GUYS IM SO SO SORRY! I STRUGGLED WITH WRITING THIS CHAPTER AND ON TOP OF THAT I HAD WRITERS BLOCK!!
!! WARNING !! HTTYD 3 TRAILER SPOILERS
"Astrid, That was a Night Fury!" Hiccup exclaimed looking up at the stars in hope to see the dragon again.
"Hiccup.. I can't believe it!" Astrid said hugging him in pure joy.
"Do you know what this means Astrid?! Toothless isn't the last of his kind!" Hiccup shouted happily.
"I'm going to see if I can follow it." He added running towards the stables.
Astrid smiled to herself at the sight of him being joyful but a hint of sadness came over her. Of course it was a dragon that he wanted to pay more attention to then her. Astrid didn't ponder on that thought, she knew how he was. She knew that sometimes she wouldn't get Hiccup's attention all the time, especially when it had to do with dragons.
Astrid walked to the stables a little after Hiccup took off. She saw Hiccup climbing on Toothless. His dragon looked sleepy but somehow excited as if Hiccup told him what he saw. She realized that Stormfly was still asleep in her pen.
"You didn't wake her?" Astrid questioned. "I'll be back by morning hopefully." Hiccup stated as Toothless walked away with Hiccup on his back.
"You're just leaving me here?" Astrid asked in disbelief.
"We need to catch up to the Night Fury. You know how Stormfly is when she's gets woken up. She wouldn't be able to fly fast enough and besides, Toothless blends into the dark, if the night fury is afraid of humans then you wouldn't do us any good." Hiccup told her and took off without saying anymore.
Astrid watched as he disappeared into the night sky. She didn't know what to think. Hiccup had just told her she needed to stay here. Part of her wanted to fly back to Berk and forget this whole honeymoon thing but the other part of her told her she should stay. She convinced herself to stay, and besides Hiccup wouldn't be gone long. He'd probably be back before she woke up.
Astrid sighed and went back to bed wrapping the blankets around herself for warmth just like she did every night she slept on her own. Her eyes drifted closed and she fell into a slumber.
The next thing she knew she felt somebody shaking her. She quickly stood up and almost knocked Hiccup on the floor.
"Hiccup?! What are you doing?" Astrid asked unsure of why he would wake her up so roughly but then she remembered.
"Astrid, you are never going to believe this. Get saddled up and I'll tell you more." Hiccup grinned. He was already dressed in his armor, ready to fly. Astrid wasn't so ready. Her hair was a mess, she still had her clothes on from yesterday and she was starving.
Astrid found some new clothes and looked up to see Hiccup standing there. "Uh.. Could you find me some food? I'm starving." She asked.
"Oh yea, of course. I'll be back." Hiccup replied and left. Astrid quickly did her hair, dressed herself and went to the stables to saddle Stormfly.
Hiccup came into the stables with a plate of food for her. Astrid thankfully smiled and ate. Afterwards Hiccup and Astrid took off.
"So.. Hiccup, Are you going to tell me why you dragged me out here?"
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Back on Berk
"That's not what Hiccup would do.." Fishlegs winced trying to control the situation they were currently in.
"Shut it Fishy." Snotlout barked trying to pry the baby dragon off his arm. "Hiccup isn't here and we can blame Astrid for that." He added.
"How long do you think the poison will take to kill him?" Tuffnut somewhat whispered to his twin sister.
"Depends, It could take a few days or a few hours. You can never really tell." Ruffnut replied.
"Would you two shut up!" Snotlout yelled. The dragon released its grip on Snotlout arm and flew away.
"If I were you I'd go see Gothi." Tuffnut stated in a matter of fact way.
"No kidding. Where is that old Viking when you need her." Snotlout grumbled and walked away.
"It isn't the same without Hiccup and Astrid here. Things are in chaos." Fishlegs sighed.
"You're telling me." Ruffnut laughed. "We've never gotten in trouble once since they left." She added high-fiving her brother. Fishlegs ignored her comment and left them planning another Loki trick while they could. Hiccup would have never let them get away with this. But Spikelout, Valka and Gobber knew what they were doing.. right?
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Hiccup told Astrid about his adventure last night. He and Toothless had been able to spot the night fury, and saw it dive into the ocean a few hours from the Edge. Hiccup explained that he carefully took a closer look but didn't go in. He told Astrid that it looked like a waterfall in the ocean abyss. Hiccup had heard of a dragon utopia hidden in the middle of the ocean with dragons protecting the entrance. He would always hear stories of it but never believed it was a true legend and not just a myth told by traders and sailors.
"That's where we are going?" Astrid exclaimed as Hiccup nodded.
"What if it's another whole world?!" Astrid asked. "That's what I'm hoping for. Maybe that's where the Night Furies escaped too. Toothless could finally have a family." Hiccup grinned rubbing his dragons head. Toothless cooed in excitement as well.
"Yea.. a family." Astrid mumbled. "Hiccup.. when we get back, is everyone expecting an heir soon?" Astrid asked out of the blue. Hiccup looked at her, stunned by her question.
"Erm..um.. I don't know." Hiccup stuttered.
"Hiccup.." "I don't know Astrid! It's just one of the things that need to happen I guess. I don't care when." Hiccup said crossing his arms. Astrid was hurt at his words.
"So you don't care? You don't care about a family or anything?" Astrid questioned. "Astriddd.." Hiccup moaned.
"Oh right, because it's not Night Fury eggs or baby dragons." She stated. "That's not true." Hiccup argued.
"Yes it is! This was supposed to be our honeymoon but it turned out to be a dragon hunting trip! This was our one chance to get away from everyone and just be us!"
"Astrid, Are you upset about last night? I can explain that." Hiccup replied reaching his hand out. He knew he would never meet the distance between them but he felt closer to her.
"No." She simply replied. Hiccup felt a deep pit in his stomach. He didn't know what to say back, silence fell apon both of them. The dragons flew silent as well. They knew the tension between their riders and hatched a plan of their own.
Toothless looked over at Stormfly and little by little they got closer. The riders were too distracted sulking to notice how close they were.
Toothless tried to get Hiccup's attention by rolling to one side, and then the other but he was drowned in thoughts. Stormfly had better luck. Astrid felt her dragon move strangely and looked up. Hiccup was right there. She could touch him if she wanted to.
"I'm sorry Hiccup." She suddenly apologized. Astrid hated when they fight. She was the one who brought it up, the one who made them argue.
Hiccup looked over at Astrid, his face looked sorrowful as well.
"Can we put this aside Astrid? For now at least?" Hiccup asked. "We are about to explore a hidden dragon world!" He added. Astrid nodded and soon the waterfall came into sight.
"Hiccup.. look!" She pointed out. Astrid's jaw dropped in amazement. She was staring at something no one knew was real. Four giant waterfalls pouring into a hole in the ocean.
"Amazing isn't it?" Hiccup asked. "I can't.. believe we are here!" She exclaimed jumping in the saddle, which caused a reaction from Stormfly.
"Come on." Hiccup said diving into the ocean hole. Stormfly followed his actions and they flew through a underground cavern, plants glowing everywhere and there was light where the cavern ended. Soon they were inside the hidden world and her eyes wanted to explore all of it.
The two dragons flew into a heard of fireworms, and terrible terrors, eventually landing in a lush green forest.
"This place is amazing!" Hiccup exclaimed with his jaw open.
"Hiccup look!" Astrid whispered as something white disappeared behind the trees. "Is that?.." She questioned.
"Let's go!" Hiccup whispered yelled and carefully walked towards the group of trees they saw the dragon or animal disappear into. Hiccup hid behind the trees with Astrid and their own dragons behind him. Hiccup peaked around and saw something extraordinary.
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Back on Berk
"Aye, Hiccup does run the village well." Valka stated overwhelmed by the responsibilities that came with being in charge. She did have some experience while she was married to Stoick, but not a lot. Hiccup had appointed Spitelout, Snotlout's father second in command. He had helped Valka out surprisingly in the couple days the young Chief was absent. Although it was mostly beneficial for him, as he made deals with the villagers he wouldn't normally make that benefited him.
"That he does." Gobber replied proud. "Who knew that lanky Viking would turn out into the man he is today." He added forgetting that Valka never knew that Hiccup. She had only met the heroic, brave, honorable and selfless Hiccup, not that she was missing out on anything. "Oh, Sorry Valka." Gobber said shutting up.
"That's alright Gobber." Valka smiled. "Now, I wonder how Hiccup and Astrid are." She thought out loud while she picked at her mid-day meal.
"I assume very well, as well as Stoick and ya were." Gobber laughed as Valka gasped. "Gobber! Don't talk like that."
"Don't talk like what?" A voice behind Valka said. The Chief's mother jumped in fright. "Oh Tuffnut." Valka gasped.
"Hate to bother you in whatever you are doing, but Snotlout's project escaped and is terrorizing the little dragon riders" Ruffnut exclaimed.
"We tried to um.. handle it ourselves but Snotlout got posioned and is dying." Tuffnut added.
Valka and Gobber couldn't believe what they were hearing. Wait, yes they could. It was the twins after all.
"Valka, I'd say ya take a look at the escapee and I'll go handle Snotlout." Gobber suggested as Valka nodded. Gobber had more experience with this kind of stuff, and she had the dragon experience.
"Alright then, We better get going." Valka sighed standing up.
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A white Night Fury stood there sipping away at the lake water. Hiccup couldn't believe this was happening. A Night Fury was standing right there!
Hiccup gasped and Astrid wanted to look at what was so memorizing to him.
Astrid leaned over Hiccup, and saw the Night Fury as well.
"Hiccup! It's a Night Fury!" She whispered but was confused as to why she or he was white instead of black. Vikings had only heard of and seen black Night Furies, hence how they got "Night" in their name.
"I know! Astrid get back so it doesn't fly away." Hiccup whispered. Astrid nodded her head and went and hid behind the tree again. She caught a glimpse of Toothless who could hardly contain himself. He seemed to be waiting for Hiccup to say something to him.
"I'm going to go see if I can take a closer look." Hiccup whispered but before he moved, Astrid touched his shoulder. "Why don't you let Toothless take the lead." Astrid suggested. Hiccup hesitated, he so badly wanted to see it up close, but Toothless was just as excited as he was.
"What do you say bud? Go introduce yourself." Hiccup grinned. Toothless nodded and hopped around excitedly. He slowly came out into the open so that the other night fury could see him. Hiccup watched him as Astrid tried her best to also watch.
Toothless slowly walked towards the Night Fury but tripped over his own feet and stumbled towards the Fury rather clumsy. The Night Fury, who was startled, looked at Toothless somewhat in a weird way. The dragon walked around him as Toothless stayed still nervously.
Hiccup groaned and put a hand over his face but let it go when he felt Astrid's hand on his shoulder.
"Toothless gots this." She reassured him. Hiccup smiled at her. "I know, I know." He breathed.
The white Night Fury examined Toothless again, this time she or he sniffed his saddle and looked at his red tail fin. She clawed at the tail fin but Toothless swung his tail away.
Toothless dared to get closer, and closer until their heads were almost touching.
"What's he doing?!" Hiccup exclaimed a little too loud. The white Night Fury turned and looked at them. It flew off as soon as he or she saw them.
Toothless looked back at them and glared. He wanted to fly after the dragon but couldn't.
"Toothless, sorry bud!" Hiccup said running down to his dragon. "I didn't mean to say that loud." Hiccup apologized petting Toothless. The dragon didn't seem to be that mad about it.
"So, Are we going to follow him?" Astrid asked as Toothless let out a snort. "Oh it's a girl?" Astrid teased the dragon. Toothless let out a coo and smiled even tho Astrid tried to tease him.
"Wait, It's a girl?!" Hiccup exclaimed happy. "Astrid! Toothless can have a family!" He added running his hands through his hair. Astrid's feelings returned from earlier. She tried to push them away, but she couldn't.
"So, Are we going to camp here tonight?" Astrid asked holding back the sadness inside of her.
"Do you want to camp here tonight Toothless?" Hiccup asked and Toothless gave another coo.
"Looks like we should explore and find a campsite!" Hiccup grined and started walking. Astrid followed, not so closely behind. Stormfly walked next to her, trying to cheer her rider up. It worked a little bit, and Astrid was glad at least she wasn't ignoring her.
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Back at Berk"Well that was a long day." Fishlegs stated as he brushed down his dragon, Meatlug.
"You could say that again." Tuffnut laughed. "I bet those scared kids won't come back." He said still laughing.
"Yea, This will show them it takes a lot to be dragon rider." Ruffnut added pouring a bucket of soapy water on her dragon's head.
"We didn't do it on purpose Ruffnut! Snotlout just had to keep a baby Slitherwing in a cage as a pet! And of course it got out!" Fishlegs shook his head.
"Hey! Blame Hiccup and Astrid, not me." Snotlout said putting his hands up.
"Why should we blame them. They aren't even here." Tuffnut stated and tripped Ruffnut by her feet causing her to fall into another bucket of water.
"That's the point! I would have been caught with it sooner and Hiccup would yell at me and told me to get rid of it. I would have listened to him and none of this would happen! But no, of course they had to go and have a stupid honeymoon." Snotlout groaned giving Hookfang a fish.
"And why couldn't you have just done that by yourself?" Fishlegs asked putting some kind of oil on Meatlug.
"Because! I'm irresponsible Fishface. You should know that by now. I hope Slitherfang is ok, he's Thor knows where with Hiccup's Mom! Who knows if she's treating him right." Snotlout said sad, at least sad for him.
Fishlegs just rolled his eyes. "Let's just finish washing our dragons, like Gobber told us to."
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Hiccup and Astrid finally found a open spot to set up a tent, and start a fire. Hiccup found some fish and cooked it for the two of them while Astrid rolled out the blankets.
When she was done, she sat close to the fire, but far from Hiccup. She didn't think he would notice but he did. As soon as the fish were cooked, he feed two to both dragons and then gave one to each of them. Hiccup seated himself beside her.
"So.. I can't believe we found another Night Fury." He stated not knowing any other way to start the conversation.
"Actually, She's a light fury." Astrid said and kept eating her fish.
"Oh, ohh yea I guess she is huh?" Hiccup said placing his hand on top of hers.
"Astrid, you're still mad at me aren't you?" He asked as she looked down.
"I don't know. I guess I thought this trip would go different. When we get back, you will be away from me, and I'll be doing my new duties too. I guess I thought that this would be a trip for us, not dragons and us." Astrid whispered.
"I know, I thought that too. But I want to spend time with you as well Astrid." Hiccup smiled at her, unfortunately she didn't smile back.
"Yea, that's hard to believe." She mumbled. Hiccup felt guilty. He didn't want their marriage to start off like this..
"Astrid.. It's getting late. We should head to bed."
Hiccup stood up and reached for Astrid's hand. She hesitated but took his hand and he lead her to the tent. Once they both were inside, Hiccup brought her close to him and he draped a arm over her.
"Goodnight Astrid." He whispered closing his eyes.
"Night Hiccup." She replied and fell asleep.
A/N
Thank you to all my readers, and the people who leave reviews! It makes my day when I see that someone had reviewed the story! I hope I'll get chapters posted more quickly as I think I've overcome my writers block, haha. The next thing I publish will probably be a one shot, check those out if you haven't. And I really hope to get this story moving in the direction I want it to go in the next chapters, and I promise Hiccup isn't acting like a total jerk to Astrid on purpose. We all know how he can be sometimes, even on his honeymoon. Till next time guys!
