IM SO SORRY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BUT LIKE I'M SO BUSY. This chapter was small but I'll make it up to you guys I promise!

==Chapter 8==

Hiccup woke up, realizing he was not in his room nor his office. Heck, he wasn't even at Kabac. It was his old room at Berk. Hundreds of sketches he drew a year ago and some even way back are still hanging on his wall, untouched. He yawned and stretched then got up from his bed. Beside him was Toothless, still sleeping soundly.

He exited the house where he met Astrid, running towards the ring or academy as what Faye said. From there, they can hear swords clashing and dragons roaring.

Astrid and Hiccup silently walked towards the academy as the sword clashes continued but the dragon roars died down.

They looked down, seeing Faye and Lucel having a duel. From the looks of it, they have been dueling for a while now.

"She's good." Hiccup then smiled at her and nodded. Astrid looked at him staring at her then continued to watch the fight.

Astrid was impressed. It looked staged but she knew it was not. It's just that they can read each other's moves.

"At this rate, they're going to keep going until sunset." Hiccup laughed and took a deep breath.

"END OF MATCH! It's a draw!" Hiccup shouted. Astrid flinched at his voice. There was something about it. Like he can control people just by his voice. He was like a leader. A true prince.

Lucel and Faye stopped and turned to them. Faye was smiling at him and Lucel bowed in greeting.

"I could hear your swords from the house. It's been a long time since I've seen you two spar." Hiccup entered the academy.

"Well we didn't brought any weapons so we haven't practiced in a while. We had to borrow swords from the knights. Sorry if we woke you guys up." Faye laughed.

"My lady. Since His highness is here, we should tell him." Hiccup raised his eyebrow.

"What?"

"Astrid is coming with us to Kabac. She's going to be my aide." Silence. Hiccup just stared blankly at her. He took a deep breath and asked why.

"Her star resembles that of Lucel and Felix." Meaning she is to become an aide. Hiccup nodded and agreed.

Now Astrid was confused.

"Star? You mean you can read the stars? Like you can predict what's going to happen?"

"There are three recorded people who can read the stars so far. The priestess of Kabac, Her Highness Faye and the goddess Lady Raige."

"Something like that? However, no matter what we do, the outcome is still the same. When, how and why it happened is going to be unknown so it's a bit useless since I've been told that to announce the readings is the priestess' job and not mine." Faye answered her second question as the sun rose. Faye covered her eyes to block the sun's ray.

"We should go to the Great Hall to say our goodbyes." Hiccup exited the ring, followed by Lucel and they all entered the Great Hall.

A lot of people were there and as they entered, a lot of people were talking among themselves but Hiccup gave no heed to what they're talking about. With his father stood the four people who saw his failures and success in the ring. Snotlout, Fishlegs, and the twins stood beside Stoick, Raven and Amilia who stopped talking as soon as they saw him approach them.

Raven signaled somebody to approach them. Hiccup turned around to see the commander of a squadron who accompanied Raven and Amilia to Berk. He turned back to his father with a serious look on his face.

"I'll be leaving a squadron here to help train those who are interested to become dragon riders." The twins' faces lit up and started chatting on how cool it would be to ride a dragon. James stood beside Hiccup and introduced himself.

"My name is James of the Keratt House. I am the commander of squadron 16. It's nice to meet you."

"We'll be going now." He gestured to the other squadron to move out and soon they were at the cliff overseeing the vast see. All of the riders mounted on their dragons. Hiccup, for the last time turned to his father.

"Dad. When you know how to ride a dragon, I would like you to visit Kabac sometime."

Astrid noticed Faye was smiling at the sky. As if she was looking at something.

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"Ray, for the past year has developed a skill that allows him to know what kind of people he should trust and what jobs to give them."

"I say it's by experience. Perhaps he already knows how because of the environment he was in when he was still Hiccup"

The king nodded and went silent for a second.

"I want more tea!" The king cheered.

"Wait a minute Drunal! Since when was it my job to get you tea?!" The priestess slammed her hands on the table. King Durnal pouted saying that his visit is the only time he gets to loosen up.

"I admire Louise so much. She had to put up with you for all these years." She sighed, feeling sorry for the Queen.

"Hah. She was obviously dazzled by my look and my pleasing personality." The king said with so much pride in his voice that it caused the priestess to scoff.

"Oh yes. Pleasing personality." She said with obviously full of sarcasm.

"Act more like a priestess will you?"

"Act more like a king! Why are you resting on the table?!"

The king sigh and sat back, looking up at the ceiling.

"But you know. Once Ray is the king, a lot of people are going to deceive him." The priestess nodded. She heard from the past priestesses about kings being deceived causing them to step down or cause a major pandemonium in the kingdom.

"Are you worried?" The priestess asked.

"No. Ray has a strong bond with Felix and Princess Faye. It has only been a few months but it's there."

"About Princess Faye though. She is more capable than I thought. She knows archery and swordsmanship like it's her best field. She's also really knowledgeable of the houses in both Kabac and Sandtorg. It's unreal for someone who hasn't left the castle ever since she was young." The priestess finally stood up and made some tea.

"I have a feeling her aide Lucel plays a major role. I mean they have been together since they were young so it's kind of possible."

The priestess stopped what she was doing and turned to the king.

"Your Majesty! There is something I would like to tell you!" The king was kind of surprised that she switched from calling him by his first name to how she calls him with other people other than his children and Louise.

"I watched the stars yesterday. It seems that a new star is born between Prince Ray and Princess Faye…"

The king was dumb founded.

"I'm going to become a grandfather?! YES! Seventeen is a good age to start a family!" The king cheered.

"For royals. Normal people start a family at the age of twenty five." But to be honest. The priestess wasn't sure if it was a baby. It was bigger than usual. Like it was already there but it was only this time that the star got its light.

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"Your star is very pretty Astrid! It's shining so beautifully next to Ray and mine." She smiled at Astrid who smiled back and was pretty dazzled by what she said. She closed her eyes and tried to imagine stars but was quickly interrupted when she heard Prince Raven's dragon take off followed by the others.

She waved goodbye to the others before she and Faye took off. She took one last glance at Berk before muttering:

"See you soon Berk."

As they were flying, Faye flew beside Hiccup and was suddenly hit with a weird feeling.

"Hey Ray. Why do I feel like a misunderstanding just occurs at the castle?"

Hiccup had no idea what Faye was talking about.

==End==

LMAO NO. NO BABY. NOT YET ;D