It was the day before Hiccup's birthday and most of the plans were already settled. All they needed now was to actually do their work. Astrid had been up most of the night, after calming down after the visit with Hiccup, planning the whole celebration. It took her a while to actually start on the planning, but she managed to pull herself together a while later.
She was walking with Stormfly up to the great hall to get some food. She would be sitting at the table with the Chief and the council along with her friends. Gobber was actually the leader of the whole project and had left Astrid second in charge since she had come up with the idea. All they had to do now was waiting for Gobber to come and they would start. She entered the hall where Vikings, most of Berk, were eating and talking. Stormfly went over to a pack of dragons, where they usually stayed since it wasn't enough room for them to walk around in the hall. Sitting down, she greeted the chief and the council, eating her chicken leg as she listened to the conversation.
A few minutes later Gobber came and walked over to the table and the planning started. Stoick didn't even bother to ask how his son was holding up since he had already asked a couple of times. They discussed if the dragons should stay inside the great hall along with the Vikings at first, and then moved on to the next.
"I think we should let the tamed dragons stay inside to honor Hiccup. I would think he'd like to see dragons too, instead of just Vikings," Astrid suggested, thinking the wild ones should stay outside. They wouldn't want them to ruin the whole hall and run off with the food again.
"I agree," Stoick said, nodding along with the other Vikings.
"And we should have some tables to contain the food and maybe a few decorations like on Snoggletog. Just more green and Hiccup looking style," Gobber suggested. He thought the celebration could be more of Hiccup's style than any other Viking, since he's such a unique boy. Everyone nodded and set up groups on who could do what. Not everyone would be able to anticipate in the decoration, due to their jobs on the island.
Suddenly Toothless walked in to the Great hall, searching for any familiar faces. When he noticed Gobber he walked over to him, putting on an innocent face. Gobber looked at him with a confused face. He looked back and forth at the fish on his plate in hope to make him understand. "Oh, you hungry boy?" Gobber said happily. Toothless gave him a gummy smile, following Gobber as he walked over to a stack of fish. "Here you go. Do you want to help them decorate while I give something to Hiccup?" He asked, earning another toothless smile from the dragon. Gobber chuckled, patting his head before he went off to give Hiccup something to do, just to keep him distracted.
Astrid sat by a table with some kids who helped her make some drawings and decorations for the event. She thought it would be a good thing to make some drawings for Hiccup to show him he was being loved by not only the elders, but also the towns youngest. "Why don't you guys draw some ideas for weapons or draw him and toothless while I go put these up?" The younger ones squealed in joy, grabbing all the paint they could and began drawing different things.
She walked away from the table, carrying a box with the decorations only to be greeted by the highly respected dragon of Berk. She stopped in her tracks, looking down at the smiling dragon. "You want to help us? Okay, let's get this in place shall we?" She said, walking along with a happy night fury. They went over to the teens and gave them some silk and fabric and began decoration the tables and everything they possibly could. They tried not to make it look too over decorated and slowed down on the green color and let the brown color of the wooden objects blend in. Toothless noticed Astrid struggling to set place something up high. He placed her on his head by surprise, lifting her higher up. "Woah, thank you Toothless," She said, catching her normal heart beats again after the sudden movements.
Hours passed and the night was settling in by the time they had finally finished. Toothless went back to Hiccup a few hours ago to give him some company. He got a lot of greetings from the Vikings and while decorating he wanted to watch over the kids. Once he walked over to them he wished he hadn't. They ran over to him, holding some fish in their hands and some wanted to pet him or ride him. He just lay down, irritated as he watched them. After a few minutes he gave up and played with them until he remembered his rider and went off, making the younger Vikings whine in disappointment.