Sorry this took me so long. Here it is! :D I don't know how long this fic will go for, but probably not much longer. I probably won't do another update until later on tonight, so...I'm so sorry about that. :) This is my FIRST update today, and I am also working on that Christmas fanfic I promised, so hopefully I get that one out in time for the holidays. :) I will start posting it on Christmas, and probably finish posting it on Christmas. I was thinking...maybe I should do TWO if I can get them both out there. Do you want a sneak peak at the titles? Well, here we go:

"We Celebrate Them" (which is also on my poll. Yes, I am writing that!) and "A Snoggletog Carol" (I finally got around to reading "A Christmas Carol" and fell in love with it. I just had to write something on it haha). So, there we go. If you have any requests, go ahead. And now...for the shout-outs:

Guest #1: Haha! Yeah, I suppose it is! I love Hiccup's sense of humor, though. :) Thanks for the review!

Lord Jaric: I'm glad you like it! Yeah, I think it does, too. :)

silverwolvesarecool: That's AWESOME! I'll have to look at it sometime. Tell me when it's finished! :D

Edlover23: HAHAHA! Mr. Dry Toast! :D Maybe I'll use that sometime. HAHA! Thanks for the awesome review!

ADayWithNoLaughterIsADayWasted: Aww, thank you for the reviews so much! :D

freyathefearless: Aaaaah...YES, now I remember! The Siren Dragon! YES! CREEPY LEGEND...YAYAYAYAYAAAAAY! I WILL write that sometime, I just don't know when...but it sounds SO AWESOME! YAY! THANK YOU!

Jesusfreak: Yep, E-Sharp777's got me hooked on his story, too. BUT HE WON'T TELL ME HOW IT ENDS! *stomps foot* I'm like "Hey Big Brother how does it end?" and he's like "Wait and see!" and I'm just like "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" He's almost as bad about cliffhangers as I am, if not just as bad. :D AND YES, I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT DREAMWORKS TO DO THAT SO BAD! And...your riddle...my mind doesn't want to think! AGH! Stupid mind, get the answer! Okay...I don't have the answer. I was going to say "Plot" but that's four letters. Hmmm...I'm clueless!

TigerLily the Wild: YES I love Hiccstrid. Especially when Hiccup's hurt and Astrid's worried about him. :) Thanks for the review, they keep me going! :D

xFaerieValkyriex : Yes, Valka Hurry! :D

"Are you okay, seriously?" Astrid asked. "You look like you're going to faint."

Hiccup rolled his eyes and offered a smile. "Thanks, Astrid," he said, quite possibly sounding too overenthusiastic, considering the situation. "You make me feel so good about myself!"

"I was being serious," said Astrid.

Hiccup sighed. "I know, I know," he said. "But really, I don't need you to worry about me any more than you already are."

"Sorry, Dragon Boy, not possible," said Astrid.

Hiccup frowned. "Okay, have it your way," he said.

"I plan to," said Astrid. She gestured to the makeshift bed Hiccup was sitting on. "Lay down," she ordered.

"Wait, what?" said Hiccup, turning to her suddenly, his emerald eyes flaring with confusion, mostly, mixed in with a slight pinch of him hoping he had heard her wrong.

"I'm having my way," said Astrid as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "And I said lay down."

"Oh come on, Astrid," Hiccup groaned. Astrid pushed him back down when he tried to get up, and he wasn't strong to fight her on a regular day, much less when he was that weak. "This is...really not fair," he complained.

Astrid smirked. "You bet it's not," she said. "But really, you should get some rest."

"I'm ooookkkkaaaayy, Astrid," Hiccup groaned. "Really, really, I'm fine. You can stop worrying."

"No, no I can't," said Astrid. "I'll stop worrying when you're sleeping. And even then I'll probably continue to worry."

"Astrid..." Hiccup started, his voice trailing off.

"No," said Astrid. "Don't you 'Astrid' me. You are going to sleep if I have to knock you out myself."

"You wouldn't do that!" said Hiccup.

"OKAY I wouldn't," said Astrid. "Just please go to sleep, Hiccup, please? It'll make me feel better, really, it will."

"Okay, okay, fine," said Hiccup. "Just so long as you stop worrying."

"For now, maybe," said Astrid.

"Thanks, I guess," said Hiccup. "And you know what?"

"What?" said Astrid.

"I'm glad you worry about me," he smiled, and then shrugged uncertainty "To some extent, I suppose."

"Get used to it," said Astrid. "You worry me more than you realize, Hiccup Haddock."

"Greeeeat," Hiccup said, holding the word out probably more than he should have.

"Glad you think so," said Astrid. "So, go to sleep."

Hiccup really didn't need to be told again. His eyes were already closing. He laid back and quickly fell into a peaceful sleep.

Astrid watched him for another hour or so before standing up, heading back towards the entrance to the cave. Toothless and Stormfly looked up at her quickly before laying back down, curling around themselves like tired kittens. Astrid offered both of them a smile and looked out the mouth of the cave. Just as she did, a shadow passed over her. She gasped and stepped backwards, before realizing that it was only Valka returning on Cloudjumper.

Cloudjumper landed in front of the cave and allowed his rider to dismount. Valka did so and approached Astrid, a slight smile on her face.

"You doing alright?" she asked.

Astrid nodded. "Fine," she answered. "Yeah, Hiccup's sleeping, so...yeah, he's sleeping." Why was she at such a loss of words? She was never at a loss of words. She always knew what to say, no matter what the situation was. And now, her mind was like a clean slate.

Valka, seemingly not to notice, motioned to Cloudjumper. Cloudjumper approached, and Valka unstrapped the dragon's saddlebag.

"I brought food," said Valka. "You still hungry?"

"Yeah," said Astrid; the only word she found herself able to speak at that moment. Then, she followed Valka back into the cave.

...

A few minutes later, Valka and Astrid both had fish stuck on sticks, hanging over a small fire Valka had started. Stormfly and Cloudjumper were sleeping behind their riders, Toothless curled up around Hiccup.

"So...do you know Hiccup...well?" Valka asked.

Astrid was slightly taken back by the question, and more so the way Valka's voice wavered, almost as if she were nervous.

"Well, yeah, I suppose," said Astrid. "I've known him really for his whole life...well, maybe not. We weren't exactly 'friends' the first fifteen years, so I guess I've really only known him for five."

Valka nodded and glanced over at Hiccup before returning her attention back to Astrid. "What's he like?" she offered.

Astrid nearly choked on her fish. She really hadn't been expecting that question by a long shot, but then again, Valka didn't know Hiccup. Well, she did, technically; she was his mother, after all, but she didn't really know-know Hiccup. She didn't know what he liked to do, what he was good at, or anything like that.

"Well...he's...sarcastic, slightly," said Astrid. "Sarcasm for him is more of a defense mechanism, since he's not physically strong. He can't fight with his strength, so he fights with his words."

Valka nodded, silently urging her to continue.

"He's...clever," said Astrid. "The type of clever that makes even me feel ignorant. He has a brilliant mind, and is also creative. Some of his ideas are insane, but I suppose sometimes insane is good, to some extent. He's kind, really, too. Puts others before himself, tries not to argue, tries to keep fights from starting...he runs the Dragon Academy back on Berk."

"You have a Dragon Academy?" Valka looked almost excited.

"Yeah, we do," said Astrid. "It's actually a really funny story, how it started and all. Of course it was one of Hiccup's 'insane' ideas that got us into it, really. He trains dragons, too. He was the first Berkian to ever train a dragon...well, besides you, of course."

Valka smiled. "You know," she said, "it's strange to think I don't know anything about my twenty-year-old son."

"Hey, I live on the same island as he does, and I still don't understand him," said Astrid. "Now that I think about it, I'll probably never really truly understand him. He's a very, very, very strange person, really different than your typical viking. But he's got a brilliant mind. And a ton of patience. He runs the Dragon Academy, and let's just say that's a lot harder than it sounds. Not only that, but he also trained a Night Fury without any of us knowing."

"So he's clever, smart, creative, slightly insane, sarcastic, not strong physically, kind, patient, a great leader, and a dragon trainer," said Valka. "Does that pretty much sum it up?"

"Yeah," said Astrid. "But he's also daring. Jumps off Toothless while a thousand feet in the air just for the fun of it."

"And daring," Valka added.

"Now you have summed it up," said Astrid.