I know this is another new story, and I'm sorry, but I am working on the others. This is just one of those times when you need to write something because you feel inspired.

I hope you enjoy this story!

Hiccup the useless, Hiccup the failure, Loki's greatest prank, and Stoick's greatest mistake. These were a few of the names the village people called him on a daily basis. They hurt at first, but now, he didn't care what they said. Hiccup was used to the treatment after the years of verbal, and physical, abuse. His only solace was the small room he had in the forge.

Gobber had given it to him as a way to keep Hiccup out of trouble, then found Hiccup had a knack for drawing and inventing new things. He let the boy work in the forge, and saw he was a fast learner. Hiccup was able to repair weapons and find ways to make them better. The villagers didn't know this, all they cared about is the fact that when Hiccup tried to help them fight dragons, he screwed everything up.

Hiccup figured he had two friends on the island: Gobber and Fishlegs. They were the nicest to him, though Gobber did tease him, and Fishlegs never stood up for him, but they were all he had on the island. There was one person on the island who wasn't a friend or tormentor to him, she talked to him when need be, and ignored him otherwise. Astrid Hofferson, the best fighter of their class, the girl who stole Hiccups heart.

They all live on the Isle of Berk, and are part of the Hairy Hooligans tribe. Their village is close to the sea, with cliffs and beaches on one end, and a forest on the other. Hiccup had explored every inch of the island, it was better than staying around the villagers.

This time was different, Hiccup was searching the woods for something. He wanted to make his Father proud, so he would prove to the villagers that he really shot down the infamous Night Fury. The dragon haunted their nightmares and was considered the worst of them all. At the last raid Hiccup was sure he shot it down, but no one saw him, or believed him. He had almost given up hope, then he found the trail of destruction. Trees were broken and the earth had a deep path carved into it. Hiccup grew excited and followed the path to the end.

He stopped when he spotted the black blob incased in a net. Had he done it, did Hiccup the useless kill the Night Fury? The blob twitched, it wasn't dead yet, Hiccup would have to kill the dragon in person. One look in the dragon's scared eyes stopped him, so instead of killing the dragon, he set it free. This one moment changed his entire way of life.

Hiccup soon learned dragons were not the enemy, but that they could be friends. He never got the chance to teach the others, for Hiccup ran away the day before he was to kill a dragon in dragon training. He knew he could never kill a dragon, and that Berk would never accept the dragons.

His disappearance had a terrible effect on Berk's chief, he sent search parties everywhere. They scoured the island many times, but no one was able to find the young heir. After the third week all the villagers knew it was hopeless, there was no way Hiccup could have survived on the island after so long. After all he was still the weakling they had always seen him as, even if he had become the best at dragon training. Everyone was sure he was eaten during the last raid, so life went on. Eventually Stoick had a pyre for his son and mourned his loss. He vowed to never forgive the dragons that not only took his wife but now his only child too.

Five years after Hiccups disappearance the village was worse than ever. Dragons raided every day, and were more likely to kill villagers. Parents were afraid to let their children outside, and the Vikings barely ever had time to repair the damage done. It looked like soon Berk would be finished, along with its inhabitants.

The only hope was a rumor they heard about a man who was able to stop dragons in their tracks. The rumors said he even road a dragon he'd concurred. So Stoic had the best young fighter and tracker sent out to find this man and bring him back to Berk to stop the dragon attacks.

This is how our story starts, Astrid Hofferson is on a boat to the last village to have seen the mysterious man in hopes of saving her village.