Disclaimer: I don't own httyd.

AN: Jonambre: No problem!

Arc: I Do

Days Until Wedding: 17 days

Music I'm Listening To At The Moment: Regretroid

"What Are You Going To Do To Her"

Acne had a hard look on her face as Grudge finished explaining to her what happened.
"This is more complicating than I thought" Acne muttered

Grudge sighed as he sat on a chair "Even to tis day, I still couldn't believe wut I had done"

Acne put her small hands on his broad shoulders while giving him a small smile "Don't worry, even you couldn't have done anything about it. You didn't know..."

Grudge hunched over and sighed "Wut am I goin to tell Astrid? This secret has been eatin me since she died" he muttered darkly "I was stupid, being played like that!"

Acne shook her head "Forget about it for now. The problem now is if we tell your daughter about this or not..."

"I tink it's better if we don't" Grudge answered "She's already busy with yer training and the upcoming wedding."

Acne shrugged as she started walking towards the door "She's your daughter so it's your decision..." she paused and looked back at Grudge with a hard face "A bit of warning though, I can sense danger for the upcoming future..." and she left without waiting for a response, closing the door behind her.

Grudge contemplated what Acne said and his gaze fell on the rekindling fire on the fireplace.

-Haddock Household-

"Ok... Now rub it slowly..." Hiccup instructed Astrid as she was sweating in concentration "your tensing up... just relax..." they were currently situated on the living room while Stoick was busy cooking dinner.

"How about this?" Astrid looked up at Hiccup as she continued on her ministrations

"Good... Now wrap your fingers around it..."

"A-are you sure? I mean, your dad is just around and I don't want him to see us doing this..." she said as she gazed at the kitchen

Hiccup rolled his eyes "I'm positive. It's not like he'll get mad or anything like that..."

Astrid breathed "Ok... I can do this..." she tentatively wrapped her fingers around it "Is this ok?"

Hiccup nodded "Yep... Now, do what you did before and start rubbing it... Nice and easy..."

"Ok..." she started rubbing it slowly and hoping nothing will go wrong.

It was then that Stoick entered the room and Astrid jumped in surprise, breaking the horn that was attached to a helmet that she and Hiccup were cleaning.

Hiccup groaned "Great... Now I need to fix that..."

"Sorry..." Astrid mumbled

Hiccup sighed "It's ok... It was an accident anyway... What is it dad?" Hiccup glanced at his dad who looked guilty for startling the girl

"Uhh... Dinner is ready..." Stoick said as he walked back to the kitchen

Astrid looked at Stoick's retreating form "Hmm... Maybe I should get some cooking lessons from your dad... He seems to be pretty good at it."

"Well he is the one who cooks for the both of us on a daily basis so it's understandable that he can cook well" Hiccup stood up and offered his hand to Astrid which she instantly took

"Yeah but I've been practicing for weeks now and I still can't cook a decent meal" she pouted as they walked towards the kitchen

"Hey... You've improved, ok? Remember that soup you made me when I woke up from my week long sleep? If it wasn't for the chicken feed then I would say that that was much improvement right there" he offered her a seat and she sat down while he sat to the chair next to her

Astrid smiled as she leaned over and kissed his cheek "Thanks... You really do know how to compliment a girl"

"Considering said girl can maim and or strangle me then I can't see why"

Astrid laughed while playfully punching him on the arm

Stoick smiled while looking at the two teens. Looking at their faces, it was as clear as day that they truly happy being with each other and he would do everything he could just to make it stay that way. It also helped that the kids reminded him of how and his wife acted when they were as young as them.

"Here you go kids!" Stoick said as he carried a huge pot towards the table "Eat up because tomorrow is going to be another busy day for us, especially you Hiccup since we will be starting building the house tomorrow"

Hiccup groaned as he started pouring some soup to a bowl and after it was full gave it to Astrid "I know, I know..." Hiccup sighed "I'm just glad that this wedding thing is almost over with..."

Astrid gave him an amused look "Well aren't you excited?"

Hiccup snorted as he poured himself a bowl "For the past weeks, our dads had been busy working me to the bone. First dad made me get an old sword from a dead relative. Then he made me refinish it and expected me to do it in a week. And tomorrow we'll start building our house" Hiccup puffed out some air "At least I could still sleep for as long as I want"

"I may be hard on you but I'm not heartless" Stoick huffed

"I know dad..."

And so the three of them continued eating. It should be noted that Stoick already knew about Heather and Cami's "competition" and he also knew that his daughter was currently with Thuggory and Cami right now.

-Later that night-

Astrid was tossing and turning in bed while her face scrunched up while she was deep in sleep.

Hiccup woke up from her movements since he was just sleeping next to her. "Astrid? Astrid! What's wrong?!" he exclaimed while he tried to wake her up but to no avail

-Astrid's Dreamscape-

Astrid looked around and all she could see was darkness.

"Hello?" she shouted but all she could hear was her voice echoing around. "Is anybody there?" she cupped her hands around her mouth "Hiccup?! Are you there?!" still there was no answer

It wasn't until a few minutes later when she heard a voice. A voice that seemed familiar to her

"Astrid? Over here Astrid!" said a sweet female voice that made Astrid feel relaxed all of a sudden "That's my girl!"

All of a sudden, darkness was replaced with blinding light and Astrid had to cover her eyes. When she opened them again, she was surprised that she was inside her house, only it looked less older than the one she was currently living in.

In fact, the scene in front of her made her gasp and a few tears fell from her eyes.

In front of her was a blonde female wearing a summer dress and had her hair in a braid much like hers. The woman had a radiant smile on her freckled face, showing her dimples in the process, that made it look like she was the happiest person on earth. Her cerulean eyes were shinning from the rays of the sun.

It was her mother.

Astrid choke back a sob. The last time she saw her mother was ten years ago. The longer Astrid gazed at her mother, the more she realized that she had already forgotten about her. This thought made her hate herself.

"Come on Astrid" the woman said in a relaxing tone. Astrid widened her eyes and thought that the woman was talking to her. It was only proven wrong when the woman was gazing below her. She looked down and she finally saw what her mother was focusing at.

A small girl, not more than three years old, was waddling towards the smiling woman. The little girl had the same blonde hair as her and was wearing a cute pink dress which reached to her toes. The little girl's height was just below Astrid's knees.

Astrid smiled sadly at the scene as the little girl, which Astrid realized was her when she was just a toddler, finally reached her mother and as a congratulations was carried up in the air and being spun around while both blondes were laughing loudly.

All of a sudden the house started to slowly fade in front of Astrid's face.

"No!" Astrid shouted. She looked at her mom and her eyes widened when her mother was looking back at her with a warm smile

"Goodbye Astrid..." Astrid's mom said with her voice echoing itself

"Wait! Mom! Don't leave me again!"

Just like that, Astrid was once again covered in complete darkness as she sank to her knees and sobbed.

"W-wait... Th-this cannot be! W-who are you!?"

Astrid recognized that voice. It was his father's. Astrid looked up and noticed that she was back in her house, this time it was raining and looked like it was in the night.

But that wasn't that got her attention, in front of her was Grudge and someone who looked like was floating.

The other person laughed femininely. While looking closer, Astrid noticed that it was definitely a woman with flowing black hair and eyes as black as void.

"I'm sorry... Were you expecting someone else?" the female mocked Grudge. The way she spoke sent shivers down Astrid's spine because of the coldness of it.

"A-all this time... I-it was y-you?!"

The woman chuckled again as she started to fade "So long, dear husband..." she then turned her gaze to Astrid and grinned, showing that she had really sharp teeth "and to you too... my dear daughter..."

-Back with Hiccup-

Hiccup spent almost half an hour just to calm Astrid down. She was obviously having a nightmare if her constant screams were evidence enough. When she did, he sighed and wrapped his prosthetic arm around her, in case she started squirming again.

What he didn't expect was for Astrid to open her left eye and it was as black as void then started to mutter something her breath "smoya líf geta vaxa enn..." and then Astrid closed her eye as if nothing happened at all.

Hiccup's metallic arm glowed a little before the light faded instantly

AN: Hmm... Hmmm... Enjoy and Review!