Chapter 11

Shock

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry about the long wait! It was really hard to figure out where to go from the last chapter. And, again, sorry for the bad title, you'll understand it when you read it! X3 So I hope you guys will enjoy this chapter! This moment is going to be half Aladin n half HTTYD moment :3

"So let me get this straight. You managed to tame a Night Fury. The rarest dragon to ever existed on earth?!", Fishlegs asked. Wearing his serious face with his brown eyes narrowed. His arms were crossed on his chest as his chin was raised. Dirty blond hair was poking out from his tiny viking helmet.

The kids were in the forest again late at night. The moon was their only source of light as it illuminated the trees. A slight breeze was felt as everyones bangs flew with the wind. There were no owls hooting or crickets chirping tonight. It was like the entire forest was asleep.

"Well. We were both very little when we first met.", said Hiccup as he moved some of his brown bangs away from his eyes. His green eyes glowed against the moons light as he looked at Fishlegs who was asking questions all night. Surprisingly, Hiccup wasn't annoyed. Yet. He was actually happy that he got to show off his dragon and tell others all that he'd learned. Well, mabe not everything. After all, he has to be careful how much he tells certain people certain things.

"How old is he?", Fishlegs asked again as he put his hand underneath his chin as he thought. "He's the same age as me. 15.", said Hiccup as he blinked.

"This is boring!", complained Snotlout. He was leaning against a tree as he sat in the soft green grass. He kept pulling grass out of the ground and putting them in a pile, almost like a nest. "Well, mabe if you spend time with your long lost cousin, you might actually learn something!", commented Astrid. It was half sarcastic and half annoyance. The blonde girl was leaning against a tree, a bit far away from the group. Her right foot over her left. Her ax in her arm and in the other hand was a rock as she glided it against her ax to sharpen it. "For example.", she started. She dropped the rock sarcastically behind her and stabbed her ax in the ground. She clapped her hands together as if she was getting dust off and walked over to Hiccup.

"Where have you been this whole time?", she asked as she flicked her head and narrowed her icy blue eyes at him.

Hiccup just stared at her as he fiddled with his metal stick. He kept twirling it around with two of his fingers. "Away.", he simply said. Astrid didn't like the answer he gave her. She snarled as he blue eyes glared daggers into him. Astrid didn't like this boy. Sure he's Snotlouts cousin and Stoicks son, but he's a real pain in the ass. He will only talk about certain dragons and how he left. But he won't talk about where's he's been this whole time. She turned back around toward her ax. Hiccup just looked down as he thought that she just gave up on the question. But when Astrid got to her ax, she gripped it tightly and pulled it out of the ground with a grunt. Everyones eyes widened when Astrid flung her ax toward Hiccup. Her ponytail swirled behind her head as she twisted her body to aim.

The ax clawed a scratch on Hiccups left cheek as it slammed into the tree behind him with a klunk. The boy didn't even flinched when that happened. He just blinked and slowly looked back up at her as he stopped fiddling with his stick. Astrid hated this even more. Even Snotlout would flinch at something like that.

Silence swept over them as the wind blew in air. Fishlegs tried his best not to move for he thought he would get in trouble if he did. Snotlout just rolled his eyes. "What the heck was that Astrid?", he asked. She didn't even bother to look at him.

She walked over to Hiccup, while her red spiked skirt swayed with each step she took. Once she got to him, they glared at each other for a moment. Then she gripped the handle of her ax and pulled it out of the tree. A few splinters of brown bark sliding out along with it. She flict herself around and trudged off. Hiccup looked down, but his greens eyes kept looking back at her as she walked off into the forest. "Pfft. Girls.", smirked Snotlout. He grunted as he got up. "Well, we better get going too.", he said as he looked at Fishlegs and over at his cousin. Hiccup nodded, "See ya Snotlout.", he said with a small smile. Snotlout smiled back and started to walk off. Fishlegs close behind him.

Green eyes kept watching the two bodies until they completely vanished into the trees. He waited a few minutes until he was sure that they were far away enough to where they wouldn't see or hear him.

"Alright Astrid, you can come out now.", he said a bit loud.

There was some rustling of leaves that was heard behind the boy. A girl with a blue striped shirt and red spiked skirt padded out from behind a bush. She moved her blond bangs away from her eye a bit with her hand and put it back down by her waist. Her blue eyes narrowed as she kept staring at him. Hiccups green eyes stared into hers. His expression unreadable.

"What is it?", he asked politely. "Oh don't play that game with me Hiccup! Your hiding something from us and I want to know what!", she spat as she got closer to him. Hiccup sighed and stood up from leaning against the tree. He put his metal stick onto the side of his belt with a 'click'. "I have many secrets Astrid. Many that I wish that I never knew about.", he mumbled as he crossed his arms over his chest. His face serious. If she could, Astrid would have narrowed her eyes even more. "Well, that's all the more reason why I want to know!", she sneered. Hiccup blinked. It seemed like nothing would faze him. And that really pissed her off. There was something about this kid that she really doesn't like. But yet theres something inside her that wants her to get to know him. There's also this tingling feeling inside that she's getting really annoyed with. She only felt it ever since she first saw Hiccup. That is what she's pissed off about.

They glared at each other for a few moments.

Then he started to walk past Astrid. She looked at him like he was crazy. "Where do you think your going?!", she spat. As Hiccup got farther into the woods she gave an annoyed sigh and trudged after him.

They both past a few more trees until they got trapped between the ledge in front of them and the trees behind them. Astrid stared at the ledge and then the trees and then at Hiccup. "Ok. I don't care what the others say about you. Your freaking crazy!", she said as she pointed her ax at him. He turned around to face her. His bright green eyes staring at her like he's looking at her soul. She flinched a bit at his gaze. Her hand gripped tightly around her ax. Then she pointed her ax him accusingly, "Why don't just jump off of a cliff and die!", she snarled.

Hiccup lifted his arms as he shrugged. He turned around sarcastically and padded over to the edge. Astrids blue eyes widened in surprise as she lowered her ax. Once the boy got to the edge he stuck his foot out. "W-wait!", she shouted as he fell off the edge. Astrid ran over to the cliff. She panted when she got there and stared over the edge. She scanned the whole area underneath her, but there was no sign of the boy.

She was about to freak out when she heard a 'vrooming' noise. She saw a huge flash of a black wind flying straight above her. Her blue eyes stare at it in shock. The black flash swooped down next to her by the ledge. It was the dragon with black scales. On top of him was a boy with brown hair and green eyes. The Night Fury and the Dragon Rider.

"W-wha?", she stammered. Hiccup looked at her with a smirk like he was amused.

"Hiccup I-I..", she tried to talk and say 'I'm sorry', but they wouldn't come out. Hiccup nodded in understanding.

He extended his arm as he showed the palm of his hand. "Do you trust me?", he asked her. Astrid put a hand over her bangs to move away from her eyes as she looked at him confused, "What?", she asked. Hiccup leaned a bit closer to her and his hand went closer to her. "Do you trust me?", he asked again. Astrid narrowed her eyes as she tilted her head a bit. She stared into Hiccups green eyes. "Y-yes…?", she mumbled. She slowly put her hand in his.

The dragon made a purring noise while it tilted his head a bit to take a glance at them.

Hiccup grabbed her hand and lifted her onto his dragons wing. She tried her best to balance on the floating wing as she tried to get behind him. Once she was done walking on the wing, she put her leg over the back body of the dragon. Her hands was on her side as she looked at the back of Hiccups head. Wind was blowing his short brown hair. She was lost in thought as the Night Fury started to flap his wings a couple of times. "So… What now?", she asked him. Hiccup took a glance at her and stared back at the sky with a smirk. He put his hand on his dragon and rubbed his head. The dragon purred in understanding. "You might want to hang on.", said Hiccup. Astrid looked at him worriedly and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Toothless wings fluttered up and down a bit as he moved his body upward. After a few more flaps, he was leveled enough to to fly upward. Once he was facing the top, he flapped his wings so strong that a few branches from the trees beside them flew cracked.

They flew up in the air even faster than birds chasing their prey. Astrid had to hide her head behind Hiccups so that the wind doesn't get in her eyes. But she noticed that Hiccup and Toothless both had their eyes opened all the way and didn't even blink! "Come on bud!", said Hiccup as he gave him some encouragement. Toothless made a growling noise as they realised that they were now above the clouds. Astrid held on tighter as she looked down.

All she could see were dark gray clouds floating below them. Then she looked upwards and saw bright white fluffy ones. Just barely touching her head. Her blue eyes looked all over the clouds. The suns bright yellow rays blasted through the clouds in it's glorious glow. She slowly let go of Hiccups waist. Hiccup noticed this gesture and smiled. She lifted her hands into the white clouds and smiled when she felt the coolness of the fog like cloud.

After a few moments of enjoying the scenery Hiccup had Toothless lower to the ground. They were so close to the water, Toothless's paws were skimming through the waves he was making. Astrid smiled as she looked down at the water. You could see her reflection. As well as Hiccup's as he concentrated on flying his dragon. She blinked as she realised what the feelings inside her was. Then she shook her head as she thought it was ridiculous.

Hiccup padded the side of Toothless's head. The dragon made a nodding gesture.

He flapped his wings a couple times and started to fly back to the cliff side.

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Once they got back to the cliff, Astrid hopped off of Toothless. She moved her bangs out of her face. "So what are you going to do now?", she asked. To Hiccups surprise, she was smiling at him (for once). "Well. For one I have to go make a new helmet since Snotlout took mine. And second. I'll be back tomorrow.", he said as Toothless was about to flap his wings. "Oh!", said Hiccup. Toothless put his wings down. "One more thing.", he said.

Hiccup quickly jumped off of his dragon and jumped over to Astrid. Once he got up to her, he leaned in and gave her a soft kiss on her lips. Astrid's blue eyes widened as she inhaled a gasp. To her disappointment Hiccup broke the kiss and hopped back onto Toothless. Before she knew it, they were gone and into the sky.

All Astrid could do was stand there in shock.

A/N: yay! A little Hicstrid or whatever you people call it these days! / Hope you enjoyed it! And again, sorry it took so long! Busy with school n stuff ya know? Life sucks sometimes when it gets in the way of you typing your stories huh? :T