Chapter 12: Plan set into Action

Snorre walked over to Astrid quickly, excited to finally be going home. He received and blank stare from Astrid but he didn't let it faze him. "Astrid what's wrong, you don't seem too happy about leaving." Snorre said wrapping his arm around Astrid.

Astrid wanted more then anything to slap this Viking across the face and push him away but she is to marry him soon. Astrid knew she wouldn't like him from the first time she met him but Astrid just couldn't push him away if for anything then the need to not dishonor her father. Her father gave her to Snorre and though Astrid hated it, she would be his and doing anything against Snorre would mean dishonor to her father. So Astrid simply smiled the best she could and forcefully put her arm around Snorre. Astrid hated that more then she hated him. "So Snorre, when do we leave?" Astrid mentally shivered after asking that but being mean to Snorre wouldn't get her anywhere.

"We leave very soon my love." Astrid hated him before but after he said that, that made her hate him more.

'How can he say that, he hardly knows me? He is such a creep.' Astrid thought but responded differently. "Ok, I will go get myself ready." Astrid said giving her a reason to separate herself from Snorre. Astrid gently took his arm off of her and then walked away toward her home. Once Snorre was no longer in sight, Astrid growled angrily and stormed off toward her home.

Meanwhile in the mess hall, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and friends had all gathered together with the exception of Hiccup and Astrid. "Ruffnut, what is up with Astrid, she seems unlike herself." Snotlout said putting his axe on the table.

"She is really upset about having to marry Snorre and honestly I can't blame her. He is a creep who falls in love the first pretty girl he sees. In addition to that, Hiccup had planned a proposal. So here is what I plan on doing." Ruffnut looked around and then got everyone up close to each other so that she could whisper to each of them. "Snotlout, I want you to go find Astrid and take her somewhere. I don't care where; have her say goodbye to Hiccup or something." Snotlout nodded and then Ruffnut turned to Fishlegs and her brother. "Us three will go and tie up Snorre and then take him somewhere deep in the forest and then I'll take it from there." Tuffnut was happy with this but Fishlegs had a questioning look.

"I don't know guys, this doesn't seem right." Fishlegs said trying to think this through more carefully.

"Fishlegs, we're doing this for our friend. Astrid doesn't want to leave Hiccup or us. This is fair game and besides Snorre will just make her miserable. Do you really want Astrid to be miserable for the rest of her life?" Ruffnut said arms folded.

"If we are ever caught doing this, then we will be in more trouble then Hiccup ever got into." Fishlegs said getting stern looks from the two in front of him as Snotlout had already left. "Astrid was given to Snorre and we can't do anything that will change that." Ruffnut was about to yell at Fishlegs when Fishlegs continued. "However Astrid is our friend and I don't want to see her miserable. I'm in." Fishlegs said receiving smiles from the others.

Ruffnut was happy to see Fishlegs change his mind. "Then let's get moving." Ruffnut said pulling some rope out from under the table.

"Where did the rope come from, you didn't have it when we came in." Tuffnut said confused.

Ruffnut turned to her brother and smiled. "You'd like to know wouldn't you?" Then Tuffnut waved his hands in front of him saying that he changed his mind. "Then let's move out." Ruffnut and the others ran off.

Snotlout had arrived at Astrid's home and then knocked on the door. Astrid then answered and her eyes widened in confusion. "Hey Astrid, let's go see Hiccup one last time before you leave. What do you say?" Snotlout suggested.

Astrid looked back into her home and toward her room and then nodded. "I guess I can spare a little bit of time but not too long. I'm sure Snorre will be here any minute to pick me up." Astrid said bitterly.

"Come on let's go." Snotlout said as the two walked out and toward Hiccups hut. As they walked, the two of them were silent which bugged Snotlout. "So Astrid, heard that Hiccup planned on proposing to you."

Astrid blushed a bit and then frowned at the thought of that never being able to happen. "Yeah, he had planned on it and he even had a ring made for me but let's not talk about it ok. It's already going to be hard enough to say goodbye to Hiccup, I don't want to talk about what could've been." Astrid said and then the two went into silence once again. Soon the two reached Hiccup's hut. She knocked on the door and then heard Hiccup say come in. Once she walked in, Hiccup's eyes widened with joy but slowly faded away after seeing Astrid's eyes. "Hi Hiccup."

"Hey Astrid, your father didn't change his mind did he?" Hiccup said sadly and then saw Astrid shake her head. "I don't care what people say Astrid, I'm not going to marry Brynhild and you shouldn't have to marry Snorre." Hiccup said angrily.

"What can we do though, Hiccup. I mean you have a choice on who you want to marry but I don't." Astrid walked over and sat down on Hiccup's bed.

"What's the point Astrid in having a choice in who you want to marry when the person that you want to marry has no choice. We don't really have a choice, it's our parents choice and that's all there is to it. Well I refuse to give you up that easily because it's just not fair." Hiccup's said angry about the whole thing.

Astrid stood up and then looked over at Hiccup. "Take care of Blueberry for me will ya Hiccup?" Hiccup didn't answer and Astrid couldn't blame him. He is right, it's not fair but when was life ever fair. "Goodbye Hiccup." Astrid then ran toward the door and walked out before Hiccup could even have the chance to tell her to stop.

Meanwhile in the woods Fishlegs, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut had tied up Snorre and threw him into a small hole in the ground. "I think that went well after all, it's not a fight without getting a scare out of it." Ruffnut said holding onto her injured arm and looked at the other two who also were injured no thanks to Snorre. Then the three looked at Snorre and walked off laughing.

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