were looking at her. Astrid's eyes went wide and she looked at Hiccup. Seeing her expression he said "Soo, Astrid. This is Fishlegs, Heather, Eret, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Snotlout."

"Woah, hey there, beautiful," said Snotlout with a huge smile. Astrid stared at him, giving half a thought to pulling out her knives.

Hiccup reacted quickly "Yeah, yeah! Astrid, you should sit down. I'll get us some food." with that he turned around and walked away.

Astrid hesitated for a moment but then sat next to Fishlegs. Suddenly Tuffnut asked with interest "What's up with all these knives?"

Astrid looked at her belt where she holds her knives. "These are my weapons."

"Really?! You use knives as your weapons?" Tuff asked with a smirk.

"Yeah, is there something wrong with knives?" Astrid asked coldly.

"Well, they are too small..."

"Size doesn't matter when you know how to use them," Astrid replied confidently.

"Like I know how to use my big sword," Snotlout said proudly. Everybody around the table looked at him. There was a grin on Astrid's face when she looked at him and said: "Well if you are soo good with your BIG sword then prove it."

"Sure. I can do something as simple as proving my amazing skill. What would you have me do?"

"Fight me." She grinned as she saw his reaction to her challenge.

"What fight?" A voice came from behind her. Astrid turned around to see Hiccup, holding two plates with chicken on his hands.

"This beautiful woman here wants to know how good I am with my sword." Snoutlout said, staring at Astrid.

"Guys, please! We don't need another fighting in the hall again," said Hiccup, trying to change their minds.

"Then they can do it somewhere else," pointed out Heather "I really want to see how this fight ends."

"Yeah, me too! I want to see how much Snot gets beaten!" Ruff said cheerfully. "I wanna see him cry like a baby!"

"Yeah, like babies, they always cry."

"Come on chief! It's just one little fight." Eret said.

Hiccup thought about it. "Alright! Alright! If you want to fight so badly then you need to do this in the arena."

"Then arena it is!" Astrid cheered and looked at Hiccup "When we start?"

Hiccup sat next to Astrid and put one plate in front of her. "You need to eat something first."

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