Before the Story Starts:

Hey! Omega here!

So recently I've been reading a lot of HTTYD fanfics based around Hiccup becoming a Dragon (specifically a Night Fury) and trying to deal with his sudden change. I find these transformation stories very interesting and fun to read and I have been having a nagging idea in the back of my head to make one of my own! I just really enjoy the idea of this happening in the plot because it puts such a turn on things (plus I am happily fond of transformations) and can easily change the way things happen normally. A few fanfics I have grown to like a lot based around this idea is 'How to Live a Dragon's Life' by 'cinedragon' which is the biggest inspiration for this Story, just the fact of knowing, what would have actually happened if Hiccup killed Toothless while he was trapped in the bola in the first movie? Strange right? Well sorry if there's any Toothless lovers here reading the story ;-; He'll be killed off for the sake of the plot- AH JESUS! *Bombarded with hate* ITS OK I AM ALSO A TOOTHLESS LOVER HE'S PRECIOUS- AH CALM DOWN!- Ok now that that's over with I can talk about other stories that inspired me 0w0~. Another great one is 'I Hear Him Scream' by 'Rift-Raft' which is another great story that shows Hiccup's desperation to get back to his human self after he has been punished by Toothless in front of the whole village by being transformed, but then starts to grow close to Toothless and they grow an astounding bond with each other. And a couple more inspiring fanfics like 'Dimmadreki' by 'Cke1st' and also 'Shadow of the Night' by 'Superbun'. There's others too but I don't want to blabber on anymore. Let me give to you my Story, 'A Viking's Punishment'.

"Human Speech"

'Human Thoughts'

"Dragon Speech"

'Dragon Thoughts'

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Chapter 1: Hatred

Berk has never really changed for me. Everyday seems to be the same thing: Wake up, Go to the Forge, Mess a lot of stuff up around the village, Get scolded, Sleep.

Being Hiccup isn't fun, really. My name was originally given to scare away things such as trolls and other terrifying monsters that lurk in the wilderness, but now it is occasionally used by others as an insult to me. Since I am the Son of Stoick the Vast, A.K.A Chief of Berk it is well known around the village that I am the heir to be next Chief. It sounds great right? To be a Chief? To be big and strong, and have the village follow your orders to success? Haha… well unfortunately it isn't great for me. I am not big and strong, nobody listens to me, I'm nothing more than a talking fishbone! Skinny arms and legs, weak and puny, and can't even pick up a weapon properly for Odin's sake! My dad is doubtful in my ability to become a great Chief and the villagers treat me like I'm an outcast! Mostly because of my terrible acts I get up to around Berk. I am known probably everywhere as 'Hiccup The Useless' because of how many times I've messed things up. I've burnt down buildings on accident, almost cost somebody a limb, unleashed herds of sheep out onto the village streets, sunk a viking ship, etc…

I even end up screwing up more when a Dragon Raid is happening! I've messed up so bad I took out a whole row of buildings just by being chased around from a Deadly Nadder! For crying out loud I was- or am! The worst viking to exist on the planet! But I always try my best to put all that hate behind me and use my most powerful weapon against it: Ignorance.

I woke up to the peaceful sound of chirping birds outside of my window again and got out of bed. Oh great, another day on Berk, this is gonna be wondeeeerfuuuull….. I snap the bad thoughts out of my head, I need to stop thinking negative. I have a home here, yeah maybe Dad doesn't talk to me enough and is usually harsh nowadays, but that's just because he's a Chief and I'm getting a little older now for him to stop treating me like a whiny toddler. Forgetting the current mind-swarm I just had, I got into my everyday clothes and headed down the stairs to see my Dad cooking some food in the furnace. Eugh, the revolting smell of the smoke was horrid.

"Good morning Son, sleep well?" He said as he got aware of my presence from that annoyingly creaky staircase floorboard we still haven't bothered to replace. "Yeah Dad...ngh.. Aaaaah…." I replied while stretching with a loud but satisfying yawn. "Well ya better have, Gobber wants you down by the Forge early today for some extra work apparently, says that he may be predicting an upcoming Dragon Raid tonight due to the 2 weeks we've had with no sign of em'" Oh that's just great, more work for me! And yes that was sarcasm… "Really..? How do you even know he'll predict correctly?" I blurted while taking a seat at the table. "He says he was trying to find a new way to detect a Dragon Raid sign with the watchguards over at the village gates by looking around the far outskirts of the village for any signs of dragons tryna' take a peek in at the place. And they have been seeing a few recently trying to do just that" Dad laid my food down in front of me while chatting about this whole Gobber-idea. It smells wretched, and oh gods does Dad know how to make a disgusting breakfast. "Oh wow… that seems like a very smart thing to do, so there could be another one tonight..?" I said while taking small-sized bites out of my food.

"Yep, and that's why I also want ya down to that Forge quick so you can get that weaponry and protection out for all of us as quick as possible, so quit eating and talking at the same time and get that food down yer' glutter quickly!" He boomed as he slammed his mountain-shattering fists on the table with a shocking force, causing me to almost choke on a piece of meat. Not wanting to displease Dad any further, I forcefully glomped the food down my throat and headed out into the lovely, but oh so Viking infested village.

Here we go, another day in the life of me, Hiccup The Useless. Taking ANOTHER daily stroll down to the Forge, or as I'd call it, a living HELL. Being an apprentice is tough work, but I've gotten used to it, and I've gotten very good at making my own inventions by learning a lot about my job. The one I'm currently making is my greatest invention yet, and one I am hoping will fix everything people know about me. How you may ask? Well since I want to be noticed and be seen as great and amazing for once in my entire existence, I need to do something absolutely mind-blowingly amazing. And that is, be the first viking in the world to catch and kill the most elusive, fastest, rarest, toughest dragon to be known - The Night Fury. Not one viking has ever seen or killed one before, only heard it, and if they have seen one then they haven't lived to tell the tale. When Dragon Raids happen, there is nearly always one Night Fury hiding in the black darkness of the night sky raining down terrifying plasma-fireballs on the catapults of the village, destroyin- no obliterating them into smithereens! They are fast, they are ruthless, and they are…..I hate to say it but, 'amazing'.

During all my thoughts about catching a Night Fury and becoming a greatly appreciated viking I ended up at the entrance to the Forge. As I went to enter I heard that funny-accented and familiar voice of my Forge Master - Gobber. "Aye! There ya are! Finally! I was worried yer weren't gonna show up for a second, did ye sleep in again?" He shouted while giving me a hefty whack on the back with his prosthetic-replaced hand. Gobber has had a tough time as a viking, he has ended up losing his left hand AND right foot to the claws and jaws of bloodthirsty dragons. But he still stands strong and never gives up! I admire him for that, plus he is kind of the only person in the village that has ever really cared about me apart from Dad I guess? I'm still not sure about how much Dad even cares for me, his own Son.

"N-no I didn't what are you talking about? This is the time I almost always get up- AK!" I was interrupted by heavy metallic material being flung towards me and the obnoxious noise of Gobber giving me orders. "No time to dilly-dally Hiccup, ye see? I need these weapons and shields made before them blasted dragons terrorize the village again, think ye can do that for me?" He said while grabbing a wooden mug of ale from the table counter before chugging it down quite fast - so fast it was actually a little scary. I sighed deeply at the thought of extra work "Do I at least get a break-" Cut off again. "Yes but I'll have to split yer time since you'll be crankin' out many weapons and defences today, now if ye excuse me young man I gotta be headin' to a meeting with yer Father Stoick!" Gobber slung the mug across the table and began to walk out of the Forge, before turning around one last time. "Oh and eh, Hiccup. Don't be messin' up my Forge ok? Already had enough dusting and scrubbing in here to do, be seein' ya then! Hahah!" He let out a chuckle while making his way towards the Great Hall.

Oh gods why... If my break is split then I'll only have half an hour to complete my next invention! After all it has to be done before the next Dragon Raid if I want to have any hopes of catching a Night Fury. But it couldn't be that bad I guess, it's nearly done anyways and it just needs a few tweaks then it'll be good to go. But still, I hope it'll be enough time to finish it.

I was 20 minutes into my break, that means I have got 10 more minutes to ensure that this thing will work properly. Halfway through tightening a few bottom parts of the invention I was alerted by sudden footsteps making their way up to the Forge counter. "If you need something then you're gonna have to come later, I'm kind of busy right now…" I grumbled while carefully pulling a loose metal bar back into its place. "So what sort of weird contraption are you working on this time Hiccup?" Wait, I know that voice… Astrid!

I quickly shot up on my feet and stopped what I was doing, my face was covered in all kinds of dust and soot. "OH- uh- eheh uh… Hey Astrid! Uh…. this..? Well um….." I nervously scratched the back of my neck, not knowing what to say. "You know, instead of wasting time working on another one of your, CRAAAAAAZY machines, how about you start actually helping us and make more shields, swords and hammers? Not making another thing that will backfire and probably blow up another house?" She said while weirdly tapping her finger on the wooden counter beneath her impatiently. "Well you see uh, I'm on break, so you kinda caught me at an awkward time.." I replied back. "Oh." She said, "Well you still shouldn't be making another invention! Since when has one of them ever worked?! What does this one even do?". I have to say, she sort of offended me when she said none of my inventions ever work, but it was the truth which made a me a little sad.

"This one.. Um… its supposed to shoot bo-" "Astrid! Why are you over here? The supply shed is further down to the docks- Hey why are you talking to this loser?" Oh how great, fate just had to let my terrible cousin Snotlout show up. "I was seeing if our craftsman for weapons and defence over here was slacking off or not" Astrid replied quickly. "He better not be, unless he's gonna have a knuckle sandwich for his next meal! Whatever, lets go Astrid, we have better things to do than be around this failure… hehe.." Snotlout said with pride in his voice before walking away while giving me his ugly glare. Astrid rolled her eyes and followed the direction Snotlout took. I stood there, hurt from his words. I looked down at the floor while frowning, 'Why can't I have at least one compliment in my life? Everybody hates me…'. I sighed deeply and thought to myself, 'I swear if this plan works, I will make him choke on his words when I show him the giant heart I pulled out from the Night Fury's body!'. I continued on with what I was originally doing.

During the Dragon Raid

Gobber had just left to fight off the dragons, this means it's time to do what I've been wanting to accomplish! No longer would people despise me and wish me all the badness in the world, no longer will Dad have doubt in my ability to show the true strength of my Viking Spirit! And most importantly, Astrid will finally recognize me… I'll be a Viking!

I took the sheet that was covering my creation and threw it to the side, revealing the beauty of my hard-work - The Bola Launcher. Yes! This will fix everything! I'll be cared! Famous! Noticed! Now it's time… I walked to the other side of the contraption and started pushing it out the Forge and into the ablazed battlefield of dragons and vikings. "Hiccup! Get back inside this instant!" I heard people shouting while I pushed the cart further up the village streets. "Sorry can't talk right now! I'm busy and, stuff, uh… Yeah um, see you!" I quickly replied while avoiding debris and the occasional dragon flames. It was a little stressful but I finally got to the lonely hill near the back of the village. There were no dragon or vikings here and there was a perfect view of the sky so it was the best place for me to get a good shot.

Everything is set, now I just need to find that sneaky Night Fury… People think the reason they are almost impossible to see is because they are coated in thick, black scales that blend in perfectly with the night sky. The only glimpse you can ever get of them is when their explosive shots reflect off of them, but it still doesn't really help because people are too focused on not getting hit rather then trying to get a peek at their opponent. And another way is when they get caught in the light of the Moon. Forgetting all that, I stared up at the sky, waiting for any sort of sign that the Dragon of the Night was nearby.

"Come on, gimme something to shoot at gimme something to shoot at…" I started talking to myself while glaring at the glittering stars, seeing if anything will cover them up. Waiting, waiting, waiting… It can't be long now… It'll eventually show itse- THERE! Caught up in my thoughts, I heard the all-too-familiar ear-piercing screech of the oncoming plasma-fireball shooting down from above. The moment I turned my head in the direction of the attack, the nearest catapult was already obliterated and no longer standing. Suddenly I saw it in front of me! With no hesitation, I pulled on the launcher with all my force, sending a bola soaring through the sky. I fell backwards, landing on my back a little hard. "Ouch…" suddenly a loud roar shot out from where I aimed my bola at. And saw something fall out of the sky, landing roughly in the middle of the forest. "O-oh I hit it…. I ACTUALLY HIT IT! HAHA! YES! DID ANYBODY SEE THAT?!" I jumped up and down in excitement, feeling like I just saved the entire world. My parade was finally cut short from the deep snarling coming from behind me - A Monstrous Nightmare found me. "Except for you…." I sighed in realization… I'm screwed! "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

Great, running for my life from a Monstrous Nightmare. I dodged at least 3 fireballs when running from it, one of them burnt a little of my clothing. Damn! I need to hide, I'm not gonna lose this thing if I keep running... There! Maybe that'll work! I hid behind one of the big poles that are used to scare away the dragons with the big pot of fire on top - Doesn't really make sense if you ask me. Fire had just engulfed the area around me from where I was standing, thank the gods the pole was there to protect me. As the fire dissipated I was paranoid, where was the Nightmare? I took a quick peek around the corner, it wasn't there! That means… I felt something breath on the back of my neck. Oh no… "rrrrRRRAAAAAAWRGH!" The sound of a charging viking came towards me, throwing the Monstrous Nightmare away from me. Oh thank Thor, Dad had saved me! I watched as he fist fighted with the dragon, he would obviously win since the beast had just used its last fireball. Sooner or later, the Nightmare flew off, not wanting to be killed by the hands of a viking.

It seemed that the Dragon Raid had come to an end, people were coming to stand around where me and my Dad were. I quickly turned around to watch as the pole I hid behind had been melted in half. The fire pot at the top fell off and started tumbling down the street, smashing into buildings which let out a couple viking screams. Oof, ouch, ow….. That must hurt… "Sorry….Dad…" I stood in silence as I watched the dragons fly off towards Helheim's Gate, back to their nest.

I knew Dad was behind me, looking at me with his unimpressed glare. "Um…. well I hit a Night Fury- OW!" Dad grabbed me by the back and started pulling me. "It's not like the last few times Dad I mean I really actually hit it! You guys were busy and I had a very clear shot, it went down just off Raven's Point lets get a search party out there-" "STOP!" I was cut off by the angry, fierce shout of my Dad. "Just, stop. Every time you step outside DISASTER falls! Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter is almost here! And I have an entire village to feed!" I stood in silence, taking in his words. "Well uh, between you and me the village could do with a little less feeding don't you think?" The people behind me gasped from what I just muttered. "This isn't a joke! Hiccup!" He sighed, "Why can't you follow the SIMPLEST orders" "I-I-I can't stop myself! I see a dragon and I have to just… Kill it! You know? It's... who I am Dad!" "Oh, you're… Many things, Hiccup… But a Dragon Killer is not one of them… Get back to the house…" The argument finally came to a close as Dad looked towards Gobber "Make sure he gets there… I have this mess to clean up…".

I walked back in shame as Snotlout and the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut made fun of my actions… I can't take this anymore… Being treated like this… I hate it…. I hate it..! Suddenly I turn around and shout out towards everyone "WHY DO YOU ALL HAVE TO TREAT ME LIKE I'M NOBODY! WHY DO YOU ALL HATE ME SO BAD?! SURE I MESS UP ALL THE TIME BUT THIS IS TOO MUCH! CAN'T YOU SEE THIS? I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF BED ANYMORE WITH ENTHUSIASM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I HAVE NO FRIENDS! AND GUESS WHAT?" I turned my stare of anger towards my Dad "I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU CARE ABOUT ME! YOUR OWN SON! NOT ONCE HAVE YOU EVER SAID ANYTHING NICE TO ME! I THINK YOU WOULD'VE PREFERRED IT IF I DIED INSTEAD OF MOM!" "H-Hiccup that's not tr-" "SHUT UP!" I cut Dad off in a complete fit of rage, tears falling from my eyes. The entire village was in shock, especially Astrid, Snotlout, the Twins and Fishlegs. "I'M GONNA FIND THAT NIGHT FURY! AND I'LL PROVE TO YOU ALL THAT I CAN BE A GOOD PERSON, A GOOD VIKING!". Everyone had a similar, but different reaction in their faces. Dad look stricken with sorrow, Astrid had a look of concern, and Snotlout was speechless.

'I hate them all, none of them ever loved me. I bet they wouldn't even cry if I was killed...'. Not wanting to be around them anymore, I ran off in the direction of the forest. I refuse to come back until I have the heart of that Night Fury in my grasp, and I'll show them, and prove my name as a True Viking.

'Ugh… I've looked everywhere, marked almost my whole map…' I scribble it out in frustration and sigh deeply, "Oh the gods hate me… Some people lose their knife, or mug, no not me! I manage to lose an ENTIRE dragon!" I smack a branch in front of me in anger, only for it to come back and smack me in the face, "AGH-!" 'Oh gods… Why did it have to- Huh..?' I look up at the tree that the branch was connected to, it was split in two! Half of it bent downwards with many sharp splinters sticking out. 'What happened here…?' My question was answered quite fast as I looked down and saw a giant trail of broken trees and ruptured ground, like something had fallen from the sky… 'Wait… The Night Fury must've fell here!' I carefully made my way down, a little nervous if it was actually what I thought it was. I slowly peeked over the edge and looked down- 'DRAGON!'

I let out a small gasp and ducked back behind the dirt. 'I can't believe it's down there…!' I peeked back over again, and tried to get another good look at it. "U-u-uh…" I spastically patted over my clothes trying to find the small knife I keep on me, I reach in my pocket and unsheathed the blade, panting a little from nervousness. I creeped down near the dragon's laying body and hid behind a small boulder.

'Oh gods, am I really about to do this?' I peeked out from my hiding spot and started to make my way towards the Night Fury. "Oh wow… I-I… I did it! Ooooh I did! Th-this fixes everything! YES!" I put my foot down on it's thick black neck "I have brought down this mighty beast- ooOOAAGH!" Out of nowhere I was flung back towards the boulder. 'It was still alive..?' I put my knife in front of me out of fright and started stepping back to the Night Fury slowly. I took that time to examine it's trapped body. The whole thing was… huge! So big! The paws and claws were terrifying, It had some sort of frills on it's flat-shaped head, with 2 big ones on the top which were presumably its ears. It's wings were also very big too. And its scales were jet-black! No wonder this thing was unseen in the dark! But then suddenly, it opened its large eyes.

They were a beautiful green, and black slits looked back at me, which gave me chills. My grasp on the knife shook a little and I pulled an awkward face as I tried to build up courage. I stared down at the black-dragon's face. I felt like it was staring through my soul. Its breathing was loud, and had a small bit of sadness in it. My arms were shaking profusely. I finally found were my courage was. "I'm gonna kill you dragon… And I'm gonna… I'm gonna cut out your heart and take it to my Father… I'm a viking…." I muttered under my breath, until I raised my voice more, "I'M A VIKING!" I shouted towards the dragon's face. I breathed in and out, 'I can do this…' I raised my knife upwards towards the dragon's neck, trying to not think about the dragon's saddened face that stared back at me. But it just stared through my soul still, like it was trying to talk to me, pleading to me, begging me to not kill it. 'But… Everyone back at Berk, I need them to recognize me… I need to be what my Dad wants me to be… I have to be a Chief! A VIKING!' "rrrrRRAAAARRGH!" I plunged the knife downwards and closed my eyes. The last noises I heard after that was the piercing of a neck, and the blood-curdling screams of the Night Fury beneath my trembling feet.

I did it…

I feel like I was sitting there forever, staring at the dead black mass in front of me. 'I did this… I killed it…' For some reason, a very strange reason, I felt like I messed up again… But why? I had done what I had to do! I have done probably the biggest achievement in Viking History! But there's just a small part of me that just keeps nipping at my mind. 'Was I really considering whether to kill it or not just a second ago? What kind of viking am I?'. I sighed deeply, 'Well I can't do anything about it now, it's over, I can finally be happy in my home, in my village, in Berk…' I turn my head towards the Night Fury's body, 'now all I have to just get its heart and take it home. Ugh… This is gonna be a little disgusting…'

I stood up from where I was sitting and started to approach the dragon's body. "I still can't believe I'm doing thi- AGH!" I was suddenly shot back to the ground by some kind of invisible force. "W-what was that? Ouch… That's twice I've hurt my back- Huh?" The Night Fury's corpse suddenly started to distort and change, becoming like some sort of smoke silhouette. The dark figure started to hover and tower over me, its eyes were filled with deep-anger - They were filled with Hatred. I started panicking and shaking, I tried to push myself further away from the black beast, but it only kept inching closer. I kept crawling and crawling desperately, until my luck came to an end and I reached a large wall. I felt myself tensing up everywhere, 'Is this it? Am I going to die by the claws of a ghost?' My panting only got faster and faster at the dreadful thought. The Night Fury silhouette then lunged at me, pinning me against the wall with great strength. "P-p-please...don't kill me…" I urged out with my strangled breath.

"Foolish human… How dare such a mere skinny, small and weak hatchling like you slay such a far superior being like me… Do you know what you have just done? My species is extremely rare and almost on the brink of extinction. I'd say only 3 of my kind currently exist to this day! But you just had to go and make it worse… bringing it down by 1 number… You are the most disgusting viking I have ever came across… But I think we can change that, can't we?" The terrifying figure suddenly pulled an evil smirk. "W-w-wait you can talk?! W-what are you saying? What do you mean?!" My body was petrified, I was scared out of my mind. 'A talking dragon?! Since when? And what did he mean by We can change that?!'. "Hahahah…. You are funny, wretched human. Due to your terrible actions, I shall give you the worst, most horrible punishment I can think of…Hehe… But in my opinion… I think it's a GREAT punishment!" It boomed with a few giggles. 'Oh gods, oh gods, whats it going to do to me? Death? Starvation? Torture?' I was too scared to speak to the creature anymore. "If I can't have my life back… Then I guess you'll just have to be my Replacement!" His evil smirk slowly grew into a devilish grin. I had no idea what he was talking about. All I want to do right now was go back to Berk and hide under my bed sheets. The Night Fury figure let out a small cackle. Then starting to get even closer than it originally was! "Have fun with the last moments of your puny humanity…"

The smoke-silhouette suddenly started to swirl around me, covering my entire body. 'W-what is it doing?! I need to get out of here!'. I tried to run away from what seemed to be impending doom… But I couldn't move. Without warning, I felt like something was entering me, and it hurt. The black smoke! It was being absorbed inside of me! I stood there, useless, not able to do anything as the smoke entered through my mouth, nostrils, ears, eyes, even under my fingernails! It hurt, badly, I just wanted it to stop… 'Please… stop..!'

It ended, the smoke was nowhere in my sight anymore. 'Oh no… I need to go get help! I need to get whatever this smoke is out of me immediately! Maybe Gothi could help me, she'd know what to do. But first priority, get back to Berk'. My walking was sluggish and weak. For some reason I felt like I was going to fall over any second. "N-no… must… make it….to B-Berk… Ngh!" And just as I predicted, I fell over on my abdomen.

"G-gods I think I got up too early today… I feel so heavy…" I tried to push myself up from the ground. But it didn't help. Out of nowhere I felt a jolt of pain echo throughout my entire body. I yelped in shock, not knowing what this sudden pain was. My spine suddenly felt like it was… Stretching..? IT WAS STRETCHING! I screamed in agony as I felt it extend outwards, it felt like somebody was yanking my spine out of my back. I gritted my teeth in pain, it was like I was being set on fire. I heard something from behind me rip, 'Was that my pants?'.

Eventually after a while the pain stopped, and I slowly turned my aching head around to see what had just happened. And to my sight, I saw the tail of that Night Fury before, waving back and forth on the grassy ground. I jumped back in shock, 'The Night Fury is alive! But where is it? I don't see the rest of its body anywhere- HUH?!'. The tail was connected to my rear end, just above where my butt was. I didn't get time to soak in the sudden appearance of a Night Fury tail, as I felt my arms suddenly get an itching sensation. The itching started turned into stinging, then into excruciating pain as I watched the skin on my arms start to stretch and tear, only to be replaced with some sort of black material. I whined in torment as my arms suddenly started thickening. 'Why is this happening? What is going on?!' I could only watch as I saw my arms got thicker and fatter, then smothered in that black stuff. 'Is that…. Scales..?'

I screamed in distress again as the thickening started to make its way up from my arms and up to my chest area and belly. I was in so much agonizing pain at this point. Tears were dripping continuously from my eyes as I called out for help. "SOMEONE HELP! HELP! P-PLEASE… AAAAARGH…! D-DAD..! DAD..!". Even though I screamed at the top of my lungs, nobody came to my call. I laid there in misery as I tried my best to get used to the pain, but it never got better, only worse. Half my body was nearly covered in black scales and was swelling at an alarming and increasing rate. I looked back down at my arms and saw my fingers twist and contort, my fingernails slowly covering the entirety of them. They grew sharper and sharper, and became what seemed to look like giant claws. While that was also happening, my pinky finger was sucked inwards into my arm, it felt like I only had 4 fingers my entire life. Sooner or later the same fate that happened to my arms had started occurring to my legs. I turned my head back and watched as they grew larger and larger and got covered in scales. Tearing my clothes at the seams. My toes started becoming claws too, and my pinkies were nowhere to be seen.

I shrieked loudly as I felt all the bones in my body bend and stretch, doubling, or possibly tripling in size! I felt my organs being squashed together as my bones were being rearranged into different angles and started to take a different form. I suddenly felt the area around my shoulder blades twitch and spasm uncontrollably. I cried out in more agonizing pain as I felt some sort of 2 humongous appendages shoot out from my back. They stretched outwards and the scales on my back made their way up what seemed to be the appendages' membranes.

My eyes were now overflowed with tears of unending torture and sorrow. The pain is too much, I didn't ask for any of this, I just wanted to go home and be with Dad. The pain kept coming though, I wasn't even spared the feeling of unconsciousness. It was my organs' turn next. I wailed louder louder, pleading for mercy. "W-wh...what's...hap-p-pening….to..me...m-make it…...stop….please…- AAAAAAAARRGHH!" My organs expanded bigger and bigger, becoming adjusted to my newly-shaped anatomy and were placed in unfamiliar spots. Something felt tingly inside of me, near my lungs. It felt like something was growing… Like I'm growing a new organ or something… I felt my entire body trembling. 'It hurts so much… Please… let it be over….' But there was one thing left. The one part of my body that would probably hurt the most. My head.

It wasn't long until the scales starting forming around my neck, and it started to thicken up huge. My yells and cries felt more rough now. Then I felt my skull reforming, my head becoming overly large to accompany the rest of my oversized body. I tried to cry out for help once more. "D-Dad…..As-s-strid….Anyo-one...h-help...plearrrgh...It….huarrrrrghts...h-heaarrrRRRrr….gGRRAAAAUUUWWWRRH! RAAUUURRR!" Until my throat changed. My voice became deeper and deeper, screams, cries and whimpers turned into growls and snarls. And the last of what felt like my humanity was had gotten stripped away from me. I felt like my brain turned to mush for that entire moment. My ears stretched and grew, alongside a few smaller-like things next them which seemed to be some sort of frills. My skull was done reshaping and enlarging, becoming flat-like. My gums and tongue inside my mouth also grew rather big too, and my teeth became much sharper. I also felt a burning feeling on the tip of my tongue, like it was being cut a tiny bit. My mouth also became very wide and adjusted to my new head. My nose was above my mouth still, but they both pushed forwards to create a snout, and my nostrils felt very sensitive to the air around me. Afterwards my eyes doubled in size, even the pupils. The forest green colour of my irises started to cover my entire sclera, leaving no white in sight. And last but not least, the last of my skin faded from existence, only leaving scales.

The pain suddenly stopped, and I fell limp on the ground, unconscious. It was done…

"U-urgh…" I began to slowly fade back to consciousness. "What… happened just now…?". I slowly unhinged my eyelids, letting my eyes take sight of my surroundings. 'Huh..? Why is everything so… pretty…?' I peered at a few leaves lying on top of a small log. They looked so detailed! I could see every different tinge of green on them, even some small linings in the middle of them! Everything from a distance seemed to be so vibrant and amazing to look at. 'Had I done something to my eyes? Maybe some strange substance floating in the air got caught in them..'.

As I sniffed through my nose, I swear I could smell at least 100 different odours and stenches. I could smell the lush grass on the forest ground around me. I could smell the salty breeze coming from the direction of the closest ocean. And I could even smell something wriggly, slimy and alive coming from the nearest water stream. "Is that... Fish...?".

I suddenly heard a bird chirping inside of its nest attop one of the high trees, which made my ears perk up. The chirping sounded as clear as day, like it was singing right into my ear. 'Wait, why did my ears perk up? My ears don't do that!'. As I thought about it I started to realise how weird and misshapen my body felt. 'What exactly happened earlier?' I wondered to myself. Wait, even my thoughts didn't feel right!

The events from earlier started to race back into my mind, making my heart drop. I slowly and hesitantly looked down at my hand. And what I saw was…

A paw.

Author's Notes:

Well there you go! The first chapter done! It was a very fun thing to write so I will probably get indulged in writing a lot for this Fanfic.

Sorry if that whole Smoke-Entering-Hiccup part was a little too similar to the one in 'How to Live a Dragon's Life'. I was kind of stumped when thinking about how Toothless would get Hiccup to turn into a Night Fury, and the smoke way seemed interesting XD.

I don't know how frequent I'm going to make Chapters. It depends on my mood and creativeness. I can sometimes be one of those people that sit there motionlessly just staring at the screen wondering what to type. But don't worry 0w0~ I will try to get Chapter 2 out fast.

Bye!