AN: Helloooooo my readers!!! I'm in the Netherlands currently and unfortunately I will not have internet for the rest of my vacation soooo you guys will be getting 3 new chapters today. :3   

Chapter 8

Hiccup grumbled as a weight lay on his face. He sat up abruptly knocking Toothless, who had taken his petite form and was currently napping on Hiccup's face, off onto the bed. Toothless let out a startled yelp as he face planted into the mattress.

"Hey what was that for?!" Toothless growled as he sat up straight.

"Why in Thor's name were you sleeping on my head?!!" Hiccup retorted as he looked at his alarm clock. It was only 2 AM.

"I can't help it if your head is warm." Toothless muttered. "Now let's get back to the dreamscape."

"You're going to lie on my head again aren't you?" Hiccup grumbled.

"Yup" Toothless said as he jumped on the pillow only to be snatched up by Hiccup and brought to his chest.

"It's plenty warm here." Hiccup stated as he was slowly falling asleep again.

"Just don't squash me." Toothless yawned as he laid his head back down and curled up against Hiccup.

Hiccup's alarm went off a few hours later only to be met with the fireball of a cantankerous dragon. Toothless laid his head back down satisfied that the annoying object was gone but Hiccup woke up to the smell of the burning clock.

"Toothless!!" Hiccup shouted as he quickly tried to put out the small flame. Toothless cracked open an eye, huffed, and then went back to sleep. "Crazy reptile" Hiccup muttered as he looked at his alarm clock, or what was left of it.

"They aren't letting you go to work so what is the point of waking up so early." Toothless reasoned as Hiccup shot him a glare. "And besides, I know what goes on in your mind. I live there. There is no way you haven't dreamed of doing the exact same thing to that infernal racket making machine."

"Shut up Toothless." Hiccup huffed looking a bit embarrassed. "And I didn't want to blow up my alarm. Throw it out of the window, yes. Blow it up, no."

"The result is the same." Toothless just reasoned. "No more noise."

"Egh.... It feels like I've just climbed Mount Everest or gotten driven over by a steamroller." Hiccup grumbled as he stretched. "I thought you said practicing in the dreamscape has no effect on my body."

"Of course it doesn't." Toothless said as Hiccup started undressing. "Your body doesn't change physically, because you were sleeping. You just mentally build up the experience. Subconsciously you would feel the training I just gave you."

"Alright" Hiccup said as he opened the door to the bathroom while the black dragon crawled further into the blankets.

Hiccup was busy making his bed, after bathing and getting dressed, when the door to his room bursted open. "Can you believe it!!" Snotlout shouted as Toothless stiffened on the bed and Hiccup hastily shoved the dragon under his pillow. He prayed to every deity that Snotlout hadn't seen.

"B....Believe what?" Hiccup asked.

"That we aren't invited to the party!" Snotlout huffed and Hiccup quirked an eyebrow. "I didn't spend all those hours polishing silverware for nothing!"

"Hold on, let me go ask dad." Hiccup said as he left a fuming Snotlout to cool off. Hiccup found his father in the kitchen. He was trying to sneak extra strips of bacon onto his plate when his mother turned her head.

Valka spotted Hiccup first. "Morning dear. Breakfast is ready."

"I'll have breakfast in a bit mom." Hiccup said as he saw his father grab an extra pancake. Stoick however didn't see that his wife had turned around and had her hands on her hips.

"STOICK!!" She admonished. "You know better! You are on a diet!"

Stoick grumbled as Valka rolled her eyes.

"Is it true that we aren't invited to the party tonight?" Hiccup asked his parents who both turned to look at him. Both looked a bit uncomfortable.

"Well.... Eh.... it is for Society members." Valka told them.

"And what about Astrid?" Hiccup asked.

"Well dear, she is the guest of honor." Valka told him.

"I meant who is going to understand her? She speaks in old Norse." Hiccup explained and then he frowned his brow a bit. "Or is it that you don't need to understand her and that she's only a centerpiece." He guessed. "It's not like she'll tolerate Dagur for that long."

"Hiccup, Dagur isn't that bad at translating." Stoick told him. "He is the head of the linguistic department."

"I'll bet you fifty bucks that Dagur gets singed before the party." Hiccup told them as he folded his arms.

"Hiccup you know how I feel about betting." Valka admonished while Stoick said "Deal" at the same time. She gave her husband an exasperated look.

Hiccup sighed before he headed back to his room where he saw Snotlout wearing a hole in his carpet.

"You were right." Hiccup said as Snotlout grumbled louder now.

"It's not fair. I still smell like silverware polish!" Snotlout muttered.

"We'll think of something. I actually haven't seen the twins since last night when Astrid and Ruffnut came back.

"Ruffnut had a scary look on her face." Snotlout said shuddering as he remembered the blond storming up the stairs with arms filled with bags. "Be grateful that nothing's been blown up yet." Hiccup could only nod as Snotlout walked to the door. He paused before turning back to Hiccup.

"You know you don't have to hide it." Snotlout stated with a smirk.

"H..Hide what!!" Hiccup sputtered as his eyes went wide.

"That dragon" Snotlout now said and Hiccup could feel Toothless asking to barbeque the human in his head.

"W....What dragon?" Hiccup asked as he tried to think of a good excuse.

Snotlout laughed. "The dragon plushie you tried to hide." He told Hiccup who let out the breath that he was holding.

"Oh.....eh..... Yeah.... Eh..." was all Hiccup could articulate.

"You really didn't have to hide that you sleep with a plushie." Snotlout stated and then he told Hiccup in a hushed voice. "I..... eh... still have my teddy bear."

"Oh, okay Snotlout." Hiccup said looking relieved that Toothless hadn't been found out. Hiccup fell backwards on the bed when Snotlout left and Toothless crawled out from under the pillow.

"That was close" Hiccup muttered as Toothless nodded. Hiccup noticed that the dragon still had a dark look on his face. Toothless noticed the questioning look from Hiccup and then said "How dare he liken me to a mere plush toy!" Toothless growled. "I am considered the offspring of lightning and death!"

"Whatever you say bud." Hiccup muttered from where he lay.

He went to the library around noon where he found Fishlegs browsing and picked up some reading material for the night. It was then that his father came into the room and handed Hiccup fifty dollars and a white suite cover.

"Hypothetically, if someone had a date with someone from the Society or, say, the guest of honor then that somebody could attend." Stoick stated as he winked at Hiccup before leaving the room.

"Okay that was weird" Fishlegs told Hiccup. "What did you bet this time?"

"That Dagur would get singed before the party." Hiccup told Fishlegs who groaned. "I do wonder what he did to piss off either Astrid or Ruffnut."

"Ruffnut?" Fishlegs now asked confused.

"It's not the first time she set Dagur on fire." Hiccup retorted and Fishlegs shuddered as he remembered the staff party from last year.

Hiccup left the library with books under one arm and a suit cover in the other hand. When he walked past Astrid's room he could hear some argument happening between what sounded like Ruffnut and the Grimborn brothers. Ruffnut then stormed out of the room and looked like a woman on a mission as she strode down the hall. Hiccup didn't think she had even noticed him standing there.

When Hiccup entered his room he put the books down on his nightstand before opening the suit cover. Inside was a black shawl lapel tuxedo which Hiccup had no doubt would fit him perfectly.

"Dad, you sly fox." Hiccup mumbled as he zipped the cover back up.

The caterers were already busy downstairs as the party would be starting in a few hours. Hiccup hadn't seen Astrid this morning but figured that she must be busy with getting ready for the party. No sooner had he thought that when his door was kicked open by Ruffnut who was dragging a confused looking Astrid behind her. Snotlout, Fishlegs and Tuffnut had followed a step behind as everyone entered the room.

"Can you believe this?!" Ruffnut now started as she gestured to the dress that Astrid was wearing. Hiccup raised his eyebrows at the dress and then looked questioningly at Ruffnut.

"I know!" Ruffnut now looked askance and still gestured to the dress. "This is what Dagur, Ryker and Viggo picked out for her to wear!" She now started ranting as Astrid cocked her head curiously to the side.

"What is wrong? She has been like that for a while now." Astrid asked and Hiccup made a face.

"She isn't pleased with the dress they picked for you." Hiccup told her as Ruffnut continued ranting. Snotlout and the others kept their distance but even they nodded.

"No sense of fashion!!!" Ruffnut shouted as Astrid then asked "Is this not what you wear in the future?"

"Definitely not for a party like today." Hiccup told her as he and Toothless mentally agreed that Dagur and the Grimborn brothers had absolutely no taste.

"This thing has sleeves for Thor's sake!!" Ruffnut muttered holding up the long red sleeves of the dress. "There isn't even a plunging neckline!!"

"This is a fashion faux pas waiting to happen." Tuffnut now chimed in. "That color doesn't even work with Astrid's skin tone." He said gesturing to the scarlet red of the dress.

"Didn't you stop them Ruff?" Hiccup now asked.

"Don't you think I tried. They ganged up on me! I was outvoted." Ruffnut growled. "They just wanted to find a dress and be done with it!"

"And there isn't anything else Astrid can wear?" Hiccup now asked. This caused Ruffnut to actually smile.

"Of course there is. I managed to smuggle a way better dress through the checkout."

"Then what's the problem?" Fishlegs now asked.

"The problem is that they are too damn stubborn and won't let her change." Ruffnut replied.

"I'm assuming that that is why you're here in my room?" Hiccup now asked curiously as Ruffnut nodded before turning to Snotlout, Fishlegs and her brother.

"I need you three to make sure that Dagur, Viggo and Ryker are distracted." She told them before looking back to Hiccup. "They wouldn't think of looking in the room next to Astrid's for her so I was wondering if we could use here to get ready."

Hiccup nodded and Ruffnut smiled gleefully. "Great, just let me get my stuff and I'll have her looking smokin' in no time!" She exclaimed before rushing out of the room again.

"Just what the hell did I agree to?!" Hiccup now asked the others as Astrid giggled.