They all landed at what looked like a dock for passport control for those who got to Russia by dragon, and Astrid and Hiccup waited as they watched Vladamir and Camicazi hand over their passports and be allowed into Russia, Vladamir explaining that Hiccup and Astrid were new to travelling by dragon so were nervous, but the woman who checked them was lovely and even petted their dragons. Eventually, they made their way to where people were gathered, out of the way of everything, and they all shot up into the sky and Vladamir led them to his parent's house. It was high up in the mountains, the sudden cold making Vladamir's companions shiver. But when they landed everyone was so in awe that they forgot about the cold. The house was a classic old fashioned Russian two storied house, with snow covering the floor and small leafless bushes in the garden. It look so neat and tidy that everyone but Vladamir seemed scared to go closer. As they landed, and Vladamir helped Camicazi down and into her wheelchair, the door flew open and a woman with sort black hair and a man who simply looked like the older and slightly greying version of Vladamir, ran out to them, and the woman bypassed Vladamir and went straight for Camicazi, hugging her.
"Camicazi, darling, you look half starved." She exclaimed looking at the girl in her embrace.
"I'm fine Natasha, Vladamir has been looking after me." Camicazi promised, hoping to ease the woman's woes.
"I should hope so." The woman looked at her son as she spoke, before she hugged him, speaking to him in Russian as the man greeted Camicazi with a hug.
When the two of them had been greeted, the older couple looked towards Hiccup and Astrid who, by now, had pulled on a coat and each of their own hat and gloves.
"Ah, you must be Hendrick." The man asked, holding a hand out to Hiccup, who took it and the man shook it happily.
"Yes Sir, I'm Camicazi's younger brother." Hiccup introduced himself.
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, but son, my name is Frederick, not Sir or Mr." He smiled, before he moved onto Astrid, hugging her gently. "And you must be Astrid."
"Yes Frederick, it's nice to meet you."
Everyone watched as they were both introduced to Natasha, before Vladamir and his father took the dragons round to the stables and put the luggage into the guest house, as Astrid and Camicazi went inside the house with Natasha. By the time the father and son duo had returned, the other four were sitting in the living room, drinking hot drinks and talking, Natasha showing them some pictures that decorated her home, and right now she was describing a stunning portrait that took up the far wall above the fireplace, it was of Vladamir, his parents and two younger girls.
"I didn't know that you had sister Vladamir." Hiccup told him when he returned.
"I vonly have vone." He told him. "The vother girl vas my girlfriend." He told him, and he saw a look come to Cami's eyes as she took a sip of her drink, it was one that he never wanted to see – it was a look of pain.
They all sat around and talked, before Natasha went to start dinner and Camicazi went with her, leaving Hiccup, Vladamir, Astrid and Frederick to talk.
"Vue didn't tell her?" Frederick asked his son.
"No, because Vi told mother to take it down months ago." He told her.
Vue know that she looked Anastasia a lot." Frederick told him. "Vhen you told her vhat, she broke into tears."
"And vnow Cami vight do the same." Vladamir told him. "Anastasia vas a mistake, nothing vore." He told his father, before he walked into the kitchen and found Camicazi setting the table.
"Ah, Vladamir darling, vould vue like to help?" His mother asked.
"Vnot right vnow, Vi Vish to talk to my girlfriend." Vladamir told her. "Alone, please."
Natasha took the hint and she left the room, closing the doors behind her, so that the couple had some privacy.
"Vi vis to talk to vue." Vladamir told Camicazi who was still putting the cutlery onto the places at the table.
"What about?" She asked as she found the cutlery being taken from her hands and her chairs turned around so that she was facing Vladamir's stomach until he knelt down so that they were face to face.
The two stayed in there for a while as Natasha leant against the door, trying to hear what they were talking about, but she couldn't hearanything.
"Natasha, vill you leave vhem be." Frederick told her as he, Astrid and Hiccup spoke about what they planned to do in the future.
"Vi'm vorried." She told him. "Vi think vi've upset her."
"Can vue blame her?" Frederic told her. "Vue have a portrait of vour son's ex-girlfriend on the fucking vwall!"
"Vi did not vhink vhat she vould be offended!" Natasha shot back, and Hiccup and Astrid moved further against the chairs they were sat in.
"Veally Natasha, vnot eve vue var vhat stupid!" Frederick told her.
"Enough!"
Everyone looked to see Vladamir stood in the doorway, looking at them, and he looked to be seething as he glared at his parents.
"Because vue two can't control vourselves, vy guests and vi vill be eating vin our house tonight, and vin the voring, vi vant vhat portrait gone!" He told them, his Russian accent come out more now that he was actually pissed off. "Ve vill see you tomorrow, vhen vue can be vore civilized." He told them, before along with, Astrid and Hiccup he left the room and the front door shut moments later.
The group went over to the guesthouse and Astrid couldn't help but smile, the outside looked like some form of fairy tale cottage, there was a wooden porch, covered in the snow that had suddenly started falling, shrub trees grew outside in pots and all of the windows were paved in cottage style features.
"It's pretty isn't it?" Camicazi asked her as she stopped her wheelchair by the steps onto the porch.
"Yeah…It's amazing." She smiled.
Camicazi smiled as she was picked up by Hiccup, who held her securely in his arms and he carried her inside the house, and when Astrid had brought her wheelchair in, and when she wheeled herself into the living room, they found Vladamir putting the television on. Astrid followed them and she kept close to Hiccup as they sat on one of the sofas and she looked around the room. The room itself was fairly modern, and it made her smile as she snuggled close to Hiccup, who happily pulled her closer. Eventually Vladamir made them all some food, and they all settled down to eat, before they all settled back in the living room until night fell. They all sat in the living room, the fireplace on full blast to keep everyone warm, Astrid and Camicazi sitting in their pajamas, with Astrid snuggled up to her boyfriend and Camicazi pulled onto the sofa so that she was lying down with her back against Vladamir's chest as he read a book in Russian. Hiccup was also reading a book, but it was to do with his university course, whilst Camicazi and Astrid were reading different story books. Eventually, Hiccup was the one to speak as he saw the time.
"Well, it's late, I'm going to head to bed." He told them as he got up.
"I'll join you." Astrid smiled, marking her place in her book as she stood up nd together the two bid goodnight to the older couple and headed upstairs to bed.
"Ve should probably go to bed asvell." Vladamir told her.
"Yeah…You go up, I'll finish this chapter and follow you."
Vladamir looked from her to the stairs that led to their room, then back to her and in truth, he knew that she had no way to get up them.
"I'll be fine, my arm strength is quite good you know." She told him.
"Vi know, vi felt your right hook." He told her. "But vi'll stay vand help you, vi like doing vhat."
Camicazi rolled her eyes playfully, before she gave in to her tiredness and put down her book, and she let him pick her up and carry her upstairs to their room, before he laid her down on the bed and shut the door. By the time he came back, Camicazi was pushing away the blanket and lifting her legs under it. She looked to be in the most awkward positions, but Vladamir wasn't worried, he knew that most of it she couldn't feel anyway. When she was settled under the blanket, Vladamir slid his t-shirt off and slid in beside her, holding an arm out and letting her snuggle close.
"You're suddenly being very quiet." Camicazi informed him.
"Vit's just vy parents." He sighed. "Vi didn't vant vue to hear the arguing or see the portrait." He told her.
"Its fine Vlad, I'm used to arguing, I hear Aster and Carmen all of the time, and I don't mind the portrait, you family are obviously very proud of it."
"Vi need a new one, of vue and vme." He told her. "Ve can hang vit up on vour mantelpiece."
Camicazi couldn't help but laugh, but she also agreed. "Okay, but the wheelchair stays out of it."
"Vine by me." He smiled, kissing the top of her head. "Vnow vi vhink it's time vor sleep."
"Alright, good night Vlad." She told him, kissing his cheek, before she snuggled into him.
"Good night Cami." He smiled, shutting out the light and settling down to sleep too.
Meanwhile, down the hall, Hiccup and Astrid were lying cuddled up together in the large double bed that they had been provided with and Astrid was snuggled up to her boyfriend.
"I hope Cami is alright."
"She will be, if Vladamir's parents don't invite his ex-girlfriend over." Hiccup told her.
"What would Cami actually do?" Astrid asked.
"She'd fuck her up mentally, like she used to do to Shaun when we were younger."
"That was pretty scary, one time she described exactly how she would dismember him and hide the pieces, in precise detail." Astrid shuddered at the memory.
"Well she can't really do much to someone physically like you can, but she's always had a…weird…imagination." Hiccup told her with a shudder.
"To be honest, I feel sorry for Vladamir, because if something goes wrong, she'll kill him and dismember him." Astrid told him.
"Yeah…Maybe she'll kill them both and feeds the bodies to the dragons." Hiccup told her playfully.
"Okay, let's stop talking about this before I barf." Astrid told him as she hit him with her pillow, before she put it back under her head.
"Fine, fine." He smiled, kissing her gently. "Goodnight Astrid."
She smiled as she kissed him back. "Good night Hiccup."
Together, they both settled down to sleep, both dreaming of happy things for once, and enjoying the feeling of sleeping beside each other and being able to just cuddle each other in an almost romantic couple notion.
A few days passed, and unbelievably for Hiccup, Camicazi, Astrid and Vladamir, Vladamir's mother had invited his ex-girlfriend over to see Vladamir and she was just as pretty as in the portrait, but she was more stuck up than anyone Hiccup had ever met. She mainly spoke with Valdamir's parents, and pointedly ignored Camicazi, speaking only in Russian and everyone could tell that what she was saying wasn't something pleasant. In the end, Camicazi had silently, or as silently as possible, wheeled herself out of the house and to the stables. When she got there, she found Loki walking up to her, obviously sensing the girl's distress and coming to try and help her. As he guided her over to her stall, Camicazi found some fresh hay had been laid and she threw herself from her wheelchair and onto it, and Loki lay beside her, resting his head beside her as he heard her sobbing. Meanwhile, back in the house, Hiccup had left to go to his and Astrid's room in the guesthouse and Astrid and Vladamir stayed in the room with his parents and his ex-girlfriend and only now did she return to English.
"Veally Vladamir, vue could do so much better." She told him.
"Vlike who Elena?" He asked. "Vi love Cami, and vhat is vall, vi don't vant anyvone else."
"Vell, vue von't be happy with a cripple."
"Vhat is enough, vhe's more vhan her disability." Vladamir told her, and both he and Astrid walked out of the house and whilst Astrid went to check on Hiccup, he went to the stables to find Camicazi. Once inside, he heard soft crying and he walked over to Loki's stall, which caused the dragon to jump to his feet, hissing and bristling his spines, and this time he didn't care that it was Vladamir who was there, his rider was wounded, and he believed that she didn't need anyone but him, her loyal dragon. To say that Loki was possessive of his fragile rider, was saying something new entirely, in fact he could be very possessive to the point that he would try and seriously injure anyone who he didn't want coming near her.
"Easy Loki, vit's me." Vladamir told him.
"Go away Vladamir." Camicazi told him from where she still lay face down in the hay.
"Not vuntil vi know vou're okay." Vladamir told her.
"I'm fine, go back to Elena." She told him.
"No, vecause vi vant to be vith vue." He told her.
"Why, I'm a cripple, you heard her, and you obviously deemed it right, afterall you never said otherwise."
"Vi vas foolish." He told her. "Vi should have said something, but vi have something to vask vue." He told her.
"Loki, let him pass." She spoke out after a few minutes, and Loki let him pass to where Cami had managed to flip herself onto her front and she looked up at him as he sat next to her.
When he was comfortable, he leant back so that he too was lying down in the hay and he looked at her and the look on her face broke his heart. Her eyes were tear stained, her face red and puffy from crying, hay was messed in her hair and her clothes and she looked almost betrayed.
"What did you want to ask?" She asked him, her voice almost breaking with the need to cry once more.
"Vi vanted to do this differently, but since today didn't go vas vi planned, vi've had to vimprovise." He began as he put a hand into his pocket and pulled out a small velvet box, before he moved to get onto one knee in front of her. "Camicazi Haddock, vit vould be van amazing honour, vif vue vould consider becoming, vy vife?"
Camicazi pushed herself up slightly, looking at him. "Da ya na tebe zhenyus." She told him. "Yes, I'll marry you."
Vladamir gave her the biggest smile he could, he'd never taught her Russian and yet she'd done that perfectly, and he slid the ring onto her finger, kissing her deeply. When the pulled away, they cuddled together, admiring the ring. It was made of white gold, and the design was old fashioned, something that Camicazi preferred, and it was set with blue saphhires.
"Vladamir, it's beautiful." She told him.
"Not nearly as beautiful as you." He told her, kissing the top of her head.
"Where did you get it?" She asked, when she had stopped blushing, still not used to compliments from anyone.
"My grandmother left it to me when she died, she told me to use it to propose to the most beautiful girl in the world." He told her.
She smiled softly, leaning up to kiss him once more. "Well, your grandmother sounded lovely."
"She was." He smiled.
They stayed there until dinner, and then they went back to their guesthouse to eat with Astrid and Hiccup, and Camicazi wondered what everyone else was going to say about the ring and their engagement.