Hello! Sorry for the very short chapter and for the 3 weeks delay, I have no excuses I do however have a decision, I'll be posting every other Friday from now on!

Hiccup entered the Cove Astrid waiting at the entrance.

"Hey Toothless! I have breakfast" he shouted

The dragon in question bounced over to Hiccup tongue lolling out.

"Before you eat" Hiccup said, Toothless pouted "I want you to meet someone" Astrid entered the Cove hands raised axe left behind, she didn't like this but she had to trust her… boyfriend?... so she walked up to the dragon.

"Hi there" she said shyly

Toothless looked at her then at Hiccup who smiled and nodded to Astrid, Toothless got closer and started sniffing Astrid, curious.

Soon he stopped sniffing and stared at Astrid.

"Raise your hand until it's almost touching his snout" Astrid did so "Now look away"

"Can you promise me that he won't bite my hand off?"

"It's about trust Astrid you have to trust him not to bite your hand off"

Astrid gulped and looked away, seconds latter she felt a warm scaly skin against her hand and she smiled and started to scratch Toothless under the chin.

Moments later Toothless was feasting on the fish Hiccup had brought until he found an eel and his eyes turned to slits and it started hissing at it.

"Wow, wow, wow, don't worry Toothless it's just an eel" he said waving the ell a bit, it only succeeded in making Toothless more terrified "Ok, ok, you don't like eels" he said putting the eel inside his pocket, Hiccup stepped away to make Toothless comfortable, putting the eel aside for later.

Hiccup went back to Toothless and tried to put the new tail fin on his tail but he kept moving his tail Hiccup had to sit on it to manage to put the new tail fin in its place, all the while Astrid laughing in the back.

Toothless sensed something on the other side of his tail, where his tail fin should be, he threw the fish basket that had his head inside it, and opened his wings setting flight.

Hiccup was still on Toothless' tail when he took off, the new tail fin was closed do to the wind, so he extended one of his hands and opened it allowing Toothless to fly more evenly, they made a turn and Hiccup laughed, he had made his dragon fly again, it'd need adjustments but the idea was set, and he was a Viking and that meant stubbornness issues, which also meant he was only going to stop when he managed to put Toothless in the sky again.

Unfortunately Toothless heard Hiccup laugh and he didn't like the idea of having a human on his tail so he shook him off not knowing that Hiccup was the thing keeping him in the air, he quickly fell in the lake after Hiccup.

Astrid saw Hiccup hit the lake she was grinning she had just seen Hiccup fly!

But when Hiccup didn't resurface she got worried and ran over to the lake.

"Hiccup!" no answer.

She rushed into the lake getting her clothing wet she reached the spot Hiccup had fallen in and saw him inside but before she could even reach out to pull him, he jumped out screaming, she flinched and screamed as well, while Hiccup started laughing, she punched him on the shoulder but started laughing too.

"Let's get back before your training starts"

Astrid entered the arena her hair still wet, Hiccup had, after some convincing from Astrid, gone to the forge to finish Endeavour.

"Sorry, I'm late" she said entering the arena

"One more minute and we would have started without you" Gobber told her, ignoring her wet hair a fact that Snotlout couldn't

"Astrid did I ever tell you look good with wet hair" that earned him a punch

"Today we'll be facing the Zippleback! We'll be doing pairs" he looked around "where's Hiccup?"

"I think he's at the forge, I'll go get him" Astrid said

"Alright hurry on then"

She walked a quick pace, and soon reached the forge where an unusual sight met her eyes, Hiccup shirtless, back facing her, she could see the strap of his apron tied behind his back, has he swung the hammer on the hot metal piece she could see his lean muscles stretch, he looked unusually hot Astrid could say.

He turned around and faced her she silently whined, his torso was covered by the apron and she could barely see it.

Hiccup blushed slightly seeing he didn't have his shirt on, but talked all the same "Hey Astrid, aren't you suppose to be in training?"

"Uhg? Oh yea we're fighting the Zippleback and we need pairs" she informed

"Alright, go ahead I'll catch you in a minute I got to put my shirt back on"

She walked outside but took a peek inside to see his undressed torso.

Hiccup dressed his shirt and grabbed the eel, he was out of the forge quickly, and they were strolling back to the arena.

As soon as they entered Gobber spoke.

"Good we're all here, now pair up!" after a few moments the pairs were made, Astrid and Hiccup, Fishlegs and Ruffnut, Snotlout and Tuffnut.

"Alrighty," Gobber continued "each one of you is going to get one of those buckets" he pointed to the corner where there were 6 buckets full with water.

"What are we supposed to do with buckets? Bathe Zippleback?" Tuffnut asked, although there wasn't any sarcasm in his voice he honestly thought that that was a possibility.

"The Zippleback is extra-tricky, it has two heads one releases gas and the other one ignites it, but a wet head can't ignite a spark, your job is to know which of the heads is which and wet the spark one"

The teens got in position ready for what was to come, Gobber walked to the door and pulled the lever ,but this time stayed inside, not wanting for the whole deal that happened to Astrid to happen again, instantly a cloud of green gas left the cell, Ruffnut and Fishlegs were the first to find it, it growled in their face making Fishlegs squeal and run for cover, while Ruff, to getting the idea of 'wet' threw the bucket at the closest head, it was the spark one, it just didn't get wet just more pissed.

Snotlout and Tuffnut saw a big shadow in the cloud of gas.

"Hey right there!" Tuffnut said, they both threw the water towards it, the figure slowly came up to them and it was Gobber he had a very angry look he went behind them and grabbed the back of their necks, lifting them up and taking them to the tunnel that lead to the arena.

"1 more month of cleaning the forge every other day!" he said, angrily.

"But Gobber that's like," Snotlout said counting something with his fingers "6 weeks now!"

"Well you won't be alone for 4 of those" Gobber answered with a smirk

Astrid was beside Hiccup the fog was starting to clear, the Zippleback came to them, the fog now clear, Hiccup threw the water in his buckets but hit the wrong head, Astrid was about to throw her water but the dragon's tail swept her feet making her fall but, she made a back roll and got up, she looked at we're the dragon was, in time to see Hiccup shouting, holding his hands up "Back! Back! Don't make me repeat myself!" and in not time the dragon was in it's cage, Hiccup threw the eel inside "Now think about what you've done!" and closed the gate everyone was looking at him with baffled faces except Astrid who had a smirk on her face.

"Is that all, I got some work to finish at the forge" He said leaving the arena followed by Astrid.

"Nice trick with the ell" she said when they were far enough.

"Thanks, I wanted to know if it was just Toothless or every dragon"

She nodded to him and they walked in silence back to the forge.

"Alright Hiccup see ya at lunch" and like that she was gone.

Hiccup resumed his work on the blade and by lunch time it was finished, his new sword, his Endeavour finished!

He entered the Great Hall, the teens and Gobber there already.

"Hey guys" sitting next to Astrid

"Hey Hiccup, how did you do that to the Zippleback?!" Fishlegs asked

"I have my tricks" He answered.

After a while of eating Hiccup whispered to Astrid.

"Hey wanna have a sparring match later?" He wanted to surprise her with his new sword

"I have a better idea, meet me after this at the clearing" she whispered back

The rest of the lunch went on, the teens and Gobber talking about dragons and their training.

When it was done Hiccup headed for the clearing but not before grabbing a couple fishes for Toothless and grabbing Endeavour, placing it in his inside pocket.

He stopped by the Cove and gave Toothless his fishes and told him about an idea he had.

"So I was thinking since you can't control the fake tail fin, how about… I ride you and control the tail fin?" Hiccup was a bit reluctant but he asked all the same.

Toothless seemed to ponder and after a bit nodded, he wanted to fly again, badly.

Hiccup told him he'd have to make a saddle and some other things, Voice dropped in saying he should control the fin with his foot not his hands.

After about half an hour he was heading for the clearing.

"Hey Astrid sorry I'm late, I went to see Toothless" he said with a sheepish smile as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"It's ok, but I was thinking and since you did the whole Zippleback thing, we should make a public sparring match"

"Wait like in front of the whole village?!"

"Yea, what do you think"

"I don't know Astrid I'd be pretty nervous"

"It's ok you just have to ignore them"

"Fine I'll try"

"Yes! Tomorrow after training! Hey have you finished your sword?"

"Surprise her!"

"Nope working on it"

"Oh it's fine though you'll just use a normal one"

The rest of the day went in a blur, Hiccup talked more to Astrid, they kissed a few times, they went back to the village had dinner and he went to bed, but before he could fall asleep he drew a schematic of the saddle he was going to make, it was going to be fancy, it was going to be as light as possible and would take as fewer materials as possible once again.

The next day Hiccup spent most of the morning in the forge, he was making Toothless' saddle, it didn't take much time, he was pretty good at sewing and had the materials to do it, when it was done he left the Forge and headed back to the arena, the rest of the teens, accompanied by the remaining villagers, were leaving the arena, he quicken the pace and reached them.

"Astrid! How would you like to have a sparring match with me?" There were very audible gasps, and laughs, but Astrid just smirked

"You got a death wish!"

"The Heir has gone mad!"

"This will be interesting…"

"Yea sure, when?" Astrid asked, pretending she didn't know

"What about an hour, so you can rest, and so it will be a fair fight"

"Alright meet me here in an hour"

They went their separate ways.

During that hour Hiccup took the time to switch the blades on their weapons so it was dull and it wouldn't really cut, after the hours passed he went back, a crowd had gathered to see the show, or beating as most were calling it.

He entered and gave Astrid her axe, she looked at him suspiciously but went to her side of the arena Gobber started talking and saying the rules.

"Right, the battle ends once one of the fighter has yielded, no deadly blows, or help from the stands! Are you ready fighters!?"

"YES!" they both shouted in unison

"Alright! BEGIN!"

Hiccup and Astrid looked at each other from their sides of the arena, Astrid had her double-bladed axe held tightly in her hands while Hiccup was unarmed.

"Where's your weapon Hiccup?" Gobber asked

Hiccup simply shrugged, Astrid decided it was time to charge, she let out a war cry and ran towards Hiccup axe held high, hiccup rolled to the left, she charged again and, again he rolled to the left, now Astrid was done with playing, she paced near him, not charging this time and simulated a swing, which Hiccup thought was a real one so rolled to safety but mid-roll a foot collided with his face, he was knocked back a little, now was time to draw Endeavour he took it out of his inner jacket pocket and pressed the button, the blade came out creating a lot of gasps and wide eyes, Astrid her self had wide eyes but had a smirk on her face as well

"So you did finish it" She said, it was his time to smirk

She charged, Axe in a downwards swing this time though Hiccup didn't doge he used his sword to block, staggering a little but he held on, she swung again and their weapons clashed when they separated she attacked again this time a left-to-right swing, Hiccup, figuring he'd need a new technique, ducked and rotated his body his left leg extended and swept her legs making her fall to the ground, back facing said ground, the axe help loosely in her hand , the entire crowd gasped, he leaned down and placed his sword at her neck.

"Yield" he said simply his face serene but obviously trying to contain a smile.

But before he could even think Astrid raised her foot hitting him right on the side of the face making him drop his sword and taking a couple steps back.

"What's with your feet and my face?!" he asked, making some people in the crowd chuckle.

He then noticed he didn't have his sword, and looked around for it, seeing it half-way between him and Astrid, he rolled, grabbed it and got up right in time to block Astrid's incoming swing, Astrid though had other plans, she went to kick him in his stomach but he saw it coming and pushed her axe away, and grabbed her foot, but Astrid adapted quickly and rotated her body on the leg he grabbed and kicked him, again in the face, but seeing has she had now feet on the ground she fell to the ground hitting her head and dropping her axe, they quickly got up, ignoring the pain, they looked at each other, Astrid didn't seem really hurt but Hiccup was bleed from his nose and a bit from the side of his head, they looked at their weapons and at each other, deciding if it was good or not to try and grab it, Hiccup did leaning down to try and get it but Astrid with a few quick steps was close to him and kicked him in his stomach, throwing him to the ground, she kicked his sword away, so he wouldn't grab it and placed a foot on his neck.

"Yield" She said

Hiccup tried to copy her raising his foot, but Astrid saw it coming ad grabbed it, pulling it upwards ,making it hurt a bit

"Fine I yield" He mumbled.

Cheers broke out from the crowd and Astrid helped Hiccup up, and they shook ands but Hiccup didn't let go, instead he pulled her to him, placing a hand on the back of waist and one cupping her cheeks.

"Hiccup… they're gonna know" she whispered

"I don't care" He whispered back

They heard Snotlout shout "NO!" but too late their lips were together having an intricate passionate dance.

They were swarmed with cheering villagers, Hiccup felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see a smiling Gobber his stone tooth showing, they all headed towards the Great Hall for lunch, on the way Hiccup told the story of how he and Astrid started to train together and eventually became more than just friends.

In the great hall they celebrated, although not with a feast, many apologizing to Hiccup about how mean they had been.

At first Snotlout glared daggers at Hiccup but has the celebration went on he got more and more used to the idea of Astrid and Hiccup together and eventually his ego took over, saying he was 'Too good for Astrid'later on the afternoon Hiccup and Astrid excused themselves to go see Toothless, they passed the forge to grab the saddle and went to the Cove where toothless was excited to see the saddle but further news from Hiccup told him he couldn't yet fly since3 he hadn't made the fin controlling, but Toothless made really really cute puppy eyes and Hiccup decided to try and use his hand.

"It's not gonna work" Voice told him

And he was right Hiccup ended up falling and getting himself stuck on a tree with Toothless.

He decided to finish the fin mechanism has soon has he could.