Forget Me Not: After accidentally crash landing on Toothless, Hiccup hits his head and doesn't remember anything from before he shot Toothless down that one night. So when Astrid shows close affections for Hiccup in his amnesia state, how will he take it? And since Toothless has gone missing in the woods, who will get him home safely now? Set before Blindsided. Requested by CartoonPonyDrawing

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"Hiccup Haddock!" Astrid shouted, gripping Stormfly's saddle tighter in front of her. "If you don't come over to me right now, I swear I will-"

"Astrid, I'll be fine!" Hiccup laughed as he flew Toothless above the open patch of trees he aimed to do acrobats over. "It's just some harmless flying! Nothing could happen to us from something as simple as that… right, bud?"

Toothless snorted in reply, flapping his wings even harder.

Astrid glared at Hiccup with both concern and annoyance, still forcing Stormfly to remain airborne. "Hiccup, there's a storm coming! We need to get back to base before you do something stupid and get yourself killed."

Hiccup sighed, casting a glance up at the darkened sky. Yes, indeed there was a storm coming. And by the looks of it, it wasn't going to be a good one. As if one cue, thunder rumbled, and he spotted a flash of lightning strike in the distance. It was dangerous to be out doing this, but... "Just a little longer," he pushed, looking over at Astrid again. "I want to go over this one more time."

Glowering, the girl began to fly over to him. "Hiccup-"

"All right, bye!"

With that, Hiccup took off on Toothless, whooping as the two whipped through the wind. Electricity was clear in the air, the wind whipped wildly in his face, and he truly felt… free. "Come on, bud! Faster!" he urged, leaning forward on Toothless.

The Night Fury rumbled, and obliged.

"A little further now… a little further…" Hiccup whispered, preparing in his find of how the future act would go. "Okay, Toothless…. and... now!"

Toothless abruptly shot up in the air, his wings pushing with all their might to fly upwards. Hiccup yelled, closing his eyes as they got closer to the clouds. "That's it, bud! We're doing it!" he cheered, smiling. "Next, we're doing the dive. Are you ready?"

Toothless huffed.

"I'll take that as a yes," Hiccup grinned, opening his eyes. "All right. We can do this." He sucked in a breath, ready for the uneasy feeling that would soon come in his stomach when they would be falling. "One… two… and... three!"

Toothless's wings suddenly stopped pushing, and the rider and dragon seemed to be suspended in midair for a few seconds, like pieces of a chandelier dangling down from the sky. And then, gravity grabbed them, pulling them back down to earth. Hiccup heard Astrid's nervous shout of, "Hiccup!" from nearby, but he ignored it. If Toothless and he could finally master this, then fighting Viggo's Dragon Hunters ships would be all the easier, as he could take the Hunters by surprise.

"Okay, Toothless," Hiccup called, fighting to be heard over the battering wind as they fell. "You're going to pull up in-"

All of the sudden, such a great crack of thunder rippled through the sky, shaking the very air itself. The next few moments were full of dread, and Hiccup soon realized what was wrong. There was a storm right over them.

A lightning storm.

Toothless's tail fin was metal.

And so was his leg.

"Bud! Land in the trees, now!" Hiccup yelled, already knowing what would happen if they were struck by lightning. It had happened before when Toothless was going to be banished from Berk a few years back, and it hadn't ended pretty.

Toothless snorted in alarm, and was starting to flap his wings again when a blinding light filled the sky. There was a crash, a humongous jolt of electricity headed towards them, and then the impact of an intangible, unseen force.

Next, they were falling, like a broken arrow falling through the sky.

Hiccup was vaguely aware of Astrid's screaming as Toothless and him hit the trees.

Pain filled his head as he collided with the ground, and everything went black.

A muffled sound rang urgently in his ears, but he didn't have any idea of what it was. After a moment of listening, though, the sound started to form into… a person speaking?

"H-cup!" the voice said, distinctly feminine. There was something shaking his shoulders. "P-ease w-ke up!... oh g-ds, your h-d…"

He cringed as a searing pain went up the side of his head. What… what had happened? The last thing he remembered was standing in the forge with Gobber. "Stay here," the old blacksmith had told him. "Don't go anywhere. Stay. There."

What had happened after that? What… suddenly, the obvious answer came to him. He must have ran out of the forge right after Gobber had gone, and then gotten knocked unconscious during the raid by a dragon. It all made sense now.

"H-cup? You a-ke?" the girl's voice asked. "Your ey-ids are fli-ring…"

Were they? Hiccup couldn't tell. In fact, he could barely feel his face at all. It just felt numb- except the side of his head, which ached terribly.

"Come on," the girl's voice pleaded, more desperate than before. Her words were getting clearer, and Hiccup felt his senses returning one by one. "Don't leave me like this… Hiccup!"

Hiccup decided that he'd open his eyes now, even though it was probably all for naught. After all, who really cared about him on Berk? His father certainly didn't, the other viking teens despised him, and the village, frankly, would be quite happy if he was gone.

But nevertheless, he opened his eyes, and was greeted with a blurry face looking down at him.

"Hiccup!" the person above him cried, and next he felt that he was tackled in a hug. "Oh gods, I was so worried…"

"Mmph," Hiccup replied, too crushed from the tight grip to form words.

The girl pulled away, her face still slightly fuzzy. She sucked in a breath, leaning back on her heels as she dragged Hiccup into a sitting position. "How do you feel? When you crashed on Toothless, I-I was so scared. And then when I found you, the side of your head was bleeding, and-"

"Toothless?" Hiccup mumbled, wincing. "Who's… who's Toothless?"

And right then, his vision cleared.

He saw who the girl sitting in front of him was.

Astrid Hofferson. The coolest girl ever to live on Berk.

He almost collapsed backwards, but Astrid was quick to grab his arm and steady him. "How much does your head hurt, Hiccup?" she asked, concerned. "Your gash is still bleeding a lot… we need something to bandage it."

Hiccup paused, still studying her face. She looked older since he had last seen her… and so much more beautiful. For a moment, he was struck dumb, but quickly regained his speech. "Who's Toothless?" he repeated, more firm with his words than before.

Astrid gave him a confused look. "What do you mean?"

Getting frustrated, Hiccup bit his lip. "How did I… crash on this Toothless? I was out during a dragon raid and got knocked unconscious. I didn't crash on anything."

Astrid blinked slowly, cocking her head. "Hiccup, what are you talking about?" she asked. "Toothless is your dragon. You know, the one you were out riding during a storm. Toothless's tail fin was struck by lightning, and you two fell. Oh, Thor… you must have hit your head harder than I thought…"

Hiccup started to edge away. "D-dragon?" he stuttered. "Vikings… riding… dragons? That's impossible!"

"Hiccup," Astrid began, practically brimming with worry. "Do you… do you not remember Toothless?" She grimaced at his blank expression. "Okay… um, tell me: where are we now?"

Hiccup shrugged, looking around. His head pounded at the movement, but he tried to ignore it as best as he could. "Uh, somewhere in the woods on Berk, I guess? I don't really remember."

Astrid's blue eyes shot wide open. "Berk? Hiccup, we're on Dragon's Edge. And you and Toothless-" She paused. "Wait… where's Toothless? When you two fell, I-I was more worried about you than him… oh gods…"

Rubbing at his head, Hiccup examined the area again. He was sitting down in the midst of a patch of trees with Astrid sitting in front of him, the sky was dark with a looming storm, looking ready to burst at any moment, and then there was-

"Dragon!" Hiccup yelped, backing up. "Deadly Nadder! I-it's right behind you, Astrid! R-run!"

Astrid, alarmed, looked at Stormfly and then at Hiccup. "What are you talking about? That's just Stormfly. Hang on, I bet I can get you on her and then we can search for Toothless then…" She winced as she glanced back at his head. "Or maybe just get you back to base and bandage you up before doing anything too drastic."

Hiccup was still spooked by Stormfly's presence, and shakily got to his feet. "Astrid," he breathed, face paling, "if we back away slowly, we could make it." His vision swam before his eyes, but he didn't let that slow him. There was a dragon, for Thor's sake, right behind Astrid. He had to save her.

Astrid stood up as well, confused. "Hiccup… then what…" She cleared her throat, trying to swallow down some of her panic. "What's the last thing you remember?"

Hiccup found it odd that Astrid was asking such a thing at a time like this. He stumbled backwards, but Astrid grabbed his arm so he didn't fall over. "I… I was… I was in the forge, and Gobber had just left. He told me to stay… I think I went out anyways, and got knocked unconscious during the raid."

Sucking in a breath, Astrid furrowed her brow. "Hiccup… do you remember anything about shooting down Toothless with your bola cannon? Befriending him in the woods? Teaching the other teens to ride dragons?"

Hiccup looked ready to faint. "What?"

Astrid gently lowered him to the ground, placing the injured boy into a sitting position. "Oh gods… your head… the crash… H-Hiccup, I think you've got amnesia."

For a second, Hiccup didn't say anything, and only stared down at his shaking hands. "That's… that's impossible," he whispered. "We fight dragons. We don't- we don't make friends with them." He looked over at Stormfly behind Astrid, who eyed him curiously.

Grimacing, Astrid met his gaze. "Don't worry about that yet… for now, let's just get your head bandaged up. It's bleeding… a lot."

A wave of pain suddenly crashed down on the side of Hiccup's head, and he nodded in agreement, fighting back a whimper. "Okay…"

Astrid leaned forward, worried. "Hiccup? Are you all right?"

"Just perfect…"

"Hiccup…" Astrid brushed a piece of her blonde hair out of her eyes, shaking her head. "Okay. Okay… let's focus… we need to clean your head wound first, and then find something to wrap it up in. I bet we can eventually get something for that… well, come on. Let's go find a stream before it starts raining."

Hiccup felt like curling up in a ball at the thought of standing up, let alone walking. But he managed to force a tight smile and croak out, "Sounds great."

Astrid, standing up, offered him a hand, and Hiccup reluctantly accepted it. The blonde pulled him up in one tug, surprised at how light he was. "All right, are you ready?" she asked. "If it's too much for you to be walking, let me know."

Hiccup nodded quickly with a wince. "Sure."

And so the two set off, Astrid supporting Hiccup by wrapping an arm around his back. Hiccup stiffened at the touch, and his breathing grew noticeably heavier. Why was Astrid Hofferson being so nice to him? She was never this caring, or concerned, or had even paid this much attention to him before. What had changed?

"You still doing okay?" Astrid asked, worry laced in her tone.

Hiccup dipped his head. "Yeah…"

After a few more minutes of wandering, with Stormfly tromping closely behind them, it began to drizzle. Astrid cringed, and looked up at the dark sky. "We need to find shelter soon," she said, pulling Hiccup along a bit faster. "After we get the fresh water, that is."

"Yeah…" Hiccup cleared his throat, deciding to speak. "Astrid… why are you so- why do you care… what…" He stopped himself, reddening. "I just don't get why you're being so nice to me all of the sudden. After all, I'm-I'm not the most popular viking around."

Oh, believe me, Astrid wanted to say back. With all of these bounties on you, Dragon Hunters wanting to kill you, and villains wanting to kidnap you, I'd think otherwise. But she only shrugged in response, not wanting to confuse him any more than he had to be. He already had amnesia- for how long, she didn't know yet-, so it was best to keep things simple.

"You're hurt," she quipped, stepping over a broken branch. "And I'm just helping you."

Hiccup cocked his aching head. "I guess that makes sense."

"Yeah, yeah… oh, here's the stream. Good." Astrid stopped walking, and excitedly pointing to a small stream flowing a few yards away. "I'll help clean out your head wound, bandage it with whatever supplies I can get my hands on, and then I'll fly you back to base. As for Toothless…" She winced. "We'll have to look for him later."

Hiccup didn't even look bothered by the fact that his own dragon, his closest friend in the world, was missing, which pained Astrid all the more. "Uh, sure," he agreed. "Whatever you think is best."

Astrid sighed, pulling Hiccup closer to the stream. "Okay, okay, come here. And… you probably need to sit down. You're paler than usual."

Hiccup shrugged, but was truthfully feeling sick. His injured head made everything seem blurred around him, and once again he felt like he was going to pass out. "Yeah… I-I-I guess I could use a break…"

"All right. Just a little further, and… we're here."

Astrid stopped them both right at the stream's edge, where the water was being stabbed by the falling rain. She forced Hiccup to sit down, and then tore off a strip of her skirt, low enough to be acceptable. After dunking the cloth in the stream's water, she turned back to Hiccup to press it to his bleeding head.

But Hiccup wasn't looking at her. He was looking down at the water.

At his reflection.

At his older self's reflection.

Hiccup yelped, eyes widening. "I… I look like that?" he whispered. "But, I can't be like… that. I was me. I was different. I was… not this." He was panting by now, which made his head ache even worse.

Astrid realized what was going on, and tried to comfort him by placing a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay… it's okay… it's just your imagination, all right? We're… we're on Berk. You were in a dragon raid and hit your head. You're probably seeing things that don't make sense."

It was hard to lie, but it was better than Hiccup panicking.

Slowly, the boy's breaths became more even, and he nodded. "I guess you're right," he murmured, looking back up at her. "You do look kind of different too…" He swallowed, looking down at the grass. "Astrid, my head… it…"

Astrid nodded sadly, knowing what he was trying to say. "Just let me put this cloth on your head, and then you'll feel much better soon." With a gentle smile, she pressed the cloth to the bleeding part of his head, where it began to soak through with red moments later.

Not wanting to stare at her friend's blood, Astrid averted her gaze, looking down at Hiccup instead. "So, uh, do you remember anything else from the… dragon raid you were knocked unconscious in?"

Hiccup gave a tiny shrug, pain obvious in his expression. "Not really."

Sighing, Astrid dabbed at his wound again. "That's okay… you'll remember soon, I think. We just have to get you back to base."

There was a pause, before Hiccup spoke again. "Astrid…" He yawned, his eyelids flickering. "I'm pretty tired…"

"No, no, you can't sleep yet, Hiccup," Astrid urged, and shook him with her free hand. "It's bad for you, and could cause brain damage… Hiccup, don't you dare do this to me. You have to stay awake..."

Hiccup pursed his lips, still drowsy. "I wish I didn't have to."

"I know, I know… all right... now I think I've soaked up most of the blood, but there's probably going to be more soon." Astrid drew the wet cloth away from Hiccup's head, and dropped it to the ground. "Now, we need bandages, or another sort of cloth."

Hiccup looked thoughtful. "Well… we could-"

All of the sudden, he was interrupted by the shout of someone. Astrid looked upwards, where the source of the sound had come from, and nearly cried out in relief.

The Riders flew above them, concern etched on their faces. But something stuck out more than the others, and made her lips turn up. Because right there, Toothless was being flown by Fishlegs, while Meatlug buzzed happily beside them.

"What's wrong?" Snotlout called down, Hookfang's glowing scales illuminating him in the gloomy weather. "Toothless came and got us a few minutes ago, acting really weird. He led us over here to you guys."

Astrid grinned as she stood up from her crouch beside Hiccup, still relieved at the sight of her friends. "Hiccup and Toothless crash landed in the woods, and were separated in the fall. Hiccup hit his head pretty hard, though, and…" She paused, unsure what to say next. "He doesn't remember anything from the night before he shot down Toothless."

The Riders all reacted in surprise. "What?" Fishlegs gasped. "He has amnesia?"

Tuffnut smiled, turning to his sister. "Hiccup has amnesia? Woah. Think of all the pranks we could pull on him, and he wouldn't even remember how to get out of them! Which, he totally would if he had all of his memory back."

Ruffnut nodded in agreement. "The possibilities are endless!"

"Guys!" Astrid interrupted, crossing her arms. "Hiccup's injured over here. Come on, we have to get him back to the club house."

"Toothless," Hiccup suddenly said from behind her. Astrid swerved around to see the boy thinking, a hand pressed under his chin. He blinked over at her. "That's… my dragon, right?" He pointed up at the approaching riders, where his dragon looked at him eagerly.

Astrid was unable to fight off another grin. "Yes. Do you… do you remember now?"

Hiccup narrowed his eyes. "It's all kind of fuzzy… but I-I remember meeting a Night Fury in the woods… I wanted to kill it, but… I didn't."

"You know what?" Astrid smirked, putting a hand on her hip. "I have a feeling it's not going to take long at all for you to regain your memories."

Hiccup smiled back at her. "I have a feeling there's going to be a lot to remember… i-if what you say is true, that is."

"Believe me on this, Hiccup," Astrid laughed, putting a hand on his armored shoulder. "It is. And…" She chuckled. "There's quite a lot of things that you might not even want to remember." She looked down at his prosthetic leg, wondering just how he hadn't even seen it yet.

"Well," Hiccup said cheerfully, not noticing her gaze, "that's great. Great. But, I guess, I'm a viking. It's an occupational hazard."

Astrid shook her head, and placed a hand over his chest... right where his heart was. She smiled. "No, you're not a viking, Hiccup. Because you're you. That's what makes you special."

And, surprisingly, Hiccup actually agreed.

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