if this chapter seems on the shorter side, there's a reason! As I was writing, it got far too long, so I cut it down here and put the rest in another document, to be posted as its own one-shot! Be sure to be on the lookout for that, with all its early Hiccstrid awkwardness :D

Now onto reviews:

FictionL0ver: don't worry, he will see the others' entries. Next chapter actually haha

Godspeed: thanks so much for the suggestions! Also, the way I've always seen it, GOTNF is before RoB because in the series, they know from the first episode that Meatlug is female, and they didn't know yet in GOTNF. And as I mentioned earlier, I'm actually ending this story after the first episode of Riders for a pre-planned character developing reason :)

Woo, that A/N was probably as long as the chapter lol

Entry 91

Astrid came by today, five days after waking up. And I'm just as confused now about what she thinks about me as I was when she kissed me at the Cove.

Firstly, she spent her whole visit trying to teach me how to walk. I don't even know what spurred that idea, but for some reason she wouldn't let me do anything else. She said it was because she wanted me to get good enough at it to go for a flight with her and Stormfly, but somehow, I doubt that. Maybe it was the way she answered so quickly when I questioned her motivation, or the way she kept punching me when I tried to change the subject.

Either way, I guess I owe her. I didn't realize it until then, but I've been avoiding trying to relearn walking. I guess I got scared by how much it hurt the first day, and I just unconsciously decided not to try again. I'm a rather stubborn person, but so is she, and when it's between me and Astrid, I've learned Astrid is always going to win.

Gods, she's so confusing. One moment, she's throwing fists at me and the next she's saying how proud she is? I mean, who does that? When I asked why she cared so much, she said she didn't. Yet when I finally made it without tripping once, she crushed me in a hug. What am I supposed to do with this information?

WHAT DOES SHE THINK OF ME?

I guess maybe I should finally read whatever it was that got written in this book while I was asleep. I saw the pages the first day I wrote again, but I've avoided reading them so far. I don't really know why… maybe because I recognized my father's handwriting and, well, got a little scared. But maybe there will also be some answers in there for me…

I just hope it's all things I would want to hear. I hope… I hope my dad really is okay with, well, ME. Maybe that's my problem; I'm still a little worried he isn't really proud of me, like he's been saying. But these entries in my book just might provide the closure I need.

That would be nice.

Until next time…

-H

I'll get that one-shot posted soon, to keep with the chronology :)