A/N: Hey guys sorry I took a while to get this up, but work and the holiday's didn't leave a whole lot of time, plus I wasn't feeling it so I had to wait until I was struck again with some time and ideas. So in this one we get another heated scene between Hiccup and Astrid, plus a couple with Snotlout and though I hated writing that portion it needed to be done I feel like.
Sycocritic21- Thank you I though the archery was a nice idea as well.
Guest(1)- Glad that you like it.
aaquater- Astrid aint about to take anything from anyone. As for the M worthy chapter I'm still deciding on what to do but thank you for the input it will go toward the decision.
Guardian'sDragonOfDeath- Glad you liked her I think you will really like Hiccup in this one.
razor95- Hey man you gave me a lot of good ideas so some of these are able to happen because you helped get me to this point so thank you again. I think you will like Hiccup in this one.
Guest(2)- Glad you love the story and thank you for you opinion on the M worthy chapter.
jimmix- Glad that you and everyone is enjoying how Astrid jumped to Hiccup's defense, I always read that he just takes it and no one does anything. Thanks for you opinion on the M worthy chapter.
warzone109- Right go team Astrid.
Fireflame159- It was indeed a thing.
Jokul Frosti The Winter Child- Shade is being thrown all over the damn place.
Just some causal- Again thank you for liking the Astrid scene that was one of my better ones if I do say so myself.
SkeletonKnight- I died laughing while writing it XD.
Guest(3)- GO Astrid!
Rojphe- Thanks for the love.
CB73- Astrid has had a lot of coming to terms kind of moments in this it is nice to see her having her eyes opened like this. Now that Astrid has defended Hiccup let's see it the other way around. Love your reviews by the way I love reading how things come across and sometimes you even say it better than I could so thank you for you support.
Timothe- We get to see his reaction in the arena.
HighKings-Ruin- Stoick deserves a lot but Astrid gets some flak this chapter but not from him.
saberstorm- He's going to need a bit more than three I think. Maybe he can get some from Snotlout after this chapter.
delta 6- Indeed it is not everyone has to be scared of him.
Surayo- I can give her an axe to drop, will that work?
damfan- GO Astrid!
Guest(4)- Thank you for the love.
AnnieDragonGirl- I was glad too, nice to see you enjoyed it.
Alright guys fantastic turn out for the last chapter and I'm glad to see that everyone loved Astrid standing up to Stoick, so this chapter we get to see Hiccup stand up to someone as well, though it doesn't go as well. Leave a review I love reading them and if you can't tell by now I read them all. Let me hear some more about what you guys would think about a lemon at the end of the story. Keep it in or put it separate let me know.
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Hiccup could not believe what had just happened. Astrid had just stood up for him and told his dad off. His dad, the chief, Stoick "The Vast" Haddock. Nobody has ever done that in the past and just gotten to walk away from it. Though he suspected that his dad didn't do anything because he realized that what Astrid had said about him was true. His dad had no idea who he was or what he liked and wanted to do, it was always do it this way or be looked at like a disappointment.
Hiccup was being dragged through the town by Astrid and even lost in his own thoughts, he could notice that people were looking at him as if he had accomplished some monumental feat. He caught a few proud nods from some of the men and noticed a group of women about five or six years older than he was giggling and peeking at him and Astrid.
They reached the forge to find it empty, but that was to be expected, today they resumed Dragon Training so they had a few moments before hand to calm down. Astrid led Hiccup to the back room which brought up the heated memories of the night before. She sat Hiccup down on the stool that was in there and started to pace back and forth in the tiny room.
"Just how the fuck does your dad think he is talking to you like that?!" She shouted out.
"Pretty sure he thinks he's the chief." Hiccup responded sarcastically.
Astrid stopped her tirade of stomping and glared at Hiccup. Hiccup tried to shrink into the wall but alas it was not possible and he was subjected to the intense stare coming from his wife.
"Right not what you meant." Hiccup chuckled nervously while rubbing the back of his head.
"No shit." Astrid replied unamused.
She returned to pacing back and forth along the room though with less anger this time around. Hiccup could figure that she never really had to deal with anything like this with her own parents and was trying to understand. In truth she would never understand, not that she wouldn't try to but there is a great difference between hearing about it and seeing it once or twice, and living it every day for years. He appreciated what she had done earlier and figured he should tell her…and show her.
He stood up and stopped her at the halfway point of the room. He enveloped her into a hug which was immediately reciprocated. While he was the one to initiate the hug Hiccup wanted nothing more than to just melt into Astrid, he would let her do everything for him and he wouldn't care either. She could protect him against everything and he could live happily like that.
"Thank you Astrid for earlier." He whispered to her as he pulled away enough to look into her eyes.
Astrid stared back at him and could see the telltale shimmer of tears lining his eyes, but the smile that graced his face told her that he was more than happy. She returned the smile and went to lean her head against his chest but got caught on something before she could get there.
She flicked her eyes up to see Hiccup kissing her by surprise again. It took a moment to feel him kissing her but once she recognized the soft, warm feeling of his lips against her own her eyes fluttered shut and leaned into the kiss. Her mind almost went blank if she hadn't recalled what had happened just the night before when she was the one kissing Hiccup's mind blank.
She felt Hiccup slide a hand down to the small of her back and pull her closer to him. The gesture caused her to gasp out and Hiccup seemingly in a different state of mind took the chance and gently slid his tongue against hers. She gasped out even more but couldn't help and follow the dance that he was leading. The kiss was once again like nothing she had ever experienced before and the familiar heat from the night before had returned with a furious roar that was consuming her.
She lost track of time but when Hiccup broke the kiss all she could think of was him kissing her like that again and how she could get him to do it. Her eyes still closed, her mind was trying to remember who she was before the kiss had started she almost didn't register Hiccup leaning in close to her again. She only realized it when she felt the heat of his breath against her ear.
"I love you Astrid, thank you for being there for me." He whispered to her.
"There's nowhere else I'd rather be." Astrid responded instantly as she opened her eyes and remembered who she was and where she was.
Hiccup smiled at her and when he nodded in agreement with her, for the first time he had finally accepted that she meant it. He knew that when she said it before she meant but now he believed that he was worthy of it and accepted that she really meant that she truly would not want to be anywhere else.
He backed away from her and nearly tripped over something on the floor. Stumbling a few steps to keep his balance he looked around to discover the nearly complete saddle for Toothless lying on the ground. He walked over to it and picked up and placed it on the table in the small room looking over it seeing what still needed to be done.
"Guess we got a little distracted before we could finish last night huh?" Astrid teased him as she bumped him with her hip.
"And I wonder who caused that?" Hiccup teased her back.
"I don't know kind of a mystery but now that we don't have any distractions at the moment. What still needs to be done?" Astrid asked.
"Well we still need those metal rods you were working on for the frame of the saddle which won't take long to make. Then we have to put the leather over it and oil it up, but that's not the hard part." Hiccup said as he brought a hand to his chin to think.
"Well then what is?" Astrid asked.
"We somehow have to get it out of the forge through the village and to the cove all without being spotted." Hiccup enlightened her.
"We could sneak out at night or when everyone is eating dinner." Astrid suggested.
Hiccup stood there and thought about it for a moment, while going out at night would be safer he also wanted to get it fitted on Toothless which was easier to do in the light of the sun then by fire. To Hiccup the choice was already made.
"We'll go when everyone is eating, there should still be enough light out for us to get it on him and check for and adjustments that are needed." Hiccup stated.
Astrid's gaze went to the ceiling as she thought about it. She nodded after a few moments.
"Alright sounds good, so…we'll come here after Dragon Training to pound it out?" She asked.
She instantly regretted her question as she saw a devious smirk grow across Hiccup's face and struggled to contain himself.
"What, what is so funny?" Astrid asked.
"Oh nothing it's just that you really want to get back here and learn how to pound some really hot metal huh." Hiccup got out before falling into a fit of laughter.
Astrid turned redder than a Nightmare and was about to retort when a loud banging at that the entrance to the forge broke up the moment.
"Come on Astrid, come on Hiccup, I know you two are in there I watched you walk in." Ruff's came in cutting through the air.
"You two can pound metal and tame dragons on your own time but we are all waiting for you down at the ring so let's go!" She shouted clearly impatient.
Hiccup and Astrid both scrambled for the door and threw it open to see Ruff standing there with a bored expression on her face.
"You guys done?" She asked disinterested.
"We-uh-it's-uh-look-uh- nothing…" Hiccup tried to get out that nothing had happened but Ruff's insinuation had not helped him.
"Yeah, yeah save it, everyone already knows about your guy's private dragon taming session last night, so just get to the ring." Ruff said as she turned and headed toward the ring.
Both Hiccup and Astrid stared at her jaws open and eyes wide with shock. Everyone on the island had apparently thought that last night they had very loud sex in the forge. Astrid was the first to recover and her face snarled with rage.
"Snotlout." She seethed out.
"Wh-what." Hiccup said as he shook himself out of his daze.
"Snotlout must have gone out and said that we had sex last night in the forge. Probably thought it would get us in trouble or something." Astrid mused as she grabbed Hiccup's hand and led him toward the arena.
Hiccup now understood all the gazes that he had gotten that morning. The men were congratulating him and the women were thinking about how lucky Astrid must have been. Hiccup let out a sigh followed by a groan and threw his head back.
"What is it Hiccup?" Astrid asked.
"Nothing just makes sense why everyone was looking at up earlier and still are now." He said as he gestured to everyone around them.
Astrid looked around and noticed what Hiccup was talking about. Everywhere she looked if someone was standing there they all had knowing gazes that were boring into Hiccup and herself as if they had just done something great. Both teens turned bright red, put their heads down and hurried on to the arena.
They finally reached the arena to find all the teens trying and failing to hold in their laughter that is all expect Snotlout who was glaring at the pair. Hiccup and Astrid took their place in the center of the group that was standing in front of Gobber waiting for him to begin.
"Right then now that we've got our love birds here we can begin." The portly blacksmith shouted out.
Hiccup and Astrid again blushed bright red and tried to hide behind their own shoulders.
"Now then today is going to determine who will face off for the right to kill the Monstrous Nightmare. If you do well today you might be considered for the two spots that are up for grabs." Gobber continued to explain.
"So what's the test?" Fishlegs asked nervously.
"Glad you asked. Today is going to be a gauntlet type of event. I will release one dragon, and then the moment that we are done with it, I will release another until we have through all of the dragons. I will give you all a moment to decide how you want to go about this." Gobber said as he walked toward the pens.
The group of teens huddled up instantly and tried to think of the best possible order. The twins were of almost no use at all since they just wanted the Nadder the entire time to shoot spines at everyone. Fishlegs tried to give some input but was shouted over by Snotlout who for some reason was being louder than usual.
"Snotlout would you stop shouting we can hear you just fine." Astrid said with annoyance.
"You are one to talk about being loud Astrid." He shot back.
Astrid's eyes narrowed as she took a step closer to the short stocky teen.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She seethed at him.
"I'm just saying if Useless over there could make you scream like that imagine what I could do to you." Snotlout replied with a wiggle of his eyebrows.
Astrid didn't have time to utter a response or throw a punch because someone had beaten her to it. It happened in the blink of an eye but all of sudden Hiccup was standing in front of her his arm extended and his hand balled up into a fist with Snotlout laying on the ground clutching at his chin with a very shocked looked on his face. Hiccup said nothing but was just glaring at the boy with a gaze that could freeze lava.
"Since you didn't get the message the first time I'll try something else. Stop trying to flirt with Astrid Haddock do you understand me. She is my wife and I am her husband, stop trying to get her attention by being the loudest and most obnoxious person here, we aren't dragons Snotlout but even if we were you know what they say about the dragon that roars the loudest right?" Hiccup asked in an ice cold voice.
He walked over and bent down to one knee and stared a hole through the boy.
"The dragon that roars the loudest always has the smallest fire. So for the last time back off or next time it will be my arrow that does the talking for me." He said as he stood up and made his way back to Astrid.
The entire arena had gone dead quiet. No one had ever seen Hiccup get that way before and it was a little scary if they were all being honest. Astrid stood in the most shock out of everyone. She thought she knew Hiccup was kind and gentle and didn't have a mean bone in his body, today she learned another thing about her husband.
Hiccup walked up to his wife and pulled her into a deep, short, yet passionate kiss. Everyone, Astrid especially was extremely shocked as the couple had never shown such public affection before. Hiccup pulled away from the kiss leaving Astrid flustered and feeling that same heat in the pit of her stomach and big dopey grin on her face. He smiled back at her and turned to Gobber.
"We'll start with the Gronkle, then the Nadder, and end on the Zippleback." He stated loud and clearly.
Gobber just nodded and made his way to the first cage and waited for everyone to gather a shield and their weapons. To nobodies surprise Hiccup and Astrid had their bows along with their shields, Snotlout had his hammer, Ruff a spear, and Tuff a mace, Fishlegs just held a shield and a small dagger as he was still shaking in his boots after watching Hiccup's display.
"We're ready Gobber do it." Hiccup called out.
Gobber pulled down the lever and the Gronkle came bursting out of the doors in a fire explosion. The dragon looked to be a bit confused for a moment as it looked around and waited for its eyes to get adjusted to the light. Hiccup used this chance to lean over to Astrid and make a quick plan.
"I'll take this guy down with the pressure spot beneath its chin, you back the Nadder up into its cage with the bow and we will double team the Zippleback." Hiccup whispered to her.
Astrid nodded in agreement and began to circle the Gronkle in an attempt to get its attention on her. She would bang her shield on the ground every few paces to keep it disorientated as well but also to keep it looking for the sound.
The dragon had honed in on her and started to make its way over to her. It landed on the ground and stalked toward her its eyes narrowing and its pupils dilating. The dragon was so focused on Astrid that it didn't see Hiccup coming up from behind it or when he dived underneath its massive head and scratched at the pressure point that dropped it faster than a drunk Viking falling out of their chair.
Everyone looked on in shock at the teamwork demonstrated by the duo as they figured that even married Astrid would want to win Dragon Training rather than help out anyone. Gobber moved fast and rolled the dazed Gronkle back into its cage and moved onto the next lever. He quickly opened up the doors only to be met by a volley of Nadder spines bursting through causing Snotlout and Fishlegs to dive out of the way. The twins didn't even bother with the dragon they just ran to the parts of the wall that the spines had stuck in and tried to pull them out. Gobber had to rush over to stop them from poisoning themselves much to their dismay.
While Snotlout and Fishlegs were still recovering from their dive Astrid had whipped out her bow and had knocked in arrow that had been coated with the scent of eel. The Nadder reacted instantly and started to back away from her. She walked it all the back into its cage and waited for Gobber to come back and close the gate. She stood for a few moments and after nothing happened she looked around and realized that he was still tied up with the twins. She looked over to Hiccup and called out.
"Hiccup close the door!" She shouted.
Hiccup scrambled to his feet and pushed the lever up to close the doors again and fell back with a sigh of relief. He stood up and made his way to Astrid. He gave her a small nod before turning his attention to Gobber.
"Come one Gobber we still have one more to go!" He shouted out.
Gobber had managed to get the spikes away from the twins and quickly as he could hobbled his way over to the last lever. As he was Hiccup was explaining to Astrid that if she held the dragon off with her bow and he scratched one of the heads he would pull back and do the same for her. She nodded and turned her attention to the last door.
Green gas could be seen coming out from underneath and as soon as Gobber opened the lever gas started to fill the arena. Snotlout and Fishlegs had recovered from their fall and while Fishlegs didn't care that the other two dragons were back in their pens, Snotlout had a very big problem with that and knew that if he wanted to stand a chance with at being in the ring for the final two he needed to get this dragon and to do that he needed to get Hiccup out of the way.
He ran toward the opened pen since that is where Hiccup and Astrid were standing and with a mighty grip he locked his hands around Hiccup's waist and threw him back toward a wall. Astrid just heard Hiccup call out to her and she turned to see Snotlout throw him across the arena. Her eyes widened as she watched him hit the wall and fall down into an unconscious heap. She was so distracted she didn't even see one of the Zippleback heads and flung itself toward her and when it slammed into her, the air was knocked out of her lungs and she was sent flying toward the same wall as Hiccup.
She had just enough time to brace herself and turn her body so she wouldn't hit face first, and just as she did her world turned black and the last thing she heard was her name being called out.
A/N: So yeah, Snotlout got a little jealous and now both of our characters have suffered. I'm going to hide for a bit in this nice little bunker and wait for the dust to clear. Leave a review I get great wifi connection down here.