Chapter 1

=Hiccup's P.O.V=

This is Berk. It is twelve days north of Hopeless, and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death. It's located solidly on the Meridian of Misery. Just kidding it's actually was on the between on the Scotland and Norway and it's nine months of snow and rain the other three.

They said this place was perfect to raise kids and start a new life, if only is that true. We have fishing, hunting and a charming view of the sun set. The only upsides we have a VERY little problem about our criminals on our 'humble' city.

Some places have Zoo's with exotic animals, Famous Museums, Tourist attractions, and many more but nothing can top ours because you see we have…Zombies. Yeah I know walking, rotten, undead, smelly, human flesh eaters, Zombies you ask? Well before the outbreak of course were the first who feels it! Well the city of it not me I was just on my room all that time.

It had been 10 days since the outbreak. Ten whole days since everything change. Zombies roamed the streets looking for anything to pound until it stopped moving, while others would mutate into stranger creatures. The home I had represented everything around me: Empty shells. Everything was quiet, save for the distance roar of a giant hulking zombie or the gunfire of a person who was desperate to survive

Ignore both, for I couldn't go near either. The zombie they call a Tank would just crush me along with whatever else it could get its hands on. And the people…they'd just shoot me before running away in fear. Can't blame them thought, since my skin's was grey as the other zombies around me, my name is Henry Haddock or the people on my school call me Hiccup.

Because I'm different, a nerd-er, a talking fishbone they said, and always the prime target by bullies, popular kids and my number one bully and cousin the quarter back of the football team Scot Jorgenson aka Snotlout.

Everything was all good on my childhood when I was on middle school. But all is change when my cousin's family was move on Berk. I have many friends back then I have people that impress on what I can do in such a young age! And it does all destroy by my pig snout shit of a cousin, when he move on our school he started become a fucking bull shit jerk.

When presenting my new invention The Memory Scanner on the science fair that our teacher made us for a last minute project before end of school and I show the people how it works? Well when I was going to starting it and double check it. It started to spark when I switch it on and explode covering the whole gym on smoke! I don't know why it explodes but every time I make something it will work!

That invention of mine should show's a memory of the person who wears the helmet with a laser scanner to scan the human brain. Anyway after that failed attempt Snotlout take the opportunity to humiliate me by laughing at me and made some comments about how useless to get my invention to work and then some people started to follow and as for me I just ignore the laughter and still shock of my first failure invention.

After that day all shit on my life was started and when high school comes Snotlout make his reputation and started to bully me and because of my failed invention and Snotlout's doings. Every people that talk to me or hang out on me were his target. He tries to makes my life miserable and on that day no one ever try to say hi or look at me and starting to avoid me and become outcast of the school. But I don't let those things let me down I always keep my grades on A+ or maybe more and always standing up. every time Snotlout try to make me give up life but it is also make me happy when he saw me that I was alright and not even bothered by everything he do and make him frustrated and when he try to level it up? Well let's just say when we became juniors he try to scare me by some prank and almost cost my life and I know even some of you will know that is crossing the line when your life on it now.

So I had enough of his humorous ego of his and needed to get a trim on it. I pull my own pranks on him and his cronies by using some chemicals from the school lab mixing chemicals to have a harmless effect on human skin by making them itch and have some rushes and colored purple polka dots on every corner of their face and body.

After seeing they suffer and laugh at instead of me? Something inside of me felt like just take off something. Something like some chains or a really tight straight jacket that just shattered or ripped off of me. And from that day whenever they try to beat me up? Well I stand up and beat them back three times harder with the help of my inventions of course and it felt good and after that people starts to notice me and try to hang out with me and I of course know why they are doing this.

Because they want to suck up with me and want me to give them some of my inventions and my intelligent, of course I'm now the one who avoided them now and stay with my outcast reputation with some awesome gadget if someone tries to mess up with me. And how I show everyone the new me by taking down some few gangster that try to mob me why I was heading home and when it was show on the news?

Well let's just say I became a celebrity some sort. Some called me vigilante like the Batman and of course after that stunt my parents sure give me an earful of how dangerous it was and how it totally insane and restless the stunt I did to take down hundred of Outcast gangsters on the park a few blocks away from our house and of course all of this was from my Mom and my Dad you ask? He was there too with a scowl on his face and unreadable expression.

Well let's just say when mom was finish of her ranted about what I did and head to the kitchen trying to calm herself and grounded me. And Dad after my Mom was out of earshot and sure she was in the kitchen and he turns to me and the biggest smile I ever seen on his face and give me a bone crushing hug and said he was so proud of me. You see my Dad was chief of police on our city and my Mom was the mayor who run things out and make it the safe haven for people who wants some peace and quiet life with them running the city everything is perfect aside from the few gangsters of course. After my dad finally release me he set me down and try to get the details of how i started to grown a back bone and try to stand up for myself and how I end up beating some Outcast gangsters.

Of course I give him what he wants. He listen to every word I tell him from after I was feed up from Snotlout and his cronies, to how I use my gadgets to fight back and from the time I end up beating the shit out of the gangsters. After that he told me that his sorry for not being there for me and how he was busy and that make it looks like he act like I was not important and become a neglecting father to me. but I forgive him and told him that everything his doing is for the safety for the people and for us and after that day our relationship has father and son become more stronger and so does my mom's after I apologize to her what I did and promise her I will be careful and try to control myself to not just head first into the scenes blindly and try to call dad first before I do something. And after that apologize and some exchanging caring words she forgive me and with my punishment that no computer, no tv, no inventing, at least they let me have my phone to inform me something or so I can called them/dad if something happen.

After that on school my status skyrocketed because of the news spread like a wild and people try to get to me even my former bullies especially Snotlout trying to be chummy to get on the picture with me and said he was just kidding with the bullying on me and sucking up with me and in exchange. His pig snout shit face was on the floor and telling them if they don't leave me alone? They're going to be next on Snotlout hit the floor, Hard. Despite my warning there are some people especially the pretty, shallow, spoiled girls on the school was trying to hook on me so they can have something to brag. But don't worry I didn't hit them I just give them my coldest, with a hint of dangerous look to them follow up with a truthful harsh words and left them crying, and with me? Not giving a care to it and straight to my class like nothing happen.

So, anyway were getting out of topic now. So my name is Henry Haddock or Hiccup if you like to call me, and I'm also an outcast again and these time both zombies and people everything sure like hell. Good thing my parents was having a business trip before the outbreak that was ten days ago, I hope they are okay.

I guess the outbreak was started just before the infection become known. I live with my family in quiet neighborhood. I remember the day very well when it all changed. I was sitting in my room after school and straight home before I started coughing. I ignore it at first and kept listening to my music, only keep on coughing. It got worse after that as my vision blurred, my mind grew hazy, and my strength left me before I just collapsed on the bed. After that everything was a blur.

It felt like forever before I finally woke up. I didn't feel like shit anymore, but I definitely felt…different (like that was change). I rose up out of bed feeling groggy as I fumbled toward the bathroom. It took some doing, but I finally found the light switch and flicked it on. I instantly regretted that decision. I saw in the mirror a 17 year old wearing a plaid jacket with a green shirt underneath, blue jeans, a green cap covering my auburn brown hair, and black shoes. All of which was covering my…pale gray skin. It was just one bit of madness after another from then on. My neighborhood? Dead. My hometown? Dead. Everywhere I went was full of dead…and yet they all kept moving.

=Present=

I have been wondering the streets since then with no destination in particular. All the other zombies just ignore me like I wasn't even there as I went on. Somehow I was different from them. I knew who I was and I didn't fly off the handle and attack anyone or anything. I just kept wandering around bored until I heard a helicopter making an announcement as it flew through the streets.

"TO ANYONE WHO CAN HEAR THIS! PROCEED TO BERK GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR EVACUATION! REPEAT! PROCEED TO BERK GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR EVACUATION!"

"Berk General Hospital?" I said before walking off. I walked for a few moments before I heard gunfire coming from a nearby building. "Survivors huh?" I said before sighing. "Why not? Maybe they won't shoot me…and maybe I'll grow and extra head and fly with wings on my ass." I said before chuckling. I looked around before seeing a house with a plus in it on the wall of the building. "Guess the safe house that survivors use is this way. Alright!" And without another word, I took off.

=Some time later=

It took a bit of running, but I found my way toward the safe house door. I opened it and walked inside before closing it.

"Hopefully they'll listen to me." Hiccup said. "And hopefully Mom and Dad are alright and were on this evacuation, wherever the place is." As he heard the sound of the gunfire getting closer.