A/N: Sorry that this chapter is short compared to chapters 1 and 2. I have to write a paper for school, so I have to hold chapter 4 until then (even though I don't want to).


The next morning, the teens gathered in The Great Hall while everyone else was still doing their morning chores. All the dragons gathered around the table resting on the floor as they heard their riders chatting. While the teens were finishing up their breakfast, a few people came in to eat. As more people came in, the teens went about their business doing their normal routine. Fishlegs was updating The Book of Dragons, the twins and Snotlout were having a strength competition, and Hiccup and Astrid were playing a game that the six of them made up called 'what would you do?'

"What would you do if you were trapped on a deserted island without your dragon?" Astrid asked him. Hiccup tapped his finger on the table and pressed his lips together.

"I would make a boat," he answered proudly.

"There are no trees on the island," she added with a smug smile.

"Then I guess I'll just have to wait for someone to save me."

"Lame!" Astrid sang.

"It may be a lame answer, but that doesn't mean I am!"

"Are you sure?" she asked with a crooked smile. Before Hiccup could reply, he saw his father walking to their table. He turned his head and saw his father beckoning him to come. Hiccup got up from his seat and walked over to his father.

"Son, I need you to help Bucket and Mulch put fish in the food storage."

"What? Why?" he whined looking up at his father.

"Your friends can help; I just need you to help around the village before the freeze starts." Stoick explained watching his son roll his eyes.

"Okay, I'll round up the others." He groaned walking away from his father.

"Thank you son!" Stoick shouted with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah." Hiccup grumbled as he walked back to his table. "Hey guys, my dad asked us to help Bucket and Mulch with the fish."

"Well, even though that sounds good and all…I have plans…for the rest of the day." Snotlout said before walking out of the hall.

"Yeah, us too," Ruffnut added grabbing the back of her brother's vest. Hiccup watched the twins and their dragons following Snotlout out of the hall.

"Okay then…so I guess it's just going to be the three of us." Hiccup said looking down at Astrid and Fishlegs.

"Sure Hiccup, I'll help you." Fishlegs said with a smile getting up from his seat.

"Looks like you boys are going to need some help. So are we going to the docks or what?" Astrid announced getting up to walk out of the hall. The two boys stared at her as she walked out with her dragon.

"Did she just…" Fishlegs asked looking down at his friend.

"Yep," Hiccup answered before walking away to follow Astrid. "She does that a lot. I'm kind of used to her pointing out my thin arms." He said walking out with Toothless.

"I don't think that's a good thing." Fishlegs added before following them out of The Great Hall.

~oOo~

After the three teens and the fishermen got the baskets of fish, Mulch counted the total of the baskets in the storage. "We're going to need to make a few more trips," he stated to himself.

"Do you need us to help you fish?" Hiccup asked as he and Astrid each pulled a basket in.

"No, I don't think so. Hey while I have you here, why don't you three take some fish?"

"Hey thanks, Mulch." Fishlegs said as the three of them got some fish. After Fishlegs left with Meatlug, Hiccup put the fish that he and Astrid picked out in his satchel. Then they felt a gust of cold wind and saw dark clouds heading towards the island.

"Looks like it's going to snow again," Hiccup stated looking into the horizon. Then he turned his head to the side to look at Astrid. "You want to race before the storm hits?" Astrid nodded and mounted on Stormfly. Hiccup copied her action and hooked his prosthetic on the stirrup.

"How many laps do you want to do?" she asked looking down at him.

"How about until the storm hits?" Hiccup suggested. Astrid smiled and agreed and they took off to race around the island.

~oOo~

"Well that hurt!" Astrid whined as they walked into The Great Hall. The two had been flying all day and what they thought was going to be snow, turned out to be freezing rain. They found a table to sit at with their dragons resting on the floor next to them.

"I think one landed in my eye, it feels irritated." Hiccup complained rubbing his eye.

"Let me see," Astrid scooted closer to him and pulled his hand away from his eyes. Hiccup blinked feeling his eye water. Astrid pulled her face close to his and rested her thumb by his eye to study it. "It does look a little red," she muttered. Hiccup groaned and rubbed his eye. "Don't touch it," she ordered pulling his hand away having her hand resting on top of his. He pulled his hand away and reached for his eye. Astrid grabbed his wrist and pulled it to his chest. Before he could use his free hand, she grabbed it and put it over the other hand making an "X" shape over his chest.

They were both trying to hold their laugh when she pushed him on his back. Hiccup tried to pull himself up, but she was using her whole weight pinning him to the bench. "Will you let go?" he laughed trying to pull himself up. Astrid let out a laugh to only pin him harder on the bench.

"What in the world?" they heard someone squeak by them. They turned their head and saw their friends staring at them with wide eyes. Astrid quickly let go of Hiccup and they both sate up straight. "What were you two doing?" Fishlegs asked noticing the two turning pink.

"It's a long story," Astrid stammered brushing her bangs away from her eye.

"Sure it is," Ruffnut mumbled with a smile. Astrid glared at her making Ruffnut walk away from the group.

"Whoa Hiccup, are you crying?" Tuffnut asked pointing at him.

"Huh?" Hiccup touch under his red eye and felt a drop on his finger. "Oh, no I'm not crying. Ice got in my eye."

"Ouch, maybe you want to get that checked out," Fishlegs commented.

Hiccup rolled his eyes "I would, but I'm waiting until the rain stops. I'm not going outside to fly up to Gothi's hut to only get my good eye hit with ice too."

"Maybe it'll do you some good." Snotlout smirk to only receive a blow to the head from an empty mug. Hiccup turned his head away from Snotlout to Astrid; to only find her smiling with arms crossed over her chest. Snotlout glared at Astrid as he rubbed the forming bump on his head.

"Anyway, we came to see if there are any leftovers from supper earlier. You guys want any if we find some?" Fishlegs asked looking down at the two.

"No we're good. Bucket and Mulch let us have some fish," Hiccup answered.

"Oh, okay. I'll see you later then." Fishlegs walked away with Tuffnut following, and Snotlout kept his glare on Astrid and Hiccup as he walked away.

~oOo~

"Is it still raining ice?" Hiccup asked as he kept a hand over his eye. Astrid shrugged and walked to the double doors. She could hear the freezing rain hitting the stone steps and some ice covering the ground. Astrid closed the door and nodded. The hall was empty and the two could feel the fatigue growing in their bodies.

"You know, you don't have to stay here." Hiccup said watching her taking a seat next to him.

"I know, but I've never been in The Great Hall this empty before. It's kind of….peaceful."

"Now you understand why I used to always hang out here late at night." Hiccup stated moving his hand away from his eye. Astrid looked down at her feet. Sometimes she forgets how they used to treat him. Even though she never said anything to his face like others did, she did think and say a lot behind closed doors.

"So, what did you do here by yourself?" Astrid asked.

"Sometimes I would draw, read, I'll even come here just to think. Nothing really impressive…now I do all that in the cove." He said with a weak smile.

"Sounds kind of nice," she muttered.

"Really? I thought you of all people would find that boring."

"If you hang out with the twins and Snotlout your whole life, you would think having quiet time would sound perfect too." Hiccup shrugged and put his and back over his eye. "How's your eye?" she asked.

"I don't know, it still kind of hurts," He answered.

"Let me see." Astrid scooted closer to him and Hiccup pulled his hand away from his eye. Astrid adjusted his head to get a better look in the dim lighting. She put her face close to his to get a good look at his eye. Hiccup could feel his face burning when she got closer to his face. "It looks better than before, but it's still a little red." She stated pulling her face away from his.

"At least it's not stinging anymore." He mumbled rubbing his eye. As they sat in silence, they could hear their dragons snoring and the ice hitting the stones outside. "Well, looks like we'll be here for a while. What do you want to do?"

"Want to learn some self-defense?" she asked with a smile.

"What?"

"Oh come on, it'll be fun!" she cried out getting up from the bench.

"I think your idea of fun is different from mine," he grumbled.

"Oh come on, just get up and try to grab me." She said pulling him off of the bench. Hiccup groaned, but he stood in front of her waiting for her instructions. "Okay, now put your hand on my shoulder."

"How is that self-defense?"

"Just do it!" she shouted putting her hands on her hips.

Hiccup rolled his eyes, and put his hand on top of her shoulder pad. "Now what?"

"This," she said with a grin. She grabbed his wrist and twisted it. Then she grabbed his shoulder with her free hand, and turned him around to place his hand between his shoulder blades. Then she pushed him down on the table making him scream in pain when his face hit the table.

"Okay, even though that was painful. It was a pretty neat trick," he mumbled. Astrid smiled proudly then released him. Hiccup stood up straight to pop his back, and he stretched out his arms and neck.

"Want to learn another move?"

"No I'm good!" he shouted.

"Oh come on, just one more."

Hiccup groaned and caved in. "Alright, one more attack move."

~oOo~

Stoick woke up late that night. He couldn't go back to sleep and decided to get up. He looked out the window and saw the full moon glow resting on the village. Seeing the clear night sky reminded him that he didn't see his son come home after dinner.

He walked up the stairs to find his son's bed empty. He turned his head and saw that Toothless' rock bed was empty as well. Stoick ran down stairs to get out of the house. He looked up at the sky hoping to find the Night Fury. When he couldn't find them, he decided to look around the village. He went to The Forge, but he didn't even see Gobber. Then he walked to The Great Hall to find two sleeping dragons. He sighed in relief, and then he looked around to find his son.

He found his son sleeping on the floor with Astrid next to him. Stoick knelt down and shook his son's shoulder. Hiccup groaned and rolled on his stomach. "Hiccup, wake up!" he muttered sternly trying not to wake up Astrid. Hiccup groaned and swatted his father's hand away. Stoick shook his son one last time making Hiccup's eye flutter open. He looked around him and turned his head to find his father hovering over him.

"Oh hey dad, what are you doing here?" he yawned rolling on his back.

"I was about to ask you the same thing." Stoick saw his son narrowing his eyes at him. Hiccup looked around the room and his eyes grew wide.

"What time is it?" he asked getting up from the ground.

"About midnight, now wake up Astrid and get her home before her father notices she's gone. I don't want him to start a panic." Stoick instructed before leaving The Great Hall. Hiccup let out a sigh and slid his hands down his face. Hiccup got on his knees and shook Astrid's arm. "Astrid, wake up! We slept in!" he shouted making her rub her eyes before she opened them.

"What?" she asked groggy trying to look at him in the dim light.

"We slept in The Great Hall. We have to get home before anyone notices." He explained getting up from the floor to wake up their dragons. Astrid nodded in agreement and stood up slowly. Stormfly walked over to her rider and nudged her back. "See ya later," she shouted running out of the hall with Stormfly. Hiccup and Toothless followed her out and ran to his house.

~oOo~

At sun rise, Stoick heard his son walking down the stairs when he was writing in his scroll. "Did you sleep better in your bed?" he asked not looking up at his scroll.

"The only difference was that I had a pillow in bed." he stated taking a seat at the dining table. Stoick let out a light chuckle and looked up at his son. Then he noticed something purple on Hiccup.

"Son, where did you get that bruise?" he asked pointing at his son's neck.

Hiccup raised a brow and put his hand on the side of his neck. He felt a sting spread when he touched the tender spot. "Oh yeah, Astrid was showing me a couple of attack moves last night. She was going to show me this one move on how to hit someone with your elbow. Somehow I tripped over Toothless' tail and she fell on top of me. When we fell her elbow landed on my neck." He explained covering the purple mark with his hand.

"Well, I believe you. I've seen her get rough on the others. The question is will anyone else believe that the bruise was from an elbow?"

"Oh come on dad! Where else could I have gotten…..." Then Hiccup realized what his father was trying to say. He cringed a little and breathed out "oh no."


A/N: Again, sorry that this chapter was short. I'll try to make chapter 4 longer than this one. Well, I hope you guys enjoyed it anyway. I'm not completely sure when chapter 4 will be up. I just started to write it yesterday, but because I have to write an essay for college, I have to hold this for a while. Hopefully I wont have to hold this too long.

So until then, I'll see you next time. Bye!