The next day the teens were building huts for their families, hiccup and Astrid adding a few rooms to theirs for Stoick, Glenda and Gobber.
On berk….
Gobber and Glenda told Stoick the plan. He approved. Finally, after all these years he'd get to spend some time with his son, oh how he'd missed him. Snotlout went down to the dungeons happily, today was it, he was sure that if done rightly he could make Astrid so happy that she's forget hiccup and marry him. He approached their cell, but it was empty. He yelled in rage and kicked the wall. He went down to breakfast to tell his friends but they weren't there. At around midday he went to their houses to look for them, but there were no traces of them left. With startling realization he realized what had happened. Was he mad. No, he was beyond mad. His friends had betrayed him, they would die along with hiccup and Astrid.
On the island…..
2 months later Hiccup asked Seraphine to go to berk. He told her to stage an invasion with one or two other dragons and make it appear that they were kidnapping the three, to which she didn't object, after all the only reason she didn't bring berk down to the ground was because she knew hiccup and Astrid would be sad, that and she didn't have backup since the ones who hadn't stayed back to look after the little ones had all split up, this was like a treat for her. 'finally' she thought, 'I can avenge those horrible marks that those hooligans did to hiccup.'
She took a Timberjack called Razor and a Monstrous nightmare named Fireworm( yeah, yeah I know Fireworm in the books hates hiccup but I needed a name).
They set off at twilight and reached by night. Fireworm set a few buildings on fire, Seraphine froze a few thickets causing Vikings to trip, and Razor sliced the tops off a few houses, glad they could get revenge, and under the one they were avenging's orders. The Vikings were startled, they hadn't had an attack in 7 years, and never in history had the dragons worked together as one, making them even more powerful.
"There, that's the dragon," said Gobber, pointing at Seraphine.
"I'm coming son," whispered Stoick.
He, Gobber and Glenda charged, axes drawn to fool the Vikings into believing they were attacking, clothes and other stuff pre stored on dragon rider island. They were each picked up by a dragon. They screamed convincingly. The Vikings below watched in horror as the dragons left, carrying 3 fellow tribesmen, one being their chief. The Vikings gathered in the great hall. Spitelout stood up on a table.
"Eh, em, may I have your attention please," silence fell through the hall, "now, as we all know my brother and 2 others have been carried to their deaths tonight by dragons. As a result my son, heir to the hairy hooligans, is now the new chief."
Some Vikings cheered, others were still missing their chief.
"I say we ally ourselves with other tribes and come together to wipeout their precious dragon island. Who's with me?" he asked.
Some people cheered yes, the others remained silent, for they believed that maybe hiccup and Astrid were right to leave berk and side with the dragons. Some had seen the white dragon the night of hiccup and the others left and guessed that it had brought its friends to avenge him. They thought that the dragons should have a second chance. That they should listen to hiccup and Astrid's side of the story before choosing a side, after all if the teens left it was obvious that it was because they agreed with them, and something about that night's attack seemed fishy. Stoick and the others hadn't even tried to free themselves. They had a feeling that the chief and his accomplices were going to dragon rider island and did not object. Some of them even considered moving there, after all if the two could survive that long unhurt then it must be safe, and besides Snotlout wasn't exactly chief material.
On dragon rider island…
Stoick, Glenda and Gobber got off the dragons.
"Dad!" cried hiccup, running forward to hug his father.
"Hiccup!" Stoick gave him a big hug.
"Umm, Stoick, I'm pretty sure he isn't supposed to be that shad of blue," said Gobber.
Stoick quickly let go and hiccup took in a big breath.
"Mom!" Astrid ran forward to give her mother a hug.
"Astrid!" she cried returning the hug.
"Ouch, feeling the love," said Gobber in mock offense.
Hiccup and Astrid laughed and gave him a hug.
"You know, before we left Boar got engaged," said Glenda.
"To who?" asked Astrid.
"Collie Niffler," said Glenda.
"Why doesn't that surprise me," muttered Astrid.
Collie Niffler was a girl with brown hair in tiny ponytails, and brown eyes, she wasn't exactly, how you say, 'the sharpest pickaxe,' or even the prettiest. She had a big nose and eyes that always appeared to be in a squint. Of course Boar was quite clever and was fair looking. He had blonde hair and blue eyes and muscles, if you want to imagine him, then picture Fishlegs but replace the fat with muscles the size of footballs. It had been hard for him to find a wife because most people, though they admired his fighting, didn't really appreciate his attitude. He and Collie were finally engaged because they were each others last choices. Though their similar attitudes made them quite drawn to each other. Boar and Collie were also both the same age, 23.
"When are they getting married?" asked Astrid.
"Next year, in November," said Glenda.
"Now enough talking, lets go see our grandkids," said Stoick, the others laughed.
They took them inside. It was still early in the morning so the kids were asleep. They took them to their rooms where they settled in. Soon the sun was up, they took their parents (Gobber was like a father to hiccup) to the kids room. They smiled at the sight of the children sleeping.
"I think we ought to leave, less risk of waking them," whispered Glenda.
Hiccup and Astrid nodded and took them downstairs for breakfast. Halfway through breakfast brant hopped down the steps yawning.
"Morning mom, morning dad, morning other people who I'm assuming are grandma, grandpa and Gobber," he said.
"Morning son, Haley and Noël up yet?" asked hiccup.
"No, still fast asleep," said brant.
"Okay," said hiccup.
"So, how old are you all anyway?" asked Stoick.
"I'm 6 years and 6 months, Noël's 5 years and 4 months and Haley's a year and 10 months," replied brant.
"Well, aren't you a big boy?" asked Glenda, even though he looked exactly like hiccup had when he was that young, only with better posture.
"Yes. Can I ask a question?" asked Brant.
"What is it pumpkin?" asked Glenda.
"How many embarrassing stories of my dad and mom can you fit in before weapon training, cause mom always says there's an infinite amount about dad and dad always says the same about mom," he replied.
The adults laughed. Hiccup and Astrid blushed a bit, remembering all the embarrassing stories of their childhood and faced each other.
"You," they both yelled pointing at each other.
"Well honey, your just gonna have to wait till after breakfast to ask," said Astrid.
"But I have weapons training straight after breakfast," said Brant.
"Oh well," said Astrid.
"Guess I'll just have to hear from Noël," he muttered.
"Actually, she's coming with me on a little flight, that could you know, last the whole day of course," said hiccup.
"At least I have Haley…" he hung.
"Actually, she's also going on the flight," said hiccup.
"When can I hear these stories?" asked brant.
"At my funeral," said hiccup.
Brant gave hiccup a look that said, 'you're kidding me right?'
He took his seat and ate his breakfast. Noël came in a few minutes later with Haley.
"Sorry we're late, Haley needed a little help combing her hair," said Noël.
"Hey, we told you two that taking her to the geysers was a bad idea," said Astrid.
"Well you could've told us that they'd throw her higher than us and mess up her hair," muttered brant.
"I'll be at Crimson lake, don't forget your axe," she said.
"Jeez, you forget one time and suddenly you're no longer trusted," muttered brant.
The others laughed.
"Like father like son," smirked Astrid.
"Excuse me, I'll have you know that I never forget things, that's your job," said hiccup.
"Oh really?" said Astrid.
"Yup."
"Fine, then what's my middle name, come on, I told you that night we, you know…."
"You don't have one," said hiccup, "I asked and you said you didn't have one."
"Dang, you remembered."
"Where's the first dagger I made you?"
"I lost it, remember, we went for a swim and when I got back I couldn't find it."
"thank you for proving my point," said hiccup as realization finally dawned upon Astrid.
"Urrgh, whatever, I'll be at the lake, don't be late," and she left.
Sorry this is up so late but my internet's been kinda crappy. Btw I had to introduce boar and his soon to be for a reason. I was kinda thinking of giving Astrid and hiccup a 4th child for a very simple reason. I want him to fight boar's son after boar's son attacks Haley, I know, I know, TMI city of glass has taken it's toll on me but it seems like a good idea, I mean a younger less experienced boy fighting an older, stronger better trained boy, succeeding because he was thinking of his sister. Plz help me make the right choice. Love you guys.
-httyd4eva
peace out yo ;)