Author's Note:

Hello everyone and here is the rewrite of 'One Which Isn't Your Own'. I've decided to change the title since it didn't really fit with the story that it ended up as. I'm also going to be altering scenes to make it a bit more compatible with the rest of the 'Differently Similar' verse as some minor things no longer fitted as well. I'm also hoping that it'll end up a much better story as a whole because my writing has gotten better since I wrote it originally. I hope you enjoy the chapter and the rewrite of this story.

I do not own any aspect of How to Train Your Dragon.

Stranded

Snotlout woke to an unwanted throbbing in his head. As he groggily got up from his unusual face-down position on the ground he slowly took stock of his surroundings and discovered that he wasn't entirely sure where he was. The surrounding greenery and forest a few meters away didn't give many clues to answer that particular question and there was little in the way of unique landmarks to help him. He tried hard to remember how he'd got here and as his foggy mind slowly cleared it came back to him.

It was because Hiccup had decided that Snotlout needed to learn how to control Toothless' artificial tailfin, his older cousin had been wanting to do this for a while now because although Snotlout theoretically knew how to do it he'd never actually done it before. Today had been the only free day for some time where they could focus on this without worrying about other Academy business, the other Riders had been called away to other duties that day freeing them both up for a whole day.

At first Snotlout'd had difficulty even getting Toothless in the air and it took several attempts resulting in several bruises, when they were in the air they'd then kept disagreeing on which direction they should go and it wasn't until Toothless smacked him in the face with one of his ears flaps that Snotlout finally decided to let the Night Fury steer and he'd just keep up. From there things went quite well and he was starting to really get the hang of the fin so he, Toothless, Hiccup and Hookfang had gone for a long flight out over the sea and surrounding isles, Hookfang had behaved himself reasonably well with Hiccup as a rider but after awhile Snotlout could see his Nightmare getting sulky because he didn't have his normal rider and soon he was playing up.

He did this in a variety of ways like suddenly jerking his head to shake Hiccup about or breaking into sudden barrel rolls and one time he even briefly flared up his fire coat. Hiccup dealt with each of these occurrences quite well but Snotlout could see that Hookfang wasn't going to calm anytime soon. The Nightmare had woken up in a bad mood that day and Snotlout had a feeling it was because they'd been doing a lot of training in flying other dragons recently. Hookfang was very picky about who got to ride him and he didn't like it when Snotlout rode another dragon with a couple of exceptions, Toothless was one of those but after having several days of different riders on his back while his rider was on another dragon he was not happy to go through another day without Snotlout as a rider. The boy wasn't quite sure if that was because the Nightmare was really protective and didn't trust the other dragons with his safety or because the dragon felt jealous when he rode another dragon or even a mix of both, of course it could just be that Nightmares were very picky about their riders full stop and they didn't like them flying any other dragon. Either way it was an aspect of Hookfang's character which Snotlout had to keep an eye on and he knew it wouldn't be long before the Nightmare got completely fed up.

He was about to suggest they switch back in an attempt to stop the dragon's impending tantrum when Hookfang finally let out an irritable roar and fired a stream of flame into the forest on the large island below them. There was another roar from below and a Typhoomerang exploded from the forest Hookfang had hit. What followed was a frantic flurry as they tried to deal with an angry dragon that was considerably larger than their own, at some point Snotlout and Toothless had been caught in a massive wind blast from the Typhoomerang's wings and they'd tumbled towards the island below.

Rubbing his aching head Snotlout began looking for any sign of Toothless who must have landed somewhere near him. He turned and was suddenly nose to nose with the Night Fury and he fell back in surprise, "WAH! TOOTHLESS!" he quickly got back up and brushed himself down, "I mean I knew you were there all the time just not that close."

The dragon simply rolled his eyes as Snotlout realised that some extremely important things were missing, namely Hiccup, Hookfang and an irate Typhoomerang. He looked up and saw that the sky was completely clear of all three and there was no sign of any of them in the surrounding area, "Where do you think the others have gone?"

Toothless shrugged in reply but looked around hopefully in case Hiccup had magically appeared and Snotlout moved determinedly, "Well let's go find them then."

He made to get onto the dragon's back but stopped when the Night Fury brought his tail round and showed it to him, it was currently missing the artificial fin and the connecting parts were broken, this meant no flight and Snotlout stared at the usless remains, "So now what do we do?"

Toothless seemed to be just as clueless as he was and Snotlout looked at the darkening sky anxiously, ""We should probably find somewhere to shelter for the night."

The dragon grunted in agreement and followed him as he headed for the tree line in the hope of finding a campsite.

Toothless had proven to be invaluable that night since Snotlout lacked both supplies and tools.

The teen had managed to gather enough wood for the fire that the dragon lit and then the Night Fury caught several fish from a nearby stream, even without flight, and shared them. Thankfully he presented Snotlout's share to him un-regurgitated and he cooked it over the fire. With the meal done Snotlout sat in silence while Toothless settled down on the other side of the fire, with the boy occasionally looking up at the sky hopefully in case Hiccup and Hookfang materialised. Each time he was disappointed and he wondered why Hiccup hadn't found them yet, he must have realised what had happened by now and it wasn't like Hiccup to leave anyone unaccounted for and especially not him and Toothless. He hoped that he was looking but just hadn't found them yet for some reason and that something hadn't happened to them.

He was brought out from his thoughts when he felt Toothless suddenly curl around him and he smiled at the Night Fury, "Thanks Toothless."

The dragon rumbled in response and the boy leaned back against Toothless' warm side feeling sleep call him as the Night Fury covered him with one of his wings to form a small shelter and he was soon off into the realm of dreams.

He woke at dawn curled on the ground near the now dead fire to a spectacular sunrise and no sign of Toothless. He quickly sat up and looked around but there was no sign of the dragon anywhere and he tried calling him, "Toothless?"

There was no answer and he got to his feet peering into the trees around the camp trying to spot the Night Fury but he couldn't. He started to make his way towards the stream nearby thinking that maybe Toothless had gone hunting for fish but there was no sign of the dragon there either. He looked around uneasily feeling very vulnerable now that the dragon was no where in sight leaving him with only a dagger for defence. He returned to where they'd slept the night before calling as he went, "Toothless. Toothless."

There was still no answer or evidence of the Night Fury and he began to actually feel scared, "Toothless!"

"Lost someone?"

Snotlout whirled around and then involuntarily gulped at the sight he saw before him.

There stood a whole band of Berserkers with their leader grinning at him manically.

PS-So there is chapter one with a couple of minor additions. Please let me know what you thought and I'll hopefully update soon.