Disclaimer: I never owned httyd…

Author's Notes: It's really good to know that so many people read my fics… Enjoy!

Setting: Beginning of the movie. (Different place and person of interest)

"Does It Even Work That Way"

Boom!

Snotlout shot out (AN: hehe it rhymed…) from his bed as the earth shook.

"Dragons!" someone shouted outside as a roar can be heard followed by another explosion

Yes! Snotlout silently cheered. He always loved a good dragon raid. It meant that he had another shot of killing one and finally getting Astrid Hofferson. Sure, she insulted and punched him when he got too comfortable but he knew that she was just playing hard to get. Who in their right mind could resist someone as awesome and handsome as me! He smiled at his reflection across the thick glass while also flexing his muscles.

Snotlout went outside and ran towards the direction of the Thorston's house to meet with the twins. On the way he pushed, elbowed and sometimes kicked other vikings and got away with it since everyone was busy with the destruction around them. He finally arrived at his destination and saw the twins plus Fishlegs putting out fire on the houses around them.

"Have you seen Astrid?" he instantly asked as he took the bucket of water Fishlegs was holding.

Ruffnut rolled her eyes "Good morning to you too and no, we haven't seen her yet."

"Well then" Snotlout smirked as he rubbed his hands together "Let's finish our job so that we can join the adults and actually have some action ourselves!"

"Yeah!" the twins bumped heads

They spent the last 10 minutes running back and forth putting out fire from houses and stables.

"I don't we'd be done before the dragons stop attacking us." Tuffnut said after throwing some water at a burning cart.

"Gee, maybe it's because dragons can start fires themselves" Ruffnut sarcastically replied and decked his brother on the head

"Ouch!" Tuffnut rubbed his head and smiled at his sister "Do that again!"

Before Ruffnut could hit him again Snotlout shouted.

"I don't know about you guys but I'm going to kill a dragon whether you come with me or not" he dropped the bucket and stormed towards the center of the village.

"Hey wait!" the twins quickly followed, leaving Fishlegs to do all the work.

Fishlegs looked towards the direction the other teens went and shook his head as he continued to put down fires "This is not going to end well" he mused quietly.

Snotlout need to find Astrid and make her realize that he was the one she really wanted and would beg him to be hers. But with all this chaos there was no way he could find her in time. He needed to be someplace where he could see everything.

"The hill! Come on guys let's go up the hill!"

The twins nodded and they ran towards the hill and made it to the top in no time.

"Woah" Ruffnut gasped, getting the attention of the two boys there "What's that?" she pointed towards a strange contraption that none of them recognized at all

"Whatever it is, I'm gonna use it first!" Tuffnut said as he started to find some kind of handle or something to make it work.

"Not if I've got anything to say about that!" his twin retorted and they started to punch each other infront of the machine.

"Hey! I'm the strongest so I get to use it first!" the twins looked towards Snotlout

"Oh yeah?" they both said at the same time

"Now move or else" Snotlout cracked his knuckles.

Ruffnut wisely backed away while Tuffnut just snorted "Or else what?"

Without saying anything, Snotlout grabbed Tuffnut's head and rammed it on the mechanism. Because of the force, the machine tore open and threw out a bola that soared through the air in the night sky.

"That was it? Lame!" Snotlout groaned and walked away.

Ruffnut shook his brother since it looked like he was still seeing stars "Berk to idiot! Do you read me?" she mocked slowly

"Let's do that again" Tuffnut slurred with a goofy smile.

"Yep" Ruffnut dropped him and wiped her hands on her tunic "You're definitely ok. Looks like the dragons ran away." She tsked since she didn't get to fight a dragon and get a scar out of it.

-Town Hall-

(AN: This is after Stoick and the other villagers were done cleaning the mess the dragons left)

The hall was full of noise from complaining villagers.

"Stoick, they took 2 dozens of our sheep!"

"They destroyed half of our houses!"

"You're son almost killed a dragon." Spitelout said calmly.

And just like that, everyone was quiet.

Then whispered followed suit.

"I heard he ran towards the dragon like a mad man and tried to fight it bare-handed" one whisperd

"Well, I heard he tried to bite off a gronkles head" another whispered

"Well, that was not close to wha-"

"QUIET!" boomed Stoick's voice. "Now, those are just rumors you've heard. Spitelout, tell everyone what really happened"

Stoick's second-in-command, or his brother, nodded and walked towards the center

"I saw everything with my own eyes and even if I wanted to deny it I couldn't. I was there fighting a gronkle when suddenly I heard a scream of pure terror" Spitelout looked towards Grudge "It was Astrid Hofferson, she was cornered by a deadly nadder. I was going to help her but I was pinned by the blasted gronkle so I just hoped for the best. That's when Hiccup came running along. He was moving his head, as if he was looking for someone in particular. That's when he spotted Astrid in the distance. He doubled his efforts trying to get to her but it was too late. The nadder was ready to pounce and attack the poor girl. Just as the nadder was about to bite her, Hiccup suddenly bolted forward and grabbed a flying spear and spun around in place to throw it at the nadder. It was a direct hit to the eye. I assume it to be dead by now by the way it was flying away. All I could say to that scene was that I'm truly amazed by that boy's display in dedication to protect someone in need."

Everyone was gaping at the viking in the middle. The Jogersons were known for their huge prides and giant egos but to see one of them praise someone else was astounding. Let alone he was praising the village screw up.

Stoick coughed and got everyone's attention again "Well… Now that's over let's get back to those blasted dragons."

(AN: The next part is the one where Stoick convinces everyone to go find the nest and since I'm lazy as a gronkle then I won't write it. I'll just skip to where we were from the last chapter)

-Haddock House-

"Dad? What're you doing here?" Astrid asked

"Well" Grudge coughed in his fist "You see… Me and Stoick here hav a certain agreement and we need to tell you two abou' it." He scratched the back of his neck.

"Ok" Stoick sighed "You se-"

"Hold yer cows!" Gobber bellowed as he slammed open the door.

Stoick face palmed "Gobber wut ar' you doin here?"

"I'm ere te make sure you two would not mess tis up!"

"Fine, whatever! Hiccup, Astrid we're here to tell you that, uhm that… you two would be partaking in the Dragon training starting tomorrow!" Stoick said.

This time both Gobber and Grudge face-palmed

Gobber wobbled next to his best friend "Listen tu' me you idiot! Either ye tell them or I would" he grinned

Stoick's eyes widened "No! The last time I allowed you to explain something a war almost broke out! I'm doing this and I'm going to do it like a real Viking!" Stoick glared at his son and Astrid, scaring the both of them unintentionally "Hiccup, Astrid by this time in three days you two would be married"

Silence filled the room.

Gobber clapped his hands "So, who wants lunch cause I'm starving!" he attempted to lighten the mood but it only made it more awkward

Thud.

Everyone looked towards the source of the sound and saw Hiccup sleeping on the ground.

"Did, he just faint?" Grudge asked bewildered

Astrid just nodded blankly and carried the unconscious teen upstairs.

"Well that went better than I thought" Gobber said offhandedly as both teens were out of earshot earning himself a pair of glares

"Shut it Gobber" Stoick muttered as he rubbed his eyebrows.

Author's Note: Meh… Not as amazing as the last chapter but it would have to do… Enjoy!