This has to be the shortest thing I've ever written...
Anyway, after this, things will get a bit more interesting. And hopefully, more engaging. They'll be full of not-in-the-movie goodness, so don't give up on me yet.
They landed in a clearing near where all this began. "It makes perfect sense," Astrid was saying. "It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers, and that's their queen! It controls them!" She slipped off Toothless excitedly and began running towards Berk. "Come on, let's find your dad!"
"No! No, no!" He slipped off Toothless and dashed after her, blocking her way. "No, they'll kill Toothless! Astrid, we have to think this through carefully - "
"Hiccup! We just discovered the dragon's nest! The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here! And you want to keep it a secret?" She scoffed. He was being so...irrational! "To protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?"
Hiccup gave her a long, hard look. In that moment, she saw him transform from the bumbling village idiot to the bravest Viking she'd ever met: his defiant stance, his deep eyes, his shaggy chestnut hair framed by a halo from the moonlight, all gave him a fierce and solemn look.
"Yes."
Her angry look melted to one of awe. He's ready to fight for this dragon...I can't stand in his way.
"Okay." She said quietly. "Then what do we do?"
He turned away, grief etched in his brilliantly green eyes. "I don't know. Just...just give me until tomorrow, I'll figure something out."
She nodded and stared at the ground.
Punch. "That was for kidnapping me."
Hiccup rubbed his arm where Astrid had hit him and glared at Toothless. He gestured to her, but the dragon shook his head in annoyance and continued drinking from the little freshwater lake.
Hiccup sighed and turned away, toward Astrid. She quickly grabbed his shirt and kissed him on the cheek."That's for...for everything else," She stuttered. He looked at her incredulously, watching in slight amusement as her cheeks went a deep, attractive red.
With that she turned and sped off towards Berk.
Hiccup stood, rooted to the spot, as he watched Astrid dash away from him. He let out a longing sigh and rubbed his arm awkwardly. Toothless silently came up next to him and gave him a knowing look.
"Wh, what're you lookin' at?" He said, flustered.
Yeah yeah yeah, it was supposed to be Astrid's point of view...but come on, a moment like that? It was adorable, it had to be done!