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?

6. Chapter 6 - The Book of Dragons!

Note: The following is a non-profit fan-based fanfic. The HTTYD Franchise belongs to Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox, and Dreamworks Animation. Please support the official release. Also, I'm gonna be presenting a mysterious character at the end that I'll introduce in a few chapters.

"So why didn't you?" That's the same question I was asking myself. So after our little hitch onto Dragon Training, we were back at Raven Point. We were doing our little investigating about that Night Fury we found and Hiccup released, which was still a dumb idea since he could've been killed.

…But then again, I would done the same. L-look, that's not important. What's more important is to search and find this thing. I honestly still can't believe that dragons actually exist in the old times since I always believe them to be mythical and since no one has proof that they used to exist, everyone believed them to be mythical creatures. But now I'm in a world filled with Vikings, dragons, and a talking sword that claims to be the sword of Truth or whatever nonsense. Honestly, all I care is finding a way out of this fantasy…

"That is a good question…" Runa nodded in agreement. "I mean, I was always told that dragons always kill their foes the first moment they see them."

"True, but until now, we believed it as fact." Dusty retorted. "But it looks like we're seeing it as a theory."

"Satsuki doesn't get it but it looks like we need to find Mr. Night Fury, right?" Satsuki questioned.

"Well of course! That's the thing we're trying to do!" Jobber exclaimed before grinning at her. "Besides…it shouldn't be that difficult in case it tries to attack us."

I raised a brow of suspicion at him. Is he talking about his strength or…'that' attitude of his. I honestly cannot tell with this guy.

"Well either way, we need to find it." Hiccup stated, looking around the forest.

"I think it went north after you released it out of its net." I said, pointing directly at that direction. "I'm sure of it."

"Then that's where we need to go!" Jobber laughed. "Come on! Let's go!"

"Satsuki agrees! Let's-a-go!" Wait, did she just make…? Never mind, let's head out and find that Night Fury. I am quite curious about it and want to find out why it was flying weirdly like that. Besides, it's not like there's much back there on that village if it's just a bunch of annoying people. Interacting them will just be useless…

Useless…I've heard that many times from Snotlout when he kept calling Hiccup 'useless', but I've been hearing many times in my life…No, no time to dwell around the past. Besides, I just want to forget about the past. About…my entire life…I just want to forget everything about myself…but I won't forget about her unlike those assholes back then…

"Henry?! You coming or what?!" Huh? I looked over to see the rest of the gang calling out to me.

"O-oh! Sorry…" I sighed before running after them. As we kept walking through the dense forest, Gram popped out a bit out of my sheath and whispered "It's best to be careful, squire."

"Really? Like I haven't heard THAT before." I rolled my eyes, angering Gram a bit.

"This is seriously, squire!" He whispered through his gritted teeth. "We don't know what this Night Fury is capable to do. You need to stay calm and diligent in order to fight off."

"I know that." I scoffed a bit, glancing away in annoyance. "You can't just let your guard down, no matter who it is."

"Hmph…a very good lesson indeed." Gram nodded. "I'm impress that you would know that for such a scrawny warrior such as yourself."

Ooh trust me, I'm not a warrior but I learned a lot back from where I came from before showing up in Berk, and from before my family moved to Snogard Falls.

"W-well…either way, it doesn't matter." I sighed while the others were ahead of us walking through Raven Point. Since they're distracted, it'll be a good time to ask him questions about why he didn't make a slash mark on that Gronckle.

"Hey…can I ask you something?" I asked curiously, having Gram eyed me with curiosity. "Why did…that Gronckle stay alive after I slashed it? And wasn't there a slash mark on it?"

"A very good question for you, squire." Gram hummed a bit before he began telling his explanation about it. "You see, I am well known as the sword of Truth. You see, I was created by Odin with ancient magic, and bathed in dragon's blood. To suffer the blade is to suffer all the truths you deny yourself."

"Suffer all the truths…you deny yourself?" I asked in confusion.

"Ever heard the phrase 'The truth always hurt'?" Gram questioned, which I nodded. "You see…I can't chop down unless my opponents wants them to hurt. It's based off of emotions that the wielder wishes to possess. Those who tries to deny the truth could very well be killed for not focusing or believing in it."

"So in other words…I didn't want to kill that Gronckle?" I asked, which Gram nodded.

"Indeed…it was from deep within your heart that showed how much you didn't want to hurt that dragon." Gram explained. "I am powerful enough to make a person or anyone else to understand their own corruption and thereby try to force it out of themselves, even break them out of their corruption, giving them a nonlethal injury despite impaling them through anywhere. No matter who I sliced, I cannot make a slash mark on their bodies, not even in their fatal ones. So you could be lucky that you won't be a killer on innocent people."

"Yeah…good point." I nodded in agreement before sighing. "So that's the result of your power. Gotta say, that's…sorta impressive."

"Indeed." Gram nodded before giving me a stern look. "That is why we need to train yourself in the art of swordsmanship."

"Yeah yeah, I get it." I rolled my eyes. "Just stop talking before the others sees and thinks of me as a crazy guy."

"…Valid point, squire." Gram hummed in agreement before sliding back down into the sheath. Soon after, I noticed some light emanating from where we walking into.

"Huh? Where's that light coming from?" I thought aloud, trying to cover my eyes to avoid getting blind.

"It must be coming from the cove." Dusty answered, much to my confusion.

"A…cove? There's a cove around this part of the forest?" I looked over at Dusty, having my hands nearly block out the harsh sunlight as I managed to see her nod as she explained "Oh yes! We discover this place back when we were young! It's a pretty nice place where we can relax and do many activities!"

"Wait, I thought you guys do that in your clubhouse?"

"Nah, we also do it here." Runa answered with a soft smile while she crossed her arms. "We just do things that we don't want anyone, not even Astrid and the gang know about. And honestly…I think that's good in my opinion."

"Yeah…" I shrugged as we walked through a narrow cave and soon entered the cove. As we soon entered it…I stopped in my tracks and widened my eyes in awe. Whoa…look at this place. It's like something out a movie. The layout, the scenery, the sun shining, the birds chirping, and how peaceful and quiet it was…it's definitely a good place that we can enjoy our time here. I can see why these guys would use this place as their relaxing spot.

"Well, this was stupid." Hiccup muttered before noticing something on the ground and picked it up. We all walked closer to him and saw what it was…it was a scale. A black one, to be exact.

"A black scale…" Runa muttered.

"Oh no! Black leads ya to bad luck! Remember, don't touch pitch black things!" Satsuki cried out, causing me to give her a blank look and asked "Seriously?"

"Hmm…." Jobber walked over to Hiccup and started sniffing it, much to Hiccup's discomfort. "Yep! It's a dragon scale! A Night Fury's dragon scale."

"Wha?! So…do you mean…?" Dusty widened her eyes in shock, but before she could finish up her sentence, a blur appeared before us as we all hid behind the cove's entrance and saw what we came searching for.

"The Night Fury…" I muttered in shock while Gram nearly bulged his eyes in surprise upon seeing it closer.

"Astonishing…" Gram muttered.

"EEEK!" Dusty screeched before Runa covered her mouth and whispered "Shhh! Quiet! It might end up hearing us!"

"S-Sorry…" Dusty apologized through Runa's mouth.

"Ooh! Satsuki is getting the jitters!" Satsuki shivered in fear while Jobber comforted her by placing a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't you worry Satsuki, you'll be alright." Jobber grinned weirdly, much to my confusion. Why is he…Oh. You've got to be kidding me, right? He isn't planning on touching her on her…private parts, right? "But just in case we fight that thing, I'm gonna need you to let me touch your knockers to help me…uhh…gained powerful strength?"

I gave him a blank look, and I saw Hiccup giving him a blank look as well. Like seriously? Do you honestly think that'll work?

"Gosh, I don't know why but alright! I'll let ya touch them in case we're in trouble, Jobber!"

Holy shit, she actually fell for that?!

"Holy crap, it worked?!" Jobber cried out in joy.

"Guys, be quiet!" Hiccup scolded. "Jobber, this isn't the time for your…perverted attitude. Look!"

He pointed over to see the Night Fury swooping down and trying to fly up, but falls back onto the ground. We all looked at each other and nodded before climbing down slowly and hiding behind a steep cliff before looking down to see the Night Fury walking around with a loud grunt before it began trying to flap its wings around to fly out, but fell back down.

"Ooh? What's going on?" Satsuki tilted her head a bit. "Hmm…did it learn to forget to play like a pig?"

"Satsuki, that's an expression." Runa pointed out.

"Hmm…" I hummed for a bit before taking something out of my bag. The others noticed me looking over through my bag as I finally found what I came looking for. "There we go…"

"A notebook?" Dusty questioned before she sparkled her eyes in excitement. "Ooh! Are you gonna try and sketch it?!"

"That's a good idea. We might be able to learn something about it." Runa smiled.

"Yeah, it's like you read my mind." Hiccup smiled softly before taking out a journal out of his sweater vest and a charcoal pencil.

"Huh…I guess so." I shrugged, forming a small smile before taking out a pencil from my bag.

"Ooh! Ooh! What kind of charcoal pencil is that?" Satsuki asked, taking a closer look on my pencil. "Hmm…Satsuki never ever sees this kind of pencil before!"

"Uhh…" I glanced away from her. Well this is bad since pencils like the one I have probably don't exist in old times. Hmm…I just need a convincing lie. "F-From where I come, my people made better looking pencils, that's all."

"Oh! It makes sense for Satsuki!" Satsuki laughs, pinching her rubber red nose with a bright grin. "Satsuki wishes she had a cool talent like writing!"

"I think you're confusing drawings with writing." Dusty said with an awkward smile.

"Whatever…" I rolled my eyes before looking at the Night Fury and started drawing it, along with Hiccup. Hiccup was perfectly examining as the both of us had perfect sketches of the Night Fury.

"Heh, you two sketches' are exactly alike!" Jobber grinned.

"Yeah…You're really good with drawing sketches, Henry." Dusty giggled, which made me softly smiled at that compliment. Heh…I never thought someone would admired my drawings. Wait, what am I saying? So what? Most people can draw, it's no big deal.

"Yeah, both yours' and Hiccup's are one of the same." Runa pointed out as I raised a brow. I glanced over at Hiccup's sketch, and saw the sketch was a lot similar to mine. Hiccup did the same with me as he raises his brows in surprise.

"Yeah, that is…strange…" Hiccup muttered, looking at me in surprise. I glanced away and kept looking at the Night Fury as it tried flying out, only to receive the same results. It would be quite awkward if I told them…so I ain't saying anything but ignore them. Besides, we only just met a couple of days so I can't trust them…well, not everyone.

"Meh, I'm sure it's nothing." Jobber shrugged it off with a small grin.

"Y-yeah…but Henry." Dusty turned me with an excited grin with her eyes sparkling. "You should let me see your notebook! If you're so good with sketches, then please let me read over it please!"

How about you keep down before that Night Fury might sees us? Honestly, I'm surprised it hasn't even sees us since we were speaking a little louder.

"Strange…why don't you just…fly away?" Hiccup wondered aloud, looking over at it.

"Hey wait, look!" Runa pointed over to the Night Fury's tail as we noticed a tail fin…was missing. What the hell? It's missing a tail fin?…Oh god…I think I know what might've happened. "It's tail fin…it doesn't have one."

"Y-yeah…you're right." Dusty nodded in agreement, bewildered by that. "Dragons have tail fins in order to circulate through the air to change their direction."

"So if it doesn't have one…" Hiccup slowly begins to widened his eyes upon realizing the truth. "Then…when I hit it with the bola the other night…"

"It must've landed somewhere here so hard that it's tail fin was teared off, making it unable to fly." I finished, sharing the same surprised look as everyone was. Oh god, what have we done?

"So…does that mean it's a dead dragon now?" Jobber questioned. "I mean, it can't fly right? Meaning that we can take it down."

"No, we shouldn't." Hiccup shook his head with a sigh. "I-It's best if we just leave it alone…we already hurt it enough."

"Hicky, what's wrong?" Satsuki asked in worried. "You're making Satsuki feel depressed, and you know you don't like seeing Satsuki all sad and depressed."

I completely understand where's he going through. One look at his face and you can see that he was feeling the guilt of what he done. I think the other vikings back there wouldn't even care considering that they don't feels sympathy for anything, not even to those who died out in battle. But Hiccup…I can see that he's unlike those other guys, and that's what makes him different from those guys back at the village. Though, my grandma told me that he was the key onto stopping the war between vikings and dragons. But no offense to him, how can a guy who's considered a 'runt of the litter' or a 'Hiccup' or whatever the hell they called him, can stop a war that's been around for 300 years? That's gotta be impossible…

"Hiccup…is this about shooting down that Night Fury?" Runa guessed, which Hiccup flinched before sighing and nodded. Runa gave him a warm smile and said "Don't worry…you can't let that get you down. I'm sure you'll solve something."

"What? But isn't he in dragon training? Doesn't that mean he's gonna have to kill a dragon?" Dusty pointed out, causing Hiccup to wince.

"Y-yeah, I rather not talk about it." Hiccup stated.

"Heh heh, sorry about that." Dusty awkwardly smiled at him.

"Well whatever…there's nothing we can do…" I muttered before putting down my pencil till…

"Oh crap!" I cursed myself as my pencil accidentally fell off the rock.

"Henry!" Hiccup muttered before accidentally dropping his charcoal pencil as they fell straight to the ground. That seemed enough to draw attention from the Night Fury as it lay its gaze upon us. Runa slapped the both of us with her whip, causing us to wince before looking back at the Night Fury. It stares right up to us as we stared back at it.

I don't know why…but it didn't seemed to give us a hostile look or anything like before when Hiccup released it out of its ropes. It looked…curious.

"I-It's just staring at us…" Dusty muttered, slightly getting nervous and scared. "No no no Dusty! Stay positive! Think positive!"

"Dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy…!" Satsuki cried out, her eyes spinning around. Like what in the world is she even doing?

Jobber and Runa clenched onto their weapons in fear while Hiccup and I continued to stare at it.

"….Well this is awkward." I sarcastically commented.

"Yeah…" Hiccup gulped. "Come on you guys, let's get going."

"Huh? We're leaving?" Dusty asked in surprise.

"Good idea. We can't afford to get killed by it, or anyone else wondering where we are." Runa stated before frowning sadly and muttered "Not like they even care what we're doing."

Good point. We can't afford anyone not noticing us at all. Despite they considered us as 'troublemakers', or just you guys…Either way, we should get out of here. Soon, we began rushing out patiently out of the cove. As I was gonna walked out, I noticed Hiccup looking back at the Night Fury as I stared at him with a slightly worried look.

He's really taking all the blame for this, isn't he? Well…I get that feeling. Blaming yourself is a key part in life when you feel like that there are problems out there that you try to solve but can't no matter how hard you try. I know how that feels everyday. Besides…it helps increase your chances on trying even harder in life, to learn the mistakes. But…I can't. You can't take back the mistakes, whether you made them or been born with them. I would know by experience…

….Ugh, why am I getting so sappy? I honestly don't care what I think or care anymore. I just want to abandoned those feelings for good…it's no use to think about them when the world doesn't honestly care what you think. That's reality for you…

"Hey…" I called, gaining his attention. "You don't…have to feel too guilty for what you did, you know."

"But…how can I?" Hiccup sighed as he looked back at the cove where the Night Fury was at before looking back at me with a sad and worried look. "I did this to him. I took away its ability to fly and now it's crippled like this for the rest of its life."

I sighed before placing a comforting hand on his shoulder and gave him a soft grin.

"Well…I understand. I think I get why you tried to refuse that offer your father made about dragon training. You don't want to live up to the guilt that you went through. After seeing that dragon's face and how it felt, you honestly knew that you didn't want to live up to that guilt again, right?" Hiccup stared at me in surprise before nodding. "Well…maybe you can try doing something about it. You can't always feel guilt forever, you need to take matters into your own hands. Just be yourself and you'll be able to find the key to your answers."

Hiccup stared at me in shock, hearing every word I said to him before glancing away from him, but unable to hide away an embarrassed blush on my face.

"W-well…that's what I believe. It's your decision…" I shrugged till Hiccup gave me a soft smile and nodded.

"Well I really needed that. Thanks Henry."

"Why bother thanking me? I-I just gave you encouragement, that's not important." I replied as I looking away, hiding my grim look.

"True, and that's what I needed. After all, nobody other than my friends encouraged me to keep going. That's why I'm thanking you as a good friend." I slightly widened my eyes upon hearing that. Friend…does he really see me as a friend? Despite my sarcastic dry humor-like attitude and other characteristic I show, he…thinks of me as a friend.

"Y-yeah….sure." I shrugged. "Now come on, the others are probably wondering where the hell we are."

"Yeah, good point." Hiccup nodded with a smile. "But you know Henry, you were right about me being afraid to kill a dragon. I…just couldn't. After seeing it give me that look, I knew that I couldn't. Heh, it's kinda ironic, you know."

As we walked through the forest to go and catch up with the others, I gave him a small grin and sarcastically asked "Oh what? That you're a viking by blood, but couldn't kill one dragon?"

"Jeez, don't need to rub it in." Hiccup smirked, giving me back a grin and a sarcastic reply as well. "But…yeah. I just wanted to kill a dragon to prove to anyone that I'm not…useless, or a runt, or a fishbone, or…anything. That's why it was my dream to kill one, but…after going through all that and finding out that I tore off its tail fin, I just can't accept it. I can't do it…I don't want to feel that guilt ever again of killing a dragon."

Hiccup…you really are something. Well I envy you to have that courage and how much you care about others. I tried to be caring, but…nobody could show that to me. I…was always alone….I had nowhere to go…

"…Well yeah. But like I said, it's your decision to whether not tell the others about it or not." And I bet it's obvious what's he gonna choose since nobody here on this island even cares. I mean, the moment if Hiccup tells anyone at the village that there's a Night Fury, they're just gonna be like 'Oh thanks kid! Guess he is telling the truth! Oh well, better murder that Night Fury'.

Well…that is one possibility. The other is that the villagers won't instantly believe him due to his and his friends' reputation. So there's that. I think that could work…If nobody tries to find out that we're researching a Night Fury, then everything would be solved. Actually…speaking about that subject…

"Hey…Hiccup." I turned to him with a serious look. "Do you remember that other dragon we found?"

Hiccup turned to me with a surprised look, but managed to reply back to my question.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" I looked around, seeing that nobody was around.

"Come on, let's head back to where we last saw that Light Fury." I said before walking out of the path as Hiccup widened his eyes in shock before running after me.

"Wait! Are you crazy?!" Hiccup whispered to me.

"Oh come on. I'm just curious, that's all." I replied.

"No squire! This is insane!" Gram poked his head out of the sheath with a stern look. "You need to go back to the others before they grow ever suspicious of you two!"

"Runa already knows about that Light Fury, so no need to worried." Hiccup assured him. "Just calm down."

"Yeah, no need to get too worried about me. I'm fine…" I sighed, looking down on the ground as I muttered "Besides…not like anyone cares if I was gone…"

"Huh?" Hiccup turned to me in confusion while Gram stared at me with a raised brow.

"I-It's nothing…I said nothing." I lied, looking away from their peering glances. I have nothing to say about that, not even to you guys out there. I…have no reason to tell anything to you, not that any of you cares. "Now come on and let's hurry."

"O-Okay!" Hiccup nodded as we rushed through the forest, ignoring Gram's warning.

"W-wait! Hold on! Squire! I said stop!" Gram shouted sternly.

"Sorry Gram, no time! Right now! We have a dragon to learned about!" I yelled back as we gotten deeper and deeper into the forest. No, I'm serious. What? Do you all think I'm just kidding around because I don't want to hear more of Gram's talking and whatever I went through today. Well…maybe, but I just want to find out about that Light Fury and why it didn't take me out like Gobber claim.

I mean, look back at that Night Fury as it stared right through us and didn't even attacked us. Isn't that so frigging weird? I know you're all thinking about it. So that's why I'm gonna try and solve that little mystery. That's why we came all this way in the first place.

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Later

"Well this is the spot." Hiccup stated as we finally arrived to the deep dark depths of Raven Point, where that flower field we saw yesterday was here, along with that eerie sunlight shining down on the entire field despite the trees are so huge that you can barely see the top.

"I still don't see your reasons squire, aren't you going too far with this nonsensical joke of yours?" Gram questioned with a raised brow. I rolled my eyes and retorted "Oh please, we're just investigating. Calm down and relax, okay?"

"B-but…!"

"Shh! Quiet!" Hiccup shushed us both before hiding between the bushes. I have a feeling that it might be near by, which is why he was trying to make us be quiet. So, I bend down and hid behind the bushes as well as we watched over through the flower field and waited for that dragon to come and pass. Hmm…I wonder if it lives around here. Well it's obvious since it looked like she was trying to tend her flowers.

Hmm? Why did I call 'it' a 'her'? Well, judging by her size and how she looked and act…it's not that hard to find out that it's a girl. I mean, it does have the personality of a girl. So yeah…don't bother convincing me unless you have any evidence to contradict it.

And so, we began staying around for five minutes, waiting for that Light Fury to show up. That's when I felt like I was getting bored…it came.

The Light Fury…it did came back to the flower field just as we thought. Hiccup, Gram, and I looked at each other in awe before I took out my notebook and managed to bring some spare pencils. Hmm, always come prepared.

"You sure have a lot of those…pencils of yours." Hiccup whispered to me, looking over at them. "So…you said that these are pencils made from where you came from."

I glanced at him and answered "Y-yeah…we're…quite good at creating better charcoal pencils, no offence."

"None taken." Hiccup said before I handed him a pencil before looking over it. "Huh…it looks similar to my charcoal pencil, but…it doesn't at the same time."

"Don't worry, it works effectively like your charcoal pencil." I assured with a soft grin. "Now come on…let's try and draw it. We might be able to compare this dragon with that Night Fury since they're both similar in ways."

"…Good point." Hiccup nodded before he and I began writing down through our notebooks. As we sketched down through the Light Fury as she was busy circling around the flower field while she sniffing through the flowers, Hiccup glanced at me with a soft smile and said "Wow…you know, it's weird that your sketches are quite as good as mine."

"Thanks, I guess." I shrugged before glancing at his, seeing how well-drawn his sketch of the Light Fury was. "You know, I didn't think you were that good at sketching."

"Well…it's the only good thing I'm good at." Hiccup answered with a sigh. "But…that isn't enough for those guys back there to see how great I am. Nobody but Gobber and my friends knows about my talent."

"Oh…I see…" I looked down with a slight angry look on my face. Hmph…people like them won't bother to understand anything. That's why I don't bother forming bonds or make friends if they don't like who they are. So…why am I being so calm around him? Is it because…he reminds me of myself and…No, it's best not to think about it. I don't need friends….I just need to live my life on my own with no one holding me back.

That way…I don't need to feel what I felt those couple of years ago…Ugh, look just leave me alone.

"But you know, it was the only thing that helps comforts me whenever I'm feeling stressed out." I turned to Hiccup, who was smiling softly while he continued to drawn. "In fact, Dusty is a good drawer like you and I, so if there's anything you wished to learn about, you can go and ask her."

"Huh…" Well, I never thought she had a liking to draw. I thought that she was like her brother, Fishlegs, due to both of them being very knowledgeable and possibly at a scholar-level. But I guess anyone can draw, so I won't argue about that.

"I must say, for a fellow young viking, you have quite a talent unlike the other barbaric ones back at the village." Gram spoken up with a soft smile. "A boy such as yourself possessing the talents of building inventions, creating beautiful sketches, and having a smart and quick mind is quite amazing. You're almost like squire in a way, young Hiccup."

"Uhh…thanks?" Hiccup raised a brow while I rolled my eyes and sarcastically remarked "Oh wow, thanks so much for saying that when I'm around, Gram."

"Well either way, it's such a shame that such talents such as yourselves isn't approve by these fellow Berkians…" Gram sighed. "It makes me feel sympathy towards you for being born in a place where you're discouraged for who you are."

"Yeah…" Hiccup sighed heavily as I noticed him clenching on his pencil tightly. "I…I just want people here to acknowledged me…I want Astrid to notice me, I want nobody to keep bullying me for being a 'Hiccup', and…I just want that approval of my dad's."

"Hiccup…" I muttered before giving him a soft smile. "You don't need any of that. You're lucky…"

"Huh?" Hiccup turned to me with a confused look on his face as I continued "You got friends, so what? Those guys will hardly ever understand since like you told me once that they always go for the 'Viking Way'. So…don't lose confidence in yourself. Besides, you always got that sarcastic humor to back you up from idiots like them."

Like Snotlout and the twins, for example.

"Well you're right about that. But I just wished everyone wouldn't just keeping calling me 'useless'…" Hiccup sighed.

"Young Hiccup…" Gram muttered.

"I'm sorry to hear that." I gave him a soft smile and said "But don't feel bad. I know you aren't a useless guy. You're different from them because…you understand things that they don't even bother to listen."

"I'm…not sure whether I should take it as a compliment or an insult." Well definitely a compliment, dude. "But either way…thanks."

"Anytime…" I chuckled a bit before we looked back at the Light Fury as she was continuing to sniff through the flowers with a joyful look on her face. Wait…joyful? Wow…I never knew that a dragon could be that joyful and blissful, even at something as petty as sniffing at a bunch of flowers.

"Amazing…to think that the Night Fury that kept showing up on our island every time in a Dragon raid would there be another one." Hiccup said in awe.

"Yeah…pretty surprising." I nodded before realizing one thing. I remember him saying that nobody has ever seen any other Night Furies other than the one they kept seeing during the dragon raids. So…why is that? Is it like one of those endangered species that's are running out of many of its population of its species? Hmm…maybe I could ask him about that later.

I let out a sigh before accidentally stepping on a twig, causing me to flinch and Hiccup and Gram to stare at me in shock.

"Oh thor…" Hiccup and Gram muttered in unison.

Uhh…oops? We all glanced nervously towards the Light Fury, who was still busy sniffing her flowers happily.

"…..Huh, I guess we were lucky to not get caught, eh?" I chuckled a bit, which was the biggest mistake I ever did. Why? Well obviously because of that Light Fury looking dead set straight at us, even through our hiding spots. "Oh crap…"

The Light Fury's eyes' turned slit before glaring directly at us with a low growl. The both of us gulped as we looked at her while she stared at us in surprise. We continued to stare at each other for a long while…doing nothing. Strange…why isn't she attacking us? And…why does she look so defensive? Is it because of those flowers?

"Squire, unleashed me so that we may fight this beast in order to weaken it." Gram whispered to me as I glanced at him with a doubtful look before looking back at the Light Fury. I…I don't know why…but…it sorta reminds me of that Night Fury in a way. What with the way of how we keep staring at each other for a long while and don't seem to get killed by it. She kept eyeing us for a long while, but she was gazing directly at me, probably because I had a weapon. She let out a low growl and tilted her head a bit while I felt unsure on what to do. Do I just…run away as fast as I could or should I just stay around like an idiot?

"Hiccup! Henry!" What the?! Oh goddamn it! I can't believe she followed us!

"Wait! Look!" Gram looked over to see the Light Fury widening her eyes and immediately flew away in the air before firing one of its fiery blue blast and flew straight through it, and…disappeared! Holy crap, it just disappeared! It just flew into its own blast and disappeared in a flash!

"Did you just see that?!" I exclaimed in shock.

"Yeah! It just…vanished through it!" Hiccup blinked in shock, unable to comprehend what we just witness.

"Hey! What are you two talking about?!" Huh? We looked over to our left upon seeing Runa appeared right there. She was standing there with a stern yet surprised look on her face.

"Oh…uhh…hi there?" Yep, already made things awkward. Great job, Henry. Fucking great…

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Runa's POV

I can't believe it. When I find out what happened to these two when they weren't following us, I had a feeling that they had to be around here because well obviously Hiccup and his curiosity, and Henry must've followed him. So…when I came by and saw them hiding behind the bushes, I knew one thing why they came here. It was about that dragon we all managed to find when we first showed up in this part of the forest.

"Oh…uhh…hi there?" Henry smiled awkwardly at me, causing me to give them a stern look and exclaimed "What are you guys doing here?! Are you trying to kill yourselves?!"

"S-sorry about that, Runa." Hiccup apologized.

I glared at him and continued "Hiccup! Are you crazy?! I know you're very curious, but if go around like that, you could-"

"It was my fault." Huh? I looked over to Henry, who was sighing and looked at me with a stern look that I saw through his hoodie. "I was the one who made that idea to come here to get that Light Fury and try to learn more about it to see how similar it was with that Night Fury, so blame me."

"Henry, you don't-"

"But I was the one who came up with that idea, so I should take the blame." Henry assured with a sigh. "Besides…I can take the punishment anyone can dish out on me."

Huh? Take the punishment anyone can dish out on him? What does he mean?

"W-well.." I sighed before softly smiling at them. "Sorry…I guess I was exaggerating a bit."

"A bit?" Hiccup and Henry asked in unison, giving me incredulous brows. I blushed in embarrassment and looked away before exclaiming "O-Okay! I was really exaggerating a lot! I was just worried about you two!"

"Whatever." Henry shrugged before smirking. "Besides…maybe you were worried that we might have died."

"N-no way!" I exclaimed. "I didn't think like that! I was just worried!"

"Well I guess…" Hiccup sighed before widening his eyes a bit at me. "Wait a minute, how did you know we were here?"

I gave them a smirk on the face and replied "You're so predictable, that's what."

"That…really doesn't answer our question." Henry pointed out.

"Hey, I said it and that's the truth." I giggled before giving them a stern look. "But you two better not do that again! It's a man job to look out for the women!"

"Umm…wasn't Jobber watching over you…" Before Henry could finish, me and Hiccup gave him incredulous looks upon ever suggesting something like that. He quickly realized what he was saying before making a blank look and muttered "Oh…right."

"Exactly. Just promise you two won't get away. I-I was really worried…" I sighed, which the other two nodded before getting back up and looked back at that flower field from where we last saw that dragon. I still can't believe that there was a dragon living around in Berk in blind sight. But…how?

"We won't mom." Hiccup and Henry rolled their eyes in amusement, causing the two of them to look at each other in surprise while I laughed at that. Oh you two…You know, it's strange that they would say that at the same time.

Suddenly, a thought occurred to me. They said it at the same time and had the exact same sarcastic humor of theirs. They're both good at drawings the exact similar things of when we found the Night Fury…I honestly don't even know how that's possible. Could this all be a coincidence?

"Alright, we're done." Henry got up before sighing. "So what now? We came what we need…"

"I think it's best if we all head back to the Great Hall. The others are waiting for us." I suggested before closing my eyes with a somewhat concern and sad look. "…Even Astrid and the gang."

"I thought so…" Hiccup shook his head with a sigh. "Well…guess we got no choice. I mean, we wouldn't to abandoned the gang."

"Considering that you lead the party." Henry shrugged. "Now come on, let's go and see what's up with them. After all…I am getting a little hungry."

"Well let's go! The Great Hall has plenty of food to enjoy!" I chuckled as we began taking our leave. As we continued to walk out of this deep dark place of Raven Point, I noticed Henry was looking at me and it was starting to annoy me. Like seriously, why is it that he's looking at me?

I took out my whip and lash at him, hitting him at the right shoulder.

"OW! Why would you do that?!" Henry exclaimed, rubbing his aching shoulder.

"Y-you were looking at me weirdly!" I retorted. "I-it's not nice for men to do that! You should know better!"

"Yeah, Runa doesn't like anyone, especially men, looking at her like that." Hiccup nodded in agreement while Henry scoffed and sarcastically said "Wow…thanks for letting me know."

He then turned to me with an irritable look and continued "And please stop whipping me. Like seriously, what's up with you with saying what men should do? Not every man is gonna do it."

"I-I know that…" I muttered, looking away from him with a blush. "But I just want men to just understand that a woman are as strong as them. I mean…that's what I was always been through back when I was training as a shield-maiden."

"Huh? Because you were always been through that when you were training as a shield-maiden?" Henry questioned with a raised brow.

"Y-yeah…" I nodded with a soft frown. "My mom was always busy with council meetings and goes on search for the nest, so I wasn't able to spend much time with her. Though, unlike Hiccup, she always listens to me and spends some time with me, teaching me techniques of being a shield-maiden."

"Thank you for bringing that up." Hiccup sarcastically commented, causing me to smile sheepishly while I noticed Henry looking down with a darkened look I saw through his hoodie. It looks like he's feeling quite down…was it something I said?

"Hm? Something wrong Henry?" I called, gaining his attention.

"N-nothing…not like you care but please continue." He shrugged, looking away from me while I give him an irritated look. Jeez, can't this guy ever be polite?!

So anyway, I decided to just continue with my story.

"Though me and my mom are close, we're always so distant due to her many assignments in this war. I mean, I'm just trying my best but boys around here are just jerks, telling me that I can't do anything good like Astrid."

I sighed sadly, knowing how well put up she is while I'm just second rate. I-I'm not jealous of her, but…I know she's better than me considering that she one of the last ones standing during our dragon training.

"Astrid? You mean Hiccup's crush, right?" Henry asked bluntly, causing Hiccup to blush madly while I giggled at his reaction.

"W-what?! N-no I don't!" Hiccup denied, but I shook my head and retorted "Yes you do. You don't have to keep your feelings hidden away just because we're rivals and former friends."

"What?" Henry raised a brow at me. "You two…were friends?"

"Y-yeah…" I nodded sadly. "She and I would always train together to become the best shield-maidens, wanting to protect Berk from the many dragon raids. We made a promise to be best friends forever. But then, it happened when we were five and since then…we were distant. She kept training over and over, getting better than me. I was lacking to become as skillful of her, and many people, mostly men, were mocking me because I wasn't as good as her. I was hoping that she might encourage me….but she never did. She stopped hanging around with me…like she completely forgot me."

I closed my eyes, and before I knew…I slowly began crying. I can remember when I was being mocked by those who saw how weak I was when I was training a shield-maiden. I saw Astrid hanging around with Snotlout, the twins, and Fishlegs. I was hoping she might try and help me…but all she did was give me one glance and looked away before walking off like she didn't knew who I was. The Astrid Hofferson I knew…like disappeared from this world. Whatever happened to her? What happened to the promise we both made to each other? Was it…just a lie?

"Runa…" Hiccup turned to me with a sad smile. "I know its hard, and I can feel that. Astrid and Fishlegs were my friends too, and they both left us in the dust. I completely understand where you've been through, but ever since I met you one day here in Raven Point, we both became good friends."

"Yeah…" I wiped away my tears while Henry looked at us with a solemn look, but I noticed him gritting his teeth. Huh? What's…going on with him? "H-Henry?"

"I'm sorry." W-what? Me and Hiccup stared at him in surprise and bewilderment as he looked at us with a sad look. "For what I said back then when we were looking for that Night Fury yesterday, I'm sorry for what I said to you about you not trusting me. I understand…you both promised each other to be strong and protect Berk, but over time, she just left you guys over training and didn't bother to help you guys. You know, maybe it was fate that you two met each other."

Henry…did he completely understand what we said? I guess…he really is something.

"…Actually, I should be the one apologizing to you." Henry looked at me with a confused look as I gave him a soft smile and continued "I mean, I was the one who kept accusing of not trusting you. But…I know that you aren't a spy for any tribe out in the Archipelago, and I believe in you. If Hiccup trusts you along with the others, then I trust you too."

"Y-yeah…" Henry nodded, biting his upper lip. Okay, there is something wrong with him. I just don't know what…

"So…" Henry looked at us with a curious look and asked "Just how did you guys met?"

"Heh heh, it's a funny story…" Hiccup scratched the back of his head with a sheepish smile. "See…I accidentally may or may not have gotten dozens of houses on fire by accident when I was working on a new invention."

"Seriously?" Henry gave him a blank look, which made Hiccup blushed a bit.

"H-hey! It was just some mild calibration issues!" Hiccup argued before clearing his throat. "S-so anyway…after getting a lecture from dad, I headed here to the forest to clear my head, and that's when I saw Runa around near a tree, and she looked like she was in tears."

"Y-yeah…" I chuckled nervously. Well it's the truth and in case you don't know, it was after finding out Astrid was never hanging out while I was bullied by others for not being good enough like her. Since then, I was so jealous of her…envied her because she was so much better than me. "I was literally crying in tears after some boys were making fun of me for being not so better like Astrid…that's when I met Hiccup and I just wanted him to leave me alone. However, he was being too stubborn and decided to cheer me up by taking me to his clubhouse and made me some tea."

"Oh really? You…made her some tea?" Henry asked, turning to Hiccup with a soft smile.

"I-it's not what you're thinking Henry! I was just trying to cheer her up!" Hiccup retorted. "So anyway, she thanked me for making her tea and we started talking about each other. Of course, she knows who I was considering that I'm the village screw-up and all that, and she told me that she was crying because she felt like she can't be a great shield-maiden like her mother, and felt betrayed since Astrid never came for her when she was being taunted and bullied by anyone who sees her training."

"Yeah, and he fully understood what I felt." I chuckled with a soft smile as I hid a blush. "He was someone to admire. To think that the village's own screw-up would be likely the nicest guy you would ever meet. Of course, you should have seen it being his old clumsy self since he never met a girl unique like me or Astrid."

"I-I wasn't!" Hiccup exclaimed. "I-I was just…you know."

"Yeah…right." I grinned at him before turning to Henry with a soft smile. "Since then, I started to hang out with him and made a vow to always be on Hiccup's side because I know Hiccup is my best friend, along with Jobber, Satsuki, and Dusty and despite their different personalities and ways, they're my friends and will always be my best friends for life."

Henry stared at us for a brief moment as I saw a look on his face from his hoodie. It was a look of grief, pain, sorrow, and regret. Well he wasn't showing it then, but was giving us a soft smile. But I can tell through him since Hiccup taught me a lot about reading people's faces, but not as good as him since I can' tell what Astrid is thinking since she always kept a solemn look all the time. So it's difficult, but I can see what Henry's feeling.

"That's…quite an amazing tale." He smiled softly, but that smile felt more than that. It felt like…he was sad. "It's like you two were destined to meet each other, and I understand now. You're hard on men because you want them to act mature due to your past experience with them. You trust Hiccup because of how well gentle and understanding he is, and want the other men here on Berk to understand that. Though just because you want that doesn't mean it's gonna happen. Not everyone is gonna be like that, but I get what you're trying to say. Sorry if I was being rude and called you a feminist back there, you were just concealing your emotions. I guess…you're quite a good person."

"Y-yeah…thanks." I grinned happily before adding "Hey Henry, how about we talk more next time? I want to make it up by being friends with you and whenever you have a problem, you can always come to me and we can talk."

"Uhh….are you trying to hit on me?" Wait what?! Is he serious right now?! I grabbed my whip and lashed at him. "Ow! Ow! It was just a joke!"

"W-well that wasn't funny, Henry!" I exclaimed, trying to hide my blush from him while Hiccup gave us an amused look on his face.

"Hey you guys, how about we head out to the Great Hall? The others are probably eating without us, right?" Hiccup reminded us, which made me smile nervously and muttered "R-Right…"

"Well yeah…I am getting a little hungry." Henry nodded, looking away before we began heading out of Raven Point. You know, Henry is just some strange yet good guy despite his sarcastic attitude. You know, I didn't want to suspect him at all, but it's so strange. I mean, appearing from before a dragon raid occurred, not trusting any of us till he began understanding us when Hiccup told him about his story, and…he never told us his last name now that I think about it. Strange…No, I mustn't keep thinking like that. More importantly, I'm just glad that they haven't been suspicious of why I was there. I didn't want to lie to them, but I made a promise to her that I mustn't let anyone know about her existence.

H-huh? What am I saying? Heh heh, it's nothing…honest! Well…anyway, I think that's enough out of me. It's time that we head over to the Great Hall and eat with our friends…while ignoring them in the process.

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Later
Henry's POV

So after that nice conversation, we all headed back to the village, directly towards the Great Hall. I think I remember something Jobber telling me something about this place. Apparently, this place is where Vikings come together to eat together to hang out, rest up, and to celebrate the biggest parties or something like that. But even so, I am getting hungry like I said earlier before.

As soon as we were walking towards the Great Hall, I noticed a drip hitting my head, causing me to look over and saw grey clouds forming around through the night skies.

"Uh oh! It's raining already?!" Runa exclaimed in shock. "Aw man…I already gotten my hair done earlier! Damn it!"

"Come on! Let's hurry!" Hiccup shouted, which we nodded before rushing out towards the Great Hall. I was running behind them, which seemed to get Gram a good way to talk with me.

"Squire…" I glanced over to him annoyingly and asked "What is it now?"

"I was just wondering that your bonds with them increased a bit." Bonds? "I must say…for someone so naive and stubborn, you are quite a good person to make friends."

"So what?" I asked irritably. "Is that what you want to tell me? Not angry that we can't practice our swordsmanship?"

"No, not that much." Gram replied solemnly. "However, I realized how understanding you were with Miss Runa's story. You fully understood her like you knew the right words from that kind of experience. Tell me…how?"

What? Does he expect me to tell him everything? Pfft! Yeah…right.

"And why should I tell you?" I asked rhetorically before scoffing "I got nothing to say to you at all. Besides…what can a sword like you would bother asking me?"

"…I know that you are hiding something." What? I glanced at him, slowing my pace a bit. "There is something in your heart…something that you're holding back…a painful truth that you don't want to accept…"

"S-So what? I'm not hiding anything, dammit!" I exclaimed, looking away. "Like seriously…what the hell? Stop asking me that kind of question."

"….You really are a squire in order to not accept anything I say as the truth. You're not accepting anything you hear as the truth…"

W-whatever…Like seriously, what the hell is he talking about? I just…don't want to talk about it. Besides, why bother telling any of you all? You wouldn't likely understand my issues in life.

Soon, we finally arrived to the Great Hall and as soon as we walked in, we saw Dusty, Satsuki, and Jobber sitting a table far across from those idiots and Gobber as he was busy discussing about what we've been through in today's training.

"Alright. Where did Astrid go wrong in the ring today?" Gobber questioned them.

"I mistimed my somersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble." Astrid explained, which made me give her an incredulous brow.

She just gave out a complaint on something so simple as that? Wow…

"Yeah, we noticed." Ruffnut rolled her eyes.

"No, no, you were great. That was so 'Astrid'." What the hell does that even mean? Can't that guy get a life or something?

"She's right, you have to be tough on yourselves." I rolled my eyes before we walked over to grab some food, but as Hiccup grabbed a plate of a chicken leg, Snotlout scooted over and forcefully didn't allowed him to sit down, giving him a cocky and snarky look, which Hiccup didn't mind as he walked off.

"Now…where did Hiccup go wrong?" I gave Gobber a raised brow, wondering why the hell would he bring that shit up?

"Uhh…he showed up?" Ruffnut offered.

"He didn't get eaten." Tuffnut suggested, which made Runa glared at the twins, including Gobber. And to make things worse than it already is, Astrid made up one point.

"He's never where he should be." Wow, goddamn….You know what? I don't give a shit if she dies. Like seriously, what the hell does Hiccup see in her? She's definitely earned the title of being a bitch.

"Hey! Leave Hiccky out of this!" Satsuki yelled out from across the table.

"I-It's alright Satsuki…" Hiccup assured with a small grin as he grabbed a cup of water before Snotlout tried many attempts to not make any of us sit down. Runa scoffed before lashing out at him, much to Snotlout's irritation and pain while I held a small smile. Well, he clearly deserved it.

"Thank you, Astrid." Gobber smirked before nudging the twins by the head, nearly knocking their helmets off. "You need to live and breathe this stuff. The Dragon Manual…"

Gobber pushed off the dishware off the table and threw a book onto the table with a dragon crest on it. Huh…where have I seen that symbol before?

"Everything we know about every dragon we know of." Gobber lectured us all before hearing some thunder roaring outside. Dang, heavy storm out there, eh? With nothing much to say, Gobber began taking his leave as he said "No attacks tonight. Study up."

That seemed to tick the twins and Snotlout out as they weren't fond of that idea.

"Wait, you mean, read?!" Tuffnut exclaimed.

While we're still alive?" Ruffnut added.

"No, how about when you're both dead." I sarcastically commented, ignoring the two glares from those two.

"Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?" Snotlout slammed his fist on the table, nearly making a plate fall off the ground.

"I don't know Snotlout…" Runa gave him a cocky smirk and said "Maybe increase that stupid brain of yours. I mean, you might as well end up being an idiot for the rest of your life."

"Shut up Runa!" Snotlout yelled out before shrieking upon getting whipped by Runa.

"How about you be nice to me?! God, has your father ever taught you manners to treat a girl with kindness?" Runa questioned while the rest of us chuckled at the scene. Snotlout glared at us while Fishlegs chimed in upon hearing about the Book of Dragons.

"Oh! I've read it like, seven times!" Dusty gotten up in excitement with a cheery smile as she added "Yes! It's an amazing book that can teach the many wonders of different dragon species out here on the Archipelago like there's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face!"

Fishlegs nodded in agreement, ignoring the dumbfounded looks from the three idiots, and I'll give you a hint, it ain't Astrid.

"Yeah! A-And there's this other one that buries itself for like a week-" Before Fishlegs could add anything else, Tuffnut spoken up and said "Yeah, that sounds great. See, there was a chance I was going to read that…"

"…But, now…" Ruffnut rolled her eyes with a smirk while the rest of us shook our heads. Oh really? Since when exactly?

"You guys read, I'll go kill stuff." Snotlout shrugged it off before rushing off along with the twins.

"Yeah, good luck being dead asshole." I called, smirking while he gave me a scowl before leaving the Great Hall. Soon, Fishlegs got up and followed after them as he began murmuring more dragon facts like "Oh, and there's this other one that has these spines that look like trees…"

"Well…I guess they're gone…" Dusty sighed as the rest of us walked over to the table where they were sitting previously, with Astrid being the last one sitting down. She glanced at us as Hiccup gave her an awkward smile and said "So I guess we'll share?"

"Read it." Astrid pushed the book further to us before getting up and walking off. Runa glared at her furiously as she kept walking off while I rolled my eyes and sarcastically commented "Wow, I never took her a reader…and a bitch."

The others turned to me with a surprised look, which made me look at them and shrugged nonchalantly. I mean, come on! She's literally one right there!

Like…what is up with the blonde girls always ending being the cute yet bitchy characters whenever you meet them? I mean, you're trying to make them look cuter but they're just like 'Yeah, I don't give a shit about you at all'. Yeah, that kind of attitude, and Astrid right there…has the attitude of a bitch. Just saying.

"You're just lucky that she wasn't around to hear you say that…" Runa sighed in relief.

"Yeah." Hiccup nodded before asking me "Are you crazy? You do know what she's capable, right?"

"Yeah right, I think I can take her down and I don't care if she's a girl." I rolled my eyes, surprising them even more.

"Henry…you really scared us sometimes…" Dusty muttered.

"Yeah, no kidding." Hiccup sarcastically agreed.

"Hmph! Those guys are so mean!" Satsuki gritted her teeth while she clenched her fists. "How dare they keep harassing Hiccky? He's our cinnabon!"

"Cinna-what?" I asked in confusion. "What the heck does that even supposed to mean?"

"Nothing, he just sits there and smells good." Satsuki smiled happily. "Besides, he's just too pure for us all to ever hate!"

"S-Satsuki…" Hiccup rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish grin while the others laughed.

Cinnabon…heh, like I heard that before.

"Meh, oh well…at least Pa left us in the Book of Dragons." Jobber rubbed his hands together with a grin. "I mean, I've seen the book considering that we keep it close within our home."

"Huh?" I turned to him with a surprised look and asked "What do you mean? You two keep that book in your house at the forge?"

"Well yeah." Jobber grinned. "In case you don't know, I'm actually the great-great-great-great-great grandson of Bork the Bold and Pa is the great-great-great-great grandson of him as well!"

I gave him a blank look, not because of the name, but because I never ever heard of him before. They all looked at me upon noticing my blank look.

"D-Don't tell you don't know Bork the Bold?!" Jobber exclaimed in shock.

"Should I?" I asked in confusion.

"Bork The Bold is Jobber and Gobber's ancestor!" Dusty explained with an excited grin. "He's also the one who learned info about dragons and created the Book of Dragons as a way to discover how to defend ourselves from it."

"Huh…that's surprising." I commented bluntly. "I thought that vikings barely even read due to their…'Viking-ness' ways."

"That's what I said to Jobber once." Hiccup rolled his eyes in amusement before sarcastically added "And he says that reading makes ya dumb."

"What? That's what I assume." Jobber shrugged before letting out a laugh. "Heh heh! Oh well, now's not the time to go through memory lane! Now's the time to go and take this baby back to your home! Dinner's on me!"

"Huh?" Me and Hiccup asked in confusion.

"Oh yes! We can have a slumber party! Ooh! It'll be amazing!" Dusty giggled in excitement.

"Now now, hold on you-"

"Ooh! Ooh! Satsuki loves it! Satsuki needs her parents to know about this to have a slumber party!" Satsuki laughs.

"Umm…you guys?" I called till Runa spoken up with a smirk on her face.

"Well with our parents away in search of the nest, I guess it's not a problem." Runa chuckled.

"Seriously you guys?" Hiccup asked dryly.

"Come on Hiccup! Your dad isn't here and we can have as much fun! Trust us!" Runa giggled. "Besides, we need a break after what we've been through today."

Hiccup looked at each of them, seeing that they weren't gonna changed their mind. He then turned to me and asked "Ugh…well Henry, what do you think?"

"Why you asking me? It's your house, your rules." I shrugged. "I mean…I don't mind."

"Gee, thanks." Hiccup sighed before scratching the back of his head. "Well alright…let's meet up tonight."

"Ooh! Thanks!" Dusty giggled. "My brother is probably hanging out with Snotlout and the others, so it should be fine since my parents went off to search for the nest…so yeah, I'm alone…"

She let out a sigh before began smiling happily and started chanting to herself.

"Wait, what are you saying Dusty? You gotta stay positive! Stay positive!" You know, if you keep overthinking like that, you're gonna get a headache.

"And one of Satsuki's siblings went off to battle as comic relief!" Satsuki added with a smirk. "So she'll go and tell Satsuki's parents about hanging out with old Hiccup since he's has a great liking with my family and how much they're friendly with him."

"And my Pa would allow me to stay at your place." Jobber chuckled, patting Hiccup on the back. "After all, I know how to make a good stew for us all to enjoy. Even my pants knows how to give the ladies a good stew!"

I gave Jobber a deadpan look before bluntly asking "You really like saying that aloud, do ya?"

"What can I say? Everyone loves a pervert who's the life of the party!" Jobber grinned with a wink. I shook my head and sighed heavily.

"Oh my god…" I muttered.

"Trust me, even I give up on him." Hiccup whispered to me with a deadpan look.

Yeah, but I'll admit…this guy has confidence.

"Besides, I'll be cooking for you all and I hope all the ladies who comes will love what I make. Especially when they touch my…" Jobber stopped upon seeing the angry glares coming from the three girls, causing Jobber to smile nervously at him and said "H-heh…M-my cooking obviously! Of course you ladies will enjoy what I have in store for you! Including you Hiccup and Henry!"

"Oh gods…" Hiccup muttered, shaking his head.

"Why dude? Just…why?" I face-palmed. Ugh, this guy…

"He…seriously gets me a headache, squire." You said it, Gram…

"Oh well! Let's go! We'll go get ready!" Runa beamed happily before turning to Hiccup and asked "You wouldn't mind, right Hiccup?"

"…Man…" Hiccup sighed. "Looks like there's no convincing any of you, huh?"

"Apparently not." I shrugged.

"Nope!" The other four shook their heads with a blunt answer.

"…A-Alright fine! Only because you're all my friends and it's hard to say no." Hiccup smiled before sarcastically added "And also how well stubborn you all are."

"We're vikings, what you expect?" Jobber joked, nudging Hiccup before he and the others began heading out. I turned to Hiccup with a bewildered look before asking "You're…considering me as a friend?"

"Well yeah. You're quite a good guy, I can tell." Hiccup smiled. "After all, you really understood Runa and apologized to her. Plus, you even helped Dusty."

"Oh, I take it she told you what happened yesterday, huh?" I asked curiously, which he nodded.

"Yeah…you know Henry, you and I are surprisingly alike." I stared at Hiccup with a confused look as he continued "I mean, we both shared a love for art and understand others. It's…quite nice to meet someone like you."

"Y-yeah…whatever…" I looked away with a heavy sigh. I don't even bother…a friend? I don't need friends, they're just gonna weigh me down anyway…

"Squire…" Gram poked his head out of the sheath as he began lecturing us. "You should listen to young Hiccup. In the many lessons of being a swordsman are the most basic things a swordsman needs…a bond."

"Really?" I asked sarcastically.

"Indeed. The true power of a swordsman is not by level, or by power, but by bond. With a bond formed by your allies, you'll become strong." Gram explained.

"Really?" Hiccup asked with a raised brow. "I never knew that."

"Yes." Gram nodded with a solemn look. "Of course, the Berkians here won't bother to even understand soft emotions, but I see a great potential hidden within you all, including you squire?"

I stared at him with a bewildered look as I asked "M-me? Why me? I mean…there's nothing special about me in the first place. I'm just a regular boring guy…"

"True, in a way." Oh wow, thanks for summing that Gram. "But even beneath that scrawny figure of yours is a strong person, not by strength, but by heart."

Heart…I wonder…if that's even true…I gave away my feelings two years ago. I didn't bother with the outside world. I always kept my hoodie up because I didn't bother for the world to see my face, not wanting to know my existence…Besides, it's not like they even care who I am. Nobody understands me….

"You know, he has a point there Henry." Huh? I turned to Hiccup, who gave me a soft smile. "You should really considered that. I know maybe the village might not want to hang out since nobody knows where you came from, but I can tell that you aren't a bad person despite concealing you face in that."

"Y-yeah…" I nodded before grinning at him. "I guess…you have a point."

"See? Glad you understand." Hiccup smiled. "Now come on you two, let's head back home before the others might try and see what we're up to."

"Agreed. Though, we better hurry over to my house before they showed up. Don't wanna another disaster like last time." Hiccup sighed, much to my confusion.

"…I honestly don't wanna find out."

"Same here…" Gram hummed in agreement.

"Ooh trust me, you don't wanna know." Good…because I can already tell that a certain someone involved themselves in it, and it isn't a girl. Soon after, Hiccup began taking his leave with me following after him, but not till…

"W-whoa!"

"A-Ah!" I suddenly bumped into someone as I looked over to my left shoulder and saw…a figure in a hoodie. She looked over me with a small gasp as the two of us stared at each other with surprised looks. I could easily tell through that hoodie of hers. I stared right into her eyes as it looked nearly like she was tired out. We all stared at each other for a while before she immediately runs away in fear.

"What the…?" I blinked in confusion, unable to comprehend what I just witnessed. What the? Who was she? And…why did I feel like I've seen her before? That hoodie…it's so familiar. Wait, is she…?!

"So you sensed it too?" I glanced at Gram, who was staring right back at her. "That girl….we have seen her before."

"Yeah…." There's no doubt about it….it was obviously that mysterious girl.

"Henry! Come on!" Huh? Oh shit! Hiccup is calling me over! I better go, but I won't forget about that girl! I know that girl has something of mine….and I need it back.

---

Later

And so, just after that little discussion, we all decided to stay up at Hiccup's house. Dusty and Runa invited themselves considering that their parents went over in search of the nest, Jobber asked his father, Gobber, to stay at Hiccup's house, along with Satsuki who went over to her family's house to come over to Hiccup's home as well. Obviously, since Hiccup told me that he was good friends with Gobber and the Katamari family clan, it was a big yes.

Well…I'm glad to see that there aren't any haters to Hiccup despite his reputation of being a screw-up, no offence to him.

Soon after, Runa, Dusty, Jobber, and Satsuki came over with a bunch of stuff with them. Obviously pillows and blankets, but Dusty carried a bunch of books, including the Book of Dragons, and Satsuki grabbed an equipment filled with many circus objects like several small squeaky balls, a stool, and other junk. As for Jobber, he brought over a giant pot. I didn't know why, but it was best not to talk about it. I don't know what's goes in his head.

Soon after, we were downstairs in the dining hall with the Book of Dragons in front of us on the table.

"Ooh! I've read this many many times before in my life!" Dusty said in excitement. "Seeing it every time just fills me up with excitement!"

"Yep! Satsuki enjoys it!" Satsuki laughed in excitement. "You know Jobber! Satsuki's glad that you're even related to Bork the Bold!"

"Aww…thanks Satsuki!" Jobber laughed while he was busy cooking something through his pot at the fireplace. "Honestly, Pa wishes that he got to knew Bork the Bold! After all, the similarity between each other is quite genuine."

"You don't say…" I muttered before looking over at the pile of books Dusty brought over. "Umm….Dusty? Do you really need that many books?"

"Well of course! I always love doing a lot of night reading!" Dusty chuckled. "After all, nothing beats than reading books at night!"

Meh, I'm more like make some sketches from whatever pops in my head and reading fanfics online.

"Yeah! Dusty is quite intelligent like Fishlegs." Runa stated. "So technically, she's sorta our 'Fishlegs' in the group."

"W-well…you make a good point." Dusty chuckled nervously.

"Well at least you're more cuter than him!" I gave Jobber a blank look at that blunt comment he made as I sarcastically said "Gee, what a nice comeback there."

"Ah thanks, Henry." Jobber chuckled, causing me to face-palm. Oh my god…

"So now what? Are we gonna read?" Satsuki questioned curiously. "Satsuki's not a good reader!"

"Well Gobber did say that we had to study up." Dusty pointed out with a sheepish smile.

"Yeah…and there's something I wanted to check out." Hiccup said with a serious look on his face. The rest of us turned to him as he began opening the book. "Alright…Dragon classifications. Strike Class, Fear Class, Mystery Class."

"Huh? So…are those different types of dragons?" I questioned curiously.

"Yeah, those are the three only types of Dragons we know so far." Runa answered. "So anyway, let's read over and learned about it. If Hiccup is interested in it, then I have a feeling what it is."

Hmm….now that you mention it, I think he's looking over that book other than just studying it. Soon, we came over and began reading over pages while Jobber prepared some dinner for us.

Soon, he turned to a page that showed a large dragon about as wide as a manta ray with an equally wide gaping mouth.

"Thunderdrum: This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight."

"Ooh…that gives Satsuki the shivers in her panties!" Satsuki shudders in fear with her eyes swirling around. "If she ever encounters something that has a loud mouth, I bet he's a big loud talker when he snacks on fish!"

….And how exactly is that supposed to be funny?

Soon, Dusty turned to the next page and started reading out the next one.

"Timberjack: This gigantic creature has razor sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees. Extremely dangerous, kill on sight."

"Hmm…its wings is so sharper than my whip." Runa commented. "Hopefully that we rarely ever encountering one from one of the dragon raids."

"Y-yeah…" I gulped before nodding in agreement. And seeing that picture makes me feel quite…queasy, but didn't showed it.

"Scauldron: Sprays scalding water at its victim. Extremely dangerous. Changewing: Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight." Hiccup read through the next few pages of a big sea Dragon with a huge sac on its mouth, and another one that has a strange red body that is said to spray acid.

I looked over at the pages in awe, blinking in amazement.

"Wow….this book sure has a lot of info about them." I softly smiled as Hiccup continued looking through the pages.

"Yeah! If you want, how about another night session onto doing this?" Dusty offered happily. "If you want, I can teach you everything about every dragon known so far here on this book!"

"Hmm…I'll consider that…" I shrugged.

What? I'm serious. I'm…quite curious about dragons. I…had a great liking towards dragons ever since my grandma told me many stories about them whenever I came over and visited them.

CRR-AAAAAA-CCCC-KKK!

"AHHHHHHH!" We all screamed upon looking outside, seeing how badly it was raining out there. You know, I'm amazed that these guys came over all the way and gotten here without getting electrocuted by that thunderstorm.

"Bluh-bluh-bluh-bluh!" Whoa, what the hell?! Is she seriously foaming?! How is she doing that?!

"Waaah! S-Satsuki! Calm down!" Dusty exclaimed.

"Yeah, it was just thunder!" Runa assured, still panicky from what we just heard before sighing "And I honestly can't believe that I would get scared of something simple as that."

"Same here…" I sighed, leaning against the chair while I had Gram put down next to me while he leaned against the table.

"Hmmm….I sensed that Thor is feeling upset." Gram muttered, causing me to raise a brow. What? There's no way that Thor exists….right?

"Anyway…can you continue on Hiccup? I'm almost done with the soup." Jobber called, which Hiccup nodded before he began searching out through the book, showing us different pages of different types of dragons.

"Gronckle, Zippleback, The Skrill, Boneknapper, Whispering Death. Burns its victims, buries its victims, chokes its victims, turns its victims inside-out. Extremely dangerous, extremely dangerous, kill on sight, kill on sight, kill on sight..."

"Oh my god, seriously?" I asked blankly.

"This book seriously needs some redoing." Gram sighed. "How on Thor did these vikings ever learn to write?"

Good question there, Gram.

"Y-yeah…I was hoping that one day it gets updated, but nobody even bothered." Dusty sighed with a nervous grin.

"Hmm…yeah. I should ask Pa to update the book." Jobber shrugged, stirring the soup with a soup ladle.

"Guys…I found it." Hm? We all glanced over by Hiccup, who was staring intensely at a certain page. I walked over and looked over at a page that had no image, and barely anything about it.

"What the hell? What kind of page is this?" I asked in confusion.

"It's about the Night Fury." Runa said, feeling a bit surprised by it. "I knew it…you were curious about it and that's why you wanted the book of dragons, wasn't it Hiccup?"

Hiccup smirked at her and replied "Well…what do you think?"

Runa stared at him for a few seconds before sighing and smiling over him.

"You bastard…" Runa chuckled.

"So…what does it say?" I asked curiously, looking over the page about it. The others turned to me with a surprised look before Dusty exclaimed "What?! You don't even know what it even says?!"

"No? That's why I asked." I pointed out with a deadpan look.

"Huh? You…can't read it? Do you even know our language?" Runa asked in confusion.

"No…?" I shrugged.

"AAAH! He's an alien! He came by and tried to steal our brains! It has to be it!" Ignoring Satsuki, I turned to Hiccup and the others as I said "But…where I'm from, we speak English, so why are you guys speaking English as well?"

"But…even if we do, we write in Norse." Dusty pointed out. "Henry…does your tribe not know about Norse?"

Aw fuck me….Welp…time to lie again.

"W-well…no. From where I'm from, we speak an entirely different language, and the writing here is different from where I'm from." I stated. Well…it's technically not a lie I obviously can't read Norse. It's entirely different from English, obviously. So sue me! If any of you guys were in my shoes, you would have a hard time reading it as well!

"Well…I suppose so…" Dusty shrugged.

"Aww….there goes my alien theory." Satsuki sighed sadly with a sad frown. "Sorry bout that, Hen Hen…"

"I-it's no problem…" I assured with a sigh.

"W-well…I guess I sorta understand that." Runa said, her tone had doubts and filled with an unsure look on her face.

"Well that isn't that obvious with your clothing." Hiccup stated sarcastically before he began reading it out aloud. "Night Fury: Speed, unknown. Size, unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray it does not find you."

"That's it?" I asked in confusion.

"Apparently so." Hiccup sighed. "Hmm…the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself."

"T-that's probably just an exaggeration…" Dusty chuckled nervously before she slowly began chanting to herself again. "No no no! You gotta stay positive! Stay positive!"

"Satsuki's confused! This book is so wrong!" Satsuki remarked. "I mean, we all never died. Do you think that Mr. Night Fury didn't bother to kill and eat us for breakfast?"

"Not sure…" Runa shrugged, folding her arms with an unsure look. "That Night Fury kept staring at us like it was just…curious."

"Yeah…that is weird…" I sighed before rubbing my chin in thought. Speaking of which, that Light Fury we saw that…it noticed us and kept staring at us curiously the moment it saw us before it was frightened off by Runa and flew off in fear. Hmm…that is pretty weird.

"Yeah…it is weird." Hiccup hummed in agreement before letting out a yawn. "Oh man…I'm feeling a lot tired than before."

"Yeah…" Runa sighed before letting out a yawn as well. "Hey Jobber…you almost done?"

"Right you are!" Jobber grinned before he took out a couple of bowls and poured some of his soup before walking over and placing each bowl down to each of us. "I hope you all enjoy my delicious chicken stew!"

Chicken…stew? Hmm…never heard of that, but I bet it taste sorta similar to chicken soup.

"…." I noticed the girls were staring at Jobber with suspicious looks, much to my confusion. Oh god…what is it now?

"…You didn't put anything in this food like you always do, right Jobber?" Runa questioned suspiciously.

"W-w-w-what?!" Jobber exclaimed in mock surprise before smirking at us and replied "No way! Like I would ever do that! I'm Jobber!"

Is that…supposed to be an explanation?

"She's right." Dusty nodded with a stern look. "We all know that whenever you cook, you always put something, mainly for us girls."

"She's got you there, Jobber." Hiccup nodded in agreement.

"Of course not!" Jobber exclaimed. "Trust me, my cooking is super delicious!"

"Y-yeah…It's so…good…!" Hmm? We all gazed over at Satsuki, who was busy drinking her chicken stew soup, much to our shock.

"Satsuki!" Runa exclaimed in shock.

"What? Satsuki's hungry!" Satsuki laughed while she kept eating the food.

"Well…if she's eating fine, then I guess it's okay." Dusty giggled.

"Yeah…" Jobber smirked while me and Hiccup eyed at him suspicious. If what Runa said is the truth, then we better do something to prove it wrong.

"Jobber, are you sure there isn't anything in it?" Hiccup asked suspiciously.

"Of course not!" Jobber exclaimed. "I may be an excellent chef and blacksmith here on Berk, but that doesn't mean I would do anything by putting anything in it!"

"Then take a bite of it." I said with narrowed eyes, much to Jobber's surprise. "Well? Eat your own cooking as well and then we'll trust you."

"Well…Alright then!" Well holy crap, that was easy. This guy just loves to roll it off. Jobber then poured a bowl for himself and began drinking his own soup. Once he was done, he gave us a cocky grin and said "Ha! Told ya you guys!"

"Well…alright then." Runa shrugged before she began eating her soup.

"Well…okay?" Hiccup raised a brow before slurping a bit of his soup. Once he taste it, he smiled brightly before he began eating it. "Hmm…You're right! It tastes good as ever!"

I looked at them with a bewildered look before looking at Gram, who sighed and said "Well…if it's alright squire, then do as you will. After all, it's your decision."

…Ugh, fine. I decided to eat my soup and take one bite of it…and once I did. I widened my eyes in sheer awe upon tasting it.

"Oh my god! It tastes so good!" I exclaimed.

"See? Told ya that I'm a great cook!" Jobber laughed while we began drinking our soup.

"Mm-hmm! Jobber, this taste so good!" Dusty complimented.

"Yeah, sorry for disrespecting and distrusting you." Runa giggled. "I didn't really mean it. It was just because of last time."

"Nah, it's nothing." Jobber shrugged it off with a smirk on his face.

I turned to them with a confused look and asked "Uhh…what happened last time?"

Everyone turned to me with nervous looks as Hiccup spoken up.

"Well…let's see that night was something we don't wanna talk about it." Hiccup stated. "Trust me…you're just lucky that you weren't a part of it."

"Ummm….Okay?" I raised a brow, wondering what the hell was going on. Seriously, what the hell happened?

"Ooh! Satsuki's mouth is pouring so good!" Satsuki laughed. "Satsuki is amazed by your cooking, Jobber!"

"Aww thanks Satsuki!" Jobber chuckled with a faint blush. "You know…we could always eat together in the room closet."

"That's obviously a 'no' right there!" Runa exclaimed sternly before taking out her whip. "Or else do you want to be taught another lesson from me?"

"Ooh Runa…you can always whip me whenever you want." Jobber giggled, which seemed to freak me out a bit.

"Seriously dude…just stop." I pleaded with a bewildered look on my face.

"You know Jobber, I am curious to know how delicious this soup of yours is." Dusty said, finishing up the last of her soup. "What did you put in your soup?"

"Oh nothing except some chicken, yak beef, carrots, and my special ingredient which I added upon myself." Jobber winked, much to our confusion.

"Special…ingredient?" Hiccup questioned before widening his eyes a bit. "Oh gods…don't tell me that you…"

"Wait, what are you talking about?" I asked Jobber with a raised brow. "Secret ingredient?"

"Just a little something I tricked Gothi into getting me." He pulled out an empty bottle with a smirk on his face. "Just some stuff that said to knock you out in case of insomnia."

"Wait what?!" Everyone, except me and Satsuki, screamed out.

"Wait…what do you…" However, before I could try and ask him something, I felt if my body was starting to get heavy. My eyes were starting to close slowly and my vision was getting blurry. I looked around to see everything in slow motion and I couldn't exactly hear what they're saying, but I noticed them acting weird too…oh god…..

God…damn…it…Jobber….

And with that, I fell down on the floor as my vision turned dark. With that, I couldn't exactly remember what in the world just happened. I honestly don't know why did Jobber put that in his soup, but one thing's for sure…I'm gonna kill Jobber the moment I wake up.

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Meanwhile

As everyone was busy minding their own business in the village of Berk, a small little figure is seen jumping from building to building, and unbeknownst to the villagers, it was stealing some of their food.

"Boy…I think that's enough for tonight…" The small figure said, looking at the food he snatched from a blur. One look at his hands were revealed to be furry arms with soft paws. "Hmm…maybe one more snack?"

He looked over and sniffed a good scent over by the chief's house. He then zipped over there in a mere second and looked inside, seeing a bunch of people on the floor.

"Whoa…wonder what happened? Oh gods…I just hope they aren't dead. But just in case, I'll…take something and be on my way."

The figure looked over and noticed a pot filled with chicken stew soup.

"Ooh! That looks good! I gotta have that!" He immediately ran over and grabbed the pot from the handle. "Meeeeooow! This thing weighs a ton but at least it smells good! I just hope that it tastes so good!

"What? Who goes there? Show yourself villain!" The figure flinched in fear and lets out a yelp before running off in fear through the window, carrying the stolen food in one hand and the pot in the other before he disappeared into the midnight.

"Hello? Squire?" Gram was looking around, floating above as he missed the culprit that broke into the chief's house. He looked over to see everyone out. "Squire, you alright? Squire? Squire!"

To Be Continued