AUTHORS NOTES

Finally getting to the interesting part, yes! HTTYD has finally made it's appearance and I've wrote an extra long chapter for you guys because the last one was pretty short so show your appreciation by writing a review down below and follow this story for chapter updates and whatnot. Next chapter coming soon so hold your horses before you start hating. And as always, ENJOY!


THE DISCOVERY

—-–—-—MEANWHILE IN BERK—-—-—

Hiccup woke up to the muffled scrapes and screeches of Toothless on the rooftop. He moaned as he turned over and looked out the window. It was pretty early, like every morning. Toothless began to moan and bang on the roof even more. "I'm coming buddy, just give me ten more minutes!" Shouted Hiccup half asleep. "Can't that dragon have a bit of patience?" He thought. He heard a thump as Toothless jumped down from the roof. Hiccup slowly lifted his head, still half asleep, and rubbed his eyes. He'd stayed up pretty late with Astrid and the rest in the hall last night and really wasn't in the mood for flying. At least not this early.

Putting on his shoes and his viking helmet, he got up out of bed and stumbled down stairs. Stoick was already up and seemed to be cooking something. "Mornin' son!" Said Stoick. He was obviously in one of his rare moods this morning. "Good morning Dad. Why are you cooking exactly?" Replied Hiccup. "Oh I was just making you some breakfast Hiccup, thought you'd appreciate it."
"Uhh Dad, remember what happened last time you tried that? You nearly burned down the whole house down, we had to get the whole village to help put it out!"
"No, but this time it's different you see. Gobber taught me a few tricks at the kitchen and frankly I think I'm doing pretty well for my first time. Do you want any?" Hiccup walked over to where he was standing and looked into the pot at a black slimy liquid. It looked and smelt horrible. "You know what, that looks uhh...delicious! why don't you save me some for later, I'm going flying." He looked out at Toothless who was prowling outside, getting somewhat restless. "You can't go out flyin' on an empty stomach, you gotta have...and he's gone." Stoick wonders back to his own world of cooking as Hiccup makes his escape.

"Hey Toothless!" Said Hiccup brightly. Toothless ran at him and knocked him over, licking his face. "S...Stop it buddy!" Hiccup laughed, as he pushed Toothless' head away from his. He got up and wiped the saliva away from his face with his sleeve. "You ready for some flying bud?" As a reply Toothless' roared in anticipation. "Hold up Tooth I need to get you tacked up first." This was usually the worst part, as Toothless was usually restless in the mornings and couldn't wait to go up into the sky. He sighed as he dragged Toothless' saddle towards him. "Hear goes nothing." He thought to himself.

As Toothless seen Hiccup with the saddle he started to circle Hiccup, which made him a bit dizzy. "Stop it Tooth, just stay still bud!" Hiccup jumped up on Toothless' back and the dragon went wild, running and bucking all over the place. Astrid watched from a distance and laughed as Hiccup struggled to attach the saddle to his back. "Just stay still, Tooth! Wow wow wow, easy buddy easy!" Laughed Hiccup, "Just one more clip! There, done!" To his relief the dragon stopped running about, and then bucked which sent Hiccup flying in a pile of mud. Astrid started laughing uncontrollably as Hiccup looked up at her, a wobbly grin on his muddy face. "And that's how it's done!" He said to her. "You need any help Hiccup?" Asked Astrid. "Well, not anymore I don't, thanks for asking." She could have asked that earlier instead of laughing at him. "Oh your going flying! Can I come?" Asked Astrid. "Well I don't see why not." Said Hiccup. Yes! Astrid actually asked if she could go flying with him! Score 1 for team Hiccup! "Just wait a second, I need to get Stormfly tacked up as well." She said. "You want me to give you a hand?" Hiccup asked, and to his surprise, Astrid said, "Yeah, if you don't mind." Hell yeah! "I'm on a role today!" Thought Hiccup.

The two tacked up Stormfly, which not surprisingly was easier than Toothless. "There, that's it." Said Hiccup as he went to get on Toothless. "You ready?" He asked. "Ready as I'll ever be" Shouted Astrid as they both shot up into the air, swooping and gliding together. "Woohoo!" Shouted Hiccup as Toothless shot a fireball into the sky. They both raced around the cliffs of Berk, avoiding pillars and arches along the way. "Yeah!" Shouted Astrid. They both swooped across the vast forests until something bight caught Hiccups eye. Something so bright he had to strain his eyes to look at it. "Astrid, you see that?" Asked Hiccup, curiously. "Yeah, what in Thor's name is that thing?" As the fireball hit the ground, it created a shock wave so powerful, it sent them out of the sky and they crash landed in the hoard of trees bellow them.

Hiccup picked himself up from the forest floor, and looked around. There was Toothless a couple of meters away from him. He groaned and stood up as if nothing happened. He shook himself and walked over to Hiccup, giving him a purr as he sat down beside him. Hiccup couldn't see Astrid or Stormfly anywhere. He looked all around him but still couldn't even find stormflie's familiar scales. "Astrid!" He called, "Astrid where are you?" And to his relief he heard Astrid shouting back at him. At least they where ok. He seen them both come out past a bunch of trees. "What was that thing?" Asked Astrid, puzzled. "I don't know, but something definitely weird is going on here." They both got back on their dragons and took to the air again. It wasn't hard to spot the landing site of whatever that flaming fireball was, as it had created a rather large crater and set half the trees around it alight. They both landed their dragons a couple of meters away from the crater and as they got off, a flaming tree collapsed in front of them, blocking their path. Great. They had to go around it somehow. Swiftly they went around the fallen tree until they reached the edge of the crater.

Hiccup observed the charred remains of the crater but what really surprised him was that there was a man in the centre of the crater, lying untouched. "Astrid do you see that?" Asked Hiccup. This whole day was getting weirder and weirder. "See what?" Asked Astrid confused. "There's a man in the centre of that crater so that means that thing that was falling out of the sky was him. But how is he untouched, why isn't he charred like the crater?" Asked Hiccup. "That's a good question, but an even better one is what do we do with him?" Replied Astrid. Curiously Hiccup stumbled down the slopes of the giant crater. Astrid followed as they both slid down the slopes. Hiccup checks for a pulse in the man's neck. "He's still alive, but unconscious. He looks a bit older than us Astrid" He said to her. "Yeah" she agreed, "But we need to find out where to put him."
"What?" Asked Hiccup. "Well we can't just leave him here, we've got to take him in, just until he gets better."

The man looked dangerous. He had multiple knives on his waist belt and what looked like metal objects on his sides and on his back. He was dressed in camouflaged sort of clothing and had a huge helmet with what looked like retractable goggles attached to it. His boots where almost as big as Hiccups, and black. He looked like a right muppet thought Hiccup. "Should we be taking him in, I mean he looks a bit crazy. He dresses like nothing I've ever seen before." Said Hiccup. "Never judge a book by it's cover." Replied Astrid, and Hiccup reluctantly dragged him up the crater walls. "Who is he?" Asked Hiccup. He'd never seen this person around and his face didn't look familiar, "Outcast maybe?"

"Do you think an outcast would dress like this?" Asked Astrid. "Good point." He dragged the body across to the two dragons. "Ok, I'll take the body to my house and look after him there until he wakes up. Don't tell anyone about this Astrid, we don't want the whole village causing a stir." Hiccup ordered. Astrid obediently nodded her head and climbed on top of Stormfly. "Toothless, we got a live one buddy." He said as he dragged the body on board and strapped him to the saddle. "Ok Astrid, just go to your house and act like nothing has happened." Shouted Hiccup over at her. She did so and took to the skies. "Ok Tooth, we need to get to the house fast before anyone discovers what's going on. Toothless grunted and with that he extended his huge wings and launched himself into the air.

Toothless landed with a thump by Hiccup's house and Hiccup jumped of the dragon. "Good boy Toothless." He said as he patted him on the neck. Hiccup went across to the side and unstrapped the man off the saddle. "Oh boy." He said as he dragged him into the house. "Oh, your back son." An angry voice said to him as he opened the door. Hiccup froze. He forgot his dad was still inside. He dropped the body outside the door. "Uhh, hey dad, what's the matter? You saved me some of that uhh...stuff you where cooking?" Asked Hiccup in an unsteady voice, kicking the body away from the door. "Don't talk to me about that." Said Stoick quite swiftly. "Oh, it didn't work out. Ah well, maybe you should go out for a bit of fresh air, maybe it'll calm you down a little." Suggested Hiccup. He needed him out of the house if he was to get that body in. "Y'know what, maybe your right." Agreed Stoick as he rose from his chair and headed for the front door. "Oh no, this isn't good!" thought Hiccup. If he discovered the body, he'd have to do a lot of explaining to do, maybe even be mistaken for a murderer!

As Stoick was about to turn the handle of the door, Hiccup jumped in front of him, blocking him from the door. "Dad, uh, you can't go that way. There's way too much going on out the front, it'll stress you out even more." Said Hiccup swiftly. "Hmm, your acting rather suspicious son." Oh no! He'd blown it! "Is there something out there that you're hiding from me, the chief of Berk, your dad?" Stoick said suspiciously. "He's on to me" Hiccup thought. "Oh no dad, never!" Hiccup said as he pushed his dad away towards the back of the house. "You'd better not be, unless it's a surprise or a gift. Then it's ok." He said as he walked out the door. "Don't have too much fun dad." Hiccup shouted out after him. "Oh I'll try not to!" Stoick chuckled as Hiccup slammed the door shut.

Few, that one was close! Hiccup wiped his forehead with his hand and went to the front door. As he opened it, he was welcomed by a bunch of staring faces. He waved, giving them a wobbly smile as he dragged the body into the house. He slammed the door shut and decided to drag him upstairs. This was hard work, as the body was pretty heavy to drag up his uneven staircase. He dragged the body up to his room and lay him out on top of his bed. Hiccup sat down and stared at the body for a while, looking puzzled. "Where did you come from?" He said to himself, studying the body's clothes. He had an armband that read "TF-141" on the side of it and a waist belt that had multiple knives and devices on it. He noticed a brown box with buttons on it. It had a stick coming out of the top and was flashing a green color.

Curious of what it was, Hiccup detached it and observed it in his hands, switching the knobs and buttons on it. He got up and came across a strange metallic object that was lying on his floor. It was very weird looking, and had obviously been dropped from the body. What was this thing? Was it some sort of weapon? Gently he picked it up. It was black in color and looked a bit like a crossbow with the bow missing. Fascinated by these objects, he thought he would go to Astrid's place and see what she says about it. And with that, he put on his helmet and went outside with the objects.