The Isle of Berk was once an island full of stubborn Vikings and scorching hot dragons. Honestly, not the best combination. This all changed. My name's Hiccup, and my best friend/dragon, Toothless. Toothless and I? Well, Toothless and I changed the island and its people. All it took was, maybe 300 years. Oh, and the cost of a specific left leg that was once owned by me, but, I tell you what. It was worth it.

"WOO HOO!" came the shout of Snotlout Jorgenson, as he flew past Fishlegs Ingerman and set an Outcast ship ablaze with his monstrous nightmare, Hookfang.

"Get of the ship!" shouted Savage, Alvin the Treacherous' right hand man. He jumped aboard a neighbouring ship, "Retreat!"

"Good job, guys," I said, as we flew back to Berk in the sunset.

"Aha! That's what you get for messing with the Snotman!" shouted Snotlout, "Snotlout, Snotlout, oi, oi, oi!"

Astrid sighed, we were used to Snotlout constant boasting and bragging, but it still annoyed us. A lot. I landed in front of our house, where my father, Stoick the Vast, the chief of the tribe, was waiting.

"Hey, Dad, what's up?" I asked my father, who had a serious look on his face.

"Trader Johann hasn't arrived yet, he was due last week, and no one has seen him,"

I thought carefully, "Trader Johann isn't normally late, he tends to come early, the riders and I will take a look," I replied to my father. My dad nodded and told me to be careful.

We were searching all around the ocean for Trader Johann, but there was no sign of him.

"Er, what are we looking for again?" Said Tuffnut, who was oblivious to what was going on around him.

"Sweet baby Thor, how many times do we have to tell you?" groaned Astrid.

Tuffnut grinned pathetically and shrugged his shoulders.

"We are looking for Trader Johaan, he was due to come to Berk last week, but he hasn't arrived yet," I said.

Tuffnut cocked his head, "Is his boat big with shields, with loads of stuff on board, and a big white sail?"

"Hehe, Tuffnut, you actually know something that's right! For once!" said Ruffnut, Tuffnut's twin sister. The twins started fighting, as usual. Then Tuffnut suddenly stopped and said, "Oh, forgot to say, the boat's right down there," he pointed at a little boat across the horizon.

Fishlegs looked carefully, "Is there another boat?"

I looked closely, "You're right, wait... That. That looks like an-"

"Outcast ship," Astrid finished.

"Oh no," said Fishlegs, "Something really bad might have happened. What if -, what if -,"

"I dunno," I replied, " but we better check it out,"

We flew to the ships, and it looked like the Outcasts boarded Trader John's ship, but there was no one to be seen. No Outcasts or Trader Johann, but that was not what shocked us. What shocked us was that the Outcast ship was scorched, burning and destroyed. We landed onto Johann's ship.

"Wow," said Tuffnut, pointing at the Outcast ship, "Now that is total destruction,"

"Now that is what we call a ship," agreed Ruffnut.

I looked around, "Well, looks like a dragon beat us to it," I looked at one of the burning blasts in the Outcast ship, "Fishlegs, doesn't this mark look... Familiar?" I turned towards Fishlegs, who was frozen in his tracks. He meekly nodded, "Well, Hiccup. They should look familiar, look at the way the marks are made. Look at the ash left behind" he bent down and rubbed his two fingers into the ash, "Hiccup, this isn't any dragon attack, this is a Night Fury attack,"

Snotlout laughed, "And you say I can control my dragon,"

Astrid gave him a good bash on his helmet, "Use your brain Snotlout, Hiccup was with us the whole time yesterday, celebrating Gobber's birthday, and Toothless can't fly without Hiccup,"

I didn't know what to say, I really wanted this too be true. Could there be another night fury out there?

Fishlegs quickly spoke, "Uh, guys. What about Trader Johann?"

Suddenly, there was a rustle, from below Trader Johann's ship. Everyone looked at each other. Fishlegs looked really scared. I crept down, and looked towards a blanket, that was lifted by several barrels. I silently grabbed hold of the blanket and pulled.

"Argh!" yelled me and Trader Johann.

"Johann!" I exclaimed, "You're OK!"

Trader Johann looked up and nodded, "Thank Thor you found me!" He stood up, he looked fine, but he was shaking, "I thought I was gonna die out here. Not the best way to go,"

"I could have guessed," said Fishlegs.

"How long were you here, and how did you survive?" asked Astrid.

"It's been about a week, I don't know. All I know is some Outcasts tried to board my ship, then a black blur came out of no where! It blasted those Outcasts into oblivion. The rest escaped, I was stuck here. Thank Odin I traded those Berserkers weapons for barrels of yak meat, or I wouldn't be here now," replied Trader Johann.

"That black blur, was it, by any chance, a night fury?" I asked. Johann shrugged, "It was too fast to tell, the thing didn't stop for a second,"

I nodded and Fishlegs whispered to me, "You do know that night furies are the fastest dragon in the book of dragons?"

"Thank you Fishlegs, for telling me what I already know," I said, sarcastically. Fishlegs didn't get the sarcasm and told me he was welcome.

"We better get you to Berk, Johann. The whole village is waiting for you," I said.

Trader Johann nodded and he got on Toothless and we flew off to Berk. I took a quick look at the Outcast ship. Two words were ringing in my head. Night Fury.

"I'm glad you're safe, Johann," said my dad.

"Well, now I am, thanks to your boy," replied Johann, "The Outcasts shouldn't expect another visit from me, eh?"

The two men laughed.

"Hiccup, what are you going to do about, you know, the night fury thing?" asked Fishlegs.

"I dunno," I replied, "I guess I'm going to go look for it, how about it, bud?" I asked Toothless. He gurgled happily, which I took it for a yes. I looked back at Fishlegs.

"I mean, how great would it be to finally see another night fury, I mean, for Toothless, being one of a kind isn't bad, but it would be good to see him have a friend,"

"He has you," Astrid said, interrupting the conversation, "Don't go too far OK? You remember last time you tried to find another night fury? It could be a trap,"

I turned to Astrid, "So how did Alvin get something to go as fast as a night fury, and risk a boat and soldiers?"

Astrid just shrugged, "I dunno, just… Just be careful," I nodded and then took off on Toothless.

"Now, where would a night fury go?" I wondered. Toothless grunted. "What do you think, bud?" I asked. Toothless grunted again. We flew for a few hours, until the sun started to yet, "Reckon we should get back, bud?" Toothless gurgled in agreement. Suddenly, we heard, "FIRE!" and someone shot a mangler cannon at us and we went down and fell onto the deck of a ship. A large figure loomed over us, "Alvin…" I muttered. Alvin the Treacherous laughed then pulled me off Toothless, "Hiccup, Hiccup, Hiccup, how nice of you to come visit me?"

"Well, I thought me and you should meet up together, I mean, whenever we see each other, we're trying to kill each other, right?" I said jokingly. Alvin grinned then suddenly, a shriek rang from the sky and an Outcast soldier yelled, "Night fury! Get down!" A black blur shot past Alvin. He turned and looked, and then the blur hit him. It went so fast, it knocked Alvin a few hundred feet from the ships. I was shocked. The Outcasts unsheathed their swords and shouted a battle cry, which was tremendously loud. However, the roar of a night fury is much, much louder. Then night fury shot into one of the Outcasts, making him shout, "Oof," before getting thrown meters from the ship he was on. The night fury landed in front of me and Toothless, with its wings open and its teeth facing the Outcasts. Its image was so intimidating; the Outcasts dropped their weapons and jumped on board the other ships and fled in panic. The night fury turned around to us, and its pupils dilated. I slowly reached my hand forward towards its nose, and the night fury leaned closer, and we came in contact. "Another night fury," I muttered under my breath. I repeated that sentence over and over again, until the night fury focused onto Toothless. I realized he was still trapped. I grabbed a dagger that an Outcast dropped. The night fury hissed and its pupil sharpened, obviously feeling threatened. Toothless grunted at the night fury, and it backed down. I cut of the ropes on Toothless and he got up at stared at the other night fury. The other night fury looked bigger, so I guessed he was older. "Let's get back to Berk, I can't wait to see my friend's faces,"

When we got back, I expected surprised faces from everyone, and I was mostly right, I just didn't expect Fishlegs to scream at the top of his lungs and shout, "NIGHT FURY!"

Astrid ran over, "Was this the night fury that attacked the Outcast ship? How did you find him?"

"We got shot down by the Outcasts, then it came and saved us, should have seen the looks on their faces, it was priceless," I replied. We led the dragon to the Berk Dragon Training Academy.

"Have you given a name for it yet?" asked Fishlegs. I shook my head. Then Snotlout butted in, "I have a GREAT name! How about Snotfury? Nightlout?" We all shook our heads, "Snotnight? Loutfury? Hooknight, Nightfang!" We all shook our heads again, "Aw, come on, DON'T tell me Nightfang isn't a good name!"

"How about," said Tuffnut, "The Screaming Death, the scream of the dragon is so powerful, it causes death, and any dragon with the word death in its name is the best dragon EVER!"

"You do know that the Screaming Death is the name of a dragon we have been trying to fight and stop it from crushing Berk for months?" said Astrid, while slugging him on the arm.

Tuffnut shook his head, "Nope, doesn't ring a bell,"

"Big, white, red eyes that pierce through your soul, disappearing islands, the Outcasts planted them under the island to destroy Berk?" said Fishlegs.

Tuffnut shook his head again, "Nope. Wait what are Outcasts?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Tuffnut just said, "What?"

Tuffnut shrugged, "Ok, I got a good one, the Terrible Terror!"

Everyone rolled their eyes and laughed at Tuffnut's stupidity.

"OK," said Tuffnut, "How about-"

"NO!" We all yelled, we were all tired and had no time for anymore… Tuffnut.

Ruffnut punched Tuffnut, causing a fight between the two.

"Nightfang!" yelled Snotlout. We all shook our heads.

"How about Deathfang?" asked Astrid. I shook my head, "Too… hostile,"

"I know," said Fishlegs, "How about Sharptooth?"

"That's not a bad name," I said, "Let's go with that,"

"Aw, come on, Nightfang is a MUCH better name!" said Snotlout, "Oh, and I want that dragon. Much better than a monstrous nightmare," Hookfang snorted, then reached down and set Snotlout's trousers on fire, "AARGH! OK, OK! MONSTROUS NIGHTMARES ARE BETTER, MUCH BETTER! ARGH!" he screamed, then jumped into a tub of water.

"OK, Sharptooth, let's see what you can do," I said to the night fury, who was eyeing Snotlout confusingly.

A day passed, and Toothless, Sharptooth and I walked to the Academy.

"How's Sharptooth getting along?" asked Fishlegs.

"Toothless and Sharptooth are getting along great! And I tried out his plasma plasts, he destroyed a whole group of barrels with one shot," I replied.

"You mean, these barrels?" asked Tuffnut, picking up a ash-cover splinter. I nodded.

"Woah," said Tuffnut, "I really need to get a night fury. Night furies are dragons, right?"

Suddenly, Astrid burst in on her dragon, Stormfly, "Hiccup, I saw Outcast ships coming onto the back of the island, they are armed to the teeth, we better tell your father,"

I nodded, "You tell my father, Fishlegs, Snotlout and the twins and I will go try and buy the village sometime," I turned to Sharptooth, "Let's see how powerful you are,"

We flew towards the beach, and Astrid was right, there was about ten ships coming in.

"Let's go, Sharptooth, blast those boats!" Sharptooth looked at me, confused, until Toothless snorted, and shot a plasma blast at a ship. Sharptooth grunted and swooped down. He went so fast, I am pretty sure I heard a sonic boom. Sharptooth unleashed a volley of plasma blasts at rapid speed, all I saw were the boats getting split in two with one shot of Sharptooth's blasts.

He finished of the boats before we even got there. One word. Wow. Even Snotlout was stunned. Then the strongest men and women from the village came out from behind us shouting and yelling, but all they saw were split Outcast ships sinking to the bottom of the sea.

"Yeah, baby!" I yelled.

"Did you see Sharptooth blast those ships?" asked Snotlout, "He destroyed them!"

"Yes, we all saw it, Snotlout," I said, "We were all there,"

"But of course, it was mainly Hookfang and I. See the Outcast's faces when we came? Sharptooth just finished the job," boasted Snotlout.

Sharptooth snorted loudly, and shot a light plasma blast at Snotlout. He flew backwards into the wall, "Ouch!"

"So," said Ruffnut, "Who's gonna keep him?"

I looked around, everyone started talking at once.

"Hey, I don't think anyone will keep him. We all have a dragon, we don't need anymore. Also, Sharptooth is relatively wild, I just found him yesterday, give him a few months," I said.

Snotlout snorted, "Mine! Anyway, are night furies even that powerful, sure they took out a bunch of ships, but Hookfang could do it in his slee-" Sharptooth rolled his eyes, then his pupils sharpened, his teeth shot out and he raised his wings to loom over Snotlout. Snotlout pathetically surrendered, "I rest my case…"

Back home, Toothless and Sharptooth were gurgling and grunting at each other happily. I looked at Toothless and grinned, "Hey, bud. We know now, you're not alone,"

I hope you enjoy my first FanFiction. Any constructive criticism is welcome, I will be glad to read it. If you have any thing to help me with my stories, please say. Thanks!