A/N: So, who's already watched RTTE season 3, cause I have and if you think I leave chapters on bad cliffhangers hahaha, then say hello to my brother fucking SATAN, just what?! Why?! But I mean, it gave me a number of ideas and proved that katanas exist in the archipelago, so I mean there's that one thing that I totally called accidentally so woot!
Okay, so I realize I've been gone for awhile, I don't really have an excuse, I got writer's block for my HTTYD fictions and then they announced Volume 4 of RWBY (Like one of my all time favorite things, if you haven't watched it you should it's awesome.) So idea's for my RWBY fiction started flowing really well. But assuming my brain cooperates (I mean it's not as likely as you'd think.) You should start seeing some updates across my HTTYD fics, I even have an idea for a new one, but I'm gonna finish one of my four before I upload it.
It took Hiccup two days to regain all of the movement in his body to a point where Astrid would allow him to leave Gothi's medical hut. Although Hiccup defended that he could have left the morning he had been able to stand, Astrid would leave him little choice.
Stoick walked through the village, nodding quickly to the people that greeted him, news of his sons plan to marry Astrid as soon as possible had long since reached his ears, he had elected to allow his son to recover before he spoke to the boy himself, he ran into Gothi in the centre of the village.
"Gothi, have you seen Hiccup?" The elder glanced at him momentarily and pointed towards the chiefs home with her staff, Stoick thanked her with a nod and began walking towards his home.
He found Hiccup seated by the hearth, from the way the boy looked he had been waiting for his father to arrive.
"Glad to see your back on your feet." Stoick greeted calmly taking a seat opposite his son.
"You've got that look on your face again," Hiccup replied simply eyeing his father steadily "Your opposed?"
Stoick chuckled "No, but I need you to compromise with me."
Hiccup lifted a brow at his father and the man continued "Viking weddings are not quickly organized hasty affairs, they are large scale feasts, celebrations. In this time, with everything how it is, I can't endanger the entire village like that."
"Good, that suits us just fine," Hiccup replied calmly, his father's eyes widened and he continued "Long, drawn out public shows of affection aren't Astrid's forte and to be honest they aren't mine either. We were hoping, we could have the wedding with only the necessary parties in attendance and hide the celebration amongst the feast we will have when we win this war."
"You've actually talked about this haven't you? This isn't you going off on your own?" Stoick asked
"What did you honestly think I laid around for two days doing nothing? You give me forty eight hours with nothing but my own mind to keep me company I'm unstoppable, add Astrid to the mix it just makes it so much better." Hiccup grinned
Stoick rose to his feet and rubbed at his chin for a few seconds "I think the village can forgo a few of its older traditions for the new heroes of Berk."
"Traditions? We ride dragons dad, I think we can almost abandon tradition." Hiccup joked getting to his feet, his father placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled.
"Aye that might be true, but that will be something I'll leave to your judgment when you become chief," Stoick almost laughed when his sons eyes widened "Of course that's still a few decades down the track."
Hiccup calmed somewhat at that news, at least his father didn't plan on dropping the village on him in a year or something, his father turned around and left the house no doubt to prepare and leave Hiccup to his thoughts, the door opened and Hiccup lifted his head as his father spoke "I trust you've already prepared a gift for her then?"
Hiccup blanked "Uh…..of course!" He exclaimed "I'll have everything ready by the time you're done preparing."
The moment his father closed the door Hiccup scrambled, grabbing his journal and dashing out the back door to make a beeline for the forge, he'd already made her armor and a weapon and he knew Astrid pretty well, or at least well enough to know that she wasn't one for mass amounts of jewelry, of course that didn't leave him with any options.
He raked a hand through his hair, he really hadn't put enough thought into this at all, what the hell was he supposed to put together, knowing Astrid and in the amount of time he had left, his head flopped against his desk with a heavy thud.
Hiccup Haddock, had a plan to deal with an infestation of Whisper Death's and winning a war with the Berserkers, but he had no idea what he was going to make his future wife as a wedding present.
Figures the three of these things that should be easy was the most difficulty, he understood war and dragons, romance was just an entirely different entity that he could never get a grasp on, not that Astrid was huge on the romance side of things, she was practically, this was one of the few instances where he wished the girl actually showed an interest in something pointless and shiny, just to make his life easier.
"Tis a nice day for Berk is it not Master Hiccup?" Hiccup jerked around to face the voice, Johann flashed him a grin and Hiccup's eyes widened.
"Johann! I didn't hear you got in, it certainly is a nice day," Hiccup agreed casting a look outside "Uh, I'll come and look at your wares in a moment."
Johann cocked his head to the side "Is something wrong master Hiccup, you seem a little….frazzled." Hiccup frowned and took a calming breath.
"I guess you could say I am a little…out of sorts," He voiced levelly "I'm uh, getting married in a few hours."
A massive grin appeared on the merchants face "Ah, Viking traditions, yes I am quite familiar with them," Johann mused as he scratched the beard on his chin "You know, I once visited a land, in which the weddings they held were much more simple affairs, the only things exchanged between the two lovers was a small ring, worn on this finger," Johann held up his hand and gestured to his fourth finger "Sometimes the towns would sit and watch these affairs, but most of the time it was only family."
Hiccup chuckled "Funny you should mention that, technically speaking this marriage is small, also secret very secret, but only the necessary members will be attending." Hiccup trailed off, the gears in his head beginning to turn "But you have given me and idea, Johann what have you brought us, on this, as you put it. Fine Berkian day."
Johann chuckled "Why right this way master Hiccup." Johann gestured out of smithy and the pair left, setting a brisk pace towards Johann's ship.
Astrid was currently standing on said ship, staring at the mounds of exotic things Johann brought and wondering what in the actual hell she was going to give Hiccup. She could go practical, get him things she knew he'd use, paper, charcoal, more squid ink. But none of those things felt right, ignoring that he'd stock up them himself.
She was still kind of panicking about the fact she was going to be his wife, a whole mess of feelings swirled and vortexed in her chest every time the thought occurred to her. She'd sort of expected the marriage eventually, she may have even named their hypothetical children, of course she'd never admit that.
Hiccup was going to be her Husband!
She did a small leap for joy at the thought, shifting excitedly from foot to foot.
"Um?" Astrid snapped back into reality at Ruffnut's voice.
Astrid grabbed the nearest sharp object to her "I finally found one," She gestured to the odd, double bladed axe…thing, she tilted her head at the object "Whatever this is."
Ruffnut shrugged it off, Astrid being a weapon nut was not new information.
"Ah, that is a good find Miss Astrid, I only have a small number, I've been trading with some of the fishing villages recently, apparently they've had some help from Dragon Rider's recently and have been fending off Dagur's attacks, a few of them have even bolstered their militia's with some dragons, ah, Tis truly a time of change." Johann mused as he walked over to her, casting a suggestive eyebrow back at Hiccup who just shrugged.
"It's made from Razorwhip scales, the beasts are rare this far north, they are large silver and covered in wicked spikes, similar to your Nadder," Johann noted as he explained the species "Their scales are like no metal I have ever seen, both in cutting ability and strength."
Astrid folded the weapon open in her hands and spun it, it was ridiculously light, but she'd learned from Gronkle Iron that light did not translate to weak. But she already had an axe, one that her soon to be husband had made her no less, she had to try really hard to keep her face level as she moved to hand it back to Johann.
The merchant shook his head almost imperceptively, pushing the weapon back to her hands and leaning forward "Consider it a wedding present." He whispered, Astrid's eyes widened, her cheeks colored and she scoffed her boot against the deck of the ship before nodding.
She glanced at Hiccup, he wouldn't have told Johann without some sort of reason or plan and she trusted him, she nodded gratefully to Johann who then moved towards Snotlout who was waving him over.
Hiccup stared at the number of things he could use, he'd grabbed more squid ink, paper and charcoal like he always did, the paper would come in handy smuggling whatever he decided to get for Astrid off the ship without her noticing.
Johann padded over to him swiftly after he had finished dealing with Snotlout, Hiccup glanced at the merchant as he held something towards him.
Four crystal's fell into his hands, he recognized the Emerald and Sapphire, the blue reminded him of Astrid's eyes and he smiled warmly at the thought, the other two he had never seen before.
The first was jet black, it reminded him of Toothless, the chunk was about the size of his fist "It's called Obsidian, I met a strange tribe far to the west who work with it, they gifted it to me after I helped saved one of their leaders from a large cat they call a 'jaguar' it's a riveting story," Johann trailed off and smirked "But a story for another time."
Hiccup nodded and stared at the final crystal, it was a whitish silver it wasn't quite transparent but as he turned it there were small areas he could see through.
Then the gears stopped turning and he knew what he was going to be making, he wrapped the crystals in a piece of paper and slipped them beneath his armor as he retrieved coin to pay for the usual things he grabbed.
Johann accepted the usual some of money and grinned "Consider the crystals a wedding present as well." He winked and walked over to Fishlegs who was asking something about one of the many books Johann had brought.
Hiccup shook his head, now he understood why Astrid had blushed and why he hadn't seen any money change hands when she had been given the axe. Still it was handled stealthily enough, none of the other teens seemed to notice anything and Astrid had been too busy speaking with Ruffnut to notice the gems he'd been given.
He excused himself back to the forge at the least suspicious opportunity.
Astrid exited to the forest, having found something she thought she could give Hiccup that didn't feel too easy. Well, saying that she was going to have to somehow put it together. She found a beautiful black material on Johann's ship, he'd told her it was called 'silk' and was favored by nobles in other lands, however just from the feeling she knew it wasn't going to be the warmest of fabrics, so she'd bought a large section of thick wool as well, she planned to line the inside with wool. At least then her husband wouldn't freeze.
She let out a sigh of relief, her heart still swelled with the thought, but she didn't feel the urge to physically jump at the thought anymore. The reason she'd chosen the forest? Well, her new axe gave her the perfect excuse to go 'training' a grin pulled at the edge of her face. She was definitely going to surprise Hiccup.
Hiccup wiped sweat from his brow and panted as he worked, in the last few hours. Let's just say he'd gained a new level of respect for jewelry makers. But he'd accomplished his task, the two small rings caught the firelight of the forge and sparkled slightly.
The first band was made using the Obsidian, the emerald was set into the band itself to the ring didn't stick out, but the green contrasted with the black perfectly, exactly how he had envisioned it.
The second, used the silver-white crystal to create he band, Gobber had informed him it was a rare type of crystal named 'Moonstone' he didn't really care for the name, much like before the sapphire was set into the band itself, allowing it to almost stealthily fit onto his finger. The small band reminded him of Astrid, which was all he needed it to do.
He grinned widely as he stared down at the two rings, now he just had to find Astrid.
"I saw the lass going off into the forest," Gobber voiced without even looking up from his work, Hiccup dropped his apron on its hook, grabbed his helmet placed the two rings in a pouch on his belt and left the forge with a determined stride.
Astrid glared at the small piece of fabric in front of her, her finger having felt the wrath of the needle much more than a dozen times already and she was so close to being finished. She had however, gained a respect for the women who repaired all their clothing, she'd always held a sort of contempt for women who thought that just sowing, cleaning and cooking made them important.
She had definitely seen her mistake now, staring at the small pincushion that had became her thumb.
"Just three more stitches," She whispered to herself in a pseudo pep talk, her tongue sticking out of the side of her mouth in concentration as she moved the needle, she smiled to herself as she finally executed the final movements without poking herself eight times and she held up the scarf "I really hope Hiccup likes this."
"He does." She started and threw the nearest sharpened object at the voice before she recognized it, her new axe spun through the air and embedded into a tree beside his head with a thunk "Well, that's familiar."
"Hey, we have a rule, no sneaking up on me with the mask on remember?" Astrid shot at him "This I was supposed to be a surprise." She voiced in irritation, holding up the scarf, a flash of pride lit her smile as she regarded it again.
Hiccup chuckled "Well, I guess I'll just make us even." That caught her attention as he strode over to her and removed his helmet.
He set it down beside her and sat down, he removed something from the pouch on his waist and held out his hand, she stared at the two rings in slight awe.
One was black, the emeralds set in the band caught the light and glimmered at her and she sighed slightly as she picked it up, it reminded her of Hiccup, the black and the green and she grinned giddily as she slid it onto her finger and held it up to stare at it.
"I'm glad you like it, because that one's yours." Hiccup voiced in relief.
She glanced at the other one, the white and blue shimmered as Hiccup slid it over his own finger "The colors of this one remind me of you, that way, if either of us ever get separated, we've always got something, you know?" He turned his head away in slight embarrassment.
Astrid colored and smiled "They are great Hiccup, this one reminds me of you as well." He turned his gaze to her and she leant forward, planting a light kiss on his lips.
Hiccup's face contorted in slight worry as she let out a shaky breath, his hand moved to her shoulder "This is actually happening isn't it? We're getting married!" She jumped to her feet, a giggle escaping her mouth as she pulled Hiccup to his feet with her and spun around, a huge smile on her face.
Hiccup was relieved that she wasn't upset, he'd feared the worst for a moment and he pulled her into him and nuzzled into her neck "Yeah, we are." He whispered into her ear, enjoying the shiver the wracked her body.
"Well, you'd best take this back and get to your dad, I'm sure my mother will want to have her way with me before you do," Astrid winked at him and Hiccup blushed scarlet and stiffened as she retrieved the scarf and handed the ring back to him. Immediately missing the weight on her finger "Later babe." She shot at him teasingly before darting into the trees.
I can't believe I just said that! Astrid internally screamed in embarrassment.
Hiccup took a number of long breaths and stared at the canopy of trees "Later Milady." He voiced to the trees in agreement, he forced himself to calm down with a couple more breaths.
The moment Astrid walked into their home her mother grabbed her and dragged her upstairs, a sky blue gown already laid out on her bed and, her mother hurriedly set about unbraiding Astrid's hair as the girl stripped off her usual armor, Astrid stared at the mirror in front of her and took a breath.
No turning back didn't sound like the right thing to psyche herself up with anymore, she smirked to herself as she though. I wouldn't want to turn back anyway.
She shrugged and half tuned her mother out as the woman began gushing as she helped her get into the gown.
Hiccup had a much different experience, he strode into his home and he father grinned at him, slapped him on the shoulder "Everything ready?" Hiccup nodded, showing his father the rings, Stoick eyed them with pride and nodded "Well done son, I don't think a father could be more proud of his own."
Hiccup grinned awkwardly "Ah, I'm sure you say that to all your sons." He quipped and Stoick chuckled.
"I'm sure you mother would be proud as well, she and Astrid are very alike and even a blind man could see the love you two hold for each other." Stoick grinned widely.
Hiccup nodded gratefully, his father had kept the conversation nice and easy, no embarrassing moments yet, he just needed to keep it that way.
"Now let a more…experienced man give you a few pointers," Stoick announced clapping his son on the back as they walked, Hiccup paled at stared at the sky, what did he do? He asked the gods in silent prayer "It's all in the build up."
Hiccup laughed mirthlessly and almost silently as his father continued to traumatize him.
Almost an hour later, Hiccup stood on one of the many cliffs on the edge of Berk, smoothing out the nonexistent creases in his armor and stared at the sun as it slowly dipped towards the horizon, surprisingly he had gotten through his father's 'pointers' relatively unscathed and the pair waited patiently and more importantly silently, for Astrid to arrive.
Astrid stared at her reflection in mild awe, she had never really let her mother dictate her appearance before and her mother had never really meddled, allowing her daughter to wear what she saw fit, her wedding had been a completely different affair, her mother had all but set this as a condition for the marriage to happen at all.
She wasn't going to complain, the dress wasn't that flashy, it was simple light blue wool over white, her hair was down and a small circlet of gold with a single blue gem sat in the center of her forehead, keeping her hair out her face and flowing down her back, her face had been lightly dusted in a few make up Johann had brought that he mother had purchased, a dark blue line framed her eyes and her lips were painted a slightly darker shade of pink.
She liked the way she looked, she really liked it. Even more than that, she knew only a few people would ever see her like this and Hiccup was in that group. Her mouth split into a wide smile.
"Well, we've probably kept them waiting long enough," Her mother voiced as she gave Astrid's shoulder a light pat "We'd best be off my dear."
Astrid nodded and followed her mother downstairs, he father greeted her with a light kiss on the cheek and he smiled warmly "You look beautiful Astrid."
She smiled and nodded her head, her mother continued to lead her forward "You'd best not be late dear." She called back to Astrid's father, who nodded and quickly left through the front door as Astrid and her mother snuck out the back.
"I'm so glad I convinced your father to go on ahead," Her mother began, that was a terrible sign for the beginning of this conversation, her mother's eyebrows wriggled suggestively "Now that you two will be free to do as you please with each other, let me give you a little insight, or if you will the Hofferson women's greatest techniques."
Astrid's eyes widened and she stared at the sky, mouthing 'Why gods?' silently as her mother continued.
"It's all about light touches and the tongue is an excellent appendage to…stimulate certain areas." Astrid paled and did her best to tune her mother out, unfortunately she was also kind of curious as to some of the information, so while half her brain died of embarrassment the other half listened intently, bookmarking anything she thought would be perfect to try on Hiccup.
When they arrived, Astrid's mother swapped with her father and moved to stand opposite Stoick, Astrid's father smiled warmly as he walked Astrid around the corner to where Hiccup awaited, nervously wringing his hands and shifting his weight from foot to foot, she suppressed the urge to laugh at his nervous habits.
His fell on her and his face softened, a smile she could only describe as 'cheating' fell on his face as she walked towards him, her cheeks colored slightly, her father handed her over to Hiccup silently and Hiccup took her hand and nodded gratefully to her father, who gave him a simple warning look that said everything that needed to be said between the two men.
"Well, we've already thrown away most of our traditions with this wedding," Stoick voiced in slight mirth "But be that as it may, this is still a wedding, a unison between the Haddock and Hofferson clans, that's let's face it we all saw coming a mile away," Everyone present chuckled slightly at that "You may say you're piece now."
Hiccup took a breath and stepped forward, retrieving the small black ring from his pouch "As the warrior that is by my side, you will always have me utmost respect, I know I can trust you with my life and I hope you can trust me with yours," As he slipped the ring on he continued "But as my Wife, you will always have my undying love and my loyalty, you have my protection, my warmth and anything you require of me. You hold my entire heart Astrid Hofferson. I love you."
Astrid fought the tears in her eyes back with sheer force of will as she took the ring from him and grabbed his hand with her slightly shaking fingers "Of course I trust you with my life," She almost snapped and he grinned "But as your wife, I trust you with so much more than that. You're my light Hiccup Haddock, you let me see colors I never thought I would, you make me feel like the greatest woman on the earth. You make me feel unstoppable. You also infuriate me," Hiccup chuckled slightly and she placed her hand against his cheek, he leaned into her touch and locked her eyes on hers as she slid the ring onto his finger "And I wouldn't have it any other way. I love you."
She quickly grabbed the scarf from her mother and wrapped it around his neck "Just as I have your warmth, you have mine, you will always have a home with me, no matter where you are, I hope you remember I'll be waiting for you to come back."
Hiccup stepped forward and pressed his lips against hers "I promise to always return Astrid, not hell nor high water could keep me from coming back to you."
"I know pronounce you, man and wife, you've already kissed the bride." Hiccup let his face fall into his hand in slight embarrassment and Astrid giggled into the back of her hand.
Stoick stepped forward and slipped something into Hiccup's hand, the slight jingle of keys met their ears and Stoick smiled "I think you're mother would have wanted you to have the house you grew up in."
Hiccup stared at the set of two identical keys and his eyes widened "But…What about you dad? I can't just throw you out, I mean I literally can't throw you out by the way, look at the size of you." Hiccup pointed out and Stoick barked a loud laugh.
"Don't worry, the house I had built was not for the two of you, it was for me, I will be comfortable, feel free to visit whenever you like son." Stoick clapped him and the shoulder strongly and strode away without another word, leaving Hiccup to accept without the option of argument.
"Now, remember what I told you," Astrid winced at her mother's opening line "Remember you are always welcome to stop in to chat and if I am not the first person to hear about grandbabies there will be hell to pay, am I understood?"
"Yes ma'am." Astrid straightened and voiced respectfully, recognizing the tone immediately.
"Good, now go have fun." She wiggled her eyebrows, Astrid's father looked mortified. Astrid colored scarlet and Hiccup stiffened as he took her hand.
However as the newlyweds made it to their new home and walked towards the massive bed, 'fun' was the last thing on their minds as Hiccup swung the door closed and all but ripped off his armor, Astrid loosened the dress and the pair collapsed on the bed, Hiccup shifted around and dragged the heavy furs over the pair of them as Astrid snuggled into his chest.
"Goodnight Mrs. Haddock." Hiccup kissed the top of her head lightly and she smiled.
"Goodnight Mr. Haddock." She returned as the two succumbed to the days exhaustion.
A/N: YAY MARRIAGE CHEESE. I do hope the long wait was worth this chapter, I realize it's kind of short and all the issues are kind of glossed over, but let's face it they were getting married. It was supposed to one of the best days of their life, the universe cut them some slack (By universe I mean me, I gave them slack. I'm not all bad.) Now for the people who worried about lemony content, this story will remain T, the lemon I plan to write for this fiction will be a separate one shot, that way everybody wins (And I mean, those hypothetical children need to be created somehow.) So don't worry about a quick sudden change to M. I won't go any further in this story than I already have as far as sexual acts go.
Now, 3 months of replies to get to!
Lara5170: I'm pretty sure I replied to you by PM, but on the chance that I didn't, they are not 15, the story started with them around that age, I'd put them at 19-20 at this point as I will soon be moving into HTTYD2.
Husebad: Yeah, dragging that out would have just been a tedious affair, I experimented with a few iterations of the chapter and I ended up going with that.
Angel-the-hedge: Well, that last chapter had the proposal, so this one was the marriage itself, I hope you enjoyed!
Someone 24: I'm glad you have been enjoyed the story, sorry about the delay in updates!
Brickgirl101: I'm glad you're enjoying my writing. I only ever planned a one or two chapter arc with the memory loss, as with the constant looming threat of Dagur it would be quite silly for me to drag that on. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!
Zella: If you were screaming about the last chapter, I can't imagine your reaction to this one.
OechsnerC: All the best authors are evil, let's face it. I'm glad you enjoy my writing though.
Carl Solo: I'm glad you are continuing to enjoy the story, as always thanks for the compliments to my writing, hope the marriage wasn't too cheesy.
Rogue Deity Master: Thanks very much, glad you're enjoying the story.
.165: I hope this lived up to your expectations.
Guest: I'm glad you enjoyed, I do hope the marriage was a good read as well, thanks for enjoying the story.
midnightsky0612: If you've somehow developed a device that puts you in fantasy realms you had best mass release that to EVERYONE, I'm serious you, that is NOT technology you keep secret. If you haven't then I'm sorry, but there was no best man/maid at the wedding, unless you count their parents.
rere97maui: Oh, I have many a plan for a stunning conclusion, sorry this chapter didn't really cover the Whispering Death issues, but don't worry. It's coming!
DinoBoy13: Well, that's just fucking fine, I'm Australian, we curse about most things :P I'm glad you enjoyed and yes, state of fear plus familiar setting was the trigger for the memories return.
Iris Patton: See, I've aptly warned you, I am evil (Sometimes, other times I'm nice. You'll never know which is coming and when MUAHAHA *coughs* okay.) My relationship with cliffhangers is completely healthy, I don't know what you are insinuating. My cliffhangers are wonderful, evil contraptions designed to induce desk flipping irritation, I don't have a problem *whistles*.
MAD Marty: Honestly, it really isn't a big deal. I kind of overreacted as well, it's not fair for me to use personal experiences (That you have no knowledge of.) to make a point, I am glad you have been enjoying my stories and I do hope you continue to enjoy them, I should be more open to criticism in the first place, so that was my bad. Regardless hope you enjoyed this chapter : )
Shadowspirit020: Of course she's back, I'm not THAT evil, jeez.