Chapter 1

He's not popular. He spends alot of his time in the shop. He doesn't really go out on weekends. He spends his time working on Toothless. His 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500. His dad is the mayor of Berk, a small lake town in Iowa. He's Henry Horrendous Haddock. Better known as Hiccup by his peers. This is his story.

It was just like any other Monday. Biology, English, chemistry, lunch, and finally shop class.

Hiccup was at the top of all of the subjects he had to partake in in school, shop class included. When the teacher wasn't there, Gobber was his name. They didn't need a sub. They had Hiccup, he would tell the other students what they would need to do for that day and than he'd work on Toothless. He'd just finished re-upholstering the front and back seats. He went with black leather with blue stitching and detail. He'd just need to repaint the inside before he was done with it. He set the seats down and went to work on the motor. He knew it ran. But if he could get more power he would get more power. Now he was taking the carburetor off and getting ready to replace it with a Holley 4 barrel carb. His dad spared no expense. He practically owned half of Berk. His dad was in the real-estate business. If hiccup needed something for his car he got it. Hiccup just finished putting the 4-barrel carb on and decided to start it. First try, rolls over coughs and dies. Second try, the same. Third shots the charm he says. He turns the key and He roars to life. He needed tuned bad. He went back to the motor and adjusted the carburetor and got the idle just the way it should be. Performance wise toothless had power. He only had the best. He wouldn't mind if it wasn't this way but Stoic insisted. He shut it off and the bell rang. Time for history. He was late for class. He had to make sure everybody left before he did.

He walked in and sat down at his desk in the back of the room. Right behind Astrid. Astrid was a goddess. Sent from the heavens. Hiccup has had a crush on her since like 1st grade. He was a junior. Almost his final year in school. Well at-least high school. The last half of the second semester had just started.

"Mr. Haddock." Mr. Johnson asked

"Hmm, yes." Hiccup replied.

"Can you tell me what we're
talking about?"

"Uhhh, the JFK assassination?"

"What about it Henry?"

"Umm I don't know"

"You don't know? Could someone please fill Mr. Haddock in on what were talking about."

He didn't even have his book open yet. Fishlegs who sat by him filled him in on what they were talking about. Which didn't take long. But not to soon after he had his notebook open and was drawing mindlessly. Atleast thats what he thought until the bell rang and he actually looked at it. It was...Astrid Leaning on Toothless?

"Hiccup are you coming?" Fishlegs asked.

"Uhh yeah." Hiccup replied.

"Do you need a ride home?"

"Uhh thanks fish but I'm gonna work on Toothless."

With that Hiccup packs up his notebook and walks out to his locker and throws his books in. Just as he walks out of the doors of the school, Gobber is pulling the flatbed truck that the school bought to use to bring in project cars for the students to fix and work on.

So far it was a mystery as to what it was and whose it was. Hiccup was judging it was an older dodge by the looks of it under the tarp. Hiccup walked over to Gobber.

"New project car?" Hiccup asked.

"Yep I was told ye were the only one they want'd ta work on it."

"Really?"

"Really."

"What is it?" Hiccup asked undoing straps on the car to get it off of the flatbed

"From the looks of it, it's a 1970 dodge cuda." Gobbler replied.

"Well you never really see those any more."

"Well they already have all of the parts for her and they said they'll bring em by sometime today."

"Alright well I'm gonna go paint Toothless and I'll get to work on doing what I can on "the cuda"."

"Ye kids and naming yer damn cars." Gobber said under his breath.

Hiccup just smiled and walked into the shop and took the cover off of Toothless and pushed him into the painting booth. He didn't need use the primer because he did that last week. So far he was thinking electric blue pinstriping with a metallic or shiny black base paint. Yep that was it he thought. He mixed up the blue to what he wanted and got the black ready he set the paints down and wrapped the car so he could paint the stripes.

Hiccup just finished painting Toothless with the black when there was a bang on the door. Hiccup turned around to see who it was. It was Gobber. He walked out taking the painting mask off and taking the air brush over to the sink to wash it out.

"The parts are here Hiccup"

"Already?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes boy. Already, do you want to take a look?"

"Ohh sure. Just let me get Toothless out of the booth."

Hiccup leaned over the engine. Gobber walked up behind him

"What do you think boy?" Gibber asked.

Hiccup jumped and hit his head on the hood, "Gods Gobber you scared the crap outta me"

"Ha my boy gotta keep ya in check somehow"

"Well Gobber I gotta correct ya on the car. She's a hemi."

"Yes she is." Came a female voice from the shop door.

Hiccup leaned around the side of the car to see who it was. Was that...Astrid?...it was. He could tell by her golden locks all pulled into a braid that curled around her shoulder.

"Is this your car?" He asked her.

"Yes it is. This Is my Stormfly." Asrid replied.

"Do you know what's wrong with her?"

"Umm not really..that's why I was wondering if you could help me?"

"Me?..you want my help?" So many possibilities were running through his head. Why did she want his help? Weren't there mechanics for that?

"Well yeah you got the mustang running didn't you?" She asked.

"You mean my car. Toothless?"

"it's yours?"

"Well yeah." He said nervously rubbing his neck. "That's why I'm always late to history."

"Well that explains alot." Astrid stated.

"I guess it does."

"Looks like fresh paint."

"Yeah, I just got done with it."

"It looks awesome."

"Well thanks I guess." Hiccup says rubbing his neck. "Do you uhhh want to help? I mean it is your car.."

"Uhh yeah sure I guess."

"Well it looks like you guys don't need my help than." Gobber pipes up.

"Uhh nope I guess not." Hiccup replies.

"Uhh Astrid you got the keys?"

"Ohhh yeah here." she says as she pulls them out of her pocket.

Hiccup walks over to the driver side door and opens it. He puts the key in the ignition and turns it. Nothing, try's again. Still nothing.

"Well I could put a new battery in it and see if that does anything."

Hiccup finds a new battery and sits the old one off to the side. He puts the new one in and hooks it up.

"Alright let's try it now. Crank it Astrid"

"Okay just a second...here we go." She turns the key and it clicks. It just clicks no turning over.

"Well from the way this is going the starter is shot. Do you have a replacement?"

"Umm I should. I think it's one of the smaller boxes."

"Alright I'll go look." Hiccup says as he bumps into a stack of boxes and knocks them over. He scrambles to pick them up.

Astrid sits there covering her smile trying not to laugh.

Hiccup returns all the boxes to they're original position. Well that's embarrassing. Hiccup states as he stands there rubbing the back of his neck. His face is beat red.

"Don't worry I won't tell anybody."

"Well thanks." Why do I have to be such a kluts he thinks to himself.

"It's no problem" Astrid says, as she walks over to one of the smaller boxes and opens it up. "Hey I found it." She states

"Well good now let's get to work. Can you hand me the socket set over there on the bench?"

"Ohh sure" she says, as she hands him the box with the starter in it.

"So uhh what other parts do you have?"

"Basically all new replacement parts just not the block. I've even got new piston heads and rods. I like the hemi sound and power."

"Ha yeah they're loud if you tune them right." Hiccup states. "So should we just take the motor and the tranny out?"

"Tranny? Ohh you mean the transmission?"

"Yep you can't take out one without the other."

"Alright well I guess We could."

"What all parts am I gonna be working with?" Hiccup asks.

"Huh?"

"Are they stock and aftermarket?" Hiccup asks.

"Umm most are aftermarket." Astrid says proudly.

"Ohh so your going for major performance?"

"Ha yeah you could say that. there's drag races down at the old rail yard."

"Really? How have I never heard about this?"

"I don't know. Maybe when you finish Toothless you could bring him."

"Uhh sure I'll see about it. You want to see him?" Hiccup says with a smile.

"Ha sure."

"Alright well come here." Hiccup says as he walks over to Toothless and pops the hood. He turns the key and he starts right up. He has a mini

celebration in his head.

"Well that's freaking loud." Astrid states.

"Ha I guess you could say that. You want to see under the hood?"

"Well of coarse whats the point of starting it and popping the hood?" Asrtid asks.

"Good point." Hiccup says with a smirk as he unlatched the hood and lifted it and let the hydraulic lift hold it open.

"Holy shit!" Astrid said as her mouth hangs open. "Talk about after market."

"Hey not all of it is. Wanna see something?"

"Yeah, what is it this time?"

Hiccup smirks as he reaches for the throttle and pulls it a few times.

"That is awesome!"

"Thanks. You should hear the turbo." Hiccup says with a smirk on his face.

"This "beast" would whoop at the drag races." Astrid says.

"Wanna take him for a drive?" Hiccup asks.

Me?

"Who else is here? Yes you."

"Well..well..YEAH!"

"Well alright. The paints dry and the carpets are in. You wanna help me with the seats quick?" Hiccup asks.

"Ha sure."

"Alright let's go."

Hiccup drove Toothless to the outskirts of Birk where they could really open it up and "let the horses run". That's exactly what Astrid thought they were going to do until Hiccup pulled over to the side of the road and looked at her.

"You know how to drive a stick?" Hiccup asked.

"Well kinda I guess. Astrid stated."

"Wanna try and drive Toothless?"

"Heck yeah!"

"Just let me know if you feel uncomfortable. Alright?"

"Alright."

.….….….

"I thought you said you know how to drive a stick?!" Hiccup asks.

"I said kinda!" Astrid states.

"Alright well just pull over."

"Alright." She said before pulling over and switching with Hiccup

"Anything going on tonight around town?" Hiccup asks

"Well you could check the old rail yard."

"I could do that. If I knew how to get there."

"How have you never been there?" Astrid asks surprised.

"Well A. I'm not liked so no one tells me anything and B. I have no friends."

"Really?" Astrid asks.

"Really. But you know what's funny? Snotlouts my cousin." Hiccup states.

"Seriously? You two are nothing alike." Astrid states.

"Exact opposites actually." Hiccup replies.

"Speaking of snotface, look in the rearview." Astrid says with disgust.

"Ohh great. Here he comes in his new car."

"Well it's not exactly new. It doesn't even have the balls to compete yet."

"If you say so."

"Okay well take a left up here."

…

How did he get pulled into this. Hiccup was thinking as he was pulling Toothless up to a painted line on some old pavement.

Flashback- Hiccup and Astrid pulled up to the rail yard and as it turns out Snotlout, the twins, and Eret were there. Along with most of the high school population. Astrid told him to park by the rest of the cars, so he did. He put a ball cap and aviators on so hopefully no-one would notice him show up with the hottest girl in school. Like that's really gonna happen.

"Hey Astrid." Ruff said as she walked up to Toothless and Astrid sitting on his hood.

"Ohh hey Ruff" Astrid replied.

"What's up?"

"Not much I guess just chillen."

"Sweet so who's car?" Ruffnut asked.

"Yeah who's car?" Tuffnut says as he walks up and stands by his sister.

"Ohh I don't think you would know him." Astrid says with a sly smile.

"Aww come on just give us a hint." Tuff says.

"Ohh alright. he's always late to history."

"That narrows it down how?" Ruff asks.

"Well that's the only hint you guys are getting."

"Ugh well alright. He'd better be good looking. Speaking of Which here comes Eret." Ruff says dreamily.

"Who's beater is this?" Eret asks.

"For your information this beater would whoop anything you could pull up to the line." Astrid says with a grin.

"Ohh really?" Erect asks.

"Really." Astrid states.

"Whose is it?" Eret asks as Hiccup walks over to Toothless and sits by Astrid on the hood.

"This would be my car." Hiccup states

"Well Astrid here says it could whoop anything I pull up to the line." Erect says.

"You said that?" Hiccup asks looking at Astrid.

"Well yeah. You know it's true." Astrid stated in her defense.

"It may be true but I wouldn't say it." Hiccup says quietly.

"Anyway if Astrid says your here mustang can beat my Pontiac, why don't you just prove her right?" Erect asks.

"Wait what?!" Hiccup says suprised.

"You heard me, I challenge you to a drag race." Eret said just before he and the twins walk off.

Hiccup just looked at Astrid wide eyed.

"What?" Astrid asked.

"Do I have to do this?"

"What do you have to lose?" Astrid states.

"Well nothing really I guess. But." Hiccup says, not finishing his sentence.

"What?"

"If I win you go to a movie with me." Hiccup states.

"Alright you got yourself a deal." Astrid says with a grin.

…

So that's how it happened. Hiccups mind was racing. If he won he went on a date with Astrid...ASTRID! The girl of his dreams. What did he have to lose? Hell now he had a lot to lose. A freakin date with Astrid. He needed to win.