A/N: Hey guys, please leave a review because I want to hear your opinions on how I'm doing, if I'm doing a little a but OOC for the characters or if I need to work on a certain area. I need reviews or please PM me because then I know my story is really catching your attention. Thank you. And I might start doing POV from now on. And please check my other story, The Past Defines The Future, hopefully it's as good as this.

Unknown POV

"How far are we from the Berserkers?" a voice asked. The second in command looked far out in all directions of the sea. They had been travelling for about four days now, until "About 50 miles north east sir" the man responded to his superior. In that distance he could see a few mountains jutting up into the sky. "Send a few scouts to know that we mean business" the voice ordered, and with a curt nod and a hand gesture, fifteen dragons with riders on them set off for the Berserker Tribe.

Berk - Hiccup's POV

It's been a week since I sustained my newest injury and now I could finally leave my prison...which was my house...and walk around Berk again. Astrid had been incredibly helpful to me over that week. In fact she had to stay over because my dad didn't want me sneaking out in the night...which I would have done, knowing how stubborn I am. Dad set up a makeshift bed for her when he came back in my room so she could keep a close eye on me...and is she a light sleeper. I did try and sneak away but when I was at the window a candle went on and looked back to see Astrid staring with a face I knew all too well..."Do that and see what happens". I immediately jumped back into bed without a second thought.

We found things to do around the house. I even had to teach her how to cook. She was so embarrassed when she said she couldn't cook, which was no surprise to me since she was not the stay-at-home wife type. She did threaten me not to tell anyone, but I'm pretty sure most people knew but to them it wasn't confirmed. Since I am an only child and dad was out, I had to teach myself to cook. Did burn the kitchen down once or twice...maybe thrice...but that's how I learned. But cooking wasn't all that bad, especially when you have a dragon that likes to play around. Out of the 2 hours we spent cooking, three quarters of that was spent trying to get the food back from Toothless who was moving quickly about the house.

Today I got an early start to the day. Astrid was already downstairs preparing breakfast when I joined her. "Morning" I said coming to join her at her side. "How'd you sleep?" she asked. "Pretty good actually. I can't wait to get out of here" I said, eager to get out there and start working again. "Yeah, I can't wait to get out of here. I can't understand how Ripper spent two years with you" she said witty smile. "What? I didn't destroy the house did I?" I asked, going back to old memories of me messing things up. Right now I just laugh when I think about them.

She took the bread out that she was baking and set it on the table along with some freshly cooked fish and meat. "Eat up, you've got a long day ahead of you" she said sitting at the table. "I thought I wasn't supposed to be doing work?" I asked, remembering dad telling me I can't do anything strenuous.

"Well Gobber wants you at the forge. I tried to tell him that your dad wanted you to take it easy but he said he still needed you" she said digging into a piece of bread. "That's Gobber for you, only will let you skip if you've lost a limb, until he builds a replacement that is" I said with a laugh, trying a piece of her bread. "Oh wow" I said after taking a bite of the bread. "What?" she asked looking up. "For once your bread doesn't taste like stone" I said with a laugh and she threw her piece at me, hitting me right in the forehead and I looked to see her fuming...in a good way.

"Your unbelievable" she replied with an agitated smile. "Well come on, I don't want to miss this day" I said as I finished my meal and got up carefully, Toothless by my side to make sure I took it easy, and Astrid at my other.

It was another crisp, cool day on Berk, given that the sun was shining brightly. Why we would settle in a place I'll still never know. I kept one hand on Toothless for support as we walked slowly to the Forge. "Gobber can't have anything serious for you to do right?" Astrid asked. I looked to her to see that she did have concern for me, considering my shoulder was still healing and that my leg was just beginning to heal. "I know it's nothing too strenuous, but we'll have to see" I said as we reached the Forge, which now was also a dentist's home for dragons.

The shutters were still closed indicating that Gobber had not yet arrived. I unlocked the doors with his key and walked inside with Astrid while Toothless remained outside. I opened the rest of the windows to let more light in. I then saw a note on one of the window shutters. I opened it:

Hiccup I found ye' journal and I saw what you plan to do for the lass. This whole day at the forge is going to be for that. Work on it, without the lass finding out. P.S: your journal and the gold are in your old room

I crumbled up the paper and threw it in the fireplace. "Curse him, just curse him" I said, chuckling a bit as well. He always loves toying with me but getting into my love life, oh, is he stepping the boundary. I walked into my old room at the back. This time I just had to duck my head a bit, an indication of how much I've grown. I saw my journal along with a wrapped piece of cloth which seemed to have contained two objects. I knew instantly that they were the gold nugget and diamond I mined on one of my trips. "Hiccup, are you in there?" I heard Astrid call. I quickly stuffed the cloth into my pocket. It had to remain a secret until the proposal.

Normal POV

Astrid walked in to see Hiccup holding his small red book that he always kept by him. "What do you write in that book of yours?" she asked coming up beside him. "Oh...I don't write in this...I just doodle" he said, not making a big deal of it. "Can I see it?" she asked. Hiccup tensed a bit at this, the designs for the ring were in this book and he didn't want her to see them. "Nope" he simply stated without taking his eyes of the book. "And why not?" she asked, not believing he just said no to her. "Because I said so" he said, but he knew she was going to try something, most likely violent.

"Hiccup" she said in a tone that immediately got him worried. He looked to his left to see that she had a dead serious face on. She took a step towards him and in response he backed up against his desk. She took another step towards him and he was leaning back on his desk, terrified for the world of pain that was about to be upon him. "Maybe I should have just given the book" he thought.

The distance between her and him was no more than a finger's length. But Astrid did something that Hiccup didn't expect at all. She turned him around and slowly sat him on his chair in the room. Hiccup grunted a little and soon straddled on his lap, but she still had her serious face. "Uhh...A-Astrid, what are you..." he stopped when she put her finger over his lips. By now he was already feeling movement in his lower area and she ran her hands over his arms.

Hiccup was at a loss for words by the way she was acting. And before he knew it, she was smiling, her victory smile, and that's when it hit him. "You are one deceiving girl" he said as she held his book in front of his face and got off him. She started flipping through the pages as Hiccup recovered from his...experience.

"Hiccup...these aren't doodles...they're...amazing!" she exclaimed as she saw drawings of dragons, landscapes, mountains, cities. Then she came one that caught her breath. Hiccup was hoping it wasn't the ring. "You drew one of me?" she asked as she looked over the sketch. It was an exact copy of her. From every detail in her clothes to every strand of her hair. That's when Hiccup grabbed the book from her and put it in his pocket. "I had time on my hands, so I drew what came to my mind" he said.

"Since it's near the end of the book, that means..." "That means that you were always on my mind. I worked for a long time on that sketch of you" he said coming closer to her. "So do you want an apology for me taking it too hard on you?" Astrid asked, going along with the whole situation they were in that could only end in one way. "Not exactly. Besides you did say I have to work to get you back right?" he asked as his face was just inches away from his and circling his hands around her waist. She was brought in too close that her hands were now placed on his chest.

"That's right, and how's that going for you?" she asked their lips were getting closer by the second. Hiccup stared into her sky blue eyes, entranced by her divine beauty. "I'm working on it...but so far it's working" he said as he closed his lips with hers. It has been a long time since they got any alone time to themselves and now, with the entire Forge to themselves, it couldn't get better.

The kiss became more passionate as Hiccup pushed his tongue into her mouth and she gladly accepted it. Her hands moved from his chest to his neck and head and he lifted her onto his desk so that she was sitting on it while he moved his left hand along her leg. Even though he couldn't feel her skin, he knew that it was soft as a cloud. Her lips were like a field of wild flowers, extremely soft but bursting with excitement. Hiccup removed her robe that was trailing her and it fell back onto the table, moving his other hand to her back. After three minutes of passionate kissing they broke apart because of the lack of air staring at each other.

"I love you...so much" he said running his hand across her cheek. "I love you too" Astrid replied enjoying the feeling.

"And I love seeing these moments" a voice said causing them to jump and turn to see Ripper under the doorway, who immediately ducked when Astrid threw a hammer at his head. "Do you know what privacy is!?" she yelled, clear fire in her eyes. "Trust me doesn't" Hiccup said, also annoyed that they were interrupted. "Hey don't blame me, Stoick wanted me to tell you two that he wants to meet with you" he said, peeking his head into the room in case one of them threw something at him again. "Ok, thanks" Hiccup said and Ripper left, happy that he didn't get hurt.

"You know we have to get him back right?" Astrid said getting off the table and reattaching her robe to her shoulder pads. "Oh big time...for all the times he's got me and for this" he said walking out of the room with her. They left the Forge open as Gobber was coming back soon. "So looks like you've forgiven me" he said with a smug smile on their way to find Stoick. "It was just the moment" she countered. "Which was initiated by you with your...seduction technique" he said. Astrid laughed a bit. "You would love that to happen again wouldn't you?" she asked to which Hiccup grinned sheepishly. "Who wouldn't?" he said receiving a punch in his arm...the un-injured one.

They soon found Stoick by the docks with Thornado supervising the loading of a ship that were about to go out. "There you two are" he said, leaving his post for a minute. "What did you need me for dad?" he asked. "I wanted to tell you that I'll be leaving to the Glacier Tribe in the north. It's a diplomatic and a trade mission, and Raknok asked for my help. The trip is about a week in total so I just wanted to tell you that" Stoick said.

"Wait so who'll be in charge while you're gone?" Hiccup asked. "Well since you're still recovering and Gobber won't work so well, Spitelout will be in charge" Stoick said as he saw that the final cargo has been loaded. Thornado was already waiting on the ship for his rider to come aboard. "Oh boy, Snotlout will take full advantage of this" Hiccup said looking at Astrid. "Don't worry son, it'll be over as soon as you know it. Take care you two" he said before getting on the ship. Soon the sails dropped and with a little help from Thornado's roar, they were well on their way in their journey.

"Well I'll be avoiding Snotlout for a while" Hiccup stated as he watched his dad leave. "Well don't worry about it, we'll try to avoid him the best we can" Astrid reassured.

The Berserkers

"So do I have your attention yet?" the Mysterious man asked Dagur. His escort was dead and anyone who tried to fight back were dead. There were fifteen dragons surrounding him. Some on the ground keeping his men and everyone else in check while some others were in the air doing a final recon. "Let me get this straight, if I join you, you'll show me how to tame these beasts and provide me with them?" Dagur asked, making sure he wasn't being played.

"That's if you join me, obey my every command and support me" the man said. "Support you in what?" Dagur asked. His reply was just a laughter. "In world domination of course, but first I need you to do a little test for me" he said. When Dagur heard world domination, that's all he needed to hear to join this man. "What do you need commander?" he asked smiling at the same time.

"I need you to try can capture Astrid Hofferson" he said.