I'm baaaaack! And I'm bringing another chapter with me! So, this is what everyone (or just me) is waiting for!

Astrid and Hiccup finally make a move toward each other! In a good way! Onto the chapter!

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Chapter 7-Romance Is In The Air

"Stormfly!" Astrid yelled affectionately. Her dragon looked up from her romp in the water. Astrid lifted her soaking wet arms, and tried to shake off some off the liquid.

"Why did you do that?" Astrid asked, unable to fight the smile from her voice. Stormfly cocked her head, and puffed out her tail spikes. Astrid shook her head.

It had been only a few days since she had gotten Stormfly as her very own dragon, and Astrid hadn't been happier.

She saw a black speck in the sky, which quickly became Toothless, with Dark on his back. He landed gracefully on the ice next to her, and Dark got off of Toothless, catching sight of a soaking wet Astrid.

"What happened to you?" He asked, chuckling.

"Stormfly here decided to go and play in the water." Astrid grumbled, glaring at her dragon.

Stormfly just shook her wings, and looked at Astrid innocently. As Dark laughed, Astrid directed her glare at him.

"Let's go back to the nest," Dark said, getting back on Toothless. "I'll start up the fire to get you dried." Astrid smiled at Dark as she got aboard her dragon.

It was just like him to put her ahead of himself. He was so sweet, and Astrid was falling for him faster each minute.

So far, she'd fallen six feet under, and she was still digging. They took off and traveled into the cavern.

"You just rest," Dark said, sending Toothless away. "I'll get the fire." Astrid felt her cheeks heat up as she took of the hue of a tomato. She sat down on the floor near the pit as Dark lit the fire.

She felt the hot blast of the fire, and her skin tingled with warmth. Her already red skin refused to return to the true shade of her skin, as the fire warmed her skin even more.

"A little warm there Astrid?" Dark said, his voice full of laughter. She blushed even more, her ears extremely hot.

"Shut up." She managed through her embarrassment, which just made Dark laugh even harder.

"So," Astrid said, obviously desperate to change the subject. "How did you find this place?"

Hiccup swore he paled instantly at the question. How could he tell her without giving away who he really was?

His mind replayed what happened that fateful day.

It was five years ago. He and Toothless had been flying non-stop since they left Berk, and Hiccup could tell that Toothless was getting extremely tired.

"Just a little farther bud," Hiccup said, patting the side of his dragon's head. "When we find some land, we'll land and make a camp."

Toothless grumbled in reply, showing Hiccup that he still had some energy left, but it was dwindling fast. Hiccup scanned his surroundings, not seeing anything but a stretch of blue. He could very well never see the ocean again, and be happy about it.

"Come on. Come on." Hiccup whispered, his forest eyes desperate to see some sort of land that they could rest on. After a few minutes, there was nothing more than what he saw already: ocean.

Just when Hiccup was about to give up, a large dragon burst from the clouds, forcing Hiccup and Toothless to tread air. The dragon was owl-faced with large yellow eyes and four wings.

On the back of this magnificent dragon was a person dressed in a strange outfit. They wore a mask of a weird nature, with huge black eyeholes that covered up their eyes, and strange blue spikes.

"Steady bud." Hiccup whispered to Toothless, tightening his grip on the harness. He kept his eyes on the person, until he was felt his body being lifted up from Toothless.

He watched in abject horror as his best friend fell two hundred feet and crashed through the ice, submerging in water.

"Hey! That's my dragon. You can't leave him here. He can't fly on his own!" Hiccup cried, small tears making their way down his cheeks as he was carried away from Toothless. He looked up to see a strange dragon carrying him; one he'd never seen.

He tore his eyes away, and focused them on the depressing, dark ocean that churned beneath him. He just frowned at the sea, until a giant blue-green structure came into view.

It was a mountain covered almost completely in humongous blue-green ice spikes, and they were headed straight for it. They entered through a large opening, and the strange dragon dropped him quite ungracefully.

"Where is he?" Hiccup asked, looking around frantically. "Where is Toothless?" He kept on asking where Toothless was and looking around until the lady stepped off her dragon, and approached him.

"Who are you?" Hiccup asked, his voice frightened. The woman didn't respond, but she continued to slowly walk toward him.

"Do you even understand what I'm saying?" He asked, getting more confident with every word.

The strange woman didn't respond, but she swung the mysterious staff she held in her hand in a special pattern, and ended with it banging on the ground, the tiny balls shaking slightly.

A roar sounded over the mountain, and a large dragon came into view, a smaller black dragon trapped in it's claws. The black reptile was dropped onto the ground with a thump, and Hiccup rushed over to him.

"Toothless! You're okay." The dragon grumbled, and licked Hiccup's face. "Who are you?!" Hiccup said to the woman, more forcefully than before. The woman cocked her head, and gasped.

"Hiccup?" She said, her voice having a slight accent. Hiccup gasped himself.

"How do you know my name? Should I know you?" He asked. The woman took off her mask, revealing a woman with auburn hair and green eyes like Hiccup's own.

"No, but a mother never forgets." Hiccup gasped, his heart beating wildly.

"You're my mother?" The woman nodded.

"Come with me." She traveled to a cavern, with Hiccup and Toothless following her. "

You could stay here, with me. Learning about dragons for the rest of our lives." She said, her smile brightening her eyes by tenfold. Hiccup looked at her, and for once in his life, felt like he belonged.

"Why not?"

From then on, he lived with his mom, and he'd never been happier.

Hiccup then remembered that Astrid was still there, and he looked back at her.

"Luck," He said, addressing her. "I found it accidentally. I guess I was just meant to live here."

Astrid smiled as Dark answered her. For about a minute, he was just staring off into space, before he finally said something.

It seemed like he belonged here, among the dragons, so it wasn't hard to believe that he found this place incidentally.

"How about we go out flying?" Astrid asked, standing up.

"Your clothes dry?" Dark asked, standing up beside her.

"Not fully, but what better way to dry them then by flying?" She said, starting out of the cavern, with Dark at her heels.

"Point taken." Dark replied. He put his hands to his mouth, and made a series of weird roars and hisses.

Astrid heard an identical roar, and Toothless appeared from behind a rock, where he was obviously taking a nap. He trotted over to his rider, and nuzzled his hand.

"Stormfly!" Astrid yelled cupping her hands to her mouth. Her dragon flew down to her out of the mass of dragons flying.

"Hey girl," Astrid said, petting Stormfly. "Want to go flying?" The Nadder squawked excitedly, and Astrid climbed onto her back. She looked at Dark, to see him seated on top of his Night Fury.

Toothless took off, with Stormfly close behind. Astrid sighed once they were outside. The air felt perfect on her skin, and she smiled instinctively. It was about five minutes, before Dark flew up next to her.

"Follow me," Dark said, smiling at Astrid. "I want to show you something." Dark turned sharply, and started to fly off in a completely different direction. Astrid pulled on Stormfly's reins, turning her to follow Dark.

They flew over nothing but ocean, not a single thing in sight. Astrid was starting to think that Dark was crazy, when a tall sea stack came into view.

Dark steered Toothless upward, with Astrid doing the same. They landed their dragons on top, and got off.

"Why did you want me to see this?" Astrid asked, frowning at Dark. He smiled in return, and pointed to the sky.

"Best place ever to see the sunset." Astrid turned her attention to the sky, and saw that he was right.

The golden sun was disappeared behind blood red, fire orange, and pale yellow clouds, which were tinted with light purple and soft pink splotches. Astrid swore her jaw dropped to the ground as she gazed at the beautiful sight before her. Dark chuckled softly at her reaction.

"Yeah," He whispered, looking at the pale moon, which was rising in a black setting. "It's pretty cool, isn't it." Astrid gaped at him.

"Pretty cool?!" She asked, unbelieving. "This is amazing!" She walked in front of him, and gestured all around her. She continued to walk back instinctively, and her foot slipped. In the blink of an eye, she was falling through the air.

Someone grabbed her hand forcefully, and pulled her back onto the cliff. She fell against Dark's chest, clutching his arms desperately.

She looked back at what would've been her death, her heart beat slowly going back to its normal pace. She looked at Dark with wide eyes, her breathing labored.

"You have to be more careful." Dark said, his eyes narrowing in concern, his voice shaking as he warned her. Astrid smiled weakly at him.

"Thanks for saving me." She said, her iron grip slowly loosing.

"I would do anything for you." Dark admitted, smiling shyly at her. She smiled wider at his words. Did he really like her? There was only one way to find out.

She leaned up, and pressed her lips to his. His lips were smooth, and tasted like the open air. Dark kissed her back, gently bringing her closer to him. Astrid broke the kiss, and grinned widely at him. He returned the smile.

"So," He began. "I didn't think you liked anyone," Astrid frowned at his words. "You're always so violent to everybody."

At that, she blushed, but quickly regained her regular skin color.

"How do you know that?" She asked, a worm of worry weaseling its way into her mind.

"I was on Berk for two days, where I met Snotlout, the twins, and Fishlegs. None of them are particularly good at keeping secrets." He said, laughing.

Astrid made a mental note to kill them later, but she just focused on on the fact that Dark liked her.

"So, I guess that makes me your boyfriend?" Dark asked nervously, scratching the back of his neck. Astrid smirked at him, and tried to conceal her blush.

"I don't know." She said, looking sideways at him. She kissed him again, this time more confident of herself. When she pulled back, Dark had a grin like no other on his face.

"Does that answer your question?" She asked, putting her hands on his shoulders. He smirked and slipped his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to him.

"Maybe, but I need to be sure of it." He mused, smirking at her. She glared at him playfully, when he pressed his lips against hers.

Okay.

This wasn't so bad.

Hiccup looked over to Astrid, who looked dead tired on her dragon. Stormfly was basically flying by the lead of Toothless. He chuckled at his girlfriend, his heart warming when he looked back at her.

Hiccup still couldn't believe that fifteen years of trying to get Astrid to like him back failed, while him going away from five years, then coming back, getting Astrid her own dragon, and admitting his feelings to her could finally get her to be his girlfriend. It was weird, but Hiccup liked it.

The first time that she kissed him, made him feel more nervous than when he first met Toothless. It was unreal the way she made him feel.

They got back to the nest, and the dragons landed. Hiccup got off of Toothless, and when he looked to Stormfly, he saw Astrid fast asleep on her back.

"Oh Astrid." Hiccup chuckled, walking over to the Deadly Nadder. Stormfly kneeled down, and Hiccup picked up Astrid in his arms. She was lighter than Hiccup expected, and he adjusted her so she was resting neatly in his arms.

He motioned for Toothless to follow him, while Stormfly went off on her own. The two walked into the cavern, with Hiccup walking to the cots, and Toothless going to his nest.

He pulled back the blankets of his mother's cot, and laid Astrid on the soft mattress. Hiccup settled the blankets over his girlfriend, and looked at her.

Her head was resting nicely on the pillow, and her hair slipped out behind her head. Some bangs fell on her forehead, and Hiccup brushed them away. He planted a kiss on her forehead, and stepped back to look at her again.

She looked beautiful sleeping, like a true angel. Hiccup smiled, and took of his armor. He slipped off his tunic, and unattached his prosthetic. He climbed into his bed, and wrapped the blankets around his body.

As he drifted off into a pleasant sleep, his mind wandered to a beautiful blonde who rode a Deadly Nadder, and who stole his heart.

I've been waiting to write this chapter for a long time! I love Hiccstrid, but don't worry.

The story won't get boring now that they are together. Instead, quite the opposite.

Next chapter out ASAP! See you later!

BookLover86, Out! ;)