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I Do Thee Wed...

Ruffnut spent three days in Gobber's forge, sharpening swords for hours on end. When her hands started to blister and bleed on the third day the blacksmith sent her off with a grim promise of what would happen to her if she ever tried something stupid like that again.

The blonde girl walked through the plaza, gingerly blowing on her aching hands. She started to head for the Great Hall when she heard someone call her name. Ruffnut turned her head slightly and spotted her brother waving at her from the old watchtower. She twisted on her heel and jogged over to her friends.

"How'd it go?" Hiccup asked when the girl climbed into the tower.

"Hard and painful." Ruffnut collapsed beside her brother. "But when you're a Viking, everything is hard and painful."

"Good point."

"Did you get busted yet?"

Hiccup shook his head. "No, thank Thor. His beard is starting to grow back in rough patches, so in a month he won't look so...crappy."

"Beautiful choice of words." Astrid snickered.

"I thought so to."

The two exchanged soft smiles and Ruffnut studied them for a moment before throwing her hands in the air. "I have it!"

"Have what?" Tuffnut asked.

"A dare for Astrid!"

"Here we go." Fishlegs moaned.

"I can't wait to hear this." Astrid crossed her arms and arched an eyebrow.

Ruffnut cleared her throat dramatically. "I dare you to 'marry' Hiccup on the roof of the Great Hall."

A blush crossed Hiccup's face and Astrid winked at him. "Hey, that's the best dare ever."

"I'm not finished. Hiccup has to be the one wearing the dress, you'll be the one in the suit and Toothless will be the one marrying you guys-in a grass skirt." Ruffnut jumped to her feet in excitement. "And Astrid has to eat a piece of fish that was regurgitated by Toothless and then kiss Hiccup!"

"Yeah, that last part, was the only part I liked." Astrid said flatly.

"Wait a minute!" Hiccup cried. "This is Astrid's dare, not mine! Why do I have to wear the dress?"

Ruffnut shrugged and dropped back to her seat. "Fine. If you refuse to do it, then you're making Astrid refuse a dare and she'll be that close to losing this war."

When Hiccup hesitated Astrid swung around and punched him in the shoulder. "Ouch!" Hiccup scowled and rubbed the developing bruise. "Astrid, I am not-"

"Do it for me? Please?" Astrid pleaded.

Hiccup swallowed and slumped in defeat. Astrid sighed with relief and faced Ruffnut. "Name the time."

Ruffnut tapped her chin thoughtfully. "How about three hours from now? Is that enough time for you guys to get ready?"

"It's plenty of time." Astrid got to her feet and looked at Hiccup. "You work on getting Toothless into a grass skirt and getting me a suit. I'll find a dress for you to wear." She glanced at Ruffnut. "What else?"

"The regurgitated fish," she reminded.

"Oh yeah. Get that too."

"Not a problem." Hiccup muttered. Astrid pecked him on the cheek before hurrying off.

Snotlout grinned at his cousin. "This will be even better than the Fishlegs incident."

"Is that what the village is calling it?" Fishlegs asked in dismay. "Aw, man."

"Don't worry, buddy." Hiccup reluctantly got up and started down the ramp. "Once this happens, everyone will forget about your little 'incident'."

...

Hiccup looked rather miserable.

Toothless picked on his human's mood immediately when the boy dropped a basket of fish in front of him. The Night Fury gobbled several up before glancing at Hiccup. He was slumped on the ground beside him, sewing multiple long blades of grass together with a single piece of string.

The memory of Meatlug running through the plaza dressed like a fish entered his mind and he barked in protest. A small smile graced Hiccup's lips and he glanced at his dragon. "Yeah, it's what you're thinking. But it's only for a little while, and it's only a grass skirt."

I don't know what you and your crazy friends are doing, but why do I have to be dragged into it? Toothless complained. But of course, Hiccup did not hear this and simple patted him on the head before going back to work.

Toothless sighed and went back to his fish. Really, Hiccup didn't seem too happy by the idea either. He wasn't sure what was happening, but what he did know was that he wanted to cheer his best friend up.

Gack!

Hiccup held back a gag as a slimy piece of fish landed in his lap. "Yeah, I thought so. Sorry bud, I appreciate the thought but this has to be saved for Astrid."

Toothless did not mind. He liked the girl and knew that Hiccup really liked her.

Perhaps he would give Astrid the fish as a symbol of his love. That was something humans did, wasn't it?

...

The teens gathered behind the hall three hours later. Hiccup was wearing a traditional white dress that oddly fit him well. Astrid wore a baggy suit that had a few rips in the pants. Toothless, of course, wore the grass skirt (the Night Fury struggled to resist the urge to scratch at it).

"Where's the fish?" Ruffnut demanded. "It's not complete without the fish!"

Hiccup rolled his eyes and held out a basket, which contained a single regurgitated fish.

Snotlout smirked. "I bet it tastes great when it's cold."

Astrid glared at him. "Shut up."

"Get moving!" Ruffnut hissed. "There's a good crowd lining up for dinner!"

Astrid and Hiccup mounted Toothless and they flew up to the roof. Astrid dropped the basket in between herself and Hiccup and the two stood in front of the Night Fury, who muttered under his breath (of course, the kids only heard annoyed grunts).

"It's your dare and for some reason I'm the one who's more humiliated." Hiccup whispered.

Astrid grimaced. "I don't know. At least the dress you're wearing is clean. Mine has mould in it. And I have to eat a fish that was previously in a dragon's stomach."

"I'm. In. A. Dress!" Hiccup snapped.

"And you look hot in it."

"You so owe me."

"I think I can deal with that."

"Hiccup?"

The flabbergasted voice of Stoick the Vast reminded the teens of what they were supposed to be doing. "Eat the fish before he comes up here!" Hiccup said frantically.

Astrid bent down and took the fish from the basket. She took a large bite out of it, swallowed and promptly kissed Hiccup on the lips.

For Astrid, it made up for eating the nasty fish.

For Hiccup, it almost made up for him wearing a dress in public.

"Aw!" Ruffnut cooed. "How adorable!"

Tuffnut and Snotlout were in hysterics, unable to get over the sight of Hiccup in a dress that actually looked good on him. Fishlegs only gaped, wondering why he was friends with these lunatics. The crowd of Vikings stared, stunned.

And Stoick had passed out from the sheer humiliation and bafflement from what he had just witnessed.

Dare suggested by Lighty 7 :)

Next chapter: In which Astrid dares Tuffnut.