I know that this has been done before but I just wanted to put my own spin on if Hiccup had run away instead of facing the Monstrous Nightmare.

Chapter 1

"You get to kill the dragon" Gobbers words continued to ring through his thoughts. He just kept packing, he had to get out. That was his plan get himself and Toothless as far from berk as possible. He couldn't kill that dragon, first of all, it had done nothing and he knew that it was just as scared of them as they were of it. No matter how much he wanted to get out now he knew that he couldn't just leave those dragons to die in the ring he had to get them out too. He also knew that he needed to leave something for his dad, he decided that a letter would be best so he could try to explain himself at least a little. He just had to let him know that no matter what he would be okay.

Dear, Stoick Father,

I would like you to know that I can't do what you expect me to. I know if I stay all I will do is disappoint you, so I have decided that I must leave. Please don't bother looking for me I will be long gone by the time you find this. You will be better off without me, Berk will be too. I am not sure where I will go but I do know that you shouldn't bother with me once I am gone. Also, I know that this really isn't my choice, but if it were up to me I would choose Astrid as my replacement as the heir.

Hope you can forgive me,

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

He placed his letter on the bed and grabbed one of his empty sketchbooks and headed towards the cove. Once he reached the cove it was around early evening which meant he had a few more hours until nightfall. That gave him time to think this whole thing through, the more that he thought about it the more he considered backing out but he couldn't do that to himself or the dragons.

Soon night began to fall so he loaded up Toothless with everything that he packed including the essentials food, water, and clothes. he also had his personal items like his sketchbook and pencils. Once done he mounted Toothless and they set off towards the fighting ring. There was no way that he was just going to leave those dragons behind. When he reached the ring he proceeded to as quietly as he could release the dragons one by one while befriending them the best that he could in the little time that he had left. As a group, they flew from Berk into an unknown future, they had no idea what they were flying into.

Stoick hadn't been this proud since the day that his boy was born. The village had decided to celebrate their heir's success the celebration lasted late into the night everyone was there, except the one they were celebrating. Which really didn't surprise him, he knew that Hiccup never liked crowds. Eventually, he decided that everyone should return home to rest for the events tomorrow.

Once he was sure everything was in order he started his treck home. He figured by this time of night his son would be sleeping. He decided it would be best that he let him sleep. He walked over to his large chair to watch the fire until he fell asleep.

Something woke Stoick up he wasn't sure what it was. All he knew was that something was wrong. The house was too quiet he decided that he would go check on his son. When he reached the top floor Hiccup's door was pulled shut. He slowly pushed the door open and was met with an empty bedroom. he rushed to the bed where he discovered a letter.

"What! Why would he do this" Stoick was so confused. He rushed to Gobber's house, not even knocking he burst in which scared Gobber.

"What the... Stoick, it's the middle of the night." Gobber voice was still evidently filled with sleep.

"He's gone " Stoick was gasping for breath "We have to check the docks." Stoick was already heading out the door.

"Stoick slow down who's gone." Gobber grabbed his shoulder to stop him so he could get some answers. Stoick just shoved the letter into his hands and whispered "He's gone.

Everything made sense when he read the letter Hiccup was gone. Together they ran down to the docks. They ran count over the ships it was the only way that anyone could leave the island.

"They're all here, which means he hasn't left yet." hope crept into him.

"We'll keep watch over the ship and search the island at dawn." Gobber didn't want to sound the alarms this late.