NFF- Hiccup's encounter with the god of night.

As I have mentioned before I have had trouble figuring out where to take this story. Ideas would be welcomed but until then I must make my own storyline

As per last Hiccup gone half fury update I will try to consciously add detail to my stories

Poll will go up! Do you want the dragons to have human forms?

Another power is mentioned in this chapter. I would love to hear your thoughts of it.

English speaking Vikings (I don't know even Danish even though my mother is a Dane)

Part 7

Hiccup watched as the two night furies competitively tested their aim on berk. They could always hit the target but the ability to use the object they just hit to hit another was out of their understanding. Shadewrath silently swore as he watched yet another target goes flying into the dark water in a completely random direction.

"I can't believe you can just calculate the trajectories of everything you hit. That's a lot of thought in a very short time!"

Hiccup was getting quite bored of his constant irritation that he couldn't do a trick shot.

"do we really have to go over this again? The god gave me powers that allowed me to do those calculations and I'm sorry, but he didn't give you the same thing."

Both Toothless and Shadewrath chafed at this but continued firing over the dead grass at the granite targets. Hiccup got up and tried to help Toothless with his aiming since Toothless wanted to hit the target dead centre every time.

Astrid wandered through the village. The village had changed a lot with the announcement of Hiccup's change. Some houses had added a shade of black with a surrounding complement of gold to celebrate the strength of the man crossed with dragon that was next in line to the throne.

Mildew however had decided to show 'respect' (not, he still hated dragons) to Hiccup and carved his house to have three figureheads hewn from the wood: Toothless with a spear through the head, Shadewrath with an axe and Hiccup was shown as half dragon half boy and was punctured with many weapons.

Villagers frowned upon Mildews show of hatred but ignored him since it had been assumed a long time ago he was going mad with age.

Astrid kept walking towards the dragon stables to fetch Stormfly. Ever since the incident with the dragon hunters Hiccup had urged her to carry more to protect herself on flights. She had done so but mostly out of respect for the heir. She got her customised saddle with its equipment onto Stormfly and took off for her round of patrol.

While Astrid cruised through the blustery weather of high altitude she was able to see a previously unseen island. She was eager to discover the new island especially since it looked suitable to live on. She flew over to scout it out and was pleased to discover it was filled with both trees and animals which moved through the grasslands.

To the north of the island was a mountain with goats that wandered around peacefully and around the foot of that mountain was a forest with various types of trees filling out the upper reaches. The east and west sides were also high but on the south side the cliffs had a valley in between them that served as an entrance to the natural harbour in the middle of the island.

The island was perfect (by Viking standards) and there didn't even seem to be any settlements on the inside of the natural harbour.

Astrid put Stormfly on a landing run to the island. Both to let Stormfly rest for a while and to let Astrid explore the area on foot.

After a smooth landing Astrid headed towards the forest to see what hid under the branches. She entered the loud underbrush and scanned around for any life. She wandered through until she was near the bottom of the mountain and then turned back for the grassy plains of the high cliffs.

Astrid kept walking through the soggy undergrowth until she heard a tree falling. After a while she was thinking it to be a random occurrence before she heard footsteps, direction unknown due to the echoes of the forest.

She ran back towards the plains where safety from this confusing encounter lay. She was halfway back when she saw men carrying logs right in her path. She tried to flank them, but they had already noticed her and gotten into battle stances.

Astrid took up a battle stance as well. She didn't want to turn into a dragon since the trees would compound her movement. She slowly started brandishing her axe in preparation for the battle. The men stalked closer to her and she swung her axe faster in a show of strength.

"bring it on! I can handle all of you any day!"

She was sure she could easily beat these men with her enhanced strength. Then the first blow came, not from Astrid, not from the men in front of her but a carpenter that had snuck up behind her and knocked her unconscious.

Hiccup was a bit unsure of where Astrid had gone. Having one of the villager's best shield maiden missing was strange and unwelcome. He went to ask around for anyone who knew of Astrid's current location. Funnily the only person who seemed to know was bucket, he had been bringing in the catch of the day and saw Astrid change course towards a far off Island.

Hiccup was thankful for the information and went to Shadewrath and Toothless for what he assumed was a rescue mission. The trio got ready for flight and turned their course for the mysterious island.

They reached the outskirts and circled to look for anti-dragon defences but found none. They also spotted Stormfly waiting eagerly but looking longingly at the forest. Stormfly was glad to see them arrive.

"Hello Furies! My rider doesn't seem to be coming back anytime soon. Do you know where she is?"

Hiccup was confused that he could understand Stormfly but reasoned that he probably could understand all species, not just night furies. He told Stormfly the distressing news.

"no, we don't know where she is. I can't see any anti dragon defences, so it wasn't the hunters. I can only assume it was other inhabitants, but I can't see any settlements."

Stormfly was also surprised that Hiccup understood her but nodded in sad understanding. Hiccup lead the search into the forest and they looked for a while before coming across light footprints in the moist soil.

They followed the footprints towards the sea and came across a set of caves. Here they had an indecision as Stormfly and Shadewrath wanted to charge in with all their firepower, but Hiccup wanted peace and Toothless stood by Hiccup in his decision. The dragons were fiercely divided on their opinions and Hiccup took this chance to sneak away and do the peace operation himself.

Hiccup found a walkway and entered inside. He snuck through the entrance and slowly moved through the strange rock hewn settlement. None of them were currently in their homes but rather he could see some walking over to another part of the cavern and he assumed there was an assembly.

He got close and found a series of stairs surrounding a platform. Above the platform was a ragged flag which he had never seen before: a red pattern in the arrangement of spokes on a wheel surrounded by blue. On the platform itself was a gathering of strange people in torn blue uniforms surrounding a confused Astrid. She seemed to be unsure of something as she asked a question.

"you're British? What kind of clan name is that? I haven't heard of any group calling themselves the British."

One of the men who had a special hat answered her question.

"I told you before! We aren't from around here, our ship got blown horribly off course and we don't even know where we are."

Astrid stayed resistant even as the man seemed sincere about his own confusion. Hiccup was glad that the man did not seem to be armed or attacking Astrid. Hiccup decided the most direct action was the most likely to succeed.

He sneaked into the middle of the area from above and dropped down. The room quietened down as they realised the intruder had entered without any of them noticing. They were ready to attack but Hiccup was unarmed. They uneasily waited. The special hat man questioned the intruder after he had recovered from the initial surprise.

"what are you doing here unarmed?"

Hiccup tried to remain calm surrounded by people he didn't know, his plan depended on shock, so he could talk to the leader. He responded.

"this here is Astrid, my friend. I want to know what you're doing with her."

The man thought on the question for a moment before giving him the answer.

"we're just wondering what she's doing. She came up right behind some of my axe men and got into a fighting stance. Do you know why she did that?"

Hiccup was failing in trying to stay calm. He was feeling more and more outnumbered until he felt a warm feeling on his skin. The people around him gasped in surprise. He looked down and saw his upper body was on fire and had changed to night fury form.

He tried harder to calm himself down and was relieved when the warm feeling disappeared, and his upper body changed back. he quickly got onto his explanation for Astrid before the deluge of questions poured in.

"Astrid is… An aggressive girl [irritated glance from Astrid] but I want to talk about a peace. I don't want to fight."

The hat man nodded in acceptance.

"well that's nice to hear. Since I hear she's aggressive girl you don't mind if I keep her tied for now? Name's Edward by the way."

Hiccup nodded his affirmation of his question even though Astrid looked at him angrily.

"I'm sorry Astrid but It's just better if I can do this on my own. So, do you want peace between our two clans?"

Edward shrugged and gave his statement.

"yes, although I wouldn't call our people a clan. We're just Castaways far away from our homeland."

Hiccup was interested. These people weren't from around so probably had come from far away.

"where is your homeland?"

Edward was happy to explain.

"we come from a place called Britain. We were travelling over towards Britain's colonies in America before we were blown back by strong winds. We happened across this island and settled."

Hiccup was confused by these two new places that he had never heard about, it would have to be discussed later. Edward waited for a while but since Hiccup wasn't saying anything he decided to move on.

"So, do you want a tour of our place? It's a little unimpressive to you … Vikings? But it is a traditional thing In Britain"

Hiccup accepted and allowed Edward to lead him around. Astrid fumed at Hiccup's seeming ignorance to her.

The British castaway leader and Berk's heir entered a vast cavern. Inside the cavern were massive ships that Berk could never have imagined. Hiccup was in awe at the size of the ship that outsized even the dragon hunter super cruisers. He also wondered what the strange cylinders that poked out the hull.

"what are those things coming out of your ship?"

Edward understood that the Viking probably had never seen cannons before, so he explained.

"those are cannons, they use an explosive to fire a projectile at an enemy ship."

Hiccup was surprised to find out what they were and committed the idea to memory. With the thought that the tour was at it's end Edward took him back towards the entrance with a monologue along the way.

"so, it's an interesting prospect to become friends of our neighbours in this harsh place. I would normally be trying to take all these lands over for the crown, but we can't do that now."

Hiccup was interested.

"who's the crown?"

Edward continued his explanation

"the crown is our monarch, our leader. Britain has a lot of overseas territories and sailors like me are the reason why. We normally take over the lands from the natives."

While Hiccup and Edward finished up their long chat the dragons had finally noticed that Hiccup was missing. They decided that they needed to get their riders out from that place and prepared to attack.

Hiccup gathered Astrid from the meeting room and Edward escorted them to the entrance.

"I am really glad we could be allies, being up here surrounded by mysterious islands isn't very secure."

Hiccup nodded his affirmation.

"I'm glad we could be friends. [looks back at Astrid and sighs] although there were a few misunderstandings [Astrid snorts in irritation]. So, I guess we'll be going, see you soo- "

He looked out and saw the three dragons getting ready to fire. Edward wondered why Hiccup had quietened down before he looked ahead and saw the dragons.

"oh royalty! What are those creatures?"

Hiccup calmed Edward down.

"those are our dragons, I guess you guys don't have one thing after all."

Edward slowly calmed down and he looked with awe at the three powerful beasts. Hiccup calmed down the dragons and remembered one thing before he departed.

"I'm… sorry to ask this but could you help us in a certain battle? We have dragons and there are other Vikings who would try to kill them."

Edward was wary of attacking other inhabitants of the islands around him but recognised that this was an important part of the alliance.

"I'll have my ships readied for combat. We will battle alongside you against your foes to further our alliance."

Hiccup had never had met a person who was so adaptable, unlike a Viking. He was eager to meet the man again but for now he had to leave. With a quick goodbye Hiccup and Astrid went home with their dragons. The wizened Edward watched them, finally seeing hope in the middle of nowhere.

At the stronghold of the dragon hunters Viggo was concocting a new ship. The name of this massive warship was the mark of business or "business mark." Because of it being a personal ship to oppose Hiccup. It was brimming with archer ports and the outside had been coated in metal to make it impossible to set aflame. Viggo was sure it would work against the pesky dragon riders.

A/N:

Shorter than other updates since it was meant to be 1500 words, but I overshot like always.

The people on the island are workers seeking to get a better life in American colonies. They are from the time that Britain took parts of America. Not quite sure about the uniforms of the time so help would be appreciated

There was a slight reference to WWII in the passage which you probably saw.