Hey, how is everyone? I would like to introduce you to my first story With a fire within. I have pretty much planned most of the plot for this story but I am looking forward to some suggestion but not after I will get to the main plot which can be after 3-4 chapters later pretty much clear, maybe not that much but pretty much. Also, I will gladly read any tips or anything to help me improve this story. Also English is not my mother language so I want to apologise for any grammatical or spelling errors. I run this through spell check but I don't know if it clear everything. This story is rated M for many reasons because of the main plot. This story may be too bloody or harsh at some point but it will be compensated with fluff and happiness. So give me reviews to let me know if you liked my first chapter. So can we go to the story now? Oh, of course, you can.

Hiccup was standing in front of arena's door and he was really nervous. He tried to calm down, but it was not possible. Not when he could hear his dad's speech to villagers.

"Today, he will become a Viking. Today he will become one of us!"

After that, the cheering of his fellow Vikings could be heard miles away.

"Be careful with that dragon." He could hear a female voice coming from behind him.

"It's not the dragon I'm worried about, Astrid." He responded while he turned around to face her.

"What will you do, Hiccup?" She asked as she came closer to him and hugged him tightly, her arms around his neck.

"I don't know, Astrid. I will try to put an end to this." He said to her while he brought his arms around her waist. He saw that Gobber was coming towards them, but he froze in his steps when he saw them, his mount was wide open. Hiccup released Astrid's waist with one hand as he was gesturing to Gobber to walk away for few more minutes. Gobber became more serious and he straightens his back. He then nodded and walked away.

"Astrid," Hiccup said after a while as he pulled away from her. "If something goes wrong, please keep them away from Toothless and take care of him, please." In Astrid's eyes, he started to see tears which threatened to fall.

"I will, but, please, promise me that nothing goes wrong." He looked at her with a sad smile and was ready to tell her something but he was interrupted before he could open his mouth.

"Time's up," Gobber said with a grin as he came closer to them "Go there and wipe their undies, boy."

Couple glared at him but Hiccup nodded after a moment. He put his helmet on and was ready to step into the arena when Astrid grabbed his hand, turned him around and kissed him on lips. He was shocked at first but almost immediately, he returned the kiss with so much affection as he could. Gobber was shocked beyond everything. Hiccup and Astrid Hofferson were kissing. In front of him.

Oh, this will be a good story. He thought to himself with a grin. When they pulled away from each other and said next words, his grin was wiped out and was replaced with a shocked face, again.

"I love you, Hiccup."

"I love you, too Astrid. No matter what will happen, I will always love you."

With that, he walked into the arena and then the door closed behind him. Astrid put herself to them and watched him with a worried look. She felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned around to Gobber who were smiling at her. She shook her head and again she looked at Hiccup who was now taking a dagger and a shield from a weapon rack in the arena.

As she was watching him she remembered how this all started with one night dragon raid when he shot down a Night fury. Nobody believed him, only she. After the raid when he was sent home with Gobber watching him, she knew Hiccup never lied and she knew that he will be looking for that night fury. She couldn't lose Hiccup to that beast. They were friends from six years of their life and couple from twelve. They kept hidden their true relationship from the village because she was the best shield maiden and he was village screw-up. She wanted to tell everyone about their relationship but Hiccup always stopped her. He was afraid it will destroy her life.

Oh, how silly he can be sometimes. She thought to herself.

When she finally was able to get to his house, she found out that he was not there. A fear overtook her as she darted to the forest to look for him. And then it came, that terrible roar of night fury. The invisible hand was squeezing her heart as she thought about Hiccup being attacked by that beast.

"Hiccup!" she shouted as she ran towards the direction of the roar. Suddenly, that roar was gone but she didn't stop running. When she found Hiccup on the ground, she darted to him even quicker. She dropped to her knees by his side as she was looking for any injury. When she saw none she was relieved. She brought him to her chest and hug him tightly.

"I saw a night fury." She heard him murmuring and with that, she hugged him even more.

After that, it happened all at once. Stoick leading another hunt for the nest, while teens were allowed to train in the arena. When she saw Hiccup in the arena she was worried sick but then it happened. When everyone was out of the fight, with only Hiccup remaining, she watched with horror on her face, how gronckle blasted his shield out of his hand and put him in the corner. Then happened something that nobody understood. Gronckle had still one shot left but after cornering Hiccup and growling at him, the gronckle flew back to his cage, to everyone's surprise. Nobody knew why the gronckle reacted that way.

Then after few days, Hiccup and Astrid were having a walk in the forest, in the middle of night, how they often have, but now Hiccup wanted to show something to Astrid. But she didn't expect meeting a night fury who behaved like a puppy beside Hiccup. It was unbelievable and after some convicting from Hiccup, she rode with him on the night fury. It was even more incredible.

After that night flight, they went often to the cove, where Hiccup was hiding his night fury, which he named Toothless, to spent time with him or flying to nearby Islands and learning that everything they knew about dragons was wrong. They learned secret ways to deal with dragons, so they didn't need to hurt them and they used it in the arena. Hiccup had become popular in the dragon training and everything was great. But every great thing must end someday.

Stoick has returned from another unsuccessful hunt for the nest and Hiccup was picked by Gothi as a champion, with a right to kill a monstrous nightmare in front of the whole village.

Astrid was interrupted from her thoughts by the sound of metal falling to the floor and she saw Hiccup in front of Nightmare, with his hands outstretched and his shield, dagger and helmet on the floor. Then her eyes landed on Stoick as he brought his hammer to chains of the arena with a shout.

"I said stop the fight!" But that startled Nightmare and it attacked Hiccup. Astrid took her axe and forcefully cracked open arena's door and she slides inside to help Hiccup. She picked first thing she saw in the arena, which was a hammer, and she throws it on the Nightmare. It hit nightmare to the back but nightmare only throw Astrid away with its tail and that sent her flying towards arena door, where was already Stoick waiting for them.

She saw how Hiccup had tried to make it to the arena door but nightmare saw it too. It launched its fire to the door, which sends Astrid and Stoick to the ground. When they stood up again, Astrid saw something that broke her heart. She saw how nightmare brought its jaw to Hiccup's legs and bite them. Hiccup roared in pain and dropped to the ground. Then Astrid heard familiar whistling.

"Night fury! Get down." Someone shouted and then Toothless fired his plasma blast to arena chains and flew inside. He immediately started wrestling that nightmare. Astrid tried to get back into the arena, but Stoick had stopped her. She was screaming and kicking as she was watching Hiccup's blood mixing with dust in the arena. Then she saw Toothless kicking the nightmare and then he placed himself between Hiccup and nightmare.

A few moments later she saw how nightmare slowly bowed its head and with that Toothless turned himself to face Hiccup, who was now unconscious. He looked at Astrid and then he looked to other Vikings, which, after some shock, started unsheathing swords and axes. He then looked again at me and he dilated his pupils as if he was saying "I'm so sorry."

With that, he roared and nightmare roared with him. Then both of them broke every lock holding dragons. With a roar, other dragons raced from their cages. Now there was in the arena standing five dragons. Night fury, nadder, nightmare, gronckle and zippleback. Then nightmare took toothless to his paws and was flying away through the hole, which Toothless made before. After nightmare flew away gronckle and zippleback. Then nadder has taken to his claws unconscious Hiccup and started to fly away.

"Hiccup, no!" Astrid shouted.

"Bring it down, but don't hurt Hiccup." Could be heard behind her from Stoick.

But as much as Vikings tried to shoot down that nadder, none was successful. Now Astrid and Stoick was looking over a cliff into the ocean, how that nadder was taking Hiccup away. Astrid was now crying and even more kicking a struggling to the powerful grip against Stoick, who now dumb watched, how his son was taken away by the same way as his wife all those years ago. Astrid just kept crying and struggling until she fainted from the shock.

So what do you guys think?