"Please tell me you got your phone back" Heather said as she leaned over the table to see if it was in my bag.

I zipped it open and pulled out my phone, victoriously wiggling it from side to side. "Got it back this morning"

You see, at the night of the party, I had managed to leave my phone in Eret's car. I didn't get it back before Monday morning because Eret had been too hungover to get into his car and drive over to my place.

Ruffnut snickered. "That's one hell of a man you've got there, Asty. One hell of a sexy man"

I rolled my eyes at her. Ruffnut had a minor crush on Eret, but I wasn't too worried about her stealing Eret away from me. I'm pretty sure Eret had a relatively big crush on me.

"Believe me Ruff, I know" I made sure to add a wink at the end of my sentence.

"Ladies" The ever so annoying voice of Snotlout Jorgenson rang through our ears. Beside him stood Ruff's twin, Tuffnut, who was doing his very best to avoid his sister's gaze as he clutched the straps of his leather backpack tightly.

Snotlout slumped down beside me, made eye contact and let his hand run up and down my upper back. "How are we doing today, gorgeous? Still with that Eret guy? Applications for Team Snotlout are always open"

I narrowed my eyes at him, grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back at the speed of lightning. "I swear to the gods Snotlout, touch me like that without my permission again and you will be sending applications for Valhalla sooner than you think"

I let Snotlout's arm go, and he retracted it even faster than he had done in the parking lot that time Hiccup ended up driving me home.

I looked over to the other side of the table and found Tuffnut sitting in between Ruffnut and Heather, being heavily interrogated by his sister as he clutched the strap of his backpack even tighter than he had done earlier.

"Whatcha got there, bro?" Ruff asked him as she attempted to get a peek into the backpack, but was immediately swatted away by Tuffnut.

"Nothing, sis, just the usual! A notebook, a ziplock bag with moldy bread, my phone and a pencil. Definitely no snakes in here" Tuffnut said as he patted the backpack before meeting his sisters glare.

Ruffnut's eyes widened. "Tuffnut LaVerne Thorston, I swear to the gods, if Barf and Belch are in your bag, I will burn your beanie"

The backpack hissed in response.

I glanced over at Snotlout only to find him looking like he had just been brought here from the morgue. It was obvious that Snotlout had met Ruff and Tuff's shared siamese pet snake, Barf and Belch.

Yup you heard me right, those two muttonheads shared a two-headed, 3 foot long snake. Barf and Belch aren't dangerous though, not to friends of Ruff and Tuff, only to everyone else.

"Hey guys!" Fishlegs cheery tone gained the attention of everyone who sat around the table, taking our minds off the fact that Tuffnut was hiding a two-headed, 3 foot long snake in his backpack.

Heather's face lit up at the sight of her boyfriend. She gestured for both Fishlegs and his best friend to come sit with us. Guess who Fishlegs BFF is? None other than Hiccup Haddock himself.

I took a deep breath at the sight of him, before realizing that my lungs weren't working properly for some reason.

I fixed my gaze upon him, making sure to take in every part of him. The green shirt that was neatly tucked into his jeans, held up by a black belt that matched the bomber jacket he had hung over his arm.

His focus was on Fishlegs and Heather, so he probably didn't notice me staring at him like a creep. Butterflies filled my stomach and my cheeks gained a flaming red color each time he moved. Gods, what was happening to me?

"Oh no" Tuffnut's worried words separated me from my thoughts, bringing me back to reality. I furrowed my brows at the horrified expression that had been painted over his face.

Ruffnut must've seen it too, because out of the corner of my eye, I could see her eyes widening.

"Twin tuition" She whispered to her brother, her whole body frozen. I had no clue to what those two muttonheads were talking about, but it sure as hell couldn't have been anything good.

"Twin tuition" Tuffnut whispered back to his sister, clearly understanding what she meant earlier.

Tuff cleared his throat, grabbing the attention of the entire table. "Alright, you guys, don't panic, but there is a sliiight possibility that—"

"That Tuffnut brought our pet snake to school and now it's loose in the cafeteria" Ruffnut finished her brother's sentence.

From Snotlout, a sound so high that the windows in the cafeteria actually began shaking, emerged as he jumped up on the table, a look of sheer horror on his face.

Hiccup crossed his arms and set his eyes on Tuffnut. "What do we do?"

"We catch them, duh" Ruffnut said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it was.

Hiccup's eyes wandered around the cafeteria, which was stacked to the brim with people, before coming with his plan. "Alright, so here's what we're going to do"

Hiccup explained his plan to us before assigning us to our separate tasks. (Which also came with an explanation to how you were going to execute said task)

All in all, Hiccup's plan wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but of course there would always be someone that didn't agree with it.

"Why do we have to go with Hiccup's plan anyway? There are obviously better ways to do this!" Snotlout complained as he crouched down on the table, sticking his butt up in Fishlegs' face.

"There are? Please, Snotlout the almighty, enlighten us" I replied to him mockingly, which earned me a good amount of chuckles from around the table.

Snotlout hesitated at first, staying silent for a short while, making us believe that he might have been thinking it through. Then he hit us with his absolutely brilliant response: "Shut up, Astrid"

***

We had split up around the cafeteria, blocking every possible exit so that Barf and Belch would have no chance of escape. Luckily for us, no one seemed to have noticed the two-headed snake, at least not yet.

I scanned the the room, trying to get a visual on the runaway snake that had mysteriously not been spotted yet.

After failing at locating Barf and Belch, I glanced over at the others where they stood in their positions, eyes wandering the room.

Ruffnut was the one in charge of distracting the kitchen staff, meaning that she stood by the counter, keeping an eye on the kitchen staff whilst simultaneously searching for Barf and Belch.

Snotlout was the main distraction. If we were to spot the snake before anyone else, he would be the one in charge of keeping the entire cafeteria's eyes off us as we snuck the snake out.

Heather guarded the windows and Fishlegs was the lookout, meaning that if any teacher or other members of the staff were coming, he would warn the rest of us.

Tuffnut walked in between the tables filled with chattering students, backpack in hand, ready to catch the snake if it came slithering from under one of the tables.

Hiccup's post was beside the trash cans, allowing him to see the entire cafeteria from one place, and being able to alert Tuffnut immediately if he caught a glimpse of the runaway.

My task was guarding the doors, making sure that no snake would be able to slither out whilst we all searched frantically throughout the cafeteria.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Ruffnut raise her hand, indicating that she had seen Barf and Belch. I shot her a sharp nod before setting my eyes on Hiccup, who was closer to Tuffnut than I was.

I raised my hand, gaining Hiccup's attention, before directing him to Ruffnut. He gave me a short nod before he whistled, earning Tuffnut's attention, only to point him towards his sister.

As Tuffnut moved, so did the rest of the group. We all calmly made our way over to the counter, where Ruffnut stood, trying our very best not to arise any suspicion.

As soon as we made it up to the counter, we all saw the snake instantly. The green snake was rising up on it's tail, making a low hissing noise as it looked like it was about to attack the cafeteria worker who was washing her hands in the sink.

A frantic look appeared on Ruffnut's face as she gestured for her brother to capture the snake before the cafeteria worker noticed it and screamed.

Tuffnut nodded in response as he sneaked up behind Barf and Belch. We all watched in suspense as Tuffnut quietly opened his bag and held it above Barf and Belch's heads.

Right as Tuffnut brought the bag down on the two-headed snake, a plate shattered against the linoleum floor.

Our attention was immediately drawn to the origin of the sound, and so was the attention of the cafeteria worker who had washed her hands. A look of confusion washed over her face as she stared at her visibly terrified colleague who was staring directly at Tuffnut and the backpack in his arms.

For a second there, we thought that we had actually gotten away with it. But guess what? We were wrong.

From inside the backpack, Barf and Belch let out a loud 'hiss!', causing the cafeteria workers to scream at the top of their lungs.

In the matter of seconds, the whole cafeteria had gone silent, everyone curious to what was happening behind the counter.

"Was this a part of your plan?" I whispered aggressively at Hiccup, who had managed to turn even paler than he usually was in the past seconds.

He met my glare and shook his head slowly, probably thinking about what was going to happen to us next.

As if on cue, the doors to the cafeteria swung open, and in marched Principal Mildew with his plush sheep, Fungus, under his arm and a hoarde of teachers behind him.

"What is all this commotion? Can't you kids understand that I am a very busy man!" Principal Mildew spat, his voice full of anger and hatred, as usual.

Principal Mildew was a bitter old man that smelled of cabbage and had a deep love for his plushie, Fungus. He usually wore brown suits with matching brown ties and shoes that were all too big for his scrawny body. His hair was grey as a cloud of smoke, his skin was more wrinkly than a raisin and his eyebrows were bushier than an overgrown jungle. He also had an uneven pronounced underbite and used a cane to walk around.

Principal Mildew had been the principal of Berk High for as long as anyone could remember, and it was clear that he had hated every minute of his time here with a burning passion. How he had ended up being the principal of the school is one of the greatest mysteries known to man.

The principal and his staff made their way over to us. The principal frowned at the backpack in Tuff's hands.

Seeing as Barf and Belch always had such impeccable timing, they hissed once again, loud enough so that the entire staff could hear.

"Mr. Thorston, is that a snake you've got in there?" Tuff's homeroom teacher asked him. The cafeteria workers squealed and ran off into the secluded part of the kitchen.

Tuffnut quickly zipped shut the backpack before jumping back up on his feet, backpack in his arms. "Snake? There's a snake here? I haven't seen a snake anywhere!"

We all shook our heads in unison as the teachers set their eyes on us, as if to tell them that we knew nothing about a snake. But unfortunately for us, Barf and Belch weren't in the mood to cooperate. The snake hissed once again, blowing our cover.

"Let me see that!" Principal Mildew spat as he ripped the backpack from Tuffnut's arms, before opening it to revealing the now infamous snake. Barf and Belch hissed at Principal Mildew, causing him to zip the bag shut as quickly as he had opened it.

"Liars!" He screamed at us as he pointed his shaking finger at us. "You lied to me! Two weeks, no, THREE weeks of detention for all of you!"

He shoved Tuff's backpack into the arms of the receptionist before he marched out of the cafeteria, Fungus under his arm.

"You can come pick this up at the end of the day" The receptionist informed Tuffnut as she ran after the principal.

As soon as the door had closed after the receptionist, loud chatter once again filled the cafeteria.

We stood in silence for a moment, not knowing what to say to one another.

Fishlegs decided to break the silence. "Seems like we'll be spending a lot of time together from now on, gang"