Author's Note: Hello, I am PurifierofChaos131000. If you don't know, I'm a relatively new author, and my first (and at the time, current) story is 'Dragon Nation', a HTTYD story set in an au- inspired by Magi Nation, (it was a card and hand-held game in the '90s that had a short lived tv show around '08.) Around my third (technically fifth) chapter, I announced that I'd start doing a one-shot series side project. So, after much waiting, the one-shots begin! Before we go on, there is just one thing you need to know, there will be three types of one-shots: BACK (character backstory, basically a flash back to before the events of the story that help explain the character's backround), CD (a one-shot that takes place inbetween chapters of Dragon Nation, used for developing characters and some exposition), and MS (musical one-shots just for fun, will follow the format stated in chapter 4 (numerically 6th) chapter of Dragon Nation).
Now enough jibber-jabber, on with the show.
I only own O/C's, idea to write this (and Dragon Nation) along with any ideas that I decide to put in.
CD One-Shot 1: Getting to Know the World
(Takes place between Chapters 2 (4) and 3 (5))
"And over here, you'll see marks, from when Berk was attacked by Speed Stingers about two years ago," Fishlegs said to an unfocused Hiccup and Toothless. After the incident at Mildew's house yesterday, the group decided that they'd each spend an hour with Hiccup and Toothless, to show them around Berk, tell them what they'd need to know about training dragons, and anything else. Right now it's was Fishlegs' hour, and they were sitting in the Great Hall as he was giving the duo a lesson on, for simplicities sake let's go with everything from 'the history of the Archipelago' to 'what to do when a Monstrous Nightmare gets a toothache', that was a bad day for Hookfang.
As he talked, Fishlegs failed to notice that the two guest from another land weren't listening. Toothless because, well it was boring. Sure, the twins spent their time pranking, one of which involving Monstrous Nightmare gel and Gobber's smithy, but they were fun. For Astrid's hour, she gave Hiccup a lesson on fighting with the Dragon Blade. Needless to say, he spent like a fourth of the time not falling on his butt. But he did show some small progress in sword fighting, once they figured out he was a lefty when it came to using weapons. Snotlout's hour, he was asleep, so they walked around the village and met some people, two fisherman named Bucket and Mulch, who were basically the C3po and R2-D2 of Berk. They were nice, but Bucket was on the shallow end of the intelligence pool. But all Fishlegs has been doing is talked about, everything.
Hiccup, on the other hand, was wrapped up in thought. Since there were too many, here were the most recurring: why was he the Final Rider of all people, what was happening back on earth, was his mom okay, did anyone notice he disappeared, and how was he supposed to stop Drago and save an entire world? The one he was currently on was about the Dragon Blade, how the heck did it work? One minute, he turns Toothless into a dragon, next he's a cat again, then he's a Night Fury again, but with fire covered scales, and each time it changed Toothless, that weird crystal glowed, and Hiccup was either fighting Dragon Trappers, or focused on protecting his new friends.
"Are you even listening?" Fishlegs' voice snapped the two out of their thoughts and back to reality. "Sorry Fishlegs," Hiccup said, "it's just, you've done nothing but talk the whole time, and I really can't seem to remember all that much." "It's fine, I tend to get caught up in things," Fishlegs said understandingly, "I've just never had someone I could talk to that doesn't interrupt." "Really?" "Yeah, you didn't expect Snotlout and the twins would actually listen? They may as well have barnacles for brains." The duo chuckled at Fishlegs' statement.
"How much time to we have left?" "We've got about another half hour." "Okay, so how about Toothlees and I ask you some questions, and you answer them, but could ya' please keep the word count to a minimum?" The large Viking boy pouted slightly, but accepted the terms. "Okay, first question-" He was caught off by a ruckus coming from the other side of the Great Hall. When the three turned, they saw Snotlout and the twins wrestling each other, the crowd cheering for them, and a few were placing bets. "Are they always like that?"
"Yup," Fishlegs answered. "Why," Toothless questioned. "Because the twins worship Loki as an excuse to prank all the time, and Snotlout thinks as the chief's heir he could do whatever he pleases." "Heir?" "Yeah, as Stoick's nephew, he's in line for to be the next chief." "Who in their right minds would put him in charge," Hiccup asked. "Because there isn't any other choice. Baggybum isn't exactly the best when it comes to woman," "No I mean why would Stoick appoint him heir and not his own kid," Hiccup clarified. Fishlegs' face turned grim, and said, "Because his wife died before they had a kid." Hiccup felt embarrasssed, clearly Stoick's deceased wife was a sour subject, for all of Berk. "And because he was so heart brokken, he didn't want to marry again." "Exactly, and because of that Snotlout is the only one capable of becoming chief."
Wanting to move past the air of awkwardness, Toothless asked, "So, why do dragons turn into gemstone?" "Well, first, they're called 'Krystals,' second, it's because of some kind of spell on the entire Archipelago. Dragons can be wild, but whenever they get tamed, their bodies are turned into krystals, and their minds go to the Stables." "The Stables?" "It's some kind of plane where, well I can't explain it, but when dragons turn into krystals, their minds drift to the Stables, and when their trainer calls them, their minds reunite with their bodies and turn into dragons again."
"Okay, my turn," Hiccup declared, "Why do you let those guys push you around," he asked, reffering as to why Fishlegs let the less-than-average teens disrespect him. "Well, I don't want to go berserk." "That seems a little extreme, but you, berserk," Toothless pointed out, Fishlegs didn't seem like the type of person to go on an insane rampage. "No, I mean my great-grandfather was half Berserker, as in he was the child of a Berserker woman." "There's a tribe called the Berserkers?" "Yeah, Dagur's one of them." "That makes sense." "Don't worry they're actually one of Berk's greatest allies, but you still don't want to get on their bad side."
It was Toothless' turn to ask next, and he asked about the other allies Berk had, and what of their enemies. Fish said that, apart from Drago and his army, the tribes of the Archipelago weren't really enemies, but there were those who didin't get along well. For Berk, it was the Lava-Louts, a tribe that lived on a volcanic island. They strictly trained dragons of the Stoker Class, which were know for having high firepower, and setting themselves on fire as well. There basic attire was a suit of dragon scales, which being fire proof and living on a volcano was necessary. The Holligans didn't get along with them because, well lets say some people joke about Spitelout being half Lava-Lout. The tribe strictly believed in strenght above all, banishing those who failed to train dragons in the initiation program, even abandoning any child declared a 'runt' to prevent 'weak bloodlines.' Plus, they tended to slave and cage people and dragons. {1} Then there was also the Murderous Tribe, who everyone feared. The Hysterics also count because they've been helping Drago for generations, and for being starkraving bazonkers.
As for allies, Berk had four major. First were the Meatheads, their closest neighbors. Their both equally stubborn and hard headed, but the Meatheads were slower on the uptake. Their chief was named Mogadon, a friendly rival of Stoick's who lost his eye do to, well it's not a good idea to mention it. He had a son named Thuggory, who was smarter than he looks, his dragon was a silver Monstrous Nightmare named Killer. Snotlout had a group of friends amongst the Meatheads, Dogsbreath, who was so dumb he made the twins look like Albert Einstein, Clueless, Hiccup and Toothless figured him out just by the name, Wartihog, who smells just like a boar after a rainstorm, and Speedifist, who was kinda the shady guy who can get anything you ask. {2} Next, their were the Bog-Burglars, and all feamle tribe who lived on the outskirts of the Archipelago and skilled at burglary and escaping. There chief was Bertha, who was best known for her, 'large upper body,' if you will. She had a daughter named Camicazi, who was was like the twins, but with an actuall brain. She had two dragons, a Changewing name Phantom, and a Hobblegrunt named Emo. {3} Then there was, of course, the Berserkers, who had the had the largest armada this side of the Archipelago. Despite being, well berserk, they really haven't done anything insane, mostly because of their chief, Oswald the Agreeable, Dagur's father, who focused more on making peace within the Archipelago. Last, was the Outcasts, founded by theives, lyers, and banished people. Thankfully, their chief was Alvin the Treacherous, Stoick's old friend. Mildew joined the Outcast when he 'left' Berk.
"Okay, what other dragons do you have besides Meatlug?" "Well, besides my Meatlug, I've got a Terrible Terror named Iggy. It took me a while to come up with his name though, and a Prickleboggle named Tiny {4}. Realizing the quiet atmosphere the Great Hall had, Fishlegs looked at the open doors, and judging from the light of the day, their hour was almost over. "Okay, I'd say we have time for one more question." "Alright, I'll ask," Toothless jumped. "Is there any romance going on in the group?" Hiccup blushed with embarassment, he couldn't believe Toothless just said that. Fishlegs, who was just as surprised as Hiccup was, answered, "Well, no. Snotlout does try to flirt with Astrid, but she's not intrested in him. Or dating anybody in general." Hiccup was a little dissapointed when he heard that. He maybe kinda sorta liked her that way. "Why not?" "Because, she wants to be a shield maiden, and because she wants to prove herself worthy of her family name. Really, she just wants to make the village proud. She spent hours as a kid practicing with her axe with Gobber, her parents never made the time, plus her dad's a little overprotective, and her mom doesn't think girls should fight. She decided that she wouldn't do anything that would take her attention away from training, including having a dating life. Look at the time, I gotta go before I miss my second dinner and my mom's making crabcakes. See you tommorrow." With that, Fishlegs left the Great Hall, leaving Hiccup and Toothless alone.
"You okay?" "I'm fine bud. I was just thinking about how I'm going to get home after we stop Drago." "You want to leave?" "Of course, my whole life's back there. Besides, Mom needs me." Toothless understood where Hiccup was coming from, but secretly, he wanted to stay. He really liked Berk, even if it didn't have things like television, or indoor plumbing, and the fact that the whole world was in danger. "Now, come on. I talked to Gobber about letting us stay at his smithy." With that, Hiccup got up from the table he was sitting at, and Toothless took a ride on his shoulder. Deep down, Hiccup did like Berk, and everyone was nice, but he did want to leave. He kept saying he had to, for his mother's sake, and that he was too different from everyone, but in the deepest part of his mind, he wanted to leave before he vanquished Drago, because if he didn't defeat him, then a whole world would pay. He already thinks that his father left because he was dissapointed in how he turned out, and he couldn't imagine what the population of an endangered world would think if he failed. He went to the room above Gobber's forge, and stayed awake for hours, wishing he could find a way were he couldn't dissapoint anyone.
Author's Note: Gonna be honest, this was kinda exposition, I only put this up to start the one-shots are putting it off for a while. The purpose was to just explain things I mentioned in chapters of Dragon Nation, but with finer detail. Hopefully next one 'll be better.
Clarifications:
1: Despite this using the Movie-verse as its base, I'm trying to incorperate elements from the Book-verse as well. Now in the books, the Holigans and the Lava louts are in fact enemies, but we really don't see them much. I put what we know about them, plus the 'banishing failures' thing is something the book characters did.
2: Again, book characters, except they were Hooligans. Dogsbreath was the equivalent of the twins, but he was dumber than them (and that's saying something). Clueless was really stupid they said it was remarkable he can make it through an entire day. Wartihog, lets say he was at that 'awkward' age. Speedifist was really the one who was brought up the least, so I made him one of those characters who can get anything, it worked with his name.
3: Everyone knows that book-Stormfly was Camicazi's, but since it wouldn't work here, I gave her a Hobblegrunt, since they're kinda like Mood Dragons from the books. Why I named it Emo? Well Hobblegrunts are more sensitive when it comes to emotions, and I'm terrible at coming up with names. The Changewing is because, well everybody gives Cami a Changewing so it's not a crime if one more does it. One thing to note is Phantom isn't actually an O/C, she's actually a character that appeared in a comic book (yes there's a HTTYD comic book for all those who haven't had contact with the internet in months.)
4: The Prickleboggle appeared in the books, but I'm using the one seen in School of Dragons, only because I think the design works better. Now, I do know book-Prickleboggles are the size of ants, and that in School of Dragons, there were 'giant' Prickleboggles the size of Raincutters. So, to make things even, normal Prickleboggles will be the size of Fireworms, and the 'giant' ones will be a separate breed, no larger than a Gronckle, Night Fury tops.
Now then, I've posted the poll as to who my followers and those who've read Dragon Nation as to who they think my secondary villain is. And as for votes, at the end of everyone one-shot, I'll ask you guys which one you want next, say which one you want in the reviews. Here it is:
1: One-shot about Hiccup's first blacksmithing lesson
Or
2: One-shot about how Astrid met Stormfly
If I don't know which one you guys want, I pick at random.
So, that's it for now. I've got to work on another chapter for Dragon Nation. Remember, this is a side-project, and I might not update this one for months if it come down to it.
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