Hi This is my first fanfic story, so I hope you like it.

Chapter 1

There had been a huge storm that hit the island of Berk, the night before Hiccup had seen some wild dragons that were flying by to get away from the storm. In the morning, Hiccup decided to see if there was any damage that happened to the island,

"Wow, look at this toothless, it looks like it is worse than we thought, huh bud", Hiccup said to his best friend Toothless as he examining a large broken tree that had fallen into the Cove. He was thankful to know nothing in his village was broken and no one was hurt.

Toothless purred softly with agreement and began to drink out of the lake. He then saw something move in the water and the sound of a small splash. He growled to Hiccup who was still busy looking at the tree to noticed, Toothless decided that maybe he was just seeing things and went back to drink the water. He saw something again, it was light brown, disappearing into the water, Toothless looked down into the water, something seamed wrong or he was seeing things.

The dragon suspicions were clear when he saw a head in the water, he was determined to find out what was going on. He tiptoed quietly around to the other side of the lake, not wanting to bother his human friend. As Toothless got closer, he could see a shadow reflected in the water. It was a big shape, it might be a fish he thought.

It was time for Hiccup to get back to the village, when he saw the Night Furry on some rocks, trying to catch something in the lake.

"Toothless, what are you doing?, this is no time to mess around, we have to get back, the dragons won't train themselves, you know", Hiccup explain as he walked over.

As he reaches his friend, Hiccup saw what Toothless saw. Hiccup knelt down to get a better look, he and his dragon watched for a bit. They saw the strange shape move closer to them, as it came closer, so did Hiccup. Without thinking, he rolled his sleeves up and slowly placed his left hand into the water.

He moved his hand feeling the warmth of the water. Hiccup heard Toothless growl as if asking "what should we do next"? Hiccup looked at his best friend

"I don't know Bud, maybe we should…."

He didn't finish what he was saying because he felt something take his hand, it was like someone was holding it. Hiccup looked at where his arm was, he couldn't see what was under the water, but it felt soft and warm, he gave it a gentle squeeze, whatever was holding his hand gave him a warm smile came on his face.

Hiccup wanted to know what was holding his hand, he looked at Toothless then looked back at the water. He began pulling his arm out slowly, as the water reach his wrist Toothless crept closer,he was almost able to make something out, when something suddenly hit Hiccup hard across the face, turning the whole world black.

Toothless feared Hiccup was really hurt, he tried to wake him. He then noticed something surface from the water. His eyes widened to see a girl, looking at Hiccup with worry in her eyes. The dragon could sense that she wanted to get nearer, but was weary to go to close because of Toothless. He backed off to show that he wasn't going to hurt her.

The girl swam closer to them, when she reach them she peered at Hiccup, she studied his face. She could see that he had long brown hair, that came nearly to his neck and he was actually quite handsome in his own way, he was young with some freckles on his face. The girl noticed that his chest was moving, she sighed with relief when she saw this.

The next thing that happened stunned toothless, he just stared in amazement, his mouth dropping open. She had pulled herself out of the water and sat next to the boy, but she didn't have legs, but a tail. A TAIL! She pulled him up and placed his head on her tail.

Hiccup slowly opened his eyes, things were blurry at first, then he saw that staring down at him, was the most beautiful girl he has ever seen in his entire life. She had a round face with a little button nose, her hair was the colour of fire, but it was wet which made her even more beautiful. She had pale orange freckles on her face, but what fascinated him the most were her eyes, they were as blue as the sky on a sunny day (sunny days don't come that often on Berk).

"Are….are you okay?" she asked. Hiccup can tell that she was Scottish by her voice.

"Yeah, I think I, I'm fine". He said rubbing where he felt the pain on his face, "I've been through worse".

"I'm sorry I hit you, I was trying to…."

The girl explains but Hiccup said "Wait, you hit me!"

The Red head girl nodded.

"What did you use, a rock" he said half-joking, half-serious. This maked the girl giggle,

"Ur no".

He realised his head was lying on something soft and squeaky. He heard the familiar sound of toothless, he managed to sit up to see his friend, who is still was in shock "What's wrong Bud?, you're acting as if you've seen to a ghost, or when the twins put all of Gobber's pants on the roof and he had to get them back". Hiccup said, this made the best friends laugh together.

Hiccup turned back to the girl "I'm sorry, he's not al…'" the words frozen on his lips, he saw why Toothless had been shocked. He saw that she had the body of a girl but below, she had a tail. The girl looked as Hiccup stared, unable to breathe.

"Breathe, breathe human man",the girl prompted to Hiccup."You have lungs, use them",

He finally gave a heavy gasp and put his hand over his mouth, his eyes wide as he tried not to look at her tail.

"It's ok, you can look", the girl said, she place her hand softly on his. Hiccup felt calmer, relaxing when he felt her hand touch his. He looked at the beautiful girl with the tail.

He could see that she had a cloth around her chest which was good for him or he would be blushing like crazy. He had heard stories from the Vikings about seeing lovely mermaids in the sea. He remembered them saying that mermaids had fishtails, but this girl that was sitting next to him didn't have a fishtail, she had a tail of a seal. He also remembered hearing about some other creatures that were like mermaids with a slight difference.

"You're a…a…."Selkie!"Hiccup finally managed to say. She smiled sadly,"Sorry" he said softly.

Her smile brightened at his sweetness. She could tell it was in shock to him, seeing her.

"It's okay, I'm surprised to see you'"she replied.

Hiccup and Toothless looked at each other and then at her.

"Wait, you've never saw a human before" he asked.

"No, you're my first, lucky you", she said with a smirk on her face. This made both of them laugh. Hiccup really liked the selkie's laugh, it sounded pleasant to him."But I'm sorry that I hit you, I was trying to hit him" she exclaimed pointing at Toothless. The dragon wasn't happy to hear this, he narrowed his eyes at her. Hiccup smiled at her, "That's ok", he replied "I understand why, as does Toothless, don't you bud'' The Night Fury took a moment and nodded to show that he understands.

"Tooth-less'"the selkie asked.

"Yeah, and I'm Hiccup" the boy said.

The girl was surprised at that,"That's an...unusual name'.

Hiccup smiled at that, he knew that his name would not the greatest. "So do you have one, a name?"

"My name is Merida".

"Unusual, yet beautiful", Hiccup's comment made Merida cheeks go pink. Toothless softly growled and Hiccup knew what he meant. "Oh, we've got to go" Hiccup cried as he stood up.

"Go?, wait, your leaving?" Merida called, even though they had just met, she didn't want him to leave.

Hiccup looked back at her and give her a warm smile.

"Don't worry I will come back as soon as possible, I promise"

"Ok", the selkie said with a smile, then she dived in the lake like an orange flame. She resurfaced and watched in amazement as the boy climbed on the dragon and took off up into the sky. She floated on her back watching them growing smaller and smaller until they were out of sight. She had met a human and she couldn't wait to see him again.

As they flew back to the village. Hiccup couldn't stop thinking about Merida the selkie. He was curious about how she got in to the lake. She could not walk, so how did she get there? But all he knew is that he wanted to find out more about her.