Class in session.


The next morning, Astrid woke up to seeing Stormfly's face outside her window. That was weird. She usually woke up at 3am to the same nightmare every night ever since Hiccup disappeared. She knew Hiccup was back, but instead of feeling relieved and happy; her mind reminded her that everything that happened yesterday was just a dream. Anxiety swept over her as she got up.

Later that morning, she flew to the arena just like she did every day for their training, and she wasn't prepared for what she saw. All the teens were there, but this time, they were with Hiccup and Toothless. Her chest felt lighter when her eyes caught the sight of the handsome one-legged Viking. It wasn't a dream, she whispered to herself before landing her dragon on the arena.

Hiccup, that same morning, awoke to his daily early-morning alarm-clock - Toothless. They went for a little morning flight and then landed in the arena. It was a good half-hour before training, so he had enough time to set the course. "Let's get to work, bud." he said and started off by putting up some hurdles, then adding logs to the roof of the arena. Once he was done there were five more minutes until training and the teens poured in. They talked and punched each other in the faces for a while and then Hiccup got up and walked over to the center. "Alright, class, let's begin!" he said and the teens lined up. When Astrid came in he turned around and said "Ah, Astrid, you're just in time."

Astrid landed Stormfly on the arena and jumped off her dragon's back in an instant. She turned to Hiccup and said, "So, mister dragon-expert, now that you're back, what is it we're up to today?" she smiled at him with her arms crossed.

"I thought I'd use the opportunity to have a little fun around here, so…" he spun around on his heel and faced the other teens and directed to the hurdles "Today's about control. If your dragon gets knocked down, it'll recover, but if you get knocked down, your dragon might not be able to catch you in time."

"Pft, I can get over those in my sleep!" said Snoutlout.

"Yeah, but you have to go over and under them. Think you can do that?"

"Give me a bit more of a challenge, would ya, Haddock?"

"Please, by all means, go ahead." he said motioning Snoutlout to fly through the hurdles.

Snoutlout jumped on Hookfang and yelled "Alright, Hookfang, get your butt in gear!" and with that Hookfang went through the hurdles, not minding the fact that Snoutlout was getting hit by every one of them. Hookfang then landed back in his original spot and shook his scared stiff rider. "S-s-see? E-e-easy…" he whimpered.

"Astrid, how 'bout you have a go and show how it's supposed to be done?" Hiccup asked, turning to Astrid, knowing she would do way better than Snoutlout.

Astrid unfolded her arms and went to her dragon, "Gladly," she said with a smirk. She jumped on Stormfly's back with confidence rushing through her. She wanted to impress Hiccup. "Let's go, Stormfly," she patted her dragon's side with her right hand, and in a second, they were off their spot. Stormfly swiftly went through the hurdles, moving over and under them, and in less than a minute, they were back in their position earlier. The blonde got off the Nader's back and walked towards the rest of the teens with a grin.

Hiccup crossed his arms and watched her go. He gave an approving nod and once she was done, smiled at her "Good work, Astrid." he then turned to the others "Well? Who's next?"

After an hour of trying and failing, Hiccup was about to give up, when he got an idea "Alright, whoever finishes this course first, without getting knocked down is free from training for a week." Instantly every one of them started to try harder and at one point the twins were even close to finish it. But alas, they failed. "Alright, that's enough for today. We'll continue tomorrow. Class dismissed!"

Astrid walked towards her dragon, "I can't believe that they still haven't mastered that yet even though it's been five years," she mentioned with a sigh and a light laugh.

"Heh, yeah," he chuckled "But at least we now know the secret to them working harder - promise them something that they want. Although, I will admit that if either one of them finishes at all, all they'll get is five minutes off training, so… there's that…" he rambled on.

-Race to the Hall-

She hopped on her dragon, "So, you wanna do something today?" she asked Hiccup.

He went over to Toothless and hopped on. "Uh, not really, no. I was just planning to grab a bite at the Hall and then fly around for a while. So, not really up to anything today. Why?" he asked, already hooked on and holding the helmet in his lap, head turned to Astrid.

"Oh nothing," Astrid shrugged, "Just thought maybe you'd want to hang out with me for a while and you know, catch up or something like that."

He thought for a second and then answered "Yeah, why not?" he then got an idea and smirked "But, that is…" he said putting on his helmet, smirking "…if only you can catch up to me!" he yelled out and with that was out of the arena and quickly flying to the other side of the island, wanting to go around a few rounds.

"Wha- hey!" Astrid followed Hiccup out. Challenge accepted, Astrid thought. It's a good thing that they exercise daily and that Stormfly has been eating more chicken than fish for the past five years. Hiccup and Toothless were too fast, but Astrid and her dragon would never let themselves lose. They were closing up to the Night Fury.

Hiccup looked back and saw the Viking girl catching up to him and smiled to himself "Alright then, game on." he petted his dragon "Come on, bud, let's go!" Hiccup shifted some levers and secured them, then put his legs up, so that he was laying on Toothless completely. Toothless folded his wings and they fell downwards. Then they entered the water and flew under the wings of some Thunderdrums that were flying out of the water. Once they were higher, Hiccup shifted his legs back and clicked in his prosthetic. They flew up, fast. They entered the wavy rock pillars and quickly twisted and turned around them hoping to lose Astrid and her dragon. Once they got out, Toothless did a loop-d-loop out of habit and continued flying ahead.

Astrid and Stormfly stopped in mid-air, "Whoa," Astrid said to herself, astonished. "Okay, Stormfly, let's go," Stormfly positioned herself and swiftly went to a different direction. They flew towards east and curved so that they would arrive in front of Hiccup and Toothless.

Hiccup and Toothless turned slightly sideways and Toothless flapped his wings, as they turned left and around the island. When Astrid showed up in front of them, Hiccup smiled to himself "Glad to see you've been training!" he yelled to her "Too bad you're not gonna win, though!" He dove under her and quickly flew ahead. He spotted the Great Hall and flew towards it, as quick as possible and soon landed, before Astrid did. He stayed in place, looking up as Astrid soon landed next to him.

The Nader and her rider followed Hiccup and Toothless to the Great Hall. Stormfly landed near Toothless and Hiccup and Astrid soon got off her dragon's back. "Of course you'd win. You have the fastest dragon on the island," Astrid admitted with a playful roll of eyes.

Hiccup chuckled at her statement. He jumped off of Toothless and took off his helmet, hooking it to the saddle and flattened down his messy hair. "Well hey, you've been the best dragon trainer/flyer on Berk for five years, I think it's about time someone changed that." he said with a smirk and crossed arms. He moved his hands to motion to the Great Hall "After you." he said and then whispered "You might as well get somewhere before me." he snickered. Of course he was awaiting a punch from Astrid just as much, as the next guy who might have annoyed her.

Astrid rolled her eyes one more time at Hiccup's chuckle. She punched Hiccup's arm in response to the first sentence he mentioned, and moved towards the Great Hall just as he motioned. She flipped her bangs away from her hair. Hiccup's last comment made her turn around and punch his arm again, but this time, harder. In spite of his annoying remarks, he managed to make Astrid smile just by simply putting on that goofy smile she loved so much and that messy brown hair.

He rubbed his arm and followed Astrid "Can't believe I'm saying this, but I kind of missed your punches." he admitted. The punches hurt, but it was worth it.


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Class in session is actually the main chapter here. Race to the Hall is a mini chapter. It has its own name, but, without it here, Class in Session wouldn't be long enough to be considered a chapter, really. Confusing I know.

In the next chapter you'll find out how Hiccup and Toothless survived being captured by the Whispering Death and in the later on chapters, partially including the next one, you'll find out what they were up to in the five years they were gone.