Glad to see you guys liked my last chapter. Here's the next one. I know its short. I still can't believe I've posted three chapters in one day.

I don't own How to Train You Dragon, only Hicca (female Hiccup) and Asher (male Astrid).

"..." Human p.o.v.

'...' Human thought.

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Chapter 10: The Talk

After Hicca's successful test flight with Toothless she retired to the forge and dragged herself into her private workshop and dumped herself onto her worktable. Hicca grabbed one of the thick, soft covered books and placed it on the table before putting her arms and head comfortably on it. She didn't feel quite tired yet and began playing around with her pen, pushing it up the table only for it to roll back down. The lazily repeated the process until the pen rolled off course. She picked it up and put it back in its place. She sat up when she thought she heard footsteps.

'Was it Gobber? He was usually in bed by now' Hicca thought but then she sees a familiar red-headed, large built Viking entered the workshop, causing Hicca to jump out of her seat. "Dad? Daddy! You're back!" She cries, excited but frightened at the same time.

Hicca quickly realized that her dad was in her workshop…where her drawings of Toothless were and she subtly tried to gather up her drawings while casually placing the book over them.

"Um…Gobber's not here, so…" Hicca begins to says nervously.

"I know. I came looking for you," Stoick responds, his voice intimidating low.

Hicca knew this tone all too well…and it scared her. But at the same time, she smiled. He came specifically looking for her.

"You did?" Hicca asks slightly nervously.

"You've been keeping secrets." Stoick says in the same tone.

"I-I-I have?" Hicca asks even more nervous than before.

"Just how long did you think you could hide it from me?" Stoick asks his daughter.

"I-I-I don't know what you…" Hicca begins to say.

"Nothing happens on this island without me knowing about it." Stoick says in a slightly louder voice.

"Oh." Hicca squeaks sweating a little.

"So, let's talk about that dragon." Stoick says.

"Oh gods. Daddy, I'm so sorry. I-I-I was going to tell you. I just didn't know how to uh…" Hicca starts to say but then Stoick starts laughing cutting her off as she chuckles nervously not knowing what happening. "You're-You're-You're not upset?" She asks.

"What?! I was hoping for this!" Stoick says confusing Hicca to no end.

"You were?" Hicca asks.

"And believe me, it only gets better. Wait till to you spill a Nadder's gut for the first time." Stoick says being clear about what he was talking about but the though makes Hicca cringe. "And mount you're first Gronckle head on a spear. What a feeling!" He says hitting Hicca's shoulder a little too hard causing her to stumble. "You really had me going there, darling. All these years of the worst Berk has ever seen. Odin, it was rough. I almost gave up on you and all the while you were holding out on me. Oh Thor O mighty! Ah, with you doing so well in the ring, we finally have something to talk about." He says, moving his stool closer to Hicca while a big grin was plastered over his face.

Unfortunately Hicca could find anything to say to her father as she takes her left hand and rubs her right arm where her dragon scar is. Stoick saw this and his expression saddened but then changed as he remembered something.

"I, uh, brought you something." Stoick says reaching behind him and pulled out a Viking helmet. He straightened out one of the horns before handing it to her. "Something to keep you safe…in the ring." He says.

"Wow…thanks, daddy." Hicca says, receiving the helmet from him as she examined the metal and rubbed her hand over it.

"I'm glad you like it. Your mother would have wanted you to have it. It's half of her breast plate." Stoick says.

"Uh…" Hicca says immediately retracted her hand from the helmet.

"Matching set." Stoick says, pointing to his helmet. "Keeps her close, you know." He whispers as he delved deeper into a sad memory. "Wear it proudly. You deserve it. You held up your end of the deal." Stoick says.

Hicca smiled at her dad. She quickly fake yawned.

"Well…it's getting pretty late." Hicca says, stretching her arms out and wanting the awkward moment to be over.

"Oh, um, yes. Uh…you should be getting to bed. Good talk…good chat, I'll, uh, see you back at the house." Stoick stutters.

"Um, yeah. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the, uh, the breast hat." Hicca says setting the helmet on the desk as her father awkwardly exited the workshop, trying to squeeze himself through the doorway.

Author's Note: Hope you all liked it please be sure to review.