Disclaimer: I don't own httyd
AN: Almost there guys! Just a few more chapters before the Green Death part… I'm so excited!
Setting: During Dragon Training
Days Until Wedding: 2 and quarter a month (69 days)
"What Did You Just Say"
-Mead Hall-
Everyone was celebrating.
Everyone was having fun.
Everyone knew that these two new recruits would have a huge impact in their forces.
Except everyone didn't know that these two new recruits had other plans, one of them at least.
"Hiccup, where are you going?" Just as everyone was getting drunk, Hiccup got up from his table and left the mead hall. Astrid saw him and decided to go with him.
"I need to talk to dad." Hiccup said as he started to jog.
Astrid sighed; she knew what he meant "You mean we need to talk to your dad." Astrid stopped Hiccup from jogging by grabbing his hand and squeezing it. "Both of us were in on this so both of us should take the blame."
Hiccup shook his head. "No, there's a possibility I'd get banished and I don't want you to get the same fate." He cupped her cheek and she leaned on it "I love you too much to see you suffer."
Astrid snorted "Since when did I let you tell me what to do?"
"But-"
"No buts! I will go with you whether you like or not! Got it?" she rested her hands on her hips and cocked an eyebrow.
Hiccup sighed and dragged his hand across his face. "Why do you have to be so stubborn?" he asked, exasperated, but he was smiling.
"Because I can" she said and started dragging Hiccup towards his house "Come on. Let's get this over with"
-Haddock Household-
"What did you want to talk about son?" Stoick asked. He was supposed to go to the mead hall when Hiccup and Astrid arrived.
"Dad…" Hiccup drew a big breath "I can't kill-" Astrid coughed "I mean, we can't kill that monstrous nightmare tomorrow"
Stoick eye's widened "What why?!"
Hiccup awkwardly rubbed his neck "Some factures just surfaced that needs to be assessed."
"What?"
Astrid sighed "What he meant, sir, is that something happened and we need to rethink our plans."
Stoick raised a massive hand "Wait, you know about this?" he then looked at Hiccup "You knew She knows about this and didn't tell me?"
Hiccup paled "Well… You see… I was going to tell you but… it slipped… my mind?"
"That doesn't matter. What matters is that you are going to kill that dragon!"
"I can't!"
"Why?! You told me yourself that it's ok to kill those types of dragons because they're unstable!"
"But after I saw their nest I changed my mind!"
Silence filled the room after Hiccup's slip up.
"Nest? What nest?" Stoick asked after a minute
"Did I say nest? I meant-" but he was cut off as Stoick grab both sides of his shoulders
"How did you find their nest?!" Stoick demanded
Hiccup gulped and decided to tell the truth "It was actually a dragon I rode who found it."
"You rode a dragon?!" Stoick was read on the face. He grabbed a nearby chair and squished it to pieces. "We had a deal! You said that you would tell me everything you know about dragons in exchange we won't harm the captive ones!" Stoick boomed
"They're being controlled dad! There's this giant dragon who forces the smaller ones to get food for it!"
Stoick just looked at Hicucp and walked away. He turned back and said in a very serious tone "Son, we are going to have a serious talk about this when we get back."
"Dad? Dad, where are you going?!" Hiccup's eyes widened and after him "No! Dad you don't stand a chance against it! Please stop!" he grabbed his arm "For once in your life, listen to me!" Stoick just yanked his arm back and left Hiccup wordlessly.
Astrid just stood there, speechless. She never thought Stoick could be that clueless. He was the chief for Odin's sake! He should know that blindly charging in was being foolish and reckless.
Astrid snapped out from her thoughts and ran towards Hiccup
"Are you alright?" she asked as she grabbed his arm and helped him get up.
"We need to stop him! We have to show him that we can coexist with dragons!"
"How are we going to do that?" Astrid asked as Hiccup started running
"We'll show him Toothless!" he said like it was the best idea in the world.
"Hiccup! Do you know what might happen if we did that?!" Astrid shrieked as they entered the forest. "People might think we betrayed them!"
Hiccup looked back at Astrid and showed her his determined face "It's a risk I'm willing to take."
Astrid sighed "Fine, I always wondered what it would feel like being banished. I guess I should look forward to it then" She spent so much time with Hiccup that she picked up his sarcasm.
-Cove-
"Toothless!" Hiccup shouted at the dragon as he and Astrid entered the cove.
Said dragon raised its head in alarming rate, sensing its trainer's panicked state.
"Come on. We need to show dad that you're not what they think you are!" he fastened the saddle tighter wrapped the rope around himself and Astrid. Toothless turned at Astrid questioningly
Astrid, sensing the dragon's intention, shrugged and said "Ask him"
-In the sky-
"Hiccup! What would we do when we get there?!" Astrid shouted because the wind was against them and her voice was muffled by it.
"I don't know!" Hiccup said "I'm making things up as we go!"
Astrid raised her arms up in the air "Great! Our future depends on luck! What could possibly go wrong?!"
Hiccup and Astrid arrived at the docks, ready to be surrounded by angry vikings but to their confusion no one came. The docks were empty. There was no boat on sight.
Hiccup's eyes widened "No! We're too late!" he knelt on the wooden floor and started punching it.
"Hiccup, get up! We could still catch up!"
"What's the point" Hiccup said, dejected "I knew this would happen but I still believed we could do it. I even dragged you along with me."
Astrid knelt next to him and hugged him "Hiccup, I would gladly follow you to the ends of the world. If we believe in each other then we can do it"
Hiccup stood up abruptly "You don't understand. I should've killed it in the forest when you suggested it."
Astrid stood up slowly and gave Hiccup distance "Yes, you should have. The rest of us would've done it. Why didn't you?"
"I don't know" Hiccup mumbled "I couldn't"
"Come on you could tell me" she urged
"I can't… You would hate me…"
Astrid hugged him from behind "No I won't."
"Why is this so important to you?"
"Because I want to remember what you say, right now"
Hiccup sighed "I was at a moment of weakness" he whispered "I saw something that day that I haven't seen in years."
"What did you see?"
Hiccup released himself from the hug and face Astrid "I saw… myself. I saw the kid who was always bullied. I saw the kid that didn't have confidence. I saw the kid that never had faith in himself. I saw the kid before we started training together."
Astrid knew what Hiccup meant. After all these years he still feared his past. Astrid got closer to him and gave him a soft kiss. "You don't have to be scared anymore" she said after she broke the kiss "You have me now. And if all the years we've been together, you know that I'm too stubborn to leave you."
Hicucp smiled softly "I know"
"Now, what're we gonna do?"
Hiccup shrugged "Probably something stupid."
"You already did that when you released Toothless"
"Then something crazy"
"Nope, remember when you went back to the cove and burned your arm?"
"Don't remind me." He mumbled "Well, let's have fate decide what to do" as he started to run towards the stadium
Astrid smiled "Why did I had the feeling you were going to say that" and she followed him
AN: And… done… Thanks for reading guys! It was a great pleasure writing this story! I just hope that after the red death fight no one would hate me :D
