Alright, my next story—or episode—for the wonderful world that is How to Train Your Dragon! This story has been thought out and planned, so there shouldn't be any writer's block. I got this idea from one of my readers, Titanic HTTYD Star Wars Fan; tweaked it a bit, but still the same concept. Thanks again!

From here on, as I've said before, my stories will be based on the Defenders of Berk episodes. With that being said, expect more of Dagur.

Sorry for any spoilers, but I don't think there is any.

Apologies for any typos

Disclaimer: I own nothing

In Time of Need

Chapter 1

Prologue

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A few more tweaks and it was good. Hiccup sat the hammer down on the table before picking up his shield and giving it a look. He gave it a firm shake, its contents popping out like a pop-up book, transforming from a shield into a crossbow. Hiccup smiled from his success and repositioned the crossbow into a shield. He sat it down on the table and walked away to put away the tools he took.

It was close to midnight on Berk, the moon full in the sky. Hiccup was at the forge, working on his project with Toothless lying down just outside. He was actually being patient this time; then again, there wasn't any dragon flight ban anymore.

The night was the time when Toothless and Hiccup loved to fly; Toothless more than Hiccup. Hiccup had nothing against it; in fact he enjoyed it as much as Toothless, but flying under the full moon in the dead of night was like honey to bees for Toothelss. It was more than his favorite past time, it was him. They don't call them Night Furies for nothing.

Once Hiccup put all the tools back where he found them, he walked over to his shield only to be met by a certain blonde beauty.

"Astrid…!" He said with slight fright and surprise. She gave him a smile in greeting, her hands behind her back seemingly hiding something.

"What are you doing up this late?" He asked, moving his head to the side to see if he could see anything behind her. She moved her body to block is line of sight once more.

"Oh nothing, just spending some time with Stormfly." She replied, her eyes going up to the ceiling and down around to the floor.

She's definitely hiding something…

"Uh huh…" Hiccup looked at her with one hand on his thigh; "Alright, what is it?" he sighed out.

"I need you to fix my axe…" she revealed the secret from behind her and Hiccup's eyes enlarged.

"Oh my—what happened to it?" The blade was completely dented at a ninety degree angle and the handle was loose to the point of just slipping off. He took the weapon in his hands as she explained.

"Well, I was trying to teach Stormfly a new move and she accidently destroyed my axe."

"Destroyed? More like mangled, ate, spit up and then tossed six hundred thousand feet into the ocean." Hiccup exaggerated.

"Beggars can't be choosers…" Astrid replied.

Hiccup sat the axe down on the table next to his shield and examined it.

"So this "new move", what is it for again?"

"Oh well, you know… just for training…" Astrid began, scratching the back of her neck.

"Oh I see, not only are you trying to cheat your way to the top by feeding Stormfly chicken, but now you're training her at night." He looked down at the mangled weapon, "and from what I can see, it's not going well."

Astrid sighed in defeat, "Can you fix it or not?"

"Sorry Astrid, but there is no way I'm going to be able to." Astrid looked down at the ground in sorrow. That was her favorite axe…

Hiccup looked at her and frowned; glancing over at the wall, his frown disappeared.

"But…" he began, causing Astrid's head to lift up. "I can give you this." He took a brand new axe off the wall and handed it to Astrid with a smile. "Me and Gobber just made that the over day."

"Wow," Astrid took the axe with delight and twisted the blade around so the moon's light reflected off of it. "It even has a nice shine to it."

"It's made from steel instead of iron. More sturdier, and stronger; it should survive Stormfly." He added jokingly. Astrid chuckled and thanked him. A thought came to her and she frowned.

"Wait, wouldn't Gobber be looking for it?" she asked, not wanting to be greedy and take something that could very well belong to someone else.

"No, Gobber and I made it for the armory. It has no owner, well, up until now that is."

"Wow, I came here to get my axe fixed and leave with a brand new one. Thank you,"

Hiccup nodded his head, "Your welcome; now if you'll excuse me, Toothless and I are going to go on a midnight flight." He said while leaving the armory and walking over to the now awoken dragon.

"Hey, I can come with you; I'm not really doing anything and I can't get to sleep." She suggested, placing her new axe in its sheath on her back.

"Sure, you can come, but you have to keep up." Hiccup said with a mischievous smile as he hopped onto Toothless and settled himself in.

"Psh, I can keep up with you any day." Astrid accepted the challenge.

"Oh really? Then let's start now." Hiccup strapped in his prosthetic and tested the stirrup before him and Toothless took off into the night sky. Astrid gaped for a while before smirking and running back home to get Stormfly.

Soon enough, Berk was out of view…

Toothless zipped through the air, diving down to the nearest island as fast as possible; Stormfly hot on his tail. The two had been racing for quite some time now, Hiccup and Toothless being in the lead since the beginning. They flew around Berk a few times before heading out to sea and coming upon one of the dragon islands. Changewing Island to be exact, but Hiccup didn't want to continue their race there. With how the Changewings have been lately and the Outcast threat, he didn't want him and Astrid to get in trouble. So he lead Toothless away and over to the next island.

Toothless soared closer to the sea, Stormfly staying above him but lowering herself as well.

Hiccup glanced back at Astrid, "Give it up Astrid, I've been in the lead all this time, what makes you sure that'll change anytime soon?"

"Don't get too cocky, anything could happen." Stormfly spiked up her thorns and curled her tail. "Like this!" She shot the multitude of darts down at Toothelss and Hiccup; thankfully, Hiccup reacted just in time. He and Toothless dodged to the side and Astrid and Stormfly got a boost to first place.

"Hey!"

"I've got to beat ya somehow!" Astrid yelled behind her, loving the new view. Hiccup narrowed his eyes and smiled, leaning further down to the saddle, he whispered to Toothless some encouragement before the two took off in a burst of speed and past Astrid and Stormfly once more. Now it was Astrid's turn to shout.

"Hey!"

The two continued their race, the island coming towards them fairly quick. Though they couldn't see all too well within the darkness, the island held a firm grip inside Hiccup's memories. The thumb shape island amongst a group that looked like a hand would have gotten his attention, but the ocean did not outline its silhouette and therefore went unseen.

The four of them flew into the unsuspecting fog, their alert just now kicking in. Hiccup and Astrid looked around, not able to see anything but white mist.

"Hiccup, where are we?" Astrid asked, flying Stormfly closer to Toothless.

"I don't know…" Hiccup held the same worry as Astrid; the two thinking the same thing as they looked at each other. Toothless' eyes widened and he screeched as he dodged a tree branch. Hiccup gasped from the sudden action and veered his head forward. The fog continued its unrelenting power and blocked their sights of any oncoming objects.

"Hiccup, I can't see anything, we have to fly up!"

"Good idea!" Hiccup shouted back, watching Astrid and Stormfly ascend before he and Toothelss followed.

A click and then a rustle alerted Hiccup to something below them. Glancing down, he only caught a glimpse of the bola before it entangled itself around him and Toothless' body; the tailfin retracting into its compartment. His screams mixed with Toothless' as they fell down to the island. Astrid turned around and gasped. All she heard was their screams as the fog covered everything else.

Toothless crashed into multiple trees as he descended rapidly, the mist not aiding him at all in terms of seeing. Finally they smashed into the dirt ground, sliding a ways before stopping.

Hiccup grasped his head, his eyes closed due to the roller coaster that was their descent. Most of his body was trapped under the bola that engulfed Toothless, but with a little struggle, he could get out of it.

A large cracking noise caught his attention; though he couldn't see well from the darkness and the fog, he could see the silhouette of the tree that was starting to fall… towards them.

Fear struck him with a thousand bolts of lightning and he fought with the ropes.

"Toothless!" He shouted before reality went dark.

To be continued…