This is my first How to Train Your Dragon fic so don't be afraid to tell me if I'm doing something wrong. Hiccup's a girl and is a bit braver, but she'll still freak out when she's not determined to prove she's worth something.

So please enjoy and review! (But no flames please)

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This is Berk. It's twelve days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death. It's located on the meridian of misery. My village is, in a word, sturdy. It's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunset. The only problem are the pests. You see, most places have mice or mosquitoes. We have...

"Dragons." A girl gasped as she slammed the door shut as a giant fireball was blasted at her.

Most people would leave, but not us. We're vikings and we have stubbornness issues. It could be good or bad depending on the situation.

She rushed out the door, hearing people shouting at her to get back inside or that she's going to get killed. She dodged man after man after woman, trying to stay out of the way.

My name is Hicca. I know it's a great name, but not the worst. Parents think a terrifying name will keep the trolls and gnomes away. Though it's not like our charming viking demeanor wouldn't do that for us.

As a huge blast of fire knocked her off her feet, a large man jumped on top of her. He yelled in her face before saying good morning in a cheery manner and going back off to fight the dragons. She got up and continued to run, zig zagging through the chaos and trying to stay out of the way. More people yelled at her to get back inside or what she was doing there. Then a giant man looked around for a dragon to either kill or capture.

That's Stoik the Vast, the tribe's chief. They say when he was a baby he popped the head clean off a dragon.

Stoik grabbed a cart and threw it a a dragon, knocking it out of the sky.

Do I believe it? Hard not to considering the things he does.

He was then approached by another viking, "What have we got?"

"Gronckles, Nadders, Zipplebacks, and one Nightmare."

"Any Night Furies?"

"Not yet."

"Good. Now Hoist the torches!"

Hicca had made it through the chaos and into the forge on the other side of town.

"Nice of you to join the party. I thought you got carried off or eaten." shouted the smith.

"Who me? No, they would have no idea what to do with all this." She flexed her arm, nothing really showing as she did.

"They need toothpicks don't they." he joked.

The meathead with an attitude and a changeable hand is Gobber. I've been his apprentice since I was little... well litter.

Just then a fireball hit a house and caught it on fire.

See? Old village, lots of new houses.

A villager yelled fire and Hicca saw five kids her age run at the fire with buckets of water and put it out. Only to have it go up in flames again.

That's Snotlout, Fishlegs, the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and Astrid. They get to go out and put out fires while I'm stuck in here. Their job is not only so much better than mine, but it's also a job I can handle but not allowed to do.

Fishlegs is a heavy boy with a brain. He's read every book on dragon we have at least 20 times and has all of them memorized practically word for word. The only problem is he's a bit... okay a lot, of a coward. He's normally the first to run. He's also one of the only people in the village who will talk to me.

Snotlout is, as much as it pains me to say, my cousin. I know right? We're nothing alike at all. He's all brawns and no brain and can't wait to be given the title of chief over me. He also always tries to flirt, impress, and get Astrid to be his girlfriend. It always fails.

Ruffnut is the female of the Thorsten twins and loves to cause chaos, mischief, and destruction. But she can still be a girl, she just doesn't like to. If you put her and her brother next to each other there's next to no way to tell them apart. She's another of the only people who talk to me, but it's a secret.

Tuffnut is the male of the two and love to do the same things as his sister but just annoyingly instead of mischievously. He's immature and could annoy even the most patient person in the world. He's also kinda sexist, but that's why he has Ruffnut as a sister to set him straight. The two get into fights all the time and now no one ever bothers to stop them since they're right back at each other's throats by the time we get them separated and let go of them.

Finally there's Astrid. She's the best viking-in-training in our age group and you don't want to mess with her. She's great at wielding an ax and great at speaking and giving orders. If I don't get the position of chief she'll probably end up in an arranged marriage with Snotlout. But I'll try my best to not let that happen. She talks to me in secret too.

As Hicca attempted to jump out and join the others, Gobber grabbed the back of her dress and pulled her back in. "Oh no you don't."

"But I have to get out there! You know better than anyone I can handle myself with a dagger. Besides, I need to prove I can be more than a hiccup; an accident."

"I know, but you'll need more than a dagger to kill a dragon. And you can't lift anything else."

"But that's why I have this! It will launch bolas for me." She tapped the device and it launched, hitting someone in the face and taking them to the ground. "Minor calibration issue that can be fixed. It's still in the early stages of being built."

"Just stop for tonight Hicca. Please."

I sighed knowing I wasn't going anywhere while Gobber was here. So she took the sword he handed her for sharpening and carried it over to the grinding wheel with little difficulty before starting to sharpen it.

I'll get out there one day, I just have to bide my time. Killing a dragon is everything around here. A Deadly nadder would get me noticed and give me a bit of respect. A Gronckle would make the village respect me and not see the tiny girl I am physically and possibly get me a boyfriend. A Zippleback would give me twice the last two because it has two heads so twice the status.

There was more screaming and yelling to get the catapults ready for firing at the dragons. They had found the sheep at last, this has been the longest it's taken for the dragon to find the sheep. You would think that we could just put them underground at night, the dragons wouldn't be able to ge to them then.

Then there's the Monstrous Nightmare. Only the best viking go after them because they can light themselves on fire. If you succeed well enough in dragon training you get to kill one before you graduate.

"Reload! I can take care of this monster." Stoik said as he grabbed his hammer. He watched as it climbed the tower and got his hammer ready to bring down on its head. He brought it down on its head, dazing it and then hitting it two more times and knocking it down from the tower.

But the best prize is the one dragon no one has ever seen. We call it the...

"Night Fury!" someone shouted. Hicca looked up from her sharpening just as the whistling of the Night Fury's shot started. People scrambled and shouted to get down to stay safe from its strike. A purple-blue ball of fire struck a tower and it fell in on itself as it burned to the ground. Vikings who were on the tower jumped down to the safety of the ground below.

The Night Fury never steals food, never shows itself... and never misses its target. There has never been a single person to ever take down or kill one and that's why I'm going to be the first.

"Man the fort Hicca! They need me out there." Gobber yelled running out the door before turning to face her again. "You. Stay. There. You know what I mean." Gobber then charged into the smoke clouded air.

Hicca dropped the sword and grabbed the bola launcher and ran out the door with it. She dodged person and dragon one after the other, once again ignoring the calls for her to go inside. But they couldn't chase her, too busy with fighting off dragons to stop her and take her back to the forge. She dashed up a hill and stopped at the edge of the cliff before hitting a lever and opening the launcher. Hicca put her eye to the sight and got ready to shoot.

"Come on, come on. Give me something to shoot at." She watched the sky closely and saw a dark and fast moving shadow. She took her chance and fired the bola, hitting her target and watching as it tumbled to the ground. "Yes! I hit it! Did anyone see that!?" she cheered.

But the cheer dropped when she saw the Monstrous Nightmare behind her. "Except you. Why did it have to be you?"

She pulled out the dagger she kept in her brown fur vest before crouching down, ready to spring at any time. Which wasn't very long. Soon enough the dragon leapt at her, lighting itself on fire and she jumped to the side, dodging the hot flame. She ran at it before darting in a different direction as it shot a fireball at her and striking it quickly before running away from it again. She kept doing this until a large figure appeared behind it and smashing its head with his hammer.

"You're done now dragon." Stoik said. He hit it again as the flames around its body died and noticed the little slash marks that looked like they came from a dagger. He knocked it out with one more strong strike to the head and ordered it taken to the cages for dragon training before looking at Hicca. Stoik noticed the dagger in her hand before she hid it behind her back.

Oh, and did I forget to mention that Stoik isn't just the chief, but also my...

"Hey Dad, sorry I left the forge." Hicca said as her father's eyes landed on her.

Stoik raised an eyebrow at her, "Was it your dagger that caused those marks on the dragon? I want the truth Hicca."

She looked at the ground and bit her lip before nodding, almost scared as she thought she was going to be yelled at again. It wasn't the actual yelling that scared her, it was the fear she had of disappointing her father even more. "I also shot down a dragon with the bola launcher I made. It landed somewhere past Raven point."

Stoik had no idea what to say, nor did the other vikings that had surrounded the did a scrawny fishbone like Hicca take on a Nightmare and come out with just a few burns. "W-well then, get to the house now. And Gobber, make sure she gets there, I need to finished things here."

Gobber nodded and took Hicca's arm, taking her to the house on the top of hill in the middle of the village.

"I doubt she did it, she's way too skinny and weak to do anything like that." Snotlout said. Hicca merely gazed at the ground harder as her cousin got hit by Gobber, Ruffnut, and Astrid.

"Did I make him mad Gobber?" Hicca asked once they were at her house. Gobber shook his head.

"No he isn't lass. He's just shocked you managed to take on a Nightmare and only come out with a couple burns. Lass, that's not something many have been able to do. But he doesn't believe you shot down the dragon with your thingy. Now stay here until your father gets back. There. Here. You know what I mean." Gobber said as Hicca laughed a bit. The smith left after that and Hicca bolted to her room and changed from her dress and leggings into a pair of pants and a shirt. She then grabbed her sketchbook and a pencil before running out the back door and into the forest to search for the Night Fury she shot down.

Alright. Chapter one is done! I hope you guys liked it and will favorite, follow, and review, see you next chapter!