Author's Note: Quick update, I KNOW RIGHT. This chapter is just setting the scene.

Astrid's perspective

I was having a terrible day. First, my little brother stole my phone then broke it, then my mum got angry at me for sleeping in, then my car wouldn't start, so I had to walk to school.

"Hey, Astrid," Ruff, my best friend, called from the school gate. Ruff's parents were as crazy as their daughter and her twin brother Tuff. Calling their children Ruffnut and Tuffnut just proved this fact.

"Hey Ruff," I said, sounding depressed even to myself.

"What's wrong," the crazy girl asked. "And don't try to say nothing's wrong, 'cause I can see it on your face."

"Fine, my brother broke my phone, mum got angry at me for sleeping in and my car broke down so I had to walk here."

"Really, that's all? You look like someone died. Don't worry, things will get better."

"Sure hope so," and with that, we headed into the school grounds.

Our school is a rundown collection of buildings with a gym and locker hall. Not much to look at but I have been attending since kindergarten so it would have to do until I graduated at the end of the year.

Ruff and I parted ways to go to our lockers when I heard the oh so familiar sound of Hiccup being attacked again.

"What are you doing back here useless?" Scott's familiar voice echoed through the hall as I ran up towards the confrontation. I got there to see Scott shoving Hiccup against the lockers.

"I go to school here and have been for years!" Hiccup's incredulous voice echoed back.

"Did you just answer back to me, oh, you're in for it," with that Scott kicked Hiccup hard on his left leg. Hiccup crumpled to the floor screaming in pain. A collective gasp came from the other students watching on in amazement and sheer terror.

The whole school knew about Hiccup's left leg. He lost it about a year and a half ago in an accident of some sort. He wouldn't tell anyone not even me, his closest (and only) friend.

"Leave him alone. Go pick on someone of your own intelligence," I shouted, furious that Scott had caused Hiccup to writhe on the floor in pain.

"Meh," was all Scott replied without a hint of remorse in his voice. I promised myself that Scott would pay for this and all the other injuries he'd given Hiccup.

Hiccup was taken to the only hospital for miles after the incident. When he asked me to accompany him I was slightly taken aback but agreed to come. Scott had fractured the bone in the remaining part of Hiccup's leg. This was surprisingly a new injury and was added to the continuously expanding list of Scott inflicted abuse.

Now I was at home eating dinner with my mum and brother. My dad was in the construction business in the Kimberly region up north and was rarely ever home. But I suppose he still sent emails showing us pictures of his buildings and his work mates.

My thoughts were interrupted by my mother saying "Now John, breaking your sister's phone was bad and you'll be paying for a replacement, do you understand?" For someone telling their son to buy their big sister a new phone, she sounded surprisingly nonchalant. John knew better than to argue as that would involve a screaming match before him being sent to bed without the rest of his dinner.

"How are you feeling Astrid? I know you and Hiccup are close" my mother then asked, surprising me.

"I'm just furious that Scott would kick Hiccup on his weak leg. He knows how painful it is for Hiccup to even walk with that clunky prosthetic"

"Well I hope he gets better soon," and with that, the subject was dropped.

Dinner was swiftly finished after that conversation and I went quickly upstairs to finish my many assignments. Shortly after starting to work, my thoughts turned to Hiccup. We'd both known each other for ages and I'd always liked him. But I had a reputation to uphold and dating Hiccup would ruin that.

Little did Astrid know but Hiccup was thinking the same thing at that very moment.

Author's Note: I had some spare time on my hands so I thought "why not write another chapter?" so I did.