Heyyyyyy! So this is my first fanfic, I hope you all enjoy!

Raised with his mother among dragons, Hiccup goes on a journey to find allies that will help him end the viking-dragon war. Adventure, romance, and antics ensue.

Disclaimer: I do not own httyd or any of its characters.

Monstrous.

That was the only word that could come to Hiccup's mind as he gazed upon the enormity of dragon queen, greedily eating the tribute she demanded of those in her nest. Offering after offering, food that could have fed an entire village for a year disappeared down the dragon queen's throat. After dropping the food into her gaping mouth, the dragons huddled in fear inside the walls of the cavern, hoping that they had brought enough to appease their queen.

Hiccup's green eyes darkened with anger and disgust as he looked upon the monster. From what he had come to learn, no matter how much his brethren brought, her voracious appetite was insatiable, and thus they constantly had to risk their lives raiding viking tribes to feed her.

He had heard whispers- rumors among some of the dragons that would join his nest. They would rarely speak of the queen, not wanting to remember the terror they would rather forget. The few times Hiccup was able to hear of her, he devoted every bit of information to memory.

The first he had heard of it was when he was around 10 years old. A gronkle had arrived at his nest during the winter, very much shaken up. His mother had a hard time tending to the gronkle, as it had a severe distrust of humans. Eventually, it had given in due to its exhaustion and let his mother treat her wounds. When his mother questioned the gronkle on what had happened to her after gaining her trust, she spoke in hushed tones, as if some unseen evil was silently watching her.

::I ran away...I was terrified and ran away.::

Hiccup remembered his mother looking at the shaken dragon sympathetically and speaking gently to her.

"You're safe now, my friend." she had said, putting a comforting hand on her head. "What terrified you so that you had to ran away?"

It took a long while for the gronkle to reply, but when she did, her eyes were wide with fear as she whispered, ::The dragon queen…::

A look of realization and anger had flashed across Valka's face, but she remained silent for the dragon to continue.

::The dragon queen she...she ate...my mate::

Valka's face had then contorted with horror while the gronkle's was full of grief and fear.

::He didn't bring her enough food, all he could find was one fish...and then…::

The gronkle couldn't speak anymore, visibly shaking from the memory. Valka pressed no further, and had spoke comfortingly to ease the terrified creature.

Hiccup remembered secretly watching this scene unfold, listening in horror of the story of a dragon that would eat its own kind. He later tried questioning his mother about it, to which he was given a reprimanding lecture for eavesdropping, and was given no more information than what he had already learned. When he asked why she couldn't go and free those dragons like she freed them from vikings, his mother could only reply sadly,

"Too many deaths would be the outcome. We must protect our own."

Hiccup, though understanding why his mother wanted to avoid the monster, couldn't just let the issue go. He tried gathering more information on the creature, but was only recently able to discover its whereabouts 6 years after first learning about it when his mother started taking him with her to free captured dragons in villages. Valka had forbade him to go with her until he "was of age" out of fear for the safety of her son.

They had gone to village after village, coming in the dead of night freeing the dragons the villagers keep for purposes Hiccup shuddered thinking about. After coming to one village, in the middle of freeing the dragons, a raid had occurred. Thanks to the chaos, Hiccup and his mother were able to escape quietly, but not before Hiccup noticed the direction in which the dragons were hauling their stolen food. He finally had an idea as to where the queen's nest was.

During the flight back, he had also noticed something else. Twice they had steered clear of one particular village, keeping enough distance to where even the watchmen would just wave them off as birds. Hiccup had questioned his mother about it, to which she replied,

"That...is Berk. That particular village has more hatred for dragons than any other, and is the most dangerous. Never go there."

The amount of sternness and solemnity in her demeanor and voice had surprised Hiccup. Valka said no more than that, and even though his curiosity was burning, Hiccup knew from experience that when his mother didn't want to elaborate, he couldn't get her to say any more.

By the time Hiccup turned 18, Valka was fine with him going to villages on his own. By dividing and conquering, they were able to free dragons twice as fast from the villages. What took 2 months now only one, and during that time, Hiccup had decided to visit the Queen's nest with the help of a very reluctant nadder who he had freed and promised to bring to his nest in return for her help. He would've brought the changewing that he had been flying with, but their combined unfamiliar scents would've given them away to the queen, which brought him to the present.

Hiccup knew he couldn't stay there long, knowing that the Queen would eventually catch his scent. So after observing for another minute, he and his nadder mount left quickly and quietly while the queen was still distracted by the food being dropped down her gullet.

::I hope to never see her again.:: The nadder shuddered with residual fear after their encounter with the queen.

Hiccup patted her comfortingly as they flew towards his nest to the north. He was thoughtful during the entire flight, trying to come up with some sort of strategy to help the dragons under the queen's control. He knew he and his mother couldn't do it on their own, and the dragons wouldn't fight against their queen out of their fear of her. What they needed were more riders, but that would be difficult given the hatred many harbored for the dragons, though misplaced. Hiccup knew he had to try and find allies if he wanted all the bloodshed to finally be over, but how and where should he start looking? Even if he did find allies who would help, his mother would deter him by any means if it meant his safety. He would need to hide somewhere she couldn't find him, somewhere she would never look…

Then an idea came to him.

Berk.

She would never think to look for him there, as Hiccup knew that his mother tried avoiding that island like the plague, for whatever her reasons were. And if he could find allies amongst the vikings that supposedly "had more hatred for dragons than any other", maybe them becoming allies with the dragons would convince other villages to follow…

With that thought, Hiccup's mind was set.

After returning home and having a celebratory dinner with his mother over their successful mission, Hiccup retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted. Using what little energy he had left, he shooed away the terrible terrors that decided to take up residence on his bed furs, before laying down and going over his plan in his head.

After being home for a few weeks or so, he and his mother would head out again and part ways to different villages to free dragons. This time however, Hiccup wouldn't be going to those villages. No, during that time, he would be in Berk, searching for those open and brave enough to join him in ending the bloody war.

Yay! Finished the first chapter! Don't worry, you'll be meeting Astrid and Toothless in the next chapter. Also, please review! Constructive criticism is very much appreciated since this is my first story :)