The flight

Snow was on the ground in republic city. It covered the ground and rooftops of the entire city. Hiccup was zooming over the city and heading towards his the air temple, His armor had been replaced with a dark green flannel, as it was his week off. "You ready bud?" he asked over the shouting winds, Toothless nodded. Cranking his pedal, the two rocketed into the air, high above the clouds, once high enough, hiccup undid the safety straps and slipped off the side of the saddle. "WWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO OO!" Hiccup screamed as he fell, not of fear but excitement. Toothless joined him, spinning him with his paw just to get a laugh. After minutes of this the water came into view, he nodded to his dragon, Tiothless turned slowing his decent, Hiccup spread his arms to slow his speed, grabbing onto the reins he hoisted his body onto the saddle, clicking the pedal, the two pulled up right before they crashed into the water.

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Korra, Jinora and Ikki where currently refilling the lemur feeders, "So, how's it going with Hiccup?" Jinora asked. Korra blushed profoundly, "Oooooo! Tell us about the epic romance!" Ikki insisted, Korra laughed nervously, "What? There's no romance or anything going on with me and Hiccup, or anyone with for that matter." she said setting the basket of food down. "Oh really? What's not to like? He's smart, cute, and whenever he trains you can almost see all his-" Jinora stopped, blushing. Korra smirked, "Looks like Hiccup has a secret admirer."

"More like a crush." Korra and the girls turned to see Pema smiling. "MOM!" Jinora exclaimed. "Now as for you and Hiccup-" Pema said looking to Korra, "Look I'll admit that he's a good friend, and he's been there for me. But it's just..." she stopped, Pema gave her a sympathetic look, "Your afraid that he won't return the feelings?" she offered, Korra nodded. "The same thing happened with me and Tenzin. But seeing my soulmate go on without me was too much to bear. So I got my courage and confessed my feelings for him and here I am." The three girls wowed in her determination for getting Tenzin. Korra thought about how Hiccup made her feel and how well they gotten along. "Fine...I'll ask him out, and see where it-" before she could finish a black shape swooshed above their heads, looking back, Korra saw Toothless land with rider in tow.

Of course, just when you decide that you like him he appears. Korra thought as she walked over to the two. "Hey Hiccup, what's up?" Korra asked as he dismounted his dragon, Toothless gave her his 'puppy' face which was his way of asking for attention. "Not much, just doing some tricks with Toothless, what are you doing?" Hiccup said scratching Toothless behind his ears. Korra shrugged, "Not much, I've been in the gym lately working with Mako and Bolin, you coming to see our match?" Hiccup nodded, "Wouldn't miss it for anything in the world." Korra blushed at this. Come on Korra, you can do this. "Hiccup-" he looked at her, "I was wondering that...maybe...you might...want to...perhaps...go out to eat sometime?" she asked, her face beat red. Hiccup's face was almost the same shade, "Like...a date?" Korra nodded, "Sure! Yes, I'd like to go out with you. How about tomorrow, I know this great place that has watertribe food." Korra smiled brightly, "Great. Wait...how do you know a place that has watertribe food?" Hiccup rubbed the back of his head, "When you where teaching me waterbending I thought that eating the food would help make me learn it faster." Korra laughed her ass off.

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Hiccup watched from the stands as the two teams clashed in the middle of the ring, the fire ferrets came out strong, they watch focused on one person on the other team, they where pushed back to the third zone easily. The second round they took them on one at a time, still won. Third round they put up a fairly good fight, but still lost. Hiccup couldn't help but smile, Hiroshi made a great investment. he thought as the Fire Ferrets where declared the victors.

"We kicked their buts! I think that was our best fight yet." Mako said as he took off his head gear, "I know right? We seriously connected out there! We got this in the bag." Korra said taking off her helmet and pads. After changing, Korra made her way to the entrance and saw Hiccup waiting for her, "You ready?" Korra nodded, he then got on the back of Toothless and patted the seat behind him, Korra starred at him like he was crazy, "Are you sure? He doesn't look like a two person...dragon." she said in a attempt to escape the inevitable, Hiccup rolled his eyes, "Come on, even if you fall off I'll catch ya." Korra took a breath and summoned her bravery. She stepped towards Toothless who gave her a nod of encouragement. Hiccup held out his hand, she took it and climbed onto the saddle. "Now first thing to do is relax, when you trust your dragon, he trusts you. Second, it always helps to have something to grab onto." Korra immediately wrapped her arms around his torso, Wow, so that's what Jinora looked at when he trained. she thought, thankful he couldn't see the blush on her cheeks.

Hiccup slipped his foot into the pedal and clicked it into takeoff position. Toothless took off in one beat of his wings, sending them into the air, at first Korra buried her eyes into the shoulder of Hiccup. After a few seconds the sound of wind rushing around. She opened her eyes and looked around, it was beautiful. The lights below looked incredible, with the snow softly falling and with it covering the ground it made the city look absolutely breath taking. "Not so bad huh?" Hiccup asked, Korra smiled, "Okay, it's amazing, he's amazing." he gave a light chuckle, "How bout me? Amazing?" he asked, some pride evident in his voice. Korra smirked, "To strong a word, how about spectacular?" she suggested. "It's something. You should see it during the day, we go up much higher then." he said. Korra nodded, "I'm so taking you up on that!"

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After a few more moments of flying, he landed at the noodle shop. Leaving Toothless outside, the two entered and found a table. "So...okay this has been bugging me for a while, but I don't want you to take offense to it." Korra said as the two waited for their food. Hiccup shrugged, "Ask away, I'll try not to be offended." she smiled, "Why are you named Hiccup? I mean did you hiccup alot when you where a kid, or is it your nickname or something?" she asked, trying to sound polite as possible, he simply nodded, "Remember when I told you how my mom found me?" she nodded, "Well in my blanket was a piece of parchment with the word hiccup on it." Korra smiled, "That is so adorable! What does it mean though?" Hiccup shrugged, "Your guess is as good as mine." Hiccup said, "I'd go looking for my home anytime but with everything going on republic city, I don't think I could." He said looking down at his food, taking a slurp, Korra had a idea, "Well, what about when this is all over, I'll keep a eye on the city while your away? Take a few weeks and go look." she said, trying to cheer him up. Hiccup smiled, "Okay, miss peer pressure, when Amon is taken care of I'll look for my home...now lets dug in." he said gesturing to the food. Korra nodded excitedly.

As the two ate Korra noticed someone watching them, "What's with the guy leering at us?" Hiccup glanced behind him and let out a groan, "Tahno, captain of the wolf bats, reining champs of pro bending. Also dabbles in being a asshole, try not to" but when he turned he saw Korra shooting him a stink eye, Hot headed avatar, vs the stupid pretty boy, interesting. As the man approached he whispered to Korra, "Don't hurt him, if you do you'll be disqualified." Korra nodded, but still showed hostility.

"Well well well, look who it is, republic city's little flyboy, and the Uh-vatar." Korra rose from her seat, "You got something to say pretty boy, say it." she said standing up full height, a few inches shorter than him, he gave a lazy smirk, "Tell ya what, I'll give you the first shot." Korra really wanted to take that shot, Hiccup could see it too, Come on think Hiccup, think. he thought to himself, suddenly he got a idea, giving a loud whistle, Toothlessburst through the window, locked eyes with Tahno and gave a ear shattering roar. To say it scared Tahno shitless would be a understatement. After regaining his composure, he and his team left. Korra turned to Hiccup, they both burst out laughing, "Oh sprits! I thought he was going to have a heart attack! That was rich!" she said trying to control her giggles, Hiccup whipped a tear away, "Yea. Well done bud. Well done." he said rubbing Toothless's nose.

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After Hiccup paid for the two of them, which he insisted on, Korra was already on Toothless's back, "And now your a adrenaline junkie, great. Tenzin is gonna kill me." he said taking his position up front, "As fun as this is, I like Nagga's company more, no offense Toothless." he simply rolled his eyes at the girls comment. As the two went into the air Hiccup got a idea, "Want to see something cool?" he asked Korra nodded, expecting a trick. Hiccup went into the climbing position, going through the clouds Korra gazed downward, a mistake as she saw the ground getting further and further away. She tightened her hold on Hiccup so to make sure she wouldn't slip off. After a few minutes, the broke through the top of a cloud and drifted, "Whoa." was the only thing Korra could say to describe the scene before her.

The stars above seemed to multiply into the thousands, the clouds stretched on forever into a ocean of grey. When looking down, she saw a almost perfect reflection of the sky. "Whatcha think? Cool right?" Hiccup said softly, trying his best not to disturb the moment. "I never seen anything like it, this is...this is amazing." she said breathlessly. "We better get down, now this may not be as fun as coming up here. Since we're gonna dive bomb." Korra quirked a eye, "Dive bomb?" Hiccup held tightly onto the reins, "Just...,try not to scream." he said, clicking the tail into the position.

Toothless took the cue and folded his winds and went down in a nosedive. Korra felt a exhilaration go through her, going downwards at this speed made her stomach drop for sure buyout also made her smile like never before and involuntarily let out a whoop of excitement. As the water approached Hiccup changed shifts into flight and they just barely touched the water.

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After landing on the shore, Korra was still reeling in the glory of what she just partook in. "That...was...amazing!" she exclaimed as the two walked towards the temple. "Yea, sure was." Hiccup said, smiling at how much she enjoyed thief date. "But next time, lets do something not as deft defying. I'm work out." Hiccup raised his eyes, "You want to do this again?" Korra nodded, "Yea of course, going out and having fun was a blast, you being there was a big plus to." she said. Hiccup's day was now complete.

As the two walked towards their rooms Korra's adrenaline had finally worn off. "Thanks, for everything, it was fun." she said as they neared her room. "No problem I'd do it anytime." Hiccup said, as he was about to say farewell Korra leaned in and kissed him on the lips, Hiccup was stunned, he had never had a girlfriend or anything so he did what his instincts told him to do. Kiss back, he slowly wrapped his arms around her midsection as she placed both hands in the sides if his face. After a minute if this the two broke away, "Goodnight!" was the only thing Hiccup heard before she closed her door. After getting into his room he saw that Toothless had a questionable look on his face, "What? Like I know what women think?"

AN: IT'S ONLY FIVE DAYS AWAY IM SO EXCITED! For those of you who don't know, book 2 will premiere this Friday. It's going to be a little tough getting the rest if this up by then but I'll try! I thought that adding the romantic flight here would be a good point to start their relationship, also I realized they played two more matches in the cartoon but I'm exhausted and I can't wait to get to where Lin finds out about their date. Bye!