Meet Me At the Halfway Point

Wisps to Firefly's

(Year one, End of Summer)

For the rest of the summer, Hiccup and the rest of the gang (mostly Astrid and Fishlegs) worked day and night designing ways to make Berk a more comfortable living situation for both humans and dragons. Hiccup and Astrid were proud of the ideas they have come up with, while the twins and Snotlout claimed they had more important matters to take care of.

Hiccup awoke early one summer morning ready to leave for Dunbroch, the house was quiet as his dad Stoick had already left to conduct a meeting in the great hall. Gathering his bags for his trip Hiccup open the door noticing Toothless already outside waiting for him. Once reaching the dock, Hiccup was about to climb onto Toothless until he heard a voice from behind.

"Where do you think you're going?" a female voice spoke.

Stunned, Hiccup turned to see Astrid and Fishlegs, Astrid had her hands on her hips, eyebrows raised, while Fishlegs was protecting dozens of scrolls across his chest.

"Who me?-nowhere I was just gonna take ...Toothless here for a ride."

"With bags?" pointed Fishlegs.

"Yee-yeah I was planning..." giving a nervous chuckle, "see funny story."

"Now is not the time for funny stories," said Fishlegs, "You promised you would talk to your dad about our ideas."

"OH! That was today? I guess I lost track of the days" said Hiccup nervously.

"Well, he's waiting for us now, unless you're needed somewhere else?" Astrid said, with a serious tone.

"Well-n-no," Hiccup answered.

"Good so you're free-so come on," Astrid grab Hiccups hand, turned and dragged him all the way up stairs to the great hall.

"Oh, this is so exciting," commented Fishlegs. "I hope the council likes our ideas, my girl Meatlug will be so happy with a dragon bath station so I won't have to clean in between her toes anymore, every night the smell itself will just-"

"Ahhh Fishlegs-now's not the time to hear about your dragons gross feet" commented Astrid, as she pushed open the great hall doors.

Once inside the great hall, Stoick and the rest of the council went on about other business about the village until Fishlegs with a big smile approached the table, Astrid next to him and Hiccup behind both of them.

"Ah yes, next order o' business," said Stoick "designs for th'-dragons in-keep."

"Correct sir," said Fishlegs, now taking charge. "All three of us have drawn up concepts of expanding construction to certain parts of the island for more of a- sort of homes for the dragons," he finished pushing the scroll to the council so they may exam them.

The council buzz and talked amongst themselves.

Gobber was the first to say something, "Well look it here-custom stables, all-you-can-eat feeding stations, alteration th' weapons shop to a saddle workshop, well sounds like a match made in paradise."

Stoick, rubbing his chin thinking while looking over the scrolls, "Yes...these concepts have been well thought out, but expanding to build all this 'n' more, these would take several years- would anyone in th' council wish to oppose?"

"I don't like it!" shouted Snotlout's father Spitelout, pushing away the scrolls.

"For years we've been at war with' dragons, we build our village on th' very concept to defend against them, now with the dragons moving in, we have to change our traditions to live with them, who even knows if this alliance with the dragons will even last! this sounds like a waste 'o' time to me."