Hiccup is bullied and teased everyday. But one day he befriends a night fury. When Hiccup is choosen to kill the Monstrous Nightmare in front of the entire village. He runs away from everything. 5 YEARS LATER. Hiccup gets shot down by Berkians and s...
"Woo!! Hoo!! This is amazing!" Hiccup wholehearted laughs as he glides through the air with Toothless not far behind him.
The enjoyment is short lived however as a towering sea stack enters Hiccup's field of vision.
"Uh no longer amazing! Toothless!!" He yells out in a panic. Toothless quickly comes to his rescue by destroying the sea stack and covering Hiccup with his wings to protect him from the fire and debris.
Toothless falls onto a nearby island and rolls down knocking down multiple trees in his path. Though protected from the impact itself, Hiccup was still harshly shaken as Toothless rolled. Toothless opens his wings and frees his rider. Hiccup stands up quickly dusting himself off from any excess dirt that may have gotten on him.
"Ugh wow, uh. That really came outta nowhere." He states as detached the flight suit from his arms.
Removing his helmet, he ruffles his hair and looks out at the beautiful view layed out in front of him. The area was filled with lucious trees on rocky hills and mountains with clouds faintly covering the area making the place look majestic.
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A view like this is only available to the very few vikings willing to venture outside their homes. Hiccup was one of the lucky few with a tenacity for learning and adventure. He took out his map and began unfolding it on the ground.
"What do you think bud?" He asks while drawing the area on his map.
Hiccup looks over to his best friend for an answer, only to find him itching his armpit.
"Itchy Armpit it is then!" He yells in revelation to their newly found islands. Jotting down the name, he sits back down taking in the view.
At times of silence like this, Hiccup's mind often wanders to his home village, Gobber, Astrid, and his father.
"5 Years since we left. Bet a lot has change. I've changed." He says as he looks down at his prosthetic leg.
Hiccup wasn't entirely sure why he did it, but he found the nest shortly after leaving Berk and defeated the nest's queen. Though he came out alive, his foot couldn't be fully saved and he gained a prosthesis. Defeating the Red Queen meant the raids on Berk have mainly stopped.
Truthfully, Hiccup dearly missed his father and his home village. Despite the years of mistreatment, he could never truly forget Berk.
"What do you say bud? Wanna check Berk out after 5 years?" He asked looking at Toothless in which he simply coos in response.
He folds and puts away his map and climbs on top of Toothless. Curious to see what has become of his hometown, they fly away heading in the direction of Berk.
Back in Berk
With her newly sharpened axe in her hand and back from morning patrol around the island, Astrid walks through the village as she scans everyone looking for any sort of trouble. She couldn't help but think about all the changes around the village since Hiccup's disappearance. The biggest change was the massive decrease in dragon raids, much of the village believed since the raids stopped conveniently after Hiccup's death that it was somehow Hiccup's fault the raids began in the first place. First few months after Hiccup's death, Stoick wasn't able to keep up his Chiefly duties which were left to Spitelout. The village was in chaos with Spitelout's horrible ideas for the village. Thankfully, Stoick was able to get back on his feet after 1 year and is currently looking for a new heir.
Although believed Hiccup to be truly gone, there are a few who still believe he could be alive somewhere out there. Gobber and Astrid were some of those people. Gobber knew and believed in Hiccup's brains, he believed Hiccup was resourceful enough to free himself and survive in the wild. Astrid reasoning was quite different from Gobber, for her, it was just a feeling that Hiccup was able to survive. Something was telling her, that he didn't die, that he was alive and happy somewhere, happier than he could've ever been while on Berk.
A certain short and muscular 20 year old with stubble facial hair and looped horns on his helmet approaches Astrid. Astrid rolls her eyes and begins walking away from him.
"Hey babe! Where you headed?" Snotlout asked with a smirk and spread out arms
"Anywhere that's far away from you." She answered without bothering to even give him a simple glance as she heads for the Great Hall for lunch.
"Hello Astrid. Mind if I join you to the Great Hall?" Fishlegs asks with a smile as he jogs behind her to catch up.
"Oh hi Fishlegs. Sure." Astrid answers looking at him.
Fishlegs was one of the few teens on the island she didn't mind hanging out with. The twins were sometimes too much, and Snotlout was Snotlout.
Astrid's mind drifted back to 4 years ago when she completed the Dragon Training Academy. After Hiccup's funeral, the arena was rebuilt and new dragons were captured for the new kids of the Academy. Since she came second, she was given the honor of killing the newly captured Monstrous Nightmare.
Astrid was broken from her trance by Fishlegs, who was whimpering in fear and looking up at the sky. Astrid looked up as well and her eyes widened in shock and horror at the sight above the village.
"A night fury." She whispered.
Something in her gut was telling her, that that dragon was the very same Night Fury 5 years ago.
"It's him."
Updated: 1/4/2023
CHANGES
- More descriptive - Better look into what happened on Berk over the past 5 years. - Changed ending of chapter
