Hello everyone! Long time, no posting. I am so sorry! I thought that, since I'm being so lazy about posting some of the ideas I have for this series, I'd dedicate a whole chapter to reader submissions. I did a bit of light editing to fix grammatical errors or strange wording but aside from that, it should be about the same as how I got it. If you want to submit your own story, let me know and I'll post it and give you all the credit!

Autocorrect
by night-fury-baby

A modern AU of an embarrassingly autocorrected conversation between Finn and Astrid. The Haddock kids aren't twins in this universe; Finn is 2 years older than Adrianna.

Finn took the spare key out of his jacket pocket and unlocked the front door to his house. He was home from another day of high school. This was beginning to seem like torture to Finn. He had been in high school for only a month and a half, and every day seemed to get longer as he watched the clocks tick. The only time of the day he thought was okay was lunchtime. This particular day had sucked. A teacher had caught him listening to his music while she was talking, and she took his new phone from him and made him get it at the end of the day. At least she didn't call his parents. Then he would have gotten his phone taken away. Again. Yes, today was pretty horrible. Not to mention after all his stupid classes, he had football practice, which seemed to drag on for hours. Two hours on the field shoving guys around was exactly what he wanted to do when he was already tired. Finn ordinarily loved football but this was the sort of day that made him wonder why.

When he walked inside, he saw his mother dressed up in a coat and stuffing some papers into her purse. She turned around at the sound of the door shutting and smiled to see her son.

"Hello Finn, glad to see you home before I leave." she threw her purse over her shoulder as she talked, walking around and apparently looking for something. "How was school?"

The boy gave her his best fake smile and slid off his backpack and duffel bag, throwing them on the couch. "It was fine, Mom. Where are you going?"

She looked back at him a moment, before searching a few pots in the kitchen. "To pick up Adri and go grocery shopping. But I won't be going anywhere if I can't find my car keys." She looked in her purse, giving a soft sigh.

Finn scanned the kitchen for a moment and then rolled his eyes. "Kitchen counter." he grinned impishly. "You're so old, mom, they were right in front of you." Astrid narrowed her eyes at him and he merely snickered before walking over to the fridge and opening it."Hey mom, if you're going shopping, can you get me some apple juice?"

He saw his mother grab the keys and throw them in her purse. "Sure you can trust me to remember that the whole way to the store with my aging brain?" she snarked.

"I'll take the risk." Finn shrugged. "Text me if you forget."

Astrid nodded at him. "I'll be back in about an hour. Got to stop at the library first?"

Finn grabbed a water bottle from the fridge and shut the door. "Why are you going to the library?"

Astrid buttoned up her coat. "To pick up Adri. Erick walked her there after school."

Finn shook his head, unable to understand why his sister was so fascinated with a place where loud noise and boisterous behavior was prohibited. "Oh, right." He took a drink from the water bottle, enjoying the icy blast.

Astrid nodded, walking to the door. "Oh and Finn? Your dad won't be home for a while. He's got a staff meeting tonight."

"All right." Finn watched Astrid walk to the door and took this opportunity to sling his duffel bag over his shoulder and go upstairs. But he only got halfway up the stairs when he heard his mother's voice again.

"Finn? Don't even about doing anything until your homework is finished!" He heard the front door close and lock, and then the sound of his mother's car starting. He let out a groan, opening his bedroom door and flopping on his bed. Realizing that he really couldn't do anything but his homework, he opened his duffel bag and pulled out his history textbook.

Finn sat on his bed, his black earbuds in his ears while he tried to do his stupid history homework. He was so sick and tired of all this homework. He was so worked to bone, and it was only Wednesday! But he knew if his grades weren't high enough, he wouldn't be allowed to play football anymore. And if he didn't play football, he wouldn't get a college scholarship. But this didn't stop him from envying his little sister, whose workload was a significant amount lighter. Though, he supposed, he probably had as much free time as she did when he was in seventh grade. Dang, he really missed the days when he could study for the shortest time and use the rest of the time to play on the Xbox or join his friends outside. But high school brought its own challenges and Finn was looking forward to his later years when all the required classes would be out of the way and he could choose as many electives as he wanted.

He continued studying the textbook, writing down answers as fast as he could, hoping to breeze through this, quickly finish his math, and then look over his English. He looked at the clock next to him. It had been a whopping fifteen minutes. His mother had probably already picked up Adrianna and was heading to get his apple juice. He looked back at his homework, writing down three more answers before his phone beeped. He paused his music, and looked to his message box. It from his mother.

"You were right, I am going senile. What kind of juice did you want again?"

Finn snickered and quickly typed,

"Apple juice."

He turned back to his music, tapping his foot to the beat as he wrote down two more answers before his phone beeped again. He almost didn't turn back to messages, expecting an ok or I love you, but he changed his mind. When he flipped it back pm, he was confused by her answer.

"Uhhh…I think you outgrew the need for that over a decade ago…"

He scratched his head in confusion. What was wrong with apple juice? Everyone loved apple juice. How did he outgrow the need for it? He scrolled up to his past message and his eyes widened. He had certainly not said apple juice. With shaking hands, he looked at his phone.

"Nipple juice."

Autocorrect. Ever since he got the stupid iPhone, he'd been autocorrected almost every word. It was annoying, but it never gotten him into much trouble. But how in the world had apple been changed tonipple? And why was that even in the word category? He could never recall texting someone the word, and it wasn't a word people used often. He quickly typed back in a mix of anger and embarrassment.

"APPLE APPLE APPLE APPLE OMG NO!"

He quickly corrected all the words and sent the message. He felt heat rising his cheeks. He looked to his mirror on the left side of his room, seeing his cheeks were tinted red. How embarrassing. He felt his phone beep again. He quickly reached for it, praying that she would just laugh and say ok.

"Your sister and I are cracking up."

Crap. She showed it to Anna?! She was NEVER going to let him live this down. Oh he was SO screwed now. He felt even warmer. Oh lord…why?!

"What? No!"

He sent the message, but as soon as he did, his phone beeped again.

"I sent a screencap to your dad. He said that he laughed right in the middle of the meeting."

Holy….crap. No way. Oh my god, could this get any worse? Seriously! First his sister, and now his dad? His mom was obviously trying to torture him. He quickly typed up a new message and looked back at his mirror. His cheeks were now a pale red.

"No…"

He flopped back onto his bed, in complete embarrassment. His grabbed a fistful of his hair. Why oh WHY did he get an iPhone?! Everyone at school had one, all his friends did, so he wanted one... but now he had one, he was starting to understand why Adrianna had opted for an Android. He really wished he had listened to her. This autocorrect was driving him nuts. He heard his phone bleep again.

"Gobber says hi"

"GOBBER?! HE SENT IT TO GOBBER?!" Finn finally shouted. He felt a surge of anger, but then it all just melted into embarrassment. He looked at himself in the mirror one last time. Yep. It was official. His whole face was as red as his hair. In both embarrassment and anger, he turned on the all caps.

"HE SENT IT TO GOBBER?!"

This day could NOT get any worse for him he thought. He would hopefully live this down, but it was a slim chance. He sat up and buried his hands in his face. He sincerely wanted to throw his phone against the wall so hard right now. But if he did, how would he listen to music? He heard his phone bleep again, and quickly picked it up.

"Adri says this is why she got an Android."

Screw it. He wasn't even going to answer. He was DONE. He would just wait for his family to get home so they could get his torturing over with. He wanted to do his homework, eat dinner, have a shower and go to sleep. But after all what had happened today? This was probably not going to happen.

That's it.

This was officially the worst day ever. He was ready to die now. He REALLY wanted to throw his phone, but instead, the moody teenager simply unplugged his headphones, wrapped them around the offending electronic, and shoved it in a drawer.

"Great…now I gotta wait for Mom to get home…" The embarrassed redhead simply shut up and tried to finish his homework.

Hungry
by abbiewarmheart51

Set a few days after the Naming Ceremony in Unexpected. EmmerzK and I actually came up with this idea a long time ago but never could work it in so I'm really glad someone thought of it and made it work.

Astrid picked up the crying infant; his sister screamed louder as she felt her mother's touch grab her twin instead of her.

"Fearless Finn Haddock… Why are you always hungry?" She asked and went to sit down in a chair, this was the third time in the past six hours she had fed him.

The baby girl kicked and screamed even harder and Astrid took a deep breath. "Just wait sweetie! I'll feed you in a second…" she mumbled and started slipping her shirt off her shoulder to feed her wailing son.

She brought Finn to her chest so he could drink, and she sat there as a he suckled and made small gurgling noise as he swallowed. She jerked her head up as the oh so familiar 'step thunk' sound filled the house.

Hiccup stopped and stared at his tired wife feeding their son, and as he heard Adrianna hiccup and cry even harder he walked to the cradle and scooped her up. He didn't even need to ask to know what is going on.

"Hungry twins?" he joked as he bounced his daughter lightly in his arms.

"Very hungry twins… bring her here, she needs to be fed as well." Astrid pursed her lips and carefully slid the other side of the shirt down her shoulders.

"That old tunic working?" Hiccup asked and handed the tiny baby to her mother. Astrid glanced down and watched Adrianna suckle and dribble milk down her chin.

"This old tunic is making life easier, I just slide the wide neckline off my shoulders and bam, I can feed the twins." Astrid rambled and sighed as the girl stopped suckling and spit out a mouth full of milk, sending it down her mother's chest.

Hiccup sat in a chair he had pulled up, watching the twins drink, and his little daughter spitting out the milk and then drinking more. "Why do you think she does that? Spits out a mouthful of milk and then continues drinking?" He inquired curiously.

Astrid looked intently at the tiny face staring at her, and then at her husband. "I have no idea. It is like she doesn't like the taste and just can't handle drinking it, and then she wants more. I wish I knew." She replied and held Finn a little tighter as he squirmed.

"Take him, he's done." She stated and held the wiggling infant. Hiccup stood and grabbed his son, patting him on the back until he burped and then carrying him over to a window so he could see. Looking out windows appeared to be the boy's favorite thing.

Astrid held Adrianna close; the tiny girl never seemed quite full. She suckled until finally she stopped and just kept her mouth latched to her mother's breast; it had become a habit Astrid didn't dare break. Unless there was an emergency, Astrid carried her around as she kept her mouth there, ready to be fed at any moment.

Hiccup turned his head and glanced at his wife, she was leaning back in her chair, Adrianna still latched onto her, both his girls were nearly asleep.

He put Finn down in his cradle, where he quickly went to sleep, and then he walked as quietly as he could over to Astrid and Adrianna.

He looked at exhausted Astrid, sleeping, with her arms tightly around the baby. She was so tired, up feeding the twins, then taking care of them every moment he was away working in the blacksmith shop. He still worked, the villagers, his father, Gobber, everyone told him to go home, take care of his family, that they were fine, but he needed to make saddles and earn money. That was important as well. But, now he could see it. Why his family needed him to be home every minute of the day, and not gone from morning until early afternoon making enough money to buy supplies that the villagers would be happy giving to him instead.

Even that small time he was away working, was wearing Astrid down, she had to do everything, and she was tired.

He reached under her legs, and then wrapped his arm around her neck. He could still do this, yeah, of course he could. He was strong.

He picked mother and daughter up and with a heave carried them to the nearby sofa, where he placed them gently together, baby on top of mother, and set a blanket over Astrid's legs.

"Rest up." he said and kissed her forehead; she opened her eyes, saw him there, managing things, and went back to sleep. He was taking care of them.

Working at his desk, Finn asleep beside him in one of the many cradles placed in the house, Hiccup tinkered with the new designs, wiping out the blueprints and doing them again, over and over. This would help Astrid out so much!

He heard a tiny wail, and then a punctuating hiccup, and then more crying and hiccuping. His little angel was awake…

He carefully managed his way downstairs, and then picked her up, off of her mother, and into his arms. He pulled the blanket up over Astrid so she would be warm while she slept, and then he took the girl upstairs.

"Adrianna, sshhhh, your mommy is asleep, but I'm here. Yeah, daddy's here, you just rest." He bounced her in his arms until she drifted to sleep, and then he placed her in her cradle, and she started crying.

He picked her up and held her out at arms length. "What is wrong baby? I'm right here." He whispered to her. Her blonde wisps of hair curled and tickled her sweet little head.

He grabbed a small blanket and wrapped it over one shoulder, then he tied it where the two ends met and made it secure. He placed Adrianna in it and smirked at his quick invention. "A little sling for you to sleep in while I work." he said to her cheerfully and she curled down in the hammock like sling and gripped at the fabric surrounding her.

He sat down in his chair, glancing at Finn as he did, and went back to designing this new invention. He sketched a new pattern, "Perfect." he said under his breath excitedly, and glanced at tiny sleeping Adrianna. She was curled up, her head against his body, warm and snug inside the sling. Just to pay attention to him as well, Hiccup leaned down and scooped up Finn. He let his baby boy sleep on his shoulder, supporting him with one arm while he cleaned up his desk. He moved carefully so that the twins wouldn't wake up, and after making sure his new designs were safely placed in the right drawer, he leaned back and closed his eyes, absorbing the warmth and precious feeling of his two babies sleeping on him.

His eyes snapped open and met the gaze of a smirking blue eyed Valkyrie above him. "That was the best sleep I've had in a long time." Astrid said and sighed happily. Hiccup grinned and adjusted Finn's sleeping body.

"Awww, look at that! Daddy Hiccup letting his babies sleep on him." She gave a little smirk and then squinted at the blanket contorted around his body.

"Is our daughter sleeping in a sling?" She inquired and tilted her head in confusion. Hiccup laughed and grinned at Astrid. "Yes, she is indeed sleeping in a sling. It is actually pretty nice, she can sleep curled up on you, but you still have two free arms to use."

Astrid nodded and thought about the convenience this new sling would be. "I like it, I'll be using it from now on. So, any requests for our dinner?" Hiccup thought about it, and then nodded. "Yeah, anything but your cooking." he joked and promptly received a light smack to the shoulder before she kissed him. "I love you." she said and stared into his eyes.

"I love you too, Astrid. Forever and always. No matter what happens we will love and protect our family." Hiccup said and the couple looked at the two infants sprawled across their father, sound asleep. It was a treasured moment throughout the rest of their lives.

I hope you enjoyed these contributions and don't hesitate to contact the writers and thank them! I'll post any more I get here. You're more than welcome to write one and, of course, you'll get credit for it.

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~KateMarie999

P.S. I recently had an issue with a reader who wrote a small section of one of my chapters because she claimed one of my side characters as her own (since that character was in the scene she wrote). Long story short, that's not okay. Thus I've had to change the rules a teeny bit. Any submissions entered will hereby be declared non-canon unless specifically stated otherwise. This means that the only canon stories in this series are the ones written by amyboomerang and me (or just me).

My sincerest apologies for any confusion this may cause.