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"Four thousand years ago, Dragons were everywhere. At first, they we're the enemies of our ancestors, and thousands were killed on each side. Until a young Viking boy named Hiccup Haddock trained the legendary Night Fury. He started a new life for the Vikings, allowing them to coexist peacefully with the Dragons. But, after Hiccup became chief, the Dragons vanished. Him and his wife were the last people to see a dragon, before they disappeared forever. The chief had a child, who was the first person to have their dragon spirit ignite. The child, along with countless others, were trained to control their dragon spirits. They passed the power on until everyone that was living had the Dragon Spirit Energy inside them. Sadly, there was one Dragon Spirit that no one ever was lucky enough to wield. The Night Fury, the first tamed Dragon, has never been wielded by a human soul."

Astrid raised her eyes to the ceiling. Why they had to watch this boring video for the hundredth time, she had no idea. She glanced around the arena. No one except Fishlegs looked excited about watching this video again. She watched him mouth along with the words, muttering statistics about certain Dragon Energies. She rolled her eyes again and focused on Gobber, their Trainer. She watched him pry at a cylinder, trying to pop it open. She raised her eyebrow as someone, she assumed a man by his height, walked up to Gobber and gestured for the container. Gobber handed it over wordlessly and the mystery man twisted the top off. Gobber broke into a smile and ruffled the man's already messy hair.

"That's a good lad. Now, go grab the shields." Gobber said, picking with his hook at his metal tooth. The man nodded and walked back where he came from. Astrid watched him go, and caught Gobber's eye. He pointed back at the screen, and she sighed, turning to watch the repetitive video.

"Uh, Gobber?" A male voice called from the back room. Gobber cursed and hobbled towards the voice. He disappeared into the room. She heard a sigh.

"I'm not even surprised. C'mon, up ya get." She heard a crash and dared to peek through the open door to the supplies room. She saw the man dusting himself off, Gobber shaking his head, arms crossed and beard flinging wildly. The man faced the door, and Astrid blanched. She didn't recognize him, which made her very upset.

He was hot.

His dark brown hair was shaggy and messy, sticking up in places it shouldn't. He had a splash of freckles across his nose. His eyes were a forest green, matching his baggy pullover hoodie. His jeans were blue, and he had a dark watch on his wrist. His sneakers were worn down, but seemed to be expensive. And Astrid had no idea who he was.

Which bothered her, because she thought she knew everyone in the school. She thought she knew everyone in town.

Apparently she didn't.

He caught her eye, and blanched. His face turned red, and he turned away, looking back at Gobber.

"Well, Hiccup. Let's get started!" Gobber said, walking out into the ring and turning the video off. Hiccup followed him out, and avoided her eye.

Astrid did know him.

And how stupid she felt for not recognizing him sooner.

The future mayor of the town, the smartest kid in school, the only person in the past four thousand years not to have a Dragon Spirit Energy.

She definitely knew who he was.

"Alrighty! Stand up, you lazy maggots! We're gonna be working on igniting our DSE and firing a basic shot today! Hiccup! Throw me a shield!" Hiccup grabbed one off the top of the pile and threw it like a frisbee at the Trainer. Gobber quickly fired up his Hotburple DSE. It was a light brown energy that originated from his feet and moved upwards towards his hands, like most DSE's did. He shot a quick "Lava Blast" (just a flaming chunk of lava rock) at the shield. It exploded into flaming pieces of wood and rock, and Hiccup hid behind another shield to avoid being burnt.

"Alright! Get into pairs, and get a shield from Hiccup! Since you all are beginners, I expect to hear you yelling out your DSE names for ignition and blast names when firing!" He yelled at the trainee's. Ruffnut Thorston automatically grabbed Astrid's arm. Astrid rolled with it as they stood in line to get their shields. She watched as Snotlout Jorgenson shoved Hiccup over, Tuffnut Thorston laughing as he tripped and sent the shields everywhere. Astrid pursed her lips but did nothing. Thuggory Meathead and Fishlegs Ingerman helped pick the shields up, patting Hiccup on the back before going off to practice. Heather Berserker and Camicazi Bog-Burglar both giggled when they received their shield, Camicazi at Hiccup, and Heather at a waving Thuggory. Astrid waved to Heather and ignored Camicazi's death glare when Hiccup blushed at Astrid, handing her a shield while avoiding eye contact. She walked off without another word, dragging Heather in tow. Astrid rolled her eyes, meeting Hiccup's as he swatted Ruffnut's hands away from his hair.

"Can I braid it?" She asked pleadingly as he blushed again.

"No, Ruff. You can't. C'mon." She pulled her friend away, waving slightly to Hiccup, who's eyes widened and he turned away quickly.

Astrid picked a spot and handed the shield to Ruff.

"What? Why do I have to throw it?"

"Because you're holding the shield." Astrid responded, crouching down. Ruff sighed, nodding reluctantly. "Ready when you are." Astrid said.

"Go!" Ruff yelled, tossing it into the air. Astrid fired up her blue DSE, yelling out: "Deadly Nadder! Magnesium Fire!" A blazing blast of fire was aimed perfectly at the shield, knocking it out of the air and leaving it clattering on the floor. Gobber turned his attention away from Hiccup to look over at Astrid.

"Well done Astrid." He called quickly, sending her a hook, before realizing it was the wrong hand. He corrected it by giving her a thumbs up with the opposite hand, grinning sheepishly. She nodded once and grabbed the shield.

"Your turn." Astrid told Ruffnut, gesturing for her to get ready. Ruffnut got into position, and lit up her DSE. It was a light green, very similar to her brother's, just a tad bit lighter. She yelled out, "Hideous Zippleback! Ammonium Nitrate Gas!" and a plume of green gas was shot at the shield. The results were a cloud of green gas that made Astrid very lightheaded.

"Ruffnut! You know that your brother has to spark the gas for something to happen, don't you?" Gobber yelled out, narrowing his eyes.

"Yes sir! I do know that! That's why I paired up with Astrid!" She yelled back. Astrid snorted at her friends logic. Gobber narrowed his eyes and turned away, shaking his head.

The rest of the training for the day went without a hitch. Everyone did well, and even if Hiccup's nose was bleeding by the end of it, everyone went home happy. Even Hiccup, who had finally looked Astrid in the eye without getting a disdainful look back.

Hiccup drove home, his motorcycle's engine revving underneath him. He hummed a tune only he could hear as he swerved in between cars, a stupid grin on his face. He parked in his driveway and made his way inside his home.

"Toothless!" He called, hanging up his keys. A thump was heard, and a rumpled black cat strolled out of the kitchen. Hiccup snorted at the cat's annoyed expression.

"What'd you do, fall of the counter?" He asked the cat, who glared back up at him. "What? Did you?" The cat meowed reluctantly, stretching out his front legs and crawling up his owner's side.

"You piece of trash. Stop ripping holes in my hoodie. It's my favorite and you know that. Stupid feline." He said as Toothless wrapped his way around his shoulder, dangling off it like a towel.

"Fine. Be that way. I'm going swimming." He told the cat, who immediately leapt off his shoulder. Hiccup burst into laughter as the cat glared at him violently. "Toothless, I've never seen you move so quickly. Oh gods. Alright." He wiped away a tear and stretched in sync with his cat. "I'm going to the Cove. Wanna come?" He asked the black feline. The cat shrugged awkwardly and followed his owner through the house and out the backdoor, barely missing being shut in it. They walked through the acres of woods that the Haddock family had owned for generations. Hiccup personally thought that was the only upside to being related to the Haddocks. The almost 'magical' woods. These were the same woods fated to have been where the original Night Fury was shot down. Hiccup knew better.

"Hey, do you remember these being here last time?" He asked his cat, kneeling and picking up a worn notebook and ancient looking pencil. The cat meowed confusedly, tilting his head at Hiccup. Hiccup flipped open the book, and saw a map of the woods. The charcoal from the pencil had drawn multiple x's across the pages, then scribbled something out angrily. Hiccup blinked, and suddenly, he was holding nothing. His eyes widened and he stood. Toothless meowed worriedly.

"Did… was I just… never mind." He shrugged off a chill and kept walking, shoving his hands deep into his pockets.

He reached a low hanging branch, which he pushed out of the way. He froze. The ground was destroyed, a big ditch forcibly dug into the earth by something big. Trees were broken and dirt was upturned. His hand slipped away, and the branch smacked him in the face. He yelled out, covering his eye, and looked back to the destruction. It was gone.

"What the…" Hiccup trailed off, looking around for any sign it was there before. There wasn't one.

"Are you seeing this?" He asked his cat. Toothless meowed, prancing ahead of his owner, down the slight slope and out of sight. Hiccup followed him cautiously, looking twice for anything else that was going to disappear. He reached the edge of the slope, and yelled out. A dark creature was lying on the ground, it's wings folded up in an unnatural way. Worn ropes tied around the beast, hindering it's breathing and movement. Hiccup's vision tunneled, and suddenly he was peering down at this mighty beast, standing at it's side as it's bright eyes flew open and it leapt at him and pinned him against a rock and roared in his face with spit flying everywhere and-

Hiccup gasped. He hadn't moved the slightest, except that he was now leaning against the tree next to him. Where the dark beast had been, Toothless sat, waiting expectantly for his owner to follow him to the Cove. He meowed again, his pupils widening as he watched Hiccup clutch his racing heart, leaning against the tree for support.

"What's happening to me?" He gasped, looking at his hands. They looked the same as ever.

Toothless meowed once more, butting his head against his stumbling owner's prosthetic foot. Hiccup peered down at his cat.

"I...I think… maybe we should go back. I don't know what's happening to me…" He trailed off watching the sun reflect off a dark circular object. He knelt down, and picked it up. It was hard and… scale shaped.

He blinked and suddenly, it was three feet in front of him. He stepped towards it, blinked again, and saw that it had moved again. He started to follow it, blinking cautiously as though not to lose it. Toothless had to jog to keep up, constantly meowing at his human, his whiskers twitching awkwardly. Hiccup stopped suddenly, as he had lost the scale. Toothless noticed they were at the Cove, and made his way down the rocky slope, prowling across the grass.

Hiccup spun in a circle, checking every inch of the ground for the scale. He found it on a rocky ledge, and crawled towards it. He looked at it, inspecting its shape and coloring when movement in the cove caught his eye.

The beast from before was dashing around the cove, trying to crawl it's way out, trying to take flight but always falling back to earth. Hiccup watched, entranced, as it sneezed, it's head shaking like Toothless's when he sneezed. Hiccup fished his pen and notebook that he kept with him at all times out, flipping to a page. He glanced down, and saw a sketch of the creature already sprawled out across the page. He blinked, and it was gone. He glanced down, mimicking the page he had seen not seconds before. The beast turned and looked up at him, it's eyes flashing green before Hiccup blinked and the beast was gone, replaced by Toothless trying to catch a fly. He darted around the cove in the same manner the creature did, just slower and more playfully. Hiccup stared down at the drawing that wouldn't disappear. He touched it, and the ink felt wet. Then again, the scale-like thing felt solid, too.

He sighed, crawling his way down to his cat.

"I guess I am going insane, aren't I Toothless?" He asked. The cat looked back up at him, eyes wide. Hiccup frowned worriedly. He reached out to touch his cat's head.

"Toothless?" He asked as he came into contact with his fur. An image flashed before his eyes. He was putting his hand out before the great beast. It stared at him with green eyes, full of curiosity and caution.

Hiccup pulled away, and Toothless's fur stood on end.

"You saw that too?' He asked his cat. Toothless hissed, clawing at the ground.

"Lemme… Let me try something." Hiccup said in his experimental voice. He thought of the great beast from earlier, and reached out to touch his cat.

"Toothless." He spoke as he reached the fur. A spark sounded, and he was thrown backwards. Everything went black.