Hello, sorry for the delay. I've just gone through my first week of college and it took a lot of my time. Thankfully I have National Holidays to help out.

This chapter is in Hiccups point of view and is written in a different style. If you all remember the classic 'See you tomorrow' scenes from the movie, you know it being mostly snippets of scenes. This chapter will be in that same format. Sorry if any of you guys get confused, I'd tried to write it differently but it just doesn't work out. It helps if you remember the movie, again sorry.

Oh, please don't forget to tell me your input on the story progress. Along with your suggestions on what Snow's dragon should be.

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If there's one thing that I love most about Snow is how supportive she can be. Whenever I would show her a new plan of mine she wouldn't shake her head incredulously like Dad did or look worried like Gobber. Better yet she never mocked my blueprints or me. All she ever did was smile proudly at me, I think, and ask how she could help.

That was all she did, and that is all she really needed to do. Sure it was nice not having to go out to the market and get supplies. Honestly, I think those vendors are out to get me. And Snow liked to tidy up while I worked making the shop a lot more manageable. But all that was just the berries on top. What truly mattered was the fact that she was there. That she choose to stand beside me, even though I was different, even though I would have been easier for her to just leave me behind, and not even regret it.

I don't that I will ever be able to repay her for her loyalty. I hope she's ok with a new Bow and Quiver for Snoggletog, maybe I should get her a new cloak too.

"I've got the leather," called Snow placing the thick bundle next to my tools. "Oh, and I ran into the Twins on the way here. Apparently we won't be having Training tomorrow, something about Astrid demanding another day to practice."

I rolled my eyes at that, "And when you say 'ran into' you really mean?"

"I walked beside them and happened to overhear their conversation."

I tried not to feel disturbed at how nonchalant she was about spying on others. With her small size and clever tongue she's been getting away with it for years. I'd confronted her about it once but she argued that she was merely being observant. Regardless Snow has blackmail material on almost everyone in the village, except for Dad, Astrid, Bucket and Gothi. She said the former two weren't worth her time, and that it felt wrong to blackmail the last pair.

"Are you going to lecture me or are we going to build this baby?"

I shook my head, I know that I should lecture her but I decided not to. Dad always said that you have to pick your battles when it comes to Snow. He just never picked the right ones.

"Fine, we can start after you thread this needle for me."

It had taken us the rest of the day to build the saddle but it was worth it. Snow couldn't stop talking about it.

I really should have known that the real problem we would have was getting the saddle ON Toothless. That dragon wouldn't even let us within a 2 meter radius of him, forcing us to chase him around the cove. Stubborn dragon probably thought it was funny.

At some point during the chase Snow had managed to jump on top of him, leading Toothless to roll over in an effort to get her off. Only that Snow had been able to wriggle out of the way and onto his stomach trying to pin him down. Huh, I guess that all those years of fighting with bigger people did pay off. Anyway this little turn of events lead the two of them to start wrestling for the next half hour.

While the sight of a large deadly dragon biting my little sister's shoulder in an attempt to get to yield should've had me in a panic, it didn't. Maybe it was because Toothless had his teeth sheathed while he did it, or because Snow was smiling the whole time. But I trusted Toothless and I felt, no, I knew that he would never hurt her on purpose. And it was funny to see Snow pinned to floor by a large claw like a kitten.

By the time Snow had finally called it quits Toothless was in a good enough mood to let me put the saddle on him. After a brief 'discussion' on who got to steer, I won, Snow and I were up and trying to work the tailfin. We didn't get too far. I ended up pulling the rope too hard and sent us crashing into the lake, again.

It wasn't so bad, Toothless had a fire for us so all we had to do was hang up our clothes. Seeing that we wouldn't be flying for a while Snow and Toothless decided that it would be a good idea to start round two of their game. I sighed in content at the worth of the fire, I could get used to this.

"Hiccup, help!"

Springing to my feet I raced to were Snow and Toothless were, only to burst out laughing when I saw them.

Apparently Toothless had discovered that Snowstorm was extremely ticklish. The said girl was currently sprawled on the ground trying in vain to keep the large dragon head from nuzzling her sides.

"Don't just… Hahahaha… Stop him….Heeheee…Help me, Hic-" Snow let out a loud squeal followed by a large fit of giggles. Toothless had somehow managed to blow a raspberry on her belly.

"Ok, bud, you can let her breath now." I said pulling him away from her. With one final nuzzle Toothless pulled away looking very pleased with himself.

"You okay, Snow?"

"Heehee, *sigh*…I'm hungry now."

While Snow was off getting lunch for the three of us I was at the forge working on belts that would help us stay attached to the saddle. That way we wouldn't fall off so easily during test flights. It was fairly easy since I didn't have to take measurements and Snow had purchased extra leather, just in case.

So after lunch and a quick nap with Toothless we were back in the air. This time I had tied the rope to my foot, making it less awkward when I shifted the tailfin. It worked , in a way. We did manage to fly out of the cove, but we still ended up crashing. Thankfully, it was on a field of tall grass cushioning our fall.

"Hiccup, look at this!"

Pushing through the grass I found Toothless rolling around on the ground, Snow giggling beside him. He had a silly, blissful look on his face and kept on rubbing himself against the grass as if it were heavenly.

I grabbed a couple of blades bringing them up close for inspection. "So, I guess that dragons have their own form of catnip. Huh, I wonder what it would do on a Gronkle?"

'Oh gods, please work, please work, please work.' I chanted in my head as the Gronkle got within reach of me. Clenching my eyes shut I shoved my fist full of 'dragonnip' towards its noxe.

To my relief these little blades of grass seem to have a universal, euphoric effect on all dragons. The moment the Gronkle got a whiff of the nip it was down, completely relaxed and docile. I think it even wagged its tail when I rubbed the grass in front of its nose.

Once again I was met with shocked stares from the rest of the teens, but this time they did something different. When Snow and I were making our getaway they actually caught up with us. At first I thought they would be angry and demand to know how I was cheating. Which I was, even if Snow classified it as 'creative problem solving.'

Instead they seemed genuinely impressed with how I had taken down the Gronkle and had actually asked me how I did it. Not knowing how to handle this new non-violent attention I blurted out the first excuse I could think of and ran back to the arena, nearly bumping into Astrid in the process.

"That was odd," murmured Snow, once we were in the woods.

I nodded, "You're telling me, I never even saw that coming."

"Astrid looked really peeved, thought, and suspicious."

I stopped in my tracks at those words. Odin's beard, I had forgotten about Astrid, again. 'I'm such an idiot. I can't believe I'm doing the same thing that I was hoping Snow wouldn't do. Stupid!'

I sighed, "Looks like l won't be using any more tricks then."

"You're such a terrible liar, Hiccup."

"Who's a handsome, fire-breathing dragon? You are, yes you are~" cooed Snow, scratching Toothless vigorously behind his earplates.

I shook my head at the sight, " I don't know whether I should be worried about him taking offence at your cooing or you spoiling him rotten."

"Everyone deserves to be pampered every once in a while," she shrugged.

Toothless purr in agreement tilting his head to give Snow better access to his ears. At moments like these I would see why Snow called him adorable.

"Besides if anyone deserves to be spoiled its Toothless," continues Snow, moving her hands down towards his jaw.

The moments her hands scratched underneath his chin Toothless drop to the ground, fast asleep with a smile on his face. I couldn't help but stare down at him incredulously. Who knew that the unholy offspring of lightning and death could be brought down with just a scratch?

"I call dibs on this trick," blurted Snow with a grin.

I can't believe that I actually find I cute that Snow has to stand on her toes to scratch the Nadder. I wasn't even worried about it now having affect. The moment the Nadder stopped in front of a weaponless Snow, I just knew it would work.

Sure enough, the Nadder was down on the ground, fast asleep and content. Right on time, too, Astrid had reached the pair, her axe still raised to deliver a blow. Snow ignore her, too busy cooing and petting at the Nadder.

Astrid's look of surprise quickly morphed into one of anger. That was my cue to get us out of there. Wasting no time I handed Snow back her sword before pulling her out of the arena at top speed.

"I think I'll call her Bluebird. What do you think?" whispered Snow once we were in the safety of the woods.

I smiled down at her, "It fits."

I've had my share of awkward moments throughout my whole life and I can say that this is, without a doubt, the most awkward moment ever. What made it even worse was that no one seemed to notice it. It I had known this was going to happen I would have avoided the Great Hall entirely.

I'm used to Snotlout and the Twins shouting praise and kissing up to people. I just wasn't used to them doing that to me. It felt so weird having someone other than Snow and Gobber try to have a conversation with me, without any hidden motives that is.

Looking over at my sister I couldn't help but to feel a little jealous at how easily she was this whole situation. She made it look so easy, sitting there joking with Snotlout and Tuffnut while Ruffnut braided her hair. Didn't she feel the least bit uncomfortable?

Sensing my gaze she sent me a sweet smile. 'Just enjoy it,' she mouthed, a nostalgic expression downing her face.

At that moment it dawned at me as to why Snowstorm was so at ease with everyone's company. It was because is exactly how they used to treat her when we were kids. Ruffnut loved to play with her curls and Tuffnut loved to make her laugh.

Reminiscing I felt myself relax enough to actually take part in the conversation Fishlegs was trying to have with me. If felt nice to talk to the people I used to play with when I was a kid without worrying about getting mocked or beat up.

Out at the corner of my eye I saw a blond blur angrily leave the table next to us. I felt my heart ache knowing who it was and how much she must hate me.

Pretty soon it was Laundry Day which meant no Dragon Training. We actually didn't have that many clothes to wash, with Dad gone and us falling into the lake every other day, our pile of dirty laundry was rather small.

"Do you want to head to the cove now?" I asked placing the very last tunic on the line to dry.

"Actually, I'm going to Ruffnut's for a bit," she answered, grabbing one of our scrubbing brushes. "We're going to dunk Tuffnut into one of the tubs."

I laughed at that, "Well, good luck and don't forget to scrub behind the ears."

"Oh, I won't," she sent me a wicked grin.

It wasn't too bad, not having Snowstorm by my side. We had actually been apart for much longer than this. Dad often takes her on hunting trips, per Gobber's advice, to try to get her to warm up to him. It still hasn't worked but thanks to that Snow is now one of Berk's best hunters. She even downed a bear once.

Fiddling with my hammer I started to reflect a dot of light onto the ground. To my surprise Toothless pounced right on top of it. Feeling mischievous I moved the dot all around the cove, keeping just out of Toothless' grasp.

"You are so evil," giggled a soft voice behind me.

I smiled up at Snow, "Do you want a turn?"

"Don't mind if I do."

"Don't let your guard down," whispered Snow. "Mauler can be really vicious when he wants to be."

I tried not to gulp nervously at her warning. Slowly the door was opened to reveal a …Terrible Terror?

I raised an brow at her.

"Wait for it,"

In front of us Tuffnut let out a short laugh, "It's like the size of my-"

He never got to finish and I hope he never does, because at that moment the Terror launched itself at him, bent on ripping off his nose.

"Mauler, huh?"

Snow shrugged, "He likes to go for noses."

Deciding it was time to save Tuffnut from missing half his nose I beamed a dot of light towards Maulers face. It instantly got his attention, making him paw at the ground where I had moved the dot. Carefully I guided Mauler back towards his cage, sealing it shut with my foot once he was back inside.

"Whoa, he's even better than you ever were," I heard Tuffnut say behind me.

I inwardly cringed, Astrid was not going to take that well.

When I was younger I would love to watch Astrid train and part of my still does. It hard not to, the way she moves with such grace and speed that you can only dream of having, throwing her axe with such deadly precision that it makes your eyes go wide and your heart pound. When she trained she transformed from a shield-maiden to a goddess among men.

But right now, after stumbling into her mutilate tree after tree and scream in rage and frustration, I could only feel fear. It was mainly because she could at this very moment wedge her axe into my face and everyone would believe it was an accident. Well, Snow wouldn't but I'd rather not dwell too much into that 'what-if' scenario.

Not wanting to tempt the Norns more that I already was I quickly made my way to the cove as fast as I could.

"What's wrong?" Asked Snow from her perch on top of Toothless.

"I ran into Astrid while she was training," I answered, trying to shake the feeling of mortal danger away. "She looked really, um, tense."

"You mean homicidal and psychotic," She drawled, her lips twitching downward just slightly. "But enough of her jealous rage, aren't we going to test that new pedal?"

I nodded holding back a sigh. 'Well it wasn't like she even liked me before.'

"Hey, Hiccup, wouldn't it have been easier if we had just taken off our riding vests?"

Never before had I ever had any sort of violent thought towards my sister. But at that moment I felt a strong urge to smack her upside the head, and myself for being such an idiot.

"You know, that would have been a good suggestion before we decided to sneak a Night Fury into the village," I hissed, trying to look nonchalant as a villager walked by.

Snowstorm just took it to stride shrugging her shoulders, "I dunno, it sounded like fun."

I sighed, "Let's just get to forge, ok?"

I have never been happier in my life to have had spent so much time stuck inside the forge that I knew it's layout by heart. Since we couldn't light a candle without drawing attention we had to navigate in the dark. Thankfully, everything was right where it should be.

"Hiccup?" Called a familiar voice outside as I tried to unhinge the loops.

My heart skipped a beat at the sound of it, both in excitement and sheer panic.

"Hey, Astrid. Hey, Astrid. Hey, hey, Astrid. What are you doing here?" I said hoping I didn't look like a total creep after jumping out of the window like that.

"Look, I normally don't care what people do but you're acting weird," she said in a no-nonsense tone.

I felt myself get tugged backwards a little.

"Well, weirder," she added looking creeped-out. I think my heart broke a little at those words.

But I didn't have time to dwell on it since I keep on getting tugged backwards by what I hope was Toothless. It got to the point to where I was lifted off the ground for a few seconds before getting pulled through the window. Oddly I had landed right on top of Toothless, who decided that it was time for us to make out getaway. It was a good call, 'cause the moment we had make it out the back door Astrid had burst through the window.

"That was fun," giggle Snow as we raced through town.

I looked back at her incredulously, "Have you been eating Dragon nip?"

There it is folks, hoped you liked it. Sorry for the delay, I'll do my best for it not to happen again. If you got confused, sorry, this chapter was really tough. I hope I didn't make Hiccup sound too much like a fanboy, but he does have a school boy crush.

'Til next time, be happy, be safe, be smart and don't forget to comment.