Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own HTTYD.

Author's Note: Right now, I'm kind of feeling like this story is going better than HTC. Also, the song Hey Dragon in A Very Potter Musical is pretty much my fic. I saw that yesterday and I didn't know whether to be happy or mildly unoriginal. BUT I SWEAR I DIDN'T SEE IT UNTIL YESTERDAY!

All was still in Berk, which was very unusual for a summer night. The night was calm and the full moon reflected off the water. There hadn't been a raid in weeks. Everything was still and as it should be.

Suddenly, there was a roar of a Monstrous Nightmare and the night became alive. Here we go again, thought the Vikings. They rushed out to fight the dragons. Hiccup rushed out the door of his house and headed to Gobber's shop. He had to try out his new invention to capture a Night Fury today! He was going to try it out earlier that day by Raven Point, but he had run into Astrid.

Well, he thought, more like her tree ran into me.

"YOU!" Hiccup heard a voice behind him scream. He was pulled aside from the running crowd by a fist. Soon, he was pinned up against a wall by Snotlout. "You think you're so cool!"

"Huh?" Hiccup wondered what he could possibly have done to make Snotlout so angry. He couldn't think of anything off the top of his head.

"I heard what's going to happen with you and Astrid!" he bellowed, "AND NOBODY STEALS ASTRID HOFFERSON FROM ME AND GETS AWAY WITH IT, USELESS TOOTHPICK!"

Snotlout punched Hiccup hard in the eye. Ohhhhh, it stung! He tried his best not to cry out in pain. Right when the pain became unbearable and he did, Snotlout also cried out in pain.

"AGCH! Astrid, what the-"

"Snotlout shut the hell up! I was never yours to begin with! Do you seriously think Hiccup wants me anyway? I would never take him! Get going! Pick on someone your own size! Pretend to be a man with someone else!"

Hiccup thought he might have been going delirious in thinking that Astrid had come to his rescue again. Just to make sure, he opened his eyes, and there she was, beautiful as ever!

He saw Snotlout running off and clutching his arm. "Astrid," he said breathlessly. She pulled him off the ground and examined him closely.

"Hmmm, that's one nasty black eye. Is everything else in order?" She asked.

"I think so."

She sighed, took his hand, and dragged him off in the direction of his house for the second time in twenty-four hours. "Come on. I'll see to that."

Thanks to the commotion, no one noticed the two Vikings headed towards the chief's house. Hiccup felt himself growing warm… She was holding his hand… Her hand was so soft.

When they finally reached his house, she said, "What am I going to do with you, Hiccup? You're barely outside a full minute and Snotlout clobbers you!" Hiccup heard her mumbling to herself, "Where does your dad keep the ice?" But she found it soon enough. "Put this on your eye." Astrid ordered.

Hiccup let the cold seep into his eye. "Thank you, Astrid."

"It's the least I can do, Hiccup. What I want to know is how Snotlout found out so soon!" She fretted.

Hiccup sighed. "Who knows? News spreads like wildfire here on Berk. My dad probably told his dad or something…"

"This is all so complicated." Astrid said, "I wonder why Snotlout is under the impression that I'm his."

Hiccup perked up. He had always wondered what Astrid thought of Snotlout. Personally, Hiccup hated Snotlout. He had been a jerk to him since before he could remember. He knew that Snotlout wanted her so much. Before Hiccup had started showing his true colors, Snotlout had often told him of how much he wanted to be with Astrid.

He awkwardly asked, "Well, uh…are you?"

Astrid looked up. She stared into his eyes. "Hiccup, are you serious?" She asked exasperatedly. He knew that he had spoken too soon. That was totally not the right thing to say. He knew another blow like the deep one she had cut earlier this morning was coming. He waited for it. "Snotlout drives me crazy! He flirts with me even more than you do! He's much more pathetic, too, and that's saying something." Hiccup couldn't help but laugh. It was awkwardly quiet for a minute. Then, Astrid asked Hiccup a question just as provokingly awkward.

"Do you really like me, Hiccup?"