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Hiccup looked at him with big eyes. Help him find the other Dragon? Is he mad? he thought. To find a dragon, a night fury at that too, was dangerous, but Toric managed to tame one. Therefore, Dragons must have a weakness that could be found, and be used to save Berk from future attacks.

Toric watched the boy, Hiccup think for a bit. The thought of even talking to him was exhausting. Toric was not the type to talk. But this was a delicate situation, so he had to. But the more he watch the boy, he began to see a similarity to himself. something was driving this kid, though he was scorned by his female companion, and the fat one didn't seem to talk, but also had some resentment to the heir.

"Look, if you want, I will take Jet, and ride out. I will give you what you need to do what you intend, but I must leave." He stated, as he turned to the nightfury.. Hiccup looked at the other two, and gulped. He knew that if they stayed, none of them would survive, even with the supplies. "Wait" Hiccup finally perked up. "I will aid, but I just want to let the other know."

Toric nodded, and left to another clearing to hide Jetfire. Hiccup exhaled a deep breath, before walking toward the others. Waking Fishlegs up was an easy task, while Astrid came close to breaking Hiccup's arm. After realizing what she was doing, she let go, and pushed him out of the way.

"What do you want useless?" she snarled. Hiccup was about to answer when Toric came out of the clearing. "I see the others have said morning." he smirked. Astrid immediately swung her axe at the man, who side-stepped the weapon with ease, and pulled out his sword. Before she realized it, Toric swung...and sliced the axe in half.

Astrid watched in horror as her favorite axe was destroyed right before her eyes. her reaction was short lived, as Toric grabbed her neck, and tossed her down the hill, where they were staying on. She rolled until she felt herself rolling right into a small lake.

As Toric watched in amusement, Astrid swam frantically out and sat on the shore, shivering. Hiccup glared at Toric, who turned to him. He smirked, and gestured to Hiccup to go to her. Hiccup's mouth dropped instantly. Toric PLANNED the thing so Hiccup might have a chance with Astrid.

'How did he ...he began to think, but his thoughts were interrupted as Toric once again gestured for him to go to Astrid. With a deep breath, Hiccup walked down to the humiliated shield maiden, while Fishlegs gulped at the sight of the figure. Toric looked at the cubby viking and bowed slightly. "I do not believed we met..."

Astrid sat on the rocks, shivering, and embarrassed. How dare that man destroy her favorite axe, and humiliate her in front of Fishlegs, and...Hiccup the Useless. The very thought of losing her axe hurt her the most. It was given to her by her father, though she didn't know how. The Hoffersons were extremely poor, so the contract to Snotlout must have been very tempting if her father, and mother agreed to it.

She heard footsteps behind her, and began to twist her body away from the person. she didn't want to talk, but what she didn't expect was the dry, warm blanket gently draped on shoulders. she turned and saw Hiccup. her disgust returned and she was about to throw off the blanket, when Hiccup smiled weakly, and turned away, quite sadly.

Instantly she began to feel guilty, Hiccup was always trying to prove himself to her, and the others, and all they ever do to him was tell him how much of a failure he was. She remembered her telling him at the age of 5 that she would always be his best friend, but when she lost her uncle Finn, she tossed him away like he was a spent rag and hung out with the other kids. Now that she thought of it, she would have gladly accepted him as her boyfriend if her uncle had not died,

"Hiccup?" she said weakly. she cursed herself for sounding weak. the very thought of Hiccup being weak stopped her. She heard him turn and slowly walk to her. Snotlout turned us against him, all of us. she thought. Well it ends now. I promised him that I would be his friend, I will keep that promise.

Hiccup approached the girl as if she was about to kill him. Astrid turned around to meet his eyes, and he saw it all, the urge to be the best, the hatred she had of being the weak girl, the pain of her past training. he looked away. Whatever she went though was nothing compared to him. he was scorned, Hated, pushed down, and tormented. why was she looking at him as if she was in pain?

Astrid motioned him to sit next to her. He stopped but complied. As he sat down and got comfortable, Astrid moved up next to him, and leaned into him, causing him to put his arms around her. he gulp at the realization and began to remove his arms, when she stopped him. "Leave them...please." she said gently. Hiccup was surprised. Astrid was enjoying him embracing her. As much as he wanted to enjoy the moment, he kept his guard up.

"Hiccup...I'm sorry." she said softly. Hiccup barely heard her, and was thrown back. Astrid was not only enjoying his presence, but was apologizing. What was going on. "F-for what?" he asked meekly. Astrid looked at him. "For not keeping my promise to you." she said. "for not being there, and for not being the friend I promised to be, when we were young."

Hiccup was shocked. she remembered. he thought. For a brave warrior, Astrid was breaking down her tough barriers to show her emotions, though they sounded forced. "It's ok. he replied. "I know what you were going though. pushing me away was a tough choice, bu-"

"I didn't do it by choice." she said gently. "I did it because...because I was told that you were nothing, and will be an obstacle." Hiccup looked down. "I forgave you a long time ago. and if it helps, I forgive you for revealing it to me."

She looked up at him, and did the most unAstrid of things: she hugged him. Hiccup was silent, now he was worried. Did she hit her head too hard? As if she heard his thoughts. she looked at him, and smiled. "I am ok, I just...I just watched your reaction after you gave me this." she guestured to the blanket. Hiccup nodded, now understanding.

Before the moment could go on. Toric walked down. Upon seeing that his plan worked, he decided to get to know the female. everything about her screamed warrior. Hiccup saw him, and began to move up, but Toric raised his hand. Astrid glared at him, but relaxed as he took off his swords, and bow. Toric moved in front of them, and kneeled a bit to their eye level.

"I am sorry for what I did back there, But you did attack me, I realized what I was doing after I picked you up, and didn't want to hurt you. As a warrior, surely you understand the concept of reflexes." he said. Astrid nodded. Toric pulled out a wooden stick, that Hiccup recognized as a handle. He presented it to Astrid, who was cocking an eyebrow." to show that I mean no harm...a gift, a new handle for you axe." Astrid gasped.

This was no ordinary handle; it had carved designs in it. there was an engraving, that she couldn't make out. She looked at Toric. "What does it say?" Toric exhaled. "Though the battles this weapon will brave, forged in the fires that do not burn, but save." He smiled, and got up. "I know that I have saved you, but I have not shown you who I am."

Toric pulled off his mask that hid his face, causing Astrid to blush, and Hiccup to stare. Toric, face was handsome, despite two scars, one vertical near his right eye, while the other was diagonal, and cut across his nose down to his right cheek. his hair was shaved on the side, while it was slicked back on top. his eyes were a dark brown, but his face was clean shaven.

"Hiccup Haddock, Fishlegs Ingerman, Astrid Hofferson, My name was of no importance, but for you, I will tell you. It is not Toric." He stood with pride as Hiccup, Astrid, and Fishlegs watched.

"My name is Sora. Son of Xero, King of Arcadora, and brother to Raptoric, heir to the throne of The Kingdom of Flame"

Snotlout jumped off unto the beach, and looked for any sign of the lost trio. 'I can't believe Hiccup would steal Astrid. She clearly wanted me, hmpf, He must have kidnapped her, and is probably torturing her.' he thought, though the likelyhood of Astrid being taken alive would be next to none. He looked at the twins, who were oogling at the weapons he stole.

"Soooo...what's going to happen now?" Tuffnut asked. Ruffnut nodded. "Yeahea, What do you need blown up?" she practically screamed. Snotlout smirked an evil grin. "We are here to get my wife back, and kill Hiccup."

"What about Fishlegs?" Ruffnut asked, her voice suddenly quivering. Snotlout shrugged. "I don't care, as long as Hiccup learns his lesson on whose property belongs to me." he said with pride. Tuffnut smiled, then looked at his sister, who was looking down.

"Hey, I don't know what you have with 'Legs, but I don't care. We'll keep him alive, if you want that." He said. Ruffnut looked at him, and smiled, before yanking him down, her mood returning.

Deep inside though, She hope that Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Astrid were gone. The sounds in the forest were unpleasant, and very quiet, the very air was still. Something tells me that Hiccup, and Astrid will be least of our worries. she thought

Oh god, she couldn't have been more right.

Astrid and Hiccup stared, wide-eyed, as Fishlegs fainted. The Arcadoran, Sora stood in the morning sunlight, the essence of royalty surrounding him. Astrid never met anyone so...handsome, not even Hiccup was that cute. She blushed, while Hiccup snapped out of his own trance.

"Y-your and A-Arac-adoran?" he asked. Hiccup heard stories of the legendary kingdom. but they were considered to be a myth. If Sora was indeed from there, then something must be happening, to sent a prince like Sora out.

"Yes, I am." Sora smiled. "Why was your fake name Toric?" Astrid finally asked. Sora chuckled. "I used my brother's name so He alone can find where I am headed. Toric is well known on Arcadora, using an Longbow and a long, white dagger with lethal precision. He prefers to pierce his enemies from afar, but he does sometimes use his daggers in close combat. Even I can't match his skills."

Hiccup nodded. The sound of Raptoric alone was frightening. If this man is as skilled as Sora, not even berk will survive if they try to attack. Astrid looked away, and sighed. "So what do we do now?" she asked. Sora opened his mouth when he heard a crack near him.

He jumped up, and readied his bow, while Astrid twirls her axe slowly with Hiccup, and fishlegs, now awaken, to scatter looking for weapons. What happened next was something that they didn't expect.

Suddenly, men, begin to swarm out of the woods, attempting to capture the group. "Run!" Sora screams, as he fires an arrow into one of the men, before turning and running, soon the group was sprinting as fast as they could, but even that could not stop the attackers from cutting off the path in front.

Sora, Astrid, and Hiccup formed a defensive barrier, bow, axe, and dagger at the ready. One of the men held up a defenseless Fishlegs, who was captured, due to his thickness slowing him down. The leader walked up smiling.

"Well now, I see we have guests." he said, " Oh, what fun this will be. I suggest you drop your weapons, before your friend get a nasty cut." Fishlegs gulps as he feels the cold metal of a dagger on his neck. Astrid gripped her axe harder, but knew that it was hopeless. reluctantly, she dropped it, while Hiccup did the same with his dagger. The man looked at the Bowman. "The same goes for you."

Sora gripped his bow even harder. Astrid, seeing the problem, pulled closer to Sora. "Drop it, we're done for anyway." she quietly said. Sora grimaced, then lowered the weapon. The man smiled, and motioned for his men to restrain them. The men began to move forward when they heard a twinge of a bow nearby, and a split second later, the leader's head was pierced by an arrow. Sora, Hiccup, and Astrid looked up and gasped.

A figure wearing the same outfit as Sora ran on what appeared to be a branch of a tree, leaped, and shot in quick precision, three arrow into three separate attackers, before gracefully landing, and beginning a flurry of attacks against the men. The men were stunned, and those who tried to defend themselves were cut down. The figure showed no mercy, cutting down even the wounded as they tried to escape. As the man continued, Astrid, and Hiccup moved to Fishlegs, who was curled up in the fetal position, looking at the men's bodies.

The figure cut down the last of the attacker, but twirled around, and aimed at Sora, who tried to reach for his bow. Astrid stared in horror, as the figure stared down Sora, who backed away. she and the others went to Sora, and stared at the figure, who looked like he was ready to kill. They weren't ready for what the figure said, which sent chills down everyone, especially Sora, who the message was meant for:

"Do not think that I won't kill you, Traitor."

Well, Theres another chapter. I tried to make it the best one yet, I screwed up a bit, so I will go over it again to fix the story,

I said in the last chapter that Raptoric, my OC was the one who first presented himself, but it occured to me, that Raptoric is more...aggressive, and I can't go back to change it, but in case you were wondering, Sora used Raptoric's name to let him know where Sora was off at. If it wasn't noticed, Raptoric and Sora are brother, with Sora, bring the youngest, and Raptoric being the eldest. Sora is your typical show off person. he will do just about anything to prove himself. (Note: I did ask for OC, so thanks to the guest who gave this to me.), therefore, pisses Raptoric off. You'll see what I mean in the next chapter.

Also, I got reviews, asking about Astrid 'son'. He will appear in the next chapter. yes spoiler alert: it isn't really astrid's son. And before you ask, Jetfire was hidden before the attack, so he was not nearby.

To the guest who commented on Snotlout gaining Astrid's heart, one word: Really? out of all the idiots in the story (I.E: Dagur, Alvin, Savage, Draco, Eret, ETC) you had to pick him. No offense to any one who has a crush on said bully, but I don't look to highly on Snotlout.

and if anyone saw the Hobbit: the desomation of Smaug, Then you might realized that I used Legolas's phrase, though I did change it a bit. hooray, here's a cookie for you. :)

In the next chapter, you'll find out the Hostilities Toric, and Sora have on each other, Astrid meets here future adopted son, and hiccup will have to make the desicion to either go back to berk, and get Toothless, or continuing traveling. Again, the OC will change a lot in the story, but they are there because some of us wish we could change soething in the story. Soooo, if YOU want either Toric, or Sora to do something that you wish you could have change in the story, they are all yours, also if you want an OC in the story, let me know. I will gladly put them in, just send me a detailed bio, amd I'll make it happen:)

And if you want any more info, PM me, I enjoy reviews, but I prefer PM because I can actually speak to whoever is asking. Don't hesitate to ask about the story so far, and if you want to help out in it. I'll accept it.

well, I gotta run. AXIOS!