It has been a while since I posted anything new. Right now I probably should be working on my other stories that others have been waiting for me to update, but I had this idea and couldn't let it go. I wanted to get some of it up before How To Train Your Dragon 2 released. Keep in mind, when I first started this story, I knew nothing about what the second movie was going to be about. You will find multiple OCs in this story, both human and dragon. This is the first part of a series that will span over more than one universe. I will let you know when the next story will come out and where it will be posted. I do not own How To Train Your Dragon, but I own the OCs. As always, feel free to review after reading; I take all reviews. If anyone wants to create some fan art based on some of my characters, I would greatly appreciate it if you would send me a link to the picture because I would like to see what some people imagine my characters to look like on paper.

Toothless and Hiccup were soaring over the ocean. The sun had just come up and they wanted to get some flying in before breakfast and dragon training.

"What do you think, bud?" Hiccup asked Toothless, looking down.

Toothless looked down as well and saw a school of fish swimming below them. The Night Fury dove down into the water and came back up with a mouthful of fish and a sputtering Hiccup.

Hiccup glared at Toothless. The Night Fury knew he wasn't in trouble. He swallowed his fish and laughed his dragon laugh.

"We should start heading back," said Hiccup.

Toothless turned around and started for Berk.

They heard it before they saw it. It was a strange whistling noise. Hiccup and Toothless were hit with something and it wrapped tightly around them. Hiccup snapped forward and smacked his head hard off of Toothless' back and everything was black.

Groaning, Hiccup opened his eyes. He tried to move, but found his hands tied. It was very dim wherever he was.

"Toothless," Hiccup called. "Toothless!"

"'Ow cute," said a rough voice. A large form stepped forward. "'Ello, 'Iccup."

Hiccup's eyes widened. "Alvin."

"Ye won't be finding yer precious dragon anytime soon," said Alvin. He reached down and grabbed Hiccup by the front of the shirt. Alvin held him at eye-level. Hiccup cringed at the smell of the Outcast's breath.

"What have you done with him?" asked Hiccup.

"I 'ad a little fun with 'im," said Alvin. He laughed at Hiccup's horrified expression. "Now, 'Iccup, I know killing the Night Fury would be a stupid move. After all, if I did that, I wouldn't have any leverage on ye. No, 'e's very much alive. But now I've a bit of a problem. Maybe ye can 'elp me with."

"I won't train dragons for you," hissed Hiccup. "I won't tell you how to do it either."

"I don't need ye, too," said Alvin. "At least not at the moment. You see, 'Iccup, my problem is I 'ave you, a Night Fury, another dragon I know nothing about, and a boy who thinks 'e's a dragon."

Hiccup's eyes went wide at the last statement.

"What I need from ye is to train the boy," said Alvin. "After that, I 'ave no more use for ye."

"You'll let me go?" asked Hiccup.

"Of course," Alvin answered. "Trust me."

There was a sour taste in Hiccup's mouth. You could never trust an Outcast, especially one with the name Treacherous.

It was a long time before anyone came to Hiccup's cell. He spent the time trying to come up with a plan to save Toothless and the boy. Come to think of it, he should also try to save that other dragon, too.

Savage, Alvin's right hand, came down. "Let's go, boy." He opened the cell door and dragged Hiccup out.

After being led down several tunnels, Hiccup was brought to an arena similar to the old kill ring back on Berk. He could hear the roars and snarls of dragons trapped inside the cages that lined the walls. Other Outcasts were trying to get the dragons under control.

Savage cut the Hiccup's bindings and pushed him into the ring.

Alvin looked down at him. "Ah, 'Iccup. So glad ye could join the party," he chuckled. "Let's see if yer as great a dragon trainer as ye think ye are."

The Outcasts left the ring.

"Release them!" shouted Alvin.

Two doors opened. One revealed a very large Monstrous Nightmare with yellow markings. The other revealed a boy Hiccup's age. Hiccup and the boy locked eyes for a moment. Hiccup was looking at pure blue eyes in a deathly pale face framed by shaggy dark hair. He wore a pair of midnight blue and black pants and his bare torso was covered in bruises and scratches.

The Monstrous Nightmare roared to get their attention. Both boys whirled around. The Monstrous Nightmare started going after Hiccup. Hiccup stayed out of its blind spot and put his hand up to show he was not going to hurt it. The Nightmare lit itself on fire. Hiccup shrank back. It opened its mouth.

There was a roar and the Nightmare turned away from Hiccup. Hiccup turned to the roar as well. He was expecting it to be coming from a dragon in one of the cages, but it came from the boy. The boy started growling at the Monstrous Nightmare, lowering himself into a crouch. He continued to growl as he approached the Nightmare, still low to the ground. The Nightmare had all his attention on the boy.

Hiccup could only stare at the sight.

The Nightmare looked from the boy to Hiccup and snorted, smoke coming from its nostrils. It then turned its attention to the Outcasts watching them from outside the ring. Then it turned back to the boy. It gave a very subtle nod before attacking the boy. It shot a blast of fire from its mouth. The boy rolled out of the way. The Nightmare turned to Hiccup and started after him. It gnashed its teeth at the small Viking as it chased him around the ring. The boy came and jumped on its head, running back the length of its body. Its tail came around and smacked the boy into the wall. Hiccup ran to the boy.

"Get up!" Hiccup urged.

Hiccup whirled around to see the Nightmare lighting itself on fire and stalking them. Hiccup did the one thing he could think of to save himself and the boy. He put his hand up to tame the dragon. The Nightmare backed off, refusing to let Hiccup near it. Hiccup put his head down, looking away. The Nightmare came closer.

At the last moment, the boy jumped up and pulled Hiccup away, hissing at the dragon. The Nightmare roared.

Several Outcasts, including Alvin, stormed in and forced the Nightmare back into its cage.

"So close," said Alvin. He looked at the boy. "I would've 'ad it if ye wouldn't 'ave interfered." He kicked the boy and grabbed him by the hair.

Savage grabbed Hiccup and they were both led back to their cells.

Once there, Alvin gave the boy an extra beating for good measure and turned to Hiccup. "Whoever trains the dragons first, gets to live," he said. "Keep that in mind."

Hiccup stared at the boy across the dungeon from him. He was just picking himself up and sitting in front of the bars. Blue eyes met green and they stared at each other.

"Why did you do that?" Hiccup asked the boy. "Why did you pull me away? I could have gotten that Nightmare under control."

Blue eyes darted around. Hiccup thought the boy didn't want to talk to him. Then a rich, smooth voice said, "I know." The voice did not match the rough appearance of the boy.

"But why?" asked Hiccup.

"You'll see," said the boy.

Toothless was confined to a wall in his cell. There were other dragons in this prison, but all were given free movement around their cells. Toothless thought he was a special case. After all, he was a Night Fury, the smartest of the dragons. If any dragon could figure a way out of this, it was Toothless. However, Toothless was chained to the wall, his mouth muzzled, his wings strapped down, and his legs and tail bound.

Two Outcasts came in and tried to force him to eat. The muzzle allowed a fish to slip through, but Toothless couldn't open his mouth wide enough to let loose a plasma blast. Even if he did, he still wouldn't be able to get free. Toothless kept his mouth shut. He wasn't going to eat or drink as long as Hiccup was kept prisoner as well. After a few minutes, the Outcasts gave it up and left.

"It has been many years since the last time I saw a Night Fury," said a dragon's voice across the aisle.

Toothless turned as much as he could in his restraints. In the cell diagonal of him, he could just make out the form of a dark dragon that was similar to a Night Fury. Its body was midnight blue with a few black markings decorating it and its wings and claws were black. Its face was narrower than Toothless' and the pure blue eyes were slanted more. Blue and black markings covered its face.

"There are not many of us left," said Toothless. Green eyes narrowed. "What breed of dragon are you? I have never seen one with markings like yours."

"All in good time," said the mystery dragon. "But I believe there are more important things that need to be done than idle chatter."

"You're right," said Toothless. "I need to rescue my friend before the Outcasts kill him."

"Mine as well. Do you know where your friend is?"

"They have probably taken him to that arena I saw," said Toothless.

"Then you have nothing to worry about," said the dragon. "My friend is there as well. He won't kill a dragon."

"My friend is human," said Toothless.

The dragon looked startled before giving a small laugh. "I should have known from your saddle. Still, my friend won't let any harm come to him as long as your friend doesn't attack him." The dragon retreated back into the shadows.

"My name's Toothless. What's yours?"

The dragon turned its blue eyes to Toothless. "Toothless? An odd name. My name is Deathshriek. And don't worry; I'll make sure you get out of here." The dragon disappeared into a dark corner of its cell.

"How?" Toothless quietly asked.

"You'll see," Deathshriek's voice came from the shadows.

Toothless spent the night thinking about Deathshriek. There was very little he knew about him and it was a male: Toothless could tell by the smell and sound of his voice. And why would he be named Deathshriek? His voice was deep, nothing like a shriek. Maybe it was just his name as a hatchling and he never bothered to change it. And what about his friend? Would he look after Hiccup?

In the morning, the door to Hiccup's cell opened. He was pulled out along with the boy.

"Let's see if we can get it right today," said Alvin.

They were led to the arena.

Toothless woke up to hear Deathshriek and another dragon speaking.

"He said you are to make the first move," said a dragon beside Toothless' cell.

"Smart boy," said Deathshriek. "Anything else?"

"He spoke of another human," said the dragon. "One with a fake leg."

"Hiccup!" cried Toothless.

"You know the other human?" asked the dragon.

"Yes, he is his friend," said Deathshriek.

"Other human?" Toothless repeated. "Who's the other?"

"That would be my friend," said Deathshriek. "He is an extraordinary boy, very smart. You were saying, Sunfire?"

The dragon, Sunfire, continued, "The Outcasts want to use us as weapons. They are cruel and heartless. They know nothing of life. I will serve no human like them!"

This got a few of the other dragons listening.

"Hiccup's not like that," Toothless said.

"Hiccup?" a bunch of the dragons asked.

"My friend, the human with the fake leg you were talking about," said Toothless. "It's because of him the Queen Dragon in this area is dead."

There were hushed whispers.

"The boy killed a Queen Dragon?" asked Deathshriek.

"Yes," said Toothless. "I helped, but it was his strategy. It cost him his leg though."

"And I thought Grim was a force to behold," said Deathshriek. "All right. We will escape tonight."

"How?" asked the dragon beside Deathshriek, a purple hued Gronkle.

"You will see," Deathshriek said cryptically. "For now, we wait and hope for the best."

"Why not escape now?" asked a blue and orange Deadly Nadder from beside the Gronkle.

"Because the night will cover our escape," said Deathshriek. "Humans have poor night vision, at least compared to us. Many of us are darkly colored and it will be simple to blend with the night sky. Others only need to stay to the darkest of shadows and they won't even see you."

Hiccup and the boy spent the day dodging dragon fire. Hiccup was becoming annoyed with the boy. It was clear that he had a plan, but he wasn't sharing it with Hiccup. However the dragons they were facing seemed to purposefully missing them and only giving minor scratches and bruises.

At the end of the day, they were thrown back into their cells without any food or water. The boy calmly sat in front of the cell door, waiting patiently for something.

"What are you waiting for?" Hiccup asked.

The boy gave him a smile.

Back with the dragons, Toothless and the other dragons were waiting for Deathshriek to begin the plan. They weren't entirely sure how they were going to get out of their cages. Deathshriek only said that once they are out of their cages that they were to run and take to the night sky as quickly as they possibly could.

The Outcasts came around to see if they could feed Toothless. They walked passed Deathshriek's cage.

"Hey," said one of them, thumping the other to get his attention. "Where's the dragon?"

The other Outcast looked in. "Alvin's going to have our heads."

"How did it get out?" asked the first Outcast.

The second opened the cage door and ran in. "It's not in here!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he was struck down and the first was sent toppling into the Nightmare's, Sunfire, cage bars. Sunfire tried to burn him, but missed. An invisible force hit the first Outcast and knocked him out.

Deathshriek suddenly appeared. He ran over to Sunfire's cage and slammed into the bars. The bars didn't give. For a moment, Deathshriek inspected the bars. He then took his front paws and forced them beneath the hinges. With all of his strength, Deathshriek pushed up. The hinges came apart and the cage door fell.

"Help me with the others," he told Sunfire.

Sunfire answered by shooting at several cages, melting the hinges. The other dragons only had to slam themselves against the doors to get free.

"Hurry," Deathshriek told them.

Other Nightmares and Deadly Nadders added to the fires to release the dragons who couldn't get free by themselves.

Sunfire and Deathshriek went to help Toothless. Sunfire got the door open and Deathshriek rushed in and began tearing at the restraints, removing the muzzle and biting the straps that held him against the wall. With Toothless free, every dragon headed for the exit.

"I need to find Hiccup," said Toothless.

Deathshriek nodded in agreement. They ran outside and Deathshriek screeched into the night. It was a sound to make any creature's blood run cold. Toothless looked at Deathshriek and his green eyes widened. The blue markings on his face had turned white and was giving the dragon a skull like appearance.

From their cells, Hiccup and the boy both heard the screeching sound.

"What was that?" gasped Hiccup, jumping to his feet.

The boy simply grinned.

A moment later, two dragons came barging into the prison. One was Toothless and the other was a blue and black dragon with white facial markings. Toothless ran over to Hiccup's cell and tore the door clean off. The dragon did the same with the boy.

"Hurry," said the boy, jumping up on the blue and black dragon.

They raced from the prison and took to the air. The other dragons were in the distance now.

"Let's go home, buddy," said Hiccup.

Toothless roared in agreement and turned in the direction of Berk.

Hiccup turned around to see the boy and his dragon still following, only the dragon had lost its white markings. "What about you?" he called to the boy. "Where will you go?"

The boy shrugged. "I don't know," he said. "What do you think, Deathshriek?"

The dragon growled.

"Deathshriek?" asked Hiccup. "Was he making the screeching noise?"

"Yes," replied the boy.

Hiccup thought for a moment. "You can come back to Berk with me," he said. "You saved me after all. I never got your name. Mine's Hiccup. This is Toothless."

"Call me Grim," said the boy.

"Okay, Grim," said Hiccup. "It's a long flight back to Berk. We should be back before noon though."

Grim nodded and flew beside Toothless.

"We could get back there faster," said Grim.

"How?" asked Hiccup.

Grim looked up at the sky above them. "There's a strong wind current above us that will take us in the same direction we are going now, but it will be faster."

Hiccup looked down at Toothless. "What do you think?"

Toothless ascended, Deathshriek and Grim at their side.

It was dawn when they reached Berk. Hiccup was barely awake in his saddle. He turned to Grim to see him awake and alert along with Deathshriek.

Toothless growled to Deathshriek. He growled back and Grim looked to the dragons.

"That is Berk up ahead?" asked Grim.

Hiccup roused himself. "Yes," he said. "We're almost there. We'll land at my house if that's okay."

"That's fine," said Grim.

"Hiccup's father is the leader of the tribe," Toothless said to Deathshriek. "His name is Stoick the Vast."

"Ah, we are in luck then to have you know someone of importance," said Deathshriek.

"He may not trust you right away," said Toothless. "But he will appreciate you saving Hiccup's life."

"As long as he gives us a chance," said Deathshriek. "Just until we find a new place to live."

Toothless led Deathshriek to the chief's house. Thornado was sleeping in the front yard.

Toothless roared.

"Thornado!" called Hiccup.

The Thunder Drum looked up and roared happily, the sound startling the entire village awake.

Toothless landed and Hiccup got off his back.

The front door was thrown open and Stoick raced outside to see Hiccup and Toothless. "Son!" He grabbed Hiccup and pulled him into a bear hug. "You're safe. Where have you been? I've been worried sick."

"Alvin," gasped Hiccup. "Dad. . . can't breathe!"

Stoick let go of Hiccup. "Alvin had you? How did you escape?"

"I had help," said Hiccup. He turned to his new friends. "Dad, this is Grim and Deathshriek. They helped us escape."

Stoick turned to Grim and Deathshriek. He started to walk up to Grim. Deathshriek rumbled threateningly in his throat.

"If that human harms him. . ." Deathshriek began to threaten.

This caused Thornado to go on the alert.

Toothless grunted and shook his head at Deathshriek.

Deathshriek still didn't look too pleased with Stoick, but he backed down, keeping a wary eye on the Viking.

Stoick put his massive hands on Grim's shoulders. "Thank you."

Hiccup looked at Grim. For the first time he noticed how similar in build they were. Grim was only a little taller than Hiccup and had only a little more muscle, but that could be from not having anything to eat.

Thinking of food made Hiccup's stomach growl. "Dad, can we have something to eat? And I could use some sleep, too."

"Yes, of course," said Stoick, turning from Grim. "Come on, lad. Come inside. You must be cold. Out here with no shirt and boots, Odin's beard!"

"Is there a place where Deathshriek can get some fish?" asked Grim. "We've been flying all night."

"Yes," said Stoick. "He can follow Toothless down to the docks for fish. Thornado, go with them."

Thornado got up and led the way to the docks for breakfast.

Grim followed Hiccup and Stoick inside. He looked around at the large room.

"What do you think?" asked Hiccup.

Grim continued to look around the room. "It's been awhile since I've been in such a large house. It's been awhile since I've been in anyone's house."

"Where were you living?" asked Hiccup.

"Caves, trees, anywhere we could find," answered Grim.

The three of them sat down at the table and Stoick passed out some food. Grim immediately went for the food, tearing a large bite out of the chicken breast Stoick had given him.

"Easy, Grim," said Hiccup. "When's the last time you ate?"

"Before Alvin captured us," replied Grim with his mouth full. He chugged some yak milk to chase the chicken down. "Deathshriek and I ate what we could find. He could usually find enough food for himself and I would let him have as much fish as he could eat. I only ate one or two a day. I can hunt and I could find enough food for myself."

It wasn't long before all of Grim's food was gone. He looked a little disappointed at the empty plate.

Stoick chuckled and put another piece of chicken on Grim's plate. "Go on, eat."

Grim ate the second piece of chicken.

Someone banged on the door. "Stoick!" Gobber yelled. He opened the door and came right in. He looked at Hiccup. "Hiccup! You're all right!"

"Yeah, thanks to Grim and his dragon," said Hiccup.

"What about Toothless?" asked Gobber.

"He went with Thornado and Deathshriek," replied Hiccup.

"Hello, lad," Gobber said to Grim.

Grim nodded, licking at his fingers.

Hiccup yawned.

"Up to bed with you, son," said Stoick. "You, too, Grim. You can sleep in my bed for now."

Stoick took Grim back to his bedroom and Hiccup went up to his own room.

Toothless just returned with a full belly and went right to his rock, heating it before he laid down.

"Toothless, where's Deathshriek?" asked Hiccup.

Toothless turned to the window.

"Outside? Okay." Hiccup rolled over and went to sleep.

Deathshriek was only outside for a little while. He didn't like the idea of being separated from Grim for too long. Deathshriek flew up to the upstairs window and found Hiccup and Toothless sleeping. He left the room, going down the stairs and finding Grim in another room. Grim was sleeping, so Deathshriek lay down near him.

And there's the first chapter. Please review and let me know what you thought about my opening.