A/N: Well this should be interesting, will Henry and Hiccup survive. Or will they fall under the wrath of Astrid and Audrey. I had fun writing this, hopefully you all enjoy it.

WinterBreath0602: I had that scene planned out a couple of chapters ago. I also couldn't have seen her finding out any other way or reacting any other way. Now to see her contniued wrath, can Henry survive.

CB73: If he survives he is going to need a lot of help. Hopefully Toothless is willing to help. I know they were both getting on so well, hopefully they can survive and continue to get along.

Galaxy'-'wolf-1": I'm glad you are liking the story, Henry is going to need all the luck he can get plus some. I have no idea who drew the cover art it was just a picture i found online, as for the expressions, i just thought they fit, Henry being nervous, and Audrey all business.

Guest: The tension is thicker than butter, as for your question, it is something that I am thinking of myself, it wasn't something I had thought off orignally but should be addressed, so I will have to get back to you on that.

Here we go guys hope you all enjoy.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Mexican ;p

(Saturday, November 10th, 2018)

Neither Henry nor Hiccup had any idea of what to do. Staring down a very pissed off Audrey and Astrid was not something he would wish on anyone. Toothless, not understanding why this aggressive female had suddenly invaded his space, or why she was yelling at his human, slowly coiled his tail in front of Hiccup in the event he needed to protect him.

She was seething anyone could see that, her face was red, shoulders tense, eyes burning, and her breathing was heavy and staggered. The fact that she was dressed in her costume only added to the effect that she looked like a Viking warrior. Seeing her in costume did give him a bit of an idea, not wanting to confuse Toothless and make things worse, if that was possible. Hiccup knew he had to say something, he just hoped it would be enough.

"Hi Astrid." He said lamely as he tried to smile and play off that there was a dragon behind him.

"Don't you 'Hi Astrid' me! Tell me what the hell is going on here!" She demanded, growing angrier somehow.

Hiccup winced at her tone; he had somehow made it worse. But not much he could do about it now. He looked down at Toothless was still in his defensive stance around him, glaring at Astrid and growling in the back of his throat. He slowly placed a hand on the dragon's head and slowly stroked the scales an in effort to calm the beast down. He did not want to be caught in a battle between these two.

"Calm down Toothless. This is that friend I was telling you about." Hiccup whispered to the dragon.

Toothless looked up at Hiccup then over to Astrid, he repeated this a couple of times before he pulled his tail from in front of Hiccup and eased the tension out of his shoulders. He laid on the ground but kept his eyes on the angry female, friend or not he was not about to let Hiccup get hurt.

Hiccup nodded and thanked Toothless before he turned to face the other dragon that was glaring at him. Astrid was fuming but did have a look of shock across her face as she watched the interaction between Hiccup and the dragon. When Hiccup made eye contact with her again, she hardened her gaze and got back to the matter at hand.

"I'm still waiting for an explanation." Astrid said impatiently.

Hiccup sighed and tried to figure out how to explain all of this. He didn't have anything planned out, he though he still had time to plan all this out but now he had to wing it and hope that it would be enough, though looking at Astrid he wasn't sure.

"Astrid this is Toothless, Toothless this is Astrid." Hiccup started, gesturing between the two as he introduced them.

Astrid looked unamused, and Toothless decided to pull back his lips and expose his tooth filled mouth of razor-sharp teeth. Sighing loudly Hiccup could see that this was already off to a horrid start but knew that there was no going back now.

"This is the dragon that I shot down last month, the one we have been looking for. The NightFury." Hiccup continued, melding the real-life search for the NightFury with the scenes of the movie.

Realization washed over Astrid as she remembered reading the Book of Dragons with Hiccup and silently vowing never wanting to see the NightFury. Audrey remembered all the times that teams went out in search of the NightFury, trying to find the films rarest dragon and get things back on track. How losing the dragon had sent the tabloids into a frenzy, she remembered how everyone said that Henry liked to spend time in the hills and woods and how often she couldn't find him when she was trying to track him down. It all made sense now, and she was livid.

"So you knew where this dragon was, and you didn't tell anyone! Why would you keep this a secret, you know that we have been looking for that dragon for ages! Do you know what kind of mess that caused?!" Astrid and Audrey shouted at him.

The boy tried to explain himself, but Astrid stopped him by raising her hand and stomping towards him. Toothless on the other hand had lost his sense of duty to protect Hiccup. Having heard that this angry female was the friend that his human was talking about and gathering that his human had not been truthful with what he assumed was either his mate or potential mate. Toothless decided that his human wasn't in any real danger and could handle this himself.

The NightFury got up from his position behind Hiccup and walked over to his favorite sunbathing rock and laid down to warm himself. Hiccup seeing that his friend had seemingly abandoned him called out in horror.

"Woah, woah woah where do you think you're going?!" He shouted at Toothless.

Toothless tilted his head toward the form of a very pissed off Astrid, gave a low chuckle, and shook head. Showing that Hiccup was on his own and he wasn't about to get between Astrid and him.

"Useless Reptile." Hiccup muttered just as Astrid reached him.

She poked her finger into his shoulder which caused Hiccup to flinch and take a step back. She pushed his other shoulder and kept advancing on him. Unsure as to what was going on but the strength behind her shoves getting more and more forceful, Hiccup had to keep backing up.

"I thought I could trust you. I have been trying to do everything you asked, not getting mad at accidents, not getting mad at you, trying to be friendly, accepted that you weren't trying to ruin everything. And what do I get in return, you keeping secrets, acting strange, disappearing into the hills and forest, and blowing me off!" Astrid and Audrey shouted at him as she pushed him down to the ground.

There was more than anger in her words and action. She was hurt, she felt betrayed, the one person she though she could trust was keeping secrets and didn't tell her. She was unaware of the tears that had welled up in her eyes but refused to fall. Hiccup could see them, hot and angry tears as she glared down at him. He felt awful, he had asked so much of her and she never really asked for anything in return, just to be nice and honest with her. He had failed her before, but maybe he could make it up now.

"I'm sorry." Hiccup and Henry said softly.

"I'm sorry I kept this from you. I-I was just doing what I was told. Helga told me not to tell any of you, even though I wanted to." He explained.

"Helga? So that is what all those meetings were about?" Audrey asked, some of her anger dissipating.

"There was only one meeting, all those other times I told you that I had one was just an excuse to come out here and not have anyone looking for me. I know how this looks and I won't pretend to imagine how you feel. Just know that I hated it and I was planning on telling you tonight actually." Henry explained.

For the next hour he explained what Helga had discussed with him and his new role in the movie. Throughout the explanation both teens had moved to a nearby log and sat down, Audrey's glare slowly dissipated the more Henry explained, but the tension never left her shoulders. Once Henry was done explaining all the things he had learned from Toothless and how he had used it in the pens, he started to talk about his goal of getting Toothless to fly again and how he was about to test everything out.

"It's my fault he is stuck in here and I'm going to be the one who gets him out." He finished and looked at Audrey.

"I really am sorry. I didn't want to disappoint Helga and I was so excited that she trusted me like that. She said that we would tell you all soon enough but then she started acting weird and I didn't know what to do. I know it sounds like I was just trying to further my own path, but I promise you that is not why I did this. I didn't mean for any of this to happen, it was killing me to keep it a secret, especially from you. I just didn't know how to tell you or how to tell Helga that I was telling you. I know it's a lot to ask… again, I don't expect anything from you, just know that you were an amazing friend and I'm glad to have met you." Henry finished as he got up and walked over to Toothless.

Audrey watched him walk over to the NightFury in shock. This was not how she expected this meeting to go. She was hell bent on giving Henry a piece of her mind, which she did and got a few punches in, but everything else she had planned vanished as she listened to Henry's explanation. The sound of metal moving against itself drew her out of her trance and to the strange contraption that was on the NightFury. She stood up and made her way over to Henry and the dragon recalling something that he said.

"What do you mean you will get him out here?" She asked, breaking the silence that surrounded them.

Henry sighed and motioned to follow him, he led her to the tail of the NightFury and showed her what had happened. On one side she could see a natural looking tailfin on the other, one made of leather and metal that had all the connecting cables and rods lead up the length of the dragon.

"When I shot him down his tailfin was ripped off, the past few weeks I've been working on getting him flying again with moderate success. Without that tailfin he can't fly on his own. Today is the final test of all my work." He said sadly.

Audrey could sense the guilt and sadness that Henry felt for hurting the dragon. She was still unsure of what to think or feel. She understood Henry's reasoning for his weird behavior, she wasn't sure she would have done any better if Helga asked her to do the same. It still hurt all the same.

"I'm still mad at you." She said softly, as Henry checked over some cables.

"I would be surprised if you weren't." He replied calmly.

Henry checked over the remainder of his work in silence, not sure what else there was to say. He had explained himself to Audrey and got the feeling that she understood, at least a little. How could anyone, let alone a teenager, refuse what the director of their first movie asked them? Still she had the right to be mad, he wouldn't say what she could or couldn't feel. He just hoped he did and said enough to keep her friendship.

With one last pull on a cable he was satisfied that it would hold for the test, he made to mount the saddle and prepared to fly. Stunned at his sudden movement Audrey made a grab for Henry.

"Wait, where are you going?" She asked, a sudden worry in her voice.

"I'm going to fly him. Not to keen on it myself but I have to see if it all works. I owe him that and so much more." Henry said solemnly.

"And you just plan on what, leaving me here?" Audrey asked, irritation in her voice as she place her hands on her hips.

This question threw Hiccup for a loop. He didn't know what the right response to this question was. It seemed that if he answered either way he would get yelled at or punched, probably both. He slumped in the saddle and weakly turned his head to her.

"I don't have any right to ask you to come with me, to take on a serious risk. I didn't think you would want anything to do with me. You are mad and rightfully so, I just didn't want to make things any worse." Henry answered softly.

"True, you don't have any right to ask me anything, but you don't have the right to make a decision for me either. I may not like all the secrets you kept but I'll be damned if you crash and don't come back. So, I'm going with you to make sure you come back." Audrey said firmly.

"I…" Henry began.

Audrey raised a hand and stopped him in his tracks before he could get any ideas that she had forgiven him.

"I'm only coming with to make sure you stay alive; I still have my own debt to settle with you and you have to be alive in order for me to collect." She said just as firmly.

Henry nodded and motioned for her to come up behind him, she slowly and carefully got on the saddle. She grabbed onto his shoulders tightly and waited for him to give the order, though just before Henry could say anything, she looked down at the NightFury and remembered something odd.

"Why did you introduce me as Astrid." Audrey asked.

"He knows me as Hiccup and a modern name would have confused him, I'm working on breaking that to him after all of this." Henry explained.

"Hold on tight." He whispered to her as he nudged Toothless and shot into the sky.

A/N: So much for Toothless being any help at all. So Henry survives, if only to die another day so to speak. Next chapter we get to see the first flight and see someone else that hasn't been in the right frame of mind for awhile. Leave a review I love reading them. See you next time, stay safe and stay healthy.

Published 3/25/2020