It had almost been a whole year since his accident and Hiccup had moved in with Gobber and Camicazi once he had been discharged, and Astrid was still a frequent visitor. Bringing him work that he was missing, telling him about her day, keeping him company when Gobber and Camicazi were busy packing his things up from his old house. Vladamir had helped them to move his things back and that time, Camicazi had gone with him and stayed in the city for three weeks, before returning home, with news that she had passed that year at university. Meanwhile Gobber had taken the young boy to his physiotherapy sessions when he could, and other times Astrid's uncle took him to a few. For Christmas that year, Hiccup had been given a lot more presents that normal, Camicazi gave him clothes and a new sketch pad, Gobber had given him some of his own blacksmithing tools, since Hiccup was an apt blacksmith apprentice, and Astrid had given him a rather sentimental gift, a photo frame with held a picture of her and Hiccup that Camicazi had taken from one of Astrid's first visits since Hiccup had first come home. Right now, Hiccup was lying in his bed on a Saturday morning; Camicazi had gone with Gobber to do the morning shop, so Hiccup was enjoying some peace. Astrid wasn't going to be over until later, so he needed time to relax and he was thinking of doing some more walking with his brand new prosthetic. Pushing himself up to sit on the edge of his bed, he looked at the shortened stump that had been his left leg and he sighed attaching his new metal prosthetic, remembering back to when his sister and Vladamir were helping him walk up the street on his prosthetic, that day didn't end well.

It was a bright Saturday, and he had been discharged from hospital the night before, Gobber had set up a bed in the living room for him as well as for Vladamir and Camicazi, but it wasn't as cramped as everyone thought, it was rather cosy. Anyway, that morning, he'd woken up to the smell of bacon and he found his sister still asleep in her bed, but Gobber and Vladamir were making bacon sandwiches in the kitchen. So, he hoisted himself up as carefully as he could, before he hopped over to the kitchen.

"Smells good, you two." He smiled.

"Hey Hendrick, glad you're awake, how are you feeling?" Gobber asked, walking over to the young lad, putting a bacon sandwich on the table for him.

"I'm feeling alright thanks." Hiccup nodded, sitting in front of the bacon sandwich, and he watched as Vladamir joined him putting two sandwiches on the table, one for him and one for Cami, before Gobber joined him with his own. The men all sat in silence for a while, before they heard the sounds of a movement coming from the living room and they all turned and found Camicazi trying to grab hold of her wheelchair so that she could put herself into it, but she wasn't having much luck. Within minutes, Vladamir was over there and he helped her into the wheelchair, giving a kiss to the top of her head and he wheeled her over to join them and as Camicazi joined them, the conversation simply started up again.

Eventually everyone had eaten as many sandwiches as they could, and Gobber headed off to work in the forge where he was a part time blacksmith, Camicazi lay on her camp bed reading, Vladamir watched some television programme and Hendrick sat cross-legged on his own camp bed drawing.

"What are you drawing Hendrick?" Camicazi asked.

"Nothing..." He told her, immediately going shy, despite his sister having seen his drawing numerous times before. However, one look at her and he realised that she wasn't going to let it drop, Camicazi had a steel grip which caught you when you weren't expecting it and made you do the things she wanted with ease. With a sigh, he turned his book around and showed her. The picture was of Camicazi herself, lying there reading, and it even got the attention of Vladamir.

"Hey vhat's pretty good Hendrick." Vladamir smiled. "Have vou ever vought about taking vart?" He asked.

"Huh?" Hendrick asked, looking at him not fully comprehending what Vladamir had said.

"He said have you ever thought about taking art?" Camicazi explained and she looked at Vladamir. "Accent went a bit haywire there."

"Sorry." He shrugged.

"It's alright." Hendrick smiled, before he thought about what he had said. "Maybe...I don't know what I want to take yet."

"Vell, you have plenty ov time." He told him, causing Camicazi to nod in agreement.

The trio stayed in silence for a moment longer, until Camicazi had an idea and she looked over at her brother.

"Why don't we help you with your walking?" She asked Hiccup.

And that was how it began, Vladamir had helped him to the pavement outside of the house, and Camicazi wheeled herself after them.

"Okay Hendrick, hold onto the front of my wheelchair." Camicazi told him and she watched him do as she asked, his hands resting on the armrests of Camicazi's chair before Camicazi looked over at Vladamir.

"Vlad, walk ten paces behind me." Camicazi told him, watching Vladamir walk the ten paces so that he was stood behind her, and then she turned her attention back to her younger brother. "Now, you're going to walk, using your grip on my arm rests to keep yourself on your feet, I'll move backwards whenever you move forwards, and you will make it to Vladamir, okay?"

Hiccup just looked at her for a few seconds, he knew that his sister wouldn't give up until he'd walked at least a mile in the end, but he couldn't bring himself to do this...what if he fell and hurt her?

"You won't."

He suddenly lifted his head to see his sister looking at him with comforting eyes, full of promise and assurance, he didn't even realise that he'd spoken out loud at first.

"Are you ready?" She asked.

Hiccup simply nodded, looking at his foot and prosthetic leg, and they soon started walking, it was slow, not much fast than a tortoise, but he was doing it. His stump of a left leg hurt like hell, but he tried to look past it, he tried to focus on where he was going, and he looked up once more but froze. Driving down the road was a car that he knew all too well, the shiny black jeep was unmistakeable, it was his dad. The mere sight of it pulling into the drive outside of Gobber's place, made Hiccup freeze and he suddenly couldn't breathe, falling to his knees which hurt like hell, but somehow his sister's arms caught him.

"Hendrick, what's the matter?" Camicazi asked and she looked at Vladamir who came running over.

"He's having a panic attack." Vladamir told her, picking Hiccup up in his arms he looked at Camicazi who had seen her father's car.

"Take him inside, I'll join you soon." She told him and as Vladamir took Hiccup inside, she went to speak to their father. Hiccup had heard the discussion from inside as Vladamir got him to be able to breathe normally and calm down, he heard the venom in his sister's voice, he heard the anger and distaste in his father's, and then the slamming of the door. That night, everyone was deflated that Stoick would come here, and even Gobber was upset that he would come here and cause Hendrick to have a panic attack, and he vowed to have a word with his friend after this, and that he did.

By the time Hiccup had snapped out of the memory, he heard a knock on the door, so pushing himself onto his foot and prosthetic, he walked out to the door and found Astrid stood on the doorstep. She was soaked, and Hiccup vaguely wondered when the rain had started, but he moved aside to let her in.

"Hey Hendrick, how are you doing?" Astrid asked after they'd sat on the sofa together.

"I'm doing well, how's softball practice?" Hiccup asked her.

"It was good; it feels so good to be out of school for the summer now though." Astrid smiled, before it faded. "Has Cami told you when you're moving to the city with her?"

Hiccup watched his lap as he nodded. "Yeah, it's the same day that you go back to school."

"Oh...Right...Hendrick..."

"Yeah?"

"Promise that we won't lose touch." Astrid told him.

"I promise." He smiled.

Astrid smiled at his smile, before they shared a gentle kiss, and the door opened in time to reveal Gobber walking in carrying bags of shopping.

"Here, I'll come and help." Astrid called through and she got up, walking out to the car where Camicazi was sat getting bags out beside the car.

"Hey Astrid." Cami smiled.

"Hey Cami." She moved to pick up some bags, and as she turned around, Hendrick was walking out to them.

"Hey Hen, you gonna help?" Camicazi asked.

"Yeah." Hendrick told her as he picked up some bags of shopping and followed Astrid back into the house.

When all the shopping was put away and everyone were back into relaxation mode, with Gobber working in his study, Camicazi out at the stables and Hendrick and Astrid were sitting up in Hendrick's room. Hendrick looked at Astrid.

"There's someone that you need to meet again." Hendrick told her.

"Who?" Astrid asked.

"You'll see." He got up and together the pair left the room, but not before stopping outside of Gobber's office and Hendrick knocked on the door. "Gobber, Astrid and I are going out."

"Alright lad, make sure that you're careful on that leg of yours." Gobber told him.

"Yes Sir." He smiled, before he and Astrid headed out of the flat and down towards the stables.

"Where are we going Hendrick?" Astrid asked.

"I want you to meet my dragon." Hiccup told her.

Astrid smiled in excitement, she'd heard that Hiccup's birth dragon was the best and most rare dragon around, but what she was about to see was going to even make her knees weak. As they got down to the stables, they found Camicazi sat in her wheelchair watching a green dragon in the paddock before them.

"Hey Cami." Hendrick smiled.

"Hey Hiccup, hey Astrid." She smiled.

"Is that your dragon?" Astrid asked, nodding over to the green dragon.

"Yeah, that's my boy." She then put her fingers to her lips and she whistled loudly and everyone watched the green dragon fly up into the sky and back towards them. As it got closer, Astrid was able to identify it, it was a Deadly Nadder.

When the dragon landed in front of them, Hiccup and Astrid watched as it lay down at Camicazi's feet, offering his head to Hiccup and Astrid.

"Hey Loki." Hiccup smiled, scratching the dragon's head.

"You called him Loki?" Astrid asked.

"Yeah, he was a right trouble maker when he was younger." Cami smiled and she watched the both pet her dragon. Suddenly, the doors of the stables were thrown wide open and suddenly Hiccup wasn't stood beside Astrid any longer.

"Hendrick?" Astrid turned around and she gaped in amazement, Hiccup had been picked up by a dragon, but it wasn't just any dragon, it was a Night Fury! "Hendrick...Is that..."

"Astrid this is Toothless, Toothless this is my girlfriend Astrid." Hiccup introduced them, and he watched Toothless walk over to Astrid and walk around her, sniffing her before he nuzzled her gently.

Astrid smiled as she stroked Toothless and he gently licked her happily, causing everyone to laugh. Together, the trio spent some time with the dragons, and Astrid even got to know Gobber's dragon, which was a Hotburple called Grump. They had fun until Astrid had to go home and then it was time for Hiccup to get something to eat and get ready for bed. As he settled down on his bed that now consisted of the couch and some comfortable pillows and blankets, Hiccup was thinking pretty hard.

"If you think any harder you'll burst a blood vessel." Camicazi told him as she moved from her wheelchair to the floor and then onto her campbed. "What's on your mind?"

"Nothing."

"You know that I don't buy that." She told him.

"What if I lose Astrid because I'm moving to the city?" He asked.

"Hendrick, you and Astrid will still be able to keep touch." She told him.

"But what if we don't?" He asked.

Camicazi sighed as she looked at him. "In all honesty, I can't tell you or give you my opinion, for once this is something that you have to fix Hendrick, I can't do this one for you." She told him. "But for now, get some sleep, it's late."

Hendrick nodded and whilst his sister fell asleep quickly, he couldn't, and he spent most of the night awake and thinking about his predicament, what should be do about his and Astrid's relationship?

Meanwhile, Astrid was having the same problem, and she was sitting up with her Aunt in the living room whilst her uncle was away on a building job.

"But I don't want to lose him, what if I lose him because he isn't here?"

"Astrid, long distance relationships do work." Her Aunt told her. "Just look at your uncle and I, we were separated for a while whilst I was in university and we're separated now whilst he's working this job." She reminded her.

"I know...What should I do Aunt Sarah?"

"I can't tell you that sweetheart." She told her. "But you should follow your heart, which will help you to decide what's right."

Astrid thought about this for a moment before she stood up. "I'm going to go and lock the stables."

"Alright dear, then it's upstairs to change and get ready for bed." Her aunt told her.

"Okay Aunt Sarah." Astrid then grabbed her coat and ran out of the back door and down to the stables, and once inside she ran straight for her dragon, a blue and yellow Deadly Nadder called Stormfly.

"Stormfly, I don't know what to do." She told the dragon as she hugged her head, whilst Stormfly just squawked curiously at her rider, wanting to know what the matter was.

"I don't want to lose him Stormfly, not after I just got him back." Astrid sighed. "But I don't see how our relationship could work."

Stormfly just squawked at her, nuzzling her.

"I'll work something out, won't I?" She asked her dragon who nodded happily, before getting into her stall and settling down for the night as Astrid locked up the stables and went back inside, getting ready and going straight to bed.

A few weeks later, Hiccup was outside of Gobber's block of flats watching Gobber and Vladamir put his things into Valdamir's jeep. Meanwhile, he was stood beside Toothless who was debating whether to get in the transport that Gobber had rented for him.

"Come on bud, it's alright." Hiccup told him. "Come on, if Loki can get in, so can you, right?"

Toothless just gave him a look which specifically asked whether he was joking or not.

"He doesn't have to go in right away, but Toothless you will have to get in there." Camicazi told them as she wheeled herself over.

Toothless crooned at her and he looked at her with a sorry look in his eyes, but Camicazi soothed him easily enough.

"I know it's scary being trapped inside a box, but trust me, once you're in there and we're on our way you won't notice the difference." She promised the dragon. "Loki falls asleep whenever he's in it."

Toothless looked back at the trailer and he walked over to it, sniffing it, before he climbed inside and made himself comfortable.

"That's a good boy Toothless." Hiccup smiled, and he sat on the ramp that Toothless used to climb into the trailer.

"Hendrick!"

The voice made him look up and he saw Astrid running towards him, and just before she got to him, he stood up and was suddenly embraced by her.

"Hey Astrid." He smiled.

"I thought that I wouldn't make it in time to say goodbye." She panted. "School let us out late so I missed the bus then I ran all the way here."

"Well you made it; we're just finishing up putting my stuff in the van." Hiccup told her.

"Oh...Um...Listen Hendrick, we need to talk." She told him, and she felt him almost freeze in her arms.

"What about?"

"Well...Um...About us really." She told him, removing her arms from around him.

"Oh...What...What about us?"

"I think we should call time on our relationship, at least until I come to the city." She started and saw the flash of sadness in his face, so she tried to save it. "Don't get me wrong Hendrick, I love you, but I don't want you to have to wait until I move to the city when there could be girls there already who you come to like."

"So basically, you want to break up?" Hiccup asked.

"Well...Um...Yeah...At least until I come to the city as well." Astrid told him. "Does that make sense?"

"Sort of..." He sighed. "Okay Astrid, whatever you want." He looked back at his sister and found Vladamir lifting his sister into the car as Gobber put her wheelchair in the back. "Well, I've gotta go...I'll...Uh...See you around Astrid." He then quickly shut up the trailer that held a now happily sleeping Toothless and almost threw himself into the back seat of the car. Astrid stayed long enough to watch Vladamir drive off with Gobber driving the truck that was pulling Toothless' trailer and when they were gone, she let the tears fall. What had she just done? Now she had no Hiccup and she'd just let him go. What was wrong with her?