Chapter 1 : The Choice

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third runs up to his father, Stoick the Vast, who is a five star general for the military, meaning he's never home for more then a few days at a time

"Dad! Come on please! Cant i FINALLY just get a dragon?" Hiccup asks pleading, he has always wanted a dragon as a friend, but everyone see's them as pets so its practically impossible to treat a dragon as friend while someone else is around

"NO! And for the last time, Hiccup! Dragons aren't friends, their..." Stoick says in a booming voice and Hiccup interrupts him

"Pets i know, but cant i just get a pet"' Hiccup asks while spitting out the word pet, he really hates using it but he'll do ANYTHING to get a dragon

"No Hiccup! You have friends at school, why should you need a dragon?"

"Hmm, fine, I'm going to school now! Bye!" Hiccup says and runs out of the house, he sits down on the bench outside, he really doesnt want to tell his father the truth. Meanwhile, Stoick starts sorting threw mail until he finds a letter from the school principle, Stoick grabs a cup of coffee and starts reading aloud

"Dear Stoick Haddock, this is principle Amy writing to you to tell you that recently, i have seen multiple kids picking on and bullying Hiccup, your son. He has no friends at school except Gobber, the towns local blacksmith and the schools librarian. I really hope you can help him make friends or get a distraction as his grades may soon started getting bad, which would be terrible as he is our best student in math, science, and engineering. From, Amy Stocktan" Stock reads and puts his cup of coffee down, he lays the letter down and starts thinking to himself out loud

"Oh no, i feared this, i didn't want to believe b-but...oh, maybe i should follow Amy's advice, get him a distraction, but what?" Stoick mumbles aloud and suddenly he remembers what his son asked for just a few minutes ago

Stoick grabs a overly long coat and his wallet before stepping out the front door, he looks down to see Hiccup holding his head in his hands while breathing evenly, its his thinking pose

"Hiccup" Stoick says and Hiccup jumps up before turning to Stoick, Stoick sighs and turns to Hiccup

"Alright, lets go get you a dragon" Stoick says and Hiccup is shocked

"Who are you and what have you done to my father?" Hiccup says jokingly and shocked, Stoick chuckles a bit at the joke but straightens up at the sign of showing a emotion

"I'm serious, you wanted a dragon, so why not get my one and only son the thing he wants?" Stoick lies, he knows the real reason behind getting a dragon but he really doesnt want Hiccup to know

"Ok?" Hiccup responds very slowly to show that Stoick's lie makes no god-damn sense. They get in the car and start driving, after a while, Hiccup takes a nap and Stoick keeps driving, they eventually pull to a stop somewhere

"Hiccup, get up! Where here!" Stoick says and Hiccup gets up to see a huge white building with a sign reading "Dragon Store", it almost disgusts Hiccup that the people that run this place think of dragons as things, and not living, breathing creatures

They get out of the car and walk into the steel white building, a man greets them and they walk into a huge with glass windows showing small places filled with dragons, from Deadly Nadders to Monstrous Nightmares, Hiccup starts walking along the wall, searching for a dragon while Stoick talks to the man that greeted them called Jamie

"So, how much?" Stoick asks and grabs his wallet, Jamie thinks for a moment

"Your lucky! Its discount week, every dragon is only 150 bucks, in United States money of course" Jamie states and Stoick is shocked at first but then notices that most of the containers are empty

"Ok then, what dragon would you say is the strongest?" Stoick asks, he hopes that if Hiccup has the strongest dragon in school then he wont be picked on and people will want to be his friend, Jamie thinks for a moment

"That might be the Monstrous Nightmare, maybe, we did just get a new species of dragon here so the new one might be stronger" Jamie responds with hope

"Which one?"

"Its called the Night Fury, its jet black, has green eyes, and is god damn adorable, i mean, i fainted when i first saw the damn thing"

Stoick thinks for a moment and then starts mumbling to himself

"Hiccup needs the Monstrous Nightmare, sure it may be a bit dumb, but its for sure better then the unknown one" Stoick mumbles to himself, not noticing that Jamie has walked over to Hiccup

"So young man, do you want a Monstrous Nightmare?" Jamie asks Hiccup but Hiccup turns to him curiously

"What dragon is this?" Hiccup asks and points to a glass case, containing the Night Fury, the small dragon looks at Hiccup with a curiosity

"That! Is the Night Fury, the only one of its kind, he has a IQ of 281 and he's 14 years old, he was born on July 9th 2000, he should be 15 in about 4 days" Jamie says with hope that Hiccup will take the small Night Fury far, far away from this place and to a safe, loving home

"Why is he so...small?"

"He's...a runt, he should be HUGE by now but he didn't start growing at age 13 like every other dragon, he might start soon...hopefully"

Hiccup looks at the dragon and see's the dragon is looking at him with curiosity and fear, a fear of being hurt, and a curiosity to see what Hiccup will do

"I would like this one" Hiccup states and points to the small dragon

"Why would you like this one?" Jamie asks curiously

"Because he's...like me, I'm a runt too so, yeah"

Jamie quickly grabs his tools and selects Stoick's purchase to be the Night Fury, he charges it and quickly pulls the cage out from the wall and gives it to Hiccup, he looks at the cage to see no lock and only a small glass screen on the cage door

"Sir, why is their no lock?" Hiccup asks and Jamie smiles

"I told you, he has a IQ of 281, he's lock picked every lock on the planet that we try putting on the cage, he mastered the decimal and fraction systems in 3 hours, he's most likely the smartest dragon in this building right now, he just doesnt know much because he doesnt have access to much material" Jamie explains and Hiccup is still confused

"But what about the screen here?"

"Its a fingerprint scanner, any human with a thumb print can open it, but since dragons don't have thumbs..."

"...They don't have fingerprints!" Hiccup states and Jamie smiles, he hands Hiccup the cage and runs over to the computer server where he stands in wait

Hiccup walks up to Stoick who is about ready to speak up when he notices Hiccup holding the cage, with the Night Fury curled up and asleep

"Son, what are you doing with that dragon?" Stoick asks and Hiccup smiles

"I found my dragon, i got this one" Hiccup states and looks at the little Night Fury, who is asleep and snoring softly

"But, a Monstrous Nightmare..."

"Is to well...Monstrous for me, i like this one, he's quiet, calm, and god damn intelligent, did they tell you he has a IQ of 281?"

Stoick is a little shocked by this but decides to play along, as long as it distracts Hiccup, Stoick is fine

"Ok then, Night Fury it is, dragons generally require low amounts of work, they didn't ever use the bathroom so all you have to do is feed it, clean it when it gets covered in dirt, and make sure it gets a good amount of exercise"

Hiccup nods even though he hates Stoick called the dragon a it, they walk out of the building and getting into their car before driving away, suddenly three jeeps pull up and men in black suits run into the facility

"Jamie Jerald Kendall, where is the Night Fury" a man demands and Jamie smiles

"Far away from here, you'll never hurt him again"

'Let me guess, your with the..."

"DLOTW, yep"

"So, member of Dragon Lovers Of The World, your the last of your group. Tell us who bought the dragon and you don't get hurt"

Jamie pulls a switch on the computer causing it to spark and fissile

"You'll never find out who took the Night Fury, and the dragon will get to live a nice, long life"

The man laughs and smiles before walking away

"Shoot him" the man says and a loud boom echos threw out the building before Jamie's body drops to the floor