Hello! Welcome! Here's another story. So this one-shot takes place after the events of httyd 2. Enjoy:D This was a one-shot on my HTTYD One-Shots Story, but I edited it and moved to here. This isn't during the RTTE timeline, but it plays an important role, so without further adieu...
Summary: When a huge snow storm hits Berk, everyone must take shelter in the great hall, including Hiccup , Astrid, and their newborn baby girl.
Chapter 9: Snow Storm Stories
Snow and wind pounded the giant doors of the great hall as a large clump of people were shuffling inside with their dragons, children and and as much supplies as they could carry. For the people that were already inside, it was a mess of finding an area for their family to occupy. While most of the dragons were cozy in the stables, two of them where by their riders sides.
Toothless stretched as he got up from his place by the fire and trotted over to Hiccup as he helped and an older couple settle in, while directing orders at the twins and Snotlout to go help the others. Hiccup broke away for a second, pinching the bridge of his nose with exhaustion and frustration. It had been three hours since the blizzard are made landfall on Berk and already he was beyond tired.
He watched his village slowly make way into the great hall to settle in for the weekend. He glanced over to see his wife barking orders at the Berk guard, while holding their five month old baby girl Hilde.
Astrid was snapping at Eret, yelling at him about something, but what she was yelling at him about, Hiccup wasn't sure. All at the same time, Astrid was directing people to empty spaces to make camp, and rocking their baby girl to sleep.
He smiled at his girls. He thought that he must've been the luckiest man in the world. Hiccup, making sure villagers were settling in alright, walked over to Astrid. and gently took the giggling baby out of her arms and kissed her on the head.
"Hey pumpkin. How's daddy's favorite little girl?" The baby stared at him and smiled as she reached out with her chubby little fingers and pulled his nose. With a soft chuckle, he kissed his daughters forehead once more before turning back Astrid who was done with her yelling.
"How is everything?" Astrid asked, adjusting her shoulder armor.
"Everyone is coming in okay, and it looks like we have enough supplies to hold everyone for a week or so, but I don't expect the storm to last that long. Are the two of you okay?"
"Beyond tired! Someone kept me up last night." Astrid said smiling at Hilde. Hilde giggled, almost as if she knew what she had done.
"Everyone is almost in and I can handle everything else. You and Hilde should get some rest. You look like you need it."
"I'm a new mother Hiccup, of course I need it. But I can't leave to do all the wo-"
"As chief of Berk I order you to go to bed!" Hiccup ordered, trying to act all chiefly. Astrid shot him a glare.
"As general of Berk and your wife, I suggest you don't do that or else you might lose your other leg."
Hiccup and Astrid shared a laugh, something they hadn't had time to do in the last couple of days. "All right, all right, I will rest for a little while!" She laughed as Hiccup tickled her side making her hit him with Hilde still in her other arm. Hiccup gave her a quick kiss on the lips and smiled.
Astrid turned and walked over to where Stormfly was sleeping and sat down next to her so the sleepy dragon could curl around her. She whispered to Hilde for a minute, when a little girl of the age of five peeked from behind a table and slowly came over with a curious smile. Astrid looked over at the young girl and smiled.
"Can I see your baby?" The little girl asked shyly.
"Of course, come here." Astrid said watching as the little girl moved closer to see Hilde. She gasped and giggled softly as she gazed at the babies smile. "She's so cute!"
"Thank you. What's your name?" Astrid beamed, looking down at the green eyed, bright red haired girl.
"Angie. I'm five years old!" She exclaimed holding up five fingers.
"Oh my godness you look like you're ten!" Astrid chuckled going along with the girls excitement about her age. Stormfly chirped as Angie crawled closer and patted the Nadder's nose.
"Pretty dragon."
"This is Stormfly. She's my Nadder."
"Wow! I want a Nadder when I'm big." Angie said, her face twisting in concentration as she tried to braid her hair.
"Want me to help?" Astrid chuckled at Angie's struggle. Her eyes widened.
"You will do my hair? Just like yours please!" The girl said bouncing next to Astrid. Astrid ran her fingers through Angie's hair, braiding into a similar version to her own style. The girl giggled. 'One day, I will braid Hilde's wild hair. One day, I will teach her how to throw an axe and Hiccup will teach her to fly a dragon, and prepare for being Chieftess.'
"I'm going to be a brave sheild maiden with a Nadder like you someday! All on my own! No parents and no boys!" Angie's voice brought Astrid out of her daydream. Angie giggled again, sticking her tongue out at the word boys.
"Don't always say that. Sometimes you meet the right boy." Astrid laughed as the girl looked at her with confusion.
"Did you?" Angie asked with a curious smile. Astrid nodded and glanced at Hiccup. Angie caught her glance and looked at the Chief.
"Are you married to the chief?" The little girl asked, tiliting her head as she asked. She gave a little smile, a missing tooth showing as she did so.
"Yes I am." Astrid said proudly.
"Really? Did you and the chief go on adventures?" Astrid nodded. Angie's eyes widened with excitement.
"Wow! Can you tell me a story about your adventures!?"
Astrid thought for a moment before answering. "How about this. How about you go get all your friends and kids your age and I will tell everyone a story. Sound okay?"
Angie jumped up nodding and ran off for a few moments, before returning with about eleven other kids her age. They all looked tired and sick of being in the great hall. Astrid couldn't disagree with all sat down with their blankets and pillows giggling and talking excitedly about the story.
"All right settle down, or else I won't tell the story." Immediately the children quieted and waited for her to began. Astrid paused for a moment, trying to think of a story that everyone would like. She smiled. She had the perfect one.
" One day about three years ago, the chief, me and the rest of the riders were out on our island, dragons edge. It was a dark and gloomy day and storms could be seen in the distance, but Hiccup and I were to busy to notice because we training the large and dangerous dragon, the triple-strike!"
The kids gasped and suddenly started asking a million questions about the dragon. "Hold on there. Let me finish the story first." Astrid said shushing them.
"We were not making much progress when Fishlegs came and told us that there were BIG storms heading our way. Quickly we put all the dragons in the stables and took cover in the clubhouse. Although we couldn't remember if the stable door was locked, so I made the dangerous decision to go out in the rain to make sure it was locked.
However, when I got to the stables, I was stopped abruptly when lightning struck the roof of the building causing all the dragons inside to freak out. I rushed in to help, and as quickly as I could I opened all the stable doors and let out all the dragons. I went to let the last one out, when debris fell trapping two of the dragons. I ran over and helped them out, but while I was running towards the door, lightning struck the ground in front of me and flew backwards and got knocked out!"
"What happened next?! Were you okay? Where was Hiccup?" The children all spoke at once. "Just listen and you'll find out." Astrid said shushing them once more. She looked around to notice that more kids, most of them older had come over to listen to her story. They were all bored with being inside, and Astrid's story was the most interesting thing of the day. It made her smile and take a breath to continue.
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"And then with another click of Stormfly's spines the triple-strike let me touch his nose, telling me that he trusted me. I had trained him!"
Little kids made an 'o' shape with their mouths in excitement.
"After that we flew back to the edge, Gothi fixed me up and gave me medicine to let me see again. That evening everyone was training the triple-strike, teaching it how to listen to us with an invention that Hiccup made.
Hiccup and I however, were by the stables watching the sunset. We talked a little about what happened, and then... we kissed."
The children all gasped the girls giggling and saying 'awww' while the little boys made stuck their tongues out in disgust. Astrid chuckled and glanced at their baby sleeping soundly in her arms. 'If we hadn't kissed that day, I may have never had this beautiful life with Hiccup or my baby girl.'
"And that's the end."
The kids grunted in disapproval of the story ending. They wanted another one.
Astrid looked around as all the little kids giggled and talked softly as they laid down and settled in for the night. She also noticed that many adults had gathered around and listened to the story and were now smiling softly at her and Hilde.
Astrid blushed slightly when she suddenly felt Hiccup's hand on her shoulder as he sat down next to her. He didn't say anything although by his facial expressions he had heard at least the ending of the story.
"Telling the story of how we got together Uh?"
"Yeah. I needed a story with adventure, cliffhangers and romance... and this is what I came up with."
Hiccup chuckled has he wrapped his arms around Astrid and Hilde. Astrid laid her head on his shoulder and together the three of them fell into a soft sleep.
Hope it was okay! I got some requests and I am going to go write them right now! Let me know what you thought! Until next time,
-Daisy
