A girl with blond hair and blue eyes appearing be about twenty two years old sat at the lunch table with her friends and boyfriend. Everyone was sitting around laughing and having a good time-but her mind was in other places. Her name was Astrid Hofferson, a high school graduate of Berkian High and now in her fourth year of college, graduating next year from Berk University. Her friends consisted of one girl named Ruffnut-this was her best friend who had pale blond hair and blue eyes. Ruffnut had an identical twin brother, named Tuffnut. The resemblance between them is uncanny save for a few differences such as Ruffnut styling her hair in braids. Another one of her friends was a man named Snotlout Jorgenson, dark brown hair and blue eyes. Then there was Fishlegs Ingerman who had blond hair and green eyes. Her boyfriend's name was Eret Solberg, he had dark brown hair and honey brown eyes.

Their personalities were interesting to say the least. Ruffnut and Tuffnut had a very prankster like personality, always joking and smiling. Snotlout was an idiot-always flirting and wanting what he couldn't have, also he was incredibly cocky. Eret was a jock, kind of a jerk at times but smart too. Fishlegs on the other hand was shy-but the brains of the group knowing a lot of facts about many different things but had zero confidence in himself. Astrid herself was fierce, happy, outgoing but also kind and caring.

Astrid had known these people most of her life, but there was one more person around her and her friends who they didn't see anymore. A young man with auburn hair and green eyes, he went by the name of Hiccup Haddock and unlike the rest of the people who stuck together after high school, Hiccup hadn't. Granted they were never really friends, Hiccup was just kind of the loner but he was a good guy. Hiccup never did anything to hurt others, he just came to school and did his work but no one really knew what happened outside of the hours between 7:30am and 2:05pm. They only knew he was the son of Stoick Haddock-chief of police for Berk Police Department and Valka Haddock-a top nurse who used to work in Berk before the divorce and last they knew she was living on Peaceable Island with her lover.

The divorce took place when Hiccup was a mere ten years old, Stoick won full custody of him however, Valka didn't put up a fight over it, she put on a show for Hiccup's sake but otherwise, when things were completed-she just left with her lover and only called a few times a week to speak to him. The divorce was brought on by the fact both parents were cheating on one another. Stoick was seeing someone from his office, and Valka was seeing someone she had met in a coffee shop. They stated they were no longer felt the same for one another and agreed to divorce but stayed for the most part civilized for Hiccup's sake up until the day of high school graduation when he made it clear that he didn't want to see either of them again until they could get along and act like parents instead of children fighting over who gets the last swing on the playground. That was the last time any of them saw him-he seemed to disappear after that.

"Astrid? Yo, you with us girl?" Ruffnut asked waving her hand in front of Astrid's face and snapping her fingers to get her attention.

"Hm?" she snapped out of it and smiled, "Sorry, zoned out for a second. What did you say?" she asked now.

"That's like the fifth time you've zoned out in an hour," Tuffnut pointed out.

"What's on your mind?" Ruffnut shoved her brother some.

"You know what I've always wondered since we left high school?" Astrid stated looking at them now as they arched their brows curiously.

"Whatever happened to Hiccup Haddock, I mean the guy just vanished. We've seen everyone else we used to go to school with, but never him. Guess I'm just curious what happened to him or where he went," Astrid shrugged some.

"Huh, guess I've wondered too. Everyone saw the outburst after graduation was over," Tuffnut nodded in agreement.

"Did he just bail out of Berk?" Snotlout stated now.

"Guess we'll never know unless he comes back or we run into him. Anyway, enough about him. You guys heard that Dragon's Roar is coming to Berk!?" Ruffnut beamed happily.

"I know right! I can't believe it, tickets went on sale a month ago! I've been saving my paychecks to go-I've never seen them live." Astrid giggled with her best friend.

"Gonna have a hard time going, it's already sold out, babe," her boyfriend, Eret spoke up now as he sat beside her.

"Don't even tell me that!" Ruffnut pouted as Eret turned his phone and showed the ticket screen showing it as: Sold Out. "Ugh! I'll watch it live on the TV again," she mumbled flopping back in her seat with her arms crossed over her chest. Astrid mumbled as well, she'd been saving up to get tickets and it was already sold out. The show was in three weeks, she had her heart set on going but it looked like she'd be staying at Ruffnut's house that night to watch it live on TV from the Mead Hall arena where Dragon's Roar was performing. Suddenly Fishlegs rushed in panting with a widest smile on his face.

"Guys! You'll never believe what just happened," he exclaimed quickly.

"You nearly passing out from running?" Snotlout joked as he and Tuffnut snickered.

"Oh hush. I won a contest on the radio and got tickets to the show," Fishlegs beamed happily holding the envelope.

"What radio contest?" Ruffnut asked now.

"It aired a week ago. A contest to answer questions about Dragon's Roar, I won and got tickets to their show in three weeks. There's enough for all of us to go!" Fishlegs showed them the tickets now.

"Oh my Gods! I love you!" Ruffnut hugged him tightly.

"Legs, these are friggen front row! And backstage purposes to meet the band for autographs and pictures when the concert is over!" Astrid said looking over them.

"I know, get why I'm so excited now!?" Fishlegs giggled happily.

"You're the best!" Astrid hugged him next, she couldn't believe it! She would get to go after all, to see Dragon's Roar in person! Live at Mead Hall arena in three weeks! Astrid couldn't be more excited about this.

"Who is your favorite, Astrid?" Ruffnut asked.

"Dusk, how about you?" Astrid replied now.

"Hiss and Sparky, their effects in shows are awesome!" Ruffnut said brightly with a wide smile.

"I find Meatlug to be beautiful, she plays the piano so well." Fishlegs chimed in now.

"Stormfly is hot." Tuffnut and Snotlout said together.

"I'd kill for a night with Dusk. That sexy, smooth voice, lean but muscular body...Gods, I'd die a happy woman." Astrid blushed intently thinking about it.

"Wow, babe. And I'm sitting right here." Eret remarked.

"Oh relax, Eret. It's just a fantasy-like I'd ever have a chance in Valhalla with Dusk Fury, the lead singer to Dragon's Roar..." Astrid sighed heavily. He always knew how to kill her mood, couldn't he just let her have this one thing? It didn't matter, in three weeks she was going to get to see Dragon's Roar live and then meet the band in person. Astrid could hardly wait.

(With Hiccup)

The flight hadn't been bad but they were all exhausted. Beserker Isle to Berk was five hours, not including the two hour layover they had at Archi-the main island. It was a main airport where all planes in the Archipelago and going to other islands had to stop to check in first. Flying on on a private aircraft always made things interesting. They'd left at 1am from Berserker Isle, flew three hours to Archi, then a two hour layover, added to another two hour flight into Berk. Making the time officially 8am when they landed there. There was a small bus ready to take them to Gobber's where they would likely just crash for the rest of the day before returning to their own apartments to sleep some more.

"Finally home," they all sighed out.

"Don't forget we've got the last show of the tour in three weeks. Practices will be resuming as soon as you're all caught up on your sleep. By the way, the concert is sold out. It'll be a full house at Mead Hall arena that night. All of ya just get some rest," Gobber yawned making his way towards his bedroom. The man had a five bedroom house, paid a good amount for it too. The whole basement was built to be recording studio where they practiced and recorded while having meeting. Gobber of course had his own room while the rest shared in pairs. Toothless and Hiccup, Meatlug and Stormfly, Hookfang and Zap, then of course Hiss and Sparky.

Tiredly the group of them all took turns for the bathroom, then made their way to their bedrooms and just crashed for the day. They'd wake up in a few hours for lunch, back to sleep, then up again for dinner, and likely return to bed for the remainder of the night. The next morning is when they'd load up in their cars and return to their own apartments. When on tour, the cars were parked around back of the house and locked down. Gobber would get daily updates from people who would check in to let him know everything was alright while they were on tour.

"Can you believe the Berk show is sold out?" Toothless asked Hiccup as they were getting into their beds.

"Doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I'm beat...see you for lunch, bro," Hiccup yawned out as his head hit the pillow.

"Night, bro!" Toothless replied while he laid down as well. Not more than ten minutes later, both of them were out like a light have let the exhaustion take over. It wasn't easy being famous. The practices, the late night shows, coming up with new songs, working together to make it all work well. It was hard but they wouldn't trade it for the world, they loved their band and the friendships they shared with one another.

(Three Weeks Later)

The weeks leading up to now were hectic as ever. The month was June, warmer months for the Island of Berk while the members of Dragon's Roar were spending almost every day at Gobber's place to practice for the concert and make sure everything would be ready for that night. Sparky had control of the pyrotechnics and lights, Hiss had soundboard, then the rest were in charge of their positions on stage. Gobber was usually always positioned stage right to watch closely and ensure everything was running smoothly through the show. Security had been notified, officers from the Berk Police Department would be standing guard through that night. Hiccup wasn't pleased in the slightest to find out his father would be there as well calling the shots for the officers, thankfully though, Hiccup wasn't worried about his father seeing him because he'd changed a lot since high school.

Four years ago, Hiccup had auburn hair and green eyes. Generally he wore brown pants and a red long sleeve with white sneakers or sometimes black. Since meeting Toothless, Hiccup during shows at least would wear a black wig, as well the face paint. His clothes consisted of black sneakers, black or gray jeans, sometimes blue-then of course his shirt was either black, red, or gray. His eyes remained the same but on stage no one could see him that well. Hiccup didn't want people knowing it was him up there, it would raise far too many questions that he didn't want to answer. However, Stoick and Valka, Hiccup's parents were aware that he had a music life career. They just didn't know he was lead singer of Dragon's Roar. This is another reason that Hiccup went by the name Dusk Fury too, so people would assume he's related to Toothless and adopted by Gobber. Hiccup never used his name anymore, only his band mates and Gobber knew it but at Hiccup's request, it wasn't used.

The last few weeks had been interesting for Hiccup and Heather, they did get to see one another the next day when Hiccup let her know he was back at his place if she wanted to come over-there was no hesitation when she said she'd be right over. Heather knew who he really was too but she was actually under contract not to say a word to anyone and if she did then she could be fined or sent to prison for up to a year. Also, she wasn't never allowed be on stage during performances. She could be backstage as long as she stayed out of everyone's way, or she could stand beside Gobber between two security guards. Shockingly, they didn't fight when she saw him-they ended up making out and then have sex after only an hour of her being there. One of the biggest fights they had was Heather asking when they could get married and have kids, but Hiccup said he was only twenty two and didn't want that right now so he always made sure to use protection. Not just with a condom either, he would still pull out and finish outside of her in the condom. It was the only way he could make sure she didn't end up pregnant-that was all he needed.

Heather basically lived at Hiccup's place when he was in town, she had a drawer of her own things there and never left his side unless he was performing or practicing, even then she wasn't far from him. Hiccup found she was very clingy, he wasn't happy about it but there were worse things that could happen that he didn't even want to think about. When the two were out in public, Hiccup wore his wig and a pair of contacts that made it look like his eyes color was brown instead of green, on top of that he wore sunglasses. This was if the two didn't want to be bothered while on a date or something, even Heather wore a disguise, sunglasses or regular glasses with a strawberry blond haired wig. For interviews, press, talk shows and what not-Heather stayed normal and Hiccup just wore his wig and the face paint. Hiccup had a very defining feature on his face, a scar on the right side of his chin and with the face paint on, that was hidden.

The scar came from his mother's dog, Cloud Jumper. Very good dog, but one time he scratched Hiccup's chin and the scar remained. It was how people knew him as Hiccup. Scar, auburn hair, and green eyes. The wig and face paint hid two of those and no one seemed to suspect a thing about Dusk's true identity-which is exactly how he wanted it to be. Today was the concert, specifically 6:30pm was the concert but all day would be spent at the arena to set up and get ready for tonight. After this show, the tour was over and they could all calm down for a few months to work on new material, practice a bit, but overall just relax and be normal for a little while. Their instruments had already been set up on stage, the sound and light boards were just behind the curtain and ready to go. The crew was working on everything else while the band got ready behind stage in their dressing rooms since the time was already 3pm. Just three and a half hours until show time.

Meanwhile, six friends were all getting ready to go too and two girls were very happy. First Dragon's Roar concert ever and they could be front row, and then backstage following the end of the show to meet the band! It was something that most only dreamed about. It would be a night to remember for sure. Ruffnut and Astrid were getting ready at Astrid's place, the guys were there too and they'd all be taking Eret's truck to the concert since they could all fit comfortably in there.

"Can you believe it's tonight?!" exclaimed Ruffnut who was doing her hair and makeup.

"Oh my Gods, the anticipation is killing me. We've waited three weeks for this and it's finally here!" Astrid replied giggling happily. She was working on her face paint, two red marks on either side of her cheek just like Dusk's since he was Astrid's favorite member of the band, Stormfly her second. Astrid's hair was braided and hanging over her left shoulder like it usually did, she was wearing dark blue jeans, pair of sneakers, then a black tee-shirt with the faces of all the band members on it, Dusk being center and then on his right was Toothless, Hookfang, Meatlug, Hiss while on his right was Stormfly, Zip, and Sparky. It was the first shirt she ever bought when the band started releasing merchandise.

"Only three hours to go!" Fishlegs called from the bottom of the stairs. Both girls were indebted to him for winning the contest or else they'd be watching it from Ruffnut's TV tonight instead of live at Mead Hall arena, standing front row, and then getting to go backstage to meet them in person, take pictures, and get autographs. It was going to be an amazing night for them all!

(Two And A Half Hours Later)

It was now 6pm, they had just arrived to Mead Hall and parked in the parking garage. They would have to walk over to the hall along with the mass of others waiting to get in. The cool thing about Mead Hall was that when you turned in your tickets, each section had their own line. They had their backstage passes on, and tickets secured in their hands as they reached the line that said 'Front Row/Backstage'. This meant they'd be put in a certain spot to be taken backstage when the show was over.

"I told you we should have gotten here earlier!" Ruffnut stated with a groan as they reached the line and saw how long it was. "We're gonna miss the opening and I really wanted to see the roar!" she added whining a bit. Every time the show opened, it was with a loud roar. Dubbed the roar of a Night Fury, most elusive dragon known to the Archipelago ages ago because it was black as night, and one of the strongest known to Vikings-who used to inhabit these islands sometime before. Most of the people living in the Archipelago actually derived from Viking ancestry.

"We'll make it, just have your stuff ready. We didn't bring any bags so we can skip all that," Fishlegs stated as they showed the officers they didn't have bags and she nodded allowing them to actually cut half the line and move right to the turnstile to get inside. They didn't wait more than ten minutes to get inside and be taken to the front row and stood where they were supposed to. "See, and with five minutes to spare before it starts,"

"I can't wait!" Astrid and Ruffnut squealed.

"Sorry, Miss, I don't see your badge." came the voice of an officer trying to stop a girl with black hair braided and hanging over her shoulder, she also had green eyes.

"Fine, then I'll just call him and bring him out there to tell you who I am." the woman stated as she pulled her cell phone out and dialed a number then put it to her ear, "Babe, the officer won't let me in and I left my badge at the apartment. Can you please tell him that I'm your girlfriend and allowed to see you?" after a moment she pulled the phone down and put it in her pocket with her arms crossed over her chest and a heavy huff of frustration. Within a minute, Dusk appeared from behind the curtain and people began cheering. Dusk offered a calm smile as he reached the edge of stage and jumped down to where the fans for front row were. "He'll tell you," the woman remarked as the officer turned to see Dusk there.

"Mr. Fury, you shouldn't be out here without your guard..." stated the officer.

"I assure you that I can handle myself. What seems to be the issue down here?" Hiccup asked.

"This young woman says she is your girlfriend and is allowed back there," the officer replied.

"She's very much correct, officer. Come on, babe. I got a show to get ready for in..." he checked his phone, "three minutes now," he finished his sentence as the officer let her through the metal gates and she wrapped her arms around him contently-they shared a quick kiss before he began to walk towards the stage stairs, then paused a moment and looked at Heather, "Head on back," he told her as she nodded and walked up the stairs then backstage. Hiccup now turned to see the six standing front row where he'd been moments ago. "You six the radio contest winners?" he asked.

"Y-yes, Mr. Fury." Astrid replied with a faint blush. "H-how did you...know?"

"Because we only hand out six backstage passes combined with the center stage front row tickets per show. What's is your name?" Hiccup asked now.

"It's...Astrid, and these are my friends: Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut. Oh, and my boyfriend, Eret." Astrid replied gently.

"Divine Beauty, you live up to your name. By they way, please, call me Dusk, " Hiccup offered his hand to shake hers as an introduction-he bent slightly and kissed her knuckles, "I'll be seeing you after the show then. Enjoy the show," he said as he gave a smile then he grabbed the edge of the stage behind him and then pulled himself up onto it before walking away behind the curtain again.

"He kissed your hand!" Ruffnut beamed in shock as Astrid was just blushing like crazy. Dusk just shook her hand and kissed it? He even talked to her, directly. Eret looked less than pleased about the encounter between the famous lead singer and his girlfriend.

"Gods, I'm never washing it again..." Astrid swooned happily. Officially, best night of her life. Attending the concert of her favorite band, being front row, got to go backstage later on, and now she'd been talked to by the lead singer who she adored-he even touched her. Astrid couldn't wait for the concert to start, she was very excited.

(Backstage)

"What the hell was that, Hiccup?" Heather asked.

"Shut up. You know better than to use my real name, especially backstage. I was merely keeping the fans happy, we all do it...well, the guys kiss hands, the girls just give a wink and smile. It's not that big of a deal. What are you worried about?" Hiccup sighed heavily.

"Aren't those the people from your old high school?" Toothless asked curiously now.

"Yep. They won the radio contest for Berk," Hiccup replied.

"So you actually know that girl personally? I don't want you seeing them after the concert, what if they recognize you?" Heather said in fear.

"It's showtime!" Gobber announced coming towards them now. "You, little missy, need to move to stage side with me. You eight get ready. Starting in thirty seconds!" he added.

"I mean it, Hic-" he arched an irritated brow at her, "Dusk...I don't want you seeing them after the show," Heather corrected.

"I don't have time to have this out with you right now. We got a show to put on. Go with Gobber or go home, Heather. I'm not gonna turn them away just because of the fact I know them. We'll talk about this later," Hiccup kissed her cheek as she huffed angrily and moved with Gobber towards the stage side while things began. Hiccup took a breath as they were all in position, his eyes were closed as the announcement was made. The lights went down as it fell dark except for camera flashes going off.

"Ladies and Gentleman! I give you...DRAGON'S ROAR!" The curtain raised as the crowd screamed and cheered. Purple fire shot up from around the stage-when it faded, Hiccup and the others stood there ready to start. All he had to do was make it through the night-then dealing with those six, then he could just relax. Exciting night it was turn out to be indeed.