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This story is fan-based on the book series How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell and the movie of the same name by Dreamworks Studios. I have no intention of gaining any profit from the use of their plot, characters, or ideas. Please support the official release. Furthermore, this story contains original characters created for the sole intention of supporting the HTTYD series. Each author owns their own characters, and I (and my co-authors) have no intention of profiting from their use. Permission was granted by the authors for the use of their characters in this story.

Authors include: BrokenDemoness, Blue-Streaker, and yours truly. Characters by: Ankieth, Carter547, and all the authors.

Final note…I'll lighten up after the first few chapters.

Prologue by Damon Howe.


White-capped waves coursed through the ocean, riding atop a surging tide and below freezing, gusting winds.

The ocean and sky, which was black and churning, roared their duel fury to the village of Berk, which sat on the southern precipice of their modest island. Berk, like so many Viking villages of its day, stood as the symbol of stubbornness of humankind. No, not just the symbol of stubbornness, but its epitome. No matter how hard the ocean raged against the docks and cliffs, or how hard the wind blew and rain fell, the village would go on about its daily routine. Vikings were still out and about, feeding the sheep and kids, tending to the children, sharpening their weapons and tools, and building new ships, buildings, and other various objects of need, as if it was just another ordinary day.

Of course, for Berk this was practically an ordinary day. As far North as it was, Berk had a reputation for snowing nine months out of the year…then hailing the other three. Despite the horrible weather conditions, despite the fact that this rock held no real military or resourceful significance, the people stayed. Like I said, they're stubborn. However, there was one good thing about the modest village of Berk, and that lay with the other residents.

Dragons.

Yep, dragons. For generations these dragons were the scourge of the Viking village, destroying it practically every other month, stealing their food, and causing overall havoc. Yet, roughly thirty years ago, that all changed; and it changed because of one not-so-Viking-like teenager. His name? Hiccup Haddock the Third, or as everyone else knows him, Hiccup. In one of his many "hiccups", the boy brought down the most feared dragon in all of Viking history, the Night Fury. Then, instead of killing the dragon where it lay, he set it free, and not only did he later befriend the beast, but they formed a bond. A partnership, one that nobody and nothing could ever hope to break. Together, they helped teach each other many different things. Hiccup taught the Night Fury, whom he named Toothless, how to fly again with his help. And Toothless taught Hiccup about dragons, and about girls. The rest, as they say, is history.

For many years after, Hiccup lead the village in everything dealing with dragons…how to train them, ride them, befriend them, and take care of them. It was rough, that's for sure, and it took quite a bit of time, but eventually Hiccup managed to forge a permanent alliance between the dragons and Vikings; one that ran just about as deep as the good ol' Viking stubbornness itself. About ten years ago, Hiccup succeeded his father, Stoick the Vast, as chieftain of the tribe. Stoick resigned to take seat as one of the tribes elders, and still sits there today. Hiccup and his wife Astrid, now led their growing village (of which they contributed two daughters and a son) into a new age of prosperity and wealth…if not without its own challenges. There was the growing dragon population to deal with as well as the Viking population, which meant the village had to produce more food and supplies than ever before. More people meant more buildings, which meant more room needed to be made for said buildings. Occasionally, they needed to deal with the other Viking tribes throughout the islands, as well as rogue and dangerous dragons. Through it all though, Hiccup promised to maintain the peace. With Toothless and Astrid by his side, no one in the village doubted it either.

And just as Hiccup had sought out, and earned, his little piece of fame, so too does a new generation of young Vikings, and young dragons as well. Young Vikings, filled with both ambitious desires of dragon riding, Viking raids, and fights…and the not-so-ambitious desires of the heart. Young dragons, yearning for riders of their own like so many other older dragons…or yearning to create havoc for the village and themselves. And as a new chapter in Berk's long history is written, one can't help but wonder one thing: who will be its authors?