The world was unfair, it was a simple universal fact of the universe and no one could possibly try to change that. Some were born with more and others less, while some managed to end their lives with more, others still ended their lives with even less than they started with. The world went through its most drastic change in the end of the twenty first century. The world had hit a tipping point, rampant environmental destruction, and rapid overpopulation threatened to end all life as the world knew it, but then came the change. It was subtle and hard to notice at first, but once prominent and rich people took notice the world was forever different.

People had always been mystified by the superhuman. Characters such as Superman, or the Flash defied logic with their insane natural power and abilities. Once the change began, all those fantastical powers didn't seem so far-fetched. People began to be able to fly, punch through walls, and stop bullets in midair. It was beyond comprehension and it shook the world's systems to the very core. All the political structures were upheaved and replaced with others and after a few years of turmoil and uncertainty, the fact was, superpowers were real.

Some countries couldn't adapt and thus collapsed and were replaced by other factions, however the world seemed to pull itself together. Nowadays there are whole industries dedicated to heroes and the like, and now schools implement hero training to better spur on the future generations. Hiccup was not liking the new system as it no longer helped those who were born with no power. It was not like Hiccup had fallen behind in school, in fact he was first in his class when it came to academics. However, with the hero courses others soared ahead of him in the class, some of them literally.

There was Astrid, who was top of the class, second in academics and first in heroics. After her was Snotlout, who was terrible when it came to academics, but was second only to Astrid when it came to heroics. Hiccup use to be friends with them, Snotlout was his cousin, and he enjoyed those years. But, as they grew older and they manifested their powers, they left Hiccup behind and so did everyone else. His mother was a great supporter of him as he became more and more distant with those he called his friends.

That changed when she died and his father could no longer bear the pain and shut him out. His father was the head of the hero agency in the nation and therefore was home very little. He also had a huge amount of money and therefore had a huge house which only exacerbated the feeling of loneliness. He still had hope though, he was close to turning seventeen, was a junior in high school, and had a promising future in the tech industry. In fact, he was currently running to his school to make the first bell on the very first day of his junior year.

He barely got in the doors when the bell went off and he moved quickly to his locker then to his first class. He sat down near the back and hoped that no one would notice him and he could get through his first day without anything major happening. The final bell rang and the last of the students filed in, in front of the teacher who Hiccup knew quite well. His name was Gobber and he was in charge of the hero training at the school and it was a required for all juniors to take.

Hiccup knew that this would be the one class he would fail, no matter what he tried as it required powers to actually succeed in. He always had his notebook full of designs and ideas of things he could build, but probably never would. His father had seen it once and simply said that he shouldn't waste his time doodling. Safe to say that after that Hiccup never let anyone else ever see what was in it. It had designs for a jetpack, plasma cannons, power sources, and all sorts of other crazy ideas. However, all over it he often wrote down the weird symbols he would get in his head, but they never made sense and he just kept them with whatever design he was thinking of at the time.

"Hey, Hiccup." A voice said.

Hiccup turned to find his only friend, Fishlegs, sitting next to him.

"Oh, hey Fish. You ready for this year?" Hiccup asked.

"I think so, my calculus class will probably be the hardest after this one. To be honest, I'm not looking forward to this class at all." Fishlegs lamented.

"Oh, boo hoo, you have to train and test your abilities, that must seem like such a burden." Hiccup said sarcastically.

"Oh, sorry, right. I forget sometimes that you have it worse than anyone else."

"Its fine, most of the time I can stand it, but when I hear people complain about having to use their powers I just get frustrated." Hiccup looked down.

"Let's change the subject. How does your year look?" Fishlegs asked.

"Fine, normal subjects and whatnot. Nothing that I can't handle, the problem will be keeping my dad off my back."

"Why is that?"

"He often checks in on the hero course in all the high schools, and wouldn't you know it his son and nephew are in it this year."

"Oh, so extra attention?" Fishlegs guessed.

"Only in the sense that I'm proving myself on the training grounds." Hiccup said.

They were cut off by the start of the class, and not much happened as it was simply the first day. Though there was a rundown of how the year looked but Hiccup mostly ignored it and tried to think about anything else. He had heard that there was a new student in the school which was rare, considering the last new student that came to the school was nearly twenty years ago and they were an immigrant family.

Berk was not a place that attracted people, nor was it very large and had a great deal of people. It also meant that everyone knew everyone else, and nothing could happen without everyone in the town finding out a few days later. It was strange that his father chose to live in Berk, despite his rather important status in the heroic world. His father had super strength and seemed to be invulnerable to most forms of damage. His father wasn't invincible, bullets and anything like them could still hurt him quite a bit, but punches and being hit with blunt objects and walls did next to nothing. His mother was simply an empath and worked hard in environmental conservation, as she could connect with the animals and feel their pain.

Hiccup got neither of those powers, or even a new combination of the two, which was extremely rare. It bothered him, especially when his father told him to try and harder and be better, as there was no physical way that Hiccup could do that. While lost in his thoughts, the class ended and most began to leave and move on with their day. Hiccup was doing just the same when Gobber caught him by the door.

"Did ya hear anything is said?" Gobber asked.

"Not really, I don't see much point in paying attention when nothing applies to me." Hiccup said.

"You can't say tha'. You never know."

"If one day I somehow manage to do something incredible I'll pay attention, but for now let's just not get into it. I don't have the energy for it today." Hiccup lamented.

"Alrigh', but don't think this is over." Gobber said.

Hiccup left and rushed to make it to his next class and the day progressed without much happening, at least until lunch came along. He sat with Fishlegs as he always did, but he noticed by the door someone he had never seen before. He was tall, thin, and wore a blue sweatshirt and brown pants, had blue eyes, pale skin, and stark white hair. He was quite striking compared to the dark haired, and brown eyed people of Berk.

"Who is that?" Hiccup asked to know one.

Fishlegs turned to where Hiccup was looking and turned back.

"That's the new kid, Jack Frost. He moved here about two weeks ago and his family has been spending that whole time trying to get settled. I don't know that much about him, I'll have to ask around." Fishlegs explained.

"Oh." Was all Hiccup could manage.

He pried his eyes away when he thought the kid, Jack, caught him staring. He busied himself with eating and keeping his eyes glued to the table. However, that solitude was broken but a rather deep voice.

"Mind if I sit here?"

Hiccup looked up to see Jack standing there behind an open seat right next to Hiccup. For a moment Hiccup couldn't speak, or breath, and struggled to come up with words.

"Um, sure." Hiccup managed to get out.

The guy flashed him a bright smile and Hiccup's mind was starting to catch up with him after the crash it just suffered. For a minute there was nothing but silence and Fishlegs looked at him wondering what on earth he had just done. Hiccup suddenly suffered extreme embarrassment and was unable to form a word, let alone a sentence.

"Oh, I'm Jack by the way." The guy said.

"Hiccup."

"Fishlegs."

"Man, you all do really have weird names."

With that the ice was broken, "Have you met my cousin or his friends?" Hiccup asked.

"Maybe, who would they be?"

"Snotlout, Ruffnut, and Tuffnut ring any bells?"

"Oh, them? Yeah, their names are far weirder in my opinion." Jack smiled.

Hiccup snorted, "Well, can't get in the way of the Viking tradition."

"Viking?"

"Yeah, most of the people in Berk are from Scandinavia, and the like. Although a good portion of them still claim that they're descendant from Vikings."

"Cool."

Lunch proceeded on mostly in silence with some conversation and Hiccup couldn't help but feel uncomfortable the whole time. He rarely talked to people out of his social circle which included Fishlegs, Gobber, and on occasion his father. He relaxed once they were all headed back to class, but it started up again once the last class of the day rolled around. It was gym, but a different form of gym than what schools use to do. This was entirely focusing on using everyone's abilities and trying to find ways of strengthening them.

Hiccup merely took a seat in the stands and waited for the class to be over, as he had no way of participating. While everyone else went through the training rundown and started letting lose, Hiccup tried to distract himself by finding Jack. Little did he know that the guy was taking a seat next to him.

"Hey." Jack said.

Hiccup jumped, "Don't do that, and what are you doing up here?"

"Oh, I'll jump in tomorrow after the paperwork has gone through." Jack said smirking.

"So, you have powers?" Hiccup was almost afraid to ask.

"Yeah, ice, snow, basically anything cold. You?"

Hiccup looked at his hands, "I don't have any."

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, my dad does, and my mom did, but I was born with nothing." Hiccup said dejectedly.

"You can't say that, you were born with two parents and a home to go to, and all that."

Hiccup felt somewhat better at this, but it didn't alleviate the feeling of being judged.

"You can leave you know, you don't actually have to talk to me." Hiccup said.

"And why would I do that?" Jack seemed genuinely confused.

"Because, I'm me. Uncool, small, weak, no powers, and worst of all a huge disappointment."

"I don't think those things and you can't force me away. Saying all that just makes me want to stay." Jack smiled.

Hiccup sighed and merely put it in his head that this guy wasn't going to leave him alone and he might as well try to get along with him. It wouldn't really hurt to make a new friend every once in a while, would it?

Going to try this idea out and see how it goes, let me know what you think. Enjoy and review. -starwarswiz