Come Back chapter 10

You guys rock. I just thought I'd let you guys know. I'm really glad you liked that last chapter (and badass Hiccup, but who doesn't love a good badass Hiccup?) I don't really have anything to say, so I own nothing and enjoy!

PS: Points to the person who gets the Friends reference.

Guest: That's my favorite part of the whole chapter! He probably did!

Guest (2): Thanks~

Everyone was staring at Astrid, and she stood up "I'll go get him…"

She turned around and started after him. Why did she think that this was a good idea? Why does she even bring him here?

Why does she even care?

"Hiccup! Wait!"

Hiccup stopped walking, taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself down

"Good job back there." Astrid stopped and crossed her arms

"Yeah, I think I'm winning them over." Hiccup turned around and smirked at her

"Most definitely." Astrid dropped her arms "Look, I know it must be horrible being back here. We were monsters to you, and I don't expect you to forgive us right away, especially me."

"You did nothing wrong to me." Hiccup crossed his arms "You also did nothing to stop it, but I don't hold a grudge."

Astrid smiled a little "You're probably a little upset. I am, at myself."

Astrid felt arms around her and she looked up (up at Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. What has the world come to?) and saw Hiccup looking uncomfortable. "I heard that this makes people feel better when they're upset."

"… You can let go." Said Astrid

"Thank gods." Hiccup let go "I'm not used to human contact that isn't my mom or sister."

Astrid giggled and brushed her bangs aside. "I guess ten years can do that to you."

"I guess so." Hiccup looked down

Astrid held out her hand again and Hiccup stared at her "You trust me, right."

Hiccup thought about it. He doesn't trust anyone, but Astrid might kill him if he says no.

"Sure," he lied "of course I do." Hiccup took her hand

Valka knocked softly on the forge door and rocked on her heels. She didn't know why she was here, but Gobber was always the person she went to if she had a problem.

"Come on in!" Gobber yelled, the pounding of metal filling the air

Valka opened the door and looked around "Gobber, it's me."

"Valka?" Gobber turned around

"I have a problem." Valka said

Gobber smiled and threw his rag down "Just like old time, sit down lass."

Valka sat down and suddenly she was telling her old friend everything.

Bren was sitting in the Great Hall next to Eret, and across from Heather, Snotlout, Fishlegs and Ruffnut

"Is this the guy you were telling us about?" Heather asked

Bren was about to answer when Snotlout said "Are we not going to talk about how Hiccup the Useless almost killed me?"

Bren looked at him "What was that Snotface?"

"You're brother tried to murder me, Snotlout, Heir to Berk."

Eret laughed "Hiccup? I would pay good—" Eret looked down at Bren, noticing her death look "Never mind."

"Hiccup never tries to kill anyone, at least, not anymore. Not since our mom threatened to ground him." The four looked at each other "Yeah, my mom treats us like children."

Eret nodded "And her father treats her like a little girl too."

Bren looked at him "He has a reason. He didn't know about me until, like, two days ago. At the time I was his only living child." Bren smiled at her boyfriend

"Isn't weird that you're dating a thirty year old?" Snotlout asked

Bren glared "Isn't it weird that my brother spared your life?"

Heather snorted and Snotlout looked at her. "Sorry." She whispered

"How dare you talk to your heir like that!" Snotlout said

Bren held her ground "You're not my heir. I don't live on Berk, do I?"

Snotlout was about to answer, when he realized he didn't have a reply. "Shut up Brenda."

Brenda smirked and Eret wrapped his arm around her shoulder "This okay?" He whispered in her frizzy red hair

Brenda smiled and moved closer "Of course it is." She laid her head on his shoulder

"Aw, young love." Heather smirked

Brenda rolled her eyes.

Stoick was glaring at his daughter and that boy. Why does she even like him? He's a cocky little shit.

"What's that face?" Gobber asked

"He's a cocky little shit, isn't he?"

"Who?"

"Eret, son of Eret. What kind of a name is that?"

Gobber rolled his eyes "Oh, I don't know, Stoick."

Stoick glared as the door open. Valka, in all her beauty, walked in and went straight to her daughter. Stoick stood up and walked over.

"Val,"

Valka looked up and blushed. She shook her head and looked back at her daughter. Valka pushed Bren's bangs aside

"Bren, love, come on. We have to find your brother."

"But mom, I'm with—"

"Brenda Ericka," Valka warned "I'm your mother."

Bren looked at Eret, who smiled "Go on, Love. I'll still be here…" Eret shot a look a Stoick, then back at Bren "Probably."

Bren patted his cheek and got up "Let's find him. Hopefully he hasn't killed anyone."

Stoick looked at Valka "Hiccup's killed before?"

"Not for the five years I've known him. I wouldn't be surprised if he did it before." Valka shrugged "So, it wasn't my parenting." She rolled her eyes and walked out.

Bren winced and patted Stoick's shoulder "Sorry, Sir." She followed her mom

"I don't know Hiccup. It's kinda risky."

"It was your idea."

"Well, I regret it. It's stupid."

The sun was setting and Hiccup rubbed his forehead "It's not that big of a deal."

"I've been trained to…" Astrid looked over at the three dragons, wondering why she of all people had been roped into this. "You know, all my life and I don't know." Astrid hid behind her bangs

Hiccup held out his hand "Please Astrid. Do you trust me?"

Astrid looked up and smiled "That's my line."

Hiccup smiled, though it didn't reach his eyes like always "Please…"

"I'm not going to ride it!"

"It's a him, Astrid. And you're never going to train dragons if you don't trust them."

Toothless growled and Astrid stepped back "Why did you name him Toothless?" Astrid looked up at Hiccup, who was sitting on his saddle, his armor off and wearing his green shirt, holding out his hand.

"It's a long story. I thought you read my journal," He winked

Astrid huffed "I'm not getting on that thing. Hiccup, you're crazy."

"That may be. But, would I hurt you?" Astrid put her hands on her hips "Now, would I hurt you now?" Hiccup rolled his eyes

"No, don't make me do it."

Hiccup huffed "Astrid, get on."

Astrid looked over her shoulder to check if anyone was around. Of course they weren't. The two were in the cove. She sighed and deflated. "Fine, one ride."

Hiccup grabbed her hand and helped Astrid up. Astrid decided to hold onto the saddle than to Hiccup. "Let's get this over with."

Toothless smirked, and Hiccup looked over his shoulder "Really, it's not that bad."

Toothless took off, flying faster than Hiccup planned.

"TOOTHLESS!" Screamed Hiccup,

Astrid let out a girlish scream, starting to fall out of the saddle. She pushed herself up and wrapped her arms and legs around Hiccup

"He's—he's not usually like this," Hiccup laughed as Toothless turned to the side "Oh, no."

Toothless dive bombed into the water "TOOTHLESS! What's the matter!? We need her to like us!"

Astrid buried her head in Hiccup's neck as Toothless took to the sky again, spinning around "And now he's spinning. THANK YOU FOR NOTHING, YOU USELESS REPTILE!"

Astrid screamed again, then mumbled into Hiccup's neck "I'm sorry, I'm sorry about everything! Just get off this thing!"

Toothless looked back, then straighten his wings, slowing down. Astrid let out a yelp, then pulled her face from Hiccup's neck, looking around. Her heart was still pounding from what happened before, but looking into that pink sky, it made her relax. She unwrapped from Hiccup's waist, looking around. Her shoulders dropped as she noticed she was so close to the clouds. Some place no Viking had been before, well, except for Valka, Hiccup and Brenda. But still, she was the fourth and it felt…

Amazing.

Cautionly, leaving on hand on Hiccup's shoulder, she lifted her left hand into the air and touched a cloud. She let out a laugh. Her hand became wet from the cloud, but she didn't care, she took her other hand off Hiccup and touched the cloud. She let out another laugh.

Toothless went through another cloud and suddenly the sky was dark, with the northern lights shining in the sky. Without thinking, Astrid put her hand on Hiccup's waist.

Hiccup jumped a little from the contact, but relaxed. He smiled a little. Astrid Hofferson was touching him. This-this is everything he wanted, when he was fifteen.

As Toothless flew close to Berk, Astrid gasped. She had never seen Berk from this far up, and from down before it may look dinky and dull, but from up in the sky, with all the candlelight in the houses, it was… beautiful.

Astrid smiled and hugged Hiccup's waist, putting her chin on his shoulder. Hiccup swallowed and smiled.

"Alright," Astrid finally said as they flew away from Berk "I'll admit it, it's pretty cool. It's amazing…" Astrid looked at Toothless "He's amazing." She patted Toothless' side, then wrapping her arms around Hiccup's waist again "I understand why you left now."

"For this selfish, freedom feeling." Hiccup whispered

"So, do you have an idea?"

Hiccup turned to her, his face about an inch away from hers. Astrid eye's widened. Hiccup opened his mouth to say something, then turned around "No. Not yet."

Toothless' head popped up and looked around "Bud?" Hiccup asked

Toothless dived, making Hiccup and Astrid scream. "Bud? What's going on!?"

Hiccup looked around, seeing a Monstrous Nightmare come out of the clouds

"Where are we?" Astrid whispered

"I don't know." Hiccup whispered back "Get down." He hissed, leaning forward, and Astrid leaned against his back. Suddenly, a mass of dragons appeared

"What's going on?" Astrid asked

"I don't know," Hiccup put a hand on Toothless' head "You got get us out of here, bud."

Toothless shook Hiccup's hand off of his head. Hiccup looked around "I think they're hauling in their kill."

Astrid nervously asked "Uh, what does that make us?"

Suddenly Toothless dived down and Astrid let out a scream. Toothless was flying through rocks, dodging them skillfully. Out of the shadows, a giant mountain came into view. Toothless dived into it, making Hiccup and Astrid scream. They flew into the nest, dragons dropping down into the lava.

"What Stoick wouldn't give to find this." Hiccup whispered

"Probably would have given you up." Astrid said without thinking and Hiccup turned to look at her. "Well."

Hiccup nodded and looked forward. Toothless landed behind a rock "It's satisfying to know all your food has been dumped down a hole."

"They're not eating any of it." Astrid tightened her grip on Hiccup

Hiccup looked over and saw a Gronckle flying over to the middle of the Lava pit. It barfed up a half a fish, scratched its ear and started to fly away. But, it didn't make it very far. A rumbling noise was heard, and a giant dragon head came out from the lava and ate the Gronckle. Astrid gasped and Hiccup looked away. "What is that?" Astrid whispered

"… Red Death." Hiccup whispered, noticing all the other dragons hiding. He leaned forward and put his hand on Toothless' head "Alright Bud, you gotta get us out of here." The Red Death a sniffing the air, and Hiccup had a bad feeling "Now!" Toothless took off right as the Red Death snapped her jaws where they were. Toothless was flying as fast as he could, trying to get away. The Red Death was climbing after them, and if it wasn't for a Zippleback, they would have died.

Valka was waiting in the Cove with Bren, when she heard Toothless flying and that Hofferson girl saying "No, no it's totally makes sense now. It's like a giant beehive." Toothless landed and Astrid jumped off. "Oh, hello ma'am."

Hiccup got off of Toothless "Mom, Bren? What's going on?"

"I've been looking for you since midday! Where have you been young man?" Valka slapped his head

"Ow! Mom!" Hiccup touched his head "I was with Astrid all day. Mom, we found the nest."

Bren crossed her arms "What nest. I-I thought we lived in the nest?"

Valka looked at her daughter "There's another nest that your father, and the past seven generations having been looking for since Vikings came here. It has the queen, who controls the raids." Valka looked at her son "What do you suggest we do, Hiccup?"

Hiccup looked at Astrid, smiling, for the first time in ten years, reaching his eyes "Train the dragon here."

Stoick was sitting in his chair, watching the fire burn. Eret was nervously sitting at the table. "S-so," Eret started, voice cracking. He cleared his throat and started again "So, Bren is your daughter. That's-that's weird."

"Sometimes it's better not to talk, Eret." Stoick said

"I was just going to say, Bren is a great girl. I'm very lucky to have her as my girlfriend."

"If Val says she's not your girlfriend, then she's not your girlfriend." Stoick put his head in his hands

"Chief Stoick, I want to marry your daughter."

Stoick looked at him as the door opened "I have an idea." Hiccup's voice said "Hey, what's Eret doing here?"

"He's here to see me." Bren said

"Never mind him. Stoick, I have an idea. But it's crazy and stupid."

Stoick tore his eyes away from Eret, the man whose intent was to take his baby from him, and looked at his son "What is it?"

"Let me train the dragons, trust me. It'll help."

Stoick stood up, glaring at Hiccup "No. No training the dragons. I can handle not killing the dragons when you're here, because we'll go right back to killing them when you leave,"

"Stoick, if I train the dragons, then I'll leave, and you'll never see me again. Just—just trust me." Hiccup sighed and saw Stoick not breaking. Hiccup closed his eyes "For once in my life, will you listen to me… Dad."

Stoick stared at Hiccup, who looked uncomfortable. "Fine. One try, if you screw it up, you're not getting another chance and you'll find another answer." Stoick turned around and saw Bren about to kiss Eret "And you, no kissing." He pointed to Eret "And you, no marriage."

Bren pushed away from Eret "You're married! I knew something had to be wrong with you,"

Eret nervously laughed "I'm not married. He's not talking about anything Love." Eret hugged her

Valka looked at Eret "Outside."

Eret rolled his eyes and let go of his girlfriend. He smiled at Hiccup, who rolled his eyes at him. Stoick looked at his kids "Alright you two. To bed with ye."

"Whoa, flashback." Hiccup joked. Stoick pointed, and Hiccup held up his hands in surrender "You make one joke."

Stoick crossed his arms at Eret, who looked around "So," Eret said "You two were married. How did that work?" Valka put her hand on her hip and gave him a death look "You and Brenda have to same 'I'm going to murder you' look. I can usually make it go away by kissing her." Eret nervously laughed. He shrugged and leaned in. Stoick yanked Eret away

"Touch her and I'll kill you."

"Sorry…" Eret said

"Eret, you know how I feel about you dating my," Stoick gave Valka a look "Our daughter."

"Ma'am, I love you daughter more than anything." Eret said "We've been dating for four years."
"Four?" Valka asked

"Valka," Stoick said "Let me handle it." Stoick looked at Eret "No dating my daughter. Until I'm dead. Then wait a year just to make sure."

Eret looked down "I'm not going to be able to win, am I?"

"Nope." Valka said "Just, Brenda's very naïve. If you're going to date her, then just… be careful."

"What? Val, this man wants to date our daughter!" Stoick said

"Goodnight Eret, sleep well." Valka smiled

Eret nodded at them and ran away. Valka looked at Stoick, who was fuming mad. "How could let him walk away?" Stoick said "He wants to date my baby!"

Valka laughed "I never knew you could care this much."

"I'm not heartless." Stoick huffed

"Goodnight Stoick." Smiled Valka, standing on her toes. She kissed his cheek and whispered in his ear "I know you're not heartless."

Stoick stood frozen as he watched his wife walk away.

Just like always.

Stalka for the win! Point: STALKA!