Hey guys! Katurdi's back! *pumps fists in air* Who's ready for Chapter 3?! *crickets* Well, TOO BAD. YOU'RE GETTING IT ANYWAY.

SHOUTOUTS

animalsarepeopletoo: I totally agree! I made the first chapter shorter just to get a feel of writing FanFiction, and to see if anyone would like it. And YOU WILL HAVE TO SEE! *cackles and rubs hands together*

thepurplewriter333: Aw, thanks! YOU'LL HAVE TO SEE!

harrypanther: Thanks! That's what I was going for! I figured since Hiccup was WAY more sarcastic it would be a lot different.

Musical Ninja: Me too! I started a one-shot series solely for what-ifs. Check it out if you want! And you're right, you'll have to find out!

FanWriter02: Thanks! That means a lot, since you're one of my FAVORITE authors! *squeals* Yes, thepurplewriter333 is EVIL. *glares at purple*

Penderson: ... I'm not sure how to respond to that. Thanks? (BTW, THIS WEIRDO IS MY BROTHER.)

Now, ON TO THE STORY!

"Okay. Thorston blind field test, numero uno." Tuff stood in front of Hiccup with narrowed eyes. "Who is standing right in front of you?"

Hiccup rolled his eyes. Although he couldn't see, he could easily hear that is was Tuffnut's voice. "Tuff, I know it's you." He said sarcastically.

Hiccup heard Tuff gasp and jump up, raising his arms in triumph. "He got it! He's fine everybody. Ugh, thank Thor!" he heard him walk away, sighing. "Phew, that was a close one."

Hiccup sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, closing his eyes. Not that it mattered whether or not he closed his eyes, because he couldn't see either way. "Guys, we shouldn't worry about me right now! We need to find the dragons! They're still out there and are probably scared out of their minds."

"Wait a minute," Tuff interjected. "Why do you care? Toothless is right here!" he gasped "Or is he? He could be a figment of my imagination!" Hiccup heard Tuff walk up to Toothless, who was sitting near the door of the clubhouse. "Are you real? Or are you a ghost?" Tuff patted the black dragon's neck and gasped. "Wow, I must have a really good imagination!"

Hiccup narrowed his eyes and turned in the direction of Tuff's voice, crossing his arms. "Tuff, I'm pretty sure he's there."

"How do you know that? I thought you were blind!" Tuff gasped. "Are you playing a joke on us? Very clever Hiccup, but you can't fool me! We all know you're not blind!"

Hiccup groaned and face-palmed, and he was pretty sure he heard several other face-palms. "Tuff, I'm pretty sure he's blind. Why would he lie about that?" Astrid's voice.

"Um… I don't know. Why would you lie about that, Hiccup?"

Hiccup sighed angrily and clenched his fists. "Tuff, I'm. Not. Lying! Would you please just shut your mouth for five minutes?"

"Uh.. how long is five minutes?" Everyone minus Tuffnut groaned. "What?"

"Anyway," Astrid's voice said. "I think Hiccup has a point. We need to find our dragons. I can't imagine how scared Stormfly is right now. We need to round them up before the next storm hits."

Hiccup nodded in the direction of Astrid's voice. "Right. Toothless and I can help! We can cover more ground that way-"

"No way, Hiccup. You can't go out there like this! I'll take Toothless and go look for Stormfly."

Hiccup crossed his arms and glared at what he assumed was Astrid. "And leave me here alone? No way! Besides, you can't fly Toothless."

"Neither can you!" Hiccup could feel Astrid's glare on him. "I-I'll figure it out."

"Astrid," He groaned. "I'm going with you."

"Sorry, not an option." Gods, why is she so stubborn? He thought.

"Listen, I'm more effective blind than some riders, who shall remain nameless, that are fully sighted." He said while glaring in Ruff and Tuff's direction.

"Is he looking at us?" Tuff's voice sounded slightly hurt.

"He can't see. Hence, he cannot actually look. So, no." Ruff said.

"Hiccup, there is no way you are flying in your condition. How are you supposed to work Toothless' tail fin?" Astrid said accusingly.

"Please, I could fly Toothless with my eyes closed! Which is lucky, because it looks like my eyes are closed all the time anyway… It'll be a piece of cake!"

"It will not be a piece of cake, Hiccup. It would be more like a piece of two week old bread- barely edible."

"Yeah, but it is edible."

"HICCUP!"

"Astrid, I am going. You can't stop me! As leader, I am putting my foot down." He crossed his arms and stood resolutely, tilting his chin upwards.

Astrid threw up her hands in defeat. "Fine! Be a muttonhead, then! I'm flying with you two, though. Someone has to be your eyes."

Hiccup grinned and placed his hands on his hips. "Great! To the skies!" He turned and walked towards Toothless, but ended up bumping into the wall. He rubbed his head and held out his other hand, feeling the air for Toothless. When he finally found his dragon, he grabbed onto one of the saddle straps. Toothless grunted and walked out the door, while Hiccup followed blindly by holding on to the strap.

He vaguely heard Tuff, Ruff, and Astrid walking out the doors behind him. He stopped near the center of the platform, feeling around for the stirrups. "Need any help?" Astrid's voice asked from behind him.

"Nope, I'm good." He waved his hand dismissively behind him. "Go tell Snotlout and Fishlegs what we're doing!"

He heard Astrid mutter something and stomp off, but he was too focused on trying to get in the saddle to pay attention to what she said. "Okay, um, how about this…" He tried stepping into the stirrup, but ended up stepping on empty air. "UGH, um, let's try this…"

"Stupid muttonhead… He's too stubborn for his own good." Astrid stomped down the ramps towards the stables, which Snotlout and Fishlegs were working repairing. "Why'd he have to lose his sight? Thor, why did I say he could come?"

Astrid stomped towards Fishlegs and Snotlout, who were busy lifting one of the doors of the stables. "Snotlout! Fishlegs! We're going to go search for our dragons."

"YES!" Snotlout threw down the door and sighed dramatically. "I am sick of working. I'm coming for you, Hookie!" He ran down the ramp, screaming random nonsense. Astrid shook her head and sighed, rubbing the side of her head with her hand.

"Are you going too, Fishlegs?"

"Of course I am!" Fishlegs yelled, shocked. "I'd never leave my Meatlug out there all alone! Don't worry Meatlug, daddy's coming!" Fishlegs too ran down the ramp with his hands held high.

Astrid rolled her eyes and turned around, starting to walk back up the ramp. I wonder if the others have left yet? She thought. Hiccup better not have taken off without me.

When Astrid finally reached the top of the ramp and could see the clubhouse, she had to stop to take in what was in front of her. Hiccup was draped over Toothless sideways, stomach down, facing her. Toothless warbled and spun in circles, trying to see his rider. "Bud! Could you-stop! Stop spinning! P-please!" Toothless stopped spinning for half a second, then resumed his spinning. He tried craning his neck backwards, but ended up falling on his side. The good news, the dragon seemed fine. The bad news, Hiccup was stuck underneath him. He seemed to have had the wind knocked out of him, and laid there blinking dazedly.

Astrid couldn't stop the laugh that escaped her. She stood there clutching her sides, trying to regain control of herself. Hiccup seemed to come to his senses and scowled, trying to shove Toothless off of him. "Haha, laugh it up already. I'm glad you think it's funny that a scrawny, blind guy is stuck under a dragon that weighs nearly a ton!" he yelled sarcastically. Astrid had to shove her fist into her mouth to stop her giggles. "T-toothless, get off bud!" Hiccup shoved the dragon again, who grumbled and rolled lazily off his rider. Hiccup laid there for a moment, gasping for air.

"N-need some help?" Astrid managed to stutter our once her laughs subsided. She didn't wait for his answer and walked over, hauling him to his feet.

He swayed for a minute, trying to regain his senses. He shook his head and blinked, and Astrid just remembered that he was blind. She frowned and examined his eyes, which were weirdly contracted. Does everyone's eyes do that when they go blind? She wondered. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she noticed Hiccup was talking to her. "What?" she replied stupidly.

Hiccup's cheeks flushed pink. "I said do you mind helping me get on Toothless? He doesn't seem to want to stay still." Astrid could tell he didn't want to admit his weakness, and she grinned. Typical Hiccup.

"Sure. Toothless, come here." The black dragon lazily got up from his spot on the ground and ambled over to them warbling. "Come on, we've got to help Hiccup get in the saddle. Can you help me out?" He nodded eagerly and walked up next to Hiccup, showing him his back.

Astrid grabbed Hiccup's hand and led him to Toothless, placing his hand on the saddle. She noticed that his cheeks were an even darker shade of red and smiled to herself. Why is he blushing like that? "Okay, stand on your prosthetic. I'm going to guide your other leg to the stirrup, okay?" she saw him nod once and shift all his weight on his prosthetic, wincing slightly.

She knelt and took hold of his boot, leading it to the stirrup. Once it was securely in, she stood and patted his shoulder. "Can you do the rest?" she asked him.

"Y-yeah, thanks Astrid." He grabbed hold of one of the handles and hoisted himself up on the saddle. He clicked his prosthetic in and moved it, testing Toothless' fin. "Sounds okay," she heard him mutter.

Astrid grabbed hold of the saddle and hoisted herself up behind Hiccup, wrapping her arms around his waist- to make sure she didn't fall off, nothing more. "Ready to go?"

"Yep." He shifted his prosthetic and opened the tail fin in the right position. "Ready bud?"

Toothless warbled and spread his wings, then took off with two powerful flaps. Astrid noticed Hiccup's knuckles were white on the handles of the saddle. "You okay?" she asked worriedly.

"Y-yeah, it's just kind of weird flying without being able to see… which way are we going, exactly?"

"Turn right, when the dragons were spooked they flew into the forest." Hiccup nodded once and shifted the prosthetic, accidentally making Toothless dip suddenly. "AGH!" Astrid shrieked and tightened her hold on Hiccup.

"Sorry!" he yelled, then changed the position again. This time, Toothless turned right and started flying towards the forest.

"Not much of a piece of cake, now is it?" Astrid asked while smiling smugly.

"Shut up Astrid." Hiccup muttered under his breath, and Astrid grinned wider.

The man trudged through the forest and moved aside a large branch. Ahead of him lay Dragon's Edge in its full glory. He smirked to himself, looking at the outpost. His musings were interrupted by a loud shriek above him. He frowned and looked up, shielding his eyes from the sun. He could see the Night Fury and the boy he was after flying shakily. "Sorry!" he heard him yell. He just then noticed someone else was in the saddle: a girl. He growled to himself, watching them fly directly overhead and head over the woods. He turned and trudged back in the direction he came, after the black dragon.

*gasp* TWO UPDATES IN ONE DAY? AMAZING. Which would you guys prefer me to update tomorrow: WLGYL or a new What-If? Tell me in the review section!