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Around three o'clock that evening, Astrid was heading back to her house, when she bumped into Ruffnut.

"Oh, hey Astrid," said Ruffnut.

"Hi, Ruff," said Astrid. "What have you been doing today?"

"Not much," said Ruffnut. "So...you were hangin' out with that new kid?"

"Who?" said Astrid. "Hadley?"

"Yes Hadley," said Ruffnut. "Scott told me all about Hadley. It's strange, what I've heard you know, Astrid. I've known you for a fair few years. You don't normally hang out with the new kids."

"Well, I don't know," said Astrid. "He's just...different. He's different than anyone else I've met. He's kind of a nerd, but he's also really sweet."

"Uh huh," said Ruffnut. "Whatever you say, I'm not getting involved." Then, without another word, she walked on to her house. Astrid rolled her eyes and continued on the sidewalk.

"Oh, Ruff, there's one more thing!" Astrid turned around and shouted. Ruffnut stopped and looked at her. "Hiccup is an awesome guitar player," said Astrid. Then, she turned and headed off.

...

About an hour later, Astrid was at her house, picking up her violin, ready to give it another try. After playing for a little while, her phone went off in that annoyingly happy "Whoo! I got a text message!" voice it always rang out in.

Astrid set down her violin on her bed and reached for her phone. Taking it out of her pocket, she saw who it was from, and smiled. But then she read the message, and frowned all over again.

Um…Astrid, I need your help.

She hadn't been expecting this by a long shot. Was something wrong? If it was, what was it?

Hiccup, what happened? She typed back in almost five seconds and sent it in even less. In a few minutes, she got the reply.

Are you available?

Astrid: Why? What's wrong? Did something happen?

Hiccup: Well, let's just say I'm…clumsy. Toothless wanted to explore…cat thinks he's a dog, remember? And so…yeah, he ran off, I followed him, and then I tripped and slipped down a hill…and…yeah. Help?

At first, Astrid was wondering what had happened. But in another instant, she knew that she needed to stop thinking about what had happened, and get to helping Hiccup, no matter what situation he was in.

She picked up her phone again, and typed out a quick reply message to Hiccup: I'm going to call you. Tell me where you are over the phone, and then I want you to tell me what happened.

She waited a full two minutes before she got her reply. Sounds good. Just call me.

She didn't even think twice. She pulled on her coat, tied a scarf around her neck, ran down her staircase, and bolted out the door.

Then, she called Hiccup. The line rang only three times before he picked up.

"Huh, you weren't kidding when you said you'd call right away," he said over the line.

"You bet I wasn't," said Astrid. "Now, where are you? Is it close enough to walk?"

"Probably," Hiccup replied. "If you walk over to my house, there is an ally way kind of close." There was silence for a few seconds. "Do you see it yet?" he asked.

Astrid was running at this point. "Um…yeah, I see it," she said. "What now?"

"Okay, you will see a sort of drop," said Hiccup over the line. "Do you see it?"

"Yeah I see...Hiccup!" she shouted.

"So you see me?" Hiccup asked over the phone.

"Yeah," said Astrid. "Hang on. I'm hanging up now." She pressed "End", slipped her phone into her pocket while, at the same time, running down the steep slope, towards Hiccup.

He was leaning up against the wall, not putting any weight on his left ankle. Despite his outward appearance, he was smiling. Toothless was sitting on his shoulder, hissing at the boy's ankle as if it were to blame.

"What happened? What did you do to yourself?" Astrid demanded as she reached him.

"My clumsy self and dog-like-cat…" Hiccup groaned. "I didn't do anything to myself, Astrid. I just fell down a hill."

"And there's a difference?" asked Astrid. Hiccup gave her an "are you serious" look, and she changed the subject. "What happened to your ankle?" she asked.

"Just twisted it, I think," said Hiccup. "It's really not too bad, Astrid."

"Well, come on then," said Astrid. "Do you think we could get back to your house if I helped you? Is your Mom there, do you think?"

"Probably," said Hiccup. "She's going out of town in like, two weeks, or something. She told me so yesterday, meaning she's probably getting ready for that and all. Why do you ask?"

"Because someone's going to need to patch you up, and I certainly don't know how to," said Astrid with a half-laugh.

"You make an excellent point," said Hiccup, putting up one of his fingers on the word "excellent." "Shall we, oh I don't know…start heading there?"

"Yeah, that sounds good," said Astrid. "Come on."

No one was counting how long it took, but they could very well have guessed it was near half an hour. Once they got there, they were greeted by Hiccup's mother, who was absolutely shocked. She asked about a thousand questions while helping Astrid and Hiccup inside, sitting Hiccup down on the couch, and taking to wrapping his ankle.

Hiccup's mother was a tall woman that looked like a female older version of Hiccup. Her hair was auburn, super long, and her eyes were the same deep emerald as Hiccup's were.

"And that's how it happened," Hiccup finished telling his mother, and Astrid was jerked out of her thoughts when she realized that Hiccup had been talking the whole time. "I was just being careless."

"Well, you should start being more careful, Hiccup," said his mother. "One of these days, you're seriously going to hurt yourself. And it won't be as easy as a twisted ankle."

"Yeah, you're probably right," said Hiccup. "You usually are."

"So," said his mother, leaning back, "is this Astrid?"

"Yep," Hiccup answered. "She helped me a lot."

"Hiccup has told me all about you," said Hiccup's mother. She extended her hand to Astrid, and Astrid shook it. "My name is Valka, and it would be fine if you would call me so," said Valka. "I really don't like being known as 'Misses Valka' or 'Misses Haddock'. Just Valka. Hiccup's told me a lot, you know. I appreciate the fact that you have been such a great friend to him during the time we've been here."

"Thank you, Valka," said Astrid. "I've enjoyed it. He's a cool kid."

Valka nodded and smiled before standing. "You just twisted it a bit, Hiccup," she said. "You'll be fine in about a week. I need to go out on a business call…I would hate to bother you, Astrid…but if you don't have anything to do this evening…would you mind, maybe…staying with him?"

"Not at all!" said Astrid instantly. "I just have to call my Mom and let her know where I am, so she doesn't freak out."

"Thank you so much, Astrid," said Valka. "Even with a twisted ankle, I know Hiccup will find some way to get up and out of this house. He can't stay in the same place for more than a few minutes before he has to do something else."

"Will do," said Astrid. "Thanks."

Shortly after, Valka left. Astrid sighed and sat down next to Hiccup on the couch.

"Soooo…what now?" Astrid asked.

"Well…" said Hiccup. "Do you know how to play Mario Kart?"