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AN: Sigh... I can't believe that the next chapter would be the last one... I'm so gonna miss you guys!

On a side note, I've noticed that every time I upload a new chapter, instead of consisting of 1.4k words it would display 1.2k words... I hate that!

Arc: I Do

Days Until Wedding: 16 days

Music I'm Listening To At The Moment: Life's Too Short Nightcore...

"Was This Your Plan All Along"

Hiccup's eyes widened and his mouth wide open "Y-you knew my m-mother?"

The possessed Astrid snorted "Knew her? I was there the moment she was born"

"I-impossible!" Stoick gasped "If my math is correct, you should be as old as Valka!"

Astrid smiled slyly "That would be correct if that was my real body"

"What do you mean?" Grudge muttered darkly. He would've attacked already if it wasn't for the fact that the person he was talking to was his daughter.

Astrid chuckled darkly while the temperature in the room dropped considerably "Women just don't reveal their secrets to anyone."

Grudge slammed his massive fist on the table, scaring everyone there sans Astrid "Don't you dare toy with me! What have you done with my daughter?!" he roared

Astrid just closed her eyes and chuckled lightly, clearly not intimidated by the angry viking "You don't have to worry about her. All I'm doing is fusing my powers with hers and establishing a connection. She's still inside. The only problem she has right now is that I'm more powerful than her so that I have full control on her body, temporarily at least."

She cleared her throat "Now... Where were we? Ahh, right... Your mother is a very headstrong viking. She even went against your father one time when there was a dragon raid here."

"Stop" Stoick said sternly "Hiccup doesn't have to know what happened."

Astrid chuckled behind close lips "On the contrary, he does have every right in knowing the truth. After all, your mother never died in a raid."

"I'm begging you! Don't tell him!" Hiccup roared frantically as he begged the person infront of him

Unfortunately, his begging fell on deaf ears "Hiccup... Your mother left Berk."

"S-she l-l-left? W-why?" Hiccup gulped. He knew that her mother's death was a bit skeptical since Stoick refused to talk about it. He would've understood if he evaded his questions because he felt uncomfortable about his wife's death but instead Stoick would make random excuses just so he could not answer them. Hiccup, being a curios viking that he is, found that kind of behavior weird.

"Because she refused to kill dragons. In a way, she was just like you. So I banished her" Stoick said with his head hung low, feeling ashamed

"Y-you b-b-banished mom..." It was a statement and not a question. Hiccup was staring blankly at Stoick masking any emotion he was feeling right now.

"I know you're upset but-"

"Upset?" Hiccup interrupted "Just because she couldn't kill dragons you banished her!" Hiccup snapped. It was rare when Hiccup talked back to his father and this was one of them "Just because she refused to follow your orders you hated her!"

Stoick narrowed his eyes "I never said I hated her" he muttered "Don't put words in my mouth, boy"

Hiccup scoffed "Boy? That's the first time you addressed with me with accordance to my age. Most of the time you would treat me like I'm ten years older"

While the two were arguing, Astral, in Astrid's body, was smiling like a child given her favorite toy.

"You still didn't answer my question" Grudge told Astral with venom in his voice

Astral rolled her eyes and narrowed them at him "I've already told you. I've done nothing to her, got it? She's fine so keep your balls under your pants" She shook her head and muttered under her breath "Men and their simple-mindedness"

Grudge growled. He so wanted to throttle her.

"Another thing, if you didn't hate mom then why did you vanish her?!" their argument escalated to shouting "I know why because you whatever you don't like you would get rid of them!"

"That is not true Hiccup and you know it!" Stoick boomed

Hiccup laughed disbelievingly "Know it? Of course I do!" a tear rolled down from his eye "Six years ago, I overheard you talking with Gobber about me being a weakling, a disgrace of all things!" he laughed even more "I was going to leave since it was pretty much every told me but what you said next really did it"

Stoick paled, having a feeling what Hiccupw as going to say.

"In your own words, Hiccup is nothing but a nuisance. All he ever does is make an idiot out himself and drags me with it. Maybe it would been best if I had a burly, stupid Viking rather than a scrawny toothpick for a son" This time, tears were pouring down his eyes "You know dad, I nearly killed myself that time. I almost leaped off the cliff towards the ocean." Hiccup closed his eyes and breathed in deeply. When he opened them again, sadness was replaced with determination "But I didn't do it. You know why? Because I know I can be better than a scrawny toothpick! I know I can hopefully one day get your recognition!"

Hiccup then looked at Astral.

"I'm glad I tried to achieve that goal because now I have a fiance who I love and loves me back, I made real friends who would normally ignore me and I made a name for myself without your help" he laughed and shook his head "Maybe I should thank you, dad. If you didn't insult me that day then maybe I wouldn't be here right now and would be banished just like mom!"

Silence filled the room after Hiccup's speech which lasted for about a minute. It would've been longer if Astral didn't clap slowly with a smile on her face

"Nice show kid. You and Valka are more alike than I initially thought. Seems your not like these muscle bounded idiots here" he lazily pointed at Stoick, Gobber and Grudge. The former was gazing guiltily while the latter of the three was glaring daggers at Astral. "I know it wouldn't man anything but I would give my blessings in marrying my daughter"

Hiccup blinked confusingly at Astral "Uhmm... By all means, I still want to thank you for giving me your blessing" Hiccup bowed

"Well then..." Astral stretched her arms above her head "I think I overstayed my welcome and Astrid is already trying to get me off of her head" She blew Grudge a kiss "Bye, my dear husband" and just like that, Astrid's right eye turned blue again and she held her head while wincing. "Ugh... I have a fucking headache" she muttered darkly

Instinctively, Grudge scolded her "Astrid! How many times do I have to tell you not to curse!"

Astrid snorted "Yeah, yeah... It's not like the people in here don't do it on a regular basis"

Hiccup chuckled and shook his head "That's Astrid alright..."

"Hiccup, I'm sorry to what I did to your mother. If it means anything, it was a mutual agreement" Stoick said with conviction.

Hiccup raised an eyebrow "Really? So she was okay being banished?"

Stoick nodded "We both knew this day would come so I think it's time I told you were she is currently living"

All the people there widened their eyes. Stoick knew where his wife lived?!

AN: Oh snap! Not another surprise! I knew it! I knew Valka was alive somehow! Enjoy and Review!