#thetuffestnut

Tuffnut was nowhere to be found, despite Annamore's efforts to find the young Viking. Normally he could be found by following the sound of trouble, but today trouble was nowhere to be seen, either. A peaceful town was a boring town, she decided. She gave a low whistle, calling her dragon to her. The dragon was currently invisible, but she could feel its approach, and so she reached up and put her hand up, reaching out till she felt scaly flesh. Running her hand up to a spine, she used it to heft herself up on it's back, giving it a light squeeze with her leg to prompt it to take off. Between the spines on it's back, she was invisible to anyone on the ground, which she used to her advantage today, flying across the island unseen until she spotted him, sitting alone on a cliff overhanging the ocean. Landing, she hopped off and approached. "What's wrong?"

He jumped up, looking annoyed momentarily before he relaxed, "I- Nothing's wrong." He protested, turning to glower at a rock, kicking it over the edge.

She shook her head and walked over to him, waiting patiently. 

"I... Annie. What if everything my parents ever said about me was right? What if I'm a horrible Viking? What if I never amount to everything. I know they make fun of me in the village." He slumped back down to the ground, but gave her a worried look. She sat down next to him and waited for him to continue. "Even my friends think I'm stupid. I mean, yeah, I do stupid things, but I help just as much as they do. Sometimes I even think I annoy Ruffnut." 

"Tuff..." She stared at him for a moment as she digested this information, "No, you're perfect. Just they way you are. Your parents lied to you. I think you're a great Viking, and I know that the others trust you. I mean, when Hiccup needs something important done, he asks you to help a lot. Like that time I accidentally fell from my dragon. He didn't come after me himself, he shouted at you because he trusted you'd catch me, right? And Snot's your best friend! They wouldn't think that about you!"

Annamore's heart felt like it was being squeezed by a fist that had forced its way into her chest. She had just found out from Hiccup that Tuffnut's parents had just arranged a marriage for him, and as such, not only did she need to move out, but the guy she loved was to marry someone else. She couldn't even handle the thought of seeing him right now, as distressed as she felt, so instead of returning to the house, she had whistled for her dragon and taken off for one of the small side islands, to a cave that she had once explored with him. Alone, she curled against the dragon, head pressing against her knees as she tried not to cry, and failed.

"Annie?" A soft voice asked from the entrance of the cave, as Tuffnut's shadow filled it. She looked up, revealing a tear stained face. He looked just as distraught as he approached her and sat down, putting an arm over her shoulder in that half cocky, half unsure manner of his. "I'm not going to do it. I can't do it. I lo-" He cut himself off, realizing he was about to say something unmanly. Instead of saying it, he pulled her onto his lap and kissed her roughly, his eyes narrowing when he released her. "We've got dragons, Annie. I'm not sure where we'll go, but you and I? We are going to fly away together. I'll tell Snotlout what we are doing so that they know not to worry about us, but I'm not going to stay here if it means I have to be with someone not you."

“YES! SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO TALK!” Ash hit his skull again, pleased. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!! THESE ARE NOT LEAVES. WELL, THEY ARE, BUT THEY ARE ARMOR LEAVES ALL RIGHT? WHY IS YOUR HEAD SPIKED YOUNG MAN?!”

(HE DOES THAT ALL THE TIME I CAN’T MAKE HIM STOP DOING IT!)

Dan and Siren were talking at the punch bowl after a few minutes of dancing. Siren had JUST finished her dress not an Hour before the ball started. There dresses both were shades of blue with corsages of others dress colours made out of duct tape roses and lace babies-breath.

Dan looked across the room to see the commotion of the Ball. People gathered from many fandoms and genres. There was a few odd couples dancing, talking and just enjoying the night. 

//*sends a hug* I hope you’re okay <3