Hiccup and Astrid finished putting on their armor and walked over to the rest of the gang. They walked to the cliff, half the villagers following them to watch, including Emily. She smirked. (Oh boy...) She had overheard the royal couple's conversation and found their suits. They were in Hiccup's inventing room and thanks to Astrid she knew exactly where they were. She had put tiny holes, not noticeable unless you actually tried to look, in each of Astrid's wings. The six viking ran, jumped off the cliff, and activated their wings. 

They were all flying side by side. The far left and last of the line of flying vikings was Snotlout, to his right was Tuffnut, to his right was Fishlegs, to his right was Ruffnut, to her right was Astrid, and to her right was Hiccup. 

"Yeah Baby!" Hiccup shouted. Astrid laughed but quickly stopped once she realized she was looking up at Hiccup instead of next to her. She tried to regain altitude but she just dropped lower. In a start she realized she was falling and her wings weren't gliding like they're supposed to.  She started to freak out, there was no water below her, just trees and land. If she fell it would mean death.

"Hiccup!" She yelled as loud as she could. "Hiccup!" She yelled again in hysterics. Hiccup looked down at Astrid, who looked terrified. He saw that every five seconds she'd drop lower. She dropped lower and she yelped. He realized in a moment that she was falling. 

"Oh my gods." He looked around and saw a pond not that far away. "Astrid!" He shouted. 

"Hiccup! Help!" She screamed as she dropped lower. Hiccup turned so he was diving towards her. He got to her, wrapped his arms around her, and steered them towards the pond. Villagers who were watching held their breaths in anticipation. Hiccup and Astrid landed in a pond, thank the gods. Everyone watched for their leaders to emerge from the water.

Hiccup and Astrid emerged, soaking wet.  Astrid climbed onto dry land and started coughing and spluttering, Hiccup right next to her. She laid on her stomach, still coughing and breathing heavily, her forearms holding her up. Hiccup was right next to her on all fours, breathing heavily, and rubbing her back. A minute later they sat up and Hiccup checked her wings.

"There are holes in each wing." Hiccup told his wife. She looked at him, confused.

"How?" She asked. "I had it tucked away in a chest in your inventing room." 

"I don't know but I'll fix them. They look like they were made by a knife or dagger." Hiccup muttered still examining them. Astrid shrugged, though she had her guesses about who did it. The rest of the gang landed next to them. 

"Are you guys okay?" Fishlegs said.

"Yeah. Still a little shaken up." Astrid said as she took a deep breath and stood. Hiccup grabbed her hand and laced their fingers together. The couple walked back to their house to get changed.

LINE BREAK---

It was dinner so everyone gathered in the Great Hall.

Hiccup sat in his seat and started eating. Emily sat across from him and took a bite of her food. She swallowed and smiled flirtatiously. 

"Hey, Hiccup." She said. He looked up at her and gave her a lopsided grin. 

"Hi, Emily, right?" He asked.

"Yeah. Where's Astrid." She asked looking around.

"At home, sleeping. That fall scared the energy right out of her. We got home and she just broke down in my arms and fell asleep." He said sadly.

FLASHBACK---

Hiccup and Astrid walked into their home, shut the door, and up the stairs to their room. Hiccup shut the door when they got to their room while Astrid changed into dry clothes. Soon after he changed.  When they were done she turned around and threw her arms around him. He tightly hugged back. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." She muttered. Then he heard the first sob. He hugged his wife tighter, if that was even possible, as he tried to calm her down. 

"Shhh. What's wrong?" He gently whispered. Astrid pulled out of the embrace, wiped her eyes, and looked at him. 

"I don't know? Letting it all out?" She said. "I haven't cried since we thought Stormfly was poisoned." At the name of Stormfly she started crying again. Hiccup opened his arms and Astrid walked right into them, wrapping her arms around his mid-section, and buried her face in his chest as she cried. She calmed a little. "I miss her." She whimpered. He comfortingly rubbed her back up and down.

"I know. I miss her too." He whispered. She pulled away and wiped her eyes again.

"Sorry." She said as she sat on the bed and removed her shoulder pads, boots, arm warmers, vest, skirt, and knee pads. She laid down on the bed and pulled the thick fur blanket over her body. Hiccup sat next to her. 

"Don't be sorry. I'm going to eat dinner. Want anything?"  He asked. She shook her head 'no' and shut her eyes. Hiccup kissed her forehead. "Love you."

"Love you too." She muttered as he walked out of their bedroom.

END OF FLASHBACK---

"Oh, is she okay now?" Emily asked though she didn't really care.

"Yeah." Hiccup said. Emily slightly leaned over the table, not all the way over. "Um. What are you doing?" Emily giggled.

"Nothing." She replied to his question. She trailed a finger up and down his arm, starting on his wrist, stopping on his shoulder and going back down.

"Uh..." Hiccup said uncomfortably. 

"Have you ever thought of having a new Chieftess?" She whispered seductively. (What is your definition of seductive, Emily?)

"Um-" Emily cut HIccup off.

"I'll let you think about it." She stood but not before she squeezed his hand and winked.SHe walked away while Hiccup shook his head. 

"That was weird." He muttered as he stood and walked back to his house.

The sun was down and the moon was up. Hiccup was in the candlelit living room, wood in the fire place. He sat on the floor, looking down at his Chiefting notes. His mom patted his shoulder and headed upstairs to bed. The fire from the fireplace lit up his face as he peered down at the notes. He scrunched up his eyebrows at the note about the yaks not producing enough milk. He finally shut his notes, having enough for one day. He stood, blew out the candles, and walked up the stairs to his room. He opened the door and quietly shut it trying not to wake up the beautiful blonde sleeping on the bed. He set his notes on his desk and removed his armor and leather. He pulled his brown shirt over his head exposing his freckled shoulders and chest. He sat at the edge of the bed and took of his boot and prosthetic leg and laid down under the covers. Astrid, who was sleeping on her stomach, hair spread out around her head, hugging her pillow, instinctively moved closer to him and wrapped her left arm around his mid-section. He smiled and put his hand on her hand that was rested on his right side. He kissed the top of his head, as it moved from her pillow to his chest, then fell asleep.

LINE BREAK---

Astrid woke up to mutters of 'no' and darkness. She shot into a sitting position and saw Hiccup moving around in his sleep muttering things. A split second later he shot up and yelled out, "NO DAD!" Then he buried his face in his hands and started to cry. Astrid wrapped her arms around him and laid her head on his shoulder. She whispered little nothings to him until he calmed, laid down, and hesitantly fell back asleep. She wrapped an arm around his abdomen and sighed sadly. Her thumb rubbed his side soothingly as she waited to make sure he stayed alseep and soon sleep overtook her. 

PART 4 out sometime tomorrow or monday