As Stoick marched around the now ruined Berk academy, he let out a very much audible sigh as his son rambled on behind him. While the Chief Officer felt great pride in what his son had done he still had to tend to the matter of the destroyed school "Hiccup!" The Vast man shouted "We will get to that soon" Hiccup stopped there upon hearing this and gave a brief nod. Stoick let out a sigh as he Pat his son on the back with his large hand, knocking him forward a bit. "I'm proud of what you've done son...And I have spoken with the other administrators about this" he says as he takes a knee and places both hands upon his Auburn haired offsprings shoulders. Forest eyes meet forest eyes as the two looked at one another and finally Stoick spoke ''Son we've decided to reward you by ending your pilots training"

Hiccups eyes widened in shock upon hearing this as he shuck his head quickly "Ending my training?! But I'm the top of my classes! How is this a re-" he was silenced by a large hand coming in front of his face "You didn't let me finish lad... We're allowing you to be Captain of your ship and run a few delivery tasks for Berk...Nothing too serious just a small promotion" Stoick said as he reassured him.

Hiccup's expression quickly changed to that of a toothy grin as he hugged his father "Thank you dad...I promise I won't let you down" he says with determination as the two pull away. Stoick nods at his son "I know you won't...And neither will your crew". Hiccup raises an eyebrow at the mention of a crew. He knew he'd need one but he hadn't made a choice yet , given he was pretty much an outcast among his fellow students.

"Dad I haven't chosen any free members yet...Well aside from Fish" he says in all honesty. Stoick stands up and adjusts the gold buttons on his dark blue blazer before wiping off the badge over his left pectoral. "Your crew has already been chosen and assigned to meet with you in your garage tomorrow at 0900 hours". He says as he picks up a small device, which looked like a SD Card, handing it to Hiccup. The boy nodded briefly before placing it into his minicomputer, Academy standard device that he had improved to better suit his own needs.

A hologram pops up and reveals 5 different information sheets about his crew. He shook his head lightly and let out a groan at seeing the names "Thorston, Ruffnut. Thorston, Tuffnut. Jorgenson, Snotlout. Hofferson, Astrid. Ingerman, Fishlegs..." Truly, Fishlegs was the only name he'd been happy about. The others...He doubted they'd follow his directions. Given how they usually hound him about his mistakes this was not going to be easy. "I'll...Try my best sir" he says as he places the files back and looks up to his father, who gives a nod and salute, one which Hiccup returns. The boy watches his father head down the hall and through the double doors , before turning and rushing out of the building himself. He ran to the garage and quickly shut the door behind him as he headed into the Night Fury and took a seat in the pilot's seat. The ship had plenty of room and accommodations for a crew...But it was just something so sudden. He let out a brief sigh before activation. The ship took off slowly at first as the HUD appeared on the super strong windshield , lighting up before Hiccup's eyes.

Outside of the garage and in the back of the facility sat 4 of Hiccup's new crew. Snotlout, Astrid, Ruffnut and Tuffnut sat at a bench in the courtyard conversing. "This is gonna be so laaaame!" Ruffnut said with a bored sigh. She clearly was not livid about their new assignment. Astrid merely shrugged as she took a look at the bright blue blade of her plasma axe . "So long as he's not an idiot about this I don't care" she replied as Tuff and Snot arm wrestled behind them, Snot winning easily. "I'm good as long as my annoying cousin doesn't try anything on you babe" And with that Astrid swiftly swatted him upside his head "I am not your BABE Jorgenson" she snapped at him before returning to her axe. Tuffnut and Ruffnut laughed at the interaction as Tuff shrugged "I don't know... We did help him set up weapons and I've been dying to see just what our work can do...Plus have You SEEN his fire and ice guns?! Those things are mad cool. If he can make that then there's no telling what he could make for us."

{THE NEXT DAY: Hiccup's Garage}

The 5 members of Hiccup's crew arrived at the exact time they'd been given the previous day. They were all in different moods currently. Ruff and Tuff had been excited to use the ship's weapons systems. Fishlegs had been nervous to hear what they had to say about the ship he'd helped his best friend work so hard on. Snotlout was bored out of his mind and becoming annoyed at waiting so long, he had taken to talking to Astrid as they waited. And finally the Axe Maiden herself was annoyed by Snotlout's banter and flirtations. She really wanted to hit him, but before she got the chance to, the Night Fury appeared in all it's greatness before their eyes. The ship was cloaked the whole time and they hadn't even been the wiser.

They looked on in a mixture of awe and joy as the entrance to the ship opened and out stepped a newly dressed Hiccup H. Haddock. He was wearing a blazer similar to his father's, except this one was dark green and had a red symbol over his left pectoral. This was his official symbol for the Night Fury . It resembled the head of the fabled Dragoon in question , except in red with black eyes and mouth. He looked over at his new crew with a smile as he walked over to them, trying not to stumble or look like a clown as he did so.

They looked at him.

He looked at them.

And they looked at each other.

Then back to him.

Hiccup cleared his throat before finally speaking up. "It's uh...Great to see you all here...Crew.." The others nodded along at this with different expressions upon their faces. Fishlegs was more than ready at this time as he walked over with a bright smile "Ready to go captain!" He said as he headed inside of the ship, the others begrudgingly following behind.