Friend or Prey?

Chapter One- New World

Hiccup flew Toothless high into the air, darting thru the clouds and shooting past seagulls. Toothless flew with speed and grace. Hiccup laughed and whooped as they soared. Soon, they landed, Toothless out of breath.

"Nice flight, buddy." Hiccup told his Night Fury friend. He dismounted, but almost fell because of his prosthetic leg. It had been two weeks since the battle with the Green Death, the giant dragon that tortured all the others. Toothless helped his human rider back to his house. Once there, Gobber arrived, hulling up a net of fish.

"Mornin' Hiccup." The Viking greeted warmly. "How was the flight?"

"Great." Hiccup said. "It's not as hard as I thought it would be with my leg." The two of them laughed. Toothless started sniffing at the net of fish. "Toothless, no." Hiccup told his dragon. "Those aren't yours."

"Actually, yes they are." Gobber said, dumping the fish at Toothless' feet. The Night Fury immediately started gulping them down. "I figured he'd like it, I thought I'd start providing him with breakfast."

"Gee, thanks." Hiccup said. "Are you sure it's okay?"

"Why not?" Gobber asked. "Now that the dragons aren't stealing our food, we're a bit in overstock." Gobber tossed the net over his shoulder. "Well, I'm off to work. Stay out of trouble."

"I'll keep Toothless in check." Hiccup promised.

"Oh I wasn't talking about Toothless." Gobber called back. He laughed heartily. Hiccup chuckled. He watched Toothless with amusement as the black dragon gulped down fish after fish until there wasn't even a single scale left. The Night Fury turned to its rider, as if it were asking, Are there any more?

"Good boy." Hiccup said. He started for his house, but swayed as he began to fall. Toothless walked over and helped the Viking boy to his home.

*****

"Panda, what have I told you repeatedly?" Shifu asked his newest student.

Po sighed. "Focus when in battle or you'll die." He got up to his feet after being slammed into the ground by Tigress. The tiger warrior smirked as she sat down next to her friends on the Training Hall steps.

"Can I stop now?" Po whined.

"Alright." Shifu said. Po sighed. "After you spar with Viper."

"What?!" Po exclaimed. He tried to run, but he was stopped short by Viper's tail wrapping around his leg. Everyone on the steps winced as Po was thrown around and then tossed up into the air and landing in a tree. Po hit his head numerous times before falling into a painful split.

"Ouch." He moaned.

"Now you may stop." Shifu said. "It's time for bed." Everyone nodded and headed off. Po was the last to leave, after getting to his feet and slowly walking off.

"I hate sparring days." Po muttered to himself. When he got to the bunkhouse, he collapsed into bed and drifted off into a peaceful sleep. But a few hours later, in the middle of the night, he was awoken by a scream. Po bolted upright and ran out of his room, grabbing a bamboo staff he always kept in his room. He ran down the hall to Shifu's room and banged on the door. Unfortunately, Po punched a hole into the paper door. Shifu looked out and, seeing his panda student, sighed and walked out.

"Po…" he said.

"I know." Po said. "I have to fix that. You ok?" Shifu looked a bit pale, despite having fur, and his fur was ruffled like he had been fighting someone.

"I'm fine." Shifu said. "Just a bad dream."

"About what?" Po asked.

"Not sure." Shifu said. "Some sort of……animal…..attacked me." He noticed his panda student's worried face. "I'm alright. It was just a dream. You just…….go back to sleep." Shifu walked back into his room. Po started to do the same, but stopped to see Shifu thru the hole he had made. Shifu was sitting on his bed, his head in his hands, and sighing. Po shook his head and went to his room to sleep.

*****

The next morning, it was the same routine. Hiccup and Toothless flew thru the air with grace and ease before landing and Toothless being fed. The Night Fury was very pleased with the routine.

"Hiccup." Gobber piped up before leaving. He looked worried. "If I were you, I'd keep your dragon under a watchful eye."

"Why's that?" Hiccup asked.

"Well….some of the dragons are getting fidgety, and whenever they see your dragon, they stare at it like he's about to drop dead, literally." Gobber explained.

Hiccup stared at him, and then at Toothless, who was still eating his fish. "That Green Death can't come back, can it?" The Green Death was the name of the dragon that he and Toothless had killed.

Gobber sighed. "Not sure. But if something happens, you need to be prepared." Gobber left. Hiccup stared at Toothless. The Night Fury gave him a look that clearly said, Are you okay?

Hiccup sighed. "I don't know, buddy." He said, patting the dragon on the nose. "Things do seem a bit tense." Toothless sighed, as though he agreed. The dragon helped Hiccup stand and they walked off.

Hiccup's mind was racing. Could the Green Death come back? No doubt he would want revenge on Toothless. I can't let that happen. If something happens to Toothless, I don't know what I'd do.

Suddenly, Hiccup fell forward as Toothless moved out from under him. When the young Viking looked back, he saw a portal with a shadow of a large hand coming out of it. The hand was grasping Toothless' foot and dragging him towards the portal. Hiccup was horrified. "No!"He struggled to stand and run after his dragon, but his prosthetic leg failed him and he fell. He scrambled to his feet, only to fall once more. Meanwhile, Toothless was being pulled closer towards the portal. His eyes were slits, like a cat's, and they were full of fear. Hiccup ran on all fours as fast as he could. He made a wild leap for his dragon…..

…..who disappeared into the portal before Hiccup could reach him.

"No!" Hiccup pounded the ground in frustration. Astrid, who had seen the entire thing and was rushing to help, suddenly was kneeling next to Hiccup.

"What happened?" she asked.

"I don't know." Hiccup choked out as he held back his tears. "Somebody must've wanted Toothless, and now he's gone." Astrid looked at the spot that used to occupy the brave Night Fury, and put an arm around Hiccup to comfort him.

*****

Shifu watched as Po trained. The panda was certainly getting better. Shifu watched for another few minutes before walking off to the peach tree to meditate. He managed to keep the peace for about a minute and a half before a strange, loud sound snapped him out of it. He looked up and was shocked to see something big, sleek, and black fall out of the sky and crash land into the forest. Shifu didn't hesitate; he ran off to the forest, grabbing his bamboo flute on the way. He sprinted to the forest, looking for the creature. He was too sure where it had landed, but he had to look. He walked around for about half an hour before he gave up, sitting on a rock.

"What was I thinking?" he asked aloud. "That thing's like an ant in the grass in this forest."

He sighed and stood up. But he stopped abruptly at the sight of a nearby tree. The tree looked like something had crashed into the top of it, and it was split down the trunk. Shifu looked down the fallen tree and saw a large ditch leading downwards. He followed it warily, holding his flute ready in case he needed to use it in "staff mode". He looked over a rock and quickly ducked down. He gulped and looked again.

"I don't believe it." he breathed.

Look again. His eyes said.

Lying in a small canyon was the creature. The creature was sleek and black, with large wings like a bat's and wicked sharp claws. It had a medium sized neck and powerful-looking legs. One of the creature's tail fins was a makeshift, bright red and with a dragon skull on it.

And that's what the creature was.

Shifu was staring at a downed dragon.

A/N: First crossover! I hope you all watched How To Train Your Dragon! Enjoy!