"Push through it, Stormfly!"

To no avail were those words of encouragement and the fairy was sent flying back out of the vent right into the wall. Astrid hopped down from the box she was standing on and picked her up. "You okay?"

"Oh, me?" I'll be…" She thought for a while. "Fine."

Heather hummed a tune as she unscrewed a few more vents, but they all had strong fans in them, which the tiny fairy would be blown away by.

"Hmm hmm hm hm hm hmm hmm hmm. Laa laa la la la laa laa laa."

The tune was eerily familiar, but Astrid supposed she had just heard it on those rareoccurences that Heather let them listen to her music. She turned her head towards the door, where Ruff was using a decorative sword she had found to try to pry the door open. Her face was turning red with exertion.

Bang.

The sword flew threw the air and hit a small box none of them had noticed. Astrid checked her phone's dying battery. The coronation had started. Ruff was inspecting the box.

"Guys, check this out."

Heather hopped down and they both peered at it. It had wires everywhere, looping and in different colors. Astrid put a hand in and plucked one out.

A large alarm sounded throughout the room. Ruff sighed.

"If only there was a keypad inside the room."

"Maybe," Astrid said, excitement in her voice, "Someone from outside could hook it up!"

"Ast, if someone was outside we wouldn't need to hook it up!"

"Can't we call someone?" Heather asked desperately.

"Who?" Astrid said bitterly, "The other girls are getting their crowns right about now, they're not gonna have their phones, right now they're too busy becoming princesses and posing for the princes and -"

She paused.

"The princes are here, right?"

"Yeah," Heather mumbled, already going back to unscrewing the vents, "Hmm hmm hm hm - they had their coronation yesterday."

Astrid's heart raced.

"I'm good with mechanics."

Hiccup.

Her phone was going to die. Without telling the others anything, she took it out, and dialed his number.

So far, Henry Horrendous Haddock the Third had been pretty bored. Except for a sweet black dog who had seemed to taken a liking to happen - his collar said his name was Toothless - he didn't see the girl he had yearned to see for a while now. Where was she?

Astrid would look very pretty in one of those dresses. He sighed and pet Toothless between the ears.

Suddenly, his phone began ringing, loudly, and one of his teachers, Gobber, gave him a look.

Get out of her, that look said.

Hiccup trudged out, mumbling apologies for interrupting the ceremony and then leaned against the wall outside. He checked the phone.

Astrid?

Why was she calling him? Why wasn't she out there? Well, he supposed he should probably answer and find out.

"Hello?"

"Hiccup! Oh, I am so glad you answered. Listen, my phone's gonna die and I need your help. Are you in the castle?"

"Yes," he responded, confused beyond belief, "But where are you?"

"Trapped in the basement," she answered frantically, "You have to help us! Please, come down to the basement; careful, there are lasers at first, and then get us out of this vault!"

"But -"

Click.

"Astrid? Astrid!"

Toothless barked, and whimpered at him, looking at him with big eyes. Hiccup turned around to view the coronation.

They wouldn't miss him for a little while.

"Come on, bud. Let's go get Astrid. Who knows, through all this, I might even get a date."

I changed the POV because I was aching to write Hiccup. Again, for people who have seen the movie, I know Blaire doesn't call Nicholas, but honestly, I never liked him because he had, like, no role. And obviously our resident dork is more important than that.
Also, you might have realized, but it's kinda hard for me to post on weekends. Sorry 'bout that!