As we fly on to the island of Berk we see houses on fire, Vikings running about and shouting, swinging their weapons and… Dragons. There was Nadders, Gronkles, Zipplebacks and… Monstrous Nightmares. But all of this was common seeing as the Hooligan tribe was attacked by dragons most nights but what was the least common sight was the purple blast of fire from a… Nightfury. But this was no normal Nightfury… this one had a rider and those who had seen this rider describe them as nearly merged with the dragon itself.

But they're not important right now, right now we should focus on one Astrid Hofferson. We see her standing in her houses door way, moving through her thoughts. "It was 5 years to the day, the day HE was taken by the Dragon Riders" she said with a sneer as she looked for the Nightfury while visiting old memories.

Astrid pov:

Begin Flashback

Hiccup has been getting too good at dragon training and has been sneaking off very often into the forest off ravens point so why shouldn't there be a connection. As she walked through the forest there seems to be very dark thunder clouds moving over head. As I go further into the forest I find several knocked over trees and as I move forward I find footprints leading towards the cove. I move towards the crevice entrance of the cove I look inside and don't see Hiccup or anyone else.

When suddenly a black figure flew upwards, I swiftly turn and look up and see Hiccup in the claws of a mighty beast with scales as black as the blackest night. As it flies towards the village I chase after it running over logs, bushes and diches. As I reach the village I see everyone staring at the dragon with hiccup in its' claws and from appearance it look like a Nightfury. But that is not the oddest thing about the beast… for there is a person ridding it.

He wears a full body set of armour lined with scales coloured black and a shade similar to blood red, a shiny pointy metal mouth piece (same shape and placement as Hiccup's in httyd2) a sheet of black scales connecting their body piece to their mask hiding all sibilance of being human. They have a long shiny sword coming from where his wrist should be and last but not least his eyes are filled with continually shifting colours and silted pupils like a dragon.

"YOU GIVE MY SON BACK TO ME NOW AND YOU AND YOUR… PET WON'T FEEL OUR WRATH!" shouted Stoic the vast. "Why would I do that when we have made a deal stupid Viking," this mysterious rider retorted calmly with a deep disgust against Vikings. "What kind of deal freak," spit Stoic. "A kind of deal where I take your son and your dragon attacks are less damaging" stated the rider which put the rest of us in shock. The fact that Hiccup was giving himself up for the rest of the village was kind of inspiring but also enraging that this rider claims he will take one of our own so I throw my axe and smirk as it gets stuck in his chest. But that smirk immediately turns into frown as I see them pull it out without flinching and without a single drop of blood.

He checks it over and hums "no-ones been brave enough to do that in a long time I think I'll keep this as a memo for this moment and a reminder for this deal" he states almost mysteriously "but if any of you try that again your village will burn and to make you don't think I am bluffing…" when he finishes speaking he lifts his sword and points it at Stoic's house but instead of the Nightfury firing a clustered, red lightning bolt races from the clouds and strikes the house, setting it ablaze. Everyone steps back in shock of what just happened "now if you will excuse us it is time to leave" the rider smugly states as the night fury turns around and flies away with a thundercloud of red lightning following them.

When the raid arrived we found out he kept his deal, mid-way in the raid he arrived, not on a Nightfury this time instead on a humongous Monstrous Nightmare, about 3 times the size of an average Nightmare, definitely bigger than a titan-wing, with the same eyes, but he didn't kill people or dragons instead freed dragons and stopped them from killing people. When he left he took some of the raiding dragons away with him to wherever he lives.

As the years went by Stoic got darker without Hiccup to keep him in check even though the people were well fed. After 2 years a new dragon rider showed up riding the Nightfury we saw that night wearing an all-black version of what the first Dragon Rider wore but he committed the same actions as the first.

End Flashback

Overview pov:

As Astrid ran through the battle-field she heard a familiar roar coming from the forest, very familiar. So she snuck away and ran to the forest and looked around for the source of the sound. She eventually found the source and it was the second Dragon Rider sorting out the saddle on his dragon. Astrid saw this as the perfect opportunity to get revenge for Hiccup even though it is a different rider. So she got her knife out and sneakily crept on the rider and prepared to strike…