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Hiccup

One minute I was reliving a painful memory and pouring my heart out and the next Astrid is kissing me and I was utterly dumbfounded. She pulled back and I could still feel the sting of her lips on mine. I looked at her and then just kissed her again but she didn't try and stop me and in fact returned the kiss. Once I pulled away I brought her in for a hug and felt like something in my heart was healing like a five year old wounded repairing itself.

"Sorry didn't mean to catch you off guard." I said.

She leaned back and glared at me and then punched me lightly on the arm. She then smiled and laughed at me. I couldn't help but join her and before long we were both falling over. I recovered slowly and then the awkward silence began and I scratched the back of my head.

"About time." Toothless said.

"What do you mean by that?" I retorted.

"Do you have any idea how many times your mind went to her. Remember I can read your thoughts and whenever you were asleep she would come across your mind."

Heat ran up to my face and she turned her head and looked at me with a gleam in her eyes.

"What did he dream Toothless?" she asked.

"Some of it was just your face or you walking but every now and then again it would get…"

"Okay Toothless she doesn't need to know!" I yelled.

Astrid laughed and then got up and went over the the cupboard and gabbed the basket that had the fish in it.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm hungry that's what and plus you weren't the one who was busy rebuilding houses all day."

I laughed and got up to join her. She got out two fish and proceeded to cook them over the fire in the center of the room. I looked out the window and the sky was changing from blue to a slight red hue and that meant that the sun was getting ready to set. The day had been cold ad now would only get colder. Off in the distance I could see dark clouds but they were a long way off.

"What are you looking at?" Astrid asked.

"Storm coming tonight and it doesn't look like my dad is coming home tonight, shocker."

"I could leave if there's a storm I mean its mot like I have to worry."

I looked at the clouds again and could tell they were cold clouds which meant snow and winds. The first round of winter weather was on its way. They were moving fast as the sun got lower and lower in the sky. It was going to be one rough night.

"I don't think that's a good idea. That's a winter storm and its coming in fast."

She came over and looked out the window and then sighed and went back to the cooking fish.

"Do you mind if I stay here then?" she asked.

"Not at all." I smirked.

She sighed and rolled her eyes and then diverted her attention back to the food. Once we had eaten the winds had picked up and a few flakes were already falling outside. Astrid set down her utensils to a half eaten fish and I looked up at her, and she had a face a concentration.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Hiccup I know this isn't the best time but what are we?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean is there anything between us or what?"

She and a face of worry that I might completely reject her and leave her out in the cold but I had an idea.

"Well its a bit complicated so I'll explain it to you."

I got up and took my now skeleton of a fish to a counter to ledge and set it down. When turning around Astrid was sitting at the table and was looking at me with confusion of her face.

"You see," I took a step forward, "its not all cut and dry." another step, "I mean I've been gone for five years and I just show up, crazy right."

I took two more steps and she was still sitting there completely oblivious.

"I don't want to say there isn't anything between us," two more steps brought me within arms reach.

"But what?" she asked.

I stepped forward and placed a kiss right on her lips and she froze out of shock at my boldness. I pulled away and she still and the surprise face.

"But I want to say that there is."

She smiled and jumped up and hugged me with all her might. I hugged her back burying my face into her hair and just held her. Before long I realized she was crying and placed my hand on the back of her head and my chin on top. I soothed her as much as could and she slowly calmed down. I though it was funny because just an hour before she was doing this to me.

"Hiccup" she whispered.

I let go of her but she didn't let go of me and looked up at me with tears still staining her face.

"I came back didn't I?" I said.

"Wait you came back for me?"

"Mostly yeah."

She just broke down again and after another few minutes of holding her and soothing her did she calm down enough for an actual conversation.

"Sorry for crying, its just no one has ever cared that much about me. I mean they see me as this tough warrior but not until you left that you was what kept my softer side away."

"I promise to help you, you don't have to be all tough for me you already carry so much on your own. We can both carry each other's weight together."

The door suddenly blew open and cold air and snow rushed in. I moved to quickly shut the door but before I could the wind put the fire out and dropped the temperature quickly. I shut and locked the door but the firewood was practically spent so there was no way to warm up the house as it got colder and colder by the second.

"This storm is a lot harsher than I thought." I said.

Astrid moved closer to the cooling wood in an attempt to keep herself warm but the house was becoming to cold to fight it.

"I'm going up to bed so good night." I said.

She smiled and stayed near the embers as I made my way up to my room and removed my clothing until my pants were all that was left and I climbed into bed. Toothless took his spot over on the other wall and the bed was extremely cold and uncomfortable. I couldn't fall asleep as I was simply attempting to keep warm as the house got colder and colder so i got up and grabbed some padding and blanket and went over to Toothless.

I set up my makeshift bed and he shift around it and I layer down and was immediately bathed in his warmth but could still feel the cold of the house on my side. I heard footsteps and looked up to see Astrid standing in the doorway with Reylia behind her. She led a blanket and looked at me then down at her shoes.

"I was wondering if I could keep warm with you?" she asked.

"Sure."

I noticed she had taken off a few pieces of her clothing and was down to her thin underclothes that sat under her leather. she walked over barefoot and then layer down next to me. I shifted to give her room but she just moved closer as I tried to move away. giving up I just grabbed her and pulled her into me and she rested her head on my chest as I laid back. Reylia and Toothless fit around us to help with the heat.

"At least we can all share the heat." Toothless said.

I laughed and I could feel my eyes droop and the heat made me tired and I could tell from Astrid's breathing that she was already fast asleep. I kissed her head and layer back and closed my eyes.

"Sweet dreams Astrid."

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Astrid

I slowly felt my eyes open and could feel the huge amount of heat around me keeping me very comfortable. I felt a presence beneath me and looked up to see a sleeping Hiccup as my pillow. Which he did a very good job at being. His face was clam with his chiseled jaw and now clear face free of freckles. His hair came down to just above his eyes and it was a beautiful auburn color and had a natural messiness.

I just layer there staring at him for a while before I could feel him stir and his eyes slowly opened. I realized that he had no shirt on and couldn't help but notice the very filled and toned chest and stomach which made a little bit of heat go to my face now that I was laying on it. He just laughed at me and then my face quickly turned to a frown and more heat went to my face.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked.

"You, you were never like this before."

I hit his shoulder and he just laughed even more. Suddenly there was a huge buzzing noise in the back of my head and it just kept getting louder and louder.

"You here that?" I asked.

"Yeah its super annoying."

The two dragons suddenly stirred and there eyes were nothing but slits and the went rigid.

"Oh no." Hiccup said.

He got up and went over to Toothless and grabbed his head and forced his eyes to look at him locking the dragon in place. Reylia was about ready to get up but I moved faster and pinned her head just like Hiccup and stared deep into her eyes.

"Reylia talk to me, don't shut me out."

Her eyes dilated slightly but went back to slits. Hiccup somehow had gotten Toothless to calm down and his eyes were back to normal but he was obviously concentrating on keeping that noise out. I turned my attention back to Reylia and she was trying to escape my grasp but I wouldn't let her.

"I know we haven't known each other long but I know you cannot give into this. Its a call to crush your soul just like you were before. It may even be for that queen again, do you really want to do that again."

Her eyes suddenly snapped back to normal and she looked at me with sad eyes and I gave her a hug and she leaned into my embrace.

"Hey now that we got them back how about we warm up this place."

I had only just now noticed how cold the house was. The ceiling had frost covering it and that meant outside was far worse.

"Is there any more wood to burn."

"I'm sure we could find something."

We scoured the house looking for wood and we luckily found a small stash hidden away in a closet in the back of the house so we wouldn't freeze to death. The fire began to warm the house slowly but we stayed down near the fire as upstairs was far too cold.

"Hiccup what happened to the dragons?"

The question had been burning in my mind all the while we were looking for the wood. Hiccup clearly didn't want to talk about it as he sighed and got a serious face and he looked over a Toothless.

"That was the calling of the queen. When she plans to attack someplace she sends out a battle call to all within her range. Most reply without a second thought but those with a little more power behind them take a little more suggestion."

"Would it ever affect Magna?"

"No he's too powerful for a self made alpha to do something like that. I'm surprised she even got these two to respond apparently she is very desperate."

"You know she wants them for one singular purpose. So when she marches no one could possibly stand in her way. Its basic warfare, if you can control you enemy do it then you have no threats."

"Its not the first time that we've had a run in with her. She actually wiped out a town that we had stopped at the day before simply because we weren't there for her to catch."

"How did she get that way?"

"Magic. Some point in her life she got a handle of magic and used it to her advantage but she has now lost that touch and is limited in her abilities that's why she can't challenge powerful dragons. Her magic is gone and Magna of Toothless have a natural affinity to it."

"How do you know?"

His hand suddenly lit up in blue flame and the hand turned to black scales around the fire. He put his hand in the fire and it suddenly changed to a green flame before returning to normal. He quickly withdrew his hand and extinguished the flame. His hand then turned back to flesh like nothing had ever happened.

"How did you do that?" I said awestruck.

"Everyone has bait of magic in them but once you find your dragon that magic will change. If there is a high capacity for magic in your dragon you will to but say its like a Gronckle nothing will change."

"So your saying I have that power too."

"Yeah but your's is raw and I also have a bit form Magna as he paired himself with me but I can see him pairing with you too. To understand what you can do is practice."

"What do you mean by pair?"

"He could allow you to share his power but I'm not so sure he's ready to trust you that much."

I sighed and simply walked cover to the window and removed the covering to take a look outside. The whole village was buried in a blanket of snow at least a a foot thick but the sky was a clear blue with the sun shining high in the sky. It was very quiet as most of the village was probably locked up in their own homes until it got somewhat warmer. I felt Hiccup come up behind me a take a look out of the window but I had no idea what he was thinking.

"I don't like it." he finally said.

"What do you mean tie perfectly quite outside."

"That's exactly what I don't like is its tot quiet especially after the queen put out he battle cry for all to hear."

"Your just paranoid."

"Hey its just how I've had to be these past five years."

I just rolled my eyes and looked back out the window and watched a bird fly over and that caught my eye. There were no birds that would be out at this time of year it was tot clod for them. It suddenly changed course because it had spotted the open window and as it got close I realized that this was no bird. It was a dragon that seems to be running for its life.

I backed away from the window and it dived right in and landed on the floor before scrambling over to Hiccup. It quickly hid under his legs and his eyes darted around in pure terror.

"Well what's up with this little guy."

Hiccup reached under and pulled him out form underneath him and held him there. The little terror calmed down in his touch. Hiccup looked intently down at him and then back up at me.

"This guy ran when the queen called. All the other dragons on Berk have left to answer her call. She's on getting ready to move."

"We have to tell everyone, we need to prepare."

"Astrid if the queen is coming here then that means there is no stoping her. We have to get off the island before she arrives of everyone here is going to die a horrible fiery death. Well unless we use the dragons but trying to get the entire village that has been killing them for the past three hundred years to trust them is a bit of a stretch."

The for suddenly banged open and snow and cold air poured in and Stoick stood in the doorway with a huge basket of fish and some firewood. He stood there dumbfounded at the scene in front of him and he quickly dropped what he had and grabbed and axe off the wall and yelled. Hiccup was the first to react and ran over and grabbed the axe and pulled it away from him.

"What are you doing boy, there be dragons in my home!" he yelled.

"Listen there not dangerous as long as you don't provoke them." Hiccup yelled back.

Stoick then paused and looked at Hiccup and he froze with utter shock on his face. He then turned his gaze to me with a questioning look and I shook my head. His face then turned to a hard frown and looked back at Hiccup.

"Could it be you, Hiccup?"

"Yeah, dad, its me."

Several emotions flew across his face before one of happiness settled on his face. I had not seen that look on his face in over six years and especially since Hiccup up and left. He quickly gave Hiccup a crushing hug and lifted him off the floor. The house filled with Stoick's laughter and then was followed by a smaller laughter from Hiccup.

"Do you have any idea what is going on?" Toothless asked.

I hadn't noticed that he was now standing next to me and was looking at me.

"Stoick hasn't seen him in years and was probably the most upset by his leaving than anyone else."

"Really."

"He didn't leave his house for a week after Hiccup left. He was always quick to anger, well quicker and he rarely listened to reason."

Stoick then put Hiccup down and and a weary look at the dragons currently watching them.

"So which one is yours Hiccup?" he asked.

Toothless took a tentative step forward and Stoick got a good look at him. He smiled and Toothless bound forward and nearly knocked Stoick over.

"Well he certainly is one of a kind. I can see why you picked him."

"Excuse me? One of a kind?" Reylia retorted.

"He didn't mean it literally. He's happy Hiccup found something that makes him better rather than suffer the scrutiny of the village when he was trying to be a Viking."

She snorted and Stoick walked over and that's when the fear began to crawl its way into the pit of my stomach.

"And what might you be doing here Astrid?" he asked sternly.

"Well, you see… I-I was watching Hiccup… a-and then he storm hit so I stayed here." I stuttered.

He simply laughed and brought the wood over to the fire place and set the fish in the kitchen.

"Calm down lass I'm only messing with you. I know exactly why your here but I have a few things to discuss now with the both of you."

Reylia came over and sat next to me and Hiccup leaned back against Toothless.

"Berk is doomed." he said simply.

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"Are the crossbows ready?"

"Yes, commander."

"Fire."

Six different bow were launched and impacted the side of the mountain and soon huge cracks appeared in to side of the rock. The crossbows were quickly reloaded and fired again and this time the wall came crashing down. Thousands of dragons poured out of the mountain that was followed by a huge roar and they all landed and waited.

The ground shook and the beast came into the light. A huge skull with six eyes and jaw with impossible sharp teeth. Two giant wings were pinned to its side and its club like tail hit the mountainside and smashed part of it away. He smiled.

"First we march against those who are between here and Berk and then we destroy the place." the old man said.

He had almost forgotten about the queen's translator. He said all call went out all over the area to all dragons to answer the call of battle. He said the queen could feel the alpha near Berk but he would not answer, he simply had too much power. Though the other dragons came she said that the two Night Furies did not come. That would be an issue, one was trouble, two was a fight to the death.

"Set sail, and send word back home, we march on Berk."

Left it on a cliffhanger with Hiccup and friends and some of you might be asking where is the rest of the gang? Be at ease as they will begin to make an appearance in the next chapters so don't worry your heads. It may take a while for the next chapter to come in but do not fret as I have already begun work on pushing th story forward. Enjoy and review or not. -starwarswiz