She'd been twisting and turning all night, groining and tossing her head from side to side. Stormfly was worried that she had gotten sick again.

The dragon had ran out of her riders hut, flown over to his and barged in, waking up both him and Toothless.

Hiccup had just guessed that something was wrong with Astrid again and had jumped up onto Toothless, the two of them shooting out of their hut and flying over to Astrid's.

When he sprinted into her hut, he immediately saw that she was having bad dreams. But, since when did Astrid get bad dreams? And why?

He was about to find out.

•••

Hiccup sat down on the edge of the bed softly, his hand stroking her arm gently, wanting to see if she would wake up. She murmured something in her sleep. "No...not him..." He heard.

Who? Hiccup though as he grabbed her shoulders and shook her. Astrid jumped up with a shriek and Hiccup had to "throw" himself back so their heads wouldn't collide. "Woah." Astrid shook her head and looked around.

Her eyes landed on Hiccup almost immediately. "H-Hiccup? Is it...are you...?" She mumbled out, still sleepy. What was she talking about.

Whatever it was, he was not prepared for her to throw herself into his arms. Surprised, he slowly placed his hands on her back and waist.

"Astrid, what's wrong? Please, tell me..."

"Nightmare. You...and Viggo fought alone in the middle of the forest. Yet, no one but you and him were in the forest. Y-you somehow won b-but...but he..." Astrid trailed of, sobbing and crying. "Sshh, I'm here."

Astrid pulled away, looking at him with sad eyes. She reached forward, her hand flat when it met his chest.

Astrid looked up from her hand to him and a price winning yet sad smile formed on her lips. "Y-you really are...alive," She said and placed her hands on his cheeks. "Of course, I wouldn't actually be here if I was dead, right?" He asked.

Astrid shrugged, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed and sitting next to him.

Hiccup looked at her face before his eyes drifted off into her hair. It was all messed up and in knots from the tossing and turning.

He moved and sat down behind her, slowly starting to untie the leather strap holding the braid in place. Astrid rubbed her eyes and wanted to turn her head to look at him when she felt the lull in her hair. Re-considering stuff, she sat there and let him comb though her hair with his fingers. All the way from her head to the ends.

After combing her hair for a while, Astrid yawned. Hiccup moved and wrapped an arm around her hips while placing the other one around her ribs. "You're beautiful," Hiccuo murmured out and leaned closer to her, placing his head in her shoulder.

Astrid looked at him. Smiling, she softly leaned her head against his and lifted her left hand, brushing her fingers against his cheek.

"Thank you, Hiccup," Astrid thanked him and placed her hands over his, holding them. "Thank you so much."

(A/N: I want requests. For this book. Any ideas, comment here please.)

- Toothless_NightFury.