16 years later...

The 7 year old Viking walked slowly along the shore, taking note of the pretty, glimmering shells in the sand and relishing the feel of soft sand and soothing water against his feet. He loved coming to the beach. Here he can be on his own, not that he isn't always anyway but still. Here there were no 'go home before you destroy something again!' from the adults or mean comments and malevolent shoves and snickers from the other kids as he walked by. He sighed in delight when a breeze blew by and lightly ruffled his chestnut brown hair.

Ahh. Peace. It's so nice, and it can only be found here.

"Ahhhh!!! Sneak attack!"

…Or maybe not.

His large green eyes widened in fear and he didn't even waste any time looking behind him before he started running, short skinny little legs moving as fast as they can go.

"How does he always know when I'm here?!" he muttered to himself as he ran.

Let's  just take this opportunity to point out that "Sneak attacks" don't really work when the attacker screams it at the top of their lungs. That neutralizes the whole point of the sneak part and Hiccup is fully aware of that but in his case, in the end it still works because,

He let out a very girlish yelp when he felt somebody jump onto his back and lock their limbs around him, throwing him off balance and knocking them both to the ground.

No matter how fast he ran, Tuffnut would always be faster than him.

"Gaaaah! Let go, Let go!!!" He pleaded as Tuffnut put his head in a headlock.

" Hmm…how bout, No!" The male Thorston twin said as he cackled evilly.




16 years later…




Hiccup sighed softly to himself as a light breeze blew by. He still loved coming to the beach. There was just no other place in Berk more serene. He brushed some hair out of his eyes as he walked along the shore, smiling slightly and waving a bit as he spotted Toothless on some rocks up ahead, trying to catch some fish to snack on.

Toothless' expression brightened when he saw him waving, then his yellow-green eyes landed on something behind Hiccup and his expression went from pleased to incensed.

Hiccup only had to wonder why for a split second before,

"Sneak attack!"

Oh, here we go  

Hiccup thought to himself as his facial expression slowly reflected Toothless'. This time he didn't even bother to run, not wanting to waste his energy.

He let out a small 'oof!' when large, muscled arms grabbed him by the waist and hauled him up like a giant rag doll. Tuff nuzzled the back of his neck and he can't help the tiny tiiny smile that came to his lips. He placed both hands lightly on Tuffnut's forearms and turned his head to the side.

"Can you let go please?"

"Hmm…How bout, no?"

Hiccup sighed and rolled his eyes. Some things never change.

"I still have to find a nice, dark secluded cave to ravish you in."

Well…they do a little bit. But at least the suffocating headlocks were gone.