Hey everyone!

Unfortunately @howtotrainyournadder (on instagram and Wattpad) and I ran out of chapters ahead...

So while waiting for the arrival of chapter 11 of Amnesia, I am releasing an OS that I wrote a long time ago.

Chapter 11 should NORMALLY be released next Sunday. :)

Enjoy! :)

The lovers were lying on the ground, on the grass, in each other's arms. Astrid had put her head on Hiccup's shoulder, her forehead on his neck, as he had put his arm around her waist.

Stormfly was lying next to Toothless, her head almost touching the Furie's.

Astrid sighed.

"I loved this midnight flight Hiccup, thank you," she smiled while closing her eyes.

Hiccup sighed too before kissing the top of her head, caressing her cheek with his thumb.

A comfortable silence set up between them. After a few moments of tranquility, Hiccup decided to break it.

"Astrid ?"

"Yes ?"

"Can… Can I ask you something ?"

"Hum, yes of course," she said, wondering what it could possibly be about, making him so hesitating.

"Hum… well, no matter what your answer will be, I will still love you, but… actually, since when do you love me ? Well, I mean… do you love me because I fought the Red Death ?"

Hiccup was hesitating. More precisely, he was wondering if Astrid loved him for who he was or not, because there was a difference between loving somebody for his success and loving somebody for his personality. If she loved him because he had defeated the Red Death, it would mean that if he hadn't fought it, she would still be hating him, and would still consider him as weak. But if she loved him for who he was, it would mean that no matter what he could have done, she would still like him because he would still be him, Hiccup. So if she loved him for the first reason, he would be very disappointed.

"You are asking if I love you for who you are or for the Red Death, isn't it ?" she smiled.

"Well… yes."

Astrid widened her smile. Then she lost it immediately, while bowing her head. She looked sad and sorry.

"Maybe it wasn't obvious but… to say the truth I've always liked you. Since way before your fight with the Red Death. Actually, I… I was harsh with you because… I was sick of you being so… Hiccup. Well I mean… I was sick of you being the clumsy and thick headed Hiccup, that everybody hated. I was feeling sorry for you… When Snotlout was making fun of you, I wanted to put my axe in his face. And to make the others stop bothering you, you had to move your butt, to make some efforts, to have more will, to stop disobeying everybody to create disasters. So I started to help you, but in my way. I thought if I was being harsh with you, it would make you react. But it wasn't the only reason I was mean to you… it was also because… my parents had forbidden me to talk to you. They taught me honor must come before anything else. And since you were…"

"The runt of the village."

"Yes," she agreed, embarrassed, "if I showed any interest in you, I would lose all my pride. My parents would have never forgotten it, so… I didn't want to disappoint them. You know, I always thought you were very brave. Despite the fact that nobody in the village liked you, that the gang was harassing you everyday since you were just a kid, that even your father was ignoring you, you kept going on, you kept living your life ! If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't have bear it… I would have run away or something like this. But you, you held on ! And that's something I really admire about you. Then, when we gave you a chance in the arena, you started to show huge progress towards dragons. But not step by step. No. Like this, overnight ! It is true I was wishing you to become better, and to be loved more, but I didn't think it would be so fast ! So, everybody started to like you, and stopped paying attention to me. I didn't understand how you, the most clumsy viking on the island, could become stronger than me, who had a lot of experience and training, overnight. It's only then that I started to hate you, I was so jealous… I wanted to kill you ! So when I saw you leaving for I didn't know where another time, I thought I had to follow you, in order to discover your secret, you were surely hiding something. That's when you introduced me to Toothless."

The dragon raised his head up towards the couple, ears pricked, knowing they were talking about him. Hiccup and Astrid looked at him and laughed together before carrying on their conversation.

"You made me climb on his back, to take me on the most romantic, but most of all magic flight I've ever had. And it made me realize the truth about you, Hiccup. During this flight, I could see a hidden part of you, a part showing you were not only the stubborn Hiccup, always doing some foolish things, but that you could be an amazing person. Since then, I started to really like you, to see you as a true friend. Before that, I only had interest in you because you were different, I was curious, but nothing more. I didn't see you as a friend. Actually, at this time, I didn't see anybody as my friend. The dragon riders were more like colleagues for me… All I was interested in was pride...Pff… Every time I think about this, I am ashamed of myself…"

She stopped for a few seconds. After a while, she went on.

"I am truly sorry Hiccup, for everything I have done to you, for everything I said to you. I… I didn't realize, I was blinded… blinded by the thought of disappointing my parents, and the village. Each night, I think about this, and each night I feel ashamed. I am really sorry Hiccup… I don't know what to do or what to say to make you forgive me… I am really sorry."

Astrid's voice faded at the last word. She wasn't crying, but she wasn't feeling good either. She was scared. Yes, fearless Astrid Hofferson was scared. Scared that Hiccup would reject her. Scared that he would take this badly. Scared to lose him.

There were a few seconds of silence that Astrid felt as minutes.

Hiccup, on his side, was voiceless. So Astrid had never hated him ? Well, aside from when she was jealous. But that, it was Astrid. She was like this, it was part of her character. And, to be honest, he understood her, because if he were in her shoes, the warrior, fearless Astrid Hofferson, that everybody was admiring for her talent, he probably would have gone crazy if the talking fishbone of the village, the one who had never succeed on anything, had taken her place like this, overnight, when she had years of practice.

He smiled.

"Astrid, I am not mad at you. I even understand you. As I know you, if I were in your shoes, I would have done the same."

He took her hand in his.

"To say the truth, I was pleased to hear what you said. I was afraid that you loved me because I fought the Red Death and not for who I am. If you had said that, I would still love you. No matter what you could say or do, I will still love you. But let's say I would have been… disappointed. But now I see I have never been the last person for you, and I am really glad about this."

"Thank you."

Astrid leaned on her forearm, and she looked at him in the eye with love, while smiling.

"When you fought the Red Death, it allowed me to spend time with you without being judged. When I kissed you, it was like an encouragement, a "congratulations, you did it ! You have stopped being… that.""

Astrid laughed a bit, remembering this sentence they were always saying.

She sat properly, inviting her boyfriend to do the same. She put her head on his shoulder and went on :

"Then, with all the adventures we had, I got to know you. Then you became my best friend, until we were sixteen."

She stopped.

Hiccup didn't understand. Why had she stopped like this ? But, most of all, why had she stopped considering him as her best friend ? What had he done so she didn't like him anymore ? He started to worry.

"What do you mean ?"

Astrid inspired with a nose, and blew silently with her mouth. After she managed to calm down a little her heart that was pounding, she went on :

"After I was sixteen, I stopped seeing you as my best friend because… it started to be more than friendship. I… I was falling in love with you."

Astrid smiled nervously. Her heart was beating faster than before, she thought she was going to have a stroke. Thrills ran through her body. She never had been that nervous in her life.

Hiccup was relieved. He thought he had done something wrong, but it was the contrary. His heart warmed up with the last words she said.

"So I stopped kissing you because I realized my true feelings. Let's say when I was young, I didn't realize, it was just a way to show I liked. And… I stopped kissing you because I was afraid you didn't feel the same."

"With my lack of discretion, I thought you were aware that I have loved you all this time," he said, amused.

The two lovers looked at each other in the eye. They both smiled with love.

"Yes, I knew it, but now that we were close, I thought it wasn't true anymore."

"Well, it was," he said, widening his smile.

"In any case, Hiccup, what is sure is that I didn't fall in your arms like this, because you offered me this wonderful flight or because you have defeated the Red Death, I love you for who you are, for your courage, your sensibility, your difference, your intelligence, the way you care about the others, your patience, your talent, for your fiery side as much as your soft side."

She approached her face to Hiccup. She briefly looked at his lips before closing her eyes, to feel his soft and warm lips. They kissed passionately. After a while, they broke it. Hiccup put his hands on the girl's cheek, to put his forehead against hers, before closing his eyes.

"I can't imagine a world without you in it Astrid."

"I can't imagine a world without you in it too."

After that, they lied down. Hiccup put an arm in order to let Astrid put her head on it, then he embraced her waist with his other arm. Astrid put her face in the boy's neck, to smell his scent. Then, they fell asleep, snuggled up to each other, under the star sky.

Hope you enjoyed it. :)

So see you soon!

L.P.V