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AN: There's not much I'm going to say so I'll just start the chapter

Additional AN: Astrid and Hiccup might become a little OOC starting from this chapter. It's very possible it could happen since once you open up to your partner then everything else would fall into place and you will also start to trust them wholeheartedly. You won't be scared in showing every side of yourself even the most embarrassing ones because you know that they would also treat that it's their own.

Setting: During Dragon Training

Days Until Wedding: 2 and a half months (73 days) (lol I don't know how to do math XD )

"When Did You Have Time to Do That"

"I've asked this before but are you crazy?" Astrid asked incredulously

Hiccup laughed and grabbed her hand to lead her out of the stadium "I think we already established that there's something wrong with my head. Only for a little bit though."

Astrid nodded mockingly and squeezed his hand for good measure. They exited the stadium and were now entering the market. The moment the people saw their hands intertwined, they started to murmur to each other but Astrid and Hiccup didn't care. "Good. For a second there I thought you wouldn't agree with me."

"And what if I didn't?" he challenged as they passed the market side by side. He swung their arms exaggeratedly to tell people that they didn't care.

Astrid caught on to the idea and let go of his hand to wrap both her arms around one of his "Then I will go to your father and ask about you adventures when you were little… littler." she jokingly said.

Hiccup mock gasped "You. Wouldn't. Dare."

"Try me" she challenged

Hiccup just laughed and kissed her cheek which earned him a blush from her. It was still amazing how much of an effect he had on the unstoppable force called Astrid Hofferson. And it was also endearing that she wasn't embarrassed being around him in public. Although his new found status might have something to do with it.

They were now out of the village and entered the forest they were so familiar with.

"So tell me, oh great inventor, how are we gonna fly?" Astrid asked as Hiccup led her through a familiar path.

"Using Toothless" he said matter-of-factly

Astrid stopped on her tracks, wide-eyed "Are you saying were going to ride a dragon?! That's the stupidest yet most awesome thing you've ever thought!" she hugged him again because she could and Hiccup didn't even complain about her advances. Astrid suddenly furrowed her eyes and looked up at Hiccup "Wait, isn't Toothless missing a tailfin? How are we going to use him to fly then?"

Hiccup had the audacity to blush and scratch the back of his head. "Well, did you notice how me and Toothless got a lot closer than before?"

Astrid nodded so Hiccup continued "Well, every night I would visit him to try and bond with him. I wanted to make amends to what I did to him." He looked down, guilt written on his face

"Go on…"

Hiccup cleared his throat "Ok, just a few days ago I thought that maybe I could make something that could potentially replace it's missing one."

"Let me guess, you already made one and all this time you were hiding it somewhere in the cove so that I wouldn't find it and you would surprise me by giving me a romantic flight and then we would live happily ever after?" she jokingly said

Hiccup laughed nervously which Astrid found cute. He is after all her dork.

"Well, you're missing about the part that me and Toothless had already practiced and are now ready to take you with us."

Astrid looked blankly at him. He knew this was a bad idea but he just thought that she would love it. Girls loved romantic things! Oh, right… Astrid isn't like any other girls… Great…

Astrid loved Hiccup but it was just too funny looking at his face when he was thinking. He was always changing his expression when he was thinking. Just like now, at first he looked scared, then he looked like he knew something nobody did and lastly he looked really glum. It was plainly obvious that he was thinking about her. Him staring was a dead giveaway.

Astrid shook her head and took his hand to continue walking "You know Hiccup, you are such a dork."

"Thanks for reminding me" his voice was laced with his sarcasm but Astrid knew he was not offended.

"So… How are we going to sit on it? I'm not stupid enough to sit on its scaly back"

Hiccup smirked, obviously proud of himself, and puffed his chest out "I already thought of that. I made a saddle specifically made for riding dragons."

"When did you have time to do all this?"

"Midnight" he answered casually

Astrid's eyes widened "Midnight?! You mean you lack sleep? Hiccup! What did I told you about sleeping late just to do your little projects?" she scolded him like he broke something and was trying to deny it.

"To no to?" he was unsure of his answer

"Fine, I'll forgive you this one time but the next time don't even think about sleeping late."

"Look at the bright side. In three and a half months you would finally have the power to force me to do something you want."

"I've already told you. I'm not gonna force you to do something you don't want" she said resolutely.

"And I'm gonna do all that I can to piss you off" he said resolutely. It was good that she was starting to change but Astrid was not the same if she wouldn't hurt him. He'd rather have a violent and happy Astrid over a peaceful and sad one.

"Whatever" she stalked off because she suddenly had the urge to punch the daylights out of him.

Operation: Make Astrid Mad is a go then.

Hiccup and Astrid finally arrived at the cove and when they arrived inside a giant black blur suddenly tackled Hiccup to ground and started licking him.

"Toothless! Bad dragon!" Hiccup tried to shield his face to no avail. "Look! It's Astrid!"

Toothless stopped dead on his tracks and stared at the startled female.

It suddenly dawned on Astrid what Toothless was planning on doing "Oh no… Don't you even-" she ran as Toothless bounded after her. "Hiccup! You're so gonna get pummeled!"

She zigged and zagged but Toothless was persistent and thought that Astrid was playing tag with him. Eventually Toothless caught up to her and pinned her on the ground.

"Please don't…" Astrid begged but it was futile since the dragon dragged his huge tongue across her face "Eeeeeeewwwwwww!" she whined

Toothless got off and sat on his hind legs, happily looking at a saliva-covered Astrid.

Hiccup laughed as he offered his hand to her "NOW I forgive you."

Astrid shook her head at his immaturity and took his hand. He hoisted her up and brought her near the water to wash off the saliva all over her face.

After they were done washing up, Hiccup suited Toothless with the saddle and tailfin.

Astrid was excited. In all of her life, she never thought that she would have the chance in flying up in the sky. She also never thought that she would have fun playing with a dragon. Those were in the past though, the present was more promising and she wouldn't trade it for anything.

Finally, they were ready for lift off. Hiccup sat at the front while Astrid sat on his back, both of her arms around his waist so that she wouldn't fall off. Too bad she didn't know about the fact that Toothless loved to show off. Toothless shot off from the ground with blinding speed and forcing Astrid to scream and to wrap her legs around Hiccup's body. She closed her eyes and hoped that her grip would stay. Just as quickly as it started, Toothless started to slow down. Astrid opened her eyes and gasped at the sight infront of her.

Thousands of stars in the night sky. She couldn't believe how beautiful the sky was in this angle. She looked down and saw the ground. It looked really different from up there. She then turned her head and looked at their village, it was mesmerizing.

Astrid felt giddy. She never felt this contented in her life. She turned her head towards the one person she knew that she would gladly live her whole life with. She removed one of her hands from his waist and placed it on his heart.

"This." she squeezed her hand "Belongs to me. Just like mine belongs to yours" she knew she sounded sappy but she didn't care. She would gladly act like a typical teenage girl for Hiccup.

"Geez… And here I thought I was the romantic one in this relationship." Hiccup laughed lightly

Something clicked inside Astrid. Something that made her heart melt and made her want to cry in joy.

"Hiccup?"

"Hmm?"

"I love how you try to put up with me. I love how you say my name. I love how you think that there is something more to me rather than a hot-headed female viking. I also love the fact that you think with your mind rather than with your muscles." She pinched his arm and noticed how stiff it was now.

Hiccup chuckled "Well I guess it's my turn then? I love how you know to push my buttons. I love how determined you are to get what you want. I love the way you smile whenever you accomplish something. I also love how your nose scrunches when you're thinking. Oh and I love that I love you."

"You love that you love me?" she mocked

Hiccup snorted "Hey, I ran out of things to say."

"Well I-" but she was cut off when Toothless suddenly jerked

"Woah! Toothless what's wrong?!" Hiccup tried to get the dragon's attention but Toothless just jerked his hand away.

"Hiccup, what's happening?"

"I don't know." Hiccup then noticed movement to his left when they entered a mist "Astrid get down!" he whispered to her and they ducked down. A zippleback flew next to them. Followed by a gronkle and so on and so forth. It wasn't long until they were suddenly surrounded by a hundred dragons, going at the same direction.

Hiccup and Astrid stayed during the whole ordeal. The dragons arrived at a giant island and suddenly dived and entered a cave like entrance. Inside more dragons could be seen. There were dragons that they recognized and ones that they didn't.

Toothless landed on a part of the cave where they were partially hidden.

One by one, the dragons dropped the food in the middle where a giant hole was located.

"It's good to know that all our food is thrown inside a giant hole" his voice laced with sarcasm.

"They're not eating them… That's surprising…" Astrid mused.

Just then a slow moving gronkle hovered in the middle of the hole and regurgitated a small fish and dumped it in the hole. Before it could leave, a very loud roar was heard from inside the hole and suddenly a large dragon head appeared from below and swallowed the gronkle alive.

"What… is that?!" Astrid whispered sharply

"Whatever it is, I think it smells us…" Hiccup said alarmed "Toothless, let's go! NOW!" and Toothless came back to his senses and they flew off just as they were about to be eaten by the humungous head.

-Later at the cove-

Astrid was pacing around the sleeping night fury while Hiccup was busy removing the saddle from said dragon.

"I get it!" Astrid finally said "I think I know what's happening! It all makes sense now!"

"Of course it does! Except for the fact I don't know what you're talking about." He said

"Listen to me you idiot!" she pinched his arm and he yelped and pouted at her "They're acting like a giant hive! The huge dragon is their queen and the smaller dragons are the workers. The queen is the one who orders her workers to raid villages and get their food so that they wouldn't be eaten themselves!"

"You're right! This changes everything!"

"Let's tell your father about this!" Astrid started to run but was stopped as Hiccup held her hand "What're you doing?! We need to tell your dad now!"

"Not yet… We stand no chance against that thing if we charge head on without a proper plan."

Astrid stopped struggling "I guess your right but what're we gonna do?"

"Like I said before, I proposed something to dad and you might not like it"

Astrid rolled her eyes "let me guess. You won't tell me because I won't like it, right?"

Hiccup shrugged "Yep.. Pretty much."

Astrid suddenly punched him on the arm and he yelped in surprise.

Astrid smiled sweetly at him "That's for ordering Toothless to lick me all over" she then approached and pecked him lightly on the lips "and that's for that romantic flight. I can't wait for the next one"

Hiccup smiled goofily "Well, the night's still young and I think Toothless can still fly us a few more rounds"

Astrid grinned "Then what're we waiting for?"

AN: Astrid and Hiccup are not that concerned about the dragon because it was currently not a problem to them. They're smart enough to know that they stood no chance against it and they were going to take advantage of the 5 days they were given to prepare for the upcoming battle.

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