The Life and Times of Dragon City

"They slowly unlocked the doorway to the house. It was eerily silent, which was unusual, strange considering they distinguished they'd just caught someone singing in his home. Lighting a candle, Hiccup began to look around the house for a clue gradually. He called out for his mother and sister though there was no reply from either.

He was starting up the stairs with Toothless. Someone waved their hand in front of Toothless, and he was incapacitated. Then noiselessly dragged outside the house. Once outside, someone secured the front door.

Hiccup ignorant his best friend was no longer behind him was looking around the second floor. He checked out Una's room first and was startled to discover she wasn't in it! It looked like some of her property wasn't there. What was going on?

He then heard a creak come from his room, so he went to investigate. Once inside the room, his candle was snuffed out, and the place went pitch black. He also heard the door being locked, both on the inside and outside. No escape at all. He was trapped.

He was beginning to panic some and then heard a candle being lit behind him. Consequently, he turned little by little around and screamed when he saw who was holding it. Because not only was Astrid holding the candle in one hand, she was holding her sharpened battle-ax in the other. She looked a lot like a demon at that moment, and Hiccup was in fear of his life.

"Um, Astrid, are you okay? You're not possessed, are you?" he asked in horror as his heart was threatening to come out of his chest as he was backing up towards his bed as she advanced at him.

He was right up against the bed when she raised the ax over her head, and he screamed, "Astrid, don't kill me! I beg you, please don't kill me! Even if a demon has possession of you now, please don't kill me!"

"I'm not gonna kill you, Hiccup, unless you make the wrong choice that is," she giggled wildly, and he chanced a look at her.

"Huh?"

"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, you have two choices right now, so you better make the right one. It's either the bed or your head. Therefore take your pick, what's it going to be?" she challenged him as she got right up in his face.

He was in such a panic and so freaked out he fell over the end the bed frame and onto the bed and that turned out to be the right answer. Astrid tossed the ax into the corner and discarded her shoulder pads and laid the candle on the nightstand. They're finally giving into true passion and desire with each other."

All of a sudden, the sound of an alarm clock went off, and eighteen-year-old Hiccup Haddock woke up with a start and tumbled out of his bed. He let out a small cry of agony as he'd landed on his stump. He took his prosthetic off at nighttime as his limb needed time to breathe. Swift to his side was his dog, Toothless. They're best friends for life or in this case two lifetimes.

Everyone who existed in Dragon City had been reincarnated from the time of Vikings and Dragons. In their first lifetime, the five tribes (Berk, Outcast, Berserk, Moralien, and Shardas) had entered into the Dragon Harmony Alliance. The DHA had significantly profited the five tribes.

The Dragon Riders, Soul Riders, and the two Berserk working together resulted in conceiving a haven for humans and dragons alike. Likewise, Hiccup, his little brother Boden and their little sister Una had set in motion a phenomenon known to all in the Nine Realms as The Age of Transformation and Enlightenment.

Because of their strong bond, powers, and actions, all life in the Nine Realms improved dramatically. Immensely complex individuals increasingly realized enlightenment. The result of finding wisdom triggered them to transform themselves into better people. Over time they'd ceased behaving like their mythological counterparts.

However, this peaceful and flourishing era wasn't to last. The Trickster Loki had a vendetta against the Haddock siblings for bringing about this Age. He had been super pissed they'd influenced his daughter Hel to their mindsets. Hel had been persuaded by the siblings she had decided to give up her status as a goddess. Much to her father's dismay, she chose to become human to marry her true love Dagur.

The results were after the Next Generation Riders had brought peace to the Nine Realms Loki had left behind a deadly surprise. In his version of Ragnarok, he tried to kill everyone in the Barbaric Archipelago. While their previous home and lives had ceased, they'd fled with their lives. They'd traveled till they came to a new world to live in. The Gods had then converted their dragons to various breeds of dogs and promised one day they'd all be reborn.

From there over a millennium later, Dragon City had been born and was thriving. The Gods, Valkyries and their other allies from the past, lived in as undercover protectors for the reincarnated souls eventually, though the day had come when Loki tried to finish what he started.

In a spectacular duel, Haddock's family Guardian Valkyrie Kara had slain Loki but not without a high cost to all those she loved. The city had taken a long time to rebuild, and it was even longer before Hiccup could accept he'd lost his left leg.

Except that had been approximately three years ago, and everything was working out just fine. The people had their memories of their first lives returned to them. Hiccup and his siblings had been relearning how to use their unique gifts.

As Hiccup was being comforted by Toothless, who dog form looked like a husky, he heard his mother Valka call through his bedroom door. "Hiccup? Sweetheart, are you okay? I heard you scream."

"I'm fine, Mom. I just accidentally fell out of bed and onto my bad leg. I'll be fine."

"Okay, if you are sure."

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Well, please hurry up and get your siblings ready for the day. We have to go get party supplies for yours and Boden's graduation parties in two weeks."

"Don't worry, Mom, I'll have everyone ready for going to get supplies."

"Alright. See you three down for breakfast in twenty!" as he heard his mother's footsteps retreat. Turning to face Toothless, he gave him a look. "You know, buddy, I would be looking forward to graduating more if I didn't have erotic dreams every other night about Astrid and me.

I don't want to act on them as soon as we are out of high school. I will instead be older and wiser before we tried that. Nevertheless, they are getting more intense and vivid," sighing, "Do you think these are regular dreams or have to do with our past lives? What do you think, bud?"

All Toothless did was lick his face happily. "Ugh, you are no help on this bud!" Groaning, he gradually got up and attached his new prosthetic. They'd to get him a new one a few months ago seeing how he was much more significant now then he was three years ago.

He then got dressed wearing a bright red shirt with a Night Fury dragon on it with black denim jeans with a matching jacket. Once he deemed himself acceptable, he went to check on his little brother and sister.

He found Boden in the bathroom trying to get knots out of his long auburn hair. Chuckling, he walked in. "Did we run out of the shampoo that makes your hair soft and silky, bro?"

"Hiccup! Ugh! Yeah, our normal two-in-one shampoo and conditioner ran out the other night, and Mom hasn't had time to get more. Ugh, I hate what this does to my hair when we don't have it."

"Well, give me the brush, and I'll do my best to get the knots out without causing you to cry too much."

"Okay. Please don't make it worse."

"Little Brother, have I ever made you look bad?"

"No, but I don't want my hair to be messed up. You know how well I take care of it."

"I know part of the reason you wear your hair long is so we don't look like twins given we look exactly alike other then our hair and clothes."

"Yeah, and it took thirteen years to get it this long!"

"And it will look perfect when I'm done. Please trust me."

"I do, bro." as Hiccup started to brush his brother's hair, and they talked about how they were looking forward to graduation. It was a big step in their journey of growing up and becoming the people they were meant to be. It was sad little Una wasn't graduating herself. But she was only eight.

"So, Hiccup, you sure Una not mad that we are the ones getting the party, and she's not?"

"Your empath brother. I'm the one who can do magic with memories, find people when they are in danger, and has a healing touch. You're the one who can feel other people's emotions, speak to departed souls, mimic injuries, and do astral projection."

"Ha, Ha, you know very well I'm a Dragon Empath. My talents are with our dragons, now dogs. Una the one who the bridge between worlds."

"I know, I know. It's still not easy for her seeing past and future events, speaking to the souls of the dead, able to sense danger, or read an object history."

"Well, we were blessed in our first life to have these powers for a reason. And it was to help us fulfill our destiny."

"That hasn't changed now that we live in the 21st century. Okay, I'm done. How I do?"

"It looks perfect. Can you see what's keeping our little sister?"

"Will do, little brother. You go help Mom finish breakfast."

"Okay." as he took off to head to the kitchen with his dragon/dog Stardust following him.

Smiling, Hiccup went to see what was keeping his little sister. He quickly found the problem was prevalent. His beautiful little sister, who looked like a blond version of their mom except for the last four inches of her hair being lilac, was having trouble deciding what to wear.

"BBBFF! Help me! I can't figure out what to wear at all!" she whined as she held up three outfits. One was a plum-colored blouse with a matching plum and pink skirt. The other was a stylish baby blue dress, and the last outfit was a light-green V-neck shirt with blue jeans.

"I go with the plum. Do you want me to pick your accessory to go with it?"

"Could you find my favorite rhinestone headband and get my cubic zirconium studs out of my jewelry box?"

"Will do sis. Though you look perfect in whatever you wear. You shouldn't fret so much."

"If I'm gonna be as beautiful as Mommy one day, I need to make sure I look perfect!" she shot back. Una always loved the fact their father Stoick always said that his wife and daughter were the most beautiful women in all the Nine Realms.

"You'll be fine. You just get dressed and find Nightrainbow leash. We've to take all the dogs for their morning walk after breakfast. Considering we have about sixteen dogs that a lot to walk."

"You know part of the reason we walk our dogs is to bond as a family and get exercise, right?"

"I know. I know," as he got her accessory from her dresser. He then helped her finish getting ready so they could meet the rest of their family downstairs for breakfast. The kitchen was pretty busy.

There was Toothless and Moon Shadow with their ten children. Stardust, Nightrainbow, and their parents' dogs Soulwings and Cloudjumper. Cloudjumper, Stardust, and Nightrainbow's mates and children lived with nearby neighbors; otherwise, they would be even more overwhelmed with dogs. They're lucky that some of their godmother Kara's sisters had agreed to care for them. Kara and her three sisters next door were the owners of Toothless and Moon Shadow's siblings and their children while their parents were owned by Odin and Frigga, who in this century ran the Dragon City Dog Farm where all the dragons/dogs were born and raised.

Valka just finished making blueberry pancakes when Hiccup walked into the kitchen. Given they're now living in the 21st century and had YouTube tutorial videos, Valka's cooking was much better then it had been during their days as Vikings.

"That smells heavenly, Mom. So does this mean the Moralien District crops are doing well? Seeing how you are using fresh blueberries."

"Ask your father about that, son. Also, remember to wash your hands before you sit down to eat."

"Will do, Mom," as he turned out to go wash his hands, he smacked straight into his father Stoick's enormousness bulk.

"Oh, sorry, Hiccup!" he apologized while at the same time trying not to spill his coffee.

"I'm fine, Dad! Not like it's the first time you have knocked me over. Ohh!"

"You okay, son?" his father questioned him as he saw his son winced in pain. "That new leg not bothering you, is it?"

"I could use some ice. I hate that every time we get me a new leg, it seems to flare up both in physical pain plus phantom pains. It doesn't help I landed on it after having a rather intense dream last night."

"Oh! What did you dream about, BBBFF? I dreamed last night I was in a church bathroom kissing one of my cartoon crushes," Una pipped up from her seat at the table.

"How do you know it was a church bathroom, sis?" Boden wanted to know. None of them were strangers to intense and unusual dreams, thanks to having both powers and mental illness. Also, their ordinary lives provided more then enough to give them strange ideas.

"Because it was the girl's bathroom at the Dragon City's church! I've been in there enough times to know what it looks like, Boden!" she snapped back and then saw her mom give her a look of disapproval.

"Una, what have I said when it comes to manners?"

"That we must be at all times respectful and mindful of other's feelings. That it doesn't matter if you in the real world or online; being polite and respectful is important. Because one action affects those around them one way or another, I know, Mommy, I know."

"Well, at least you know good manners then. Now hopefully, that applies to how you eat your breakfast."

"Mom, don't worry, we do have good table manners. It's Snotlout and the Twins who are bad with table manners," Hiccup reminded his mom as the family sat down to eat breakfast.

"I want to make sure we all remember common courtesy. So Stoick, how long do you think today meeting at the city hall going to take?"

"Hard to say, Val. Today's meeting is covering the monthly district reports on how their district is doing. Plus, the overall welfare of each of the five districts' main priority. We rarely, if ever, get it all done in one meeting."

"I understand, Stoick, I do. I hope the lunch I made you will keep you full."

"Are you trying to get me to drop weight still?"

"Well, the doctor did say you could stand to lose some weight, and you need to think about your cholesterol, Stoick. He did say after your last physical, it was a little on the high side."

"Okay, I get it. Eat healthily and do more exercise. Will do, Val."

"I know you will, my brave warrior. So let's hurry up with breakfast. You know if we don't leave within the next half hour, the Party City store at the mall is going to be swamped, and all the great stuff will be taken."

"Hurrying up!" chimed her children.

Valka's prediction of how busy the mall was proven correct. With it getting closer to the end of the year, most of the kids were graduating. So that meant a lot of parties were being hosted. Thankful, they ran into some of their friends who knew all the graduation parties were at their district leader's homes. So they all chipped in and were buying things for the party.

Hiccup was happy that he and his siblings found some time to break away from the mayhem and have Astrid join them in the food court. She looked excited today, and Hiccup couldn't help but notice even prettier.

"So can you believe it, Hiccup? That we tied as valedictorian? So we both get to make a speech? I shouldn't be surprised that you are one of two valedictorians. Given your the smartest kid to ever attend Berk High."

"Yeah, it's quite an honor, Astrid. I'm a little surprised we tied, though. I mean, there is only supposed to be one student that gets that honor."

"I guess because your guys' godmother is the principal, she was a bit more fair-minded."

"Kara is a good godmother, Astrid, and she loves us all very dearly. She looks so happy about Hiccup and Boden both being top of their class, and I'm sure she can't wait till the fall when Boden is at the high school."

"Una your making us blush."

"Not doing it on purpose, my BBBFF!"

"Well, at least things have been quiet for the last few years. No problems, either mystical or some other crazy thing was going on. Just some peace AH!" as everyone shields their eyes as what appeared to be a firework went off in the center of their table.

When it vanished, there was a scroll with a wax seal that had materialized. It didn't take more then a second to recognize who seal it was. The seal was that of the emblem of the Night Fury.

"Oh, great! Spoke too soon as I normally do!" Hiccup moaned as he grabbed the scroll and broke the seal and began to read aloud its contents.

"Dear Crown Prince Hiccup, you and your siblings and Crown Princess Astrid are cordially invited to attend the upcoming Peace Summit in the Dragon Kingdom. It would be most appreciated if you could make it. Given how you've helped us achieve the peace we seek to continue.

Please give us your reply in the next twenty-four hours. If you say yes, Azurewings and Cloudwings will arrange for you to come. It won't be like last time. The trans-dimensional portal spell has been smoothed out tremendously.

Hope to see you all soon. Have a good day. Sincerely King Toothless and Queen Moon Shadow of the Dragon Kingdom."

"Well!? Are we going?!" Una asked excitedly to her older brother, who was frowning slightly.

"Hiccup? Don't tell us your thinking of passing up a chance to see our Draco Being friends! You know how it works we will be back before we even left! So don't worry if we are going to miss our graduation parties, because we won't!" assured Boden to his older brother.

"I admit that it was one dozy of an adventure last time we all went there. Scary, thrilling, and crazy, but lots of fun. I also loved dressing up like a princess. So why are you hesitating, Hiccup?" Astrid questioned her beau.

"Ugh, it's that I want things to be normal and not a life or death battle between good and evil. Haven't we already had our fill of those?"

"Hiccup, we can't help if we were chosen by the Tapestry of Creation to play the role as the saviors of the Nine Realms and beyond. That's just destiny for you! Now, are you going to say yes or not?!" Una demanded impatiently.

"You know I won't reply to this, Una," he held up a hand to silence. "At least not till after we talk to Mom and Dad. You remember how mad they were last time we went to the Dragon Kingdom and how freaked out it made them."

"So does this mean I've to talk to my mom too, Hiccup? We are eighteen now! We are adults!"

"My mom says age doesn't make one an adult. That comes from within. And she also said as long as I lived under her roof, I do as she spoke. And I'm going to tell her and Dad about this.

Once we know how are parents feel, we can send our reply back. Then we wait for the next response."

"God, I wish the Dragon Kingdom had an email, or you could speed dial them on your cell. That be a lot faster then waiting for a magical reply," Boden grumbled under his breath.

Luckily by the next morning, the Haddocks and Hofferson agreed they could go. So they sent a reply back and only had to wait ten minutes before they got a return reply. The new scroll gave complete details of when and where they'd be picked up for being transported to the Dragon Kingdom.

So one week before the boy's graduation, they're standing on the docks waiting for pick up. A strange cloud appeared in the sky, and slowly they floated upward to it and vanished to the Dragon Kingdom.

Haddock Family

Una Haddock: Tara Strong- Melody's voice from LM2

Boden Haddock: Jay Baruchel- Same as his big brother Hiccup