A/N: Sorry about the wait, but hey I got some good news! After this Monday (October 12th) I will only be going to my Tuesday and Thursday classes! Which means more time to write!

Of course studies come first, so please be patient with me. You guys have been so awesome being patient with me as I write, get proofread and edit.


After Stoick found his son and daughter-in-law in Asmund's room, he led the grieving teens back to his house. When they were in the Haddock home, Stoick went back to Asmund's body. He set the journal that was on Asmund's chest on the night stand before he pulled the cover over his face. Stoick slowly walked out of the house to get to the forge. He told Gobber to get a funereal boat ready for Asmund.

Later that night, Gobber, Stoick, and Spitelout put Asmund's body on the boat. They set his hands on his chest and covered his body with a white sheet. Astrid watched as they prepared her father's body. Then the three men pushed the boat to sea. All the villagers grabbed their bow and arrows and set the tips on fire. Stoick put a hand on the mourning girl's shoulder telling her to set her bow.

With a lump growing in her throat, Astrid put the tip of her arrow in the fire and aimed at the sailing boat. She shot the arrow and it landed by her father's body. The rest of the villagers shot their arrows to the boat, and some of them landed in the water by the flaming boat. Hiccup and Stoick stood next to Astrid as they watched the blazing boat getting smaller and smaller until there was no light in the ocean.

Before the family headed back home, Astrid took one last walk around her old home. Memories flooded by as she looked around the front room. She remembered birthdays, her grandparents telling her stories, Snoggletog mornings, and even her first attempts at cooking and her father's face when he would taste it. She walked into her bedroom and saw how empty it was now. She opened all of her draws to check if anything was forgotten when Ruffnut and her mother moved her stuff back to the Haddock house. She saw her axe leaning on the wall; she picked it up before leaving her room. Before leaving the house, she took one last look at the front room.

She took a deep breath feeling the hot tears forming. She put her hand on the handle of the door and she walked out shutting the door behind her. She saw Hiccup and Toothless outside of her old home waiting for her with Stormfly. "You know Astrid, if you need to stay here one more night-"

Astrid shook her head. "No, I know my father wouldn't want me to stay here by myself." She let out a shaky breath as she mentioned her father.

"Are you sure?"

Astrid nodded making her way to pet her Nadder. "Okay, um…whenever you're ready we'll go home." Hearing Hiccup say that made her truly realize her life now. He and Stoick were her family now, but it was hard to grasp that the last member of her blood family was gone. She nodded and they made their way to the house by The Great Hall.

When they got to the house, Stormfly curled up outside by the side of the house. The teens and Toothless entered the house and saw that the fire pit was dying. "I'll wait down here so you can get dressed." Hiccup mumbled looking down at the ground. Astrid walked up the stairs and walked to her dresser. She set her axe by the dresser so it would lean on the wall. She found her long brown nightgown and slipped it on after she undressed herself. She called down from the loft to let him know he could come up. Toothless jumped up to the room to get to his rock bed. Hiccup walked up the stairs seeing Astrid in her nightgown with her hair still in a braid.

Astrid walked to the bed and went under the covers with her back facing him. Hiccup took off his vest, but before he sat on the bed to take his prosthetic off, he wasn't sure how to make this arrangement less awkward. "Oh um…." Astrid turned her head to look up at him. "Do you want me to sleep on top of the covers? I don't know if the both of us sleeping-"

"Hiccup, I don't care either way. Do what makes you feel comfortable." She mumbled turning her head away from him. Hiccup let out a deep sigh and sat on his end of the bed. He unstrapped his leg then lay on top of the covers. He faced the other side of the room so that their backs were almost touching. As they tried to fall asleep, Astrid felt a tear go down across her face landing on the pillow. She wiped it away and tried to go to sleep.

~oOo~

The next morning Hiccup woke up to knocking down stairs. He let out a groan and covered his face with his pillow. Then the knocking got louder making the tired teen let out a growl. He threw his pillow off of his head and swung his legs to the edge of the bed to strap his leg on the stump. After he got his leg on, he walked down the stairs still half asleep to get to the front door. When he opened the door, he squinted his eyes when the sun hit them. He rubbed his eyes to see his four friends standing on the other side.

"What are you guys doing here?" he asked picking the crest out of the corner of his eye.

"We wanted to know if you guys needed anything," Fishlegs replied. "Some food, or um….anything really."

Hiccup let out a sigh and leaned against the door frame. "I don't know, I'm not hungry at the moment and Astrid's still asleep. If we need anything I can go get it myself, but thanks for asking anyway." He grabbed the door handle getting ready to shut it until he thought of something. "Actually," he stepped out of the house shutting the door partly behind him. "Mr. Hofferson wrote something before he died. Can you guys go get his journal? I'm pretty sure it's still somewhere in his room."

"Sure, no problem," Ruffnut walked away to go to the old Hofferson house. Snotlout and Tuffnut walked away with her, Fishlegs seemed a bit hesitant, but he followed the others. Hiccup shut the door before he walked back up to his room. Astrid was sleeping on her stomach with her head facing him. He walked to the bed and lay on his back feeling himself dozing off as he rested.

~oOo~

When the four teens entered the abandon house, they had to stop and look to see how different it was. "Man, it's so weird knowing this house might be taken down." Snotlout thought out loud.

"Why would they tear down the house?" Tuffnut asked.

"Duh, because all the Hoffersons are dead!" Ruffnut explained before she walked in Asmund's bedroom.

"What about Astrid's aunt? Isn't she still alive?" Fishlegs asked as he watched the other boys following Ruffnut.

"You mean the Aunt that went crazy because she couldn't find the edge of the world, and then disappeared in the middle of the night seven years ago? That Aunt?" Snotlout asked. Fishlegs pushed his two pointer fingers together thinking about what Snotlout said.

"Yeah, I guess it is more than likely that she's dead uh?" Fishlegs stated as he stood outside of Asmund's bedroom.

"What are you doing standing out there? The room is big enough for you," Tuffnut said.

"I know, but it's just that…..he died in there." Fishlegs whispered the last part.

"Oh come on Fishlegs, don't tell me you think his sprit's in here!" Snotlout shouted seeing the scared teen outside of the open bedroom door.

"No, it's just that….it gives me the creeps being in a room that someone died in," Fishlegs squeaked.

Snotlout rolled his eyes before he saw the journal on the nightstand. "Oh, found it, let's go." He grabbed the journal and walked past Fishlegs to leave the house. Before Fishlegs took a step to walk out, he felt something move across the back of his neck making him run out of the house screaming. Ruffnut and Tuffnut busted out laughing at the screaming boy before she set the feather pin back in the ink.

~oOo~

Snotlout walked to the Haddock house hearing Fishlegs screaming behind him as he ran to his house. Snotlout heard Fishlegs' screams stop after he heard the door of the Ingerman house slam shut. Once he was in front of the Haddock house, Snotlout knocked on the door before entering. "Hey Hiccup, I got what you wanted! Where do you want it at?!" he shouted lifting his head to the loft.

When he didn't get a response he called out again. "Hiccup, did you go back to sleep? I got that journal you wanted!" he made his way up the stairs to get to the bed room. When he got the last step, he saw the two sleeping next to each other. Hiccup was lying on his back with an arm resting on his stomach. Astrid had her head resting on the edge of his shoulder, with her hand grasping his other shoulder.

Snotlout pursed his lips together before walking to the nightstand to place the journal on it. Snotlout let out a sigh before walking down the stairs to leave the house. So many thoughts were running through his head from what he just saw. He would lie if he said it didn't bother him, but it did. Deep down he knew he didn't have a chance when Astrid started to show interest in Hiccup. For years he wanted to be with her, but that was no longer happening. He thought that once Asmund died they would split up, but now he wasn't sure if that was going to happen.

Seeing Astrid looking peaceful in her sleep, (even after her father's death) was enough to realize that she was happy. He hated to admit to himself, but she was better off with him. He would never say that out loud, but he knew it was true. There was a hint of jealously seeing Astrid resting on him, but it wasn't a fury jealously. It was more of a disheartening jealousy. Even though he hated that Astrid was married to Hiccup, he knew they would last.

As he made his way back home, Hookfang greeted his rider by nudging him in his side. Snotlout patted his horn before walking in the house. He saw his father walking out of his bedroom as he shut the door behind him. "Ah, there you are! I was about to go out looking for you. I wanted to talk to you about finding out if that girl of yours is pure or not. If she is and she leaves that runt, you might still have a shot with her!" Snotlout looked at the ground hearing his father's words.

The teen let out a sigh before he spoke. "Um….you know dad. I've been thinking….I think we should stop trying to prove what Hiccup and Astrid did or did not do." He mumbled rubbing the back of his neck.

Spitelout narrowed his eyes at his son. "Excuse me? I thought you wanted to marry that girl."

"I-I did-I do, it's just that….Astrid just lost her father, and maybe we should just…I don't know, stop trying to wreck her marriage." Snotlout muttered terrified by how his father would react.

Spitelout crossed his arms over his chest and walked up to his son. "I can't believe I'm hearing this. You have been chasing that Hofferson lass since you started to get an interest in girls. What changed your mind?"

Snotlout shrugged, "Let's just say that I just started to see things the way they really are." He said before he grabbed his sword and stared to walk out of the house. Spitelout stood there dumbfounded by his son's sudden change of thought.

~oOo~

Hiccup felt his head roll to the side making him wake up with a jolt. He let out a sigh and blinked a few times trying to wake up. He rubbed his face with his hand feeling the extra weight on his shoulder. Hiccup turned his head to the side seeing Astrid resting her head on him. Then he noticed her arm lying across his chest with her hand resting on his other shoulder. He didn't know how long he dozed to have her move her head on him, but it felt like it had been a few minutes. He thought about moving her to the other side bed, but he wasn't sure if she was a light sleeper or not.

Not wanting to wake her, he just decided to rest in bed until she woke up. He turned his head to the other side and saw Asmund's journal on the nightstand. He reached out his arm to pick up the leather back journal. When he had the journal in his hand; he noticed his other arm was stuck between them. He slowly pulled his arm out from the slightly tight fit trying not to wake her.

Once his arm was free, she stirred before pulling herself closer to his side. Hiccup bit his lip trying not to move too much to wake her as he opened the journal. He opened to the last page to see where Asmund wrote last. He kept flipping through blank pages until he found an ending to a letter. He turned to the next page to see the beginning of the letter. He looked at the corner of the paper and saw that the letter was addressed to him. He knew if he got a letter from Asmund, then so did Astrid. He turned to the next few pages and saw a letter to her.

Before he turned back to the letter for him, he felt Astrid stirring again. He put the journal back on the nightstand fearing her reaction that he had her father's journal. When she cracked her eyes open, she saw how she was laying. She felt some heat rise in her face as she scooted away from him. "Oh, sorry about that." She mumbled brushing her bangs away from her face.

Hiccup shrugged at her. "Don't worry about it."

Astrid sat up and rubbed her eyes. Then she turned her head towards the nightstand seeing the leather back journal. "Is that….?" She asked pointing to the nightstand.

Hiccup let out a sigh before handing her the journal. "I know, I probably shouldn't have it, but your dad wrote something yesterday. I asked the guys to get it for me."

Astrid reached over him to get the journal. While she was flipping through the pages, Hiccup helped her find the letter that her father wrote to her. When she saw her name in the corner of the paper in her father's hand writing, she felt her heart skip a beat. Hiccup watched her as she read the letter. It felt like hours as she read the letter. After she was done, she swallowed the growing lump in her throat before handing him the journal.

"I'm going to get dressed, and go out for a while." She muttered pulling the blanket away to get up from the bed. Knowing his que, he got up and made his way to the stairs so she could get dressed. Toothless, who was lying on his rock bed, followed his rider to the lower half of the house.

Hiccup fed Toothless some fish while he was waiting for Astrid to come down the stairs. It didn't take long for her to get ready; she was in her usual wear with her axe in her hands. With no words said, she walked out the door, mounted on Stormfly and flew into the woods.

~oOo~

Gobber was piling up rusty old weapons when he saw his apprentice and his Night Fury walking to the shop. "Hey Hiccup, what are you doing here?"

"Oh um….I just wanted to get out of the house." He answered taking off his vest to tie his leather apron on. Gobber watched the teenager walk in the back of the forge. He let out a sigh and walked up to the teen.

"You know boy, you don't have to work. You got The Academy now, and I don't even expect you to do that right now. If you would rather be at home-"

Hiccup shook his head, "No Gobber. I need to do something, and I don't feel like flying right now."

Gobber put his hand on Hiccup's shoulder. "Hiccup, I know you and Mr. Hofferson got close. I know what it feels like to lose someone you care about when you start to feel close to them."

Hiccup let out a sigh before picking up a random sword to sharpen. "I don't want to hear about this Gobber. I just came to clear my head."

"Hiccup, take it from me when I say this. Don't bottle up your feelings like this, it's only going to make you feel worse." Gobber put his hand back on Hiccup's shoulder and turned him around to look at him. "Don't put a lid on your grief, if you need to-"

"Gobber! I just came to clear my head a bit. Can you please just let me work on something?"

Gobber looked at him before handing him a couple of swords. "Here, you can sharpen these." He told him as he went back to throw out old weapons.

~oOo~

Astrid chucked her axe at another tree feeling the sweat beading on her forehead. She wiped the sweat off with her arm before pulling the axe out of the tree. Stormfly was lying on the ground watching her rider leaving her mark in the woods. She let out a grunt pulling the axe out of the tree before she threw it again at another trunk.

She let out a deep sigh as she sat on the ground next to her Nadder. She pulled her knees to her chest and rested her chin on her knees. "I can't believe he kept that from me," she mumbled. "I mean, all of these years he could have told me instead of writing it!" She shouted before getting up from the ground to throw her axe at one last tree.

Stormfly got up and gently nudged her distressed rider. Astrid let out a sigh and rubbed her Nadder's horn. "I'm sorry girl…I'm just…..I don't know." She gave her on last pat on the chin before mounting on Stormfly. When they landed in the middle of the village, Astrid felt people staring at her. She ignored the people giving her sympathetic looks as she walked to the forge.

She saw the Night Fury sleeping outside of the forge as she got closer. She brushed her fingers on Toothless' head as she walked by him. "Oh hello Astrid!" she heard the blacksmith greeting her as she walked in. The blonde girl gave him a weak smile.

"Hey Gobber," she mumbled.

"Is there anything I can do for ya?" he asked putting a sword on top of hot coal.

"Can you sharpen my axe for me?" she asked gesturing to the axe in her hand.

"Sure, just leave it by the wall." Astrid set her axe to where other weapons were due for being sharpen. Then she walked to the back of the forge to get in the small room that her friend was in. She saw him at his desk focusing on a dagger in his hands. She lightly knocked on the wall making him look up at her.

"Oh hey," he muttered putting the dagger on the desk. Astrid walked closer and picked up the dagger.

"Did my dad give you this?" she asked recognizing the rust stains on the blade and design the handle.

"Um yeah….I thought you knew. He also gave me an amulet. Do you want them? Because I understand if you-"

Astrid shook her head and placed the dagger on the desk. "No, my dad gave them to you. You should keep them."

Hiccup bit his lip as he looked up at her. "Are you sure?"

Astrid shrugged before crossing her arms, "Yeah, I mean, he did give them to you. I think you should have them for yourself." She answered giving him a weak smile. "So, how come you're here and not flying?"

Hiccup let out a sigh. "I don't know….I'm just not in the mood today, I might go later tonight." She gave him a nod as she leaned on the desk. The two just stared at each other feeling the awkwardness of neither of them talking.

"So….I saw that Gobber is making a bunch of weapons. You guys look busy today, a lot of orders came in uh?" she asked trying to break the silence.

"Um, no actually, no one has asked for new weapons for a while. Every once in a while someone will want a sword or an axe sharpened, but other than that it's been quiet here." He answered getting up from his chair walking to the open door. They both watched Gobber put the new sword he finished in a large pile of unused weapons.

"Poor Gobber, there's nothing to do with the weapons now that there are no more dragon raids." Astrid whispered so the blacksmith couldn't hear.

"I know, but he's been doing this most of his life. How can he just stop working here?"

"You did," she replied looking at him.

"Yeah but that's different, I was his apprentice. My dad just made me work here so Gobber could watch me when he was out doing chief business. I was never really devoted to working here my whole life." He whispered watching Gobber picking up Astrid's axe to sharpen it.

"Why not? I mean, you're really good here." She said making Hiccup look at her with a small smile.

"Seriously?" he asked seeing a little pink rise in her face.

"Shut up," she mumbled trying not to smile before she elbowed him in the gut. Hiccup let out a groan as held his stomach.

"What is it with you and shoving things in my gut?" he winced watching her sit in his chair.

Astrid shrugged before she rested her feet on the desk. "I don't know, it's just kind of fun hurting you."

"Well that makes me feel safe around you," he mumbled seeing her smirk at him. "Can you please get your boots off of my desk? I don't want dirt on my papers."

"Alright," she muttered before raising her legs up. Then she felt a shooting pain in her calf making her foot curl. She grabbed her leg and winced in pain trying to move her leg. "Ow! Ow! Ow!" she shouted trying to rub the pain out.

"What just happened to your leg?" Hiccup asked walking up to her.

"I got a cramp in my calf and my foot just turned!" she cried trying to move her foot. Without thinking, Hiccup grabbed her leg and put the bottom of her boot on his chest. He tried to stretch it out and turned her foot to the other side. She kept hissing in pain when he tried to release the tension.

"This is what happens when you don't stretch before going into the woods." He told her as he took off her boot to rub her ankle. Astrid let out a groan not wanting to admit that he was right.

The pain her leg started to settle, but it was still there. She yelled when he pressed his fingers just below her calf. "Ouch! That hurts!"

"Sorry, I'm not trying to hurt you." He explained moving his fingers back to her ankle.

"I know but still, that really hurts!"

"If you two are doing something inappropriate back there, at least shut the door!" Gobber shouted from the front of the forge. The teenagers felt their faces burn and let out a laugh at Gobber's assumption.

"Gobber you're sick!" Hiccup shouted feeling his face burn more. Astrid covered her mouth with her hand trying to contain her laughter. "Something is wrong with you Gobber!" he shouted as he gently rested Astrid foot on the floor. Astrid started to laugh making Hiccup laugh with her.

"I can't believe Gobber, I can't wait to tell Dad what Gobber thought-" she stopped laughing after realizing what she just said. Hiccup's laughter also stopped, and then he cleared his throat trying to think of something to say. "I uh…almost forgot about…you know" she muttered pulling her boot back on her foot.

Hiccup nodded as she got up from the chair. "I'm sorry," he mumbled.

"It's not your fault." She said before letting out a sigh. "I'm going back to the house, I'll see you later." She walked out of the room to see Gobber handing her now sharpen axe to her. Stormfly saw her rider walk out of the forge and followed her back to the Haddock house.

Astrid walked in the house and made her way to the loft. She put her axe by her dresser before taking off her shoulder pads and spiked skirt. She walked to the bed and took off her boots before lying back in bed to sleep the day away.


A/N: I haven't written chapter 11 yet. I've been editing my speech for my public speaking class (the only class I utterly loath besides math).

Anyway, did you hear about the new graphic novel? It takes place within hours after HTTYD2. It's written by Dean DeBlois and Richard Hamiltion, the writer of Dragons: Race to the Edge.

From how I understand it, it's going to become a series and the first novel is called "The Serpent's Heir". It will be released on April 26 2016 and contains about 80 pages to read.

Anyway, I just wanted you guys to know if you didn't hear about it.

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