Prologue

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Hiccup slowly lifted his abnormally heavy eye lids open, trying to piece together what had happened to him as he looked around his dark environment, quickly finding himself to be strapped down to a wooden table that looked to be large enough to restrain a dragon the size of Toothless, providing the ankle and hand cuffs were replaced from the new, previously unused human set up. The more he saw of where he was, the more he came to ask himself how he got here, or even where 'here' was,

"Chief Hiccup," An ominous voice with a peculiar accent rang out, yet its source was out of his sight, "or should I say chief," he chuckled before forcing a hiccup out of his throat,

"Who are you? Where am I?" Hiccup asked the unknown voice, trying to keep his composure and mask his fear but failing miserably,

"Ah Hiccup, you don't need to worry about trying to look strong now, it won't help you," he voice chuckled, "Oh how you and your dragon fell for that Light Fury, they really do make the best bait, wouldn't you agree?" then, as soon as the masculine voice finished, the memories came flooding back to Hiccup as to how he ended up stuck in the position he was in.

It was an average day apart from the minor detail that was how Gothi had been warning of a severe storm to come, grounding all but the most skilled dragons and riders or those with a death wise, although with the way Toothless and Hiccup still performed aerobatics as they would on a normal summers day was enough prove to build a case to claim both. The duo was coming to the end of a patrol that they had taken over from Astrid and Stormfly, neither of which wanting Hiccup and Toothless to take their patrol during the storm while they were scared to go up themselves. Hiccup sat with his eyes vacantly scouring the land below until his eyes caught a slight shimmer off of what looked to be scales,

"Hey Toothless, did you see that?" he asked as his eyes remained fixated on the last known location of the unknown dragon as he still awaited his dragon's response to what he had said, "Land down there bud, let's go check it out." It didn't take long until Toothless and Hiccup touched down in a clearing just out of sight from the unidentified dragon before they started to inch closer to where they had seen it, trying to not make a sound to draw attention to themselves, although it didn't take long until the human and the dragon found the other dragon and both froze, "No way that's real," he whispered in awe, admiring the dragon in front of him. The dragon they'd seen from the sky turned out to share a similar silhouette with toothless but had snow white scales instead of midnight black and icy blue eyes instead of the warm emerald green in Toothless' own eyes, "It's a light Night fury, a Light Fury," he commented to himself still examining the creature from a far as Toothless plucked up the courage to approach the Light Fury, making it not hard to guess based off of the behaviour shown between Toothless and the new dragon that the Light Fury was a female, a female that Toothless was showing a heightened interest in as well.

It didn't take Hiccup long until he notices Toothless signalling for him to come out, as he dead, although, as Hiccup drew closer, trying to show no possible signs of aggression that could be misinterpreted as him posing a threat to the Light Fury, he heard a distinctive click, and looked down to see the one thing he wanted to see the least of all, an armed tripwire, move it any further away then it goes and same for if it were to be moved nearer, although this sight didn't stop his surprised stumble forwards, triggering the line. Hiccup had no time to react before a net was secured over himself, the Light Fury and Toothless, yet Hiccup quickly passed out after the rope sealed shut.

Hiccup snapped back to reality as a figure came into view, a thin man, similar build to himself, but with grey hair and his height towered over him,

"I wasn't interrupting anything was I?" he asked with a smirk as he examined Hiccup's tied up form,

"Who are you?" Hiccup quickly responded, trying once again to mask all signs of fear within him but having as much success as the time before,

"Me? My name is Grimmel the Grisly, but you might know me best as the Night Fury Killer," Hiccup's captor chuckled to himself as he watched Hiccup's face change to one of fear the second that he uttered his title,

"Toothless, where is he, what did you do?" The Berkian chief whimpered in response, his mind racing with thoughts about what may have happened to his dragon, his best friend,

"Relax, boy, your pet Night Fury is unharmed, for now at least," Grimmel replied with a smirk clearly across his face, "And I plan on keeping him that way, it's up to you what happens to him, be good and I'll leave him as is, put up a fight and I'll find a use for him rather than joining his ancestors in the grave and if you try to escape, well, you'll get to see me live up to my title." He approached Hiccup, who was completely helpless, before reaching to a table to his left and grabbing a collar. Grimmel forced Hiccups head up so that he could wrap the collar tightly around his neck with the buckle tightened under his chin so he couldn't see the metal that made the collar keep its size but it would always be there for Grimmel's enjoyment to look at, a reminder of how little control possessed both now and in times to come,

"A collar? What are you doing?" Hiccup asked, his voice made up of fear and fear alone,

"I guess I could show you, hardly like it'll change the outcome for you now the hard part to fits on, as it always will be from now on," the blue eyed man reasoned before clicking his fingers, a pack of Deathgrippers came to his side almost immediately as Grimmel bent down to showcase the head gear he had put on the dragons, "Your new collar will be like their head pieces, designed to hold these little vials," he informed Hiccup as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a needle with a glowing purple liquid inside, yet this one looked much more dilute than the ones in the Deathgrippers necks. Hiccup struggled to believe what he was being told, never mind understand it, yet he started struggling none the less, "Hiccup, remember our deal, let's not pull  your poor little pet into this," Grimmel chuckled as Hiccup instantly stopped struggling, deciding that what ever it was would be worth it if it meant that Toothless would be safe, not giving any second thought as to what the substance would do to him as he let Grimmel push the needle into his neck. Hiccup wanted to scream out from the feeling until he heard the hissing of the needle starting to release its contents into his body.

Hiccup wanted to shout out in fear but found those thoughts were quickly pushed away by a new warm feeling that could only be described as blissful, he felt it coursing through his body, no longer able to feel even the slightest pains as well as now being calmed by the new found warmth, it felt so good that he no longer struggled at all as it reached his mind, making his mind cloudy, feeling peaceful as his thoughts dissolved into nothing before every desire was drowned out until nothing way left of them all apart from one, the one which took over everything else in this blissful state of mind Hiccup found himself in, the desire to obey, and to do nothing but that,

"How do you feel?" Grimmel's voice cut through Hiccups new hyper obedient mind,

"It feels great, I've never felt better in my life, thank you master."

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