Night Rider (hiccstrid)

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Hiccups POV
It has been 5 years since I left Berk. I'm 20 now. A lot has happened since I left. Puberty hit me like a bus. I'm now 6 feet tall and all the fighting and dealing with dragons has given me a warriors body. I have a six pack, broad shoulders and my arms are muscular. Im not huge like Snotlout but I don't want to be. I'm still with toothless and get this.....
I found my mom!!!!! I live with her at the dragon sanctuary. I go around freeing dragons from people who have captured them or use them for training. I have been in many battles and I have my fair share of scars. My fighting skills have improved a lot. When I'm out saving dragons I wear a mask so no one knows my true identity. They call me Night Rider. I have never returned to Berk. I didn't ever plan to. Well we don't always get what we want do we?

I had a mission to do and as long as no one finds out my true identity I should be fine. I have to go to Berk for a few weeks because a changewing pack will be passing through in a few weeks and I need
to make sure everything goes smoothly. A changewing pack won't leave unless they have every single dragon that they came with and with Berk being filled with dragon killers we couldn't risk it. I had all my bags packed and I loaded them on Toothless and hopped on his back.
"Ok bud let's go" I said as we flew off into the night.

Astrids POV
"AGGHHHH" I scream as I plunge my axe into the nearest tree. The wood is already in slivers at this point after me abusing it for so many mornings. Soon I will have to find another area in the forest again. I've come here everyday for the last 5 years since hiccup was killed. He was killed by a Nightmare then a Night fury carried him away. I miss him so much. I still do, you would think after 5 years I would have gotten over it. Even Stoick had moved on. But not me so here I am in the early hours of the morning taking out my pain on this tree.

After I finish with the tree and my anger is out for now I start to walk back towards the village. Over the years I have become Stoicks most trusted Viking. I'm the first to hear about anything around here. So when I saw Stoick marching up to me I knew something important was happening.
"Have you ever heard of the Night Rider?"
"Yes" i reply giving him a questioning look
"Well today he is arriving for a few weeks because a changewing group will be coming through here. It shouldn't be an issue he just wants to make sure it goes smoothly. I would have just killed them all but they disappear and it would be more difficult then it's worth. He has assured us they will stay on the far side of the island"
"Ok where will he be staying"
"I will be giving him the spare hut we have. He does have a dragon of his own but I'm willing to allow it here as long as it does not so much as touch a hair or any vikings head. I will not hesitate to kill it otherwise"
"Ok sir when will he be arriving"
just as i said that a roar sounded through the square.
"Now apparently" Stoick says
I look up to see a masked man riding in a black dragon covered in armour. He is flying at lightening fast speed. How he managed to tame such an animal is beyond me. It must be drugged or something. He landed in front of us.
"Hello there Astrid er uh i mean umm hi"
For a second I got distracted by his deep sexy voice. Snap out of it Astrid I think to myself.
"Umm how do you know my name?" I look into his green eyes with a questioning look.
"I-um have heard of you from another tribe. They said something about you"
I was actually very curious
" What did they say"
"Oh um just that you denied all their suitor."
"and beat them up"
He said that last part under his breath but i heard it.
"oh ok then"
"Hello and welcome to Berk. My name is Stoick and I'm the chief. Astrid will show you around"
" Thank you sir" he said as he scratched behind his dragons ear. He warbled and leaned into his owners touch.
"What an interesting dragon you have there. What type is he?" Stoick questioned
"He is a night fury but don't worry he is as harmless as a puppy dog." The dragon then rolled onto his back and played in the grass.
"A night fury?" I gasped
"Yes but I assure you he will be in his best behaviour"
"Ok for now I will allow it" Stoick said "Ok Ill leave you to it" He then left

"Ok mr night rider let's show you around"
"ok" oh his voice was so sexy and deep yet somehow familiar.
"So what's his name" I gestured to ten dragon
"Toothless"
Toothless? Where do I recognize that name from? Oh it doesn't matter?

I showed him around the village and then showed his the hut where he would be staying. "Ok so now that I've showed you around would u like to meet the gang?"

Hiccups POV
"Sure" I smile at her. Not that she can see it under the mask and of course I already know the hang very well but she can't know that.
"Ok follow me to the grand hall for dinner and you can meet them there"
I just nod and follow her. With anyone else the day would have been boring because there was really no need to show me around because I lived here the first 15 years of my life but I couldn't tell them that. But with Astrid everything is different. My biggest regret about leaving Berk was never getting her to fall for me.

We arrived at the dining hall and walked up to the table where the gang was sitting. "Hey guys this is night rider" Astrid says and sits down
"Hi there I'm Fishlegs"
"Hi fishlegs"
Snotlout comes up to me and looks me
up and down.
"You probably wear that mask because your face is so ugly. I don't have that problem" He flexes his muscles and winks at Astrid who only rolls her eyes and looks away.
"I'm snotlout by the way"
"Hi There"
All i got out off the twins were
"Ruff" and "Tuff" before they looked up and realized who they were talking to.
"Is it true that girls throw themselves at your feet?" Ruff asks
"I mean umm"
"I mean I can see why" she interrupts me and looks me up and down.
"Anyways" Astrid glares at Ruff and she sits back down.

The rest of the meal was pretty uneventful other than Tuff and Ruffs constant questions. Astrid told me she would walk me back to my hut.
"so what do you think of Berk"
"It great"
"well this is your hut and i'm sure your dragon is waiting for you"
"yup Thank you Astrid for everything today"
"oh it was nothing" she says and nervously tucks a strand of her hair behind her ear. I lean down and whisper
"it was everything" to her and she visibly shudders. I smirk under my mask. Just whispering to her had that effect on her. I wonder what else I could do? I stop that train of thought before it gets to dirty.
"goodnight astrid"
"goodnight night rider"
"call me rider for now"
"ok"
I walk into my hut with the biggest smile on my face. I had fallen for her all over again. It only took a day.

Astrids POV
I walked into my hut with the biggest smile on my face. I don't know what happened to me but whenever Ruffnutt would look at him I wanted to growl at her. I barely even knew him yet I feel like I had known him for years. There's just something about him. I fell asleep with a smile on my face and my mind filled with thoughts of Rider. For the first time is years I didn't dream about Hiccup. Instead I dreamt about the mysterious man and his dragon