A/N- Okay, To satisfy EVERYONE, I'm making a short spin off story to my last oneshot where Astrid dies.

In this, Hiccup is just dreaming about it, but in the short story, it actually happened, but Astrid survives, and it focuses on Hiccup helping her to heal… so it will be a complete AstridxHiccup fluff-fest. If you don't have me on author alert but are interested, i'll let you all know when it's up.

"ASTRID!"

Hiccup sat up in his bed, his breathing erratic and heavy, and his forest green eyes wide. His heart pounded ferociously in his chest, and he looking around at the still dark room. He was at home. He was asleep. It was a Nightmare.

But was it? It felt so real. Like a memory. Hiccup heard a soft groan next to him, and squinted in the dark to see two neon green eyes looking at him worriedly.

"I'm f-fine buddy" Hiccup tried to console, though the image of Astrid's broken and lifeless body haunted him even though he was awake. "Hey" he whispered, licking his lips slightly after noticing they were quite dry. "Nothing bad's happened to Astrid has it? I-I mean..." he trailed off as Toothless shook his head, and felt an overwhelming sense of relief hit him. He ran a hand down his face slowly and exhaled, pulling the covers off of him.

He'd had nightmares before. Fighting the Green Death was a common one, which often ended in him waking up sweating, the scars on his left stump of a leg stinging. But this was different. This time it was about Astrid. Losing Astrid... That was more terrifying than the recurring memory of losing his leg. He'd rather face the Green Death ten more times than lose her.

He felt Toothless nudged his arm gently and became aware that his whole body was trembling. He closed his eyes tiredly before reopening them and reaching out for his clothes and prosthetic leg and began to pull them on, trying to push the nightmare to the back of his mind.

"It was just dream" he told himself firmly. "Just a Nightmare. Astrid's alive, she isn't dead and it isn't your fault" He heard Toothless let out a low croon in agreement beside him, and cracked a small smile, reaching out to gently run his fingers over his dragon's scales. "Thanks bud" he mumbled, and stood up, limping out of his room and heading towards the stairs, with Toothless right behind him.

"Moring Hiccup" the redhead heard his father state wryly, as he tried to slip out of the house.

"Ah. Morning dad" Hiccup mumbled, his hand still resting on the doorknob.

"Where are you off so early?" Stoick pressed, pulling on his helmet as he stood up to glance critically at his son.

"Just... y'know" Hiccup shrugged nonchalantly. "Out..."

"I figured" Stoick stated, walking towards the door and his son. "Well whatever you do, try to stay out of trouble"

"Hey, dad, come on" Hiccup groaned, trying to force a smile onto his face. "I've got Toothless to help me out"

"Somehow that doesn't entirely reassure me" Stoick muttered, glancing over at Toothless who glared defiantly back at him.

"Dad, I'll be fine" Hiccup sighed, running his fingers through his hair slowly. "I'll see you later" and before his father could say another word, Hiccup walked out of the door. The sun had almost risen in the sky, and Hiccup silently made his way down the hill which his home resided on, slippingdown several times and cursing loudly.

By the fifth time he had managed to pull himself up, he had resorted onto holding onto Toothless's neck and slowly made his way down the hill, the sun having fully risen by the time they reached the base of the hill.

"And I thought walking up and down that thing was tiresome before" Hiccup mumbled to himself, feeling slightly irritable. "Thanks Toothless"

Toothless let out a low croon and followed Hiccup towards the forges, watching the redheaded boy walk inside and pull oh his apron. Hiccup sighed to himself once again, the image of Astrid's body still in clear focus within his mind.

"It was just a dream" he mumbled reassuringly to himself, his fingers gripping onto the table in an effort to steady himself. "It didn't happen"

He heard another low whine from behind him and turned, seeing Toothless watching him worriedly from the window. He forced a smile and limped over towards him, reaching out and pat his dragon on the snout.

"I'll be alright bud" he told him quietly. "How about you head off for some breakfast?"

Toothless stared at him warily before licking his cheek, causing Hiccup to wrinkle his nose slightly, but smile at him. Toothless gave him a gummy smile in return before turning and trotting away from the blacksmiths shop, and Hiccup let out a soft chuckle. Toothless always seemed to know a good way to cheer him up.

Trying to distract himself from the remains of the nightmare which seemed determined to torture him, Hiccup quickly pumped the fans of the bellows, heating up the coal before unrolling out a detailed sketch plan on the table before him. He nodded thoughtfully, but cringed almost immediately, pressing his fists against his forehead, shutting his eyes tightly.

"Damn" he hissed, trying to chase the image out of his head.

"Remember what day it was?" he heard a voice asking scathingly, and turned to see an irritated-looking Astrid stood at the window.

"Astrid" Hiccup breathed, unable to tear his eyes away from her face. This proved it. The dreams were just dreams. She was alive. He limped over to the window, his eyes taking in her features hungrily as if he'd never see her again.

"What?" Astrid asked, slightly confused by the intensity of his gaze.

"Nothing" Hiccup finally decided on answering, giving her a small smile instead. "What's up?"

Apparently it was the wrong thing to say, as Astrid's eyes narrowed into slits.

"I knew you'd forgotten" she muttered, the anger of his gaze making Hiccup feel quite uncomfortable.

"Forgotten?" he muttered, and his eyes widened at a sudden realization. Oh Gods. The date...The nightmare had pushed it completely out of his head as he couldn't focus on anything else. "Oh Gods" Hiccup groaned, and pressed his lips together.

"Yeah" Astrid said sarcastically. "Nice of you to remember. Don't worry" she said this part bitterly, folding her arms over her chest. "I'll go by myself"

Hiccup's breath became erratic as this, as he fought at hyperventilation. Go alone? Astrid's motionless body floated into his mind's eye, and he let out a strangled noise, staring at Astrid as she turned to leave.

"No! No Astrid!" he cried desperately. He couldn't let her go. If she left alone she'd die. He felt raw panic rise inside of him and quickly sprinted outside, ignoring the dull pain being emitted from his leg stump.

Unsurprisingly, she ignored him and continued to walk away, her arms falling to her sides but his hands clenched into tight fists. Sensing she wasn't going to listen to reason, Hiccup reached out and grabbed onto her arm.

She turned, about to yell herself hoarse at him, but he quickly silenced what she was about to say by pressing his lips firmly against hers. He forced all his emotions into the kiss, his panic, his fears, but most of all the tried to convey the fact that he loved her. He didn't want to lose her.

He felt absolute relief hit him as Astrid relaxed in his arms, and felt more comfortable about moving his arms around her waist as her fingers tangled up into his hair as she responded to the kiss.

They pulled away after a few moments, and Astrid stared at him, her cheeks pink and her mouth slightly agape. He smiled wryly, understanding what she was thinking, it was the first time he'd initiated a kiss between them.

"I love you" he murmured softly, closing his eyes tiredly. It was true. He loved her more than anything, and the nightmare just made it obvious how easy it was to lose her, he wasn't going to take any chances... not this time. "I'll come with you...Just let me speak to Gobber"

"Alright" he heard Astrid relent, and opened his eyes to look at her. She was watching him with an almost curious look on her face. "I-I'll go wait with Blue then" she muttered, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her ear. She stepped back away from him, and her eyes softened.

"I love you too" she muttered, and immediately turned away, quickly running towards the direction from where she had come.

Hiccup grinned slightly, the weight of the Nightmare leaving him completely for the time being. She was safe. She was alive. And he wasn't going to let her go anytime soon.