Hey always loved HTTYD, thought i'd give it a shot, this has been written on a bus everyday for two weeks, if you are following my other stories i haven't abandoned them, just been changing jobs and havent had time to work on em, they're coming my lovelies, patience, i do not own HTTYD or the Characters we all know and love

Chapter 1 - The Call for Help

The Great Hall of the chief of the Hardhead Tribe shook with the loud screaming of a young girl who was running from her bed chamber, Hardhitr the chief and father to the young girl ran from his own bed chamber and caught her in his arms

'what is it my child?' the talk bulky blonde Viking with a forked beard asked the young girl as he stroked her light brown hair,

the girl Friga, was tall slender and wrapped in a fur blanket 'he was back father, the man he was stood outside my window again' she sobbed,

'GUARDS' Hardhitr shouted, the hulking Vikings appeared from the end of the hallway, 'the man has been spotted again, search the town find him, NOW'

the two vikings nodded and drew their swords, together they ran down the corridor almost knocking over a Trader who was sleeping in the Hall by the graciousness of the Chief

'what on Earth is all the noise about' Trader Johann said as he cracked his neck

'sorry Johann, we've been having problems of late, someone is stalking my daughter, he always seems to slip away unnoticed'

'by my beard, this reminds me of the time when a cat burglar climbed the wall of a persian palace i was staying in and stole the Sultan's great gem, i was actually there to...'

'Johann' Hardhitr held up his hand, 'while i appreciate a good tale of travels, now is not the time' Hardhitr motioned to his daughter who was still silently weeping into her fathers chest,

'of course' Johann said, he put a hand on Friga's shoulder, 'do not worry m'lady, your father's guards are some of the best i have met, with the exception of one group i happen to know of course, now if they were watching you, oh your little stalker issues would all be sorted'

the girl lifted her head from her father's chest and looked at Johann, 'really?' she asked, Hardhitr too seemed interested in the group

'who are they, are they mercenaries or soldiers' he asked,

Johann shook his head 'oh no they're neither, they are some of my finest customers and closest friends if i do say so, they're the Dragon Riders from Berk'

'The Dragon Riders?' Hardhitr's daughter asked, her wet eyes went wide in wonder

'yes, i've heard of them, Stoick's boy leads them, but they're traitors, throwing their lot in with Dragon's and making peace with that raiding vile bastard Alvin, i will not turn to traitors for aid,

'but father' Friga said, 'if they could help'

two guards ran up to Hardhitr gasping, 'sorry chief, the little bugger...got away again' Hardhitr Growled,

Frigga grabbed his face in her hands, 'father, please, i can't carry on living afraid all the time' the fear in his Daughter's eyes made Hardhitr nod slowly

'Johann, you say you know these Riders, can you get word to Berk?' he asked,

Johann stood and stroked his moustache as if thinking it over 'well it would mean sailing to berk that's two days in the opposite direction on my trade routes, it would require some small compensation for loss of earnings'

'i'll pay anything, just get those riders and Stoick on my island by the week's end' Hardhitr demanded

On Dragon's Edge

Sunrise swept over Dragon's edge, the Night Terrors swarmed in a circle over the camp, Fishlegs sat meditating in his rock Garden, Tuffnut and Ruffnut were in the middle of a who can get hurt if we run right at each other and headbutt competition, Snotlout lay asleep sucking his thumb while gently mumbling Astrid's name, Astrid herself was throwing axes at barrels, her concentration was broken by a loud clanging and laughter followed by Tuff shouting 'i win, that really hurt', Astrid groaned lightly as she picked up another axe, she barely missed the center of the bullseye, groaning again, she picked up another axe and hurled it

'stupid Hiccup' she growled as she just missed again, Stormfly sat preening herself not to far away, Astrid looked at her Dragon, 'oh don't worry Astrid it's only a day trip i'll be fine' she screamed imitating Hiccup's nasally voice, she furiously grabbed her last axe and imagining Hiccup to be standing infront of the barrels landed a perfect shot, 'good' she said smiling, she walked to Stormfly and said

'and you know what gets me, i'm supposed to sit here and wait, everytime he goes off alone he gets in trouble, he goes after Snotlout and ends up stranded on Outcast Island, he goes looking for treasure and gets himself buried alive and don't even get me started on that time he thought it would be a good idea to take on a Screaming Death alone'

Stormfly stared confused at her and Astrid just growled, 'when will he stop going off alone, out here there's no one but Dagur and his fleet just waiting anywhere possible to capture him' Astrid stood pointing at Stormfly and the Dragon gave up trying to understand the problem so just lay her head on the ground and closed her eyes

'you see, even you're tired of this' Astrid said and she looked up at the sky, Hiccup and Toothless weren't back yet from a simple trip to find a new lens for the Dragon Eye, Hiccup had said it would be easy, but he should have been back before last night and she had sat up all through the night waiting for them,

Asrid crossed her arms and sat on a rock, Odin he could be so dense and stubborn, if he wasn't her friend she would have axed him years ago for being so brave,

'no, not brave, foolish' Astrid thought, a shadow crossed over her and she shot up straight 'Hiccup' she called hopefully

'no, sorry...i just thought you would like breakfast' Fishlegs said as he held out a plate of eggs and bread

'oh...uh, right thanks' Astrid took the food and sat back down,

Fishlegs cautiously sat beside her 'he'll be fine Astrid, the island we found in the Dragon Eye was the one full of daisies and unless Hiccup gets Hayfever, he should be back soon'

Astrid knew that already, she knew it wasn't dangerous, but danger always found a way to find Hiccup when it wasn't anywhere to be found, what she didn't know was why this was so hard, Dagur was out there and Hiccup had outsmarted him more times than Astrid had punched Snotlout, so why was the thought of him being gone making her feel so edgy,

Astrid ate her breakfast and stared at the sky, it had started since Heather had asked if she and Hiccup were a thing, which was ridiculous, her and Hiccup, she put her plate down and pulled her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms round her knees, unbidden a memory sparked in her mind, when she sat with Hiccup on that beach after they had got through the fog bank, she remembered liking sitting with him and talking bout what their plans were next, it was nice,

Fishlegs nudged her shoulder 'Astrid, it's Hiccup'

she looked up and saw Toothless hovering over them, Hiccup sat in his saddle smiling, even though Astrid liked Hiccup's smile especially when he pointed it at her, he very sight of his stupid face, showing joy when she had been so afraid, fired her temper up again

'HICCUP' she growled,

Toothless landed and Hiccup jumped off his back, 'hey guys' Hiccup said

Astrid was sure Fishlegs was saying hello back but all Astrid did was storm right over to him 'where have you been' she screamed as she drew her arm back and punched his arm hard as she could,

'wha...ow, hey...it's nice to see you too' Hiccup said, as the force of the punch knocked him backwards and into Toothless, who groaned loudly

'you should have been back yesterday' Astrid crossed her arms and waited for his explanation

Hiccup held up his hands 'whoa ok, i know i'm sorry, but it took a little longer to find the lens then i thought' Hiccup dug into is saddle bag and drew a small box out, 'which i did by the way'

the three young Vikings were then joined by the twins and Snotlout, Tuffnut was walking haphazardly and smiling widely, 'hiccu...back...good...eggs'

Hiccup looked at everyone 'is he okay' he asked

'morning headbutting got outta control' Ruffnut said laughing as her brother passed out at their feet

'uhhhhh, okay fine' Hiccup said 'anyway, i got the lens, Fishlegs take it to the Dragon Eye, see what you can find out'

Fishlegs clapped joyfully as he took the small box with the lens 'right away Hiccup'

Astrid grabbed Fishlegs before he could leave, 'NOT YET' she yelled, she pointed at Hiccup 'you owe all of us an explantion, where in Helheim's Gate have you been after you got the lens

'no he doesn't, i didn't ca...' Snotlout said before Astrid glared in his direction and changed his mind 'yeah where have you been' Snotlout said faking anger

Since all eyes were now on Hiccup he went back to his satchel and pulled out his sketchbook

'well, when we got to the island, the Lens was hidden in some caves

the entrance was too small and Toothless couldn't get in and i didnt wanna risk blocking the entrance or causing a cave in'

'at least he got that right' Astrid thought

'so, i thought i needed a torch, couldnt find any wood, but i found a rod of metal on the beach, i dried it and dipped it into the Monstrous Nightmare Gel i brought to make a fire and when i was in the cave i got surrounded by bats and the torch came in handy then and after i got out it was dark so i decided to camp for the night and thought how useful the torch had been, so i started thinking and drew this.

Hiccup opened his sketchbook and held it open for them to look, a design showed a sword with flames coming off it

'a sword, you were drawing a sword' Astrid said incredulously

'a flame sword, oh you're gonna coat it in Monstrous Nightmare gel aren't you' Fishlegs said happily

'why is there gas coming out of the bottom of it' Snotlout asked,

Hiccup smiled the way he usually did when he was explaining one of his ideas 'do you remember when Gobber tried to open the Dragon Eye and that gas came out i was thinking if i could use Zippleback gas and copy that somehow, that would make a pretty good weapon'

'AWESOME, can i get one?' Ruff asked,

Astrid admitted the weapon seemed like a good idea and that made her even angrier, why did he do this be so brilliant when she was trying to find reasons to throttle him, her attention was diverted by Fishlegs saying

'hey Hiccup, is that Sharpshot?' as he pointed over the sea to a small dragon flying directly at them,

'yeah' Hiccup said, 'what's he doing here, he shouldn't be coming back'

Hiccup held out his arm and Sharpshot landed on it effortlessly, 'hey boy, watcha doing here' he said as he stroked the Terrible Terror's chin,

'Hiccup, there's a note' Astrid said as she untied a note on the Dragon's side, she unrolled a scroll

Hiccup,

we need you and the Riders back here on Berk as soon as you can, we've received word the Hardhead Tribe needs your help

Stoick

The Riders looked all looked at Hiccup, 'the Hardhead Tribe?, they're not enemies but they arent friends either' Fishlegs said

'I know Fishlegs, but it must be important if they want our help' Hiccup let Sharpshot fly off, 'guys, pack your gear and seal your huts, Fishlegs hide the Dragon Eye in that cave at the peak of the cliffs, Snotlout seal the clubhouse and Ruff...wake Tuff up, we leave in one hour'

'Right' the Riders all chorused

Astrid stared at Hiccup who looked nervous, 'uhh Astrid, i'mm gonna change my shirt, see you back here in an hour' Hiccup quickly turned and ran heading to his hut

'you don't get off that easy' she growled and followed him

There's Chapter 1, if you like it let me know Chapter 2 will be up ASAP Laterz