I have returned! This took longer than it should have. Didn't have much time to write.

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"Looks like we have another Deadly Nadder." Hiccup was grinning and Astrid felt herself filling with excitement.

"A Deadly Nadder?" she asked. Deadly? She liked the sound of that.

Hiccup's only response was to reach into his pocket and pull out a small notebook. She could immediately see from the way it was made that it was from Berk. He opened it up and flicked through a few pages before passing it to her. She stared in amazement at the drawing in front of her.

The drawing was of a dragon. The dragon was fierce looking, covered in spines. It had only two legs and stood with it's wings held high. There were sharp spikes all the way down it's spine and it had a sharp, whip like tail. It reminded Astrid of a bird, if birds were fire breathing, spine covered reptiles.

"That's actually a drawing of Stormfly," Hiccup said breaking her from her thoughts. She looked closer at the picture and somehow recognised her. Her dragon form was amazing. She wondered how she could possibly turn into that.

"So this kind of makes things official, huh?" Astrid said. It at least felt that to her.

"Not really," Hiccup replied rubbing the back of his neck. "It's only the elder who can make things official."

"The elder?" she asked confused.

"The elder of the village," Hiccup said nodding. "No one really knows how old she is. But she's very wise. When a baby is born, she is the one who tells the parents what sort of dragon they will be. She then marks their dragon class somewhere on their body."

"Dragon class?" Astrid asked. She thought that she was finally getting the hang of all this Dragonborn stuff, but Hiccup kept reminding her of how little she truly knew.

"Different types of dragons are separated into different classes. Nadders, for example, are Sharp Class."

"And Night Furies?"

"Strike Class." She found herself wondering what it looked like, and what exactly he meant by 'mark'.

"D-do you mind if I see it?" she asked, feeling the blood rush to her cheeks. She hoped he wouldn't notice. He looked a little shocked at the question, running a nervous hand through his hair.

"Ok," he replied, his hands dropping to his sides where they gripped the edge of his shirt and lifted it up over his head. Her cheeks were definitely red now, along with the rest of her face. She had to stop herself from staring at the perfectly shaped muscles on his chest and stomach.

He leaned forwards slightly and she caught sight of something on his shoulder. She scooted round so that she sat behind him and finally saw the large mark on his shoulder that reminded her of a tattoo. It was a dragon wrapped around itself with its wings out slightly at the back. She recognised it as a Night Fury. She traced her hand slowly over the skin, her fingers tingling like they were full of electricity. She looked up to see Hiccup watching her.

"It's amazing," she whispered looking back down and tracing the mark again. "You're amazing." Their eyes met and she hadn't realised how close they had gotten until he was kissing her again and she felt fireworks in her chest. Soon enough she was sitting on his lap, his lean chest underneath her hand. She couldn't get her brain to work properly. All she could think about was Hiccup. Eventually they pulled apart to breathe and sat panting staring into each other's eyes.

"Should we get back to my lesson now?" Astrid asked eventually. Hiccup nodded.

"Good idea."

Astrid quickly got off his lap and they once again sat opposite each other. The lesson began again, but neither of them could concentrate. Hiccup was trying to help Astrid get used to the feeling of accessing her fire. Slowly she started to get the hang of it, but with their now unfocused minds, progress was slow.

Eventually he could see that she wasn't going to do any better while they were together and decided that that was enough for one day. He laced his fingers with her's as they began the walk back to her house. He was wary of any more scouts. He knew that they wouldn't just send one. He didn't want her walking back on her own for fear of getting hurt. She didn't mind. It meant she got to spend longer with him.

After she had collected her bag and said goodbye to the others, and Hiccup had explained what he was doing, they began on their way. The edge of the forest came to soon for the both of them and they found themselves slowing down, walking so slowly that they were barely moving.

"So I'll see you tomorrow?" Astrid asked. He nodded and let go of her hand. She took the opportunity to grab hold of his collar with both hands and pull him in greedily for another kiss. He was happy to return the kiss and soon the two of them stood helplessly in each others arms, holding onto each other like lifelines.

"I need to go," Astrid whispered, reluctantly pulling away. All she heard was a groan from Hiccup. He hadn't let go of where his hands held onto her waist.

"Fine," he grumbled. "But only because I don't want to get into trouble with your dad." She laughed as she he let her go and she took a sad step back.

"Bye, babe."

"Babe?" he asked with a raised eyebrow and a cheeky grin. She just rolled her eyes and walked off. "Bye milady!" She heard him call from behind her. She just shook her head and walked off back home, her body still tingling where his hands had been.

Sorry it took so long and sorry it's such a short chapter. I really wanted to write this scene but didn't want it to be part of the last or next chapter. Hope you enjoyed the fluff.

A few people have asked about Heather and Windshear. I don't think I'll be putting then in. I don't know why but I really don't like Heather. I honestly don't know why. If she is in it she'll probably be Dagur's sister.

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