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"LOKI" yells Tuffnut, fully standing up in his seat at the back of the car. Snotlout is turned around entirely to face Tuff behind him.
"OH I AM SO GETTING YOU BACK" he hollers, causing Fishlegs, sat beside him to wince against the volume. "guys sit down your being unsafe" Fishlegs calls, but its not even close to being loud enough to hear over the battle going on in the back. "Hey the wind is getting really loud these days!" Ruffnut says, eyeing fishlegs. "SIT THE FUCK DOWN" Astrid crys. Shes loud enough to be heard, but not threating enough to be acknowledged.
Hiccup, who is driving next to Astrid, makes a sharp turn into a rest area. Causing Tuff to lose his balance and fall into Ruff. They're only on the second day of their road trip to Banff, and at this rate not all six of them are going to make it.
Hiccup stops the car and turns around tho face the four the four in the back. "were about to be going through some very dangerous terrain, and if any of you three get up I will turn this car around and head straight back to Berk, is that understood?" He says threateningly, glaring at the twins and Snotlout. His eyes finnaly land on Fishlegs. "keep them in line will you?" Fishlegs nods hastily.
Hiccup starts the car back up, and the War has shifted into Kareoke to the playlist Astrid and Ruffnut made before they left. Hiccup lets out a sigh and shifts his focus onto the road infront of him. Slowly the rain around them shifts into snow.
"Shit" Astrid mutters. "what?" Hiccup asks, mildly worried. "listen to this" Astrid tells him, pausing the the playlist, causing a whine from Ruffnut. "Highway 5 is projected to hit a massive snow storm, possibly causing avalanches. Drive at your own risk"
Astrid finishes and looks over to Hiccup, who stays silent but she can see the cogs turning in his head. "Astrid, is there any alternative roads that will get us to Banff instead?" He asks, not peeling his eyes from the road. Astrid takes a second to check the map app on her phone. "no.. not without driving atleast an extra 2 hours." Hiccup says nothing.
"UHHH GUYSS" Snotlout interjects "you do remeber we have dragons?? that we can just call and get them to bring us over there???"
"He has a point ya know" Ruffnut pipes up from the back. "no, that wouldnt work. the dragons are already at Banff, and we cant just abandon the car, Gobber will kill us" Hiccup counters. "We'll just have to race through it"
"Finnaly some action!" Tuff yells from the back.
The snow around them thickens and it becomes evident the snowstorm is no joke. Hiccup and Astrid squint against the lack of visibility. "hey Fishlegs can you handle the directions? im going to help Hiccup have an extra pair of eyes on the road" Astrid says already turning around to give him her phone with the map open. "Sure!" Fishlegs loves maps, no wonder him and Hiccup get along so well. "thanks Astrid" Hiccup mumbles, his voice bearly audible over the newfound bickering of the twins. Astrid grabs Hiccups free hand and squeezes it. "Turn left in 3 kilometres" Fishlegs interjects, causing Hiccup to jolt away and replace his hand back on the steering wheel. "got it" he responds, blushing shyly. Astrid smiles at him before refocusing her attention to the road.
A few hours pass by with minor inconveniences, and Hiccups shoulders finnaly start to relax, that dosnt last very long however. A warning alarm blairs through everyones phone, causing Hiccup and fishlegs to jump in their seat, and waking up Ruff, Tuff and snotlout who were all collectively taking a nap. everyone turns off their notifications
"alright everyone, you better be ready cause this is going to be rough" Hiccup announces.
the snow grows somehow thicker, and the two in the front can bearly see 10 feet forwards. "Turn right!" Fishlegs yells, and Hiccup makes an impossibly tight turn once he realizes they're genuinely 5 meters from running into a cliff. "Okay, you should be all good for a while, just straight for another 35 kilometres" Fishlegs states. Instantly, the front windshield gets hit by a big branch of a tree. Hiccup's jaw clenches as the car skids side ways, he slams on the break forcing everyone forwards. "Okay as fun as this is, I vote we wait it out" Snotlout calls from behind Hiccup. "we cant, theres nowhere to pull over here." he says, sounding pretty committed to his original plan. Hiccup takes a deep breath before putting the car into drive. "do you want me to turn off the music?" Astrid asks. Hiccup shakes his head and instead turns it up.
Astrid goes back to staring at the road, Fishlegs is glued to the map making sure he gets all the directions out in advance, Ruff and Snotlout are the quietest they've been probably ever, Tuff is (well was, until Astrid told him to shut it) shouting encouraging words at Hiccup, who is entirely focused on the road.
Everything was going good, well as good as they can get in this situation. Suddenly a massive pile of snow drops onto the road right infront of them. Its to close, Hiccup cant to do anything, its to close to stop. "oh thor" he whispers under his breath. Just as the dragon riders think its over, a purple glow destroys the pile of snow, and Hiccup drives right through. "Night-fury?!" Astrid asks loudly, directing her question mostly at Hiccup, who pulls his attention away from the road long enough to look out his window. "Light-fury!" he answers. "No way! really?" Fishlegs asks in disbelief. "with all due respect, can you please save the nerding out for later and get us the fuck out of here!" snotlout interrupts.