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AN: Going to the beach tomorrow! Do not fret though because I'm still going to post a new chapter after I get home :D

Setting: Aftermath of the Green/Red Death battle

Days Until Wedding: 2 months (53 days)

"What Are You Going To Do About It"

Hiccup and Astrid were waiting at the docks for about 10 minutes before the boats finally docked. And just liked what Hiccup feared, the men that dismounted were injured. Hiccup sighed in relief when the chief came to view, unscathed. Astrid, on the other hand, was gripping Hiccup's arm on a vice grip. She still didn't see any sign of his father and she had a sinking feeling.

Stoick noticed the two and approached them. She looked at Astrid and sighed sadly. Hiccup and Astrid held their breath for the dreadful news Stoick was going to tell them.

"It was a trap" he simply said. "We had casualties" he looked at Astrid and smiled slightly "It's a good thing your father is as stubborn as a gronkle or we would be sadder than we are right now"

Both teen sighed in relief. But to Astrid's confusion, his father didn't make an appearance yet. "Uhmm chief, where's dad?"

This time, Stoick sighed mournfully "Like I said, he's that stubborn. He tried to fight off 5 of the meatheads before I had the chance to drag him off. He's asleep right now." Stoick patted Astrid on the head "No need to worry about him, he just exhausted himself to unconsciousness."

Hiccup wasn't laughing though. His fellow tribesmen were killed in cold blood. "Dad, how many dragons does it take to scare a whole village?"

Stoick looked at him in confusion before his eyes widened in horror "Hiccup! What are you planning?! No, I forbid you to do that!"

Astrid looked at the father and son in confusion. She didn't know what was running in Hiccup's mind but if Stoick thought it was stupid then it was better if she sided with him.

Hiccup shook his head "Dad, you know this is the only way to do it. We've lost too many men. It would at least take us years before we could regain what we lost today."

Stoick tried to find reason but his son was right. They lost too much today and he doubted they could survive if the meatheads raided them now. He sighed in defeat. "Fine, but you're still an arm short so until then I'll forbid you to do it"

Hiccup smiled sadly at Stoick "Sorry dad but it's the only I could think of."

Stoick nodded "I know." He smiled at Hiccup and put his hand on Hiccup's good shoulder "and I'm proud of you in making the right decision"

Astrid still had no idea what they were talking about and she was dying to know what it was. After Stoick left the teens, Astrid looked at Hiccup incredulously.

"Mind telling me know what you two were talking about?" she asked

Hiccup just smiled at her "I'll tell you later. Right now, we need to start working on my arm."

Astrid sighed and both she and Hiccup went to the forge to work on the mechanical arm.

Hiccup was glad that he thought Astrid in smithing because with her there the work was cut in half. He told Astrid to start the fire on the hearth while he was picking which iron to use. Astrid was tasked in making the fingers while Hiccup was doing the joints for the elbows and knuckles.

It took them about three hours just to connect the forearm to the upper arm. Hiccup was having trouble in how to join the fingers with the palm since he didn't have the right materials to make it work. He eventually just connected the two with some metal strings and melded them together.

After 6 hours of rigorous work, they were finally done with the arm. Though it did look pathetic to a master smith but they were pressed for time and didn't have the right materials to use.

Hiccup and Astrid was now infront of Acne's hut in the middle of the night.

Hiccup looked at Astrid and she looked back.

"Well?" Hiccup started

"Well what?"

"Aren't you going to knock?" Hiccup asked

"Why? Can't you do it?"

"It's just that she's probably asleep and I don't want to be rude and wake her up" he reasoned

"Oh, so it's ok if I do it then?" she cocked her hip and raised an eyebrow.

"No, I just thought that you have a better chance of surviving if she gets mad" he stuttered

"Excuse me?" she scoffed "So I'm your meat shield now? That's just great"

"That's not what I meant!" Hiccup was getting frustrated since Astrid was being unreasonable again

"No, that's exactly what you mean!" she gritted her teeth. How dare he use her as bait!

"Astrid, could you please listen to me for a while" he groaned. "Don't be so stubborn"

Oh he did not just say that.

"Listen here you fuc-" but before she could finish the door slammed open and both teens jumped in surprise.

Acne looked at the teens unbelievably. This was the second time the teens visited her but at both times they woke her up in the middle of the night. Acne sighed and motioned them inside.

Astrid looked at Hiccup and huffed before marching inside and Hiccup followed with a sigh.

Acne lighted some candles so that they had light inside her hut.

"Ok. Hao may I help ye kids?" she asked

"I have done what you told me" Hiccup said seriously

"And that was?"

"This" he handed her the arm

She was not expecting this "An arm made of metal? Tis it new ta me but I'll see wut I can do." She said and she closed her eyes and put the arm on the middle.

Acne started chanting in old norse that both teens didn't understand. Suddenly, the mechanical arm started to glow. Its glow was like a heartbeat. In fact, the glow was in sync with Hiccup's heartbeat.

"Hiccup, your arm" Astrid's eye widened when Hiccup's broken arm started glowing blue while the mechanical one was glowing red.

Acne's chanting was getting louder and stronger while the air inside the hut was getting cold. Hiccup's breathing was getting harder and he was also losing his focus. He could also feel his arm starting to ache.

Acne opened her eyes and it glowed blood red while she stared at Hiccup on the eye.

Astrid stared at the arm on the table as it started levitating and it hovered towards Hiccup. Just as it was now next to his broken arm, the mechanical one exploded into dust and surrounded his arm. Hiccup started screaming since the dust was crushing his arm. He could feel them puncturing his skin and entering his body.

Astrid tried to help but Acne held her and told her to wait.

Hiccup kneeled and was still screaming in pain as blood oozed from the wounds created by the dust. It wasn't long before the screaming stopped and Hiccup blacked out.

AN: I'm going to stop here since I need to sleep early. Goodnight!