Burn it to the ground

Be it as you may

Bright sunlight filtered in through the window and slanted over the face of the teen lying in the bed. The teen rolled over and groaned slightly. Putting his arm over his eyes he tried to block the early morning sunlight from his eyes. Sighing, Hiccup sat up in bed and yawned.

Suddenly everything that had happened last night came back to him. The restaurant,Toothless, his lackeys and even what Astrid had said.

"This is the first time I have seen Toothless smile in ages. You gave him his smile back. I don't know what you did,

but thank you. I hope to see you around."

Hiccup pause. 'I'll see you around?' Hiccup gulped. That was not good. If they came back around, what would they do. The green eyed teen moaned. 'This was not good. Not good at all.'

Breathing deeply Hiccup grabbed a t-shirt and a pair of jeans and threw them on and then made hi way downstairs. He expected to see his dad, Stoick, sitting at the dinning room table reading the newspaper and drinking a cup of , he was surprised to see Gobber sitting at the table instead. Hiccup sighed. He hardly ever saw his dad nowa days. Stoick had been tracking Toothless' gangs activities going on three months.

"I know what you are thinking, and you are right. He left at around 6 this morning." Gobber stated, looking at the teen. Gobber was like Hiccups second father and came over every morning to see if his dad had gone to work or not. Hiccup liked waking up to a familiar. face."so, what happened last night? After you left I mean?" Gobber questioned,looking at the teen over his cup of coffee.

Hiccup had been expecting this."I went to see a friend, but they are still on vacation."

Hiccup could see that Gobber did not buy it, but he did not question the teen any more.

"Well, I am off." The green eyed teen said grabbing a piece of toast and putting on his shoes at the front door. "

I want to get a book at the library today."

"Need anything just call." Gobber shouted back, waving a hand at Hiccup as Hiccup opened the door and left.

It was a bright sunny day. Strange how it was a torrential downpour last night and now it was sunny and warm out. Then again it was Berk. They weather tended to be a little weird. Hiccup smiled walking down the street while eating his toast. Soon, he was deep into thought. He was just about to throw his weird experience with the dragon mob boss when, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the same black Mercury Monteray from last night.

The Mercury slowly pulled up next to Hiccup and the passenger window rolled down. Fishlegs sat in the passenger seat,

while one of the twins drove.

"I have a message for you, Hiccup." Fishlegs motioned for the green eyed teen to come up to the window. Hiccup sighed but complied with the mechanic. "Toothless wishes for you to meet him at the Terrible Terror cafe at 3 this afternoon."

The green eyed teen blinked in confusion. "Well, tell your boss that I will not be joining him. I do have a life and I want nothing to do with any of you again."Hiccup ground out. He was angry The Toothless thought he could just force himself in Hiccups' life he had another thing coming. The teen turned and began to walk away, while Fishlegs just sat in the car as both him and the twin had stupified looks on their faces.

He could not believe he had spoke that way with members of a mob! Hiccup usually was kind but always had a snappy comeback to fall back on. But, Fishlegs delivered the message like he had no choice. It mad the teens blood boil. He was a living, breathing person! Not a dog that went were ever someone told them.

Looking up, Hiccup was surprised to find himself already in front of the library. He had not relized his feet brought him here subconciously. Shaking his head, he tried to calm was the library. Coming here whenever something was on his mind helped to calm him down. That and drawing anyway.

The library was a huge two story building. He loved the library. Not only did it always have every book he always wanted to read, but it also had an attached art store as well. As soon as Hiccup stepped into the library he let out a contented sigh. The smell of old books permeated through the building. Soon, Hiccup forgot about what had been bothering him as he began his search for the book he wanted to find.

He saw as he was walking down the last aisle on the second floor. Hurrying over he picked it up of the shelf with great care and read the cover: The Dragon Manual. Hiccup loved to draw dragons and this book would help him find new criteria for his drawings.

Pulling out his library card at the check out desk, he hurried over to the art store and was just about to enter when he saw, out of the corner of his eye, a familiar blond woman walk into the library. He sighed. This just really wasn't his day. Freaking Loki...

The blond spotted him and made her way over to him. Once in front of him she went into the art store and gently led Hiccup inside. "I really need to talk to you."

Exasperated, his green eyes met her dark green eyes."It's about Toothless isn't it?'

She only nodded before leading him to the back of the store before beginning.

"Ever since you left I have seen something different in his eyes. A small spark of humanity. You are the cause. I have no idea how. It just happened."

"Well, I am happy he got a small spark of humanity back, but I don't want anything more to do with the gang.'

Astrid smiled warmly." It wouldn't hurt to meet him as not the leader of the Dragons, but as a man, would it?"

This surprised Hiccup. He thought Toothless wanted to meet him so he could use Hiccup to spy on his dad or something. This was new.

Astrid just laughed lightly at Hiccups startled face. "He wants to meet you as a friend, not as our boss. Trust me on this one."

He looked at her closely for the first time. Astrid may put on a mask but, he relized, that it was because she was Toothless' second in command. She was really a kind-hearted person , why did she show this side to him? And wait...How did she know about him turning down Toothless?

Perhaps sensing his questions Astrid looked him full in the eyes."As I said before, you gave Toothless his smile back. For that, I thank you. I will help you anytime you need it." She looked at him as he opened his mouth to ask how she knew about him turning down the offer, but she held up a hand. " I know you turned down the offer because I told Fishlegs and Ruffnut to tell me what your answer was before informing Toothless and I would inform him of your answer. I knew you would turn him down, so I had my car ready just in case."

Hiccup let out a laugh."Okay. But, does Toothless really want to meet me as a man instead of a mob boss?" He asked her seriously.

"Yes." She answered without pause.

Hiccup ran a hand through his hair as he thought about what she had told him. Why would Toothless be so intrigued by him? It made no sense! By Oden's beard, It made no sense! If he wanted answers though, he would have to meet the man.

"Okay. I will meet him."

Astrid beamed at him." Knew you would."