AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello fanfic readers, in case you haven't figured it out, (now imagine this in a deep booming voice), I AM THE ONE WHO PURIFIES, hahahaha. I'm sorry, I can never keep a straight face when I do that. So, this is my first story, so please be gentle with the criticism. I'd appreciate it if you guys keep it nice and gentle. Anyway, this idea has been in my head for a while. This story is based on a TV series called "Magi-Nation". It was my favorite show when I was 7, so I decided to make an AU where HTTYD characters were in the story instead. If you want to understand the backstory, then watch a little bit of the show. One last thing, and I pretty much have to do this part.
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING, (except any OCs and the idea to write this story), but other than that, nothing. Any way here we go!
Prologue
"In all the known worlds, and all the known lands, even yours, each society strives for order and balance. My world, The Barbaric Archipelago, is no different."
As the narrator speaks, imagine yourself floating through space, until you stop at one different than the others. This is The Barbaric Archipelago he speaks off, named for the fact the world is a giant archipelago, consisting of multiple islands that make it up. Now, the reason for the 'Barbaric' part of the name comes from the people that inhabit the world: Vikings and Dragons.
"Long ago, a darkness tried to consume the light of the archipelago, almost succeeding, if not for a power that it would never understand. This is where our story begins."
On an icy island, known as Dragon Sanctuary Island, a battle was taking place. Warriors on both sides clashed their weapons. Above, armored dragons fought claw to claw with each other, trying to knock each other out of the sky. Off the coast was an armada of ships, firing at the other side. But the really important battle was between the leaders of the two sides.
"So, this is best you could do, a few dragons against my army. You are no match for me" said a man with a dark and deep voice. This man is Drago Bludvist. He is tall, with a dark and menacing look, with scars covering himself, with black dreadlocks for hair. He wears dragon skin clothing, with a cloak of black scale cloak, hiding a metal arm. He carries a bull hook with him, which he uses to enslave and control his dragons. He is without conscious or mercy, only caring about his own goals and ambitions of world domination.
"Well, it takes more than numbers to win a fight" replies his opponent. This is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock, chief of the island of Berk. He opposes Drago's beliefs, and has been trying to stop him for twenty years.
"Even so, I will win" answers Drago before turning around, and begins to wave his weapon and shout. His opponent knows what he is doing; calling his dragon. From underwater it emerges, a Bewilderbeast, the largest dragon in the world. It is as dark and menacing as his master, with large tusks and scars all over it. It roars after emerging, staring at the two humans.
Drago turns to his opponent and says "You think you can defeat me, I am a god, and I will not have my plans be stopped by a weak, scrawny mortal who should be kneeling before me." Unfazed, Hiccup replies "whoa, someone's full of themselves aren't they", trying to sound positive, despite the fact the Bewilderbeast could crush him. "Well, thank you for the vote of confidence", he says as if he knew someone we doubting him. Drago smirks, and says in a menacing voice, "I'm going to enjoy destroying you, and seeing your army give in to my inevitable victory." He then points his staff at Hiccup, signaling his dragon to fire its ice breath at his enemy. Just as it was about to fire, a high pitched shriek filled the air, and soldiers on the battlefield all get down, with few saying:
"NIGHT FURY!"
"GET DOWN!"
A fire blast hits the bewilderbeast, causing small explosion near the dragon's eye. A few more blasts hit it. Drago starts to yell at his enslaved pet, screaming, "FIGHT BACK! FIGHT!" The bewilderbeast, fearing his master's wrath, proceeded to fire ice blast in multiple directions, missing the Night Fury every time, but doing damage to the soldiers and other dragons. Out of fear, the bewilderbeast retreats back into the sea, while its master screams "GET BACK HERE!" Hiccup, looking smug himself, says "This is something you will never understand. The bond between people and dragons, will always win." Drago turns back to Hiccup, his face seething with rage. Hiccup, unaffected by the look on Drago's face, continues "Let this end, now Drago." "NO", Drago screams back, before charging at his enemy, shouting at the top of his lungs. Already predicting his foes move, Hiccup draws his sword and blocks Drago's attack, knocking him back, losing his staff in the process. Drago, upon seeing the sword, actually flinches after seeing it more closely.
The sword looks simple, with a silver blade and a gold hilt. On the hilt is a green crystal, with a carving of a dragon on inside it, glowing in a blue light. Hiccup, after seeing Drago's face, looks at Drago and says, "What, jealous that I found the Dragon Blade first?" Drago the proceeds to get angrier and tries to pick up his weapon. But before he could, a blast hit the staff, destroying it. Drago looks up and sees a shadow descend and lend next to Hiccup. The shadow was that of Wodensfang, Hiccup's best friend and one of his bonded dragons. "Took you long enough bud" Hiccup says in a playful way.
"Well, this is the last time I save your life" Wodensfang says, trying to sound offended. Before Hiccup could reply back, Drago once again tries to attack, but this time with just the sharp end of his staff, aiming right at Hiccup's heart. However, before anyone could even attempt to move, Drago was stopped, frozen in place. Hiccup and Wodensfang, confused, look behind Drago and see eight strange lights, appearing to be holding Drago back. The red one at the center, says "We will hold him for as long as we can, do what must be done."
Hiccup, understanding what he has to do, nods. He turns to Wodensfang, and reaches into his saddle bag, grabbing what he needs, a book. It has a brown cover, with silver detailing and a dragon at the center. Embedded in the cover are eleven stones surrounding the dragon, each with a different color. This is the Book of Dragons, a powerful item with secrets only those deemed worthy can read.
Drago, who was already struggling to break free from the magic that binds him, tries harder upon seeing the book. One of the lights, a black and white one, says, "Hurry, we can't hold him much longer," struggle ringing in the voice. Hiccup, stares toward Drago, appearing to have not heard the voice, says to him "This is to be your fate. Glyph, be the key."
At that moment, the stones on the Book of Dragons started to glow. Keeping his focus, Hiccup continued speaking, "Rise up, Gems of the Dragons and imprison the darkness where it can do no harm, rise up and seal Drago in the Core." As he spoke, the cover of the book rose up, and turned into a multi-colored sphere of light, known as The Glyph. When Hiccup finished speaking, The Glyph shined brightly, blinding everyone on Dragon Sanctuary Island. Drago, could be heard screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
When the light stopped shining, Hiccup looked, and was greatly relieved by what he saw. Drago and his forces were gone. Not a single soldier, enemy dragon or ship was left. "Wahoo, we did it, we won, we finally beat him" Hiccup shouted gleefully, with Wodensfang and the eight lights joining him. A blue one in particular was saying "We kicked Drago's…", but was cut off by a magenta light who said, "Okay we get it, no need to go there." "You never let me have any fun." The blue light commented back. The two then proceeded to talk over each other, with the only understandable things being "Mom always liked you best" and "Well at least I don't charge into battle willy-nilly." "Alright that's enough, break it up you two." Said a yellow light, clearly annoyed by the antics of the other two.
Wodensfang, looking at his partner simply said "Fairies, can't live with them, but you can't fight evil without them." Hiccup chuckled at his best friend's comment, "Yeah", he said. A green one came up to him, saying "This isn't the end, I can foresee that Drago will return." "Stop being so doom and gloom" said a light-purple one. The last of the lights, well fairies, said in an almost princess like tone of voice, "He's right, this is a time for celebration." Hiccup smiled and said "Yes, tell the soldiers to start finding their dragons and head back too Berk." The fairies nodded (don't ask how glowing orbs of light can nod) and went to tell the soldiers.
After the fairies left, Hiccup's smile disappeared, and was replaced by a look of worry. Curiously, Wodensfang asked "Do you really think Drago will return? I mean, if he does we'd have lost the only things to stop him."
Hiccup turned to me, and said "Maybe, and hey, we found the Dragon Blade and the gems before, we could do it again." The dragon nodded, hoping Hiccup was right. They turned their attention to a rising sun, wishing that Drago would remain sealed until the end of time.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: SO THERE'S THE FIRST CHAPTER. SO JUST TO CLEAR THINGS UP
1: THE HICCUP IN THIS CHAPTER IN HICCUP THE 1ST, NOT THE 3RD.
2: THE EIGHT FAIRIES THAT APPEARED AS LIGHTS ARE
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NOT GONNA BE REVEALED UNTIL LATER. Sorry
3: FOR THE RECORD, WODENSFANG WASN'T SPEAKING DRAGONESE LIKE IN THE BOOKS AND BEFORE YOU GET INTO A RANT, LET ME EXPLAIN:
I AM PUTTING MAGIC AND SOMEOTHER THINGS I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL IN. THE REASON I'M NOT TO PUTTING DRAGONESE IN IS BECAUSE, EVEN THOUGH I LOVE THE BOOKS IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL REALISTIC. DON'T GET ME WRONG, CRESSIDA COWELL HAD A LOT OF FUN IDEAS, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I FIND KINDA OUT THERE. THE REASON WE CAN SPEAK ANY HUMAN LANGUAGE IS BECAUSE OUR VOCAL CORDS HAVE EVOLVED TO SPEAK THAT LANGUAGE, SO SPEAKING A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE NOT DEVELOPED BY HUMANS IS NOT POSSIBLE. SO ANY DRAGON SPEECH WILL BE IN NORSE (YES THEY SPEAK NORSE).
4: IF DRAGO SEEMED A LITTLE OOC, LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME WRITING INSANE TYRANT CHARACTERS. IF HE DIDN'T FEEL OOC, THAN IT'S JUST IN MY HEAD.
5: THIS WAS GOING TO BE PART OF THE FIRST CHAPTER, BUT IT WAS TOO LONG SO I MADE IT A SEPARATE PART.
LASTLY, DON'T EXPECT AN UPDATE EVERYDAY, I'LL UPDATE WHEN I UPDATE. SO REVIEWS ARE APPRECIATED, AND I'LL SEE YOU NEXT UPDATE.