Chapter 1: The Fight
Normal POV
"I'm ready." He said as the crowd died down. As the gates slowly opened, Hiccup prepared himself for the worst. Then, the metal gates burst open revealing a blazing Monstrous Nightmare covered head to tail in flames. The dragon crawled up the wall and even tried blasting a few of the Vikings around the arena. It made its way up onto the chain ceiling before noticing Hiccup. Hiccup tried to remain calm facing one of the most revered and dangerous dragons he'd ever faced.
"Go on Hiccup, give it to him!" one of the Vikings cheered. Instead, Hiccup dropped his shield and dagger, trying to calm the dragon down. Some of the Vikings began to voice their disapproval at what he was doing, but the boy ignored them.
"Hey, it's okay. It's okay," he soothed the dragon; but the beast was still wary of him, and he was forced to take a few steps back. He lifted his helmet at a final attempt to calm it down.
"I'm not one of them." He said as he tossed his helmet aside. The dragon was finally beginning to calm down after he said that, but Stoick interrupted them, saying to stop the fight.
"No!" the urgency in Hiccup's voice gave him a little more time. "I need you all to see this." He cautiously reached his hand out toward the Nightmare. "They're not what we think they are. We don't have to kill them."
"I said, STOP THE FIGHT!" Stoick angrily objected to his son's message as he hit his hammer against the rail of the arena. The dragon's eyes suddenly narrowed, and snapped at Hiccup's hand, breaking the trance it was in. Hiccup yelped at the sudden attack, and ran from the now angry dragon as it tried to blast him with flames. The dragon began chasing him around the arena, before Astrid yelled his name and used an axe to get into the arena and help him. The dragon blasted at him a second time and Hiccup had just enough time to get a shield to defend him with when the Nightmare crushed the weapon stand.
Astrid then yelled his name again and kicked a hammer to her hand and threw it at the Nightmare, which, fortunately, hit him in the head, giving Hiccup room to maneuver. Unfortunately, it also made the dragon go after her, and she scrambled to get out of the way. Stoick then lifted up the gates and shouted at them to escape through there. Astrid was the first one to reach the Chief, but just when Hiccup was almost there, the Nightmare shot fire at the doorway, causing Hiccup to turn around. The dragon leaped the boy, trapping him under the beast's claws. The Nightmare briefly studied its prey, before a shriek could be heard.
Suddenly, a purple blast echoed around the arena and a black blur shot into it. The arena was already filling with the smoke from the blast. Hiccup tried to pry the Nightmare's claws off of him, thankful for the confusion the thing caused. He quickly took it back when he saw what the thing was: his dragon, Toothless.
They were quickly engrossed into a brief battle. The Nightmare swiveled his neck around, biting and trying to get the jet black dragon off of it. Toothless then pulled the bigger one to the ground, kicking and lashing out with his talons. He managed to get the Nightmare in a headlock, before kicking him away. The dragons roared at each other; Toothless warning the other to stay away from Hiccup, and the Nightmare trying to get its prey back. Toothless looked back at his human, wanting him to get away while he could. Hiccup, however, runs toward the Night Fury and hopped into the saddle as the other Vikings started to jump into the arena.
"Let's get out of here, Toothless," He exclaimed. The duo then started to dodge all the Vikings coming toward them, and shot out of the arena. Hiccup dared a glance back to it, softly muttering the word, "I'm sorry, dad," before fleeing with Toothless to parts unknown.