Chapter 1

Hiccup flew through the trees and cliffs surrounding dragons edge. Astrid flew behind him on Stormfly, dodging trees and smiling. They were on a patrol of the island together because they had something they wanted to talk about without the twins listening in. They broke through to the edge of the forest and flew out over the ocean. Hiccup slowed down slightly to allow Astrid to catch up

"So what was it you wanted to talk about?" Astrid asked. "Well I need to go back to berk for a few days to help my dad, and I was hoping to ask for you to be in charge while I was gone," He said while his eyes scanned the horizon. "Sure, is that it?" Astrid asked, confused on why he asked her to come just to tell her that. "Well that and one other thi- do you see that?"

Hiccup had his hand up to block out the bright sun peering at something off in the distance. Astrid squinted her eyes and tried to see what he was talking about. She saw the outline of 2 ships far off in the distance, but they were approaching at an alarming speed. "Let's go check it out," Hiccup said and sped towards the ships while heading up into the cover of the clouds. Astrid followed quickly. They stopped when they could see the symbol on the sail. "Viggo.." Hiccup muttered.

"Well, let's take them out. They might be scouts." Astrid said, readying her axe. "I've had enough of him." Hiccup said, and then they both started to dive. The distinctive sound of a Night Fury warned the first ship to late. By the time they realized what was happening, the purple blast already hit the mast and set the ship aflame. As the two riders swept past the destroyed ship, an arrow flew at them "AH" Hiccup cried as the arrow hit his bad leg. "Hiccup!" Astrid cried. "I'm fine, it just grazed me" he said, wincing as he removed the arrow.

The first ship was done for, so they targeted the second. Bolas and nets were flung but Toothless and Stormfly dodged them with ease. They dove together and fired a combined blast at the ship, sinking it instantly. By then, Hiccup felt a burning sensation in his leg, and it was radiating along his body. He looked at the arrow and saw a strange black substance coating the head. " um… Astrid, we may have a problem." Hiccup said. "What is it?" she asked, flying beside him. "This." he replied and handed her the arrow. "Oh Thor…." she said, looking up at him fearfully. She noticed that he seemed pale, but she wasn't sure whether it was because he was nervous or he was feeling sick. "Are you ok?" she asked. "Yea, I'm fine," he said, holding his head. "Let's land just in case." she said, directing Stormfly to the beach.

They both landed and then Hiccup fell off of Toothless and collapsed into a heap next to him. "Hiccup!" Astrid cried running over to him. Toothless cooed worriedly as she grabbed Hiccup and dragged him into to shade of a tree. "Toothless, stay here and watch over him. I'm gonna take Stormfly and go get help." she said, them flew off quickly in the direction of Dragons Edge.

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Hiccup groaned as he opened his eyes. He felt different. His back felt heavy and his whole body ached. The world looked different too. Everything was clearer than it had ever been and he could hear everything around him. He looked around and froze. He saw black scales and a tail with TWO black tail fins. He tried to raise his arm, but a black clawed leg rose instead. "Oh Thor… I'm a DRAGON," he said. "Hiccup?" he heard a voice that was both familiar and new at the same time. He looked towards the voice, and saw Toothless. "Toothless?" Hiccup said in confusion and slight fear. Not of the dragon himself, but what it meant if it really was Toothless who spoke. "Hiccup!" he cried happily and nuzzled him. "I thought you were gonna die, but then I turned and looked and saw a Night Fury where you were laying."

Hiccup was still struggling to make sense of what was going on. "So I'm a Night Fury, and i can understand you…" He got to his feet and looked around. "Where's Astrid?" he asked. "She went to the base to get the others." Hiccup shook his head and focused on trying to move his tail and wings. He could move his tail with relative ease, and he moved his fins and wings easily too.

His head felt like it was gonna explode suddenly and he screeched in pain and his new instincts suddenly kicked in causing his vision to go red and him to sprint into the forest.