Hello everybody! I have in an incredibly happy mood these past few days. For Christmas I finally got a Toothless stuffed animal! YAY ME! I would have updated sooner but I was in Washington DC for a few days wihtout a working computer.
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As some have requested, I switched back to the Riders at the Edge. Enjoy CH 14

Astrid sighed loudly as she laid back on Stormfly. She was getting very frustrated with what they were finding: Nothing. No word on where Hiccup, Toothless, and that other girl were. It was like Viggo took them and disappeared off the face of the Archipelago.

"AARRGGHH!" She screamed letting it overwhelm her. Heather glanced her way. They had just come back from another unsuccessful mission. These days were spent with flying around and capturing Dragon Hunter bases to interrogate them. They had tried to follow the Terror, but it had collapsed to tired to go on. So they rested and then the next morning, the Terror was gone.

"Astrid, it's almost Snoggletog! We should go back to Berk. Be with our families!" Heather told her calmly.

"NOO!" The rest of them shouted in sync.

"If we do then we have to tell Stoick why Hiccup isn't with us." Astrid explained quickly.

"I am not dealing with that mess." Snotlout visibly shuddered.

"Don't forget the fact that he'll go out looking for Hiccup." Tuff said.

"And get himself, Hiccup, and the other rider killed!" Ruff finished.

Gods why can't they remember her name!

Heather nodded and Astrid gave another frustrated sigh and she soared off ahead of the gang.

All this talk about Hiccup was making her upset and she didn't want anyone to see the tears streaming down her face. Only Hiccup had ever seen her cry. Oh she missed him. It had been months…3 to be exact. When she found Viggo and Ryker, they would face her wrath.

And the girl…Vennessa. She was nice and she saw her, Heather, and Vennessa becoming friends. She would also be a great asset to the team the way she moved in one, swift movement with her sword. It was something she had trouble with. Oh and the dedication she had shown to the team and the bond with her dragon. She was like a girl Hiccup.

No matter what, I'll get them back! Astrid shouted to herself.

She made it back to Dragon's Edge before the others. They had decorated with their dragons for Snoggletog and they even put up a giant tree, the only place that wasn't decorated was Hiccup's. She wandered her way over and opened his hut.

Before she made her way up stairs, she cast her gaze around. She saw the sketches for Inferno and new additions for it and a few papers for some other inventions. Then she laid eyes on his desk. It was a lot like the one back at the Forge on Berk, except this one was a little bigger. She walked over to it. Scattered all over were drawings of all their dragon encounters, things from the Dragon Eye, new inventions, but more surprisingly, colorful sketches of the riders all together and with their dragons.

She picked a folded one up of the twins. She remembered that time. The twins were fighting and had rolled gotten caught-somehow-in a tree…still fighting. Barf and Belch was in a knot-literally. She unfolded it a little and saw the rest of them all laughing and crying hysterically on the ground while Toothless trying to pull the two apart and out of the tree.

She sorted through more and what she saw next took her breath away. It was one of her and Hiccup together. The picture was so life-like. Her eyes were the perfect shade of blue and they almost seemed to sparkle. The way the wind was blowing in the picture cast her braided hair back. Her smile was so real the way it looked. And then there was Hiccup.

His emerald green eyes were squinted as he laughed in the picture. His head was tossed back revealing his freckles, with his shaggy hair falling. A smile was perched on Astrid's lips as she gazed down at it. And then she flipped it over.

On the back there was something written:

To Astrid,

Merry Snoggletog Milady! I drew this a long time ago. I don't know if you recognize the scene but it was when we first left. It was the night on Deathsong Island. You made me laugh when I couldn't rest and in the end, we fell asleep on each. And then I woke up a few hours later to a punch in the arm and a realization that it was still dark. You had said, "Hiccup! We shouldn't have fallen asleep together like that," and stormed off to Stormfly. I hope you like it and Merry Snoggletog again.

Hiccup.

One lone tear slide down her face and landed on the writing smudging it and leaking through. She clutched the picture to her chest and sank to the floor sobbing as the others came in. They gather around her and Heather wrapped her in a hug. Soon everyone joined in.

A few minutes past of them in this hug until Astrid wiped away her tears and smiled at them. It was like they were one big happy family, just missing the father. They got up and she saw a few tears leaking out of Heather's and Fishlegs's eyes, the twins clutching each other being over dramatic about their crying and Snotlout sniffling.

"Thanks guys." She smiled.

"We all miss him Astrid!" Heather chided. She punched her blonde friend lightly, "Don't ever forget that."

"And…You don't have to be Astrid 'Fearless' Hofferson all the time," Ruff said bluntly. "You can be Astrid 'Who Has Emotions' Hofferson!"

The others nodded and then they left Astrid alone again, knowing this was her time to think. She wandered her way up the stairs and to his room. She knew she shouldn't go in but it didn't really matter.

His room was small and in good order and his sheets were tucked neatly at his pillow. His dresser was decorated with a few more drawings of Toothless this time. Smiling, flying, wagging his tail, gazing longingly into the sky, anything you name it.

Hiccup had another desk in here, this one more cluttered. She saw more drawings of Toothless with tail and wing measurements and improvements for both his and Toothless's prosthetics. There were also a few notebooks strewn across it and She picked on up. Opening it, she saw countless facts upon facts about dragons. New and old. She grabbed the other's and saw about the same thing.

A large yawn took over her and she looked outside. It was dark out and she should probably be at dinner. Placing the notebook down, she ran out and closed the door.

XXX

After dinner was finished, Fishlegs had an announcement, "So I know that it is not Snoggletog, but I figured we should lighten the mood some with gifts"

He brought out a little present, "Heather this is for you. Seeming as we spent so much time writing back and forth, I got you some more paper and ink!"

"Oh it's perfect Fishlegs! Thank you!" She got up and planted a kiss on his cheek. He on the other hand blushed tomato red and fainted!

After everything was done, Astrid got a special axe from Heather, a notebook from Fishlegs, a face full of Monstrous Nightmare gel from the twins, and a Kiss Snotlout for Free card from...well it explains itself! But none of them could beat Hiccup's present to her. Astrid brought it out and clutched it to her chest. She brought her knees up and closer to her body as the others finished with their gifts.

Heather walked over and sat next to her.

"I know something is bugging you. Is it Hiccup and Vennessa?"

"Mainly Hiccup, but I feel bad for Vennessa. How long do you think she's been on her own?" Astrid asked her.

"Since she was very young. I don't know before 7 most likely."

Astrid nodded. "I just wish he were here. They both were!" Astrid sighed knowing they would find the two someday soon.

"Er...guys?" Tuff called.

"What?!" Heather snapped.

"Guys?! I think he is!" Tuff shouted.

Everyone rushed towards him as they heard a Night Fury. Nonetheless one with a blazing red tail fin!

What is happening?!

This is not exactly what you think. In about 2-3 chapters you'll figure out what is happening. The next chapter will go back to Vennessa. So thanks for reading this chap. hope you liked it and remember to Review, Follow, and Fav.
Off I go! Windrider340