Hello once again! So as promised here is the first chapter to the sequel of Runt Trade. Updates will not be too often since the end of the semester is coming up for College and work is piling up but I will try my best. Please leave a review and let me know how you like this so far, suggestions are welcome for further chapter and I hope you enjoy!

Things were going pretty good for Hiccup since he and the slaves were freed from Maldrigard. Hiccup had gained a whole new level of respect from the people of Berk. Ever since his battle with the Rad Death, Hiccup has been shown a lot more respect from the people on his island. But now that he had successfully escaped slavery and even freed a few dozen children and teens from the same slave owner, respect toward Hiccup has skyrocketed. Hiccup wasn't big on gloating, bragging or basking in the glory of attention like a lot of the other teens on the island. In fact, he was the exact opposite of that. He liked being noticed and being part of a group but he was never big on having a lot of attention. So the attention from the village and even from his father was suffocating for him. Snotlout would show him off as if he were a trophy. Announcing his arrival wherever the boy went, bragging about how he's the cousin of the famous Hiccup Horendous Haddock the third. Hiccup was sort of glad that Snotlout sometimes pulled the glory onto himself by announcing himself as the cousin of the great Hiccup Horrendous Haddock instead of beating on him or picking on him like he used to. But right after the people gauked over him, they would run right back to Hiccup and praise him with yet another 'hello', an offer to hilp him in some way, offer to get him something to eat or drink or just obsses over him and it drove the teen crazy. As days went by, he started hating the attention to the point where he could scream. The more he thought about it, the more he wished his life was back to the way it was where he was ignored and left alone by just about everyone.

One afternoon when the attention was particularly annoying, Hiccup knew he had to get away from the people of the island before he blew. Him and Toothless snuck into the forest to escape the attention which was not at all easy for the young viking. Everyone was always looking for him, talking about him, obssesing over him, saying how brave he is. If this is the average life of a viking, he defianitly didn't want it. Or maybe it was because he was once "Hiccup the Useless" to just about every viking on his island.

Once the two escaped into the forest, Hiccup let out a heavy sigh. Toothless walked close to his riders side being sure to never let the boy out of his sight for even a second as he had been doing since Hiccup's return. No one could blame the dragon either. Stoick had told Hiccup how Toothless had behaved when the boy was gone. The dragon was a mess. He wouldn't eat, barely slept, always demanded he go looking for Hiccup whenever someone went to do so and never stopped waiting for his rider to return. Hiccup looked to the dragon who was looking around cautiously. The boy patted him on the head gently. Toothless cooed and pushed his head into his riders hand. He had missed the boys gentle touch from the time he was gone.

It was while Toothless was basking in the familiar touch of his riders hand on his head that he heard it. A soft yet fear filled cry for help. Toothless froze and his ears perked up. His pupils dialated into slits and he straightened his stance. Hiccup jumped back at the dragons sudden change in mood.

"Toothless? What's wrong bud?" Hiccup asked. Toothless' ears twitched left to right then right to left and over again until he got a clear idea of where the sound was coming from. He sniffed the air and when a familiar scent hit his nose his teeth pulled out of his gums and his pupils got as thin as they possibly could before he growled and raised his back in a defensive posture. "Whoa Toothless calm down bud, what's wrong?" Hiccup tried to sooth but the dragon knew something. He knew something evil was on the island. And he knew it's name.

Alvin.

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