Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon or Brave nor do own any of the character.

Based on the one shot I did in The Wild Princess and The Dragon Tamer because I had so much fun writing it. If you did read the one shot than you don't need to read this chapter its just the first part of the one shot. The rest of the chapters will be different point of view and edited parts of the one shot.

Also I am sorry but I am bad at accents so Merida/Merduis does have an accent that everyone notices and will comment on, but I will not be writing like she does, its just to difficult for me, so I apologize in advance.

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Meridus= Boy Merida (18 years old)

Hicca= Girl Hiccup (17 years old)


Hicca point of view:

Riding a horse was nothing like riding a dragon. Where Angus was fast and clearly leading the other horses he wasn't as fast as Toothless, but his ride seemed to be a lot smoother. Focusing on the differences between Toothless and Angus helped keep the dread from completely taking over. 'Its all right, I just need to keep everyone calm and show them that Toothless isn't that bad.' I thought, tightening my grip around Meridus as I felt him shift for a leap over a log. 'Just got to make sure that he doesn't freak out to much as seeing my bruised face.' I thought, turning to look behind us to see how our new companions were doing. Lord MacGuffin a tall stout man, but you could tell that he was still strong. His eyes were squinted so it was hard to tell what color they were; he had blonde hair with two small standing sideways ponytails, and a large beard to match. It was good to see that the sword I saw strapped around his front was missing. The two men behind him were smaller than Lord MacGuffin, but both walked as if they were skilled fighter maybe a bit to cocky for there own good 'That skill wont help when a dragons decides to come at you' thought, wondering if brining this many people was actually a good idea. They wore determined expressions as if expecting this to be a life or death mission. 'Which please Odin don't let come to that' I thought, trying to stop the sigh that desperately wanted to come out.

"How much further" I asked, resting my head against Meridus' back.

"Almost there" he said, focusing on the trail ahead.

The scenery was beautiful here, and if I wasn't so worried about what might happen in a little bit I probably have enjoyed it better. It must have been getting to the winter season. Most of the plants were a beautiful red, orange and yellow. The leaves dancing around us as gentle cool breezes pass by. It was amazing how everything here seemed so soft and delicate. 'Maybe that's the problem.' I thought, shifting my weight as we made a tight turn. 'Berk taught Vikings to be strong, to laugh at the cold and hunger. The dragons taught us how to adapt to fire and sky attacks. Berk may not be the easiest place to live, but its part of the reasons why Vikings are so strong.' I held in a grunt as we jump over another log, the quick movement doing nothing for my bruised ribs.

After a while I noticed that there was something following us. Meridus must have as well because his focus wasn't facing front anymore. I could tell that Meridus was slowly changing our course to get closer to whatever was following us. However the way the shadow was moving I instantly knew who was following us. A smile breaking out on my face and I wanted nothing more than to have Meridus stop. 'Toothless' I thought, knowing that silhouette anywhere. By the tense shoulders of Meridus he didn't know what it was, just that it was dangerous. 'He's not wrong' I thought, tapping his shoulder. Meridus wasn't paying attention so I dug my finger into his shoulder until he gave a grunt. "Leave it," I said, when he tilted his head towards me. "Just head to the mountains, don't worry its just Toothless." I whispered, Meridus looked out through the tree again before slowly drifting us back onto the trail. Knowing Toothless he had probably been watching the castle since I left. 'Stupid lizard he could have gotten caught' I thought, the smile still on my face.

Finally after who knows how many more jumps and turns we made it to the mountain range. They really were beautiful. The large mountain ranges against blue skys and an autumn forest it was breathtaking. 'Hopefully we can find the blood stained pearl orchid.' I thought, examining the mountain range. Meridus makes a coughing noise and I realize that he was waiting for me to get off. Making sure that I didn't make a fool of myself as I got off the colossal size horse. 'Its almost as bad as a Nightmare.' I thought, rubbing my lower back as the rest of the group got off their horse taking them to the few scattered trees resting at the bottom of the mountain side.

"So what now?" Meridus asks, petting the gigantic steed that was not moving from Meridus side.

"Ground rules" I say, making sure that MacGuffin and his men could hear me. "Toothless is a good boy. He wont attack, if he and I don't feel threatened. All I ask is that you all remain calm." I say, feeling my heart beating loudly in my chest. After making sure that they all understood I turned away from them towards the forest. Brining two fingers to my mouth I let out a loud whistle with two short ones following.

I could feel everyone behind me tense as they began to see something large shifting in the woods. I should have been prepared for it, I really should have been, but I was blind sided when Toothless came straight out of the tree charging at me with enough speed that he crashed into me.

"I know, I know I missed you to boy." I said trying to get the air back into my lungs as I found myself on my back Toothless above me. He licked my face, nudging his head against mine making happy whining noises. "Alright, Alright" I said, as he kept licking me "Uhh Toothless your breath stinks. You giant lizard." I said, laughing. It took a little bit of pushing, but Toothless finally got off of me. He had a gummy grin on his face before he looked over my shoulder, his teeth appearing as his growled. I looked behind me to see the two men of MacGuffin with dagger in there hands.

"You have got to be kidding me," I snapped, scrambling to get up. "What the hell did I just say…have been saying?" I shouted, Toothless was rearing up his wings, his eyes slits. I could tell everyone was getting a bit scared. The two men with the daggers, trying to hide their shudders as Meridus and MacGuffin stand behind them, watching with wide eyes. Although MacGuffin seemed to be terrified, but Meridus seemed both scared, but intrigued. Standing in front of Toothless I grab his head, trying to redirect his eyes to me. "Hey hey look at me. Only me Toothless" I say keeping my voice light. Toothless shifted his eyes to me, but than back to the highlanders. "There just scared Toothless, they wont hurt us. They need us." I said, Toothless turned his eyes toward me, his head nudging my ribs hard. I bit my lip to stop the whine, but Toothless' hearing was better than humans. He knows that the highlander had hurt me. I wasn't sure if the men behind me had moved, but Toothless suddenly screeched wings expanding fully as he reared up to slam his feet into the ground claws extended. I looked to the men to see that there horse were terrified, rearing up on there own legs trying to run off. While Angus seemed too anxious he stood his ground to trotting in place behind Meridus. The men were trying there best to not seem afraid, but the shaking wasn't fooling anyone.

"Toothless its alright, they're just being stupid." I said, standing in front of him as he started to claw at the earth. 'You remember some the Vikings when dragons first came to Berk. They were scared and didn't trust you.' Toothless wings started to lower "They raised their weapons and shouted at you. Called you devils." Toothless hissed at the memory his nostrils flaring, but his nails started to retract a bit. "Well the highlanders are gonna be just as bad. They think they know everything, but know nothing. So we are gonna have to show them." I said, putting Toothless' head in my hand while I kneeled in front of him. "But first we ALL have to behave." I snap, more to the men behind me than to Toothless.

Toothless lowered his wings, his teeth still present, but his eyes aren't complete slits so its progress. With Toothless calmed down, I turned to the highlanders. "So now that that's over if you highlanders would please LISTEN for once and drop your weapons."

They looked hesitant, but Lord MacGuffin voice boomed "Your heard the lass. Drop them." The men looked behind them to see if he was serious. "If I have to tell you one more time you wont live long to regret it." The men looked at one another before dropping them on the ground. I raised one of my eye brows 'either he really didn't know his men took tools, or he if playing off ignorant very well.' I thought, looking between the lords and his men.

"Alright now that, that's over with…" I say sighing, going around Toothless to get into his saddle. While making Toothless saddle I made sure that there were compartments for traveling supplies. Lifting the saddle seat up, I began to dig through the compartment for a vial of pure white. 'Come on, come on' I thought, throwing things onto the floor to find it faster. "Yes" I shrieked lifting it up in the air like the treasure it is.

"Did you find it" Meridus asked, taking a step forward only to retreat when Toothless snarled at him.

"Yes" I said, showing the vial to the highlanders. Only to stop when I realized there was a note attached to it.

"Dear Hicca,

You should always carry a vial of blood stained pearl not all Deadly Nadders are as well behaved as Stormfly. Be safe.

Ash"

"Ash you're a life saver" I muttered, pulling off the note and placing it back in the saddle along with everything else that I had thrown out. Closing the lid to Toothless saddle I walked to the highlanders Toothless walking behind me. The highlanders appeared nervous the closer we got, the men eyeing their discarded weapons. Although Meridus didn't seem as scared as the rest of them he still appeared cautious which is a valid reaction when dealing with dragons. As I walked towards the two of MacGuffin's men, I didn't notice that Toothless has gone towards Meridus. I looked over my shoulder to see Toothless wings expanded. "Crap" I muttered. The men seemed to be going for there daggers.

"No, no" I said, pushing the two men back. "Toothless remembers Meridus as the one who shot an arrow at me. He's just sizing him up. He won't hurt him, just a little payback is all." I explained, but as Toothless got closer to their prince I could tell that the men weren't fully listening to me anymore. When they tried to move forward again I tried to keep them both back with one hand, seeing as how the vial was still in my hand. The men looked at me like I had grown another head, but they turned to look at MacGuffin who made a stand down motion. Lord MacGuffin was still standing close to Meridus, but was slowly inching back, as Toothless got closer.

Before anyone could blink Toothless jumped up with a banshee screech pining Meridus to the ground, his wings extended and claws out. I tried to hold the two men back, but they wasted no time shoving me to the ground. Which grabbed Toothless attention, Toothless growled as he leaped towards the two men, pinning one to the ground, while the other one got slapped with Toothless wing. Toothless raised himself up was about to let out another scream, until I side tackled Toothless causing him to loose his balance and having both of us crashing into the earth.

"Alright everyone just needs to calm down" I snapped untangling myself from Toothless to grab his harness. "Meridus shot at Toothless so Toothless paid him back for it" I said, feeling Toothless move forward only to tug him back. "No that's enough, we just had a conversation about behaving." I said, looking at Toothless who lowered his wings and head. "Now if everyone could calm down." I said, stepping back to the Lord MacGuffin's men handing them the vial. "Your purpose was to deliver this to the king while we search for the orchid. So here" I said, handing the vile that somehow wasn't crushed by the brief fight to the men "Tell the healer that it would be better to mix it into a soup, because trust me that it disgusting on its own." One of the guards takes the vial nodding his head.

"Any other instructions." He asks.

"We should be back before the faux fine sits in," I mutter.

"Faux fine" the guard asks.

"The cure works as an anti venom, but also as a pain reliever. So depending on the person they can go into a faux fine within an hour to six hours of receiving the anti-venom. The person believes that they are fine and feel fine, but the poison is still active so when they start moving it spread the poison further doing more damage to the body before the anti-venom can fully kick in. So in case, don't let your king leave his bed, but your king probably shouldn't get a faux fine since he's so badly hurt." The man nodded his head in understand. "Lord MacGuffin" I asked, turning towards the older man who was checking up on Meridus., who was rubbing his ear. 'Yay I remember how that feels' I thought, feeling slightly sorry for the prince. "Will you be staying with us or going back with your men."

"I will stay with you." He says, pausing for a moment before asking "If that is all right."

"That okay with me what about you Toothless" I asked, Toothless looked at me and than at the lord. He carefully stepped toward the older man. The lord tensed, but Meridus put a hand on his shoulder keeping the older man in place. I wasn't to scared since Toothless seemed relaxed. He tilted his head towards the man before he turned to me and gave a roll of his eyes and what I consider a shrug. "Alright" I said, "Well you to better get going the faster the king gets the antidote the better." The two men nodded and headed to their horses that still seemed a bit skittish with Toothless around.

I walked over to Toothless, scratching his head as he cooed and leaned into the touch. "So this flower it lives on the cliff sides." Meridus asks.

"Yup the higher the better chances of finding one." I answered, Toothless completely calm now as I scratched behind his ear.

"Lets get started then," Meridus says, walking towards the mountainside. Lord MacGuffin following behind him clearly not happy about climbing the mountain.

"Ready for a ride" I asked, Toothless standing at attention before he decided to trot around me clearly happy with the idea of a ride. "I'll take that a yes." I say chuckling. Toothless stops so I can make sure that everything was ready to fly. After about five minutes I could see that Meridus was an excellent climber, he was pretty high and moving with ease. Lord MacGuffin on the other hand was a lot slower and much more cautious on his steps. "Ready Toothless" I asked, watching as the he gave me a gummy grin. Not wasting time I climbed into his saddle and with no hesitation he shot to the sky. As we flew to the sky I couldn't help, but take a deep breathe, enjoying every moment. After being attacked thrown in a prison cell stuffed in a castle with people that hate you at every turn…this…this was heaven, this is freedom. Toothless hovered over the top of the mountain. I petted his side "Come on Toothless we got a flower to find." Toothless nodded and took to the cliffs; flying passed the two highlanders, covering much more ground than they ever could.