Hiccup breathed a sigh of relief. His sisters were going to be okay, and he was going to ignore the whole thing with Stoick and Gobber for as long as he could. He shook the thoughts away, he wouldn't worry now. He opened his door and snorted loudly, causing one glare and three amused glances to be thrown his way.
He entered, followed by Toothless and shutting the door behind him. He raised an eyebrow at Astra and had to stifle a laugh at the look on Aurora's face.
"So, what did I miss?" His eyes raked over those present. "Obviously a lot but what specifically?"
Aurora rolled her eyes.
"Doesn't matter. Help me up, will you?"
"What's the magic word?"
Aurora fluttered her eyelashes and answered in the most innocent tone she possessed.
"Or else."
"Okay I'm helping you up! Please don't do whatever it is you're plotting! Toothless please make Astra move?!"
"Sis, scoot." Toothless said simply.
"You ruin my fun." Was the response, but Astra relented and moved off her rider. "You owe me snuggles Sis, you will deliver."
"Yeah, yeah." Came the reply as Hiccup helped Aurora up. "When my arm is better though – it's way too much work otherwise."
"Fine, I will allow it." Astra pronounced with satisfaction.
Hiccup hugged his sister suddenly, he held her tightly but remained mindful of her injury.
"I'm glad you're okay, 'Rora."
"I'm glad too, Hic." She responded softly.
He held her at arms length, giving her a once-over; she found herself doing the same.
"We were worried, that you wouldn't wake up from this one. You need to stop falling into almost-comas or I'm never gonna let you leave Freja Isle again." He joked.
For a moment everything was okay, and although they were on an island that neither had any desire to be on, they felt like it wasn't all bad.
"Okay, bored now." Aurora announced. "We had a cute brother-sister bonding moment there but I have a reputation of being a badass to uphold – let's go blow something up!"
Aurora rubbed her hands together – well, she tried, it wasn't easy with a broken arm – and cackled.
"No, we are not blowing anything up!" Hiccup shrieked.
"Why not?! Let me have my fun!" She complained. "I won't kill anybody! Probably."
"Because someone already blew up the prison and the weapons storage when we were rescuing you guys the first time!"
"And I'd do it again! They deserved that and much worse!" Astra stated proudly.
"You mean I missed my favourite kind of destruction?! Vengeful and explosive?! Oh come on! Why didn't you wait for me, Sis?" The girl whined.
"I was really pissed, I wanted to, but the opportunity presented itself and I was filled with rage and, yeah."
"Gods, sometimes I forget that you guys are pyromaniacs."
"And proud!" The girls chorused.
"I'm still not sure how the archipelago is still standing when my arsonist sisters could easily blow it up." Hiccup pondered.
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In Lieu Of A Tail
FanfictionHiccup runs away from Berk with Toothless (after the fight with the Nadder in the ring). Astrid never stopped him and the romantic flight never happened. Many years later, Hiccup has built a new life for himself where his talents are appreciated and...
