How To Train Your Dragon: A Future Rider's Beginning

by MaxTV1234

Henry Haddock, a 15 year old teen always had a boring life until he was given a special golden bracelet by his grandmother the day he moves in. The day he moves into the big city, he finds a mysterious well in a big forest before being sucked into it and entering the world of Berk, where Vikings and Dragons are in war. With new friends by his side, can he end the Dragon War?

5. Chapter 5 - Dragon Training Time!

Note: The following is a nonprofit fanbased fanfic. How To Train Your Dragon, Riders & Defenders of Berk, Race To The Edge, Gift of the Night Fury, The Book of Dragons, Legend of the Boneknapper, Dawn of the Dragon Racers, How To Train Your Dragon 2, and How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World belongs to Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation. Please support the official release.

"AH HA HA HA HA!"

A young red haired child is being pushed around in the playground by a bunch of kids, lead by an older boy, probably a pre-teen.

"Ha! Stupid! Moron!" The pre-teen pushed the red haired child on the ground, much to his pain and anger. He slowly gets back up and glares at them, growling at them a bit. "Aww...look at that. Is the weakling little runt gonna cry?"

"Just leave me alone..." The red haired boy begged, slowly getting up. "I told you before that I didn't steal your lunch money."

"Yeah right! It was found in your desk! Meaning that it could've been obviously you!" The bully exclaimed, punching him in the face before falling down on the ground with a hard thud. "So I'm gonna beat ya up until you're done for!"

Before the bully could do anything to him, a 14 year old blonde haired girl stepped up with an angry look on her face and glared at the bullies and their leader.

"Stop it! Leave my little bro alone you jerks!" She glares daggers at the elementary school kids before they began to hurt the younger brother of hers.

"Hey! Beat it! This kid stole my lunch money and I want it back!" He demanded. She placed her hips on her hands with a stern look and said "That 'kid' you're talking to just happens to be my brother and he knows that he would never steal anything. So would you stop or else I'll tell on your mother that you tried to hurt my brother?"

The bully turned pale upon hearing that before backing away along with the other kids as the young woman began helping her brother up.

"T-thanks sis!" The boy thanked, getting back up after pulling onto his sister's hand. "Sorry if I wasn't able to take them on..."

"Don't blame yourself bro. You just wasn't strong enough, besides there were too many people for you to fight." The blonde haired girl assured with a smile.

"Well even so, I'll try to get better." The boy smiled. "That way, I'll be able to help others like you do."

The girl blushed in embarrassment before scratching the back of her neck and said "C-Come on bro...I was just helping out my little bro, that's all."

"True!" The boy nodded. "But you always help everyone like a super hero would do. You even taught me how to fight ever since you signed up for the military. I say that you're a great hero to me."

"Well...I suppose so." The girl chuckled before the two began walking away from the playground. "Anyway, what was this about that guy saying that you stole his lunch money?"

"Do you think I did it sis?" The boy asked, showing some hurt on his face.

"No, of course not..." She shook her head with a smile and said "I won't be joining anyone's side until I learned about the situation and find out who done it. Accusing people isn't gonna help you out, so the best way is to believe and forgive."

"Believe...and forgive?" The boy asked in confusion.

"Yep! When someone is being hurt for some reason, you gotta stick up for them and believe in them to the very end." She giggled. "No matter who they are, and if they did something wrong or anyone who troubles them shows how much regret they make, you just gotta forgive them and surely you'll be able to understand their issues."

"Do...you think that guy will soon realize that I didn't and might forgive me?" The boy asked curiously, which the girl nodded.

"Absolutely!" The boy smiled happily at his sister before asking "But do you think I'll be able to help anyone? I'm just..."

"Don't say that bro, sure you may be scrawny..." She smiled softly at her younger brother. "But you are smart, have an amazing singing voice, love to draw pictures and have a passion for arts and crafts, and is very good with instruments. I say that you are an amazing kid. We can't all be born with the same talents, personalities, looks, or anything. We're all different but that's what makes us all special because with our abilities, we can create the future together for each other and ourselves!"

"Like you?" The boy asked, which the girl nodded.

"Exactly my point. Right now, I joined the ROTC program to one day become a cadet at the Naval Academy at Maryland when I graduate High School." The girl explained. "That way, I'll be able to help out those in need."

"Do you think I'll become as great as you sis? I'll become a great brother to Joey?" The boy asked. The girl ruffled his hair and kissed him on the forehead, which made him giggle.

"I'm sure you will." She winked at her little 7 year old brother. "I mean, you can take after me when I'm gone."

"Okay!" He nodded with an admirable look on his face. "I promise that I"ll be of a big sibling like you sis!"

"Agreed little bro...agreed. I know that you can do it...and I know you'll be strong. Not by muscles, but by heart." She hugged her brother once last time before the two began heading home to go. "Now let's go, we better go and help bandaged your injuries."

"Yeah..." The boy touched his face to see some bruises he gotten from the boy. With that, the two headed back home to patch up the red haired kid's face.

These two were so close, and that sister had high hopes for her younger brother. What she didn't know is how slightly wrong she was about him...about trying to be as good as her...trying to be as best as she was to be a good role model for the boy's younger brother...as well as...trying to be strong by heart.

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"U-ugh..." I slowly began drifting awake and looked around the place, finding myself in a wood like cabin room. I rubbed my aching head, already getting a headache and sighing "Another bad dream..."

It's been so long since I had dreams of the past. I just...I don't understand why am I remembering stuff like this. It's just pointless...

"Are you feeling well, squire?" I glanced over at Gram, who was seen resting by leaning against the wall as he gazed at me with a solemn look. "It would seem that you looked troubled."

"I-I'm fine..." I answered before getting off of the floor and putting my clothes back on, including placing my hoodie onto my head. I can't let anyone see my face. Why do you ask? Well it'll be just pointless for people staring at a guy like me considering that there's nothing interesting about me. I just don't people looking at me...and...there's another reason...it's not entirely bad...but at the same time, I think the truth might shock ya, especially in front of him.

"Hey...Henry..." Huh? I looked behind me to see Hiccup waking up from his bed as he stretched his arms and got up. "Morning."

"Morning." I waved at him while he stared at me with a raised brow. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just that you're still having that hoodie in your head." Hiccup pointed out. "Seriously, you didn't wear that all night, did ya?"

"Of course not." I scoffed, shrugging a bit. "I mean, I take it off the moment you fell asleep and I woke up much earlier than you did, so I just placed it back on."

"Any particular reason why?" Hiccup questioned, getting all suspicious of me. I shrugged and replied "Not at all...I'm just cold, that's all."

However, that was just a lie.

"It is quite true." Gram spoke up, catching me and Hiccup's attention as we looked over at the sword. "You see, Berk is somewhere in the Meridian of Misery and the cold temperatures are quite below than you can possibly imagine, it might even leave you with a frostbite condition."

"You sure know a lot about that." I commented, gazing at the golden sword.

"I have been raised by the great Sigmund and his son, Sigurd to travel across the land to defeat the evil king and the evil dragon, Fafnir." Gram explained. "So I know my stuff for you to learn, squire."

"Stop calling me that!" I yelled out, which made Hiccup smirk.

"You know, yelling at him won't make him stop calling you 'squire'." Hiccup teased, much to my irritation. Jeez, thanks for taking my side, Hiccup. "Anyway...enough said, it's time."

"Right...you mean that Dragon Training crap." Hiccup nodded while I sighed and glanced away before muttering "Goddammit..."

Why? Why did that chief made me go through this? I feel like this is payback for what I called him the first time I got here. For someone being my ancestor, he's quite stubborn like my dad...and her.

"Hey, don't worry. I'm sure you'll get used to it. Besides, look at the bright side..." I gave him a look that said 'Oh really, and what's that?' "...This is gonna be my first time too."

"Of course you would..." I sighed. "Alright...let's get this over with..."

He nodded before walking over to grabbed his father's axe that his dad gave to him last night while I grabbed Gram and placed him in his sheath.

"So by any chance, do you really think you'll be okay?" Hiccup asked curiously. "I mean, with Gram by your side, I'm sure you might have a chance."

"Why do you say that? Is this because he's a talking sword made by Odin?"

"Well yeah." Hiccup nodded.

"Quite, I have some power that you need to master. Try testing it out at Dragon Training and see." Gram smirked, much to our confusion. Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK!

"Huh? Now what?" I asked myself.

"I have a feeling who." Hiccup muttered before walking downstairs while me and Gram glanced at each other with confusion before following after him as he soon opened the door, revealing...

"Hey Hiccup, morning." Oh...just her. Runa was smiling over at Hiccup like she completely changed her feminist side and became a nicer person. "I just thought I should come here and wake you up."

"Oh, thanks Runa." Hiccup smiled while I made my way towards the door, which made Runa glanced away from me with a sigh.

"Oh...hey Henry..." Runa greeted me.

"Hey..." I waved at her, not even bothering looking at her. I think I know why she's acting like that due to what I said yesterday. Oh well...she'll let it go. It's not like the two of us are friends...

Hiccup let out a cough and chuckled nervously before saying "A-Anyway...we should probably get going to Dragon Training, eh?"

"Oh yeah, about that..." Runa turned to us with a smile. "Before we go, we should head over to the docks. I just want to wish my mother a fond farewell."

"Oh...well I see why not. Let's go." Hiccup smiled while I shrugged, don't care whether or not I should go with them. Got nowhere else to go anyway or even know where it's being held.

"Thanks!" She smiled and nodded before looking over me and sigh. "...And you can come if you want."

"...Fine." I sighed, looking away from her.

With that, the three of us ventured over through the village before realizing something.

"Wait, hold on..." I turned to Hiccup with a confused and slightly concern look. "I totally forgotten about my bag. I had it with me when I first awoken here after you saved me."

"Oh yeah, it should be in the my room's closet." Hiccup pointed out, which I nodded before running off towards the house and back upstairs. I looked around the place before noticing a door just in front of Hiccup's bed. Okay, how the hell did I even miss that?

I walked over to it and opened it, revealing to be my bag which I kept my many things in here before I left home...

Speaking about home, do you really think it's possible that they...forgotten about me by now? This isn't the first time that they did...Hmph, and if so, then what's the point of going back? They don't need me...so I won't be going back...I have no reason anyway...

Ugh...what am I thinking? I'm not sure there's a way back unless...unless...hmm...Ah! That well! Now I finally remember! I need to find that well and it's somewhere in the forest where I found Gram! That could be my ticket on getting the hell out of this place! But first...I have to survive this Dragon Training and then later, I'll go look for that well.

Soon after, I placed my pack behind me and headed out of the house, but not until I noticed Hiccup and Runa talking to each other. It seemed that they didn't noticed me yet but I was able to overhear what they are saying.

"Hmm..quite odd." Gram spoke up. "What is Miss Runa and Sir Hiccup talking about?"

"If you shut up then maybe I'll be able to hear what they're saying." I shushed him before hiding behind the house door as I began overhearing their conversation.

"Come on Hiccup, I just don't trust him." And of course she's talking about me...great. "I mean, I'm not saying it in a bad thing, I'm just upset..."

"Is this because what he said yesterday?" Hiccup guessed, which Runa nodded. He sighed before saying "Look, I understand why you're upset Runa, but you have to understand. I mean, I think there's a good reason why he said it. I mean, you must've overheard him muttering him something."

"Oh...you mean the part about 'I'm used to it' thing?" Hiccup nodded as he continued to explain the situation to her. "Yes, I think maybe something happened to him that he doesn't want to trust us. I'm sure that he just wants to be left alone for a while, but I know for sure that he isn't such a bad person."

"That's what you thought before Fishlegs and Astrid ditched you." Runa pointed out, which made Hiccup glanced away sadly. Runa noticed this before placing a comforting hand on his shoulder with a firm smile and said "Hey, just forget what I said. I mean, sure, Astrid changed but that doesn't mean you shouldn't keep liking her to the end. I'm sure that she'll be amazed by your real self."

"I hope so..." Hiccup sighed. "But after seeing Henry standing up to my dad, and being so nice to us, I want to trust him. We even talked to each other yesterday at the forge. He was quite amazed by my inventions."

"True, but you have to understand that he could be lying to you." I narrowed my eyes at Runa with a firm look. I knew it, she never trusted me huh?

"Runa...are you saying this because of what happened back then when we first met?" Hiccup asked, causing Runa to go silent as she looked away with a solemn look.

"That was in the past...I'm sorry Hiccup, but I need to keep my eye on him. Especially since with that white Night Fury-"

"'Light' Fury." Hiccup corrected her.

"Right, the Light Fury didn't even attacked him when he came back and gave her that orchid flower. I just don't get why it didn't attacked him considering that dragons are always known to go for the kill."

Always go for the kill? Does she mean that they always kill Vikings or any strangers by the first chance? Well that advice has quite a flaw considering that that Night Fury didn't kill Hiccup nor any of us when we released it from its bola trap. Also, that Light Fury as we deemed to call it since I came up with it first, didn't seem so frightening as well. It looked pretty peaceful with all those flowers around. We found it because my bracelet kept flashing over and over again till we arrived to that part of the forest. I wonder...is this thing even trying to tell me something?

"True...that is weird." Hiccup nodded in agreement as his face showed that he was deep in thought. "It's best if we head back to the hideout and discuss till after Dragon Training."

"Hmph!" Runa smirked before whipping out her whip. "Don't worry Hiccup, I'll try and make sure no dragon tries to hurt you and I'm sure Jobber, Satsuki, and Dusty has the same idea of that as well." Runa then widened her eyes a bit before forming a deadpanned look and said "Well despite those two girls don't have any strength, I'm sure they can keep you accompany while Jobber will be the perverted idiot he is even to this day."

That made Hiccup crack a smile before commenting "Well I thank you Runa for your concern!"

"Whatever you say leader." Runa nodded with a smile on her face. "And I'll be sure that Henry doesn't try anything funny."

"It's okay Runa, I already placed my faith in him." Hiccup assured, much to my surprise. He really has faith in me...but why? Runa has her suspicions on me and possibly the others, but he doesn't? He...really does faith in me, does he? "Until he's ready to tell us more about himself, let's just keep believing him and trust him...as our friend. Besides, I'm sure he didn't really mean it. I'm sure he's going through...something."

I sighed sadly before looking over at my hand and clenched onto it hard. Oh trust me Hiccup...there are some things that you don't fully know me about...and I don't want to remember. What's the point of hearing it from a sorry excuse of a loser like me?

"Squire..." I glanced over at Gram, who looked at me with a solemn look but I can tell that his eyes showed a glint of concern. "I won't ask you, but I have a feeling that there's something in your heart that you're trying to seal away and not want to open ever again."

I shook my head and replied "It's nothing Gram..."

"Yeah...I guess you're right." Runa sighed sadly. "Maybe I shouldn't have gone so hard on him...but he's a man. He should be tough enough to handle something like that like you do Hiccup."

I looked over at the door to see Hiccup glancing down at his feet before smiling over at his friend and said "Yeah...you have a good point there Runa."

Well...I know that Runa isn't completely a total crappy woman after all. Might as well get this over with or else they might get suspicious on what's taking so long with me. I soon walked over to the house and called "Hey."

"Oh hey Henry, glad you found you bag." Hiccup smiled. "Just to let you know, I never went or looked over at your stuff, I swear."

"Well okay, I guess." I shrugged before turning to Runa, who glanced away from me with a firm look, but after hearing everything from her...I know that she must be feeling regret. She then took noticed of me keep staring at her, prompting her to take out her whip and whipped me on the leg. "OW! Why would you do that?!"

"Because you were staring at me! Haven't anyone told you to never stare at a girl like that creepily?!" Runa scolded, crossing her arms and looked away with a light blush. "Ugh...I'm beginning to feel like we might have another Jobber in our group."

"Excuse me?" I asked with a raised brow while Hiccup tried to contain his laughter.

"I highly doubt that." Hiccup laughed. "Henry doesn't look like the type to be a pervert."

"Thank you!" I exclaimed with a sigh of relief. "Can we just go now?"

"Yeah, let's head over to the docks!" Runa softly smiled as we began heading over to the docks. Hmm...strange, wonder why we're even going to the docks in the first place?

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Later

Okay, so mind telling me what are all of these Vikings doing? At the moment we arrived to the docks, I saw every Viking going through with the packing and has been boarding all of their stuff like weapons, food, and supplies onto several boats. Me, Hiccup, and Runa looked over at the scene with worried, concern, and solemn looks on our faces. I don't get it...are they going somewhere?

"Looks like they're off again." Runa sighed.

"Off to where?" I asked with a raised brow.

"To the nest." I gave her a confused look, which she noticed. "Well it's understandable since you aren't around here but you see, they're off searching for the Nest, which is the home to all of the dragons that raided Berk for several generations. Apparently, those who led us of the Hairy Hooligan Tribe tried to find the nest, but they always failed in the end...with many losses."

"That's the result of war. Always with the losses." I sighed before looking over at the scene, seeing many Vikings heading into the boats. "They going to infiltrate the enemy's territory and destroyed it in order for the dragons to go away? Is there like even a strategy of theirs to make?"

"Well..." Hiccup turned to me with a solemn look. "As my dad once told me about that plan of his: "Find the nest and take it down.""

I gave him a blank look, hearing this out of him while he just gave me a shrug and said "Yeah, that's what he said. Even I had doubts on my dad's plan...in fact, he thinks by taking down the nest is going to be easy considering how many Vikings we have as well how strong we combat against them."

"And yet, they lost too many of their food supplies." I rolled my eyes, which made Hiccup and Runa smiled.

"Ain't that the truth?" Runa chuckled. "I mean, Hiccup thought about it and came up with some good strategies in case he ever becomes chief and go searches a way to find the nest in case of many possibilities we could encountered there. Other than that, we're just going to a suicide mission..."

"Yeah, when you put it like that, without a strategy and just go fight without a plan of action is just suicidal." Oh god, what is that chief thinking? He's practically sacrificing his own men out there, even he knows that he's gonna get killed. "...Wait...did you say when 'Hiccup becomes chief'?"

"Well yeah, he's the next chief in line of the throne of Berk after his father retires." Runa explained, causing me to stare at her for awhile before muttering "What?"

"What? We never mentioned that?" Runa asked with a raised brow before I slowly turned around to Hiccup, who gave me a sheepish grin and scratched the back of his neck.

"...I guess we never did mention any of that, did we?" I continued to stare at him before screaming out "WHAT?!"

That caused some of the Vikings to look over to us before I immediately closed my mouth in shock while Runa whipped me on the back to shut me up. Luckily, I still kept my mouth shut with my hands clasped against it as I tried to hold back the pain.

"Shut it! We don't need the others to overhear us!" Runa scolded quietly.

Well you didn't have to whip me!

"S-sorry..." I apologized while rubbing my aching back before looking back at Hiccup with a surprised look and asked "So let me guess this straight...you're next in line to become the next Chief of Berk?!"

"Yeah..." Hiccup looked away nervously. "Why? Is that a bad thing?"

"Well...it's technically not a bad thing. With you being leader, your intellect could be quite useful." I shrugged, showing off a small smile. "And besides, it's going to be difficult considering how all of these Vikings don't even care about you, not even your own dad."

"Yeah, I noticed." Hiccup said sarcastically. "Thanks for summing all of that up, Henry."

"Sorry." I apologized with a sigh. "Look, I'm not sure all about this. I mean, do you even want to be chief?"

"What are you saying?" Runa asked incredulous. "You know that Stoick can't always be chief for the rest of his life."

"I know, but I have a feeling that Hiccup didn't decided this, right?" I questioned, which Hiccup slightly nodded and replied "Yeah, you can say that...but I just don't wanna disappoint my dad..."

"Hiccup..." Runa looked over to him with a somewhat sad look. "I'm sure you'll be a great leader and I know you'll get that big hand of applause from your old man...you're kinda lucky to have a dad..."

"Hm?" I glanced over at her with a confused look. Why...Oh...I see now. I get it...you lost your old man, huh?

She soon took noticed of my expression and narrowed her eyes and asked "What?"

"Nothing." I answered quickly, glancing away.

"Hey sweetie!" What the hell? Now what? I looked over to my right and gawked at who I was staring at. It was a tall blondie with a dark grey armor on her chest and torso while her arms were covered with small segmented piece of armor on each of her upper arms and wore golden boots and had a red cape that reaches over her legs.

"What in the actual hell?" I asked myself upon seeing this woman and did I hear her call one of us 'sweetie'?

"M-Mom!" Runa called, smiling over her. "Good to see ya! Me and my friends were just here to tell ya good luck on the search!"

"Aww, thanks sweetie!" So that's Runa's mom? Well she…looks like a beauty. Not that I'll admit aloud due to being whipped by Runa obviously. She soon took noticed of me and formed a smile and asked "Ooh, so you're the new kid that back-talked the chief, eh?"

"Huh?" I asked in bewilderment, blinking over and over again before getting whipped by Runa. "OW!"

"Stop looking at my mother like you're Jobber and answer her!" Runa exclaimed. "You know it's rude to stare at people like my mom for example!"

"Nah, it's okay sweetie." Runa's mother shook her head with a chuckle and blush on her cheeks. "Besides, your fried seems like a very interesting character."

"I-Interesting?" Where exactly is this going? "Look ma'am-"

"Please, call me Mrs. Johanson, or Freydis if ya want." I stared at her with a raised brow before saying "…Riiiight. Anyway 'Freydis', are you going off to this nesting grounds of where the dragons are?"

"Oh yeah! Though I have a feeling that we aren't gonna find it." Freydis chuckled nervously while scratching the back of her head. "But don't worry, we'll be alright."

"Well still…be careful Mrs. Johanson." Hiccup said with a soft smile.

"Yeah! Good luck!" Runa immediately hugged her mother tight with a grin on her face. "Please come home mom…I'll be waiting and take care of things while you're away."

"Thanks sweetie, you too Hiccup." Freydis smiled before hugging her daughter back and giving her kisses on the head, much to her embarrassment.

"M-mom!" Runa exclaimed, blushing in embarrassment but instead of getting angry…she was laughing happily.

"What? Just some goodbye kisses." Freydis laughed.

I looked over at them with a soft smile before letting out a frown. Man, why am I down the dumps? Is this because I feel sorta envy of Runa because her mother is showering her with love…it sorta makes me feel frustrated because my dad was always busy and we never see each other eye to eye due to him always working late, which forced us have a…complicated relationship. It…it just makes me envy anyone who I see getting loved…

Suddenly, I heard someone letting out a sigh, a sad one in fact. I gazed over at Hiccup, who was staring at Runa and Freydis talking with each other about what they're doing before he looked over to see a young boy hugging his father tightly while the mother gave his husband a goodbye kiss. I saw the glint of his eyes, and…I saw a hurtful and sad look on that gaze of his. Must be due to his father and how he never listens to what his son says…I mean, we witnessed it last night when he tried begging his father that he doesn't want to kill dragons, but he wouldn't. He sorta reminds me of my dad…but the only difference is that he tries to get along with me…but one similarity these two shared….was that neither would bother to believe in their own children. I just wondered what he's doing back home…probably holding up a search for me…and he's probably gonna forget me…just like….

No…I rather not think about it. Anyway, I looked over to see many children wishing their parents goodbye. It's common in war because back then, when there was always a war, the government orders people over at the age of 18 to come up and sign in to join the military. They are forced to say goodbye to their families and they always promised that they'll come back…however, only a few of those families gotten their promises come true. For the others….they never got the chance to see their favorite loved one's face ever again nor gave them a final farewell…that's the common thing about wars. Right now, this is like the wars back in the present times…our loved ones forced to go into war with other countries and there's always that 99% chance that they won't survived….

"Hiccup…" I called, gaining his attention. "Do you think…maybe you should say goodbye to your dad?"

Hiccup rubbed the back of his head with a heavy sigh. "I-I suppose so, Henry…"

"Well don't worry…" Freydis walked over to Hiccup and gave him a hug, a soft one mind you all. "Your father is the stubbornest boar-headed man I've ever met. I mean, he's tough as metal so he'll be fine."

"Then what about the rest?" I asked curiously, gaining her attention. She scratched the back of her head with a sheepish smile and replied "Oh…well I'm sure the other Vikings will do fine. It's gonna be another tough voyage in search of the nest, but we gotta try. I know this war is tough on all of us, but I know that we can end this. That way, both sides, Vikings and Dragons won't be fighting each other. That's what our ancestors wanted since Berk was first discovered."

"I see…" I sighed. "Other than that, you guys are just going through a suicidal mission with a plan."

"Nonsense." Freydish shook her head. "I'm sure the chief has a wonderful plan…I hope."

See? Right there means that you're doubting that guy even has a plan. I knew it…They're really are gonna die out there.

"Whatever." I scoffed, glancing away.

"Well either way, you just gotta have faith in him." Yeah, you say it but frankly, I'm not impressed by him due to not supporting his own son for his smarts. "I know meeting him for the first time wasn't a 'pleasant' site, but he's a good guy in heart." She walked over and patted me on the head with a smile on her face. "If you just trust him, then things will be okay. Trust me, it's kinda hard for him to raise Hiccup when you're acting chief."

"You can say that again…" Hiccup grumbled.

"Yeah." I nodded before noticing a familiar buff Viking walking towards us with a sack around his back and is accompanied by two beefy armed blonde Vikings.

"O-oh! Dad!" Hiccup called, surprised to see him.

"Hey son." Stoick replied back, looking nervously at his son. The two looked at each other and glanced away, like they were feeling scared on what to say. I rolled my eyes because I can already tell that they just turned the atmosphere a little awkward now.

"A-HEM!" Gobber cleared his throat, gaining the two of their attention before gesturing them to say something.

"Well…umm…good luck dad." Hiccup smiled, but I could tell that smile of his was a false one.

"Y-you too…good luck on Dragon Training." Stoick nodded before turning to Runa. "And please…watch over my son, Runa."

"Don't worry chief. I promise nothing will go wrong. I AM a shield-maiden after all." Runa winked, readying her whip in action.

"Well Pa, we better held over to the Dragon Training Arena to prepare ourselves for the…Dragon Training!" Jobber grinned happily, wrapping his arm around his old man.

"You can say that again!" Gobber grinned back at his son. "I know you and the other recruits will do great as always."

"Ha ha! That's true! Right, Hics?" Jobber grinned at his best friend, who hesitantly smiled at him.

"Y-yeah…totally Jobber." Hiccup nodded before he gazed at his father, who gazed back at him before sighing and taking his leave towards one of the boats. Hiccup slumped his head down a bit with a sad sigh, wishing that he could say more to his father. I could tell that he just wants to prove that he isn't useless to the village…but these damn idiots are too stupid to understand what skill Hiccup has. If only they would just listen and pay attention to him!

"The young boy…" Gram poked his head out of the sheath a bit and saw the sad look on Hiccup's face. "I feel awfully terrible for the young lad. To be treated like this, despite being the Heir of Berk, he is treated like a scum. How utterly despicable to the current Chief of Berk. He may be good with his Chiefly duties, but as a father, he is quite a disappointed."

"For once, I agree." I slightly nodded, feeling more of my hatred and disappointment towards one of my ancestors growing more and more. My grandma told me about the legend of the war between Vikings and Dragons and if I remember correctly that she told me that Hiccup ended the war by making both Vikings and Dragons live in peace and harmony. I'm not sure how he did it…but I have a feeling that this timeline I'm in might be going through how he did it.

"As for you…" I looked up to see Stoick gazing at me with a serious look. "I'll be expecting you when I come back. I wished to talk you and gained answers to whether or not should I let stay here on Berk."

"What? You're not thinking that I'm a spy?" I asked incredulous.

"I don't know, are you?" He gazed at me while Runa, Hiccup, Gobber, Jobber, and Freydis looked between us.

"Ha ha ha…" Freydis laughed nervously before she began pushing Stoick away from me. "Why not we head over to the boats to prepare ourselves to enter Helheim's' Gate, chief?"

"…Very well." With a great huff, he took his leave while I rolled my eyes. Some chief he is…Exactly how is he related to Hiccup? Not by strength and muscles, but by smarts. I think Hiccup in my opinion would be better off with a guy like him and the rest of these people. I get it with the teens, but with the rest of the adults….this is just sad to watch, not that I'll admit aloud.

With that, Stoick and Freydis began heading over to one of the Viking ships of theirs along with the other Vikings who are going onto this voyage in search of the Dragon's nest. With that, Freydis waved goodbye to Runa as she smiles happily and waves goodbye to her while Stoick looked over at the horizon as the ships began sailing off.

"Well…I guess we should get going, huh?" Hiccup sighed. "Off to Dragon Training…"

"Y-yeah…" Runa nodded before I noticed the saddest look on her face.

"You…okay?" I asked.

"Y-yeah…it's just that even if my mother keeps going to find the Dragon's nesting grounds and comes back all right…I'm still worried about her. I just hope that she's gonna be alright." Runa sadly smiled.

I looked at her for a while before making a serious look and said "Then just believe in her."

"Huh?" Runa asked in surprise.

"If you keep believing in her, then there might be a possibility that she'll be back. You said that she always goes to the nest with the other Vikings too, right? Then that means she's gonna be alright. Just have hope that she'll be alright."

Runa, Hiccup, Jobber, and Gobber stared at me in shock before I turned my head away from their peering looks and said "W-well…that's what I believe."

"…Thank you." Runa smiled softly at me before looking away with a blush and muttered "B-but that doesn't make up for what you said yesterday for accusing me for not trusting you enough like Hiccup does."

"Right…about that…" I rubbed the back of my head while looking away with an awkward look on my face. "Listen…I'm sorry for what I said. You guys have the right to suspect me because I'm not taking off my hoodie as well as you guys not knowing much of who I am…so I'm sorry."

Runa looked at me with a surprised look before whipping me on the right shoulder.

"OW! The hell?!" I exclaimed.

"That was for taking so long!" She exclaimed before walking over and hugged me. "And this is for rightfully apologizing to me…thank you Henry."

"W-whatever…" I muttered, glancing away and blushing a bit. Soon after ending the hug, she began heading out while the others stared at me in shock. "…What?"

"Ehh…I should probably head over to the Dragon Training Arena for you guys to show up." Gobber shrugged, immediately heading over there.

"Dammit! You're lucky Henry!" Jobber cursed himself through gritted teeth. "How is it that you gotten Runa to hug you? She would rather hug Hiccup because of his kind heart!"

"What? I was just saying." I shrugged.

"Still though…" Hiccup spoke up, smiling softly at me. "You know, that was something I said to Runa back then when we were kids."

"R-really?" I asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Hiccup nodded as the three of us began walking out of the docks. "You see…when me and Runa were kids, I found her all alone with nobody around. Apparently, she held trouble making friends as well as trying to train to become a shield-maiden. She even felt sad that her mother was forced to come and join in on the search for the nest while she was being watched by Gothi, the village's elder, while she was away. I encouraged her to believe in her mother that she'll come back as well as her skills. Since then, we became good friends and would always be on my side along with the others, as well being one of the best friends I ever had and someone who never hated who I was. Besides, I always give her good advice when training to become a shield-maiden."

"Right…" I nodded while Gram nodded and muttered "Interesting…it would seem Young Master Hiccup's kindness has caught Young Mistress Runa's heart. How wonderful…never in my life would I see a young Viking, much less the Heir to the Throne of Berk would be so kindhearted."

"Yeah." I whispered back to him and nodded.

"Yep! Whenever Runa is feeling down the dumps whenever she's having doubts when training to become a Shield-Maiden, Hics always encourages her to stay true to herself and have confidence in her skills. In fact, he and I became best friends due to our fathers being best friends. I did tell ya that, didn't I Henry?"

"Yeah…you did." I nodded before sarcastically commented "Like I really need to hear more of your backstory."

"Hey! Don't be mean!" Jobber exclaimed before forming a grin. "Besides, me and Hics always stick together like glue! Along with you, Hen!"

Jobber grabbed ahold of both me and Hiccup around his arms with a big toothy grin while the two of us struggled with all his weight.

"J-Jobber…! Let…us…go…!" Hiccup demanded, which Jobber immediately noticed before letting us go while I tried to regain my breath.

"You need to be careful squire." Gram warned. "That big Viking has some amazing strength."

"Jeez, I haven't noticed?" I scoffed sarcastically before looking up at the sky…but that's when I noticed her. It was a girl over by the edge of a cliff that was seemed to be at the end of the village. She was gazing at the seas with a calm look on her face but had a frown on that face of hers. I blinked in confusion upon seeing her…something is off with that girl…like…I've seen her before….

"Henry?" Huh? I turned back to see Hiccup and Jobber looking at me with confusion. "What's wrong?" Hiccup asked in concern.

"O-oh…umm…" I looked back at the cliff, only to find her gone. What? Was I imagining it? She was just there for a moment. "W-well…it's nothing. Needed more time to regain my breath after Jobber tried to choke us."

"Hey, it was an accident." Jobber whined.

"Well either way, let's hurry over to the Dragon Killing Arena." Hiccup stated. "Since you're new around here, we can lead you over there and trust me…you better be prepared with Gram by your side."

Hiccup widened his eyes before shutting his mouth, realizing the slip of the tongue.

"Gram?" Jobber asked in confusion. "What? Do ya mean the name of his sword? Huh…I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before…"

"It's probably just your imagination." I answered quickly, not wanting him to find out about Gram.

"Y-yeah…it's nothing." Hiccup nodded while giving me an apologetic look. I nodded, assuring him that it was fine.

"Well alright then." Jobber shrugged before he began carrying his hammer and headed off. "Runa and Pa already have a head start, so we should get going before we're late."

"Alright." Me and Hiccup nodded in agreement before we began taking our leave. I took one last glance towards the cliff, still seeing no girl there. Strange, I know I couldn't imagined that.

"You saw it too, right Henry?" Gram asked, which I nodded. "How odd…that girl was certainly quite a stranger? I wonder if anyone in this village knows her."

"Maybe…" I shrugged before we began heading our way. "So anyway…how do you think I can do well with you? I mean, wielding a sword like you?"

"You'll have to be prepared for when this Dragon Training comes upon us." Gram grinned, which made me sigh irritably. Of course you wouldn't tell us…just fan-frigging-tastic.

"You know, you could just tell us." Hiccup suggested, looking at Gram while Jobber was busy minding his own business while we followed him towards the Dragon Training Killing Arena or whatever the hell it's called. "You know that your Henry's wielder and no one would find out, not even the gang. Well…at least I don't think so."

"Hmph…You boys have to wait and see when we arrived to the arena." Gram firmly stated, much to our disappointment and annoyance. Damn, this sword is so damn stubborn than these damn Vikings.

"Greeeat." Me and Hiccup sarcastically sighed while we rolled our eyes. Ugh, this guy just loves to mess with us, doesn't he?

"Whatever….I'll use you during the Dragon Training." I shook my head.

"Good answer." Gram smiled a bit, much to my annoyance. Just what is this sword planning to do? "And remember Henry…never let go on me or the bracelet. That way…you'll never become strong."

Wait what? W-what did he say? Before I can talk to Gram more…

"Hey you guys! Are you coming or what?!" We looked to see Jobber farther ahead of us, much to our surprise.

"H-hey! Wait up for us!" Hiccup called.

"You better not leave us behind!" I added before we began chasing after him. You know, I just hope this Dragon Training isn't that dangerous for us to handle…I mean, there's no way the guy or gal who's teaching us how to fight dragons would allow us to fight dragons in real life, right?….Right? So…why do I have this strange feeling that something bad will happened not just me…but for the others as well?

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Later

"Whoa…" I muttered in shock upon seeing the Dragon Training Killing Arena. "This is where the people train…to kill dragons? Looks…pretty big."

Almost like a football stadium, or something like that.

"Yeah, it's not much but it's where we're gonna start." Hiccup sighed, carrying his father's axe behind his back. "I'm not sure if this was a good idea to do this…"

"This cause of what happened yesterday?" Jobber guessed, which Hiccup nodded. "Don't worry dude, I'm sure you'll forget about it. I'm trying to as well…you're lucky that dragon didn't maul ya."

"Yeah." Hiccup replied. "I'm still confused on why it didn't try and kill me?"

"That's what I'm wondering too." I nodded in agreement before remembering one dragon that we encountered after the Night Fury. Speaking of that 'Light' Fury…I remembered that it didn't try to kill me, even after I accidentally gotten my hand on her flower field. She looked kinda…elusive yet calm and gentle. Hmm…something is off. Those two dragons were different than the other dragons that I've witnessed the other night when I first came to this world. "But I guess you can't kill a dragon because of that, right?"

"Yeah." Hiccup sighed sadly. "After going through that, I…I just felt…never mind. It's just that after witnessing that, I don't think I ever want to kill a dragon."

"Well you kinda have to." Jobber shrugged with a grin. "Viking tradition, remember?"

"Right…thanks for ever reminding me of that." Hiccup sarcastically commented.

"Yeah, you're a real friend." I shrugged, also commenting him in a sarcastic tone.

"Don't mention it!" Jobber chuckled, causing the two of us face-palm. "But you know…it's funny that you two are so good at coming up with sarcastic comments, it's like you two are brothers."

"Yeah…strange, isn't it?" I shrugged before glancing towards Hiccup, who glanced back at me. Well…I guess that's technically untrue…

"Anyway, we should get going. I think see Runa and the others at the entrance of the arena with Gobber." Hiccup pointed over to see the other teens from I encountered yesterday awaiting for the entrance to open up. We nodded as Gram poke his head out of the sheath and whispered "Be prepared squire."

"Whatever. Just get back in there before someone sees you." I begged, which he nodded before placing himself back into the sheath as we began heading over to the arena where Gobber opened the gates to it while the others entered.

"Welcome to Dragon Training!" Gobber announced as we watched the others walked into the arena, and Runa and Dusty seemed to be a part of them. Strange…I don't see Satsuki anywhere…where is she? I haven't seen all morning. Oh well, it doesn't matter…she's a clown, and I mean literally. She even dresses like one. Why would a clown like her would join a training session where you try and kill dragons?

"No turning back." Hm? I looked over at Astrid as I saw that determined look on her eyes. She's seemed pretty much pumped up for this session…not that I would care. Me, Hiccup, and Jobber walked over to the arena, not letting them know that we were right behind them from a far distance.

"Oh boy…let's get this over…" Hiccup sighed, glancing down while I gave him a reassuring smile while Jobber patted him on the back, causing him to smile a bit before he took a deep breath and made a determined look as the three of us walked in, but not before I stopped myself and looked around.

"Huh…" Strange…I could've sworn that I felt like someone was watching me.

"You felt it too, huh squire?" I glanced over to see Gram popping out of the sheath and floated towards in front of my face, startling me. "It's alright…you weren't the only one."

"W-whatever. It was probably my imagination." I sighed before grabbing ahold of him. "Let's just go and see how well we're gonna survive this thing."

"Very well. Lead the way, squire. You are my new wielder after all." Gram nodded, causing me to sigh irritably before we began catching up with Hiccup and Jobber as I began overhearing the other's conversation.

"I hope I get some serious burns!" Tuff said excitedly

"I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back." His twin added with a hopeful smile.

"Yeah, I rather not do any of that, thank you." Runa shook her head with a deadpanned look on her face.

"Come on, Runa. It's only fun if you get a scar of it." Astrid said, looking around the arena with a serious look

"But…that's highly dangerous to have…" Dusty pointed out.

"Says you, shorty…OW! My face!" Snotlout winced as he rubbed his aching cheek with a red slash on it.

"Shut it Snotty boy!" Runa growled, tightening the whip in her hands.

"W-whatever…you're lucky that I don't hit girls…OW!" Ooh, that's gotta hurt. "Why did you do that?!"

"Because…you're a nuisance." Runa said bluntly with a smirk.

"W-well…you're…uhh….shut up Runa."

Wow, nice comeback there, Snotlout. Really nice comeback to say to her.

Snotlout Owned Counter: 2

"Whatever, I-I guess we can have fun…" Dusty sighed.

"No kidding, right?" Hiccup spoke up, making the others looked back at us as we walked back with Hiccup held a deadpanned look and sarcastically commented "Pain. Love it."

"Yeah, really gonna love if you were a masochist." I added in a sarcastic manner. "You guys must really love getting hurt if you're so eager to get scars."

"Oh great." Tuffnut huffed in annoyance. "Who let them in?"

"We let ourselves, Tuff." Jobber answered with a toothy grin before eyeing at his sister, forming a perverted look with drooling coming out his mouth. "And how's your sister going?"

"Ugh." Ruffnut snorted in disgust. "Don't bother coming near me pervert."

Jobber chuckled devilishly and muttered "Oh I would never do that to you, Ruff…yet."

Me and Hiccup stepped back a little from him, feeling weirded by this guy. Okay, this guy seriously has girl problems. Not just his size…but the way he talks like that.

"Let's get started!" Gobber called, surprising the both of us as he was somehow behind us as placed both his hand and hook onto me and Hiccup's shoulder. "The recruit who does best will win the honour of killing his or her first dragon in front of the entire village."

"Wait…what?!" I exclaimed in shock. In dare I ask in fucking honor is that?! Who the hell would agree to this?! Well I get this is a dragon-killing village, but is this really okay for teenagers like us to do that?! Seriously, what kind of sadistic retard came up with this rule?!

"Well yeah, that's the rule!" Gobber grinned, patting me on the back with his hand. "But don't worry, Stoick told me earlier that he signed you up so there's no need to worry."

I gave him a shocked and exasperated look that read 'Are you kidding me right now?!'

However…he ignored it.

"Hiccup already killed a Night Fury." Snotlout pointed out, but I could see in his eyes that he was mocking him. "So does that disqualify him or…?"

That made him and the twins laughed, causing me to glare at them coldly and said "Stop that laughing or I'll stick those weapons into somewhere you don't want them to be."

That caused them to shut up and immediately backed away from me, mostly Snotlout as he just glared at me back.

"Whatever…say what you want." Snotlout scoffed. I gave him a smirk and asked "Oh, and by the way…how's the nose?"

That caused him to tense him and grumbled angrily before replying "It's…fine."

"Come on, he's not our problem." Ruff shrugged.

"Hey, I can transfer with the cool Vikings?" Tuff called, causing me to sigh irritably. These guys just really like picking on him, don't they? "YEOWCH!"

"Why don't you shut up and leave Hiccup alone?" Runa asked in a threatening tone while giving Hiccup a smile, which he nodded back while Tuff looked away in a huff, wanting to avoid Runa's anger.

"Serves him right." I scoffed.

Hiccup gave me a warm smile and said "Well…thanks anyway."

"W-whatever…" I shrugged, looking away in embarrassment. Suddenly, Gobber came over and patted me and Hiccup on the backs and said "Don't worry, you two. You're both small and weak. That'll make you two less of a target! They'll see you two as sick or insane and go after the more Viking-like teens instead."

"Wow, you're such a good pep-talker." I sarcastically commented.

"I know right? I think I'm quite good with that." Jobber laughed, causing me to give him a deadpan glare.

"I was being sarcast-"

"So anyway!" Of course he would interrupt me. Anyway, me, Hiccup, and Jobber made our way in a straight horizontal line with Hiccup and Jobber to my right and of course, Fishlegs by my left as he gave me an awkward smile while I looked away from him. What? I was still upset with him and it's best not to talk to someone who just let his own sister get hurt without doing anything.

"Behind these doors are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight!" Gobber announced before pointing over to the doors. "The Deadly Nadder!"

"Speed: eight; Armor: Sixteen." I looked over to see Dusty and Fishlegs muttering those facts under their breath, but the others overheard this and rolled their eyes. Well these two are definitely siblings because of their smarts.

"The Hideous Zippleback!"

"Plus eleven stealth times."

"The Monstrous Nightmare!"

"Firepower: fifteen."

"The Terrible Terror!"

"Attack: eight; Venom: Twelve!"

"CAN YOU TWO STOP THAT?!" Gobber screamed, causing the two to flinch. He soon took a deep breath and smiled at us. "And…The Gronckle."

Those…are some unique dragon names. But…why is he placing his hand on the le-….Oh shit.

"Whoa whoa wait!" Welp, good thing that I wasn't the only one to see this. "Aren't you gonna teach us first?"

"Y-yeah!" I nodded with widened eyes. "I mean, don't you think that's a little dangerous?"

"A little?!" Runa exclaimed. "I say it's dead-right insane!"

"Well…" Gobber gave us a toothy grin and said "I believe in learning on the job."

"You mother-" Before I could finish, Gobber flips the lever, releasing two boulder-looking dragons that he referred to as 'Gronckles' came in and started charging towards us, forcing us all to split before the two Gronckles chewed up some rock that was around the arena before it began blasting us with it.

"Shit!" I cursed myself as I held Gram with both of my hands in fear. Man…this is going to be tough. Good thing Hiccup and Jobber are on my side.

"Today is about survival." Gobber announced. "If you get blasted…you're dead!" Seriously?! What the hell?! "Quick! What's the first thing you're going to need?"

"A doctor?" Hiccup suggested. Uhh…I think that's gotta be something we're gonna need later.

"Plus five speed?!" I gave Fishlegs a deadpanned look. In what mind is that gonna do?!

"No! We need a shield!" Runa and Astrid yelled in unison.

"Shields! Go! Your most important piece of equipment is your shield! If you must make a choice between a sword and a shield, take the shield!" Gobber informed, which we nodded as we made our way towards the shields, which were laying down on the ground as we each grabbed one while I saw Hiccup struggling to carry out his shield until Gobber helped him out with it and shoved it to him. I had no trouble picking out a shield, although it was a little heavy but I think I can manage to hold onto it while I hold onto Gram. Meanwhile, the twins started fighting over one shield that seemed to have skulls on it.

"Get your hands off my shield!" Tuffnut shouted.

"There's like a million shields!" Ruffnut retorted

"Take that one, it has a flower on it. Girls like flowers."

Offended by that comment, Ruffnut takes the shield and slams it onto Tuffnut's head.

"Oops, now this one has blood on it." Ruffnut grinned devilishly before her brother scowled at her and swiping the shield, causing the two to keep tug-of-war-ing the shield, much to my irritation. Can't those two get to the point where we're trying to survive this fight?!

"Squire, look out!" Gram looked over to see one of the Gronckles, a yellowish-green one firing a blast towards us!

"Holy crap!" I exclaimed before dodge rolling, but the blast hit the shield that Ruff and Tuff were fighting over, knocking those two away.

"Ruff! Tuff! You're both out!" Gobber announced.

"What?" The twins asked, dazed from the attack before seeing the two Gronckles hovering around the arena, causing the two to immediately run off in fear. I looked around and tried to look for Hiccup, seeing him nowhere in the fight. Where the hell is he?

"Take this ya tub of lard!" Jobber shouted, charging towards the beast with his hammer and shield in hand before jumping and slamming one of the Gronckles, a brown one, in the face with a satisfied smirk. "Ha! Is that the best ya got?!"

Unfortunately, it came to bite him back as the other Gronckle narrowed its eyes at Jobber before shooting a shot towards him, destroying his shield in the process.

"Oh…is that all the best you got?" Jobber chuckled nervously before immediately running away from the enrage Gronckle.

"Sorry kiddo, but you're out!" Gobber shook his head in amusement while Jobber immediately left to hide from the rampaging Gronckles. "Now, those shields are good for another thing: noise! Make lots of it to throw off a dragon's aim!"

"If you say so!" I shouted before I began using Gram to bang on my shield, along with the others as it began annoying and confusing the two dragons. Well that'll keep shut up.

"Squire! Stop! Banging! On! Me!" Gram demanded, causing me to smile sheepishly at him. Well excuse me, sorry for not hearing your feelings drama queen!

"All dragons have a limited number of shots. How many does a Gronckle have?" Gobber questioned.

"Five?" Snotlout suggested.

"No! It's six each for these two Gronckles!" Dusty answered.

"Correct, six! And make it up and it'll be twelve, enough for all of ya!" Gobber grinned at the girl, which she nodded before her shield was blasted away by the yellowish Gronckle, causing her to widened her eyes and immediately ran off in fear.

"EEK!" Dusty shrieked in fear.

"Sorry Dusty, but you're out!" Gobber chuckled while Fishlegs turned to our instructor with a worried look.

"Umm…I really don't think that-"

But before he could finish, Fishlegs' shield gets blasted out of his hand by the brown Gronckle. He then runs away screaming in fear.

"Fishlegs, out!" Gobber shouted before looking towards me. "Hiccup, get in there!"

"Huh?" I asked in confusion before looking back, seeing Hiccup hiding behind a crate with his shield. Ooh, he's just hiding. Well that seems fair considering that hiding can also be a good way to avoid from enemies. Seems kinda fair for me.

"Henry! Look out!" I looked over to see Runa pointing over towards the brown Gronckles about to blast me. I widened my eyes and tried to run away from them as Gram shouted "Henry! Use my power!"

"Power?" I asked in confusion.

"Just slash me at that mere Gronckle's blast!" Gram stated, which I complied before raising my sword the moment they fired at me. As it gotten close, I did what Gram told me and slashed at it, breaking the blast in two before it exploded, much to my and the others' shock.

"W-what the?" I gasped, looking directly at Gram.

"Do not fear. You have me by your side, squire. So be careful." Gram smiled at me, which I slowly nodded and gulped. Hopefully, I can practice using him later after this damn training session.

"Whoa, nice shot!" Runa smiled at me, which I nodded before dodging an incoming tackle from the Gronckle. "Watch out!"

Runa stepped aside and used her whip and cracked on it onto the ground, nearly scaring the brown one while the yellowish one fired a shot at her, which she managed to dodge by back-flipping multiple times.

"Take this!" As soon as Runa landed back on her own two feet, she began using her whip on the yellowish Gronckle to stay back. She let out a smirk and charged towards them with a leap and kicked the yellowish Gronckle on the side, much to her amusement. "Serves you right!"

As she grinned at her victory, she looked back and widened her eyes upon seeing the brown Gronckle preparing to attack and shoot her.

"Runa!" I called, running over and using Gram to sliced it in half. Runa looked at me in surprise as I looked back at her and asked "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah…thanks." Runa softly smiled at me, which I nodded before we got back to work dodging and avoiding the Gronckles.

"So anyway…" I looked over to see Snotlout having a conversation with Astrid. "I'm moving into my parents' basement. You should come by sometime to work out. You look like you work out."

Seriously? At a time like this? And moving into your parents' basement is the most stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

Fortunately, Astrid wasn't interested in it either as she immediately dodge rolls another one of the Gronckles' blasts, but Snotlout took the hit, his shield getting destroyed in the process.

"Snotlout! You're done!" Gobber shouted, much to Snotlout's disappointment.

Snotlout Owned Counter: 3

Me, Runa, Hiccup, and Astrid were the only ones left as I held Gram firmly tight around my right hand while I held up my shield in my left.

"Well…looks like it's just me, you, Henry and Runa, eh?" Hiccup smiled towards Astrid, who didn't even looked at him at all.

"Nope, just you three." Excuse me? She immediately bailed at us while the three of us were taken out by surprise by the two Gronckles, immediately taking down our shields. However, only me and Runa's shields were destroyed while Hiccup's had a scorched mark on it and flew off in his hands, making him go and retrieve it.

"Henry and Runa, you two are out!" Gobber shouted out while Runa sighed irritably.

"Of course…I would end up being out. Oh well…" Runa sighed before noticing one of the Gronckles chasing after Hiccup, cornering him to a wall. "Hiccup!"

"Oh shit!" I cursed myself before seeing another Gronckle right in front of me as he prepared to blast me.

"Henry, deflect it!" Gram begged.

"Wait what?!" I asked, looking at him in shock.

"Just do it! There's nothing to worry about!" He assured while I stared at him with bewilderment and shock. I barely know anything to wield a sword, but…I have no choice! I immediately nodded before not befre the moment that yellowish Gronckle began preparing to shoot at me. Oh man, oh man, oh man! What the fucking god is happening?! Oh man, I got no choice!

The yellowish Gronckle fired its shot while I held the sword in front of me, and before you know it, the blast hit on the edge of the sword, not even getting a dent on it.

"I told you squire, you can trust me. Just believe in yourself, and you'll believe in the power of the sword of truth!" The sword…of truth? "Now focus on your enemy!"

"O-okay?" I nodded, feeling confused by this before looking back at the yellowish Gronckle as it charged towards me. I began making my move before dodge rolling out of the way and raised my sword before slashing the Gronckle on the side, knocking it back onto the ground. Oh my god, did I just do that? I looked at the sword in shock before looking back at the yellowish Gronckle…however…there was no slash mark on its body. "What the?"

"Ah yes, I forgot to mention…" Gram gazed towards me with a serious and solemn look. "I cannot harm opponents unless the wielder chooses to do so. Since you refused to do it, I cannot hurt this Gronckle."

"S-Seriously?" I asked incredulous. So he's a sword who can't seemed to kill others with huge slash marks that don't seemed to appear on people or dragons' body part? Well…I feel like that's somewhat comforting.

"Whoa…" Runa looked at me with a shocked look. "How on the gods did you do that? Your sword just slashed that Gronckle away and yet you didn't even make the tiniest bit of a slash mark on it."

"Trust me, even I'm shocked." I replied, rubbing the back of my head before looking back to see Hiccup cornering himself against the wall from the brown Gronckle. "Oh crap! Hiccup!"

Before I go could over there and stopped him, Gobber was already ahead of me by quickly tugging its mouth with his hook, causing it to misfire its last shot, and was forced to be locked up back into his cage.

"And that's six! Go back to bed, ya overgrown sausage!" Gobber pushed it back into his cage before noticing the yellowish Gronckle was waking up and preparing to attack him.

"Look out!" I called, running over and deflecting the blast. After it was gone, I raised my head and sliced it on the head, causing it to fall down unconsciously straight into the cage. I tried to regain my breath while looking at Gram. "I still can't believe that I can't use you to slice them with marks…what are you? A rubber sword?"

"Such naivety, squire!" Gram scolded. "I cannot slash my opponents if my wielder wants to."

"If…I want to?" Well…I have been thinking about not wanting to actually kill them not only because of ever killing anything in my life, but also because of seeing that Night and Light Fury yesterday. I still haven't gotten over it at all and I don't think the others enjoyed seeing that gaze of that Night Fury nor did I with that Light Fury.

"However…there's another thing I can do and it involves slashing someone through the torso." I'm sorry what?! "But please calm yourself down, it won't kill them unless you want to."

Uhh…I rather not kill anybody because that just sounds ridiculous. A sword that is said to be so strong that it can even cut through metal of anything, but he can't create slash marks on anyone unless I want to? What kind of ridiculous crap is that?!

"Uhh…thanks Henry…" I blinked in confusion before looking at Gobber, who stared at me in shock.

"Uhh…you're welcome?" I replied, feeling unsure and anxiety creeping up in me. I looked around and saw the others staring at me in shock. I just shrugged and placed Gram back into his sheath. "What?"

The others lessened their stares as Hiccup looks at the scorched mark the moment Gobber spoke back up, wanting to avoid the conversation.

"Well now…" Gobber cleared his throat. "You'll get another chance, don't you worry." He then turned to Hiccup with a stern glare and stated something.

"Remember: A dragon will always–always–go for the kill." A dragon…will always go for the kill? Is that true….? Oh well…no use for talking.

"Hey! Henry!" Hm? I looked over to see Runa looking at me with a raised brow and crossed arms. "Mind telling me what the hell was all that?"

"Huh?" I asked in confusion.

"Don't play dumb! I meant how come your sword didn't slice that Gronckle in half or whatever!" Runa exclaimed.

"O-oh…well…I guess it must be blunt." I stated, but I felt Gram's piercing gaze staring right behind me. Runa raised a brow at me while I just shrugged because I wasn't interested onto hearing more questions being asked by me. While I tried to ignore her, I…saw something.

"Huh?"

I stared at something that was just outside of the arena, standing there with a solemn look on their face. Fortunately, I took a closer look and recognized her as a girl. But…this girl…that wily black hair…that beaded necklace…and those…tired bags of eyes….is the same girl I saw from the cliff…no…it's more than that…where else have I seen her before?

…..AH! That's…! The girl was there! She was there when I first woken up from this damn world of Vikings and Dragons! That's where I've seen her…right next to the well! If I'm right…then maybe she could help me get me out of this damn place!

"Hey! You!" I called, causing the girl to widened her eyes and immediately began running away, causing me to widened my eyes. "H-hey wait!"

I began running after her, pushing some of the teens beside and headed out of the arena and once I was in the front entrance, there was nothing out here…I looked around the place and saw that there was nothing here.

"Dammit!" I gritted my teeth as Gram poked his head out of the sheath.

"So I take it you saw her too, yes?" Gram questioned.

"Yeah, so?" I asked with a raised brow. "You know her or something?"

"No….but I sensed her after Sir Gobber locked up those Gronckles back into their prisons." Gram stated. "But…I have no clue who that is except I sensed that she was female."

"Female…" There was no doubt that the same woman I first saw when I woken up from this world. So I don't get it…who is she? And if I'm right, she took my phone out of my bag…I'm not saying it's important, but I just want it back to call for help. Who knows? Maybe there might be a hidden phone signal even to this time period…what? I'm just saying!

"Henry!" I looked over behind me to see Hiccup and the others running outside with worried, curious, and serious/solemn looks on their faces. "What's going on? Why did you run out like that?" Hiccup questioned, raising a brow at me.

"S-sorry…" I rubbed the back of my head, glancing away from him. "I…I just thought I saw someone here."

"You…saw someone?" Dusty asked in confusion.

"It's nothing important." I quickly assured. "I just thought I saw some girl…"

"A…girl? What are you saying?" Astrid questioned, raising a brow of suspicion towards me.

"That's all I said, just a girl." I shrugged. "Look, it's nothing. So let's just drop it."

Astrid stared at me for a while before scoffing and taking her leave, carrying her axe in the process while her other 'friends' followed pursuit with her while giving me weird looks before looking back without a second glance. I bet I know why…because of the way I used Gram.

"Wow, I never knew that you had a weird sword that can't slice things." Jobber commented. "I could've sworn that I've reinforced the steel to make it back to its usual sharpness."

"That is strange." Dusty agreed before the others turned to me.

"Hey Henry, is there something up with your sword?" Runa asked, her eyes showing off concern. I looked away from their peering eyes of suspicion and concern. How was I gonna explain this to them? What? Go blunt and say 'Oh it's nothing, just have a magical talking sword that was forged by Odin himself?' Yeah, that's a fantastic way to say.

"I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for it." Hiccup assured with a serious look. "But don't worry, we might figure it out later. Right now, we should probably head back to the hideout."

"W-well…alright." Dusty nodded. "If you say so, Hiccup."

"Still though, I know that the iron of that sword is greatly sharped." Jobber scratched his head. "Hmm…must be extremely hard to forged."

"Look, we'll discuss this later. Let's just head back." Runa sighed. "Might as well after that sort of training session with those Gronckles, I can only hope that we can survive with the other dragons."

"Wait…" I spoke up, widened my eyes a bit in shock. "Are you telling me that we're going to face other types of dragons? The ones that Gobber explained to us about before our training began?"

"Yeah." Runa answered. "That's the whole port of Dragon Training, after all."

I looked at her and the others with my mouth gaped…and I had the right to because this is insane! There's no way in hell can I survive with that?! I mean, those fat-looking boulder like dragons were easy enough, but what if there's a challenge that I can't fight back?

"You okay Henry?" Dusty asked in worried.

"Are you kidding me?! There's no way in hell can I take them down!" I exclaimed in anger. "Ugh, why did this have to me?!"

"Henry, calm down!" Hiccup assured, placing a hand on my shoulder. "I know how you feel, but even I didn't want to come here. But we're gonna be okay. As long as we survive and follow my lead, we can surely survive. I promise you that."

I looked at Hiccup with a worried look before sighing "Fine…I trust you…at least for once."

"See? Was that too hard?" Hiccup smirked, causing me to shake my head. "Besides that, I can assure that the both of us can fail."

"What makes you say that?" I asked in confusion.

"Well obviously because I'm a runt." Hiccup explained. "And because you don't seemed to have an eager onto fighting the Monstrous Nightmare."

Well duh. I mean, who in their right mind in the age of a fifteen year old would want to fight off a dragon like that? I've seen one when you and I tried to run away form it during that raid, so I know what I'm facing.

"Well don't say that, lads!" Jobber chuckled, patting the both of us on the backs. "You two just need to stay confident. So what if you guys aren't strong, and not tough….or can't hold a weapon, well except Henry since he's holding that golden sword of his."

"Really helping there, Jobber." Hiccup stated sarcastically.

"Yeah, thanks for the encouragement." I scoffed sarcastically before noticing one person that I was questioning about from the very beginning since getting here. "Speaking of which…has any of you seen Satsuki?"

"Don't know." Jobber shrugged. "She wasn't here when I first arrived."

"That is strange." Dusty nodded. "Where could she be?"

While we began thinking what happened to her, apparently our questions finally came up as an answer.

"Hello!" Huh? The moment I turned…

"GAAAH!" I immediately fell on my butt upon seeing her right behind me with a cheeky smile.

"Ooh! Did I scared ya?! Was that funny and surprising at the same time?!"

"Satsuki!" I exclaimed, immediately getting up and facing the clown/jester girl with an angry look. "The hell?!"

"What? You all called for me and so I appeared!" Satsuki laughed with a big grin. "Were you so excited and welled up from Ragnarok?!"

…What the hell does that even mean?! That was even the tiniest bit of funny there!

"Really funny joke there, Satsuki." Hiccup sighed, rolling his eyes.

"Aww, thanks Hiccy!" Satsuki laughed before getting whip-lashed by Runa. "GWAH!"

"Just stop it for our sanity, Satsuki." Runa demanded, gritting her teeth a bit at the clown girl.

"More importantly, where you've been?" Dusty asked curiously.

"Sorry Dusty! Can't talk right now! We gotta go!" Satsuki exclaimed, much to our confusion.

"Go? Go where?" I asked.

"I meant Dragon Training! We're gonna be late or else we'll get 'Scauldron-ed' by Gobber for missing out training!" Satsuki explained, much to our realization before forming deadpanned looks on our faces.

"Umm…Satsuki?" Dusty gave her a blank look and said "Sorry but…it's already over."

"…Eh?" Satsuki cocked her head in confusion before forming an overdramatic shocked looked with a tear coming out of her left eye. "W-w-w-w-whaaaaaaat?! How?!"

She began pouring at eyes with a puffy face look. "Ahh! It's no fair! Why?!"

"I'm surprised that a clown girl like you would want to participate in this." I commented.

"Same here." Jobber nodded. "I didn't know that clowns can be dragon killers."

"No, not really." Satsuki shook her head. "I came all this way to be the dragon clown of the Dragon Training! Gobber convinced my folks to let me be the dragon clown for…'motivation' for you guys."

"Dragon clown? What the hell does that mean?" Wait…does she mean as in a rodeo clown? I'm surprised that they have something similar like that here in this timeline.

"Oh! It's someone that tries to make fun of the dragons and dodging all of their fire blasts and other stuff like mauling and getting eating alive in a comical way!" Of course it is what I thought. "My great uncle Rufus was like that and became famous for being the funniest clown ever in being the dragon clown for Dragon Training…before he gotten shot multiple times by a Deadly Nadder."

"…Right…" I raised a brow and backed away a bit from her. It's best if we kinda changed the subject.

"Anyway…" Oh thank god, I think Hiccup has the same idea as me. "What make you so late for Dragon Training anyway?"

"Oh! I've slept in!"

…..

…..

Nothing. We all just stared at her with blank and bewildered looks on our faces. Even Gram was bewildered by this girl.

"That's it?" Jobber asked.

"Yep-a-doodle do!" Satsuki nodded.

"Come on! There's gotta be a better excuse than that!" Jobber exclaimed. Satsuki tapped her chin for a while before smiling over us.

"Ooh! Ooh! How about this one? I've slept extra extra late!" Jobber sighed a bit, unable to figure out her while Hiccup rolled his eyes and sarcastically remarked "Wow…great excuse, Satsuki."

"Thanks again Hiccy!" Satsuki smiled. "So what brings you all out here of the arena anyway?"

"We were just about to head back to the hideout to discuss some things." Runa answered. "But overall, I say it went somewhat alright…for now. But even so, I'm glad that you didn't get blasted Hiccup. I would've saved you but…"

"It's okay Runa." Hiccup assured. "I don't blame you or Henry or the others."

"Well even so, we all were so worried." Dusty muttered.

"Yeah…" I slightly nodded. "I was trying to save you as well, but…well at least Gobber was able to get that Gronckle from firing at you. If he didn't, then…"

I can already imagine what could've happened to Hiccup. His head would've been blown off…it's quite unforgivable. I can never forgive myself for never saving anyone…again.

"Henry, don't blame yourself." Hiccup assured with a soft grin. "I'm fine now. Nothing is wrong."

"You say that, but…"

"H-hey! Don't be sad Henry!" Dusty gave me a comforting and warm smile at me. "You just gotta stay positive! Just like the rest of us!"

"Yeah! Be happy!" Satsuki grinned. "Don't be sad as a Terrible Terror with a cold!"

I honestly don't even know how to respond to that.

"You gotta believe in Hiccup! He always gets out of tight situations like that!" Jobber laughed. "And this is coming out of me!"

"Yeah, Hiccup is a good friend and never breaks a promise." Runa nodded with a smile. "Just have faith in him, Henry."

Faith….I wonder…can I really have faith in people I just barely met? Though…I guess you can say I can trust in him considering that he's like me.

"…Okay…I'll try." I nodded, which made the others smiled.

"That's what we needed to hear!" Jobber exclaimed in joy.

"Yeah." Hiccup nodded with a soft smile. "And…thanks earlier for trying to save me."

"Y-you're welcome…" I replied, rubbing the back of my head.

"Don't get too much praise." Gram whispered to me, which I glared back. Why don't you shut the hell up for once? You know, I wonder why I bothered getting this thing out of the tree's root.

"So anyway, we're going back to the hideout, right?" Dusty asked Hiccup, who nodded and replied "Yes, we're going grabbed some of our stuff in order to investigate Raven Point."

"Raven Point?" Runa questioned with a worried look. "Why there?"

"Because….there's something off from what Gobber told me." Hiccup explained.

"Huh? What he told you?" I asked in confusion before remembering something he told Hiccup. "You mean 'A dragon will always go for the kill', right?"

"Exactly!" Hiccup nodded with a serious look. "It's just that…well….it's about when we all first met that Night Fury."

"Huh? Do you mean about…?" Hiccup nodded, making Dusty feel a bit shocked to hear that. "No way…you don't think that might contradict what Gobber stated?!"

"Yes, that's what I think." Hiccup stated. "If that's true, why didn't it kill us?"

"Maybe it was already full from eating?" Jobber suggested.

"But…it was tied up in a bola till Hiccup released it." Runa retorted.

"And besides, it couldn't have eaten anything during that raid the other night." I added. "I mean, we only witnessed it destroying the Vikings' catapult defenses for the other dragons."

"Hmm…good point. I guess it's not possible." Wow, I'm surprised that he would give up and not rebutted my argument so easily. Huh…I guess that's one of his good traits just like his father.

"Well…I guess that is something to investigate." Especially about one peculiar dragon that I'm curious about and try to learn what's the difference between it and the Night Fury we encountered yesterday. With those guys out of the way and the other adult Vikings out to sea, I guess it's alright to investigate the forest without anyone's permission or watchful eye.

"I'm glad everyone's on board." Hiccup smiled softly. "Now come on. Let's head back to the hideout and investigate."

"Alright." Runa nodded. "If anything happens, you're going to need me."

"And why not me? I'm tough too!" Jobber exclaimed, causing Runa to give him a deadpanned glare.

"Really? Are we really gonna put our hands on a perverted Viking like you." Jobber slumped his head in embarrassment and disappointment before muttering "Ya don't have to rub it in, ya know?"

"I'm just pointing out the truth." Runa smirked before turning to Hiccup. "Anyway, we should get going and head off to Raven Point. But first, let's pack some supplies back at the hideout…for safety."

"Yay! Let's go find ourselves a Night Fury!" Satsuki clapped her hands in excitement. "Can't wait to switch that Night into the fury!"

Seriously, where does she get these damn jokes?

"Well…we better head off." Dusty chuckled nervously.

"Yeah…you coming Henry?" Hiccup asked with a soft smile, which I nodded.

"Y-yeah…I'll join in. There's…something I want to know about it as well." I nodded with a small smile, which made Hiccup smiled at me before we began to head out. I am curious, not only about the Night Fury, but that 'Light' Fury as well. I want to know about why is it on this island and why hasn't anyone found out about it? More importantly…why didn't it attack me or Hiccup as well?

"Squire…" Gram looked over me with a serious look. "While we go out, it's best if we trained."

"Trained?" I asked him with a confused look.

"Yes…if you wished to wield more of my power, I can help you trained to become a true warrior." Gram stated. "I can assure you that with my knowledge of swordsmanship and your quick-wittiness, then we'll become the ultimate warrior."

I….can't say I totally agree with that. But…I wished to learn more about this damn sword, more specifically…what he meant that he can't through living things unless the wielder wanted to? Could he have meant that I can choose whether or not I could slice them or not?

"…Alright." I nodded with a small smile. "IF…you tell me everything about yourself. Even why I couldn't slash that Gronckle before?"

Gram closed his eyes for a while before smiling over me.

"Very well squire, then I shall tell you while we investigate that Night Fury, as well as the Light Fury."

"Thanks-…wait…" I looked at him with a confused look on my face. "How…? How did you-"

"That'll be explained later. Now let us go before the others might feel suspicious on why you are talking to yourself." Gram pointed out, which I realized as I noticed Runa glancing towards me and asked "Henry…who are you talking to?"

"Huh?" I asked incredulous before rubbing my cheek in embarrassment. "I-it's nothing…just speaking nonsense."

Not that anyone cares what I think anyway.

"…Oookay?" Oh god, she better not have hear me. Otherwise…that'll be just too frigging hard to explain to these guys. Ooh, this is just troubling indeed. Oh well, I think it's high time to investigate the last place the Night Fury was last at: Raven Point.

To Be Continued

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Sorry that this chapter wasn't good enough to explain but I need some research on the Sword of Truth, Gram. But surely I could explain that in the next chapter. Also, just to let you know that Henry Haddock's VA is the same as Karma Akabane from Assassination Classroom.