A Hope ~ Hiccstrid Fanfiction

Chapter 20

Hiccup

"Daddy!" Hope ran towards me. She had been playing with other children around the same age while I chatted with their mums.

"Yes Princess?" I asked. Crouching down to my five year old.

"Why does everyone have a mummy but me?" She asked. The mothers I had been chatting with awkwardly smiled and moved away to give us some privacy.

"You do have a mummy, she's just with your grandfather right now. She loves you very very much, so does your grandfather don't you worry." I told her, placing a loose hair behind her ear that had fallen down.

"But why is she with grandpa?" She asked. Astrid's eyes staring deeply at me while her blonde hair fell from her shoulders. I had done her hair the same way Astrid did when she was about 18, it was the only hairstyle I knew how to do since Astrid had taught me all those years ago at the Edge.

"When you were in your mummy's tummy you were in a bit of a weird position. Mummy could push you out, but she ended up damaging herself." I explained, trying to say it in the simplest way.

"Oh, Sorry Daddy." She said.

"It's not your fault precious, it just happened." I told her, kissing he forehead like I had done with Astrid. "Go play with your friends." She nodded and ran off and I felt a wave of emotion over me that I had tried to avoid for five years.

***

"Dad, how do you know if you're in love?" Hope asked, running in after a date with Edward, Heather and Fishleg's son.

"Why?" I asked suspiciously. She just shrugged and I figured that it had something to do with the son of our close friends.

"Well, you start thinking about them a lot. And you feel nervous around them, but not too nervous that you're uncomfortable. You're the best person that you can be in front of them and you will do anything to make them proud. You know you're in love when you can't and don't want to imagine a world without them in it, and you don't know what you would do if you lost them." I explained to my daughter. I can't believe she's 16, I can't believe I lost her 16 years ago.

"Please, tell me more about her." Hope pleaded. She sat down next to me and looked at me.

"Your mother was ... fearless." I started. "The most brave, beautiful and amazing woman I've ever meet, with the exception of you. She was the person who believed in me before I believed in myself. She was always there, always..." I trailed off, missing her more than ever.

"You really loved her, didn't you?" Was all Hope said.

"Yeah, I do." Was all I replied with.

***

"This is it Daddy!" She smiled at me from her gown. It was the first time she had called me daddy since she was 7, and it brought the biggest smile to my face. My twenty two year old daughter, the first female cheiftess of Berk was getting married today. I was proud and sad at the same time as the woman I had raised myself stood before me.

"Yeah, this is it M'lady." I replied, letting her take my arm as the doors opened, Berk awaiting the bride and her father.

***

"Heey," I whispered and sneaked in the door. Hope and Edward sat crouched around a little bundle. Heather and Fishlegs were behind me, all staring at the little girl in my daughters arms. Hope looked so much like Astrid, she was exhausted and happy and I thanked the gods that this was the one thing that she wasn't like Astrid for.

I came up behind them and glanced at my newborn granddaughter. "What are you calling her?" I asked.

Hope smiled at me. "Astrid."

The End!!!!!

Okay, I know you all probably hate me so much right now. But I just didn't want to be predictable. So this is just a collection of hiccup and Hope moments through Hopes life. I also sort of wanted to carry the idea that Stoick raised Hiccup without Valka.

So yeah, again, I'm sorry - but I didn't want to be predictable. Hope you understand, you probably still hate me.

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