SURPRISE!
*Awkward cough*
How long has it been? Like nine months? More?
Heh... sorry.
Btw the screenshot is from ages ago.

My POV

I appear in the clubhouse, making a big show of confetti shooting out and mini fireworks going off all around me.

Hiccup falls off the chair he was sitting on, startled by my entrance. At the same time Astrid yelps and accidentally throws a knife at me, but I duck thankfully. Snotlout startles awake from his nap, the twins stop preparing to pour mud over him, and Fishlegs accidentally throws his botany book into the fire.

I chuckle nervously. "Heh... maybe should have gone with a slow fade-in," I mutter, as Fishlegs whimpers and mourns over his book.

"Oh my Thor!" Snotlout yells at me, clutching at his chest as he tries to catch his breath from his scare. "I-I mean, didn't scare me. I saw you coming." He adds warily.
"Totally." I agree sarcastically.

"Well, Sophie. Long time, no see." Hiccup groans as he climbs up from the floor. "I was beginning to think you'd forgotten about us." He jokes. I roll my eyes.

"No... I've just been procrastinating. And stressing. Which is not a good combination." I respond. Then I clap my hands.

"Anyway, I decided to get off my ass and come to visit!" I add cheerfully.

They all groan when I have one more thing to add. "Oh, And give you dares.".

***

"Maccas..." I demonstrate.
"Mac." Is the response. I groan in exasperation.
"Repeat after me," I say as I clench my fists in frustration. Five minutes. Five minutes of this.
"M. A. C. C. A. S."
"Maccy D's." Tuffnut grins.
"What? How do you even—No. Maccas."

If you haven't figured it out, I'm trying to teach them Aussie slang, an idea suggested a while back by JosTastic550. (apparently) (This bit was written ages ago)

"Maccas." Fishlegs replies.

"Finally!" I cheer gratefully. "Alright, onto the next..." I pause, thinking. Finally, I decide on one. "Straya."

"Straya? What does that even mean?" Astrid asks.

"It means Australia. It's what us Aussies—Australians— call our country...sometimes...occasionally...rarely." I explain. "Just like I'm from Tassie—which in turn, stands for Tasmania, which is a small island below mainland Australia."

"But why do you shorten your words?" Hiccup asks me.

"Cause it's easier I guess." I shrug. "Sounds better. Like why bother calling something a 'service station' when you can just call it Servo. And we shorten a lot of words. Afternoon? Nah, we can say arvo. Oh, and sausages are called snags, or even bangers, a lot. Australia is also known as 'down under' or 'the land down under'."

I pause, and yell around us at no one, hoping the readers will take a hint. "And no, by the way, we do NOT put 'shrimps' on the barbie! One, they're prawns. Two, you don't barbecue them!"

The riders decide not to question my actions, and I move on.

"I think our slang can differ from where you live, and we don't always use the slang at all. There's a lot of slang, so I wanna teach you some."

"It's like a whole other language," Astrid observes. I laugh.

"Not really. I'll never understand why some people don't understand the saying 'she'll be right'. it can't be that hard." I respond.

"What other 'slang' is there?" Hiccup asks. I pause.

"Well... we gave our Prine Minister, he's like a Chief, a nickname, Scomo. He's...ok, but I don't agree with all his choices."

"Scomo?"

"His actual name is Scott Morrison. And if it weren't for all the crap that's happened this year, a lot of us wouldn't know his name. I've already forgotten the name of the last one. And I asked my mum and she couldn't remember at first, either."

"That's kinda bad, Sophie."

"Nah, it's just because they're all the same. Unreliable."

"Ha! I know what you mean!" Snotlout teases from the corner. He glares tauntingly at Hiccup. "Having terrible leaders is something Awwstragulla and I have in common!" he adds, miss-pronouncing Australia completely. I gasp, offended, while Hiccup rolls his eyes.

"So, you admit he's your leader?" Astrid smirks at Snotlout.

Snotlout groans, stammering over a response. "That-- it's not what I--Shut up, Astrid!" he crosses his arms.

"THAT IS NOT HOW YOU SAY MY COUNTRY'S NAME!"I finally burst out, stomping towards him. Roxi, my terror, if you remember, gives an alarmed squawk at the outburst, before settling back down on my shoulder.

"THERE IS NO 'G'! And, for the record, you don't--" I pause mid-sentence, and mid-step, before changing the subject. "Actually, you know what? You haven't earnt the right to speak, peasant!"

Snotlout gasps offended and opens his mouth to retort.

"NOPE! Turn around and sit in the no-no chair, while you think about what you've done!"

"I'M NOT LISTENING TO A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOSS ME AROUND!" Snotlout screams.

"I'm seventeen, actually. Turned seventeen ages ago, so get it right! And yes, you will!" I respond, crossing my arms.

"Oh, really? And how do you plan to--" Flex take appears on his mouth. He starts trying to talk, freaking out, but nothing more than mumbles escapes him. I walk up to him.

"You're forgetting something, Snotlout... I'm the author." I tell him darkly. He gives an alarmed look but I back up, chuckling sinisterly, with Roxi joining in from my shoulder.

"Ah, peace, and quiet!" I hum happily, sitting back on a comfy recliner that appears behind me. I raise my arm, a cup of lemonade appearing.

I take a sip and glance at the gang. "Now. Let's move onto the other dares."

I place my glass down on a table that appears and pull open my magic scroll. "Right," I clear my throat. "So, quite some time ago, PonyLover1325 submitted a truth that I never got around to doing (Sorry), and that was for Astrid to say everything you love about Hiccup."

Immediately, Hiccup blushes and Astrid looks uncomfortable.

"W-well, I... I love his courageousness. He's the bravest out of all of us. I love how selfless he is, even though he does stupid things because of it." She begins awkwardly, but she means all the words she says. Hiccup has a small smile as he quietly listens to her. He squeezes her hand, and she squeezes back and continues. "I-I love how strong he is as a person: how he can bounce back from bad situations and still be the same guy. I love how creative he is, the things he creates are... amazing." She has a big smile on her face as she continues to say everything she loves about him.

"I love how intelligent he is, how he can decipher a situation in front of him and figure out what to do. I love how talented and bold he is; training dragons isn't easy and he showed us that. I love his wit and sense of humour; the sarcasm throws the enemy off. I love how much he cares, always making sure everyone is ok. I love how kind he is; even to the enemy. Not just anyone can allow Dagur to redeem himself, after all. I love how he knows how to bring out the best in people. I love how great of a leader he is; he's gonna make an incredible chief one day. I love how modest he is, how gracious he is. He's not selfish; I love that. He's always making sure to include us in his decisions, which I really appreciate and love. I love how determined he is, to push himself and us to the limits, to achieve our goals, to come out on top."

I'm silently awing in the background as I watch them. Hiccup has tears in his eyes and he holds hands with Astrid. They both have big smiles on their faces, knowing every word Astrid says it true.

"And, although there is much more, I can see the others getting bored. So the last thing I'll say, is how much I love the person I am today. I am who I am because of you, hiccup. You changed me for the better. And for that? I'm grateful."

In the end, Hiccup ups her close and kisses her sweetly. I nearly pass out fro ma fangirl attack. They pull back, and Hiccup hugs her closely, mumbling "thank you"'s to her.

Fishlegs wipes a tear away. "That was beautiful." He whimpers.

In the background, Snotlout decides to ruin the moment by fake gagging. One glare from me has him shutting up. I smirk, taking another sip of my drink.

"Next dare is from JosTastic550; Astrid must get a taste of her own medicine," I smirk. Astrid looks at me, knowing where this is going. She looks a little nervous.

"What's that mean?" Tuffnut wonders, oblivious.

"I said Astrid gets a taste of her own medicine!" I repeat myself happily.

Hiccup chuckles, nudging Astrid. "It'll be easy, right Milady?" He says. She has no choice but to play along.

"Of course! You guys love it!" She responds. She looks a little panicked. I bet she was not expecting this to backfire on her.

"Can someone please tell me what's going on?!" Snotlout whines through the tape. I roll my eyes.

"Astrid has to drink some Yaknog," I explain. I tap a button on the remote and a mug appears in Astrid's hands, filled to the brim with Yaknog from Gift Of The Night Fury.

"Well, go ahead milady." Hiccup tells her. He's having too much fun with this.
Astrid groans, rolls her eyes, glares at me, then raises the mug. She takes a sip.

Her face contorts into a look of discomfort, but she masks it quickly into a blank look and takes another sip. "There. Happy?" She asks stoically.

"H-How is she stomaching that?!" Fishlegs gasps, going white.

"Hmm, I don't know, why don't you take another sip, Astrid?" I smirk. She glares at me but does so, and I see her eyes bulge as she tries not to throw up.

"You doing ok there, Astrid?" I ask playfully as she tries to compose herself.

"O-of course." she stuffers, trying not to wince.

"Come on, Astrid. Admit it!" Hiccup pleads.

"I have no idea what--"

"Admit that you made the drink as a prank on the first Snoggletog with the dragons to cheer everyone up when they went missing." Hiccup interrupts.

"of course, if you don't do such thing, then you should finish off the mug," I add. She looks repulsed at the thought.

But then she just smiles sweetly. It sends a shower up my spine.

"You guys love my Snoggletog so much I'm going to go make a batch later. Of course, I'm full now, and I don't want my friends missing out!" she grins. Everyone backs up. "which includes Sophie; you haven't tried it."

I gulp. "I'm, uh, allergic." I lie.

"To milk? Don't worry there's none."

"N-no, no, I love milk. Uhh... I'm allergic to, uh, to Yaknog." I stumble.

Astrid eyes me. "Oh, that's too bad. Another time then."

"Yeah, sure, when Lucius Tarquinius Superbus rises from the dead," I respond.
They eye me, "who?"

"Sorry. Been studying Rome in Ancient History," I apologise. "Did you know one guy elected his horse as a member of Senate? Weird, huh."

They stare at me, and I wave a hand dismissively. "Moving on I guess." I make the Yaknog disappear and bring out the scroll.

"I'll be a minute I have to--" Astrid runs off without finishing her sentence. To throw up, I imagine. Hiccup goes to follow her to be all caring but I grab his shoulder and drag him back.

"Nope. You're going to be too busy acting like Snotlout is a national treasure." I tell him firmly. He looks at me, confused.

"W-what?"

"You heard. It's from JosTastic550 !" I smirk. He groans.

"The gods hate me," he whispers, before swallowing his pride and running up to Snotlout.

"Oh my Gods." he breathes, looking at him with wide eyes. "G-guys, how can we just stand here and ignore THE Snotlout?!" he exclaims. Snotlout looks at him, annoyed and confused, and still gagged with the tape. "Snotlout should be cherished and treated with the—with the utmost respect! He is the main attraction of Dragons Edge!" Hiccup adds in awe, acting as if he's discovered a new dragon species.

"What?" Snotlout mumbles through the tape.

"I can't believe it! He spoke! THE Snotlout spoke! To me!" Hiccup gasps. "We even get to admire him in his natural habitat!" Hiccup exclaims, grabbing Fishlegs by the shoulder and shaking him slightly. "Look, Fishlegs. He's trying to run!" he adds giddily. Fishlegs looks at him weirdly, before walking off quickly.

"Hiccup, what are you doing?" Astrid asks as she walks in.

"Astrid, thank gods someone with eyes has entered! Look, it's Snotlout. Isn't he incredible?"

"All I see is a muttonhead," Astrid responds.

"No, no, look! Now he crying!" Hiccup gasps, clasping his hands as he watches Snotlout. That sets me off into a fit of laughter.

"Snotlout Jorgenson is magnificent! Look at him! He is truly a renowned being who shall be protected. He is a treasure." Hiccup gasps.

"Moving on, you keep this up Hiccup." I interrupt eventually after I calm down from laughing.
"Next is a truth from PonyLover1325, and basically everyone needs to say their biggest fear or embarrassing moment," I say more seriously.

Everyone groans. I roll my eyes.

"Fishlegs, rapid-fire! Go!" I point at him.

"U-Uh...uh, having my pants pulled off by accident when I got stuck in a tree." he panics.

"Ruffnut, go!"

"Oh, I'm still here? I forgot. Uh, the most embarrassing moment was being mistaken for Tuffnut. I mean, the audacity!" She responds.

"Snotlout, go!" I direct.

"How's he supposed to choose?" Astrid snickers. "He's done so much embarrassing things."

Snotlout goes to speak but struggles to be heard. With an eye roll from me, the tape disappears. "Ah, I can speak!" He beams, before continuing. "Most embarrassing moment was when Astrid refused to come to my basement to work out." He winks at Astrid. "Offer's still there, baby!"

She punches him in the stomach. "I'll pass." She says sweetly.

"Guys, look at the remarkable Snotlout! We can see how uncomfortable he is now that the attention is on him and he's been threatened!" Hiccup speaks up.

"Please, stop." Snotlout whimpers freaked out.

"Ok, Tuffnut. Your go. Biggest fear or embarrassing moment." I speak up. He pauses to think.

"Uh...hmm... my biggest fear is reliving the boar pit being filled in." He says finally, shivering. I nod.

"Astrid?"

She blushes. "One of the most embarrassing moments was falling and getting my axe stuck to Hiccups shield back in Gobber's Dragon Training class." She mumbles.

I shrug, accepting the answer. Fair enough.

"And finally, Hiccup!" I say. He hums.

"Well, I have too many embarrassing moments so I'll say a fear. My biggest fear is the people and creatures I love getting hurt or killed." He says, not being specific.

I narrow my eyes. "Example?" I ask. He huffs.

"Well, if Toothless got hurt I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Or my father. Or Astrid." He admits. Astrid squeezes his hand.

"It'll take a lot for someone to hurt me, babe." She says. He smiles at her, nodding.

"I know. Doesn't stop me from worrying." He responds.

"Dare from PonyLover1325; Astrid has to watch Hiccup do whatever he wants, no matter how dangerous or stupid, and can't stop him." I interrupt happily. Hiccup perks up while Astrid looks like she's seen a ghost and it's just insulted her.

"Yes! I'll be back! C'mon bud!" Hiccup shouts, running out with Toothless.

Astrid turns to glare at me, but I only shrug. "I don't make the rules." It's a lie, of course, I make the rules.

***

We stand on the clifftop where Hiccup first tested the DragonFly.

Hiccup stands on the edge, ready to jump off. He had a suit on, but it had two sets of wings and had a thin sheet of Gronckle iron coating the bottom side.

"Everyone, this is Dragon Fly 21!" He exclaims.

"T-twenty one? J-just how many have you made?!" Astrid gasps.

"Twenty before this." Hiccup responds like it's obvious because it is. He smirks, throws in a mock salute, then jumps off the edge. He barely manages to stay afloat in the air.

Astrid winces.

***

Hiccup is dressed in a 'fireproof' suit, standing in front of a large fire outside the dome.

"It'll work this time!" He assures us.

"This time?! What have you been doing?!"

He just chuckles and walks forward.

Astrid clenches her fist.

***

Surprise! He survived. But now he's standing in front of a Whispering Death hole.

He grins at us. "Toothless, stay. I'll be back!" Then he jumps down.

"Stupid," Astrid grumbles. "An idiot."

***

Hiccup stands on the Clubhouse balcony with no suit on.

"Free dive time!" He shouts, jumping off.

"He's gonna kill himself." Astrid sighs.

***

Hiccup stands in front of four wild singetails. (I teleported us cause I'm cool like that)
"I'm going to train them," he states, holding zero weapons or shields.
He walks forward.
Astrid tries to control her breathing.
She fails.

***

Hiccup stands back on top of the Dragonfly cliff. With another suit.

He chuckles, smirking at Astrid as he holds his suit that has only half a wing. "This is so unsafe."
Then he steps off the edge. Astrid's eye twitches.

***

He's wearing another 'fireproof' suit.
"This time it's gonna be fine!" He smiles, stepping forward.

Astrid starts breathing very heavily. I think she's going to need therapy after this.

***

Hiccup stands with another Dragonfly on the cliff, also with a 'fireproof' suit, and waiting down below is Stormfly and Hookfang blowing streams of fire into the air. He turns, winks at Astrid (who looks just about ready to faint or burst into tears), then opens his arms and falls backwards off the cliff.

"So. I call his hut."

"Dibs on the metal legs."

"I call Toothless."

"Nah, Toothless comes with me." I reposted to the twins and Snotlout, patting Toothless' nose. He coos. But a scream from Hiccup draws him away.

***

We stand in the clubhouse, Hiccup done with his recklessness. He's laughing happily, despite nursing a burnt hand. Astrid looks fuming. I step back as she storms past, and punches Hiccup in the stomach, then slaps him upside the head.

"Never do that again." She hisses angrily, before kissing his cheek, punching his shoulder and storming off.

"She always sends off different signals." Hiccup whispers, rubbing his shoulder.

Astrid comes back a few minutes later, more relaxed.

"What's next?" She asks me. I check the scroll. There's a dare from JosTastic550.

I press a button, which tells Tuffnut the dare in his head; he has to run up to an unsuspecting Ruff and shout "I WUV YOOOOUUUUU" then run off and shout "woo" because, and I quote, why not. He nods, acknowledging he's heard it.

"So tell me," Hiccup began as he pressed an ice block to his hand, "how long has it been since you last visited us?"

At that, I chuckle nervously. "For you guys, it's only been like a month. But for me?"

"Go on." Astrid encourages. I wince.

"Ten months."

"TEN MONTHS?!" They all shout. I shrug.
"What have you been doing?!" Fishlegs asks. I shrug again.

"Procrastinating. Writer's block. Suffering through hell--school. Not being motivated."

"Please tell me you won't wait that long until next time you visit."

"Heh, no promises."

Suddenly, Tuffnut gets up and runs to his sister, who was about to bite into an apple. "I WUV YOOOOOUUU!" He squealed, running behind her. She dropped her apple out of fright. Then he runs out of the clubhouse, shouting  "Whoo!" before jumping off the side of the clubhouse deck. Barf and Belch gave rather unimpressed looks before flying after him.

A few minutes later, Tuff returns, soaking wet. "Ok, now we're all here, I have been instructed by JosTastic550 to blast ABBA (and other music cause I, technically, have not heard it before lol). So here we go."

With that, I make a couple of speakers appear and select a random playlist. I press play.

Once Dancing Queen plays, realisation dawns in me (true story) when I realise I have heard these songs before. "I don't live under a rock after all!" I cheer gleefully.

"So this is what modern music is like?" Fishlegs asks. I shake my head.
"It's kinda old, but I guess so," I respond.

After Dancing Queen finishes Mamma Mia starts.
Tuffnut starts singling along, despite not knowing the words. I start to laugh as he gets the words wrong but still keeps up with the rhythm.

Instead of: Mamma Mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you
Mamma Mia, does it show again
My my, just how much I've missed you

He goes:

Mamma Mia, I'm alone again
My my, this is nothing new
Mamma Mia, I don't have a friend
My my, I don't even know you

After the song finishes (I applaud Tuffnut for the effort), I switch the playlist and start playing some music I can't get enough of.

The gang get concerned when I start headbanging to Save Me, Back from the Dead, and Feel Invincible by Skillet.

"Are you ok?" Astrid asks with a struggle.

"Oh, I'm completely fine!" I respond, grinning as Edge of My Life by Manifest starts playing. I turn the music down so it's playing in the background as we start talking about dragons.

"If you could choose, would you rather your dragon be tiny, or the size of, say, the great hall?" I ask them randomly.

"Well, you can't be very stealthy with a massive dragon..." Astrid frowns.

"but you could cause a lot of damage, " Hiccup adds.

"Small," Hiccup, Fishlegs and Astrid decide.

"Huge!" Tuffnut grins. Snotlout nods in agreement.

"Wow." Hiccup whispers, looking at Snotlout in 'awe'.

"Well, I would say small, cause Pranks would be great!" Ruff exclaims.

I nod, accepting their answers. "Cool. Would you rather a Nadder with the abilities of a speed stinger--like the spikes paralyse people-- or a Whispering Death that can light itself on fire?"

"Nadder." Hiccup, Tuff, Astrid and Fishlegs decide.
"Whispering Death!" Ruff and Snotlout insist.
"Do you see that? He's showing his love of danger!" Hiccup whispers in awe. Grabbing Fishlegs' shoulder. Snotlout groans.

I shrug, "Well, fair enough."
By now Diamonds by Hawk Nelson is playing. We continue to talk for a while until the conversation turns into something that happened at school once.

"—and then we circled the roundabout three times, before [name: censored for readers cause 🤫🤷‍♀️] reached over and directed the wheel to the way we were supposed to go, cause at that point I wasn't sure if we'd make it back before next class!" I laugh as I tell the story. Everyone chuckles.

"And did you?" Astrid asks, I nod.
"Yeah, we went 'round the back of the building and went in that way. We were close though. I think if we went back to the factory we wouldn't have made it back."

I take out the scroll when it buzzes because scrolls do that, and realise a new dare has come in.
"Hey, so logle8749 has dared Hiccup and Astrid to read a fanfiction of themselves!" I explain. I have two phones appear and pick a random Hiccstrid fanfic. I pass it to them with a smirk, after I magically make it translate into Norse because logic.

They reluctantly start to read. It starts fine, it's just innocent stuff like racing on their dragons. but soon, their faces go red. I take a peek at the section they're reading.

... "I'll never leave you." Hiccup breathed as they laid down on the bed.
"I know," Astrid responded, cuddling up to him. "I just..." she pauses, and looks up at him with mischief in her eyes. "Think you need to take control."
He looks at her with a glint in his eyes...

I smirk, seeing how red their faces are. Turns out I selected a book with smut. Oops?
"Who wrote this?" Hiccup gasps, covering his face in embarrassment as he keeps reading.
"Uhhh, WriterWhoDoesn'tExist," I respond. "Their other account is MadeUp_They'reNotARealAccount."

"Well... they're...going into a lot of...er, detail." Astrid mumbles.
"I bet they are," I respond.

"Oh, Gods." Hiccup whispers, going pale. "I-I think t-that's enough." He mumbles, handing the phone back with a red face. Astrid hands it back as well, nodding and avoiding eye contact with everyone.

"What did they read?" Snotlout asks in amusement and curiosity. I vanish the phones, giggling.
"Juicy fanfic," I respond.

I stand up, dusting my pants off. "Well, this has been interesting." I begin. They nod in agreement.
"I have to go though! I'll see you another time."
"Wait, does this mean I can stop?" Hiccup asks eagerly, face going back to normal.
"Weeelll, I'm tempted to say 'no', but since I've been gone so long, I'll say yes. Just this once." I respond. Hiccup cheers. Snotlout sighs in relief. I take out the remote.
"See ya!" I wave to them, before vanishing along with everything sleeping I'd brought.
I appear in my room.

"Well. Off to be stressed about school!" I grin brightly, stowing the remote away.

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Heh... where do I begin?
Sorry? That sounds right.
Yeah, so I am really sorry about how long it's been. I've just been busy with school and other stuff, procrastinating a lot, and have had zero motivation for a long time. But I'm glad I finally got this out. I'm so sorry if you've been waiting for a long time!

Btw, a decent amount of this was half-written from god-knows-how-long ago, so I didn't read over it. Sorry for any errors. Or cringe-ness.

My thanks to the submitters :)

And yes, I'm still taking submissions. I just can't guarantee how long it'll be until I get another update out. But do submit if you wish!

See ya 👋