Assemblies were not a common occurrence in the school, so when Miss Toothiana did call for one, everyone was wondering what the occasion was. The teacher herself stood on stage, along with Dame Gothel, who was looking as regal as ever.

"Do you know what this is about?' Astrid asked Rapunzel, who she had talked to a few more times after the dance.

"No idea," she replied, turning to face her, "Just because I'm her daughter doesn't mean I know everything."

"Funny," Astrid quipped, "I could've sworn you knew everything."

"Hilarious," the princess responded, rolling her eyes.

She laughed and made her way to her roommates. Heather shook her head. "When did you guys go from the I-Want-To-Kill-You phase all the way to lightly teasing each other?"

Astrid shrugged. "I don't know, but I don't particularly mind." She looked up on stage, where Tooth had just began to speak.

"Princesses, lady royals, we have a treat for you."

Ruffnut closed her eyes and crossed her fingers. "The princes are coming back, the princes are coming back…" for she had very much taken to a boy named Eret. And it was the only time she saw her twin brother, Tuffnut, throughout the year.

"From the generosity of Dame Gothel, our next manners class will be held…" She paused for dramatic effect. "In the palace!"

"Wow," Astrid breathed, "that's pretty cool."

"It is!" Heather squealed, "Can you imagine the amount of legends that could be confirmed there?"

Ruffnut opened her eyes. "Alright, cool. Not as cool as the princes, but cool nonetheless."

As a treat, the girls went down to the spa to be pampered for their once-in-a-lifetime trip. Right now they were all soaking in the tubs, which were very different from Astrid's scratchy shower back home.

Stormfly flew up to her with a tube of bright blue nail polish. "Think this will go well with your eyes, Astrid?"

"It's pretty," she admitted, "but come on, my eyes aren't that -"

"Yes they are," Ruff interrupted, "I bet Hiccup thought so too."

Astrid scowled. "Why do you guys keep bringing him up?"

"Because, Ast," Heather laughed, "You guys looked really adorable. Plus you've been texting him nonstop."

"I have not!" she protested. "Stormfly?"

"I'm gonna have to agree with them," she said guiltily as Windshear and Barf laughed. The fairies began doing their nails.

Astrid rolled her eyes. "Whatever. He's, er, pretty cool."

"Or just pretty," Ruff snorted, and when she saw her friend's mutinous glare, she hastened, "Ah, so what are you looking forward to at the palace?"

"I don't really know."

"I wanna find out more about Berk's magical crown!"

"Berk's magical crown?" she questioned, "What's that?"

Heather sat straight up excitedly. "Oh, oh! So, it says that when Queen Valka wore it at her coronation, it lit up!" Her voice dropped so the other two had to strain their ears to hear it. "But it hasn't been seen since then."

Heather knew how to say these things. Tingles ran down Astrid's back just listening to her. The mood was broken, however, when the three fairies cried, "All done!" and began getting their towels ready.

"Nice," Astrid complimented. "C'mon guys, let's hurry. The sooner we get to the palace, the more we can see."

Their laughter was cut short, when, horrified, they entered their room.

Every single dress, skirt, shirt, and tie had been ripped to shreds, and was strewn across the room.

Sorry for another short chapter!