Hiccup's POV

The sound of my alarm wakes me up. Still half asleep I whack the alarm with my hand trying to find the snooze button. After the fourth failed attempt I sit up and shut off the alarm. There isn't much use going back to sleep now. I then remember the weird meeting I had last night... or was it this morning.....

I stretch and yawn while looking around the room. Everything looks normal. 'Was it all a dream?' I couldn't help thinking.

I got up out of bed and grabbed a towel. When I entered the adjoining bathroom I saw a shower stall and a large tub. 'Hmmm..... Shower or tub?' I pondered. I soon decided on the tub. 'Nothing beats a good bubble bath.'

Soon I was resting my head in the tub with a copious amount of bubbles around me. I softly hum to myself when I noticed Astrid floating down through the ceiling. It looked like she hadn't seen me yet. In fact, it looked like she was still asleep and was sleepwalking..... eh.... sleep-floating.

It was then that Toothless decided to make an appearance. He trotted into the bathroom and upon seeing Astrid he started hissing loudly his fluffy tail turning into bristles.

"Toothless!!" I try to shush. "She's a friend." But of course Toothless's hisses and my talking woke Astrid up.

"What?" She said groggily. She released a scream upon seeing me in the tub and quickly floated back up through the ceiling. "That could have gone better." I mumbled and then turned toward Toothless. "Thanks for nothing you lazy cat."

After I dried off and put on some clothes I made my way up towards the attic. "Astrid" I called from the stairs. "Are you up here?" But I saw no one in the attic. "Come on. Turning invisible now won't work." I try one more time, and then I see the wisps start glowing in the corner near the circular window.

I slowly walk over. Astrid still won't look me in the eye. "Astrid. It's really no big deal." I tell her.

"A lady shouldn't see anyone but her husband naked." She softly says.

"Astrid, I know you were born in a different era, but things changed. I really hold no grudge over it, and you clearly didn't know you were sleep-floating." I tell her calmly. "Heck, my mom once walked in on me and my girlfriend."

"You have a girlfriend?" Astrid suddenly asks. "Is she going to be living here as well? And you were alone with your girlfriend? No chaperone?"

I shake my head in a negative way. "We broke up because all she wanted from me was status, money and fame. I just got tired of all those gold diggers." I tell her while sighing. "And it's the 20th century. Chaperones are a thing of the past."

"I guess I can relate to, as you called them, gold diggers." She states.

"I'm guessing your husband." I receive a nod at this statement.

"And his entire family." She grounds out. "For that reason I placed the curse on them, but it was a double edged sword. I'm stuck on this plane until they undo it."

"Astrid. You don't have to tell me if you're not ready. I certainly won't force you to." I tell her gently and receive a smile in return.

"Thank you, but I will tell you soon. You deserve to know who you're living with." She tells me and floats up a little.

I look back at the empty attic. "You sleep here?" I ask receiving an affirmative in return.

"This part is right above the master bedroom." Astrid tells me. "It's where I..." She trails off looking a little unsure.

"Where you died?" I guessed and Astrid simply nods.

"Here is also where I hid my family's axe." She tells me and points to a wall. "My...... husband didn't want it in the house, and he certainly didn't want, according to him, a weak dainty woman handling a weapon. So he ordered it destroyed. One of the maids who knew how important it was managed to save it and I hid it."

"I put it in that air vent." She tells me, and I crouch down. Once the grate of air vent is open I pull out a large bundle and carefully unwrap it. The blade is rusted and the wooden handle would easily crumble.

"No..." Astrid said while looking over my shoulder. "All for nothing." She mumbled sadly.

"Astrid. This doesn't look so bad." I tell her quickly. "The blade needs some fixing up and I can replace the handle."

"You can?" She asked surprised. "You'd do that?"

"Of course I would." I tell her and carefully pick the bundle up. "Let's take this down to the workshop and I'll start on it after breakfast."

After bringing the axe to the workshop and explaining to Astrid what a car was, or a horseless carriage as she likes to call it we finally enter the kitchen. I see Toothless already waiting impatiently for his breakfast. Upon seeing Astrid he starts hissing again.

"Toothless." I say in a warning tone. "Be nice." He still looks at Astrid suspiciously but once I put some fish on his plate he no longer pays her any attention.

I take out some eggs and pop some bread in the toaster. I see Astrid looking at me curiously and I quirk an eyebrow.

"You can cook?" She asked amazed.

"Yeah, of course. Have you never seen a guy cook before?" I ask and she answered with a no.

"Men did not cook in my time." She tells me. "According to them it was women's work."

"Well those men were idiots." I tell her as I crack open an egg in the frying pan. "Let me guess. You weren't allowed a lot of things were you."

I see Astrid nod. "I was an only child, and because I was a woman I wouldn't have inherited anything if my father didn't put it in his will. That angered a lot of my male cousins who wanted the fortune." She tells me looking a little weary. "But even as an heiress I was not allowed to study certain subjects. History, geography, general literature. Those were excepted subjects. Things like law or physics where considered 'male' subjects and thus unsuitable."

"Living in that era must have really sucked." I state causing her to chuckle.

"I threw a vase at my uncle when he introduced me to my future husband." She said lighthearted.

"Wow, that I would have loved to see." I tell her, but before she could respond I hear the doorbell ring.

"Now who could that be?" I mumble as I open the door. "Yes?"

"Good morning. Are you mister Haddock?" The man on the other side asks gruffly.

"Depends on who's asking." I tell him looking a bit annoyed.

"I'm Drago Bludvist, and you outbid me on this property." He tells me while handing me his business card. "I was wondering if we might come to a compromise."

"A compromise?" I asked while beginning to dislike this man's character.

"Yes, I'm still interested in this property and I was hoping you would sell." He said to me. "I'll even pay you twice it's worth."

This was starting to sound fishy so I did the only thing I could think of. "No thank you. I'm not interested." I tell the man who was gaping at me like a guppy.

"Look" I tell the man pointedly. "You interrupted my breakfast and I will make this clear. No amount of money will get me to sell this place."

I see the man now get an angry look on his face. "Now see here...." But I interrupt him. "No you see here. You come here and interrupt my breakfast, asking me to sell a house I'm perfectly content living in. I frankly don't care who you are but you need to learn some manners. Now good day to you and I hope I don't see you again." Then I proceed to slam the door in his face.

I wearily take a seat on the couch and I see Astrid floating my plate of eggs to me. "Thanks" I tell her gratefully while taking the plate. I then spot the TV remote.

"Hey Astrid. You ever watched TV?" I ask holding up the remote.