I don't own the movie "How to train your dragon" or anything affiliated with it.

Sorry for the long wait, real life gets in the way a lot, and I've basically had to forgo sleep to keep up with it.

Like I said before, some characters like Hiccup will be a little OOC.

Enjoy

12 and half years later

Hiccup ran through the trees and over small creeks to his favorite hiding spot in the forest, a small cove with a sparkling lake. He sat on a large rock and basked in the warm sunshine.

He loved being in the forest, away from his village, away from people who he didn't understand as much as they didn't understand him.

He didn't know when he started to feel like an outsider in his village, but he knew it started when he was very young and when he started to show that he was much different than the rest of the Vikings.

When Hiccup was a toddler, his mother died one winter from a terrible fever. His father had never recovered from the loss. As time passed, Hiccup didn't grow big and strong like the other children did. He was more thin but agile. It wasn't long before people noticed his skills was not in brutal combat like all Vikings but in the power of the mind as well as creating new weapons in the forge he worked in with Gober, the village blacksmith. However the power of intellect was regarded with little respect among the villagers. Only a few saw it as a true asset like the village elder who would tell him that his mind was his greatest gift and not to waste it.

Then one day, Hiccup's true talent was realized. A dragon attack came out of nowhere when the Vikings were at their least prepared moment. Some lost their lives in that battle. Yet during the raid, one of the kids, a girl named Astrid was being chased by a nightmare that had her cornered and managed to rip her axe out of her hand.

At that moment, Hiccup didn't even think when he picked up a long bow and arrow quiver with iron-tipped arrows. Hiccup shot one quicker than any archer has ever seen. The arrow strike right into the dragon's heart and it died instantly. The villagers praised Hiccup after that fight and his father immediately had him start training to be an expert bowman. Hiccup was only seven years old when that battle occurred.

After many years of training, he was a master hunter, marksmen and thanks to his blacksmithing skills managed to craft some of the finest bows that the Vikings have ever seen. The villagers and his father were proud of their future chief…for a while.

It soon became apparent, that Hiccup was in no way a traditional warrior, he wasn't strong enough to wield axes or large swords, so the respect from the village soon diminished. They didn't want their future chief to be some hunter; they wanted a true warrior like his father was. Also, Hiccup began to notice his rather, unusual abilities.

One day in the forest, he was stalking a deer that was grazing. He was hidden in the brush as be quietly drew his bow and armed his arrow ready to fire once the deer was in striking range. However, the deer spotted him and was about to run when Hiccup shot up to try and fire before the deer ran off. The moment he opened his mouth a great gust of power flowed through him and then the forest became still and all around him was quiet. The deer was like a statue; it couldn't move or make a sound. At first, Hiccup had no idea what happened, then he noticed that everything wasn't stone frozen but moving extremely slow. He walked up to the deer and he saw it was moving like it was trying to run. It was moments later that whatever…spell or power that captured the deer was broken and the creature fled in terror.

Hiccup stood in the clearing, unable to comprehend what happened. Even someone as smart as him knew that what just happened wasn't even remotely possible. Time just doesn't stop!

Since that day, Hiccup spent a great deal of time away from the village and soon discovered that he could do so much more. It was as if the gods granted him their power to use for his own but he couldn't understand why.

So Hiccup was once again alone in the forest, relaxing and thinking of what to do until night fell. Though he still worked at the blacksmith, the last few weeks have been quiet so there was no need for new weapons or tune-ups yet and everyone was enjoying the peace for once.

Then he felt a presence not too far off from where he was laying. He got up and grabbed his dagger and bow in case the being wasn't friendly.

It was then that he saw one of the Viking kids, the girl Astrid, she was already famous for her fighting prowess and many claimed that she would be a champion once she reaches age.

Looks like she found Hiccup's hiding spot.

"Hey, thank the gods I finally found you" she said exasperated.

Hiccup put away his weapons and stared at her with uninterested eyes.

"What do you want?"

"The chief wants to let all the young Vikings know that dragon training will become mandatory as of tomorrow, a lot of the Vikings are leaving to find some dragon nests to destroy."

Hiccup sighed, he knew this was coming. Hiccup's father had been hinting at it for a while now.

"When does training begin to tomorrow?"

"At the crack of dawn."

Hiccup sighed again, "As if I have a choice but if it's for our safety."

Astrid snorted "As if you can lift a sword."

Hiccup pushed past her, he hardly talked to her after saving her life years ago and he found her presence more and more annoying each moment he was near her.

So much for it being a good day.

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Hiccup closed the front door of his house to find his father waiting for him.

"Hey dad" he said quietly. Since his mother died, they hardly communicated.

"…Son, I need to tell you something important."

Hiccup walked up to his father that was sitting at the large table in their small living area.

"Yeah?"

"Your 13th birthday, it's only a few months away correct?"

Hiccup looked surprised, what did his birthday have to do with anything?

"Yes, during the winter…why?"

His father sighed, he looked rather….. concerned.

"I have a task for you to do around that time."

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