Disclamer: I don't own thecharacters of How to train your dragon, or Skullette, Bloodfire, or Asta, I only own FireFang
~.~Normal P.O.V~.~
Astrid was standing in line at a café with her friends, Asta was talking about a boy she liked."So anyway, we were standing in line to get our lunch, right? When he came up to me and asked… hey Astrid are you even listening?"
Astrid hadn't heard a thing Asta had said, or was it Bloodfire? She was too busy staring at someone from across the food court.
"Hello? Earth to Bangzilla!" Bloodfire called and lightly punched Astrid's arm.
"Huh, oh sorry… what were you saying Asta?" Astrid asked looking at her friends again.
"I wasn't saying anything, Bloodfire was." Asta said.
Oh, oops.
"Which one of these guys was lucky enough to grab your attention?" Asta asked and scanned the court.
"I wasn't looking at anyone! I just spaced out…" Astrid said.
"Nope, you were checking out… him!" Asta pointed at a Black haired person.
"Stop pointing! You'll draw attention." Astrid said and pulled her hand down.
"I'll do more than that. Who is he? Does he go to Berk?"
Astrid sighed. "Yes, his name is Hiccup. He's in one or two of my classes, but I don't talk to him."
"You don't talk to anyone. Astrid, your eyes are a gift and they're gorgeous. Share them with the world."
"Yeah, I think it's pretty neat that you can change your eye color and the weather." Asta added.
"Sure, I'll embrace this and share it with everyone, then afterwards get set off to labs for tests." Astrid rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, why don't you talk to him? Ooh, he's got a friend! No wait, the friend has his arm around a girl." Bloodfire asked.
"I don't want to." Astrid said.
"You do, and I'll help you out." Asta stood from the table and walked over to Hiccup.
"Asta, get back here!" Astrid called.
~.~
"Hey, isn't that Astrid?" Skullette asked.
Hiccup turned his head in the direction Skullette mentioned and nodded.
"That's her, looks like she's with friends. Do they go to Berk?"
"I don't remember seeing them." FireFang said.
"Anyway, back to what I was saying, do you think those are the only friends she has?"
"Most likely, I've never seen her with anyone else at school." Skullette said.
"One of them is coming over." Firefang said.
"Hey, I'm Astrid's friend Asta. And you are?" Asta said.
"I'm Hiccup, and these are my friends Firefang and Skullette." Hiccup introduced.
"Hello." Skullette said.
"It's a pleasure to meet one of Astrid's friends." Firefang smiled.
"I know this is odd, but do you think you could sit with us? Astrid's seems to like keeping to herself at Berk, and I don't like it. I'd like it if you talked to her." Asta said.
"I don't mind, but will she speak to us?" Hiccup asked.
"I'll make her, come on over."
~.~
"She didn't just ask them to come over here, did she?" Astrid asked.
"She did, you know Asta." Bloodfire said.
"Well you better learn to read gestures because as of right now I'm not speaking."
"I don't want them to ask about my bangs. They'll notice my eyes."
"They're brown now." Bloodfire said, moving Astrid's bangs aside.
"Good, still not going to talk though."
"But–"
"Guys, meet Hiccup, Firefang, and Skullette." Asta introduced, with them standing behind her.
"I'm Bloodfire." Bloodfire waved.
Asta looked at Astrid, waiting for her to introduce herself. Astrid shook her head and looked away.
"Ah well, have a seat guys." Yuka said.
Hiccup pulled up a chair as close to Astrid as he could. He was still determined to get her to speak or something.
"So, what's Berk like? I hear its way better than Shard." Asta said trying to make conversation.
"Well I've never been to Shards, so I can't really say. What do you think Astrid? You've been to both." Hiccup asked.
She shrugged and made an 'mmm' sound, but still said nothing.
Well at least she reacted and made sound. Hiccup thought.
"Berk's okay, we've got good teachers and sports and clubs and stuff." Skullette said.
"Our sports teams suck, they never win any games." Bloodfire said.
"We played you guys a couple of times, haven't we?" FireFang asked.
"Yup, and we lost each time."
"Are you into sports Astrid?" Hiccup asked.
She shook her head.
"Yes, she is! She's like a pro."Asta said.
Astrid glared at her through her bangs.
"When she played at Shards she was the captain." Bloodfire added.
She got a glare too.
"No, that was ax throwing. She going to become captain though." Asta said.
Astrid was going to have a long talk about this with them later.
"Wow that's impressive, we should call you the tennery lady." Firefang said.
Hiccup saw Astrid's shoulder shaking and almost growled. How the hell did Firefang make her laugh by saying tennery?
Astrid glanced at her phone and showed Asta the time.
"It's that late already? Sorry guys, we gotta head home now." Asta said standing.
"Its fine, we should leave too." Skullette said, standing up also.
"We'll have to do this again sometime. Won't we Astrid?" Bloodfire asked and nudged her with her elbow.
Astrid didn't respond.
"See you tomorrow Astrid." Hiccup said.
She waved a bit.
"Yes, see you tomorrow tennery." Firefang laughed.
Astrid's shoulders shook again and Hiccup was about to lose it.
They all went their separate ways and once Hiccup, Firefang, and Skullette got to Hiccup's car, Hiccup turned to Firefang.
"How the hell did you do it?" He asked.
"What are you talking about?" Firefang asked, confused.
"You made Astrid laugh twice by saying tennery. What is so funny about that?"
"Did she really? She looked like she was just sitting there keeping still." Skullette said.
"She laughed, her shoulders shook every time he said it. So, tell me how you did it."
"I don't know man, I've got that kind of charm." Firefang said.
"You're gonna teach me how you do it."
"You want to learn how to talk to girls? From her?" Skullette laughed.
"No, just her, I know how to get girls."
"Sure you do my friend, which is why you're still single." Firefang said.
"I'm single by choice, nearly all the girls at school are whores."
"Except for Astrid."
"Yeah, except for her. And I'm more determined than ever to make her talk."
"I think you like her." Skullette said.
"No, I think it's because she's the only girl to resist him. He sees this as a challenge." Firefang said.
"Exactly, and I'm gonna win." Hiccup said.
~.~
Astrid walked into her house after dropping her friends off, and was grabbed from behind and lifted from the ground.
"Hey there Astrid, how's it going?" The man holding her asked.
Astrid recognized the voice sighed. "Put me down you jerk. You scared the crap outta me."
"You are absolutely no fun." He put her down and made her face him.
"When are you gonna cut this?" He grabbed a strand of hair that was in her face and tugged on it lightly.
"Can you fix these?" Astrid pointed to her eyes.
"No."
"Then I'm never cutting my hair."
"C'mon, your eyes are beautiful."
"I bet the labs will think so too."
"You won't get sent to a lab."
Alle walked in and noticed the two.
"Oh, hello dear, I didn't know you were here. Are you staying for dinner?" She asked.
"No can do, mom is inviting her boss over and wants me there."
Alle smiled at them and shook her head.
"Well I'm off get stuff for dinner. Lannon should be back in a few minutes from his track practice."
"See you later Mama."
Astrid went upstairs to take her bath. When she got out she started drying her hair and noticed the binder under her bed through the mirror. She reached under and grabbed it to look through it more. She found a note and read it.
July 8th
She isn't doing anything but changing the weather... what else could there be? And who is the one that wants her? I feel as though I should stay home and protect her from everyone she comes into contact with, but that would only make Alle suspicious and worried since she doesn't know about the riddle. I'm out trying to find the one who sent me the riddle so I can protect Astrid. I can only imagine how she must feel having to hide her eyes. I feel like I don't have much time left, I have to hurry.
So, dad isn't on business. He's trying to find out who sent the riddle. Astrid thought.
"I'm home! Mom, Astrid, are you here?" Lanon called.
Astrid closed the binder, put it under her bed again, and went to great her brother.
~.~
Astrid walked into her class the next day and sat at her desk. Hiccup walked in a few minutes after her and prepared to make her say something again, but this time he was going for a direct approach.
"So, we meet again." He said and sat on her desk.
She didn't even glance at him.
"I had fun talking with your friends yesterday."
She still said nothing.
"You know the one with the yellow headband? What was her name…Asta?"
Kagome shook her head.
"No? Was it Bloodfire?"
Kagome smiled a bit, she had to give him credit for trying when everyone else gave up.
"Oh, did I finally get a smile outta you? I'll take that for now, but I'll be back for more tomorrow."
He went to his own seat and smirked in victory.
A.N. Hiccup is a half night fury demon just letting people know