3 person view

The following night after the defeat of the romans, there was a huge party celebrating the defeat of the romans and the return of the long, lost heir.

It was now around midnight and most of the vikings had gone home. The only ones left were the night riders, berks council members, young adults and teens and the chiefs and heirs.

Dj and Eret were wasted and were now singing songs in the middle of the great hall. Dagur was less drunk but still had a buzz going on. He was currently arguing with Heather about whether or not to tell his father he was still alive.

And Hiccup, he was at his own table in the back corner. If not for the large crowd of people following him around like lost terrible terrors, he would've disappeared into the blackness of the corner like he used to.

"You k-know Hiccup" Gustav said drunkenly leaning on his shoulder. "Y-your a good guy, your a good guy and I'm sorry i e-ever tried to k-kill you". Hiccup smiled and patted Gustav's head.

"No problem, if i held a grudge with everyone who tried to kill me, i wouldn't be able to leave my island" he said earning drunken laughs from all the teens and a few young women.

"Oh man haddock" Gustav said "what happened to you man?" he said finally falling back, passed out. Hiccup just laughed and shook his head.

"So Hiccup, what kind of stories do you have from your adventures?" Stephanie asked. She was a girl hiccup knew from his childhood. She had brown hair with hazel eyes and was fairly attractive, but she was also one of the biggest bullies when he was here last.

"I told you guys most my stories" Hiccup said but a hand went over his shoulder. "No man" Derek said "those were stories that you had to tell because your dad and the other chiefs were listening".

Hiccup laughed and smiled knowing what kind of stories they wanted. Unfortunately for Hiccup, Dj and Eret were walking by and heard the conversation.

"Oh dude" Dj said leaning on Derek. "Tell them what you did to make the roman emperor so mad at you" he said as Hiccup laughed and shook his head.

"N-no" Hiccup said not wanting to go into that story now.

"H-hey yeah" Snotlout slurred "I was wondering about that". Hiccup really didn't want to tell this story but he had to now.

"Okay, okay" Hiccup said putting his hands up, cutting off the crowd of people. "So it was four years ago, back before i met these two drunk idiots" Eret and Dj laughed and chuckled.

"So I went to rome and I met the emperor. He was nice and said that I reminded him of himself when he was younger. since I had a dragon, I was honored as a great warrior and the emperor invited me to a party... celebrating his eldest daughters 19 birthday".

"Oh no" Derek said already knowing where this was going. "So I went to the party and I met his wife, the 19 year old daughter and the 17 year old daughter" Hiccup said.

"That was my first time getting actually drunk...and when I woke up I was in bed... with the eldest". The group groaned and laughed while Astrid's jaw dropped.

"Wait for it" Eret said "...and the 17 year old" he said as now all the groups jaws dropped. "Wait!" Dj laughed.

"...And his wife" Hiccup finished. Eret and Dj laughed and stumbled away, singing 'mor'du'. Hiccup just kept his head down.

Astrid excused herself from the table and walked away. Hiccup watched her go and decided to follow her. He excused himself saying he had to go to the outhouse.

"Hey" Hiccup said closing the doors to the great hall and stepping onto the steps. astrid was there looking up.

"Everything okay?" he asked she nodded and refused to look at him. Hiccup sighed and looked up at the stars. "Beautiful huh?" he asked "yep" Astrid replied shortly.

Hiccup sighed in annoyance before turning his attention to her. "Astrid what's wrong?" Hiccup said looking at her. "You were perfectly fine inside when I was telling my stories, then all of a sudden you weren't..." he suddenly trailed off.

"What?" Astrid said hearing him go silent. "You weren't after i told the roman story" Hiccup said as Astrid froze. "Almost like you were jealous" Hiccup added as Astrid now flinched.

"...Fine" Astrid said after a minute of silence. "You right I'm jealous" she said defeated. "Why" Hiccup asked "I mean it's not like you like me... right?" Hiccup said unsure.

"Okay!" Astrid yelled "I like you, I have since we were kids". Hiccup froze and put a hand on the rail to steady himself.

"Wow" he chuckled "just... wow" he said. His head suddenly shot up "then what about all the times you ignored me when I was getting beat up?" he asked.

She just put her head down even more "I-I don't know... I was scared that everyone would turn on me too" she said as Hiccup froze again. it's not every day that Astrid Hofferson says she's scared.

"Hey" she said "listen can we talk about this later, maybe when were all sober" she asked. He nodded "yeah I better get Dj and Eret out of here before-"

The doors suddenly swung open and Eret was thrown through the door. "Haha, bitch!" Dj yelled from inside. Eret got up and ran back inside.

"-Before that" Hiccup finished and went inside to before someone got shot or staked.

morning

Hiccup's p.o.v

I groaned as I got up and slowly opened my eyes. Me and the others were at the same camp we used last time we were here. The only exception was that we weren't fighting young teens.

I looked around and seen Dj and Eret passed out around the fire. Both still had whiskey bottles still in their hands.

Dagur was asleep on Banshee with her pups curled around them. I smiled and slowly got up. I groaned again but this time was for a different reason.

I just remembered that I had volunteered to help Gobber at the forge today for old times sake.

I kicked Dj's foot just to make sure that vampires couldn't die from alcohol poisoning. I knew they couldn't but it was still fun. He groaned and I nodded. I did the same with eret before walking through the woods.

My eyes suddenly shot open as I remembered mine and Astrid's conversation from last night. Or did I imagine that. Shit that's gonna be awkward if I ask her about it and it wasn't real.

The thoughts left my body as I reached the forge and already heard Gobber singing away.

"Ah geez, no wonder the band broke up" I said entering the forge. "Ah shut up you little bastard" Gobber said as I laughed and grabbed my old apron but held it up against my body.

"Nope" I said tossing back on the table before I started up the sharpening wheel. "Don't fit lad?" Gobber asked I shook my head. "Not anymore" I said grabbing a sword out of the sharpen pile and begun to sharpen it.

lunch

I groaned and dusted off my shirt man I muttered. "Everything alright lad?" Gobber asked coming around the corner. "Yeah I said just been so busy I haven't had anytime in the forge lately and forgot how dirty it can get".

He laughed and patted my back. "Yeah, I remember how you used to complain all the time" he said laughing. "Well I'm going for lunch try not to burn the forge down" he said walking out the door.

"One time" I said "lad..." he said "seven times, whatever" I yelled as I heard him laugh. I smiled and looked out the window. It had been a slow day today except for spitelout, snotlout and a few other of the villagers coming to get their weapons sharpened and fixed, it was pretty slow.

I heard Toothless grumble over at the side of the forge. About nine he came by to keep me company until we could go flying. I sighed before walking outside and dunking my head in a barrel of water completely forgetting about my shirt.

"Oh great" I muttered before taking it off and throwing it on the top rail of the forge to dry. I turned around and walked back inside, if that fire goes out Gobber will have a yak.

After a few minutes of work I heard a knock at the window. I turned and flinched. There was a huge crowd of girls standing at the window all with different weapons and grinning faces.

I looked down at my bare chest and sighed "great" i said already knowing why they were here. It was a long walk back to the camp for another shirt and gobber didn't want the forge left unattended.

'Ah, well it'll give gobber some good business' I thought before going to the window.

3 person view

"Ow bitch" Dj yelled punching Eret in the gut while pulling his shirt down As the trio of dragon riders walked into the great hall. "Well next time don't get so drunk you can't see the thorn bushes when you decide to go in nature" Eret said throwing away a thorn.

"This isn't exactly fun for me either, you know" he said grabbing some mutton and mead. "Well next time don't get so drunk you keep everyone up muttering Merida in your sleep" Dj shot back grinning.

"That only happened once!" Eret shot back blushing slightly as they sat down at the table with the others. "Will you two shut up!" dagur said through his mask. He had still yet to tell his father he was alive, but had a feeling that Heather would force him to soon.

"Hey where's Hiccup" Astrid asked looking around. She really wanted to talk with him about what they talked about last night.

"Uh I think he's helping out in the forge today" Dagur said eating.

"Oh that would explain the crowd of girls around the forge" Tuffnut said as everyone looked at him. "What. There's a crowd of girls, I noticed end of story" he said.

Dj got up and walked over to the doors and opened them. "Ha, he's right" Dj said walking back to the table. Astrid excused herself from the table again and walked out of the doors.

"Oh boy" ruffnut said laughing "someone's going to get killed" she said standing up with Heather. "Eh, I'm up for some bloodshed" Dj said as the group got up and ran to the doors.

Hiccup's p.o.v

I lifted the sword off the sharpening wheel and examined it before handing it back to the girl. "There you go" I said smiling. she giggled and dropped the coins on the counter.

'Yep gobber was definitely going to like this' I thought. I have been working now for half an hour and I was only through have of the line.

"Next!" I called out as a brown haired girl handed me a axe and a dagger. "Thank you" I said giving her a wink. She smiled and waved at me.

'oh, and I thought that Rome was the last place I would get more money for less clothes' I thought laughing slightly at the memories.

"Whoa, 'iccup what's..oh" Gobber's voice rang out only to stop when he seen me. I smiled and turned at him. "Yeah, camp was too far away and my other shirt got wet so figured I'd make you some money".

He laughed and patted my back. "Oh lad you never change, do ya?" he chuckled "and you lasses may want to get away from here. Astrid is on her way over and did not look happy for some reason".

The girl who had just handed me the axe and dagger quickly took them back and just like they were chickens running from a fox, the crowd disappeared.

"Wow" I said laughing "guess Astrid's reputation for being the best fighter is still unbroken" I said as Gobber nodded.

"Hey where'd the girls go?!" I heard Dj yelled from outside as the group then appeared in front of the forge. Astrid looked like she was about to kill someone and everyone else had wide grins and smiles.

"Ah they left" I said turning around fully. Astrid's face went into a smile with her mouth open slightly. Everyone laughed as I waved a hand in front of her face.

She snapped out of her trance and blushed. "Sorry" she muttered "eh" I said waving a hand. "Happens to most girls who see me like this" I said before putting my shirt back on.

I then remembered the conversation with a Astrid the night before. Taking a deep breath I turned to the group and looked at Astrid.

"So Astrid after lunch you wanna go on a flight with me?" I asked making her freeze slightly. "Um sure yeah" she said smiling.

I smiled right back "great" I said. "Finally, jeez. Us dragons would've already had a clutch of eggs on the way" Toothless said making me blush and left Eret, Dagur and Dj in tears.

The berkians were left in a state of confusion. "What did he say?" Fishlegs asked. "Okay, so he sai-" Dj started but was cut off when I punched him in the head, knocking him out instantly.

I gave my hand a couple of shakes "I hate punching vampires" I muttered laughing slightly. "Let's go eat" I said before leaning close to Dagur.

"Bring him" I said quietly gesturing to Dj. He looked confused but nodded before picking Dj up and hoisting him over his shoulders.

Great Hall

"So why'd I have to bring this thing?" dagur grunted throwing Dj on Hiccup's table in the corner. "He has the gem of amara on, we could've left him".

"Because we need to discuss something" I said pouring mead on his face. He finally woke up and sputtered.

"Uh what happened?" he said "you were going to say something I didn't like, so I knocked you out" I said plainly. "Oh" he said before nodding "okay".

"Now" I said as Dj hopped off the table. "The romans" I said as everyone nodded understanding the situation now. "How'd they know to look in the Archipelago? Anyone ever mention anything about it?" I asked.

They shook their heads and I sighed how'd they know where to look. Not a lot of people knew that me and Dagur were vikings. Hell not a lot of people knew me and Dagur were Ryder and Shock.

"Okay Dj I got a job for you" I said as he looked at me with a questioning look. "You're the only one who can speak romanian fluently. Head out for rome in the morning and see what you can dig up".

"On it boss" he said grinning "just don't go too crazy" I said already knowing that that was wishful thinking. He smiled but didn't say anything else.

"And me and Eret have to get this guy ready for his date" Dagur said wrapping his arm around my neck. "not a date" I said blushing.