Disclaimer: I don't own httyd for a reason… If I did then bad things would happen to the show… Nah just kidding…
Author's Note: NOTE THIS IS THE SECOND CHAPTER I POSTED TODAY SO PLEASE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS ONE THANK YOU
Well THIS chapter was supposed to be the second one! Fanfiction would not let me upload a new document! I'm clearly not amused by it… I hope that bug won't last though… If only they would display the error when the page crashes so that I would notify them since I am a programmer myself but alas they didn't… Ok enough ranting… On with the fic!
Setting: During the Dragon Training
"Could They At Least Pretend to be Bad at This"
"Alright everyone! Today's trainin would be speed an' agility… " Gobber said from the stands as he gazed at the maze infront of him. "The dragon ye'll be facin today is the deadly nadder. A feisty one, it is"
The nadder was on top of the walls that made up the maze and was looking for the teens scurrying about.
While the other kids were busy hiding from the dragon, Hiccup had other plans and approached Gobber.
"So Gobber… I was wondering if you somehow cut off a dragons wing or tailfin would it grow back?"
Gobber, who knew Hiccup could sit this one out because of his outstanding performance before, answered him casually "Technically, when a viking successfully grounds a dragon then there's no point in keepin it alive. It's better if you just kill it to stop it from sufferin"
"I see" Hiccup said and contemplated Gobber's explanation. If Gobber doesn't know then no one does…
"Hiccup, enough chit chat! Let's do Astrid 2-7-1!"
Hiccup nodded and ran towards her. As he approached the dragon he caught its attention by shouting at it. When he finally got its attention, it shot out spines towards him but he just rolled. The nadder was now infront of him and stomped its foot, eager to squash the foolish teen. But to its dismay, Hiccup just rolled away and bashed his shield on her side. The nadder was now furious and blindly shooting spines around it, forcing the people around to duck and cover. Hiccup saw this as an opportunity and he laid on the ground and threw his shield at it.
That did the trick because the moment the shield hit its head, the nodder was temporarily stunned, giving Astrid enough time to run towards it and hit its head with decisive blow using her shield. Because of the force she used to hit it, the shield broke. The nadder didn't attack though; instead it retreated to far side of the stadium, away from the acrobatic duo.
Once again, the teens plus Gobber was stunned as they watched the scene infront of them. Hiccup approached Astrid and raised his right hand. Astrid smiled and raised her own hand and they high fived.
"Man…" Tuffnutt groaned "Since when did Hiccup become so awesome?"
Snotlout snorted and crossed his arms over his chest "He just got lucky"
Nobody bothered correcting him because it wasn't worth the effort.
Hiccup and Astrid both approached the teens.
Before anyone could say anything, Tuffnut practically kneeled infront of Hicucp and hugged his leg.
"I'm sorry for what I did to you in the past! It was Snotlout's fault! He always forces me to help him! Please don't hurt me!" he started to pinch Hiccup's leg "Hey! You have really tough legs! With all the clothing you wear, no wonder nobody noticed how buff your body is!"
Ruffnut yanked his brother's hair and pulled him up "Geez, you're embarrassing me!"
Snotlout stood infront of Hiccup and glared at him. Hiccup returned the glared and they held it for a while until Snotlout offered his right hand.
"Truce?" he mumbled, clearly not liking the idea
"Truce" Hiccup took it and smiled at his cousin. Even though Snotlout had bullied him since he could remember, he understood why. It was because of his father, Spitelout, that caused him to be like this and there was nothing he could do about it but just accept his cousin as he is.
Astrid watched the two cousins shook hands and smiled softly at Hiccup.
-Night time-
"So… Tell me, where did Astrid go wrong?" Gobber asked the teens as they ate dinner
"I gave Hiccup the signal too late and the nadder was too close to him. If he wasn't fast enough then his body would have been full of spines by now." she mused out loud.
"Gee, thanks for the compliment" Hiccup joked
Gobber nodded, even though he didn't have the slightest idea what the girl was talking about "Good. Now, where did Hiccup go wrong?"
This time though, Astrid glared at him "He's never where he should be."
"Hey, I was busy asking Gobber a question" he defended
"Like what?"
"None of your business" Hiccup said with finality
"Gobber?" Astrid asked him innocently, which was clearly not a good sign
"He asked me if dragons could regrow missin fins and whatnot." He answered casually
"Traitor" Hiccup muttered under his breath
"Well, I'll leave you kids then." He put a book down on the table in between the teens. "You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual. Everything we know about every dragon we know of." He listens as thunder roared outside. "No attacks tonight. Study up."
"Wait, you mean, read?" Tuffnut asked as Gobber left the dining hall
"While we're still alive?" Ruffnut interjected
"Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?" Snotlout reasoned.
"Oh, I've read it like seven times! There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face! " Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Ruffnut stared at him"And-and there's this other one that buries itself for like a week-"
Tuffnut cut him off "Yeah, that sounds great. And there was a chance I was gonna read that..."
"But, now..." Ruffnut continued.
Snotlout, the twins and Fishlegs all left the dining hall, leaving the Hiccup and Astrid to their own devices.
"So…" Astrid started but Hiccup held his hand up in a stop motion
"Don't need to. I accept your apology whole heartedly"
"Woah woah woah! Who said I was going to apologize? You're the one who needs to apologize to me!"
"Me? What did I do?" Hiccup asked incredulously
"You made me worry" she said matter-of-factly
Hiccup blinked dumbly at her "Oh… Sorry then" he mumbled
Astrid took her braid and played with it "Well, I think I should apologize too… I mean, there were other tactics we could've used that would keep both of us far from harm's way but I miscalculated."
Hiccup shook his head "No no… It was my entire fault. No need to apologize"
Astrid glared at him "No, it was my fault and don't you dare argue with me"
But Hiccup stood his ground "No, I won't let you take the blame because if I wasn't so distracted by asking questions to Gobber then you wouldn't be in that position in the first place."
Astrid made a single step towards Hiccup "Well, I could've called you earlier and made you focus but I didn't because I was overconfident and thought that I could take it on myself!"
Hiccup did the same motion "Well, if my head wasn't so busy formulating those questions before entering the maze then I might've thought of a strategy that could've helped us fight that dragon!"
"Wait, this argument is getting us nowhere…" Astrid sighed and finally noticed that they were now inches from each other and from the looks of things Hiccup noticed too. Astrid and Hiccup blushed simultaneously and unconsciously they closed the gap and started kissing.
AN: Lol I'm not good with lovey-dovey scenes so I'll just skip the whole making out session… You, my faithful readers, can do the honors of imagining them doing it!
Both Hiccup and Astrid parted with breathless faces. Both flushed and clearly looked exhausted from their "exercise"
Hiccup cleared his throat "Well… That was… interesting"
Astrid just nodded silently
"So… Shall I take you home?" he asked timidly, offering is right hand to her
She smiled and took it "Sure… As long as we do that again sometime" she winked at him. She was pleased to see him blush and started to sputter some words.
"Ye-yeah…I-uhm shall we go?"
Astrid giggled and started to lead him out "You are such a dork" she said off-handedly
AN: Aw… that was so touching, right? RIGHT?! Kidding!
Like I said earlier, this is the second chapter I posted today so you better check the previous one if you haven't read it yet… Enjoy!