Disclaimer: I don't own httyd

AN: Fooled me once, shame on you. Fooled me twice, I killed you.

Setting: Preparation for the upcoming fight with the Meatheads

Days Until Wedding: 1 and a half month (48 days)

"Does This Rock Make Me Look Fat"

Stoick rubbed his temples as Hiccup and Astrid stood nervously infront of him. He couldn't believe these two. At first he was skeptical to what they said but after closely looking at the situation the more he thought it was possible. He looked at the two warily and was about to say something when Hiccup intervened.

"In my defense if Astrid didn't force me to come here with her then I wouldn't have opened my mouth in the first place." Hiccup spoke mechanically as if he rehearsed the sentence in his mind the entire time.

"What?!" Astrid looked at him unbelievingly. "So you blame me for your incompetence?" Astrid snorted "Chief, can you believe this dork? Was I the one who opened my big, fat mouth? Was I the one who announced it to the entire tribe? No, it was all YOU." She poked his chest for every question she asked.

Hiccup glared at her and swatter her finger away. "Well, if YOU didn't drag me towards here then we wouldn't be in this mess."

Astrid scoffed "Look, the only reason why I wanted to do this is because I'm SICK and TIRED of Snotlout trying to hit on me! I mean, does he even have the brain capacity to figure out that I hate his guts?!" she argued.

"Are you kidding me? After what you did two days ago he's actually learning to fear you."

Stoick sighed and slammed his hand on the table to get the teenagers attention. "Look, I don't care what you two do on your free time because what's happening right now is that most of everyone already knows that you two are engaged."

"What's so bad about that? I mean, you'll eventually tell everyone about it." Hiccup wondered.

That's when it hit Astrid, hard "Because of the rumors" she answered worriedly. She groaned and smacked her face "This is bad. This is so bad."

"What? I don't get it?" Hiccup asked confusingly

Astrid glared at him "Let me spell it out for you. First of all, everyone would think that the reason why we're engaged is because they probably think you knocked me up. Second of all, didn't it ever occur to you that people always tend to focus more on rumors rather than facts?"

Hiccup's eyes widened "You're right. And not only that but people will be so distracted by said rumors that they'll forget about the raid!"

Astrid grabbed Hiccup's tunic and started to shake him "You just had to shout it, didn't you?! You couldn't just make that stupid speech in silence! Oh no, you HAD to do it infront of the WHOLE village!"

Hiccup was starting to lose focus and maybe his lunch.

"ENOUGH!" Stoick's booming voice forced Astrid to let go of Hiccup and stood in attention. "There's nothing we could do about this now. What we need to do is tell everyone about this the right way. If I could just get Grudge to confirm the arrangement then I might just be able to convince them"

Hicucp furrowed his brows "You don't sound sure… I don't like this…"

"Ok, no-" before Stoick could continue there was a loud banging on his door

"STOICK!" Spitelout's voice could be heard from the other side "I've heard the rumors! What's the meaning of this?!"

Stoick sighed. Of course his brother was going to be a hindrance. He looked tiredly at the two teens and said "Use the backdoor to go outside. I'll take care of this."

Hiccup nodded and grabbed Astrid's hand. They quickly walked to the backdoor and slipped Spitelout as he Stoick let him in the house. They briskly walked towards the stadium to avoid confrontations from people. When they finally arrived inside though, the other teens were already on them.

"Hiccup! Is it true?!" Tuffnut excitedly asked as he invaded Hiccup's personal space "Are you and Astrid really tying the knot?!"

Hiccup blinked "Uhmm" but before he could answer his tunic was pull from behind and he was turned around to come face-to-face with Snotlout.

Snotlout glared at him and said "Look, just because you won earlier doesn't mean you get to marry her! She's mine!"

Hiccup couldn't take it anymore so he grabbed Snotlout's hand and broke his finger, forcing Snotlout to let go of him. "Listen to me and listen well." Hiccup said seriously as he poked him on the chest. "You really think you stand a chance with Astrid, do you? Do you really think Astrid would actually like a guy like you? Whose ego is the size of berk? Whose brain is the size of a grain of sand?" he grabbed Snotlout by his collar and lifted him up with his left hand. "Believe it or not but our fight last time was nothing but child's play for me. So if you want to live with your limbs intact then you better stop this childishness or else because I happen to like your face on a rock, literally" he let go of Snotlout and let him fall on his ass.

Snotlout stood up and glared at Hiccup "I'll remember this Haddock. Mark my words, I will get Astrid" he said as he stalked away.

Hiccup sighed. So much for family bonding.

"Ehem" Tuffnut coughed and got Hiccup's attention "You still didn't answer my question"

Hiccup sighed "Yes, me and Astrid are going to get married in a month or so. No, I didn't knock her up" he answered before Tuffnut could open his mouth and ask the question for that answer.

While all those happened, Astrid was on the sidelines just watching the scene unfold. That was until someone tapped on her shoulder. Astrid turned her head and was now face-to-face with a smirking Ruffnut "We need to talk, again"

Astrid sighed and shrugged her shoulders "Sure"

AN: Whew… Things are getting interesting! Rival villages, village conflicts and an arranged marriage. Can Hiccup and the others overcome this?! Find out after I think how I'll do it!