Disclaimer: HTTYD belongs to Dreamworks and Cressida Cowell. All rights belong to them and the only thing that belongs to me is the storyline and a few of my characters. (No matter how many times I ask for Toothless for Christmas)

Hey guys, I'm Nightbuddy and this is my first story. It's a Modern Version of HTTYD. It will mostly focus on Hiccstrid. I may need some OC's for my story. There will be details at the end of this chapter. Any way enough with the boring stuff.

Harrison Haddock groaned as Scott Jorgensonnslammed him into his locker. As Harrison rolled down into a ball fighting back tears, Scott laughed and leaned down so his face was right in Harrison's face and said. "Your eighteen years old, Hiccup, your gonna have to learn to stand up for yourself." Harrison's only response was to groan as he tried to move his face away from Scott's rank breath. The group behind Scott laughed. The group comprised of four people. Rachel and Tom Thorston, Frank Ingerman and Astrid Hofferson. Frank had been a friend of Harrison's in year 7, but they grew apart in year 8 when Frank begun to hang out with Harrison's cousin, Scott. The bell rang signalling the start of the last period so Scott punched Harrison in the stomach and went on his way to his classroom with his friends following behind.

After finishing their HSC's, the year 12 students didn't have much to do at school, so they mostly just sat around talking. Their teacher was very laid back with whatever her pupils were doing. Everyone was in a particular jovial mood except Harrison. Scott's harsh punches had torn his stomach muscles and every small movement sent a extremely painful spasm up through his spine. He sat alone at his desk doodling dragons in his leather covered sketchbook. He was in the middle of drawing a dragon that had been in the back of his mind for many years now, though only now he felt confident enough to draw it. It was called the Night Fury and it was loosely based on his jet black Labrador, Toothless. The Night Fury has a bat like sleek, dark body. Harrison knew it was silly being an 18 year old drawing dragons, but ever since Harrison's mother died, he found comfort in drawing them. He was interrupted from his drawing when the teachers voice rang out across the room. "So Astrid," Mrs Cartwright asked. "What do you plan on doing once you leave school?"

Harrison paused his drawing to listen as an angelic voice filled the room.

"I've done my basic nursing qualifications, and I am hoping to become a nurse," Astrid said.

"Really Astrid," said Mrs Cartwright. "I think you would make an excellent nurse, where will you be studying?"

"Yeah babe, you'd be a great nurse. Maybe you wanna practice your mouth to mouth on me sometime," Scott winked.

"Scott shut up, and Mrs I'll be studying at Berk Uni."

Harrison didn't hear Mrs Cartwright's response because he was too busy dreaming up ways to get Astrid to notice him. Most of them involved staggering into the hospital with a pickaxe sticking out of his back.

Every step home practically killed Harrison. When he got within viewing distance of his house, he saw his father's Shelby Mustang. His heart sank. Stoick wasn't meant to be home for another week. Stoick Haddock wasn't a bad person, but since Stoick's wife, Valka Haddock, died when Harrison was four, Stoick had more or less neglected Harrison. His father was also always stressed because he was the Mayor of Berk. Being the mayor meant being away from home a lot of the time so Harrison had virtually grown up alone. When Harrison opened the door he was greeted with a warm lick.

"Aww Toothless, you know that doesn't wash out," Harrison laughed as he walked into the kitchen.

"Hey dad," Harrison said focusing on opening the fridge to get a lemonade, without bothering to look at his father.

Stoick made a low sort of growing noise that finally made Harrison look up and saw that his father was on the phone.

He scowled at Harrison so hard that it could of melted a solid metal bar. Harrison made an 'O' shape with his lips before walking out of the room with a lemonade in his hand. He sat down in the lounge room before signalling Toothless to jump up. He was reaching for the TV remote when Stoick walked into the lounge room and exploded at his son.

"Why Hiccup, why? Why do you always have to screw things up for me? That was an important phone call from work and you walked in and screwed it up for me. I'm hosting a meeting here tonight and I would appreciate it if you weren't here to screw things up in front of all my work colleagues."

"Look dad, I'm sorr-," Harrison started.

"Sorry is not good enough Hiccup, Okay. This meeting could run for a while so you'll have to stay at a friends house tonight."

"But dad I don't have any friends."

"Look son, do I look like I care. Your eighteen for Odin's sake, your gonna have to start making your own way in the world," Stoick shouted before walking out of the living room and slamming the door in Harrison's face.

Harrison could of sworn that the pavement was smiling at him. In fact Harrison couldn't help but laugh at the mess that was his life. He was practically finished school, had absolutely no idea what he was going to do after that, his father had more or less kicked him out of the house with no place to go and he had no friends. Harrison considered what his father had called in in the lounge room. A hiccup. 'Am I really a hiccup?' Thought Harrison.

Harrison turned and walked into a random store without even looking at store sign. We he got in how saw a ton of army gear and realised he had walked into a army disposal store. He pivoted on the ball of his foot, spun around 180 degrees and walked smack bang into 6 feet of solid muscle. The force knocked Harrison off his feet and on to the ground. When he looked up he was expecting to see an intimidating man, instead he saw a man about one or two years older than he was staring back at him with concerning eyes.

"Are you okay mate?" He asked in a concerning voice.

"Ye-yeah I'm fine."

"You sure that was quite a hit you took."

Harrison felt weird. First this strange person was drawing quite a bit of attention and second this was the first time someone had voluntarily had a conversation with him in a long time.

"Trust me I'm fine."

"Okay if your sure, by the way I'm Mason," Mason said.

"Hiccup,"

"Hiccup? Nickname right?"

"No not a nickname. That's what I'm am. A Hiccup, a mistake."

Something in Mason's eyes changed. From a look of concern when he knocked Harrison down, to a slight jovial look when Harrison said Hiccup. Now there was something more serious about his eyes, as if he could see right through him.

"I think you and me should have a little chat," Mason said seriously, helping Harrison to his feet.

Well that's the first chapter, all done and dusted. Please review :)

Please leave some constructive criticism. Writing will get better in latter chapters. Also there will be more Hiccstrid in the latter chapters. I will try to update on a regular basis.

NightBuddy

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