Side story 4

Astrid looked nervously at the at her old High School as Hiccup parked the car. "Oh why am I doing this again?" She muttered as she saw various guests walk excitedly towards the entrance. "I'm literally going to be walking into a room full of people who bullied and teased me."

"You know, we could just go somewhere else if you don't want to." Hiccup suggested.

"No, it's alright Hiccup." Astrid said. "It wasn't all bad. I'm at least hoping to catch up with some friends from the chemistry club and seeing some of my old teachers again."

Hiccup got out of the car and opened the door for Astrid while offering her his hand. He then shut the door and set the alarm. Hiccup and Astrid walked arm in arm through the entrance and up to a lady who was checking invitations.

"Name and invitation please." She asked not really looking up. Astrid fished around in her purse and pulled out a black, gold lettered card.

"Astrid Hofferson." She said and then the lady at the table stiffened and quickly looked up before blanching.

"A....Astrid Hofferson" The lady, who Astrid now recognized as one of the former student council members, repeated her name shakily before looking at her list and handing the invitation back. "W....Welcome to the r....reunion." She then stammered. "Y....You and your date have a pleasant evening."

Astrid took the invitation back as Hiccup quirked an eyebrow. "What inspired that reaction?" He asked. "I thought people teased you here."

"Beats me." Astrid shrugged as she led Hiccup down the hall towards the gymnasium. "I did give back as good as I got though." She said offhandedly.

"That explains it." Hiccup murmured and stopped walking when Astrid did.

"Oh they put in a pool." She exclaimed while pointing to the indoor pool that they passed.

"They didn't have one when you went here?"

"No, that was where I tested my first explosive." Astrid stated proudly. "I'm glad they put that crater to good use."

"Aaaand that explains it even more." Hiccup mumbled.

They soon reached the gymnasium and Astrid gasped when the doors opened. The entire gym had been decorated lavishly. Tables and a buffet table stood to the side while the middle was used as a dance floor. People were milling about greeting each other and some even showing off pictures.

Astrid smiled when she saw her old principle walking about. "Oh Mr. Sanders!!" Astrid called and the old man stiffened. Hiccup noticed a shudder go through the man as he turned and saw Astrid.

"Ms. Hofferson!!" The old principal squeaked as heads now turned in their direction. Some who recognized Astrid, stared with wide eyes as they began to whisper to each other.

"Good to see you again Mr. Sanders." Astrid said as she and Hiccup approached the man. "May I introduce my fiance Hiccup." Astrid said as Hiccup gave the man a handshake.

"Pleasure to meet you." The old man said and then turned to Astrid. "You've caught quite a fearless one. Also please refrain from blowing up my office again."

"Sure thing Mr. Sanders." Astrid chirped as she and Hiccup continued into the room. They found a table and Hiccup went to get some punch for Astrid.

"Wade?" Hiccup asked as he approached the refreshment table only to see Deadpool nonchalantly leaning against the wall with a sombrero on his head. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh Hi. You know me. Just eating this churro." Deadpool exclaimed as he greeted Hiccup. "Fabulous tux by the way."

Hiccup gave Deadpool a look that said he was not convinced. "The others send you to spy didn't they?" He deadpanned.

"They're out in the shrubs. Second bush to the left." Deadpool said indicating to a window. "Also you might want to take your drinks now before Morgana decided to spike the punch."

Hiccup nodded taking two cups of punch and walking back to the table to see someone else also sitting there and talking to Astrid.

"No thank you James." Hiccup heard Astrid as she looked slightly annoyed. The guy had on a red tuxedo and flipped his hair dramatically acting more like an overgrown peacock, or the personification of Gilderoy Lockheart, in Hiccup's opinion. Hiccup decided to put a stop to it before Astrid maimed someone.

"Hi honey. I brought you your punch." Hiccup said as he kissed Astrid on the cheek before handing her the glass.

"Oh babe, what took you." Astrid giggled and looked at the guy sitting in front of her, who was looking incredulously at the pair.

"Oh right." Astrid said as if she had forgotten that the guy was there. "Hiccup meet James Wunderbar." Hiccup raised an eyebrow. Astrid's father had been non stop ranting about this guy ditching his baby before prom. "James meet Hiccup, my fiance. The one i just told you about."

"You're joking right?" James asked perplexed. He just couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that Astrid had gotten engaged. He had seen her when she walked into the gym, looking gorgeous as hell, and he had hoped that she might want to try dating him again. He didn't really believe her when she said that she had gotten engaged.

"No joke." Astrid stated and held out her ring finger showing off the diamond engagement ring. James's eyes widened comically at the size of the diamond.

"Well...eh... pleasure to see you again Astrid." James said as he made a swift retreat.

"So what did I miss?" Hiccup asked as he took a seat.

"Nothing much. I can't believe James tried to hit on me." Astrid grumbled. "I should have tried my new lollipop grenade on him." Astrid said as she pulled out a lollipop from her purse to show Hiccup.

"Astrid" Hiccup said seriously. "Hand over all the candy weapons."

"You're no fun." Astrid pouted as she took out three more lollipops, one of her cotton candy bombs and some toffee.

"I'm doing what I have to, to keep this building intact." Hiccup said as he pocketed the candy. "So what do you say to a danc-" Hiccup was about to ask when he was interrupted by three couples coming towards them.

"Well well well. If it isn't Astrid Hofferson." The woman in front said as she crossed her arms. "I thought you wouldn't show up."

"Scarlet" Astrid stated as her brow twitched and her hands clenched. "I can't say it's a pleasure to see you again."

"I'm sure you remember Anastasia and Drizilla." She said as the two other women smirked.

"Oh right, your two lackeys." Astrid laughed as the smirks fell. "And it's Dr. Hofferson for you."

"Oh please." Scarlet said. "This is my husband Garret." She introduced as she pulled forward a slightly shorter guy than her who was wearing thick glasses on his round face. "Hello" Garret greeted both Astrid and Hiccup pleasantly before receiving a glare from his wife.

"And this is my husband Andrew." Drizilla said as she clutched a man's arm.

"And this is Jacob, my husband." Anastasia giggled.

The other two men also greeted the pair nicely, not really understanding the glares between the women.

"So who's your friend?" Scarlet asked as she eyed Hiccup.

"Just my fiance." Astrid smiled as her hand twitched. She really wanted to lob a cotton candy bomb at the women.

"You don't say." Scarlet said as her eyebrows were raised in astonishment. "I would have thought that you'd simply have gone stag. You seemed to be used to that."

"Actually I would have made time to accompany Astrid to any social event she needed to go to." Hiccup said as he casually placed an arm around Astrid's waist when she had stood up and was glaring at Scarlet. "She is after all the woman of my dreams."

Astrid's cheeks flared red when Hiccup said that. "Oh babe stop it you're making me blush." Astrid said as leaned in closer to Hiccup.

"ASTRID HOFFERSON!!" Was suddenly shouted as a man came running towards the group. He happily shook Astrid's hand. "Oh my Thor, it's so good to see you. You've changed a lot!!"

"Brian?!" Astrid asked as she finally recognized the man. He was the geek who was in the sewing club next to the chemistry club, and they met when she accidentally blew a hole through the wall. He was actually one of the people Astrid hoped to see tonight. "It's good to see you." Astrid said as she introduced Hiccup.

"So what have you been up to?" She happily asked Brian while completely ignoring Scarlet and her flunkies.

"Oh I got into theater." Brian explained. "I'm now a producer."

It was then that Garret let out a girlish shriek. "OMG Are you that Brian!!" He exclaimed looking starstruck. "I was in your revival of The scarecrow!! That's where I met my partner Lion!!"

Astrid, Hiccup, and all those who were now listening in on the conversation gasped loudly. Scarlet was standing there openmouthed.

"This is juicy!!" Deadpool suddenly exclaimed as he sat on a chair eating popcorn, he got from Thor knows where. Even the bushes outside the large gym windows were rustling with excitement.

Everybody was speechless as Garret called Andrew and Jacob. "Come on boys let's show 'em what we got. Hit it!" The started an impromptu tap dance routine in front of Brian who just rolled his eyes.

"Oh my Thor!! How could you?!!" Scarlet suddenly yelled as she hit Garret repeatedly. "This is the last time I feed your cat while you're away!!"

The crowed "oohed" as Scarlet pushed the three men out of the gym while the other two women followed mortified.

"That was just....." Astrid had no words for what had just happened.

The gym was buzzing with the news about Scarlet and the apparent 'husbands' as Astrid caught up with Brian and a couple of other. It was a little later when Hiccup's phone beeped and he looked at it. It seemed someone had pressed the red button.

"Well this can't be good." Hiccup muttered and then shrugged. His car would handle it.

Meanwhile Scarlet wanted to get back at Astrid so she had decided to take the car Astrid came in so that she would have no ride home. Scarlet was a villain afterall and had no problem bypassing a car alarm.

She sat behind the wheel of the prius and was about to hotwire it when she spotted the bright red button. 'I wonder what this does?' She pondered and pressed it.

"Good evening sir." Came from somewhere in the car as Scarlet looked around in shock. "You are not sir." The car suddenly said.

"Eh...." Scarlet uttered when the voice said "Connecting to sir's phone." and the doors locked automatically.

"Hey let me out!!" Scarlet shouted as she tried to open the car door.

"Please identify yourself or face the consequences." The voice now said.

"Let me out of here you bag of bolts." Scarlet shouted but the voice merely tisked at her.

"Such language from a lady. I happen to be a Royce, thank you very much, not some bucket of bolts." It reprimanded. "Very well, as the lady wishes, you shall be evicted in 3.... 2.... 1."

Scarlet yelled as the sunroof of the prius opened and she was ejected into the air. "Have a pleasant night." The voice said as the sunroof closed again.

"AAAAHHHH" She screamed as she landed straight into the fountain nearby with a loud splash. "What the hell is wrong with that car!!" she shouted incensed as she hobbled out of the fountain.

Those hiding behind the bushes couldn't take it anymore and flat out laughed. "That was.... HAHAHAHAHA" Dagur said as he and Eret clutched their stomachs. Heather and Morgana had managed to film the last part of it and were placing it on Evilbook.

"It also looks like it will be front page news." Deadpool said shocking them as he stood next to them and pointed to various flashes coming from the trees. "Those ninja reporters are good." Deadpool said impressed when his chat dinged. He got out his phone and saw that it was a message from Astrid. "About that rain check ;)" It read.

"Hey guys, anyone of you up for filling a castle with unicorn plushies?!" He asked as as he showed them the text message.   

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