Hey guys, this is an idea I've had for a while but only now did I figure out how I wanted to go about it, this is a challenge fic, this will contain a couple of things from Dark Souls, there's a chapter included to give it a start or an idea whichever you prefer, enjoy.

I don't own How to Train Your Dragon but I do own a copy of Dark Souls 1 & 2

Dead, that's all he felt right now, no emotion coursed through him, he had been betrayed, cast out, banished here, but he was not alone, he had his friend, and his resolve, he would not go down fighting.

This island, barely any life to be seen, the only hints of it was the dull light of a fire within a cave, and a large black dragon laying beyond its border, a Night Fury, the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death itself, a creature both feared and respected, it was currently looking into the cave, watching a dim shadow move around, banging every so often.

This shadow was a man, a 6ft 8 tall man with a decent build, not overly large, but enough muscle to show he had not been sitting idly by, currently he was hammering away at the custom made forge he had built in his years of exile, his eyes showing sheer determination as he hammered away at the object of his focus though his thoughts lay elsewhere, back to his home, and a life of hatred.

Looking out to the sea as the boat burned away, the smoke rising into the sky taking her to Valhalla from what his young mind could understand back then "Your mother died hiccup, it's just us from now on." Looking over at the voice the boy known as hiccup stared up at the large man standing next to him approximately 6ft 9 in height, a large mass of muscle and a great long beard to match, this was Stoick the Vast, chief of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe and father to Hiccup, that day he stopped being his father and more a chief, thinking on it Hiccup didn't doubt it, as he watched his mother sail away his eyes showed nothing but sorrow and grief, the life that they one held was as dead as the woman in the boat.

Shaking away the memory Hiccup pounded way trying to keep the thoughts of the past out of his mind, but the more he tried the more they came back this time when he was no older than seven years of age.

"What are you doing out here!" Hearing the yell Hiccup couldn't help but cringe as he was yanked up by is dad. "I told you it was too dangerous to be out here, why did you disobey me?!"

Not waiting for an answer Stoick threw Hiccup down making him land on his rear not in a gentle way "Get out of my sight, I have more of a mess to deal with now thanks to you!" Not waiting to hear anymore Hiccup ran off to his home trying to hold back the tears that threatened to spill.

Scowling at the thought he ceased his work, placing the hammer to the side. Reaching down he picked up a bucket that laid next to the anvil, peering inside he was satisfied to find the various scales toothless had donated to his cause, putting the bucket back down he picked a few out and applied them to the object, though as he delved into his work he once again found himself visiting his old life.

Dropping onto the ground a bruised and bloodied hiccup couldn't help but let out a choked sob. "Aww baby gonna cry?" Looking up at the voice he stared hard at his older cousin, Snotfaced Snotlout, this boy had been a pain throughout his life, often using Hiccup as target practice or a training dummy, as time progressed things went from bad to worse. "Useless wimp, it's no wonder your mommy left you." The second those words left his mouth something within Hiccup snapped, quickly getting up, unnoticed by his cousin who was too busy cackling until a fist connected with his nose followed by a loud crack causing Snotlout to let out a cry of pain before growling at Hiccup whose fist was extended with an angry look. "You little runt!"

Before things could escalate they were halted by a voice they both knew all too well. "What's going on here?" Stoick yelled as he approached with another man, his brother Spitelout, Snotlouts father and Hiccups uncle. Looking both boys over Stoick gave them both a hard glare, "Are you two fighting again, damn it this has gone on long enough, Spitelout take Snotlout and get his nose seen to." Once they were gone Stoick gave his son a hard look "This has got to stop Hiccup, it's bad enough your… this, but getting into fights with your cousin is not on."

Now hold on a minute, did he not see what was in front of him "But dad he-" though as usual his protest was ignored.

"No Hiccup! I won't always be around to look after you, now this has got to stop, you need to learn to get along with your cousin, you will be chief some day, its time you started acting like it, now go get cleaned up, I don't want to see you for a while." Taking a breath Stoick let out a tired sigh before fixing his gaze back on his son. "Just, get out of my sight."

Snapping back to reality Hiccup realized he'd been hammering too hard, looking at what was left of the scales he sighed and carefully removed them before applying a new batch, he was almost there, he couldn't afford to mess up now, letting out a tired sigh Hiccup thought back to the even that changed his life.

A 15 year old Hiccup ran through the village as it burned, dragon raid, nothing out of the ordinary here. "Get back inside!" "What are you doing here!?" "Get inside!" What are you doing out!?"

These were the angry yells thrown at the fourteen year old as he ran through the village "Hiccup!" next thing he knew he was yanked by the back of his collar and hoisted into the air.

"What is he doing-" stopping in mid sentence Stoick turned and got right in his face. "What are you doing outside? Get to Gobber!" Not waiting for a reply Stoick harshly threw hiccup in the direction of the blacksmith before turning to survey his surroundings, spotting A Deadly Nadder swooping low he picked up the fallen cart next to him and hurled it at the dragon hitting it dead on earning a surprised roar from the beast as it flew higher in response.

Sprinting as hard as he could Hiccup ran through the town, the torches that were being raised to make it easier to see the "winged devils" as they called the dragons, made it much easier to see where he was going amidst all the chaos, rushing through the doors of the blacksmith his Master Gobber, Stoicks best friend turned to greet him. "Oh nice of you to join the party. Gobber was one of Hiccups few friends in the village, ok he was his only friend.

Shaking off that though Hiccup inspected his work and smiled before drowning it in water rapidly cooling it then moved onto the next item, though try as he might, his thoughts wandered back to that very night.

"Hiccup where are you going!?" "Get back here!" Rushing through the various Vikings Hiccup paid no heed to what they were yelling as he pushed the barrel through the village towards the cliff edge, satisfied with the position he released the contraption and it unfolded into something else entirely, satisfied the boy locked it in place, took hold of the ballista and aimed. "Come on show yourself"

No sooner than the words had left his mouth were his prayers answered at the sound of a distinct screech before one of the catapults near him exploded and a shadow flew past to which Hiccup quickly aimed at and fired, as the snare shot loose the recoil knocked the young boy off his feet, to which he paid no mind as he was quickly back on his feet to inspect his work, he was not disappointed as a roar sounded in the distance, Hiccup could make out an object shoot towards the forest.

"I did it. Oh I hit it! Did anyone see that?" Turning to look at his fellow villagers he was disappointed to find none were nearby though not a second later did he realise he was not alone, turning around he came face to face with a Monstrous Nightmare that did not look very happy. "Except for you"

Wasting no time he turned and ran as fast as he could with the beast right on his heels snapping at him hungrily.

Taking cover behind a post Hiccup cringed as the fire shot past him on either side, when it died down he slowly turned to look behind him though he did not notice the nightmare come from the opposite side, yet as usual when he was in danger, his dad came to save him, and today was no different as Stoick came from nowhere drop kicking the beast on its snout earning a yelp of surprise from the dragon which allowed Stoick to wrestle it to the ground before restraining it. With the dragon dealt with Stoick looked to the sky at the retreating forms of the dragons, with their food, he was not a happy man at this point, wasting no time he grabbed Hiccup and dragged him through the village ignoring his protests and his claims of hitting a Night Fury, by this time he had enough.

"Stop! Just stop, every time you go outside disaster strikes! This time is no different, I tell you to stay inside so you stay the hell inside, it would make things so much easier for everyone if you just listened! Its time you stopped being all… this-" Taking a pause Stoick motioned to his sons small form before continuing his rant "-and started acting like a Viking, I'm at my wits end Hiccup, the village is destroyed, we have no food for the winter and its all thanks to you!"

Turning to Gobber he harshly shoved the boy to him. "Get him home and make sure he stays there, I don't want to see him for the rest of the day."

Giving a harsh glare to Hiccup, Stoick watched as Gobber silenced the boy's protest with a slap to the back of the head before leading him up the hill to his home.

Growling at the memory, one he would not forget anytime soon, this led him to meeting toothless but it was also another excuse for his dad to belittle him in front of the entire village again, and have him paraded to his house in shame, again!

Letting out a sigh hiccup finished applying the scales to the object and stopped to look at his work, letting out a satisfied smile he set it to the side before leaving to grab a box then made his way over to his dragon companion. "It's are done bud, time to put them to use."

Looking at his companion Hiccup couldn't help but chuckle as Toothless gave a gummy smile, thanks to his retractable teeth.

Setting the box down Hiccup reached into it and pulled out its contents before walking over to Toothless, as he got to work another memory invaded his mind, he had to admit, the more they haunted him, the more determined he was to finish this.

Once again he was being dragged through the village by his dad right, he had just come from the kill ring, where he tried to show that dragons could be tamed, he was supposed to kill the Monstrous Nightmare, though he had a different plan, he wanted to show that they were not mindless beasts as they had come to believe, though as usual things had gone horribly wrong, though not by any fault of his for once, just as he had calmed the dragon Stoick, his dad got impatient and demanded that the fight be stopped by slamming his hammer into the bars leaving a large dent, though this caused the Nightmare to go into a frenzy and try to kill the boy.

"Hiccup!" Looking over at the call Hiccup spotted his friend and crush Astrid Hofferson using her axe to raise the gate and rush in to try and help him, he wasn't too worried about her, the blonde haired Viking was the best in their class for a reason, though as he made to get to her the dragon suddenly pounced on him, pinning him under its claws, as things were looking grim they got worse as Toothless suddenly appeared, blasting his way through the bars and into the ring tackling the nightmare and fought it for dominance before they separated and roared at each other ending with the nightmare fleeing.

Looking at the enraged Vikings Hiccup couldn't think of what to do, he had to get Toothless out of there, looking at the gate he could not be more happy, as if Odin himself answered his prayers, somehow the gate had been fully raised giving a clean escape, looking over to Toothless who was in a frenzied state standing protectively next to him, Hiccup wasted no time grabbing the dragon and tried to budge him towards the gate, seeing as it wasn't working due to his lack of strength Hiccup yelled at him to get away, that he would find him, thankfully Toothless listened and fled the scene, smashing through any Vikings that tried to stop him, turning around his smile instantly dropped at the sight of his dad who looked ready to explode, hence why he was being dragged, rougher than usual, to his house by the said man.

Slamming open the door Stoick tossed hiccup inside not caring that he literally threw him across the room. "I can't believe you, my own son, would betray us like that, what has got into you Hiccup!? You were in front of the entire village, the honour of killing your first dragon and instead you play with it like it was a pet! Then when it does what it's supposed to you run and embarrass yourself, embarrass me! And when it can't get any worse I find that you've sided with them, our enemies!"

Turning away from the boy he made for the door ignoring his sons protests, though when he felt Hiccup try to grab him he snapped and immediately back handed the boy, bloodying his nose and sending him sprawling across the room. "Your not a Viking, your not my son, your mother would be ashamed to see you now, you're a disgrace Hiccup." With those Words he walked out ignoring Hiccup who lay on the floor clutching his broken nose.

Hiccup Scowled at that memory, he was never much of a father to him, but the fact he did that, to his own son no less hurt Hiccup more than anything that village ever did to him, looking down at his project, a black armour made from a rare mineral that happened to be found on the island he was banished to, lucky him, and hardened beyond anything a simple forge could do by dragon fire hiccup inspected the helmet, the last piece of the set he had yet to put on he couldn't help but smile, the distinct shape took on the form of a lion head, the eyes fitting perfectly in alignment, the mane stretching out, on the back a long crimson ponytail was attached to the back of the head piece giving it the finishing touch, lifting it up Hiccup, now donned in his new armour turned and left the forge heading for the exit only to stop, a final memory of his "childhood" piercing his mind, the day he was banished.

Hiccup couldn't believe this, he was being banished for doing what he had always tried to do, apparently his father, no Stoick, he had now lost that right, saw it as the final straw in his life long list of failures, he stood in front of the entire village, everyone had shown up, each of them muttering insults, cursing his name or just glaring at him, like he'd known anything else throughout his life, looking up at Stoick the man glared down at him, like he was Loki himself. "Hiccup, you are banished from our village, you're a disgrace, an outcast, an embarrassment, and a traitor, you were my son, how I went wrong in raising you I have no idea but that does not change the fact you threw your lot in with them, you'll be lucky if your mother can rest in peace with this betrayal, no, she's no longer your mother, you have no right to call her that!"

Reaching down Stoick roughly grabbed Hiccups shoulder, squeezing it in a firm grip, ignoring the boys look of pain as he brought out a dagger, the very dagger Hiccup always had, where did he get it, what did he plan to do with it, these questions flooded the boys mind, though he did not have to wait long as Stoick made one swift movement and pain was all he felt, coming to his senses he realized Stoick, his own father had just slashed him across his left eye, with Hiccups own dagger, before standing and spat at the boys feet. "Now you wear the mark of a traitor, the mark of shame! All who see you will know you for the dragon loving coward you are, you are banished, leave and never return or so help me you'll wish you were dead!"

Wasting no time Hiccup was immediately hauled onto a boat and cast out to sea, he travelled for hours, days, he did not how long it was but it felt like a long time.

Coming back to reality Hiccup looked around, this is where he had ended up, though thankfully he was not alone, Toothless had followed him, his fight with the Monstrous Nightmare had damaged his saddle causing his tailfin to lock in place allowing him to fly, he had followed him all the way to the island where he found him upon the wreck of the boat, passed out from the journey, this is where their new lives began.

Walking out of the cave Hiccup looked at Toothless, admiring his other project, the dragon now bore an armour set of his own, the same metal had been cast into its work as well, and it fit the Night Fury perfectly, though leaving a few openings so that the dragon could move around more freely. Moving to stand beside his friend Hiccup looked out to the rising sun, this is where it began, the game was set, a new player would be entering and the world will learn his name.

Lifting the helmet up Hiccup gazed at it before turning it around and slowly placing it onto his head, his green eyes piercing through the eyes of the headpiece that fitted perfectly to his head, looking down to the lance he now grasped in his left hand, then to the bow on his back, he didn't know what made him go for a lance, a bow he could understand considering he rode a dragon, with the lance though it just felt right, though he had plenty of practice with both over the years, looking at Toothless quickly he climbed onto his back and prepared to leave, he was Hiccup no more, now there was only Ohof.

Well I hope you all enjoyed, I won't be continuing this seeing as it's a challenge unless you guys really want me too, but I've never been very good at this kind of thing, you can use this as the first chapter if you like, edit it as much as you like or start fresh but I hope it gives you some idea for what I have in mind, I'm not very good at descriptions as you saw but the armour Hiccup is wearing is the same as Dragonslayer Ornstein's/Old Dragonslayer from Dark Souls 2, Toothless you can choose whatever you like for him, don't quote me on this but according to sources I looked up Ohof is Old Norse for Pride, I thought it fitting given the circumstances and the armour he wears.

Please review your thoughts and if you take up the challenge please let me know as I would love to read it, Bye for now.