A/N: This story was originally made by Wandering Wraith known as 'Opposites Attracts' but I decided to rewrite it and continue it as their idea was really great to start with. So here's my take on the story.

This is my first story and I hope you like it!

-Hiccup's POV-

My name is Hiccup. Great name, I know, but you haven't heard my full name. I am the disappointment, runt and freak. All because I was born different. I would get beaten up by the other kids every day because of what I am and the only person and the only one who liked me was my mentor and father figure Gobber. I was his apprentice since my dad couldn't stand the sight of me and wanted me to grow muscles.

I recently shot down a Night Fury the most elusive and dangerous dragon out there. But no one believed me so when I went alone to kill it, but I couldn't. Because when I looked into his eyes I saw fear... I saw myself, mirrored in his eyes. So I released him and he roared in my face but didn't kill me like I thought/hoped he would. It wasn't like anyone would miss me. When I regained consciousness, I learned I was enrolled in dragon training by my dad, without asking me if I wanted to do it. Isn't that great when I finally learn I couldn't kill a dragon I suddenly get forced to try again. So when we start of with the first dragon, a Gronkle, and I almost got killed, again. Gobber told me 'dragons always goes for the kill' and I started to wonder why the Night Fury didn't kill me. I decided to go track it down... again.

I discovered it was missing a tail-fin. And when Gobber said that a downed dragon was a dead one I decided to prove him wrong and make amends. So I created a prosthetic and before you know it, I'm riding him because it was the only way to control it as it wouldn't open in the air. In doing so, I made my first friend who I named Toothless (not the best name for a dragon but the name stuck after thinking he was toothless before discovering he had retractable teeth).

When I was flying with him for the first time (after weaving through the rock formations because I lost my cheat sheet at the start before relying on instinct to control the tail) I discovered I could control fire when we almost flew through the fireball Toothless had created. I threw my arms in front of me to protect myself and accidentally caused the fire to split and go around me.

After this stunning discovery I realised that the real reason I bonded with Toothless was because he saw my fire powers within me and thought I was part dragon. Now, I was versing the Gronkle for the third time. I didn't want to but then if I didn't, Astrid would kill the Gronkle and I couldn't allow that. So I gave it a few scratches and it collapsed. Astrid then said some very colorful words about me but as I was about to leave, the village elder decided to pick the trainee who would kill the dragon in front of the village, and me having the worst luck in the world, she picked me.

~Normal POV~

"You did it, Hiccup! You get to kill the dragon!" Gobber announced with joy.

"Yeah. Yes. I am so…" Hiccup said trying to sound happy.

Few minutes later

"...Leaving. We're leaving. I can't go through with this and my dad wouldn't listen even if I told him. So let's pack up. Looks like we're taking a vacation, forever." Hiccup announced to himself while walking through the woods toward the cove.

"Hey useless!" Snotlout said then punches his head and knocks him out.

He woke up suddenly and quickly looked at his surroundings to see that he's underground in someone's basement with a lot of sharp pointy weapons. He tries to get up only to discover that his hands and feet were tied up to a stone slab with chains.

"What the..." He starts before being interrupted.

"Look who decided to wake up." Astrid sneered angrily.

"Was it me?" Tuffnut asked confused.

"It was useless you muttonhead." Ruffnut said as she slammed a mace on her brother's head.

"We want to know how you got so good, Useless, because we know it wasn't by training." Snotlout questioned.

"You don't believe me, that hurt." Hiccup replied sarcastically.

To answer that reply Astrid punched him in the lanced through him and he yanks on his chains so he could curl up into a ball and be invisible once more.

"Who is training you?" She asked with venom in her voice.

"I don't have a trainer." Hiccup answered truthfully.

"So not only are you a cheater but you are also a liar." She said in a cold voice.

"I'm not lying!" He yelled angry.

That was when she lost it. He felt pain everywhere. She proceeded to launch a flurry of punches at him. That was all he remember before he passed out. By the time Gobber had gotten there, the damage had already been done.

He woke up suddenly in a bed with his fists flaming, the temperature rose exponentially and found himself in the hut on the mountain. He sat up as he turned around and saw Gothi. She was sleeping on a chair but woke up by the noise he had made. He then remembered what happened. How could someone so pretty be so cruel? This was the first time he realised who Astrid truly was. His whole world had crumbled to the ground.

"Why am I always insulted, beaten up and hated? Why am I the outcast? Why am I not accepted?" He then realised he said that out loud because Gothi tapped her staff on the ground twice to get his attention, then stroked his arms to comfort him till the raging flames on his hands died down. He was about to get up when Gobber bursts through the door and enveloped him in a bone crushing hug. "Need...air." Hiccup wheezed as he put him down.

"We thought we lost you." He says with bits of emotion breaking through.

"What would you do without all...this." Hiccup replied with maximum sarcasm while pointing at himself. A brief smile creep out but was turned into a frown in an instance.

"...Hiccup, you've been unconscious for three days, your body was mangled when I found you. I was surprised you didn't die of blood loss because of the pool of blood beneath you. Gothi wasn't sure if you'd survive after the first night. I was so angry that dragon training was cancelled until you got better." Gobber said solemnly. "I didn't expect you getting better this quickly..."

The first thought that came to Hiccup's mind was...Was Toothless okay? Was the Monstrous Nightmare already dead? What happened to the other teens? etc. When he realised he had been sitting completely stiff he relaxed and said quietly, "At least you didn't have to worry about me causing destruction for a while."

After Gothi gave him a complete body check, he was allowed to go. After a long trek back to his house and getting his things, he instantly rushed into the forest and straight to the cove. This incident was the last thing tying him to Berk. As soon as he got down into it, he was greeted by a rough pink tongue attached to a certain frustrated yet relieved Night Fury. He winced as Toothless nudged a bruise on his stomach.

"It's okay, bud. I just want to leave this place already." He grabbed some paper from his bag and began to write with a charcoal pencil.

'Dear Gobber. I'm sorry to say this but I'm leaving. I doubt anyone would care except you so I decided to write this letter. While Stoick was my birth father, you will always be my real one. You raised and shaped me into the boy I am today. Every part of me I am is from you (including the sarcasm, completely your fault). I'm sorry but I can't stay. Berk has never been my home and now, never will be. Tell my father that his child committed suicide or something. I bet they will throw a party at the news of me being gone. I am putting my future life into your hands. Don't worry about me, I have a dragon I befriended with me. In fact he is one of the fastest dragons alive so I doubt you would be able to find me even if you tried but he will keep me safe from harm. Tell Stoick that I renounced my claim as heir to Berk.

Your Apprentice,

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III'

He then jumped onto Toothless and he silently glided into town and placed the letter on the front door of the forge with the help of his small knife. He mounted Toothless again and they flew into the sky, away from Berk. They were both finally free to decide what to do for themselves, it was only the beginning of their new journey.

It's been 2 months since Hiccup left Berk. He and Toothless have been training his powers every single day in order to control them better. He was flying over a country called Arendelle, when suddenly a strong wind knocked them off balance and they crash into a wall near the castle.

Hiccup groggily gets up and checked his surroundings and, lucky for him, no one was there. He got back down and attempted to wake up Toothless before getting rewarded with a face full of dragon slobber. He was about to complain when a thicket of spears and swords were pointed at them and people, who Hiccup could easily guess were guards, was ready to attack. Toothless immediately gets protective and wraps himself around Hiccup while snarling at the attackers.

Hiccup, in a shaky voice, says, "P-please… let us go. We don't want to hurt you."

"Drop your weapons!" A voice resonating with power demands the guards put down their weapons. Hiccup turned away from the guards to see a man dressed nobally in black and red, he stood tall and proud but didn't look boastful. He saw the ex-Viking evaluating him and he did the same for Hiccup.

"I am King Agnarr of Arendelle." The King introduced himself. "We will let the boy explain himself why he is trespassing before we decide on a course of action."

"I was flying above your kingdom when a strong wind tipped us off balance and we crashed into the wall." Hiccup explained before gesturing to the crater marks they had made in the wall. "I just got up and was checking on Toothless when you surrounded us. I just want to go and I will cause you no trouble if you just let us go."

"What is Toothless?" the King questioned in slight curiosity.

"He is a dragon, a Night Fury to be exact." Hiccup answered.

"He should be killed/burned at the stake!" Many guards exclaimed at his reply.

"Burning me won't work, I can control fire." The King's focus was suddenly on him instead of Toothless.

"You..can control fire?" The King asked in disbelief.

"Yeah...why? He asked cautiously, as he placed his hands onto his dragon to calm him down.

"Guards, escort him to my study. Now!" The King ordered the guards.

He lead him and the guards through the courtyard into the castle, Toothless staying behind after being convinced by Hiccup he was safe. The fire user looked around in wonder of the castle's design and interior before he entered what he realized to be the King's study. The King then ask the guards to leave, which they bowed in command and closed the doors after they left.

"I have a favour to ask of you." King Agnarr stated.

"...What?" Hiccup asked nervously, fearing he would use him for his own benefit.

"I need you to help my daughter Elsa, she has powers like you except she can control ice and snow." He asked, much to Hiccup's shock.

"Are you sure you want me to help? All I was known for back home was screwing up, being a punching bag and aren't we opposites." The ex-Viking asked softly as tears welled up in his eyes due to him remembering Berk.

The King noticed his sadness, get down on one knee and said in a kind voice, "You're a runaway, aren't you?"

"...yeah, I wasn't the most popular person and that was before I befriended the enemy." He said, sadness laced his words. "My people are at war with the dragons and my father has a personal grudge against them because they took my mother. Though I'm not sure if they hated the dragons more than me. Anyway I left after, some of the other teens got jealous about how good I got in training. They tried to threaten me into talking and when that didn't work, they proceeded to punch me until I passed out. When my mentor found me, I was a supposed bloody pulp. I left soon after that." Tears had started to trickle down his face by the time he was finished.

The King had a stricken face by the time he was finished, "You are a very strong boy, Hiccup."

"No, I'm not and you don't need to rub it in." Hiccup stated bitterly as he tried to wipe away the tears.

"I am not talking about physical strength, I am talking about emotional ones. People would have been broken a long time ago with the treatment you got but here you are, standing before me."

"Maybe I am broken but just don't show it if people cared about me. Why should I bother them with my problems? I am many things but selfish is not one of them. I have always had to deal with my own problems and take care of myself. So why should I bother anyone else with them?" He replied while looking at the floor.

The King then got up, opening the door to tell the guards to fetch his wife, telling the guard to say to her that there's someone he liked to introduce to her. After that was done, King Agnarr got back to Hiccup.

"You deserve a family." He says after turning his attention back on to Hiccup. "While I am not a perfect father, I think I am far better than yours. You shall live here with us and, hopefully, you can also teach Elsa how to control her powers. We will give you the love you should have gotten and help you get back on your feet."

He then bundles Hiccup in his arms and hugs, Hiccup visually flinches when he does this and doesn't know how to react. It was then the Queen decided to enter the room and was surprised to see him hugging a boy but not vice versa.

"Agnarr...who is this?" The Queen asked and the King looked up sheepishly as he let's go.

"Iduna. This is Hiccup, a boy who we are going to raise. He's like Elsa. He has powers except he controls fire… and has a dragon with him." King Agnarr told his wife.

The look on the Queen's face was priceless. She looked like a fish out of water. It wasn't until the King clapped his hands in front of her face that she snapped out of it. "You...can use magic too?" She asked to confirm it.

"Yes, Ma'am." Hiccup answered, unsure of what to think with all the attention he's getting.

"Can you show us?" Queen Iduna asked a bit curious.

"Are you sure? I might accidentally hurt you." He questioned anxiously. "I don't have complete control over it yet."

"You'll do fine." Iduna said calmly.

"But...What happens if I hurt you?" Hiccup asked slightly scared.

"You can do it in front of Elsa, if you like. so you don't if it makes you feel better." Iduna suggested gently.

"That would be most appreciated, ma'am." Hiccup said grateful, feeling more at ease now that he would be near someone like him.

"Do you want to come with us?" Agnarr asked. "We can get you a room to rest."

"No thanks. I kinda got used to sleeping with Toothless and he would kind of freak out if I'm not near him. I don't know why but he is very protective of me." Hiccup replied as nicely as he could.

"But it's too cold outside, you could get sick..." Iduna protested with her motherly instincts kicking in.

"It's fine, I will be sleeping with Toothless. His body generates enough heat to keep us both warm and he is quite comfortable." Hiccup replied with a smile now having gotten over his nervousness.

"You both can sleep in the stables if you like." King Agnarr offered.

"I would like that...thank you sir." Hiccup said shyly. "Goodnight."

He then slowly walked out of the room and asked the guards to show him where the stables are at to the guard. The guard looked confused and after receiving a nod from the King, he escorted Hiccup to the court ard to meet a defensive Toothless surrounded by a ring of spears and nervous guards. After pleading with the guards to lower their weapons he was greeted by a pink Night Fury tongue.

"Toothless, you know that doesn't wash out!" Hiccup cried out and got him to laugh at his distress. He then was led to the stables where Toothless curled up and opened a wing for Hiccup to get under. After he got under, he then said out loud, "This is the start of our new lives, bud." He then rested his head on Toothless's forepaw and let the darkness comfort him into a dreamless sleep.