Greetings readers. I bring to you a collaborative writing from the minds of Neeko96 and Ageis Dragon. We of Writers United, have come together in hopes to better our own writing by working with one another.

This story is a post HTTYD2 fic, we intend to keep all canon events up until the end of the second movie and so you shouldn't have to worry about too many unprecedented surprises with the history as it pertains to Berk and associated characters.

Disclaimer: We would like to reiterate the obvious, and that this is a work of fiction completely unaffiliated with Dreamworks or associates. This is a fan made work and will not and should not, be sold for a profit with the containing copyrighted characters.

Authors:

Neeko96 - I'm happy to work with a friend in this work. He was of great help in my last HTTYD fic and helped to bounce ideas for it. To any who may know my previous work "Rise of the Dragon Riders" their is a familiar character in here, but do not associate these characters together as they come from 2 different histories. Of course their will be similarities, but not the same character alright?=^-^=

Ageis Dragon - (To be added at a later time)

Ch. 1 - The Quest


It was loud as the roar of men's shouts were heard through the walls of a rather large inn. It was dusk and so many of them were there to drink or eat, it really all depended on the person. Another loud roar rushed over the dining hall from a crowd of men on one side while others ate and talked with a little less gusto.

"Oy! You best be given up lad!"

"She's got you beat!"

A loud slam was heard which was followed by yet another roar.

"Damn!"

"The lass has done it again!"

A young woman could now be seen standing upon the table in the center of the crowd of men raising one fist in victory.

"Y'all need to think twice before takin up a challenge against me!" She then proceeded to turn and gathered more cheers as she did so. Across the room a young man sat alone with his dinner. He would peek over in their general direction every now and again and let out a sigh as he did so.

"Could they be any louder?" He then took another bite of his bread as he looked over what seemed to be a map with several islands on it. He crossed one off and then drew a line leading to another one.

A woman came by with a tray and a bowl of stew. "Here you go." She said as she placed it on the table. She then took a look and noticed the table was empty aside from the boy. "Where is the girl you were with before?"

Mathias rolled his eyes as he turned to her with a smile. "She's having a bit of fun at the moment," he replied, "but she'll be coming back soon."

"Good, the stew's better when it's still hot." She then gave a courteous nod and headed back to the kitchen. The boy let out another sigh as he turned back to the rowdy group who were just as loud as ever.

"She's the one who has to eat it, not me." He finished up his bread, which was the last of his meal, and took to writing a few notes. "Maybe here next? It's got to be one of these." His concentration was broken by a rough pat on the back.

"Hey Mathias, you figure out where we're going yet?" The boy gave a grunt as he repositioned himself.

"Yeah, we're going to this northern one here. Based on what the last village said, they were headed north, so it's got to be one of the northern islands." He then heaved another sigh. "By the way Megin, do you have to do that everywhere we go?"

She gave a laugh as she sat across from him and pulled the bowl over to herself. "Why not? It's fun for me. You could do it too if you wanted."

He shook his head in response. "Sorry but that's not my thing. I'm not about to get stuck in a fight like that if I can avoid it."

She leaned forward and raised a brow. "Is Matt a chicken?"

He gave her a dead glare. "I'm not even going grace that taunt with a decent response." He then held up the map and showed her. "Anyway, we're going to be going a pretty far stretch so try not to go too crazy, or you'll fall asleep on your dragon." Megin chuckled as she took a sip of her drink. "You worry too much Mathias."

Come sunrise a rustling was heard in the trees behind the inn from the previous night. Low growls could be heard but they weren't loud enough to garner any real attention. From between two large trees a head with long red-orange hair popped out.


"Alright Mathias, we're clear." She then stepped through the bush in front of her. She was wearing a Tiger skin over her brown tunic and a pair of blue-grey pants under that. She turned and pulled at a rope to reveal the tiger head still very attached to the skin and seemed to be used as a hood. A slight shine could be seen just under the hood which belonged to the hilt of a sword. After a few good tugs a dragon was revealed to be at the end of it. This dragon was rather large being around the size of a Nightmare but more built at the front. It had two sets of slightly curved horns, one being much longer than the other set, and a muscular build. The exotic stripes on its scales were a grey-black on the scales that seemed to match the women's hair color rather nicely. It gazed around with an angry expression as the women let it out of the thick wooded area. As it's tail came out, it nicked a tree with the long sharp spike it had near the tip with a shorter spin on the opposite side. She then motioned to someone in the brush. "Hurry up before someone gets curious!"

"Where do you get all this energy Megin!" Mathias grumbled as he stepped out into the light of the morning sun. He had brown hair kept out of his face by a leather band and piercing golden eyes as he glared at the girl in front of him. "You were up for Odin knows how long!" He then brushed some of the twigs he'd picked up out of his light leather padding and tightened his fur bracers. He wore a dark grey tunic under his padding and slightly darker pants which bound up in his boots at the ends. On his waist were two strange swords that seemed to be a bit too short to be normal. He stopped and stretched a bit but was interrupted by a dragon who deemed it fit to push him forward. "Come on Nightshade." He whined as he turned towards the silvery colored dragon. "Just give me a minute to wake up." She rolled her eyes at the boy before pushing past him and stretching her wide ridged wings out in the sun. She had golden eyes like the boy and her two horns looked like they splinter out all along the outside. She also had a ridge fold along her back partially covered by the saddle which sat high on her shoulders and neck.

"Looks like she wanted to stretch too Matt. Dyrfeng and I will give you two a moment before we leave you behind."

Mathias clicked his tongue at her. "Like you even know where you're going."

She gave a shrug in response. "I'll figure it out." She then gave a wry glance to the large dragon at her side. "Don't you think so?" It gave a confident grunt in response as it puffed out its large chest and blew smoke from its nostrils. "See?" She mocked as she pointed to the dragon. "He thinks so too."

The other dragon grunted as she seemed to roll her eyes. She then stretched forward and curved her tail, which bore a cone shaped stinger, at the end, over her head. Mathias let out a deep breath before picking up his bag from the ground. "Alright, I'm good. You Nightshade?" He asked as he turned to his silver companion. She gave a nod as she folded her wings a bit.

"Finally." Megin stated as she swung herself onto Dyrfeng's saddle. "I was beginning to think I had time for a quick match with one of the inn's early risers."

Mathias and his dragon rolled their eyes as the boy climbed on. "No man will ever be able to keep up with that crazy pace of yours."

She gave him a proud nod. "Too bad for them then." Dyrfeng then took off into the morning sky followed quickly by Nightshade with Mathias on her back. "Lead the way oh great keeper of the map!" She commanded in a teasing tone. Mathias ignored the tone and took point.

"Judging from these distance markers it'll take less than a day, but it'll still be awhile before we make land again once we hit the ocean. You're probably going to regret not stretching Meg."

She gave a shake of her head as she pat her dragon's head. "Warriors like us don't need that. We're built ready for anything."


The two riders spent the next several hours going over what to do when they actually found what they were looking for. Mathias was looking over some written notes in his book as he led the way towards their next destination. Megin seemed rather bored as she leaned over Dyrfeng's saddle lazily watching the ocean below. She heaved out a sigh.

"So… are we getting close? Not that I don't enjoy the ocean view or anything."

Mathias flipped through to another page as he responded. "I'm pretty sure we are. Of course if I still had my good map…"

"Com on, I said I was sorry. I didn't realize what it was until after I used it." Megin defended with an agitated look.

Mathias sighed as he wrote something down and used his spyglass to look out at the horizon. "Yeah well, just be careful next time, and please don't just grab at someone's stuff randomly like that. You have a bad habit of not thinking when you're in one of your….. moods is really all I can say to describe them really."

Megin puffed her chest in slight offense. "I just like having fun is all you killjoy."

Mathias gave a chuckle. "To each their own I guess, but your 'fun' can be extremely distracting at times….. and dangerous too." Nightshade gave a grunt as she turned her head slightly to the right. "What is it Nightshade?" The young man questioned as he closed his notebook and reached for his spy glass. Dyrfeng seemed to jostle to an alert state as well as he looked onto the horizon. "Hmm? We find it?" Mathias remained silent for a few minutes as he tried to make out what he was seeing. "Oh!... I do believe we have found our destination Megin!" He placed the tool back in his back and took the handles of his saddle. "Let's go Nightshade!"

Megin, with an air of excitement, followed suit with Dyrfeng. It only took a few minutes of flying for the isle to become visible to the naked eye. "So that's Berk?" Megin asked as she took in the strange sight. Their seemed to be specks in the distance and they appeared to be flying. "What's going on over there?"

Mathias rubbed his chin a bit. "Maybe the rumors were true. And if they are, it means we're set."

Megin looked at her companion curiously. "Rumors? Of what?"

Mathias rolled his eyes. She had obviously tuned him out when he told her about an island of dragon riders like themselves. He couldn't quite believe that many people who tolerated dragons existed to be frank. It seemed rather impossible, especially given his experience. "The dragon we're looking for is apparently from an island said to the home of dragon riders. Its called Berk, and over the past few years, sightings of riders have become more common. There was even a man rumored to have an entire dragon army further north around here."

Megin's eyes beamed in delight at the mention of it. "Other dragon riders?! Really?!" Dyrfeng also seemed a bit more motivated as the dragon picked up speed.

Mathias could see the woman's delight and a slight feeling of dread filled his gut. Nightshade reciprocated the emotion as she looked back at her rider with a whine.

The closer the two riders and their dragons got to the island, the greater the distance between the two became as Megin took the lead. "Hold on Megin!" He yelled after her with his anxiety mounting.

Megin took no heed as they were in easy sight of the now easily recognized dragons. There seemed to be several flying through the air and if Mathias didn't know better, he'd say they were fighting over a sheep. Megin saw the fight go down between a young man on a Nightmare and two strange vikings on a Zippleback and her body language was all Mathias needed to see to realize what was going to happen next.

The young man let out a sigh. "Odin help me….." When he looked up to see Megin, she had somehow already gotten to the other riders and with a swift flight over them, had stolen the sheep. The competitive nature of the girl could not resist as she clutched the black woolly mammal as she laughed in triumph. The three vikings seemed more than a bit bewildered by the sudden intrusion and hesitated a few moments before going after her.

"Who the heck?" Grumbled the Nightmare rider as he he gripped his large hammer tighter. "Come on Hookfang!"

The twins on the Zippleback took a bit longer to respond as they traded very confused expressions. One of them, wearing flashy war paint, seemed about to respond before the other pulled at the horns of one of the dragon's head. "Get that sheep!" The Zippleback was quick to comply as the other twin followed the girl's lead.

Mathias watched from afar as he calculated the best way to fix this without causing some sort of fight. Fighting wasn't his thing. Sure he could fight if required to, but he preferred not to by principle…. and the fact he wasn't too built for it.

Megin was directing Dyrfeng all over the place as she made a few back glances at the vikings following her. She gave a laugh as she watched and then faced forward just in time to maneuver around a Grunckle and it's rather heavy set rider. The passing Viking gave a confused expression as he stopped and his dragon hovered. That viking didn't seem as motivated to follow as the others easily passed him.

Megin's expression grew into a smirk as she continued her fun game of keep away. Just as she flew under a strange obstacle in the form of a wooden dragon she caught sight of a Nadder flying up on her. The rider of this dragon was a young woman and she seemed more competitive than the others. The confusion that marred her face at first glance fell away as Megin pointed to the sheep in her hands. The Nadder moved in closer as the rider stood up and balanced on its back. "Steady Stormfly." She commanded as she readied to jump on Dyrfeng for an up close snatch and grab.

Megin raised a brow in a slightly impressed manner but there was no way she was going to let that happen so easily and Dyrfeng seemed to agree. As he whipped his tail up to block her way. The menacing razor spike at the end was a lazy threat should she jump in his direction. The girl grunted in frustration as she settled back in her saddle and flew up a bit higher.

"She's good." Megin commented to herself as she watched the competitive girl move in from above. "This will be fun."

Just as the girl came up on her dragon, Megin pulled Dyrfeng to bank left and did a hairpin turn back towards the slower riders on her tail. The Nadder and her rider seemed a tad surprised but not perturbed by the tactic as they quickly moved to follow. The other riders, however, were surprised when the dragon they had been chasing barreled towards them. Dyrfeng let out a roar of dominance as he charged at them and both the Zippleback and Nightmare dodged without hesitation. You could see a smirk on the dragon's face that matched his rider as they passed them by without contest.

"What are you guys doing!?" The girl exclaimed in agitation. "They'll win if this keeps up."

The grunckle rider came up on the group as Astrid dashed through. "You think she'd be more worried about the total stranger flying around on a dragon I've never seen."

The Nightmare rider crossed his arms and gave the boy a look. "Winning first, duh." He then pulled Hookfang around to follow.

"Alright lets go!" Cried the male Zippleback rider with one arm out in the air.

The last rider let out a sigh as he watched the others. "Where's Hiccup when you need him?"

The two female riders were now relatively neck and neck as they flew past the stands full of Berkians. They all cheered at the riders, not a single one seemed all too bothered by the stranger that had butted into the game.

"I don't know who you are, but that sheep is mine!" Proclaimed the girl as she dove from her dragon and onto Dyrfeng's back much to the dragon's distaste. In response he started to fly rather sporadically as Megin fought off the young shield maiden.

"You're going to have to do better than that if you want the sheep little lady!" She then pulled up on the saddle and Dyrfeng started a loop. Once he was upside down, the girl had troubles holding on and grabbed at the wool of the sheep on instinct. After a slight wind interference and some some flailing hooves as motivation, the sheep slipped from her grasp and the viking fell. After she too lost hold of the sheep she found herself quickly caught by her loyal Nadder and Megin seemed more than a bit off put by the play. "Nice, but not good enough!" Megin cried as she dove for the sheep. She caught it just as the other girl spied its location and the game of keep away commenced once again.

Megin could now say she was genuinely having fun with this girl. It was rare she found someone she could "play with" at such a level. Of course the only other rider she knew was Mathias, but he didn't enjoy this sort of thing all that much. He liked more peaceful forms of entertainment like reading, but wasn't above going at least a little wild given the right form of encouragement. She glanced back at her determined rival, but when she turned back she stared down the form of her companion and his dragon.

"Stop Megin! This is getting out of hand!" His dragon reciprocated his admonishing glare as he sat with his arms crossed.

Taken by surprise, Dyrfeng stopped rather suddenly which also caught the Nadder behind them by surprise."Whoa!" The girl exclaimed as she steadied the filght of her dragon.

Megin wore an agitated expression matching her dragon's as Mathias rubbed his temples. "Were you even thinking…. at all?" He asked.

Megin rolled her eyes. "Come on Matt, you're being a real stick in the mud!"

"And you're being an idiot!" The boy countered with an unyielding expression. "We don't need to cause a scene."

"A little late for that don't you think?" A new voice said from above. They all turned their heads up the see a black dragon who also had a rider atop its back. The young man didn't seem too happy, but not necessarily angry either.

Mathias let out a sigh as he took a look around. The crowd was cheering and that really seemed to get Megin going as she quickly forgot the boy's reprimand and flew over the crow to take in the glory with the sheep high over her head in victory. A dreadful expression was now on Mathias face, a stark contrast to his companion's, as he saw all eyes were on them. "Perfect….."

Megin landed her dragon on a wooden structure that seemed to be lined with wooden emblems and nets underneath as she continued to hold up the sheep in victory.

"Who are you?" The Night Fury rider asked in confusion as he lowered his dragon to meet Mathias' in altitude. He scratched the back of his head as he watched his companion and sighed.

"We're travelers. I really didn't want this to happen, honest…. She just gets like that sometimes."

The viking nodded in understanding as he too watched the tiger fur clad girl. "I see."

As soon as Mathias turned back his way he noticed the features of the dragon better and his eyes grew wide.

"Its the Night Fury!" He shouted, which got Megin's attention despite her current distraction.

"What?" Its rider responded in confusion to the younger boy's sudden exclamation.

"Just what are you two doing?" The Nadder rider asked as she joined the conversation. "And what about the Night Fury has you so surprised?" Of course the girl knew the dragon was rare, but it was the way the boy said it that confused her.

Mathias pat his dragon's neck like he hadn't heard the questions at all. "Looks like we found it!" He shouted and his dragon reciprocated his excitement. Several thoughts ran through his mind as he went over what to do next and a grin soon found its way to his face.


And there you have it. Please direct all questions, comments, and anything else in a review. The OCs above are added as main characters of the story while the canon characters will also still hold main character status. Please don not used OCs of this work without permission.

I also want to apologize for the long author's note at the top and would like to note that it will not be as such in the future. This is merely and introduction and I am merely trying to lay down some ground work from which this story will build. We would very much appreciate feed back on this work. =^-^=