Welcome to Heir with a Secret my first ever FanFiction. I've decided to start simple, so Runaway AU it is. This story won't have anything too special, just a semi basic FanFiction with a mostly predictable plot. Hiccup leaves Berk. Hiccup does stuff while away. Hiccup returns to Berk. The pairing will be Hiccstrid because, once again, its canon which means its the easiest to write. Future FanFictions written by me will probable have different pairings, probably Heathcup. This FanFiction is rated T for now for now, but may change due to a bit of swearing and some slightly depressing themes. I hope you enjoy reading Runaway Heir as much as I love writing it.
In the Barbaric archipelago, war is raging between men and dragons. To most people, that seems insane. But to the Hairy Hooligans of Berk, this is there life. They've been at war with the dragons for 300 years, with no signs of stopping. The last person to try to end the war with peace had been killed shortly after giving birth. This left the Berkians chief, Stoick the Vast Haddock, to raise a son all by himself. But he seemed to despise his son, who had been born 2 months early, and been named Hiccup due to his small size, and shelter him from everything. He never once taught Hiccup how to fight, yet expects young Hiccup to become a Viking protegee, just like himself.
So, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III grew up alone, with the only person caring for him being his mentor, Gobber. His father had thrown him in with Gobber to become his apprentice, as Gobber was a skilled blacksmith. Hiccup enjoyed his job as a blacksmith in training, but wished his father would care for him more, or even at all.
While growing up, Hiccup was bullied the other kids his age. His own cousin, Snotlout Jorgenson, a short and stocky boy, was the worst of them all. He would constantly beat Hiccup up and taunt him and call him rude things, giving him his nickname, Hiccup the Useless, or for short, Useless. Next there were the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut thorston, a pair of skinny psychopaths. Even though they seem to share half a brain between them, they were incredibly good at devising pranks. Most of those pranks had the blame placed on Hiccup, which led to the entire village looking down at him. After that we have Fishlegs Ingerman, a seemingly large guy who hates violence, and while he never harmed Hiccup physically or verbally, he harmed him by doing nothing. When told to chose between Hiccup and the rest, he choose the rest in fear of being treated like Hiccup. Lastly, there is Astrid Hofferson, a beautiful viking protegee with incredible fighting skills. Now, Hiccup has a crush on the girl, but she acts like he doesn't even exist. These 5 people are collectively known as "The Gang" and are always seen together.
What people don't know, is that Hiccup is a genius. While most vikings have very little brain power, Hiccup has more smarts then the entire tribe combined, besides maybe Gothi, the elder. He tries using this skill to his advantage, making inventions that, in theory, would work, but always fail. And when they do fail, he gets yelled at by his father in front of the whole village. Because of that, all the villagers see is a failure of a viking.
There is one more thing that know one on Berk knows, not even Gobber. Hiccup has been studying the raids since he knew how to walk, and see things most people can't. Oh, and he's best friends with a Night Fury, the most famous dragon of them all.