Note: This story takes place right before How To Train Your Dragon 2, and is inspired by the School of Dragons game. Enjoy!

Hiccup stood near the landing at the school, watching the new riders. Ever since the school had sent its first invitations, hundreds of promising new students had arrived. Hiccup hoped that this would help keep the peace among dragons and people. Hiccup watched the students interact with their dragons. Most of them seemed to bond with each other fairly quickly.

Hiccup felt someone nudge his leg. He turned around and found Toothless standing behind him. Toothless sent him a hopeful stare, and glanced toward the sky, making a rumbling sound in his throat.

"You want to go for a little flight, bud?" Toothless sent him a big gummy smile. Hiccup laughed, "I'll take that as a yes."

Hiccup hoped into the saddle, listening for the satisfying click of his metal leg connecting with the petal. Together,Hiccup and Toothless flew out of the school's caldera, relishing their growing speed. Hiccup heard a squawk behind them. He turned his head and smiled, seeing Astrid and Stormfly following close behind.

"Well hey there! Got bored with training the new batch?" Astrid groaned, "I left them with Heather. Maybe she can talk some sense into them."

"What happened this time?" He asked, "Icarus burned down the village or something?"

Astrid rolled her eyes, "No, but he's been teasing Stormfly and he and his stupid Skrill did nearly crash into my house again."

"Well that's not his fault. He's still learning. He just needs to learn to work with his dragon, instead of having it work for him."

Astrid glared at him, "That's what I told him. And he's not even supposed to be training in Berk yet. He's not ready."

"I'll talk to him later," Hiccup said, "Let's not think about him for now."

Icarus was a mischievous young teenage boy who had been a student at the school for 2 months. His dragon was a dark purple Skrill named Shockfang. If there was trouble, it was usually caused by these two.

Hiccup closed his eyes, feeling the cool wind blowing past his face. He loved it.

"Hiccup! Look! Down there!"

Hiccup turned to look down where Astrid was pointing. Surprised, he and Toothless stopped and turned around, "Let's get a closer look."

Astrid nodded, and together they flew to the base of the caldera. What they saw, was a small boat, with a small figure sprawled out in front of it. Toothless and Stormfly landed beside the small wreck. Hiccup stepped closer. The boat was only a small fishing boat, that is, the remains of a fishing boat. In front of it, lay what appeared to be a young teenage girl.

"What happened?" said Astrid, "Well it was probably that storm last night," Hiccup replied, "The water was pretty rough. I guessed it crashed here."

"But who would be sailing during a storm? And where is this from? It can't be a Berserker boat, and it's not an Outcast boat-"

"And it's certainly not one of ours," Hiccup said.

He leaned forward and put his hand on her shoulder, gently shaking it.

"Hey…Hey…wake up!"

About a minute later, they heard the girl moan, and she moved her arm slightly.

"Hey," Hiccup tried again, "Wake up."

The girl moaned again and slowly opened her eyes. She blinked, and focused her gaze upon Hiccup. She didn't seem afraid until she looked past the riders, and saw their dragons.

"It's okay," Hiccup said calmly, "They won't hurt you. They're friends. You're safe here."

The girl opened her mouth to speak, but her voice was hoarse, and barely over a whisper, "Where…Where am I?"

"We're just outside the school," said Hiccup, "The School of Dragons."

The girl tried to speak, but her throat seemed too dry. Hiccup gently picked her up and carried her to Toothless, "We'll take you to the Great Hall and get you some water. I bet you're pretty hungry too."

The girl hesitated for a moment before nodding.

"Hiccup," said Astrid, "We'd better go to the hall at Berk instead of the one at the school. You know, it's closer to Gothi. This girl looks pretty beaten up."

Hiccup nodded his agreement before flying off to Berk with the girl in the saddle.

Another Note: This is my first fanfic so don't expect perfection. I know this is probably not the best thing you've ever read but I'll try and make the other chapters better. Thanks for reading!