A/N: Happy New Year everyone! Here's the next chapter! Hope everyone had a nice Christmas. 2016 kind of decided to screw me over at Christmas but everything is calm now luckily. Hoping 2017 is a much better year.

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Chapter 10

The first thing Hiccup saw when he and Toothless landed was the most important thing. Astrid was ok, if covered in soot. Hiccup jumped off Toothless, adjusting his leg as he did so, and went rushing over to her, hugging her tight. "Guess what babe, plasma blasts and extremely hot fire causes explosions," Astrid said not letting go.

"You'd better tell me what happened," Hiccup replied finally pulling back to take a proper look at her and the surrounding area. All fires were now out and just smoking, with Fishlegs, Valka and the twins helping to clean up.

"It's a long story," Astrid said. "The short version is that the baby dragons have started to get their abilities through."

"Right," Hiccup said brushing soot off Astrid's face. "You might need to tell me the long version."

"Well, we were teaching a class while the baby dragons were playing near the hay when suddenly there was this big explosion and the hay was on fire. And well there was a lot more explosions and nearly everything was on fire. I sent someone to get you in case we needed you and Toothless to restore order but we managed to get everything under control."

Hiccup gave a quick glance in the twins direction. "Are you sure it was the baby dragons?" he asked.

"Absolutely," Astrid replied. As if on cue, one of the baby dragons burped, sending out a shot of red hot flame that exploded in mid-air, sending out flames everywhere and setting fire to Tuffnut. "See?" Astrid continued as Tuffnut started running around screaming.

Hiccup was left staring at the baby dragon in complete shock and a bit of horror, while Toothless went rushing to the baby's side and pushing him away from anything flammable. "I-I think I'm gonna have to go fire proof the house," he said while Ruffnut and Fishlegs went to get some water to put Tuffnut out.

"You go do that," Astrid said.

"I'm hurt, I'm hurt, I'm very much hurt!" Tuffnut cried from behind them.

"We're all fine here."

Behind the soon to be married couple Ruffnut and Fishlegs threw buckets of water over Tuffnut, managing to put the fire out. He was left standing there soaking wet and streaming, before he collapsed to the ground; Fishlegs and Ruffnut watching him fall backwards before throwing the buckets over their shoulders and walking off. "Well if you're really sure you're fine," Hiccup said.

"I've handled worse," Astrid said.

"I'll leave you to it then." Hiccup gave Astrid a quick kiss before calling over to Toothless. Toothless ran over and Hiccup jumped on, the two of them flying up into the air as Astrid watched them go. She then turned back to where Tuffnut was lying and kicked him so he could get up and continue cleaning, before going back to doing just that herself.

Hiccup and Eret were in the Haddock house, putting some of the upstairs furniture in place. A lot of the new furniture was already in place in the main bedroom the two of them just had the new double bed to go before the room was done. "I just don't know how I never thought about fire proofing the house," Hiccup said as they pushed the bed into place under the roof window. "I should know by now what baby dragons are like."

"I've never known a baby dragon to be that destructive though," Eret replied. "I know it could have been worse, but still."

"Could be worse in a smaller space. And now I need to find time to get it all done."

"I can always help. Get it done for you while you're busy."

"I don't know. You've done a lot to help get the house in order already."

"I don't mind. It's the least I can do."

"Thanks." Hiccup laid down on the left side of the bed, where a Night Fury symbol had been carved into the headboard. A Deadly Nadder symbol was carved into the right side, with the two intertwined in the middle. "Now I think I might go to sleep," Hiccup said.

Eret laughed. "We've still got the other rooms to do first," he said.

"Just five minutes," Hiccup said.

Eret laid down on the right side of the bed, looking up at the carvings on the headboard. Soon Astrid would be sleeping on this side of the bed, no doubt wrapped in Hiccup's arms. "You're a lucky man Hiccup," Eret said moving his gaze to the ceiling.

"I know," Hiccup replied. He looked up at the carvings and smiled. "I still can't believe it's really happening," he said. "The day Astrid agreed to marry me has got to be the best day of my life."

"Until the wedding day at least," Eret pointed out.

"Oh yeah. And that day will probably be joint best with the birth of our first child. Well the birth of all of them really."

"How long do you think it'll be until you start planning for kids?"

"I don't know. A year or so maybe. Being so busy with chief stuff I'd like to have her to myself for a while." Hiccup smiled at the thought of getting to come home to Astrid every night. He then jumped up from the bed. "Well we should get on. Still got two more rooms to go," he said.

Eret climbed off the bed and followed Hiccup out of the room, ready to finish getting the upstairs rooms in order before it got dark.

Astrid was in the dragon stables by her house, helping to put the baby dragons to bed and making sure there was nothing they could set fire to during the night that couldn't be put out easily by Stormfly. The last thing they needed was the baby dragons accidently burning the house down. Astrid was almost done when she heard the familiar footsteps of Hiccup approaching. She smiled and continued her work, knowing that when the footsteps stopped, he'd be leaning against the doorframe looking impossible to resist. "Busy fire proofing too I see," Hiccup said.

"Well it's needed for the next couple of days," Astrid replied. "Don't want this place burning to the ground." She finished securing the last bucket in place and jumped down, straight into Hiccup's arms. "So are you here to say goodnight or do you want to stay?" she asked as she smiled and wrapped her arms round Hiccup's neck.

"You said we had to wait until the wedding night," Hiccup pointed out.

"Hey, just seeing if you're still struggling without having me."

"Oh very much so."

"Well you've survived another day babe. Just four more to go."

Hiccup smiled and kissed Astrid gently. "I think I might be able to survive that," he said. "Goodnight Astrid. I love you."

"I know," Astrid said. "Goodnight Hiccup."

After one last kiss the two lovers let go of each other and Hiccup left the stables, giving Stormfly a pat on the nose as he went. Astrid watched him go before she followed him out and headed back into the house, ready to turn in for the night herself.