Chapter 4

When Astrid finally woke up she realized that the sun had already set. Swearing to herself she ran back to the village. To get to her house she had to pass Hiccup's house.

She was about to pick up her pace and dash past the house before she heard someone calling her name.

"Astrid! Wait!" She stopped and turned to see Hiccup running towards her with a shield in his left hand. Her heart thundered in her heart as he came to stand by her.

He looked her square in the eye and tired to catch his breath. After a moment or two he handed her the shield.

"You get your wish Astrid. My dad said you start dragon training with the rest of us tomorrow morning."

Her heart literally froze in her chest at his words. She pushed the shield back and sighed.

"Actually Hiccup. I changed my mind…" She started carefully. He raised an eyebrow at her.

"But ever since you were little." His gaze traveled up and down "well. Little-er."

She blushed "you've talked about nothing but killing dragons."

"Well I've decided to become a…" She wracked her brain for an excuse. Telling Hiccup that she had just gotten the life scared out of her by a nightfury sounded stupid and pathetic. Besides he wouldn't believe that.

"A real girl! You know dish washing, cooking, cleaning." He stared at her strangely "yep! Just call me Astrid the housewife!"

The red head raised an eyebrow before sighing. "Well you don't have a choice. My dad's making you." She stared at him in shock. He wasn't giving up.

She huffed angrily. Well neither was she. "Can I speak with your father? Surely I can change his mind."

Hiccup shook his head "you know how stubborn he is. Besides, I agree with him. You should know how not to get yourselfkilled."

She looked down, her face red with embarrassment. "Besides he's leaving tomorrow to look for the dragons nest again and he's powering up for the trip. So he's kind of busy." She sighed.

"Fine. I'll do it."

Hiccup smirked "I thought so." He said handing her the shield. "We start tomorrow in the arena."

She nodded sadly. She was about to turn around when she felt someone ruffle her hair.

"Don't worry about it. Just don't get yourself killed all right?"

She gulped before hurrying back to her house.