Author's Note: Hey guys, I'm too tired to put anything here so here's a list of things you should know for this fanfiction:
1) What the new dragon looks like is the fanfiction cover.
2) I do NOT own HTTYD so, there.
ON TO THE STORY!
Dragon Language
For once, it was a sunny day in Berk with the Terrors roaring happily and the dragons flying in the sky. The dragon trainers got together as they always did in the school with Hiccup being there first with Toothless.
"Hey guys," Hiccup smiled awkwardly but paused as he saw that some of them weren't there, "Hey, has anyone seen Fishlegs?"
"Probably giving his Gronckle a back rub," Ruffnut snickered with Tuffnut.
At that moment though, Fishlegs burst into the school ring with Meatlug not far behind and he had an excited expression on his face, "Guys! Guys! You won't believe what I just saw!"
"What? Did Meatlug lay eggs again?" Tuffnut asked dryly.
Hiccup sighed, "What did you see Fishlegs?"
"A new type of dragon! It crash landed on the other side of the island!" Fishlegs almost shouted.
That got everyone's attention as Hiccup rushed towards him, "Can you take us there?"
"Sure, come on!" Fishlegs replied as he hopped onto Meatlug and took off, everyone else following after as they made their way to the other side of the island.
Once there, the riders jumped off and approached a set of broken branches and snapped tree trunks.
"Uh, are you sure it was a dragon and not a flying hammerhead whale?" Ruffnut asked as they all looked at the wreckage in awe.
"Of course I'm sure," Fishlegs replied as he rolled his eyes at her.
"I vote that we follow the broken trees!" Snotlout shouted.
Hiccup slapped a hand over his mouth, "Snotlout, for once, please stop talking! You might scare the dragon away."
Snotlout huffed but shut his trap as they all ventured forward, pushing over branches and logs in their way until they came across a moss covered cave.
"Is it in there?" Astrid asked softly as Hiccup stepped towards it.
"I don't know but I intend to find out," he replied as he stepped into the cave, Toothless cooing at him worriedly.
Suddenly, a burst of green flames spewed forwards, making Hiccup back up with a yelp along with the rest of the riders.
"What was that?" Snotlout shouted as he hid behind Hookfang who snorted in distaste.
"I think it was the dragon but... What kind of dragon's fire is green?" Astrid wondered quietly.
"I don't know but I'm going to find out," Hiccup replied with a determined smile as he stepped forward again, holding out his hand in front of him non-threateningly, "It's ok, I won't hurt you."
The dragon huffed green flames through it's nostrils, illuminating it's face as Hiccup gasped in awe, "Woah... Guys, it's pretty big and... You just have got to see this."
They all took a little step further into the cave but scrambled back as the dragon roared at them, Hiccup sighing, "I guess it only likes me so far..."
"Well, what would you expect from the great dragon master," Astrid chuckled as she stepped towards him.
"We need to find a way to get it out of there, last time a dragon crash landed on Berk, Toothless lost a tail fin and I don't want any more damaged dragons," Hiccup mumbled as he stepped out of the cave.
To their shock, the injured dragon cooed sadly and hesitantly shuffled towards the mouth of the cave, it's green snout latching onto Hiccup's arm gently with a low rumble.
"Well, looks like Hiccup's got a new friend," Tuffnut teased.
"Wow, it's snout doesn't look like any dragon we've seen so far, it has to be a new species," Fishlegs said excitedly, fumbling with his dragon cards.
"Come on, come on out, we won't hurt you," Hiccup said reassuringly as he gently pet the green snout attached to his arm.
The dragon let go and slowly crawled out of the cave, glancing at the vikings cautiously before sitting to it's huge full height.
Astrid gasped as she looked at the dragon, "It's a bit bigger than Cloudjumper, that's amazing."
The dragon was a mix of different shades of green, a light lime green covered the webbing on it's wings and tail fins. It had fins on the side of it's head and long black claws were on it's paws, darker green scales covering the rest of it's body. It had a long neck and intelligent golden eyes were in it's thin face, larger scales covered it's ribcage (A/N: Look at the cover photo if you want to know what it looks like, and if you didn't read the A/N in the beginning, shame on you). What drew Hiccup's attention wasn't its size but it's large gashes and missing scales along with it's broken right front leg.
"Hey, come here, let me see that, I want to help you," Hiccup said softly as he slowly moved forward.
"Be careful Hiccup," Astrid whispered to him as the dragon rumbled softly.
"I will be," he replied as he gently placed a hand on the broken leg but winced as the dragon roared in pain, "It's ok, come on you guys, we need to bring him back to the village."
Once they were back at the village, everyone dispersed as Hiccup led Toothless and the new dragon back to his home where his mother waited for him.
"Hiccup, welcome back," Valka smiled as she approached him but gasped as she saw the wounded dragon, "Son, where in Thor's name did you find a Treedancer?"
"A what?" he asked curiously as he led the dragon towards Cloudjumper's pen where it cooed tiredly and fell onto the hay bed.
"A Treedancer, they are very rare dragons, almost as rare as the Alpha dragons. They reside in forested locations in large continents, not on small islands like Berk. They are apart of the striker class and are said to have mystical powers, one of which is shapeshifting but it is probably just a myth and they protect the forests they watch over," Valka explained as the dragon grumbled softly and turned over onto it's other side.
"He umm... Crash landed here in the forest on the other side of the island," Hiccup laughed awkwardly as he walked with Valka to Gothi's hut.
"Well, we must see to his leg now won't we?" Valka smiled at her son as they walked in, Gothi hobbling over to them.
At the same moment, as the new dragon lay on the hay bed, Toothless started to groan and nudge it repeatedly.
It grumbled and glanced over at the black dragon, irritation in its eyes, "Go away."
"What's your name?" Toothless cooed as he sat back on his hind legs.
"Why should I tell you?" it growled out, curling up tighter.
"Because my Rider just saved your life," Toothless huffed.
"Saved my- Excuse me but no one saves me, especially not vikings," it roared as it uncurled, glaring at Toothless.
"Then what were you running from?" Toothless asked, not at all threatened.
"Ugh, can you stop with the questions?" the dragon grumbled as it sat down, favoring it's right leg.
"No, not until you answer me," Toothless replied with a shake of his head.
"You're annoying, you know that?" the dragon sighed.
"I know, now spill," Toothless chuckled.
"Fine, my name is Arvid and I was running from Dragon trappers, happy?" Arvid growled as he rolled his eyes.
"Dragon trappers?" Toothless asked curiously.
"Yes, that's what I said," Arvid sighed as Hiccup came back, "Hey guys, I see you're being friendly."
"He's beeing too friendly," Arvid grumbled.
"Oh shush, you need a few friends if you're going to stay on Berk," Toothless laughed as Hiccup moved closer to Arvid.
The viking chief slowly started to prepare a splint for the dragon's broken leg as it just sat there in a huff.
After a few minutes of salves being applied and such, Hiccup sighed, "I'm going to have to reset your bone."
Arvid whined but nodded, shocking Hiccup, "You can understand me?"
He snorted, "Of course, us dragons aren't stupid."
"Oh give him a chance, you'll like him once you get to know him," Toothless said as Hiccup gently grasped Arvid's leg.
He quickly snapped it into place as Arvid roared out in pain, "ARGH! That hurt! Gods dammit!"
"I'm sorry, that must have hurt," Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck nervously before putting the splint into place.
"You bet it hurt," Arvid whined softly but froze as his stomach growled loud enough for both dragon and viking to hear.
"Looks like someone's hungry, huh?" Hiccup chuckled as Toothless laughed, "Definitely."
Arvid grumbled as he hit Toothless with his tail and laughed, "Oh shut it."
"Fine, fine," Toothless grinned playfully as Hiccup smiled, "Well, it's time for dinner in the Great Hall, let's go eat."
By the time the two dragons and one viking made it to the Great Hall, rumor had already spread of a new dragon on the island that no one has seen before. Arvid hesitantly entered the Great Hall with Toothless by his side as the three walked up towards the high table.
Hiccup was stopped by his group of friends who all stared at Arvid as he huffed, "Ok, you can stop staring at me now."
"Hey Hiccup! Can I have the new dragon?" Snotlout grinned but yelped as Hookfang snapped at his hand, "What, you don't like me?"
"You can't just have a new dragon Snotlout, you have to bond with the dragon first before-" Hiccup sighed but was cut off by Tuffnut, "Yea, yea, we've all heard it a thousand times."
Arvid snorted but shifted slightly as he saw Tuffnut, snapping out of his gaze as Toothless nudged him, "So, who do you want to be your rider?"
"I don't want a rider, I don't even see the point in having a rider!" Arvid sighed as the vikings spoke to one another, a few eyeing him out of the corner of their eyes.
"Ok, ok, calm down... Is it true what Valka said though?" Toothless asked softly.
"Which part?" Arvid tilted his head curiously at the black dragon.
"All of it," Toothless purred as Arvid sighed, "Then yes, I was a forest protector in my land, like a King as you would say and I can shapeshift from Dragon to Human or Wolf."
"Cool," Toothless grinned as they turned their attention back to the Viking riders.
"-No, I want it!" Tuffnut shouted as he headbutted his sister.
"I want it more!" Ruffnut yelled back, butting her brother harder.
"GUYS!" Hiccup shouted in frustration, making the twins stop, "Thank you, now, let the dragon choose for itself, okay?!"
He got a round of nods and he smiled as he looked back at Arvid, "Okay, pick your trainer/rider."
Arvid blinked and snorted before shaking his head, looking over at Toothless with a pitiful 'help me' look, "I have to pick now?!"
"Seems like it," Toothless nodded as he nudged Arvid's face back towards the four trainers (Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Snotlout, Eret, and Fishlegs) who were looking at him expectantly.
"But I can already turn human, why do I need a rider?!" he roared softly as Toothless huffed, "Because you need someone to teach you the ways of this island."
"But if I turn human, can't I just ask them for help?" Arvid whined and Toothless cocked his head slightly, "Well, you could try it, I guess."
"Great, then I'm turning human," Arvid huffed as he took a few steps back.
"Hey, it's okay, you don't have... To pick... Now," Hiccup began but trailed off as he gasped.
Everything in the Great Hall stopped as everyone turned to watch Arvid change. In a flash, instead of a green dragon, there stood a dragon boy. He had black hair with green highlights and golden eyes, a few scales were patched on his cheeks. He wore a black fur vest with a pale green tunic that went all the way past his hip and black knee length shorts, a black belt was tied around his waist. He had no shoes but in their place were green scaled dragon paws with black claws and he had fins for ears like in his dragon form. He had black claws on his hands and green scales that went up to his elbow, ending at a point as well as the scales that trailed up his legs that ended at a point on his knees. He had a long green tail that ended a foot from his feet with two green tail fins at the end and scales trailing up his back, ending a few inches from the two large green wings sprouted from his back, scales covering where they attached.
Arvid shuddered from the change and cleared his throat gently, speaking scratchy Norse, "H-Hello."
"Wow," was the first thing that came out of Fishleg's mouth before he fainted on the spot.
"A-Are you that dragon?" Hiccup asked softly, the Hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
"The very same, your mother was right you know, when she said I could shapeshift," Arvid grinned.
"Fishlegs, WAKE UP!" Hiccup shouted as he rushed to get a pail of water, tossing it on Fishlegs who sputtered awake.
"Oh there are so many things I want to ask you, where you're from, what you're doing here," Fishlegs began but was stopped as Astrid narrowed her eyes at Arvid, "First thing we need to ask, who are you?"
Arvid cleared his throat once more and glanced around the Hall uncomfortably, "My name is Arvid, Protector of the southern forest, at least, I used to be."
Hiccup noticed the nervous glance and spoke up, "How about we eat first and then we can question you back at my home, okay? Does that work for everybody?"
The trainers looked at each other before nodding and moving towards the High table together, Arvid tagging along as he sighed, this was going to be a long night.
Author's Note: Hey guys! I hope you liked this new fanfiction and please review! I read them and I want to know what you guys think! Thanks for reading and see ya'll in the next chapter, PEACE OUT!