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Madrigrl39 : Thanks for the nice review. I've been noticing the progress in my writing, too.

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"Where are you taking us?" Hamilton Holt and his family were following Ruffnut Thorston through her village.

"To Stoick. He's the leader of this village. You guys need a place to stay, right? He'll tell you." So they followed her through the village, earning stares from the other Vikings. Eventually they came to a house that sat slightly away from the others. Ruffnut walked up to the door and opened it, yelling inside. "Stoick? You here?"

"He's not here right now." A teenage boy walked down the stairs to greet his visitors. "He left to hunt, won't be back until tomorrow."

"Aw, that's too bad. More people shipwrecked. I had to save them." She gestured behind her. Hiccup looked in time to find them staring at his missing foot. The oldest woman noticed first and cleared her throat, getting her family's attention.

"Hello, I'm Mary-Todd Holt. And this is my family." She introduced them, one by one. "And you are…?"

"Hiccup. You can call me Hiccup." Just then, the door opened, again to a yelling Thorston.

"Hey Stoick! We have visitors!" He walked in. "Oh. Um, there are others outside."

"Why don't we join them?" Hiccup suggested. "It'll get crowded in here."

They walked out, Ruff and Tuff leading the way while shoving each other for first. The minute the Holts stepped outside, even the feuding twins could sense the tension. The only one who seemed excited was Hamilton. "Well if it isn't the Cahills! Yo, guys, what's up?"

"Um, hey, Hamilton." Amy said.

"I didn't know you were here." Ian stepped up front. Hamilton glared.

"I didn't know you where here, either. Hassling Amy and Dan again?"

"Hey, I hate to break up the macho fight, but my ankle hurts." Nellie said, angry about being left out.

"Well, maybe you should come in. He helped walk her inside, then came out again. Okay, so you guys-" he gestured to the Cahills, Kabras, and Holts "-know each other. Why don't the Holts stay with Ruff and Tuff for now, and the rest can stay here. It's getting late, and I've got to train the young ones tomorrow."

They split up and the night passed slowly, for most. But for two, the sun's warm rays came too soon.

Ruffnut and Hamilton were talking. Hamilton told her about WWE, MMA, things that involved fighting. And fairytales. She liked fairytales. Ruffnut, in turn, told him about how to take care of the dragons, how to choose one as your partner, how to saddle them up and fly. They spent the whole night on the thatched roof, staring at the stars and swapping stories. Eventually, they fell asleep curled up with Fire and Thunder.

Gods, I'm ashamed to call this a chapter… This is downright horrible X( I'll try harder next time, but I have about a million and one fanfics, plus some I want to write reeeaaaalllyyyy baaaaaaaadly!

Toodles!