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In Lieu Of A Tail

AnjaWritesFanfiction

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Reads 172,304
Votes 4,187
Parts 41
Time 5h 35m

AnjaWritesFanfiction

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Hiccup runs away from Berk with Toothless (after the fight with the Nadder in the ring). Astrid never stopped him and the romantic flight never happened.
Many years later, Hiccup has built a new life for himself where his talents are appreciated and he is well-respected. He has many allies and friends, but also many enemies. He hopes to never return to Berk, but unforeseen circumstances force his hand: and he must face his past, in order to have a future.
Hiccup must find a way to protect everything he has worked so hard for, and he must decide whether save the people who once called him a "fishbone". 


AN: This is my first fanfiction, I'd love your feedback- but please don't be too harsh.

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own How To Train Your Dragon- I am not Cressida Cowell or Dreamworks. I only own the plot line in this story and any OCs I introduce.

Started 14/02/2019

I do not have a set update schedule, but I'll post at least one chapter every two weeks (or try!).

At the moment it's kinda crazy and I don't know when I'll post but I promise I will not abandon this story! I have a lot of exams coming up and I'm trying really hard to do well, I won't say that this story is on hiatus, because a lot of people do that and then the story is abandoned. When everything gets less hectic I'll definitely post but that may take a while.

Crossposted on A03!

WARNING: Some "strong" language, mainly p***ed and f***ed.

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Best rankings:

#1 - astrid (28/8/2019)
#1 - httyd (19/9/2019)
#3 - hiccup (28/10/2019)
#6 - dragons (7/1/2020)
#1 - viking (22/7/2020)
#1 - hiccstrid (11/9/2020) 
#3 - berk (14/10/2020)
#5 - hiccuphorrendoushaddockiii (14/10/2020)
#1 - toothless (14/10/2020)
#1 - hiccuprunsaway (22/10/2021)All Rights Reserved

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| HTTYD: Guiding Tides | by flightmare_kid

--- " 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖'𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕖... " --- Follow the harrowing tales of Addison Agarson; from her days as a scrappy, young dragon rider in training, to how she made her mark in Berk history as a fearless adventurer. The Berkian School of Dragon Training- more shortly known as just the School of Dragons or the S.o.D- has finally opened its doors, thanks to the efforts of none other than Hiccup Haddock and his own band of riders- seeking to train and prepare the next generation of dragon trainers. Addison happens to be amongst the first year class- a headstrong Viking with a loud personality and a habit of biting off more than she can chew. Already with a fully grown dragon of her own, she has the makings of a prodigy... if it weren't for the fact that she isn't exactly what you'd call an enthusiastic student. A girl with potential she may be, Addison has her own way of doing things- ways that don't always align with what her peers expect from her. But, she and her dragon Tide have a long few semesters ahead of them to survive, and it seems like Hiccup is going have his hands full trying to keep her rebellious nature in check. --- HTTYD OC story, AU and heavily canon divergent, and based off the httyd games- specifically SoD, Dawn of New Riders, and some aspects of Rise of Berk.

Haley and the Dragon Riders by Lisa_Foxy

Haley is a young girl with an unusual gift. Some would call it a curse. Her? She calls it a convenient nuisance. Together with a dragon no one wants, a pair of wings she has no idea how got there and pretty much no past to speak of she is going on an adventure she could've never imagined. She lived a quiet, relatively ordinary life until a young boy and his unusual dragon intruded on her home. This fateful encounter would change her life forever as she discovers new friends, ["Going somewhere?" The sound of Hiccup's increasingly annoying voice asked as I was leaving. "Ugh.. yes. Away from you guys." I turned my back and continued walking.] Allies she never knew were even possible, ["And the catch?" I asked him skeptically after having heard his offer. "There's no catch. You can trust me. I just have credentials that you don't. And besides, I see potential in your future." He answered.] A love so strong nothing could break it, ["I can't help but love you, even when I try not to." I whispered to myself once I was in the air and far enough away for him to hear me.] And so much more as she embarks on an adventure with Hiccup, Toothless and all their friends. <currently editing a few mistakes here and there. I'll try and get all the updates out relatively soon one after another and won't change the story, just fixing a couple spelling mistakes here and there. All story mysteries that were confusing or went unanswered will most likely be answered in the upcoming sequel> Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or locations other than my OC's. Every other character, location or other similarities are owned by Dreamworks.

Wild Girl. (Hiccup X Reader) Complete. by Red-Ramen

Hiccup, a boy living in the village Berk. Being a weakling yet the son of the chief. Y/n, a girl flying on her Night Fury. Loving to be free. Flying without a worry in the world. What happens when Hiccup shoots Y/n and her best friends down from the sky? - "You can call me Y/n." - "You don't seem very popular around here." - "This is all your fault!" - "I hate humans." - "I'll never hurt a dragon." - Their emotions will run wild as Y/n try to help Hiccup both with Dragon Training and training his new dragon. - "Oh boy..." - Will Y/n change her point of view about Vikings? "He's gonna need a lot of help.." Book one - HTTYD: Completed. Book two - HTTYD 2: Completed. Book three - The Hidden World: Complete + Homecoming. Book four - RTTE: Released. (You don't HAVE to read the D-RoB chapters. After the movie is finished, you can move to the second book, Not So Wild.)

Runaways by PersiaLionheart

Yes, it's another one of these but I really wanted to do another one and hopefully better than the other one. "What if we left for good?" "What do you mean?" Hiccup was planning to run away but now that Astrid knows his secret, he doesn't know what to do. Then Astrid comes up with a crazy idea that might just save them. They leave for good. Or that's what they thought. 7 years later, Hiccup and Toothless along with Astrid and Stormfly crash land on berk and chaos ensues and probably the greatest threat they would ever have to face. All characters are owned by dreamworks and/or Cressida Cowell. I just own this storyline.

Gone (HTTYD and Hiccstrid fanfic) by WinnieThePooh89

After Hiccup on the Dragon Training, he still felt weak and useless to everybody because he hasn't even harmed a dragon. Nor would he want to. He knew that everybody wants Hiccup to Kill a dragon, not to ride a dragon. So, this story starts right when he goes into the woods. He was careful not to leave any signs for where he went. Astrid finds out that he left and fills something painful. Well Hiccup ever return? What does Astrid feel about this? More importantly, how will Hiccup react to Toothless big surprise? The HTTYD franchise belong to its respectful owners. I don't own any How To Train Your Dragon characters. I don't own How to Train Your Dragon. Cover Is Made By PurpoOnMinecraft Completed

How to train your dragon (Hiccup x reader) by lhnmoon23

Y/n is a young girl in Berk who never wanted to hurt a dragon and doesn't believe dragons are as bad as everyone thinks they are. She believes that they are just misunderstood. What happens when she joins in dragon training and finds about Hiccup's secret. This is the first story I ever wrote so there are going to be LOTS of errors and it's going to be really bad but maybe I will come back and edit it, not sure yet. I don't own Httyd so credits to the creators. There will also be some spoilers of httyd 3 in this story

just us [hiccstrid one-shots] by delightfullydark

- in which hiccup & astrid are a couple & go through crazy adventures - *completed: april 21,2017

How to Train Your Dragon: Journey Beyond Berk by BrookeWagers

[Completed] [Possible Rework in the Future] What if Hiccup left Berk when he won the chance to kill a dragon all those years ago? Six years after Hiccups mysterious disappearance, a new Chief was announced on Berk and her name was Astrid Hofferson. While out scavenging with the search team, she was only left with more questions than answers. What will these discoveries mean for Berks new Chief or for her village? Will Hiccup return home as if nothing ever happened or continue on his everlasting journey with his Nightfury? ***DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters within this story. All credits to the book and movie series "How to Train Your Dragon." This is a fan-fiction I originally wrote back in 2014 & 2016 and always looked back at, ultimately deciding to bring it back for you all to enjoy.***

The soul of a dragon (Completed) by MikaZStories

It's the story of a young Viking. Actually, he isn't that young anymore. He's 23 years old now. His name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. 8 years ago, he had to run away from his beloved home Berk because he became best friends with a creature that no Viking should ever become friends with: a dragon. Follow the brave Viking on a journey filled with joy, pain and even love, as he comes back to Berk... quite unexpectedly. 20/07/18: Changed the dialogue format and corrected a few grammatical errors. (There may still be a few errors, if so, feel free to tell me in the comment sections!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE HTTYD FRANCHISE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cover by: @heysierra

NEVER BELONG by B_Haddock

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III a teenage Viking who earn the ranks to kill his first ever Dragon in Dragon Training. He could not kill it, he wouldn't kill it knowing himself having one of them as his own, never the less, he was afraid of losing his only best friend, Toothless. He would never trust and look at him the same way. So he decided to take matters into his on hands by running away or flying away from berk, not the best move but knowing he was know as the village runt or the Chief's screwup and would always get beat up for no valid reasons by his cousin and his friends, sure he pass every training with a prefect score but he still did not get the respect that he deserve from the villagers. If he so tried to convince them. No one would listen to him. Not even his own father. But he wasn't running away with just Toothless but with Astrid as well. After their romantic flied which also change her view on dragons, and their discovery of the red death, Hiccup was still planning to run away even though he have just finally friended an actual human, he decided to tell her so he don't have to let her worry about him leaving without a word in the next day. When he finish telling her his plan and surprisingly to hiccup and even Toothless she beg to come with and she also told him her reason. Turns out Astrid Hofferson was abused and pressured by her own family. She have enough of it, Hiccup didn't really have yes as his first nor second choice but she beg him until he gave up and let her tag along. What would happen to them?, will this new path that choose was path to a bright future?,will something spark between them? (Obviously). What would the village have to say about this? Never the less hiccup's dad and Astrid's parents would say about this?, how would the gang react? Find out........ A/N:I change the plot so do not refer this fiction to the franchise of this movie. Disclaimer:I don't own any of the HTTYD movies nor the art work of my book cover.

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| HTTYD: Guiding Tides | cover

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How to train your dragon (Hiccup x reader) cover

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| HTTYD: Guiding Tides |

--- " 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕀 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕒 𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖'𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕨𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕚𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕖... " --- Follow the harrowing tales of Addison Agarson; from her days as a scrappy, young dragon rider in training, to how she made her mark in Berk history as a fearless adventurer. The Berkian School of Dragon Training- more shortly known as just the School of Dragons or the S.o.D- has finally opened its doors, thanks to the efforts of none other than Hiccup Haddock and his own band of riders- seeking to train and prepare the next generation of dragon trainers. Addison happens to be amongst the first year class- a headstrong Viking with a loud personality and a habit of biting off more than she can chew. Already with a fully grown dragon of her own, she has the makings of a prodigy... if it weren't for the fact that she isn't exactly what you'd call an enthusiastic student. A girl with potential she may be, Addison has her own way of doing things- ways that don't always align with what her peers expect from her. But, she and her dragon Tide have a long few semesters ahead of them to survive, and it seems like Hiccup is going have his hands full trying to keep her rebellious nature in check. --- HTTYD OC story, AU and heavily canon divergent, and based off the httyd games- specifically SoD, Dawn of New Riders, and some aspects of Rise of Berk.