This is my first how to train your dragon fanfic so please bare with me. I always felt that if Hiccup had left before he met toothless and ended up as the heir to dragons and saw his mother and such then he would have had a better life to be honest. I am a hiccstrid fan and this will be one of those. So please enjoy

Prologue: Reason to leave

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third was not like many Viking children. He has freckles, brown hair, green eyes that reminded you of a beautiful meadow, short and skinny. He had intelligence to replace his lack of muscles, gifted hands that replaced his lack of strength, and easily seen emotions that he can choose whether to show or not.

He's 10 years old despite being born on a leap year but that's not where our story begins.

For years since he was six years old, he was considered a mistake, hopeless, a loser and not a Viking by the Island of Berk. His father, Chief Stoick the Vast was the worse bully the boy ever had. Sure he was picked on by his cousin Snoutlout and the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, but it didn't hurt as much as his father never listening to what he has to say.

He's had a crush on Astrid Hofferson since he first met her at the age of four when he started working at the forge with Gobber the Belch, who he considered more of a father than his actual day. He even had a friend in Fishlegs but was upset when Fishlegs decided to hang out with all the other kids. Fishlegs didn't pick on him but he did watch it happen.

Today, Hiccup was in the forge helping Gobber with orders of weapons needing to be resharpened. One of the weapons being resharpened happened to be the axe he made Astrid when he was three years old.

Gobber looked at the boy he practically helped raised and frowned.

"'iccup is there somethin' wrong?" Gobber asked his apprentice.

Hiccup looked up from the resharpened axe and slowly show his crooked teeth in a smile.

"Just focusing Gobber," Hiccup replied to the blacksmith.

Gobber frowned, knowing the boy was lying to him but decided not to question him on it.

They continued working on resharpening the weapons and giving them back to their rightful owners who thanked Gobber for resharpening and ignoring Hiccup 'the Useless' as the people called him.

Berk has a pest problem known as dragons and the one who causes the most damage during these times is Hiccup and his weird inventions that makes everyone upset at him for causing more damage than good.

Back to the story

Hiccup sighed as he knows none of them would ever thank him for resharpening the weapons since they all believe him as a runt and a major problem to their ways of being Vikings.

Since work at the forge was over, Hiccup packed up his tools and took them with him to his house. Along the way, he got taunted and bullied by Snoutlout and the twins.

Astrid and Fishlegs were no where near them so the three bullies can do whatever they like to him.

"So Useless, where do you think you're going?" Snoutlout asked his cousin with a cocky attitude.

"Home. I figured I pack my stuff while dad is chiefting then leave so I won't be seen here again," Hiccup stated.

Thinking it as a joke, Snoutlout and the twins laughed at him and smirked at one another.

"Yeah not like anyone would miss you runt," Snoutlout said as the twins nodded their heads then did their signature headbutt.

"Right," Hiccup stood up despite the many bruises he had and walked to the house on top of the hill.

Once he got there, he opened his door and grabbed his basket. He began packing his forge tools, his charcoals pens, his drawing book, his journals, clothes, and his medical stuff that he received from Goothi.

Once he finished, he slowly began to carry his basket out of the house. He knew everyone would be at the Great Hall to eat and such. As he walked towards the dock, he saw Gothi.

Gothi stood near the dock as if she was waiting for him.

"Hi Gothi, thank you for always helping me and let Gobber know that I'll miss him," Hiccup said as he took a small rowboat and places his stuff in it.

Gothi frowned as she watched the small boy that she was always fond of despite the trouble he causes, pack his stuff into a tiny boat.

She slowly drew some ruins into the ground and tapped Hiccup's shoulder.

Hiccup looked down and frowned.

"It's not just the fact that I'll never been a Viking to this village…my father doesn't care for me, I get bullied everyday for being a runt and I cant stand being in a village where I'm not loved or wanted," Hiccup said as he got into the boat.

He unhooked the boat from the dock and rowed himself away from Berk, Gothi being his only witness of leaving behind the only home he knew.

As Hiccup rowed away, Gothi frowned and shook her head sadly as the son of the chief left behind two people who loved and cherished him since he was a baby.

Thanks for reading. Please review and tell me what you think so far. Please be mindful that it's my first time writing how to train your dragon