I’M BETROTHED TO WHO?

by silvertreebranch

When the riders come back from the edge, their parents have some not so good news for them. A lot of them arranged marrages for their children while they were away, and since Astrid and Hiccup broke up, she is marrying someone else. Bad things happen and Astrid has to learn to get along with her new fiance

11. You done screwed up Hiccup

When his father got home, Hiccup recognized his annoyed walk, so he started to creep up the stairs so he didn't have to listen to him complain all evening.

"Hiccup!" Stoic roared. "Where are ya?"

Hiccup winced, wondering what his father wanted.

"Ya, hi, um, I'm here," he said, sitting on the stairs.

"Did you kiss Astrid today?" He asked, a stern look on his face.

Hiccup mentally winced. He really wanted to get back together with Astrid, he knew that they were soulmates, but he was an idiot earlier and kissed her.

"Uh, ya," he said sheepishly.

Stoic furrowed his brow.

"And you know that she is betrothed? And happily, I might add?" He said.

Hiccup nodded, unsure where his father was going with this conversation.

"Well, Tuffnut, her betrothed, has challenged out to a duel. Tomorrow. At, uh, 1:20, I think he said. And the weapon is maces."

Hiccup looked like he had been punched in the stomach. Then hit between the eyes. Then smacked upside the head. Which was to say, extremely shocked.

"Tuff? Challenged me?" He asked.

His father nodded.

"What!?! Why? And also, why 1:20?" He asked.

His father shrugged. "You kissed Astrid, who is betrothed to Tuff, and I'm willing to bet she didn't kiss ya back, because that boy is not smart enough to know about that law about duelling without her telling him about it. And as for the time," he shook his head. "I have no idea. I was confused too."

Hiccups mind was going a million miles a minute, thinking of all the reasons that Tuff and Astrid might want to duel him. He was sure that Astrid would duel him herself if it was allowed, but it wasn't, so he was lucky that it was Tuff he would be fighting and not Astrid. She could beat him with one hand tied behind her back.

Hiccup emerged from his brain and noticed that his father was sitting down in his chair, a good indication that their talk was over.

Hiccup went up the steps into his room, where Toothless was waiting for him. He went over and gave his dragon a hug, thinking about how he screwed up and how he was going to win that fight using a mace instead of a sword.

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Sorry for the short chapter, and sorry I haven't been posting a lot, but I hope that you liked it