There is a place that long ago, rumor has harbored crime
Many who went there never left, but stories change with time
Sealed it away they just hid their error, locked all the slain from sight

At Berk, Watch Tower

'This is quite the night.' Hiccup thought to himself as he got comfortable.

Gobber had gathered all of them for some more of his "stories". He has no idea why, but Gobber insisted they'd come here.

All right, everyone. Gather around and let Gobber tell you a story that'll make you whoa."Gobber called out, attracting the attention of the others.

"Uh... Gobber, you know We've already heard most of your stories."Hiccup pointed out while the others voiced their agreement.

"Ah, That may be true. But have you ever heard the tale of The Cursed One?" Gobber said.

This got the attention of everyone, especially Hiccup.

"Can It blow stuff up?" Tuffnut asked with a grin that matched his twin sister. He was answered with a "Nope... Sort of." by Gobber.

Hiccup was interested in this story. He had never heard of this one before.

"Now Get comfy in your seat. This is a tale that'll surely find its way in your head." Gobber said as everyone did as he said.

Somewhere else

At the same time, A ship was sailing. Not just any ship, It had a unique symbol on its flag. The symbol had a look of a menacing Skrill, ready to fire at its enemies. This was a Berserker ship.

"Chief." A voice called out.

Their chief, Dagur the Deranged, turned his head to face the owner of the voice. "Yes?" He asked.

"We're near the island, Chief." The man said. Dagur snorted and answered with, "I know that. I can just smell the island from here."

"All we have to do now is ready our weapons and We'll be good to hunt for dragons." The man continued, either not paying attention to what Dagur said or was just ignoring that.

Thankfully, Dagur didn't react too violent and just looked at the dot that was said island.

After a while, They had reached the island and landed on it. Dagur jumped off the ship and smelled the air. 'So this is The Cursed Island, huh? Doesn't look much.' Dagur thought with a grin.

They then spotted three terrible terrors flying around. Dagur grinned and readied his crossbow to take a shot. He aimed...

And fired.

An arrow hit one of the terrors and the other two squeaked in fear and flew away. Dagur smiled sadistically and trudged deeper in the island.

Back at Berk

"They say that The Cursed One lives in an island where no one dares to go. The Cursed Island." Gobber said.

"So it lives alone?" Fishlegs asked.

Gobber shook his head. "No, Fishlegs. I said no one dares to go. Dragons, though few, live there with it." He answered. "Oh." Fishlegs said.

"So is it a dragon?"Astrid asked.

"Yes... Sort of." Gobber answered. Everyone looked at Gobber questioningly.

Somewhere in the Island

The two terrors from earlier was seen flying towards a mountain. They then entered into an opening in the sides of the mountain. They landed on the ground in front of an... object and began talking.

"Humans in the island!" The first terror spoke. "Humans kill friend!" The second one spoke with a more saddened tone.

For a moment, nothing happened. Until the non-moving object began to emit a growl. It stood up and two white orbs opened in its face. The orbs(eyes) blinked and looked at the two tiny dragons. The two dragons shivered underneath the unnerving stare the bigger one gave.

Finally, The creature's ears twitched and it began sniffing the air. It growled menacingly and trudged outside its home. The two terrors followed the creature outside. The creature emitted a low growl and the two terrors nodded and left.

Then, from the back of the creature, Two Black wings unfurled and began to flap. The creature, now airborne, sniffed the air again. "Humans..." The creature growled with a hint of venom in its voice. A roar caught the attention of the creature as its ears twitched. Its eyes widened and it flew towards the source of the roar.

The hunt is on

Back at Berk

"They say that this beast is a dragon. But it's smart." Gobber said.

"Gobber, We already know that dragons are smart." Hiccup stated, a little bit insulted at what Gobber implied.

"Ah, yes. No offense to the dragons, of course. What I meant to say is that It's smart-er" Gobber said.

"How smart?" Astrid asked.

Gobber thought about the question a bit before answering, "Smart as a human."

That got everyone's, especially Hiccup's, attention. A dragon that's smart as Hiccup? Sure there are a few dragons smart. Such as changewings with their stealth. Then the Night Fury's own intelligence was present. However, A dragon that has the intelligence of a human was sort of unheard of.

"Anyway, As I was saying, This beast is not only smart, It's cunning. It plans. It schemes. And, most of all, It's deadly. It watches from a distance and plans its moves. Unlike Hiccup, whose inventions only cause harm by accident, This beast does harm on purpose." Gobber said

Back with Dagur

The hunt was going great... For Dagur. They had just finished killing the dragons that tried fighting back. The others had ran away. Dagur grinned sadistically and just managed to impale a Changewing that tried sneaking up on him. The sound of the sword going through the dragon's skull satisfied Dagur even more...

Then He frowned. By reflex, He readied his crossbow and fired at a bush. The arrow hit a tree and nothing happened. Dagur looked at the tree and thought something was going to happen...

"Chief, Are you alright?" The voice of one of his men called out. Dagur snapped out of is trance. He glanced at the tree one more time before facing the owner of the voice. "It's nothing." He said.

They then continued. But Dagur, even though he is deranged, couldn't shake that... vibe. It was the sort of vibe that tell that something was hunting them. Like when the predator is stalking its prey, The prey would get some sort of feeling that it was in danger. But that''s wrong, right? They're the predators. The dragons are just prey that fights back.

But... He was getting that feeling that something was watching them. Something was looking for them. No matter. They were still the predator.

"Let's go." Dagur ordered. All of his men complied and followed their chief.

Unbeknownst to everyone, in the shadows, Two white orbs glowed. The creature had found the intruders. A wide grin spread across the face of the creature.

Poor, Poor Dagur. He doesn't know that once it has spotted them, the tables have already turned.

With Gobber

"They say this beast hunts its prey as relentless as a Boneknapper. They say It bears a never-ending Hatred for Vikings. It attacks without mercy and deadly precision. A living killing machine."

With Dagur

Dagur and his men managed to find an area full of dragons and charged in. With the element of surprise with them, The dragons were caught unprepared and was slaughtered for it.

Dagur grinned and just shot an arrow through the skull of a Monstrous Nightmare. Another one landed in front of him and it roared at him. Dagur grinned and put down his crossbow and took out his sword. As they were about to attack each other, A roar broke every fighting that was occuring.

"GGGGGRRRROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!"

The roar had caught the attention of both Vikings and Dragons. The dragons paused for a bit before flying away. This action confused the Vikings. They know Dragons never run from a fight, even if it is futile. Dagur narrowed his eyes at the retreating form of the dragons.

"Chief, The dragons are running away." One of his men said. Dagur groaned and smacked the man in the face. "I know that, Idiot. What I want to know is why." He said. The man rubbed his face and answered, "Maybe they realised that they're no match for us?". Dagur shook his head.

"GGGGGGGRRRRRRROOOOOOONNNNNN!" Another roar pierced the air. Just then, Tiny dragons began circling the area the Vikings were in and began filling it with smoke.

"Smothering Smokebreaths!" One of the Vikings shouted. Soon, the area was covered in smoke that they can barely see anything or anyone.

Dagur then heard something but it was gone in an instant. He could've sworn he heard a distant psychopathic laughter.

"HEHEHEHEHEHEHE..."

With Gobber

"They say that this beast can command dragons at will. They say it can hide from plain sight like a Changewing.

With Dagur

Dagur couldn't see anything but if he squinted his eyes, He could nearly see movement in the smoke. It was fast as lightning. Then, A scream was heard. It was followed soon with the sound of sickening sound of something being decapitated. Dagur whipped his head towards the direction of the scream but couldn't see anything.

With Gobber

"They also say that this beast has the abilities of many dragons. It said It could spew gas and light it like a Zippleback's..."

With Dagur

Dagur managed to caught a glimpse of their assailant. It was Humanoid... Sort of. He also saw wings on it. He knew their enemy is a dragon. But what?

Just then, He saw a sight of gas... His eyes widened when He heard something spark. He jumped out of the way of the gas before...

KABOOM!

"AHHHHHH!"

Several screams were heard as some of Dagur's men had either been obliterated to nothing or were heavily injured. Dagur knew that kind of attack. It was an attack that a Hideous Zippleback. But how could their enemy do that? It didn't had two heads nor did Zipplebacks sneak around like Changewings. But How...?

A sinister laughter caught his ears. "Hahahahahaha..."

He knew that laughter. It was the laughter that one would give when one wold be enjoying another's suffering.

With Gobber

"... The ability to shoot spikes of A deadly Nadder..."

With Dagur

Dagur was still pondering on his thoughts when He heard something...

THWACK!

Another scream. And a man suddenly fell beside Dagur. He had Poisoned Spikes that struck him in the chest. His eyes widened. Not only could it sneak like A changewing and breathe gas like a Zippleback, It could fire poisonous spikes too? What are they fighting...?

Could it be that their enemy is commanding dragons? It's possible.

Another scream and a thud. Another had fallen prey to its attacks. Dagur wouldn't admit it, but he was feeling... Terrified. And not a lot of things could scare Dagur.

With Gobber

"... And last, but probably not the least, It could fire the same attacks as a Night Fury." Gobber said.

Everyone gasped.

With Dagur

Dagur couldn't believe what's happening. He thinks this couldn't get any worse until...

A light appeared in the distance. Then...

KABOOM!

A blast had appeared and blew off more smoke... Just when It was starting to subside too.

Screams were, yet again, heard as more thuds followed it. That was.. A blast. Not just any blast, It was a blast of the legendary Night Fury.

Could it be a Night Fury they were fighting? If so, then this one must be very pissed.

Dagur's face twisted into one of anger. No! No more! They will fight back! They came here to hunt! Not to be hunted!

"Come out, you coward! Come out and face me like a real dragon!" Dagur screamed in anger. Dagur turned around but was stopped by an... Invincible force. Something then materialized in front of Dagur. It was humanoid in shape, but had wings of a dragon. There appeared to be scales on its body and face. Although it could be just a trick of the mind. However, the only thing that clearly noticeable was that it wore a wide grin on its face.

A single word came out of its mouth. "Human...". It then raised its hand at a motion of striking him, with a visible killing intent.

Dagur was too petrified to do anything until...

THWACK!

"GRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAA!"

An arrow had pierced its chest and it had dropped Dagur. The creature roared in agony as the wound bled furiously.

Dagur scrambled away from the creature. One of his surviving men had managed to get a hold of him and dragged him away.

"Retreat!" One of his men screamed.

The creature managed to pull the arrow out of its chest and turned at the shooter of the arrow. The man gulped nervously before he dropped the crossbow and charged at the creature. The creature merely smacked him with his hand, knocking out the Viking. The creature roared and grabbed the Viking and flew away, Its blood lust now satisfied.

Meanwhile, Dagur and his men had managed to get to the ship and sail away from the island. Dagur stared at the island that had caused so much... Pain... Humiliation. He couldn't believe it. He, Dagur the Deranged, was sent trembling in fear by one dragon... Creature thing.

Dagur cursed under his breath and swore that he will find the dragon that did this and slaughter it. Mercilessly...

Back in the Island

The creature had come back to its home and threw the captured Viking to the ground.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Aren't you gonna kill me?" The Viking said. The creature just ignored him and trudged towards a sword that was lying around. The creature picked the sword up and trudged towards the man.

"What are you doing? Answer me!" The Viking yelled, now feeling scared.

The creature stopped in front of him and pointed the sword at the man's knees. "Beginning preliminary tests..." The creature spoke as it drove the sword at the man's knees.

The cavern was filled with the sounds of screams for quite some time.

Back with Gobber

"And that once it sees you and marks you as its prey, You're as good as dead." Gobber said, now finished with his tale of The Cursed One.

Everyone was in awe of the tale and the capabilities of this... Dragon. Especially Hiccup.

"Hey, Gobber. Where did you hear this story?" Hiccup asked.

"Ah, Well, I heard it from trader Johann who heard from some other person. Johann said that person was screaming mad." Gobber answered.

Everyone looked at Gobber questioningly... Heard it from Trader Johann who heard it from a crazy guy? That's... something.

"Ah, but it's just a story, kids. It's not real." Gobber said nonchalantly.

Everyone sighed and, one by one, left the Watchtower. Hiccup was last, but he couldn't stop thinking about this... dragon.

Oh well, perhaps he'd think about it tomorrow.

A/n: Hello, people! I'm not dead...! Probably, yet. Anyway, I present to you a new series! This is The Cursed One! I'll leave you to figure out the rest. Anyway, to my Dragons: The Duo of Berk story. I do apologize for the long delay. As I've stated before, the story is in a temporary, but very long, Hiatus. Anyway, do please enjoy this one and tell me if anything's wrong.