Chapter summary: It's Hiccup's 16th birthday! And everyone has different plans for him. Toothless, an awesome, action-packed night full of awesomeness and excitement. Stoick, a father-son night where he can really bond with him. The other riders, an awesome party. And Astrid, who just wants 5 minutes with him to finally confess her feelings for him. Obviously, things don't go too great. (Very loosely based off of the SpongeBob episode 'Overbooked')
"We have to be very quiet. Hiccup's a light sleeper." Stoick whispered as he and the rest of the teens and dragons stood in front of the door to Hiccup's room.
"So should we just throw the confetti at him or?..." Snotlout trailed off as he held up a handful of colorful confetti in the air.
"Just throw it at him." Stoick said as he gently pushed open the door and they all walked in, where Hiccup was sleeping soundly in his bed.
"3, 2, 1." Stoick mouthed then they all screamed;
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" And threw handfuls of confetti at the now awake teen, who had fallen out of his bed in shock.
"Ow!" He yelped as he looked up groggily.
"Wha?" Hiccup asked in confusion as Astrid rolled her eyes and smacked him on the back of his head.
"It's your birthday moron." She stated obviously.
"Oh, oh yeah." He said dumbly as he looked around.
"The big one six!" Stoick exclaimed cheerfully.
"Y-Yeah." Hiccup stuttered as Toothless gave him a fake angry look.
"You didn't even tell me that today was your birthday! Talk about 'friendship.'" He said in a fake annoyed tone of voice as Hiccup nervously laughed.
"Well no one has really cared about it before, so I kinda don't care anymore either." He admitted as everyone sighed and looked away regretfully.
"N-No. I mean, I really was a loser back then-"
"No you weren't, you aren't any different from who you were back then who you are now." Stoick said.
"Yeah, now you just have awesome superpowers!" Toothless exclaimed as Hiccup let out a faint chuckle before getting up and following them all downstairs, where a medium-sized present sat.
"Please don't tell me this is from the twins or Snotlout." He muttered as the twins and Snotlout rubbed the backs' of their necks' nervously.
"That was one time." Snotlout defended.
"I thought I was getting a nice, thoughtful gift from my friends but instead I got a face full of bugs." He snipped.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, back it up. They put bugs in a box then gave it to you?!" Astrid asked in shock as Hiccup shot them a glare before nodding and turning back towards the present.
"So what is it?" He asked as he started to rip open the wrapping paper to reveal a little Viking helmet.
"You're mother would've wanted you to have it." Stoick sighs as Hiccup looked at it thoughtfully, stroking it slightly.
"It's half of her breast plate." He added as Hiccup flinched his arm away as all the riders and dragons snickered.
"Uh, thanks?" He said awkwardly.
"It's a matching set." Stoick said as Hiccup's jaw dropped slightly as he looked at his father's helmet then back down at his own. How on earth could they be a part of the same set?! One was way bigger than the other, unless...
"Y-Yeah." He stuttered as Toothless, who was trying his very best not to burst out laughing said;
"That's your mom's?! Neither of those could fit her from what I remember." He commented.
"Well, put it on!" Stoick exclaimed cheerfully as Hiccup slowly picked the helmet up and looked at it nervously, the rest of the riders barely containing their laughter as he put it on. He looked dorky, that's for sure. He was not a person in which hats looked good on, but he couldn't just take it off.
"Thanks dad." He said as whole-heartedly as possible as Toothless nudged his arm and gestured him outside.
"My present is out here," He dropped his voice down a little lower, "it's a lot better than a gross breast hat if you ask me." He muttered quietly as Hiccup smacked him on the head before following him outside to see a huge obstacle course, including small rigs set on fire, an arrow pointing to the same sea stacks Hiccup broke his arm on, and even an arrow that pointed into the ocean, that also what some different obstacles.
"Ta da! It's a huge obstacle course!" Toothless exclaimed excitedly as Hiccup walked outside and looked around in shock at the gigantic course.
"And after wards I have wrestling, target practice, and even a part where we have to dodge falling rocks! Doesn't that sound awesome!" He exclaimed as Hiccup gave him a shocked expression, but also nodded slightly.
"Yeah, yeah that does sound fun." He admitted, trying to hid the slight fear in his voice.
"Meet me at the start at 7:00 tonight." He said before taking off.
"Anyway..." Stoick trailed off as Hiccup took off the helmet, "How about we go for a fishing trip, we leave at 6:30 tonight." He said before walking off, making Hiccup's heart stop.
'Oh no, oh gods no.' He thought nervously to himself as he looked over at the other riders, who didn't hear Stoick make his plans with him.
"Hey Hiccup, meet us in the Great Hall at 6:45 tonight. We're going to have an awesome party!" Snotlout exclaimed as they all took off too, leaving only Astrid.
"Hey, uh, Hiccup? Can you meet me at the highest cliff on Berk at 7:15 tonight." She said as Hiccup's mouth went dry as Astrid took off on Stormfly.
"Just my luck." He muttered as he kicked a rock and flew away.
"Are you excited?" Stoick asked as they got onto a ship and Hiccup nervously laughed.
"Y-Yeah." He said as Stoick laughed and punched him on the shoulder lovingly.
"Okay! Now lets begin. First, you look bait like this." Stoick said, but Hiccup wasn't really paying attention, he stared intently at the water before seeing a fish and diving off the boat and catching it with his mouth.
"Hiccup, can't you just fish normally for once?" Stoick asked, slightly angry as Hiccup nervously laughed and shrugged.
"It's just easier this way." He said as Stoick sighed and they started to row back to shore, making him sigh in relief, he was going to make it to the party the riders planned for him, thank the gods.
"Okay, now come on, I was thinking we could do a bit of hunting." Stoick said cheerfully as Hiccup's eyes widened in horror as he looked around and realized it was probably 6:45 by now.
"Okay, how about you head on into the forest and I'll meet you there." Hiccup offered as Stoick gave him a suspicious nod before Hiccup smiled and nodded.
"Thanks!" He exclaimed as he shot from the ground and flew quickly towards the Great Hall.
"Hey Hiccup! We were wondering when you were going to get here." Snotlout exclaimed as Hiccup smiled and walked in.
"Hey guys." He said as he looked around to see all the riders and dragons, excluding Astrid, wearing party hats, eating food, and mostly being what they were, a bunch of crazy teenagers and young adults (in Hookfang's case).
"Pull up a chair and drink some mead. We stole a bunch from storage." Snotlout whispered as Hiccup groaned, were they seriously going to drink mead?
"I-I don't think so." He said as Snotlout shrugged and took a huge sip from his own mug.
"You're loss." He said as Hiccup lightly smiled and and started to eat some of the snacks until he remembered Stoick was waiting for him in the woods.
"Excuse me for just a sec, nature is calling." He said as he bolted out the door and sped towards the woods, which just so happened to go past Toothless's obstacle course.
"Hey Hiccup! Just on time!" Toothless exclaimed as he shot a small plasma blast at one of the rings, making it reignite.
"Oh, hey Tooth." Hiccup said as he flew back over towards Toothless and lined up with him at the starting line.
"You ready?!" He asked excitedly.
"As ready as I'll ever be." Hiccup muttered as they both sped through the very fun course, laughing next to eachother as they wove through the many loop-de-loops and tight fits, until Hiccup's ears caught onto a familiar voice yelling.
"HICCUP! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
"Crap! My dad!" He exclaimed as he accidentally smashed into a sea stack, paralyzing him for a quick moment before shaking his head as flying normally again.
"Toothless! I'll be right back." Hiccup yelled as Toothless nodded and continued through the obstacle course with no intentions of stopping.
"Okay! I'm here!" He yelled as he landed in the forest clumsily, Stoick gleaming as Hiccup looked at him nervously.
"Okay! Now that you're here we can begin." He whispered as Hiccup nodded and made his whole body cover in dark green scales, blending into the shadows of the night.
"First, we need to stalk our prey. So do you see that elk over there." Stoick whispered as Hiccuo nodded and looked at a beautiful elk drinking some water in a pond.
"Now, we need to strike fast and hard. So here's a bow. I need you to shoot it right in the heart and make it as painless as possible." Stoick directed as Hiccup nodded and grabbed the bow, taking a deep breath as he knocked the arrow and pulled back.
"Okay, now just aim it a little higher." Stoick whispered as softly as he could as Hiccup angled the bow up a little until he heard the whistle of a Night Fury from his amazing hearing and made a slight noise, making the elk look up in their direction before running off, making them both groan.
"Bummer, well while you look for some more prey on the ground, I'll look for some in the air." He lied as Stoick nodded and Hiccup shot up and bolted towards Toothless, who was getting into a defensive stance before he pounced, pinning Hiccup to the ground.
"Just a fair warning, I was voted best wrestler of the nest 3 years in a row." He said confidently as Hiccup knocked Toothless off of him and shot a few plasma blasts in his direction.
"Well I got something that you don't have." Hiccup said confidently.
"What?" Toothless asked, genuinely curious.
"Dragon nip!" He exclaimed as he some from a pocket in his pants and threw it at Toothless, making him fall to the ground instantly.
"Okay, I gotta go. I'll be right back." Hiccup muttered quickly as he took off back towards Stoick, but then remembered the party and bolted over there.
"Hey hicc-up! W-Where've you beeeen?" Snotlout asked in a very drunken state.
"N-Nowhere." He lied, knowing full well that Snotlout would have no idea that he was lying.
"Hey Hiccup. Which one comes first? The chicken or the egg?" Tuffnut asked in a drunk enough voice as well.
"It depends on you're perspective and is Fishlegs alright?" Hiccup asked in concern as he pointed to Fushlegs, who was passed out, lying on the floor.
"H-He's fine." Snotlout said dismissively as Ruffnut walked, well, more like stumbled, up to them as well.
"Y-You look f-unny." She said as he noticed he still had wings, a tail, and his ear plates.
"Y-Yeah, I guess I do." He said before walking out, the others not even noticing they were so intoxicated.
"Now to go to my dad." He muttered as he sprinted out the door and took off into the night towards the dark woods.
"Okay son. Now all you need to do is make no noise at all." Stoick whispered as Hiccup nodded and stared down another elk and pulled back on the bow before shooting it with perfect aim at the elk, the arrow jamming into the animal's heart, killing it instantly.
"Yes! You did it son!" He exclaimed as Hiccuo actually let out a slight triumphant laugh before his heart stopped as a familiar shadow flew overhead.
"Hey! Hiccup! Why are you with you're dad?! It was our night tonight!" Toothless snapped.
"And what about us?!" Snotlout snapped as he, Ruffnut, Tuffnut, and Fishlegs drunkenly got off their dragons.
"Is that alcohol I smell in your breath?!" Stoick exclaimed furiously.
"What's it to you?" He asked with a slight slur.
"You had two other plans?!" Toothless exclaimed angrily before turning back over to the humans.
"I made plans with him first!" He yelled as they all started to yell at each other, trying to claim Hiccup, who had just gotten sick of this and flew off to honor his final commitment for the night. Sure he was going to be 15 minutes late but hey, it was for Astrid.
"Before you yell at me, I just want to say-" Hiccup was cut off by Astrid pulling him into a deep kiss before pulling away, leaving him stunned.
"I love you." She muttered as Hiccup's eyes widened in shock.
"Wha..." He trailed off as Astrid laughed and gave him a rousing punch in the shoulder.
"I love you! And I know you've always had the biggest crush on me, soooooo, Hiccup, my birthday gift to you is to ask," she took a deep breath before continuing, "Will you be my boyfriend?"
Hiccup was in shock. This was his childhood dream come true.
"Yes! Yes of course!" He exclaimed as Astrid laughed and they kissed again.
"I love you too." Hiccup said as Astrid smiled and they both started to walk back down to the village, Astrid's head propped up against Hiccup's shoulder lovingly.
Okay so three things, 1: I'M SO SORRY I DIDNT UPDATE ON WEDNESDAY! I was busy and then I wasn't going to write on a holiday, soooooo, yeah, sorry. 2: Did you guys like the chapter summary at the top of the chapter? Tell me in the reviews below. Also, remember you can submit OCs and chapter ideas, just PM me anything you want to be a part of the story and I'll try my best to make a chapter or story arc out of it.
