Alright Everyone, this is my first fanfiction published here in a long time so I'm a bit rusty. This is also my first How to Train Your Dragon fanfic. I hope this turns out well for my first time writing about this great movie and all. I hope you enjoy my OC and sure, I'll throw in some Hiccup/Astrid moments.
I do not own HTTYD or any of the characters, I don't even think I should own Saro.
Enjoy! And please review!
How To Choose Sides
Prologue
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III gently commanded Toothless to turn and unleash a large blast of fire onto the wooden ships docked at the harbor.
"Come on boy." He muttered as they banked around. Toothless let out a deep rumble and a ball of hot fire launched from his mouth. Descending onto the aimed boats was the blue lightning-like fire which exploded upon impact. Boats shattered and Hiccup gave a hoot of triumph. The team swung around to inspect the battle beneath them.
The burly Vikings remained on the land, fighting back the enemy which had set foot only an hour ago. The enemy was known as the warriors from Trumore, a Celtic village across the Nordic Sea. Ever since the Viking-Dragon war ended, the inhabitants on Berk had a new enemy to deal with. Trumore has been known to the Viking village well into the early years of the war against the Dragons, they were the second worry of the land. But as the Viking-Dragon war strived onto for centuries, the invasions launched by Trumore had been less and less until only dragons invaded the Viking's land. Once word got out that the war with the Dragons was officially over, Trumore did not hesitate to attack their old foes again.
Now, it was the second invasion in three months. This force of Celtic warriors was now heavier and stronger, harder to push back than the last attack, but the Hooligan Tribe fought back.
Hiccup heard a call to his right.
"There's some untouched boats to the left!" came a female Viking's voice Hiccup knew as Astrid Hofferson, his sorta-girlfriend. She was mounted on her Nadder, riding beside Hiccup. Hiccup nodded.
"Swing around and set fire to those boats." Hiccup said, pointing to the three boats nearest to them. "I'll get the ones on the far left!"
"I'm on it!" Astrid called, she flew upwards, her dragon letting out a croon as they lowered towards those boats. Hiccup shifted his prosthetic limb against the pedal which controlled Toothless's makeshift tailfin. They soared towards the four remaining boats and with two deadly blasts, the boats had shattered.
It wasn't long until the invaders discovered that over half of their boats were on fire.
"CĂșlaigh! CĂșlaigh!"
The invaders scurried back down towards the harbor. The Vikings cheered as the almost-completely damaged ships pulled away.
Half of the invasion fleet was rounded up as slaves. Hiccup and Toothless landed, only to be greeted by his friends. The twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, Fishlegs, and Snotlout, patted Hiccup on the back. Astrid soon landed and was greeted by their friends.
Hiccup watched as the Vikings forced the captives into the former Kill Ring.
"Wow, that was some fight." Snotlout commented as they stared at the defeated Celts.
"I would've been part of it." Tuffnut said, squaring his shoulders. "But I had some fires to put out."
"Oh please, you wouldn't be able to take down a Celt even if he was unarmed." Ruffnut scoffed. It didn't take long before the two bickered and tackled each other.
"So," Astrid said, ignoring the squabbling siblings. She looked at Hiccup. "Why don't we go find your father?"
Hiccup nodded and began to walk towards Hiccup's father who was commanding the villagers who had apprehended captives.
The battle exhausted many, some were pretty wounded, and a few were killed but nothing too serious. Houses that had caught on fire during the raid were put out, smoke was still floating into the nightly air but everything was under control. There were more Celts dead than Vikings, pretty impressive considering the size of their army. The Celts were more organized in fighting than the Vikings, they had more armor and protection, but when they invaded, they didn't stand much of a chance. It was guessed that the Dragons were a pure advantage to the Viking victory.
After the exhilarating battle, things calmed down and the Vikings returned to their daily routines, as if nothing happened.
To be continued.
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