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(Snotlout POV)
On the ride to the palace, father reminded Eret to find and seduce the princess, while he would try to persuade the king. The entire carriage ride they acted as if I wasn't there. Thor, they act as if I am an idiot, just because I've made a few questionable decisions, or because I'm not as handsome as Eret doesn't mean I'm useless. Once we arrive at the ballroom, father leaves us to find the king, leaving me and Eret alone.
"I'm off to find the princess", he said," although I'm sure by the time she sees me, she'll be begging to marry me"
"And how are you going to find her," I ask, " you know you can't just go around asking random people if they're the princess"
"How hard could it be, I just have to find a woman with blonde hair and brown eyes," he said confidently
If it were so easy you would have found her yesterday, but hey what do I know. I'm just the idiot, less handsome brother. I thought.
"Just remember to be polite and to have manners" I remind him.
"Please, manners are only for first impressions and for ugly people" he replied walking away.
"Also you know her eyes are blue right?"
He didn't reply and just kept walking away. At one point he crashed into a woman
with short brown hair and a silver mask, so hard that she fell to the ground. Instead of helping her up, Eret glanced at her and kept walking, as if nothing had happened.
I rushed to help her up, but she had already done so and was angrily brushing off her dress.
"What an asshole" she muttered
"Yeah tell me about it," I say," I'm sorry on behalf of my brother "
She raised a brow through her mask, " That asshole is your brother?"
"Sadly yes"
"In that case, I'm sorry you have him as a brother"
I let out a little chuckle, "can you believe that people like him more than me, no matter how insufferable he is"
She smiled a little, before saying, " trust me I understand annoying siblings, I have two older sisters who dragged me here to meet new people".
"Well in that case" I held out my hand," Name's Snotlout, or the Snotman"
She chuckled before shaking my hand," Minden"
(Hiccup POV)
The night was amazing, I didn't think it could get any better. After we danced, Milady and I struck up a conversation again. Call me naive, but I'm starting to think she's my soulmate. She's easy to talk to, funny, beautiful, and isn't afraid to speak her mind or hit me.
During our conversation, we headed towards the garden again. We went to the bench again, but this time we just sat in a comfortable silence as we watched the moon. At one point she rested her head on my shoulder, I rested mine on top of hers and laced her fingers with mine.
She mumbled something, "What did you say? ", I said
She lifted her head and looked at me, "May I tell you a secret ?"
"Anything"
"In that case, you have to tell me a secret, you know like an eye for an eye"
"Uh…Sure" I replied hesitantly
She looked away from me, and towards the floor, " The reason I'm attending the festival is because… my parents want me to meet someone, to marry."
"Um, well have you found that person?" I asked nervously
She squeezed my hand, and gave me a hopeful smile, "Yeah, I think I might've''
I smile back at her and squeeze her hand
"So I just told you a secret, now you tell me one of yours," she said
"Uh" crap, I had completely forgotten that part, I said the first thing that came to my mind.
"My leg," I said" I don't have part of my left leg, it's a prosthetic"
She raised an eyebrow and said, " Well then why did you put a boot over it?"
"Didn't want to stand out" I said quickly, not because I don't want the Bludvists to realize I'm here.
"Ok, then how did you lose it?"
"To be honest I don't remember, I just know I lost it when I was young"
She laughed a little, "Well that explains why the laces are so tight"
"I guess that means we're ev-" BING BONG, BING BONG, the bell had struck, I looked over at the time, midnight. Shit!
"Twelve already," I said, quickly getting up.
Milady frowned. "You have to go now don't you?"
"Unfortunately"
"Will you at least be here tomorrow?" She asked hopefully
"Nothing could keep me away" I quickly kissed her cheek and ran for the entrance. As I practically ran down the stairs, I kept yelling, "Toothless!", hoping he would come fast. Soon I saw him at the bottom of the staircase, I got on Toothless and we quickly raced to get to the manor first.
~o0o~
As soon as we arrived at the manor I took Toothless to the stables, then I ran inside, changed into my rags, hid the suit, and rubbed dirt all over my clothes and face. I still had some extra time so I started to clean and wait until the Bludvist arrived. Twenty minutes later I heard the door open. The Bludvist came in and (if it were possible) Eret was angrier than usual, Drago appeared angry as well, and Snotlout seemed strangely happy.
I kept my mouth shut, saying how it went, didn't seem to fit the mood, or risk getting slapped. Eret and Drago headed to bed while Snotlout stayed.
"What happened?" I asked. Snotlout looked around to see if Eret or Drago were listening.
"Well Eret couldn't find the princess… again. And when dad went to talk to the king, some other people had the same idea. So he barely got a word in."
Wow, I'm surprised they didn't take it out on me when they got home, like usual.
"So how'd it go with Ruff?" A smile came onto Snot's face, I guess that means it went well.
"Actually I kind of forgot about her," he said," I was busy talking to a girl from the far side of the kingdom, her name is Minden"
"I actually hope to see her tomorrow night, then I plan to ask her out" he continued
"That sounds great Snot," I said, smiling as well," I'm really happy for you"
He smiled at me before waving goodbye and heading to bed. Seems like most of us had a good night.
~o0o~
Later that night I was sweeping the kitchen floor, it was quiet except for a few crickets. To pass the time I started to hum and whistle the song, For the dancing and the dreaming. While I was humming, I started to do the steps to the dance, the same dance I did with Milady. When I got to the middle part, I saw a black shadow, I gasped and dropped my broom. The shadow was gone, I slowly picked up my broom and got back to sweeping. Must have been my imagination, I thought.
The next chapter shall also take place from someone else's perspective, but later in the night. Until then - Comet