Chapter Text
Astrid's POV
As the boat skims over the waves of the sea, I think about what happened five years ago
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Flashback- Five Years ago ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"AHH!" I scream as I throw my ax at yet another helpless tree.
"How could Hiccup beat me in Dragon Training?!" I said in anger
I hear something to my right and turn to see Hiccup running towards something.
'Finally, I can find out where he goes after training and maybe find out how he got so good.' I think to myself
I sheath my ax on my back and follow Hiccup through the woods. I look around, I've never been this deep into the woods before. Hiccup was either very brave or just plain crazy to go this deep into the woods.
Hiccup went to the left and disappeared behind a boulder, I followed. Letting him lead me through a crevice that led to a beautiful cove with a lake in the middle of it.
"Alright bud, you ready to leave this place forever?" I hear Hiccup ask
I carefully crept into the cove that Hiccup went into.
"Hiccup, what are you doing?" I ask
"Astrid! Ugh, Hi Astrid. What are you doing here?" Hiccup asks
"I came here to find out how you got so good in training and beat me. No one, especially you can get as good as you did. Are you training with someone?" I ask
"Me? Training with someone? Who would want to train me? I was only trained to be a blacksmith and that was by Gobber." Hiccup said sadly
Suddenly I felt bad for him, up until he got good in training he virtually had no one, except for Gobber- Who treated him like he was his son instead of Stoick's.
"Then what are you doing out here? You should be with everyone at the Great Hall celebrating." I said
"Why would I? I was treated like dirt and nobody cared for me or believed me when I said I shot down a Night Fury, and here's the best part, I'm only liked now because I finished first in Dragon training! I'm leaving Berk hopefully forever." Hiccup said with anger in his voice.
I took a step back, not because I was scared, but because in his voice I heard the words of a Chief.
"Hiccup we do care for you," I said
"No Astrid. That's where you're wrong. People only care for me because of how I topped first in Dragon training. Not because of who I am." Hiccup said turning away from me and starting to walk away.
"Hiccup, please don't leave. I know you've had things go wrong for you for years, but you can change all of that tomorrow! All you have to do is kill. . ."
Hiccup raises his left hand to silence me.
"Astrid, I can't, no won't kill a dragon." Hiccup said
"Why won't you?" I asked
"Because I trained one. Come on out Toothless!" Hiccup said
A night-black dragon came out of the shadows behind Hiccup.
"Hiccup, there's a. . ." I began but Hiccup cuts me off
"A dragon behind me. I know Astrid meet Toothless. Toothless meet Astrid." Hiccup said the dragon now dubbed Toothless warbled a greeting or what I hoped was a greeting.
"You have a pet dragon?!" I asked
"No, Toothless is not my pet he's my best friend." Hiccup said scratching the dragon under its chin
"Hiccup you have other. . ." I began but again Hiccup cuts me off
"No, Astrid, You have other friends. I don't. Toothless is the only friend I have. The only one who accepts me for who I am." Hiccup said
"But Hiccup that goes against everything Vikings believe!" I said
"If that is the case then I am no Viking. If I had to choose between my only friend or the tribe, I would choose my best friend over my tribe." Hiccup said with determination in his voice.
"Hiccup, please don't leave, not at least without saying where you're going," I said
"I have already left notes, Astrid. All I have to do now is leave." Hiccup said
"Hiccup, please think this through," I pleaded
"I have Astrid. And I'm going through with my plan, perhaps we'll meet again in the future. But my mind is made up. I'm leaving." Hiccup said firmly
"But where will you go?" I asked
"I don't know yet. But for now, Goodbye Astrid." Hiccup said climbing onto Toothless's back.
"Goodbye Hiccup," I said
Then Toothless flaps his wings and they disappear into the night sky.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ End of le Flashback ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Now today everyone believes that Hiccup is dead; killed by a dragon. Only I know the truth; That Hiccup is alive somewhere with his Night Fury, Toothless.
"Alright everyone, keep a sharp eye out for land!" Stoick calls out
"Aye, chief." everyone says
I turn back to gaze in the direction I was looking at. After Hiccup disappeared, six weeks to be exact, the Dragon raids stopped and tales of the Night Rider began to spread. At first, I thought that the Night Rider was Hiccup until I learned that the Night Rider was confident, strong, daring, and had amazing skills with all weapons though he mainly fought with a sword that could set itself on fire could cause explosions and a staff that was on his back.
The only thing that Hiccup and Night Rider shared was the fact that they both rode a Night Fury.
Some say that Night Rider commanded a Dragon army, that he was the one who ended the dragon raids, and held the title of Dragon Lord. That he saves people from raiders, destroyed invaders, and single-handedly destroyed the armada of Drago Bludvist, the Night Fury killer, Grimle the Grisly, and saves dragons. That he is a savior, a protector, a natural leader, a friend to all, a hero, and a kind-hearted man.
Others say that Night Rider is the being who would bring Ragnarok; the end of the world; to Midgard. That he is a destroyer, a ruthless killer, cold-blooded, stone-hearted, and raids people. How he ruthlessly attacks Dragon Hunters and shows no mercy.
Others say that Night Rider is the one sent by the Gods to unite the world of Dragons and Vikings. That he has shown some tribes that dragons are misunderstood creatures, those who have listened and befriended the dragons are the allies of the Night Rider and are under his protection.
So many different tales about Night Rider that say different things make some believe that Night Rider is nothing more than a story. But what I find interesting is that all of the tales are similar in some aspects like how the Night Rider is that he wears a black helmet with a mask over his face and wears black armor that looks like it is made out of dragon scales, his skill with all weapons, and that he rides a Night Fury.
I still have hope that Hiccup could be the Night Rider, but I need to meet him in person before I can guess who he is. I take a look slightly to the east of where I was looking and I see a line of green in the distance, an Island.
"Chief! I see land!" I call out
[Because I am terrible at descriptive writing I'm just gonna say that all of the characters look the same as in How to Train Your Dragon 2 or HTTYD 2. Well except for Hiccup as he is currently MIA, but don't worry he is still alive! Lizard Out!]
Stoick the Vast comes over to me and looks in the direction I am looking at.
"The Lass is right, set course for that island!" Stoick calls to the steer man
The crew cheers, the weeks-long trip is finally coming to an end.
Snotlout comes onto the deck, his face green, rushes over to the side of the boat and I'm not sure you want to know what happened. Who would've thought that one of the most stubborn on this trip gets seasick?
Since Hiccup left, Snotlout was named the heir to the throne of Berk.
[Is that correct?]
Which only made his ego get bigger. Hiccup was right. At first, when Snotout was named heir everyone was excited because they would have a true Viking take lead, but as time went by it became clear that Snotlout could not lead very well. During his first week as heir, he almost got us into a war with the Berserkers because he tried to hit on Dagur's sister, Heather, and insulted Hiccup who Dagur always saw as a brother and had helped him in his own Dagur way. Thankfully Stoick was able to make peace, but a few days later we got word that the Berserkers were now the allies of Night Rider.
In that same period, everyone started wondering 'Was hiccup better than Snotlout? Would Hiccup have been a better choice as heir?' Some even went looking for him hoping for the true heir, even Stoick went looking for his son, but they all came back with nothing. Though it was as if Hiccup just walked off the face of Midgard.
Well I know he didn't walk off the face of Midgard, he flew off the face of Midgard, but I haven't and won't tell anyone what happened.
With the dragon raids over, Berk suddenly had enough food and the population increased, but that soon became a disaster as we used up most of the farmland and the population kept on growing. So Stoick selected a few of us to go and search for a new island to call home. Now weeks later we have found an island.
As we got closer to the island, we realized that it was massive.
"I think we have found our new home!" Stoick exclaims
Everyone cheers except me. I look at the forests and I can't help be feel like something is watching us approach the island. The boat hits the beach and everyone disembarks.
There was no evidence that anyone has ever set foot on this beach, so perhaps it was uninhabited. I took my ax off my back and I grip it with white knuckles.
"It feels like something is watching us," Fishlegs says
Snotlout stumbles off the boat and kisses the sand, then rises spitting sand out of his mouth. Some of us laugh at him.
"Alright, let's go see what resources this island has and if there is anybody here," Stoick calls out
I look at the forest at the end of the beach a few yards in front of us and I see something move in the thick foliage.
"Well, there's some life here chief. I just saw something move in those bushes." I say
"Probably some kind of animal, maybe a boar," Stoick says taking a step into the forest. I was among the first to follow Stoick into the forest through the thick foliage.
As we walked inland, we would hear a bird chirp to its friends, but now and then we would hear a dragon roar at a distance.
"How big do you think this island is?" Fishlegs asks no one in particular
"Well, so far it seems to be pretty big," Tuffnut says
"Not as big as your head though!" Ruffnut says to her brother
We walk into a clearing that is probably as big as the town square.
"We'll rest here, for now, then we'll continue looking on this island," Stoick says
As everyone started to look around the clearing, it became obvious that this clearing was not made by nature.
"Chief, I don't think this island is uninhabited," Fishlegs says
"I think your right, Fishlegs," I say
As soon as I said that a circle of dragons came out of the woods surrounding us. There were Gronkles, Deadly Nadders, Monsterous Nightmares, Changwings, Hideous Zipplebacks, and other dragons that we'd never seen before.
Then a whistle was heard—a Night Fury's whistle.
"Night Fury! Get down!" Someone shouts
Everyone ducks for cover. I look up from behind my cover and see the night black dragon land in front of our group and it wasn't alone. On the back of the Night Fury, was a man clad in black armor with a masked helmet, that looked like they were covered in the Night Fury's scales.
It was the Night Rider.
[The Night Rider's armor looks like Hiccup's Dragon scale armor in HTTYD The Hidden World. You all know something that I've noticed with all of the Night Rider fandics? No one ever plays around with the idea of there being other Fury riders out there. Well I'm going to change that. Anyways, I give you all my first HTTYD Fanfic! What do ya'll think of me doing a Hunger Games or Miraculous Fanfic? Bye for now!
-Lizardamethyst38]