Jan. 13, 2013: I haven't been to Fanfiction in a while, I realized that. Since Fanfiction now makes it easier to export story chapters to documents, I thought I'd take this opportunity to make some minor changes, in terms of spelling and grammar and such.

Once again, Hiccup's land and his people were in grave danger of losing all they had from a dragon.

It wasn't the fact that the dragons had to serve another master and were therefore stealing food. Since the defeat of the giant dragon, both humans and dragons had lived in pretty much peace and harmony…with a few flames here and there.

The reason for the rampage pointed to one small dragon that had bad temper problems. And this time, unfortunately, the poor dragon angrily rampaged the town because one of his dragon friends refused to share food with him.

Eventually, after setting two houses on fire and knocking down three others, Hiccup and his Nightfury, Toothless finally managed to calm down the dragon's temper.

As Toothless gracefully landed, Hiccup swung his legs (or leg and a half) over the dragon's body, only to stare straight into the eyes of…

Astrid. Man, the girl looked even prettier with fire lighting up in the background. And those piercing eyes were ready to strike the heart of any young boy she'd plunge them into.

With one grab of her hand, Astrid pulled Hiccup close to her.

"That," she said, with a sort of mysteriousness in her voice. "That was quite amazing."

Hiccup blushed. It seemed these days that everything he did was amazing to Astrid. In fact, he thought to himself. She is amazing. She's beautiful, she's stunning…

He had to tell her.

He couldn't, could he? Hiccup had never been so great around girls. When he felt his dragon nudging him closer and closer to Astrid, he knew Toothless was in on his little love secret. With that, he took a deep breath and pulled her in close so only she could hear him.

"I…" Hiccup began, taking another deep breath right after he said the word. "Astrid, I-"

Hic!

Startled by this, both Hiccup and Astrid moved away from each other, falling flat on their bums.

Between giggles, as Astrid helped Hiccup up to his feet again, she asked, "Hiccups again?"

Hiccup blushed. "I-hic!" was all he could reply.

Astrid put her hands on her hips, shaking her head in mock disappointment. Quickly, Hiccup covered his mouth before he could do it again. "Um," he gulped nervously, adding a little hiccup and nervous giggle at the end. "Guess another spasm in my-hiccup-diaphragm." He giggled and hiccupped nervously again.

Astrid smiled and was about to speak when she heard a voice calling her name. "I gotta go," she said slowly, backing away from Hiccup. "We'll talk later when those hiccups are gone."

Hiccup only laughed and hiccupped again as Astrid ran off. When she was finally out of his sight, he slumped down against his dragon and crossed his arms. "Stupid-hic!-hiccups!"

Toothless stared at Hiccup as though he were insane. "And I'm not talking about myself!" he added in despair.