So this is my first story. I hope you like it. I don't own how to train your dragons.

It has been a week since the battle with Drago Bloodfist and everything was going well. The village was rebuilding. The entire village mourned the loss of their former chief, but all of them tried to look towards the future. Everyone had different views on where that future might lead, but every one of them could agree that with Hiccup as their new chief nothing was impossible.

It had been a very long day for Hiccup. Though all the vikings knew they had to rebuild the village, it didn't stop the hotheads like Snotlout and the twins from getting into fights and causing trouble. He had actually been thinking of secretly assigning one or two people to have a full time job as their babysitter. The only thing that stopped him was the fact that he would never be able to find anyone to actually take the job. At least with the dragons helping there was food and supplies a plenty.

It was late at night when he was heading back to his house. Everything was settling down for the night. Hiccup reached the door of his house when suddenly everything went white...

When his vision cleared he was still surrounded by white, but now in front of him stood a young women. She was beautiful, though unlike anyone he had ever seen. She had long black hair done in a braid and bright blue eyes. She wore a white halter dress that stopped mid-thigh and slanted to her knee. She wore no shoes. She appeared to be about sixteen, but there was a presence, a sense of power around her that made her seem much, much older. She was looking at him expectantly.

"Who are you? Where am I? Umm what are you?" Hiccup said apprehensively backing up a little.

"Your people don't have a name for what I really am, but I guess you could say I'm a Valkyrie. Don't worry I'm not here to collect your soul, it isn't your time." She said when he started to back up.

"Then what do you want?" Hiccup asked confused.

"Some idiots found a very powerful witch. I'd been hunting this particular witch for a very long time. Under normal circumstances I would simply ignore the people she's using, and use the spell she cast to hunt her down. In this instance however, I feel I must interfere." she said vaguely.

"I'm not sure I understand what your talking about. Who found the witch and what does this have to do with me?" Hiccup asked even more confused.

"Simple." she said smiling. "Daggur and Alvin are the ones who found the witch. The reason I've been hunting her is that she has the power to rewrite history and alter destiny. I'm sure you can see the implications."

"What!?" Hiccup exclaimed going pale.

"Yes. You see the problem." she said.

"But wait, you said you normally don't bother helping the people the witch messed with. What makes this different?" he asked.

"You. You are what's different." she said.

"Could you be a bit more specific? What makes me so different?" he asked.

"Two things actually. The first and possibly most important is that you are the pivot point upon which the entire world depends on. Your decisions and actions will impact the entire world. The second is that in another time you do me a huge favor, and I always repay my debts." she said as Hiccup just stared at her dumbfounded. He just could not fathom the meaning of her words

"It seems I might have said to much... No matter. You won't remember any of this conversation anyway so don't worry. No pressure." she said smiling slyly.

"Wait, if I'm not gonna be able to remember any of this why am I even here? Why bother telling me this?" he asked still really confused. He had no idea what to do or even how to take this confounding girl.

"I brought you here because I'm going to give you a choice. I can undo the spell before it even happens, or you can have a second chance to rewrite your own destiny. After all nothing is written in stone." she said.

"Why would I choose the second choice?" Hiccup asked.

"Simple, you have nothing really left to lose. In the past all you experience is pain and loss. Honestly your past is such that it disgusts me that the gods allowed so much abuse to come to such a noble hero. So I'm giving you the chance to change that. There will be a cost, for nothing comes without a price. What do you think?" she asked.

"Could you maybe give me a straight answer and more details? I'm not going to be able to remember any of this anyway so what's the point of being so vague?" Hiccup said finally losing his patience.

" I suppose your right. Sorry, its more of a habit than anything else. Ask your questions. I don't guarantee I'll answer all of them and some I might have to tell in riddles. After all, I can't make this to easy for you" she said impishly.

"Okay. If the witch is helping Daggur and Alvin how would the situation help me?" he asked.

"You should never trust a witch, even the good ones are very tricky. She's going to trick them. She'll rewrite history so that they will both get another chance to capture you, but they aren't going to have any of their memories of the current time. All they will know is that for some reason they are obsessed with you." she said.

"And how is that a good thing?" Hiccup nearly yelled.

"Because of the series of events this will put in place." she said.

"You're not going to give me a straight answer about this are you?" he asked exasperated.

"Nope. I said I couldn't make this to easy for you and I meant it." she said

"Okay can you tell me what the differences would be?" he asked trying to phrase his questions carefully.

"I guess I can tell you that. You wouldn't shoot down Toothless, so he doesn't lose his tail fin. Because of this you don't lose your leg, and eventually the events leading up to your father's death don't happen." she said.

"If I don't shoot him down, do I still meet Toothless?" he asked.

"Of course. The two of you are connected in such a way that not even fate itself can separate you." she said.

"You say my father doesn't die in the same way, does that mean he has a longer life or that he dies in another possibly more horrible way?" Hiccup asked still trying to word his questions carefully.

"I can't tell you how your father dies Hiccup." she said sadly. Hiccup just looked at her thinking.

"You already know what's going to happen either way don't you?" he asked looking at her intently.

"Yes, I do. Where are you going with this?" she asked a bit suspiciously.

"If you wanted to, could you manipulate everything in such a way that it would be for the best for everyone?"Hiccup said watching her closely.

"Yes and no, I suppose." she said suddenly being very careful with her answer, but Hiccup had seen all he needed to.

"Why is the witch doing this if she plans to betray Daggur and Alvin anyway?" he asked changing the topic suddenly.

"She doesn't really care about the outcome, she just likes to mess with people and make chaos in any way she can. She will do anything she can to make things more difficult for everyone." she said.

"What exactly are your intentions with this situation?" Hiccup asked, still watching her carefully. He couldn't read her face, but he could read her expressions and words a little.

"I'm not sure I understand where your going with this." She said watching the viking with growing interest. It had been a very, very long time since anyone had been able to match intellect with her, and secretly she was enjoying this battle of wits.

"Ever since you called me here you've been after something. You were very subtle about it, and were deliberately trying to confuse me. So what is it you are really after?" Hiccup asked resolutely.

The girl just smiled, completely delighted. "Alright, you caught me. You're right, I am after something. You see, with the current path that destiny chose to follow, you and Toothless never reached your true potential. My trying to confuse you was actually more of a test than anything else." She said looking at him very closely.

"So, what now?" Hiccup asked.

"I'll tell you some of what you want to know, and everything that you need to know."She said.

"Does that mean I passed your test?" he asked.

"Yes, with flying colors, actually. So you wanted to know why you should chose the second option, right?" she began. Hiccup just nodded. "Alright then. The main reason I believe you would want to choose it is that you will be able to accomplish so much more this way and help a lot more people. You won't be merely bound to Berk. You've been feeling it, haven't you? The insistent voice in your head, telling you that there is still so much more you need to do. The need to go farther and farther past the horizon. The feeling that something is still missing."

"How do you know that!" Hiccup said, almost stuttering. He hadn't told anyone that. The last time he told Astrid and his mom they had both given him very good answers that had helped at the time, but neither of them had really understood.

"Because I know the reason you feel that way. Your true potential can not be used in this current path. The one the witch makes will be much harder on you, and you will still have to endure a great deal, but you will be far better able to use all that pent up potential." she said.

"Will everyone be better off?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes and no. I can not tell you the fate of everyone. All I can tell you is about your fate." she said.

"But you said that my fate will decide the fate of everyone else so why can't you?" he asked shrewdly.

"A very good point, but I still can not tell you." she said laughing.

"You never did say what exactly you are after." Hiccup stated.

"Alright, alright. What I'm after is your decision." she said innocently. Hiccup was not convinced. The more he thought about it the more he felt like he was missing something. Then all of the sudden it came to him.

"Would you help me?" he asked suddenly.

"What do you mean?" She asked surprised.

"You know how this is going to play out either way, so will you help me make the second choice the best course for everyone involved. Will you help me make this world a better place for both humans and dragons. Will you help me bring peace to this world? I know from my own experience that this world has seen very little of it so far." Hiccup asked looking at her hopefully.

She was in shock. Never before had a hero thought to ask for help, especially a viking. They were known for their stubbornness and inability to see their own shortcomings, but this child had done what no one else ever had. He had asked for help, and not even for himself. He asked for it for the sake of everyone else. Suddenly she smiled. She would help this boy. He would have a destiny the likes of which this world had never seen before and may never see again.

"Of course I'll help." she said.

"Okay. I choose the second option. Let's rewrite history, for the better." Hiccup said.