I have been meaning to write this ever since the first season of Trollhunters came out back in December. Is the show perfect or original? No. Do I like it? No. I LOVE IT! No idea why, but I just find it especially engaging. So much so that I have contributed more to the Trollhunters pages of TV Tropes more times than anybody else. I guarantee it.
So with Season 4 of Race to the Edge out (a particularly good season if I am to be honest), and my TV Tropes account banned from activity (they did not even TELL ME why I have been shut down), I decided to finally do this once and for all. Being entirely honest, I'm surprised no one else has started doing crossover fics between these two franchises.
Chapter 1 - The Call to Adventure Part 1
This is Berk.
Hiccup's vision was blurry, but it cleared away quickly. His hearing was overwhelmed by an intrusive white noise, a ringing that made his ears itch and probably did some permanent damage. He wouldn't be the first viking on Berk to lose one of their senses from a dragon attack. If anything, it was preferable to losing their life (even just a limb or... four). Although, Hiccup would probably be the first to lose their hearing after facing the blackened hide of a Night Fury.
Hiccup wanted to prove himself to a tribe that had no faith in him, and what better way than to kill a Night Fury? No one believed him when he said that with his shoddy, wood and metal contraption he dubbed "the Mangler" managed to bring down a Night Fury. In-spite of how afraid Hiccup was at the prospect of taking on one of Berk culture's most feared species of dragon, Hiccup saw this as an opportunity. No witnesses, sure, but no one to take the credit out from under him either. He would cut out the dragon's heart, show it to everyone, and it would be proof enough.
That is, until Hiccup's moment of madness, and afterwards, brush with death.
He was not sure why he released the Night Fury when such an easy target was literally lying there, waiting for him to seize the moment. Hel, it was literally gift-wrapped for him!
"Oh Thor, I'm such a wuss," muttered Hiccup to himself, scratching at his wringing ears.
Hiccup Haddock.
Beyond the white noise of his hearing, he could swear he heard a voice. Hiccup freaked, turning in a 360 degree spread, trying to see who was talking.
"Dad? Gobber?"
Hiccup Haddock.
"Okay, okay, I know you told me to stay in the house but I really needed to-"
Hiccup.
Beyond the trees, Hiccup noticed a faint, blue glow beyond the trees, pulsing like embers. The skies where grey with early-winter rainclouds, and no flame that he knew of could make such a color.
Hiccup Haddock.
"What on midgard..."
Drawn to the glow like a moth, Hiccup reached a pile of granite stones. Hiccup found the placement of the stones strange. They were all in a singular pile, very few strayed away from the pile and each stone possessed sharp indentures, unweathered by rain and winds. All this pointed to the fact that this was but a single stone recently shattered.
Hiccup Haddock.
Hiccup jumped back in shock.
Hiccup's hearing had returned to full strength, and the voice that called to him was not normal. It echoed, as if the very winds spoke his name, and in-spite of this, something in Hiccup told him that the source was buried in this strange formation of rocks. He removed a few other stones at the top of the pile and found the source of the glow.
He pulled out what appeared to be an ornate disc of sorts. Etched in esoteric writing around a edge, various circlets and dials sprung flat from the center, with an angry monster face on one of the dials. The entire thing glowed a strange sky-blue. Perhaps made from a brilliant blue crystal, or more likely some kind of phosphorescent algae.
"Hmm... looks like some kind of amulet. Very ornate. What kind of metal is this?"
He checked the back, shook it to hear anything that might be loose, trying to deduce what it might be.
"Hello... I'm listening..."
Despite his plea, the glowing object in his hands said nothing.
"I must be going nuts."
Hiccup heard a twig snap in a distance, a flock of crows nearby flying away and cawing in surprise. Equally surprised, Hiccup stood right back up, giving the amulet one last look before stuffing it in his vest's pocket.
Deciding he should get back home before his dad came back, Hiccup ran back to the house, deciding to put this weird day behind him.
Hiding beneath a nearby cliffside, the ground beneath hollowed out in secret, six glowing eyes peaked from a small crevice beneath, having observed the whole situation.
"It chose... a human?"
I appreciate feedback. I also encourage the rest of you to make other crossover fanfics as well. Let me know when you do.