A/N: Holy shit has it been 2 years?

I don't know where to begin. I've been so busy over these past couple of years that writing fics went right to the back of my mind. But, as I'm coming up to my GCSE's and I'm months away from starting college I needed a little breather and remembered I had an ongoing fic that I still had to finish. So, here I am. I can't say how often ill be able to write these out and upload them, but ill try my best.

If you're new here then welcome, but if you're returning then thank you for waiting this long and I really cant apologise enough. So, lets see if I can still write something decent. Thank you all and I love you so much. :3

Lets get on with it shall we?

Chapter 3: The Return

3rd person P.O.V (I may do most chapters in 3rd person from now on)

The next morning, Hiccup woke up with an odd throbbing pain in his head that he couldn't seem to shake off. It seemed to have just come on suddenly, but it didn't hurt too badly so he just nonchalantly ignored it. Plus, it was Friday, and who the hell hates Fridays?

The visit to his dear mothers grave the other day still plagued his mind as he realised how long it had been since he had went to see her. He felt like he was betraying her memory in a way, but he was sure she would understand as he'd been so busy with school and such. He begrudgingly made his way downstairs, casually tripping over toothless who thought it would be a good idea to sit directly outside Hiccup's door like some damn soldier on guard. Hiccup knew how much his dog cared for him, so he laughed it off as he ruffled his loyal companions fur and directed Toothless to follow him downstairs. He gave his dad a casual nod as he made his way into the kitchen and his monstrous mountain of a father gave a lazy grunt in response as he sat engrossed in his newspaper. Hiccup trudged over to the cabinet to grab a box of cereal and simultaneously grab his dogs foul smelling food. He picked up both boxes one in each hand and proceeded to head over to and put them both down on the table so he could then grab himself a bowl and grab his dogs food bowl. As Hiccup went about multitasking he decided to inform his father of his visit to the graveyard the other day. "So, uh, Dad. I went to see mom the other day".

There was an awkward silence for a few moments.

"Oh, did you now?" Stoick responded as he hoisted himself up from his seat and made his own way into the kitchen, "How's me dear Valka doing?" Hiccup gave himself a crooked smile as he began to pour his cereal. "Oh, you know, same as always. She's still a great listener, better than you anyway." Stoick chuckled to himself as he proceeded to sit himself down at the table, "Oh come know son, don't make me have to slug you in the arm." "Is that a challenge Dad, I'd like to see you try." Stoick shot Hiccup one of those disapproving glares, "Come on Hiccup, don't make me." Hiccup knew when he was bested and casually raised up his hands in defeat. He went about finally pouring Toothless' breakfast into his bowl to his fluffy companions delight before grabbing himself some milk from the fridge and returning to his seat at the table. As he sloshed the milk into his bowl, Stoick cleared his throat and informed Hiccup of his work endeavours. "Son I, um, I'm afraid I'll be away on work business until Monday but I trust you're sensible enough to look after yourself." Hiccup gave his father a silly two fingered salute with his unoccupied hand. "Sure thing cap, I can handle myself."

If Hiccup was honest with himself, it always pained him to see his father leave on his work trips, but it pained him even more that he'd become so used to it. Stoick was head of the very large and very profitable oil company that was situated in Berk which made him a very important and very busy man. His company, boringly named Berk Oil Incorporated, had company deals with oilers up in Canada and Alaska which are some of the best places to mine the ghastly stuff. This often meant that he spent a few days or weeks up in the north making sure everything was going according to plan and filling out any necessary paperwork. When Hiccups mother was still here, she was always around to look after him and make sure he didn't end up burning the house down, but since she passed Hiccup had learned to care for himself to the best of his ability. Hiccup didn't dwell on this thought for too long and stood up to go put his bowl into the sink and go get himself ready for school.

Toothless jovially followed along as Hiccup proceeded upstairs to dress himself for school. As he flung open the door to his cupboard to pick out probably the same shirt he wore all the time so he had no idea why he bothered to look, something small, brown and fluffy caught Hiccup's eye wedged in the bottom of the cupboard. He strained himself to reach down and pick it up, and realised that it was a small brown teddy bear. How had he not noticed this yet? The fluffy bear had garnered a considerable amount of dust, so Hiccup stupidly gave the bear a gentle blow and somehow the dust managed to blow up in his face. He coughed and sputtered, considering himself very much surprised at how dusty this bear was, and then proceeded to sit himself down on his bed. After deciding his face was cleared of dust, Hiccup gently twirled the dainty little bear in his hand, admiring how much of a good condition the toy still seemed to be in. He couldn't quite put his finger on where it'd come from, but it still filled him with a sweet sense of nostalgia and unclear pleasant memories.

"Your mother got that for you when you turned 5"

Hiccup turned to see his father leaning against his doorframe, giving the bear and Hiccup a sickly sweet smile, like he was happy to see the bear but yet it also pained him to. He returned his fathers smile with his own crooked one. "I thought it seemed familiar, I just couldn't quite place where it'd come from." Stoick gave a weak chuckle, and went over to Hiccup's bed and sat down next to him. "I'll never forget the look on your face when you opened it. By jovi, you were ecstatic. You wouldn't stop playing with it for weeks, and you held it as tight as you could when you slept. I mean, you even took it with you to the bathroom." Hiccup's gaze averted from the bear to look at his father, who's eyes had softly glazed over. "Dad...". Stoick abruptly wiped his eyes and hastily stood himself up from the bed, "Well, I better be off Hicca', don't wanna be too late getting there." He gently turned on his heels and began to head out of Hiccups room. "Hey dad?" Stoick turned himself back around, and Hiccup swiftly made his way over to his father and wrapped his hands around his fathers large midriff in a warm hug. "Don't have too much fun now ya hear?" Stoick chuckled once again and returned the hug, wrapping his arms around his considerably smaller son. "I'll try not too Hic, now let go before this gets too awkward." Hiccup removed his arms from his father, Stoick the same, and the two stood there comfortably for a few moments. "Well, see ya later Dad." "Yeah, you too son." And with that, he turned and left.

Hiccup carried on with dressing as he heard the door gently shut, signalling his fathers departure. He threw on his usual attire, brushed his teeth, bid farewell to Toothless, grabbed his keys, phone, bag, shoes and jacket and headed out the door. He began his daily walk to school, luckily coming across Fishlegs along the way considering he'd left a bit later than usual. "Heya Hiccup, how ya doing man?" Fishlegs held out his fist signalling Hiccup to give him a fist bump, and he happily obliged. "Not too bad man, thanks." The two carried on, occasionally bantering about something or other, before finally finding themselves arriving at school. Before departing for homeroom, Fishlegs managed to give Hiccup some, to him, good news. "Oh, dude, by the way, Snotlouts off sick today. He got some random bug suddenly." Hiccup threw a celebratory party in his head, but kept it too himself. "Oh really? Thanks Frank, see ya later." Fishlegs raised one eyebrow at Hiccups sparse use of his proper name, "Sure thing Hiccup, see ya later." He gave Frank a parting fist bump, first making his way to his locker before heading over to homeroom.

Hiccup slid up to his locker, dialled in the number combo and then messily shoved all of his possessions inside. As he gave his phone a quick check, a pretty blonde girl came up beside him and attempted to give an attention-getting cough, which just caused Hiccup to jump. He turned around and jumped once again, seeing Astrid standing there with her arms crossed meekly in front of her. "Christ on a bike Astrid, don't scare me like that." She rolled her eyes slightly and huffed, "Well sorry, don't be such a wussy." He rubbed the back of his neck uncomfortably and gave a half hearted apology, "Yeah well, um, I'll try no to be." Astrid suddenly took on a slightly different tone as she asked Hiccup a question he didn't expect to hear. "Hey Hiccup, I saw you at the cemetery yesterday, why were you there?"

He froze.

Hiccup looked at Astrid with a mix of confusion and mild horror as she just looked back at him quizzically. "Oh. It... It was no one, don't worry about it." Hiccup suddenly started to walk off, casually making his way past Astrid. She caught his arm just as he went to make his way past. "Hiccup, don't just blow me off, who were you visiting." He suddenly hissed out a reply, "Don't worry about it!" Astrid was slightly taken aback as he instantly regretted saying it in such a harsh manner. Hiccup could see the slight hurt in Astrids eyes, but she just huffed again and shoved Hiccups arm back at him. "Fine. Sorry for trying to make sure you were alright." Astrid pushed past Hiccup and made her way down the corridor, shoving her hands in her pockets. "Astrid, I didn't mean to...". Hiccup tried to apologise, but she had already disappeared into the sea of students. He gently sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose between his finger and thumb, and shook his head gently. "Way to go Hiccup, you really buggered that one." He let go of his nose, slammed his locker and made his way off to homeroom.

Despite the fact he'd probably upset her beyond belief, Hiccup couldn't help but think about how she seemed genuinely concerned about him. He knew that they both weren't really friends, nor did they hate each other, but nonetheless he was still surprised. He also didn't think anyone was at the graveyard that night, in fact he was certain of it. He guessed she must of just been walking by and caught sight of him leaving.

The day seemed to pass by quite quick. They always did for Hiccup, especially the classes that him and Fishlegs shared together, because father time simply couldn't let him savour the classes he spent with his only school companion. Before he knew it, the bell had rung to signal the end of the day, and Hiccup couldn't have made it out the door quicker. He grabbed his things from his locker, and caught Frank on the way out, and the two chatted as they made their way home. As they were strolling, Hiccup caught sight of Astrid leaning against the wall of the school building. He signalled to Fishlegs to go on home without him, to which his friend caught sight of Astrid and gave Hiccup a big thumbs up. He punched Fishlegs in the arm, before saying his goodbyes, leaving his friend with a sore arm and no one to walk home with. Hiccup made his way over to the blonde beauty, and coughed to get her attention as she had him. Funnily, Astrid herself jumped, and she glared at Hiccup as he gave her a sheepish smile. "What do you want Hiccup?"

"I was visiting my mother."

Astrid stared at Hiccup, mouth slightly agape, as he stood there nervously wringing his hands. Hiccup cleared his throat and explained himself, "I thought I was kind of rude to you earlier so, y'know, I thought I'd answer your question. I know we're not exactly friends, but we're not exactly enemies either so I guess I'm glad you somewhat cared about me." With that, Hiccup turned on his heels and began to leave. Astrid finally came back to her sense and once again grabbed his arm before he could go. Hiccup turned to look at Astrid, and her eyes were filled with pity and understanding. "How long's she been gone?" Hiccup sighed as he tried to remember an exact time, but really couldn't. "Oh, y'know, a long time now. Or it seems it anyway." Hiccup had suddenly become even more nervous as Astrid continued to look at him caringly. He gave a nervous swallow and bid farewell to Astrid, "Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for showing even the smallest bit of concern for little ol' me. See ya." Hiccup departed quickly before Astrid could get another word in, and she watched him walk away, casually shoving his hands into his pockets. Astrid sighed and continued to watch him walked off in what she assumed was the direction of his home. "Bless you Hiccup."

Finally arriving home, Hiccup kicked his shoes off, threw his keys into the bowl and plopped his bag down by the stairs. He loped into the kitchen, where he was happily greeted by his fluffy companion who easily toppled Hiccup down like a domino onto the kitchen floor, coating him in dog saliva. "Alright, buddy, alright! You're glad to see me. I'm glad to see ya too." Hiccup humoured his dog and ruffled his hair as Toothless continued to assault him with kisses. Finally letting up, Toothless jumped off of Hiccup allowing him to stand up and then promptly fling some of the saliva back at his dog friend. "Got ya back bud." Hiccup gave hiccup a quick disapproving stare before heading over to his dog bed and taking a nap. Hiccup grabbed a glass from one of the cupboards and poured himself just a simple glass of water, before moving himself back into his living room and plonking himself down on the sofa. No sooner did he sit down than the doorbell suddenly ring, and Hiccup, curious as to who would be at the door, got up to go and answer it. He stuck the key in the door, turned it and opened it only to be greeted by somebody he didn't think he'd see.

Standing at the door was a girl slightly taller than him, only by a few inches or so, with raven black hair tied in a neat ponytail. She had behind her what seemed to be a suitcase that was obviously filled with clothes and personal items. She wore casual shorts and a nice top, with some black tinted sunglasses sitting nicely on top of her head. Hiccup beamed up at the girl stood before him. She smiled back.

"Heya little bro, how you been?"

"Heather!"

Oh yeah, yeah I'm doing the whole 'Heather as Hiccups sister' thing, but I like it its a good idea.

Anyway, hope that was alright. Sorry if it seems a bit messy, but I haven't written anything in two years. Still tho, it's good to be back and I'll update this story as much as I possibly can when I have the time, I promise.

Thanks so much, love you lots :D

WantsAndWishes xx