Hey, people, I decided to return from the dead for your sake! To be honest I didn't expect you will like my story this much, you all made me very happy! And so, I'm going to post the whole story, starting with the... well, start. For a few chapters I will describe how everything started and briefly, whatever happened until the original chapter. After that, we will get to see what happened after. Okay, I'm ranting. I'll stop now. Thank you again for reading my story, and thanks for everyone who favorited, followed and rewiewed, I'll try my best from now on as well for you all!

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Four months earlier

Bright stars lit up the pitch black skies above the islands of the Barbaric Archipelago. A cold, but soft wind was brushing fog-like clouds around and made the tree leaves dance and whisper through the darkness of the night. The ocean whirled and moved constantly, buzzing comfortingly as a huge, black shadow flew over it, almost skidding on the surface. As the wind blew a patch of cloud avay from the moon it lit up the dark form, revealing a dragon black as the sky itself, only a bright red tailfin catching the eye. On the reptile, sat a thin boy in light leather flying gear, his left leg reflecting light in a metallic shine. His brown hair was ruffled as they flashed across the air, and he grinned happily, the moonlight giving his green eyes a silvery shade. Finally, they lifted up into higher levels, a soft laugh escaping from the boy and a grunt of contentment from the dragon underneath him.

Hiccup always enjoyed his midnight flights with Toothless, tearing the air apart in the calm silence that enveloped them like a blanket. The boy loved how the wind whistled in his ears, not disturbed by the energetic sounds from the village or his friends' bickering and talking. It didn't mean he wasn't happy when one or two of them joined him occasionally, but nothing was like being alone with your best friend in the soothing blackness. He patted Toothless' head and turned him around to head back home. While they did a few stunts before nearing Berk he thought about the night before.

He wasn't really surprised when he noticed a huge dragon hovering above the woods, obviously waiting for them. He had flights with all of the other dargon trainers before, one by one as well as several of them at once. He smiled lightly as he quickly closed up the space between them. Snotlout joined him just as much as the others, and Hiccup didn't mind at all. Actually, they had really good conversations whenever they were alone. When his cousin didn't have anyone to show off to, he became calm and pretty friendly with Hiccup. Of course, he always threatened to kill him if he spills this to the others but both knew this will keep being their secret and they didn't want it any other way.

This time Snotlout told Hiccup how he finds it harder to make his father proud by the day. Spitelout was only happy if his son had did better every time than before. The boys actually had these conversations a few times before, and like every time, Hiccup listened through the whole stroy, before comforting his cousin and promising he would help him find some solution. However, no matter how much he wanted to help, he started to run out of ideas. The idea of getting his father talk to his brother seemed better each time but he knew that would mean destroying Snotlout's pride and the strengthening friendship between them, so he always chased the thought away.

He was raking his brain for every available idea right at this moment too. Spitelout wasn't nearly as understanding as his father and Hiccup had to agree with Snotlout that his expectations were getting insane.

He tuned back into reality as the silhouette of Berk came into vision. He steered Toothless a bit to the side and the dragon understood right away where his rider would like to go. When they reached the island he flapped his wing to lift them up above the woods until he noticed a small clearing with a lake on it. They slowly descended into the cove and Hiccup jumped off his dragon. He then started to take the saddle and the flying equipment off, Toothless fidgeting excitedly.

"Calm down bud, I'm working as fast as I can!" Hiccup laughed. He knew Toothless loved bathing in the lake during clear nights like this. He really needed it too, he thought to himself as wherever his hand rubbed against the black scales it got dirty and blackish as well. When the last piece was taken off the dragon bounced happily into the water and Hiccup checked the saddle and the other flying assets. Sighing loudly he dragged them over to the lake and started to rub the dirt out of them. He glanced up at his best friend who has stopped splashing around and watched him curiously and... amusedly?

"Really nice, you know this wouldn't be the case if you didn't like to bath in dirt as much as you like in water." He mumbled a little annoyed but he smiled nonetheless. He didn't really want Toothless to change in any way, even if it meant he had to scrub the equipment every single day. About an hour later, when the dragon finally got out of the water, he flung the now clean pieces over tree branches so they woud dry, then he turned to join Toothless to rest until they can go home.

If only he didn't hear the furious roar. He froze in place for a moment, then started to run in the direction of the sound. Somehing was wrong. Thumps and thuds and quiet grunts told him his best friend was fighting. He had to be there by his side! But then, his arm was caught by a huge hand and the palm closed around it with a crushing force. He didn't even have time to yell from the surprise and the pain as he was yanked back harshly, stars dancing before his eyes as his arm felt like it would get torn off for a moment. He shook his head and was turned arount to stare into an incredibly ugly face. The fact it was ugly didn't bother him though - Berk had some folk with this kind of face - but what did was he didn't recognize it. The person holding him captive was a stranger, and obviously not the friendly type. He tried to pull his arm out of his hand but the already painful pressure increased and he had to bite down on his lips to keep a yelp from escaping. The man just kept staring at him, increasing the strength of his hold when he felt Hiccup tried to squirm out of it, but he didn't say a word. He wasn't bothered by the boy's fighting either - Hiccup wasn't even sure he felt his kicks and hits. The stranger didn't even show any desire to fight, he only concentrated on keeping him in place. Giving up the useless fight, the boy called back worriedly over his shoulder.

"Toothless? Are you okay, bud?"

His blood froze when he didn't get any answer other than a taunting laugh.

"Look boys, isn' he cute? He's calling for 'is dragon! Askin' if it's alright! Boy, did ya even notice jus' how big of a trouble ya gotten into?" A man walked out from behind the rocks which hid the fighting Toothless from Hiccup's worried eyes. He glared at the other unknown man.

"Who are you guys?!"

"I don' think ya are in a position to ask questions, boy." The man's voice reminded the dragon trainer to Alvin, but this one had a bit more danger to it. He shook his head free from the troubling thoughts and answered coolly.

"Seeing as you attacked us out of nowhere, you should at least tell me who are you and why are you doing this. You know, not like I can escape with this guy latched onto my arm." Hiccup gestured to the giant holding him in place. The man grinned.

"Ya are smart, aren't ya? It's best if ya don' know. All ya need to know, ya're comin' with us."

Hiccup glared at him angrily, dissappointed his plan didn't work. He at least had a good guess why were they here.

"Let me guess. You're here because of the dragons, aren't you? You want to know what we know."

"Look, I told ya, ya're smart! Yes, we're indeed here for you, Dragon Conqueror!"

"Wow, really?" Hiccup tried his best to stay calm. He still didn't give up on his plan to at least leave some clues behind if he was taken away. "Why are you so sure you've got the right person?"

"Rumors say the Dragon Conqueror is a scrawny boy, a fishbone, riding a deadly Night Fury. I believe the description fits, right, boys?" he grinned and motioned to his men who dragged a bound Toothless on the ground behind themselves. The dragon trashed around but he couldn't get out of the ropes wrapped around his body. As soon as he saw Hiccup, his eyes checked him over and he growled at the man who clearly was causing pain to his human. The man who seemed to be the leader laid his hand on Toothless' shoulder, which the dragon tried to shake off, hating its touch. "I would assume this is a Night Fury."

"Let. Him. Go." Hiccup felt something strange as he watched how the man could kill his friend in about two seconds. He was scared, more than anytime before, but he also felt a huge amount of rage boiling in him. He briefly wondered whether that should be scaring him or not.

"Now, now, boy. We're here to talk abou' business, ya see?"

"Some business." Hiccup was growling at the man. He didn't like him one bit. There was something in him that made his hair stand on end and at the same time made him want to strangle him. He hated him out of instinct.

"Ya see, we can do this the easy way..." The man casually dropped his hand onto the hilt of his sword. "Or we can do this the hard way." With that he unsheathed it and held the blade unnervingly close to Toothless' neck. Hiccup gasped, but forced himself to regain his composure.

"If you kill him, you can forget I will ever go with you."

"Oh, that's fine by me, but ya know, we have other insurances." He reached his other hand out and one of his men placed something in it. Then he jerked his head to the man holding Hiccup, and he dragged the boy over, so he could see the object. At the sight the dragon trainer's air was caught in his throat. It was a lock of blonde hair, and Hiccup only knew one person who had such a light, goldish shine to her hair. He tried to swallow the lump forming in his throat at the thought.

"How?"

"Let that be our secret, boy. Now, are ya comin' with us peacefully or...?" For better effects he held the sword directly to the Night Fury's neck. Hiccup stared into his dragon's eyes, which were pleading for him to not give himself up. He silently apologised to him, and he glared back at the hateful man.

"Alright. I'll go with you."

The next moment, he felt something hit his head from behind and his world blackened.

In the morning, a bunch of teens were sitting around in the academy, apparently waiting for Hiccup, but he didn't show up for two hours. Snotlout and the twins got bored and annoyed and left, leaving Astrid and Fishlegs worrying. The two of them decided that the boy would keep waiting at the academy in case he shows up and Astrid will go look for him. She jumped onto Stormfly and took off towards Hiccup's house. On her way she asked several villagers whether they saw the boy but the answer was always the same: no. When she arrived to the chief's house, Stoick was walking out the door, then looked up at Astrid.

"Chief! Is Hiccup home?" Astrid landed her dragon by the huge man.

"No, I thought he already met up with you."

"He didn't. Could he have gone flying in the morning?" Her worry growed by each second. She had a very bad feeling.

"No, I beieve he was flying during the night. Do you think something happened to him?" Stoick started to get worried as well. Where could his son be?

"I don't know sir. I'l keep looking. Maybe he went to the cove and dozed off." She tried to reassure him, but she couldn't stop thinking Hiccup was in serious trouble. She climbed back onto her dragon's back and she went for the cove this time. It was always the second place she would check, as Hiccup liked to go there when something troubled him or he wanted to be alone for a while. As she was nearing the place, a familiar voice tore the air apart. Something was definitely wrong, why else would Toothless roar in such a way? She urged Stormfly to go faster, and the raging, panicked and frustrated roars of the Night Fury became clearer every time, until they were right above the cove. They descended, only to have a fireball launched at them and Stormfly answered with her own fire out of reflex. The next moment, Astrid and her dragon were knocked over by a dangerously growling Toothless. The girl felt something she didn't feel ever since she first met the dragon. Fear. Luckily, the Night Fury seemed to recognize them as his pupils thickened a little, and he jumped off of them, running back and forth, then attempted to climb out again, uselessly.

It almost took Toothless the whole night to get out of the ropes binding him, and numb as he was, he couldn't summon enough strength to propel himself out of his prison. He was angry and frustrated, they took his rider from right under his nose! He watched them drag the unconscious body of his beloved human away and he couldn't do anything!

Astrid stood up, and quickly processed the situation. Something happened to Hiccup, and Toothess got trapped here. Maybe they fell? But the dragon didn't have a saddle! She started walking around, knowing the black dragon wouldn't attack her again, and she noticed the flying equipment flung onto the branches. This was most likely Hiccup's doing, so he was here. She started to feel worse. He WAS here. The way Toothless is acting, he isn't anymore. And Hiccup would never leave his dragon in the cove willingly. She then noticed something out of the corner of her eye. It was a bunch of torn and burnt rope, long and strong enough to keep a dragon at bay. By the ropes, laid a rock, and its surface was covered something black. She took a step back as realization hit her: someone was here, tied Toothless up, and took Hiccup. Her worries multiplied.

"Toothless!"

She successfully caught the dragon's attention and he landed in front of her but he was baring his teeth at the girl. Astrid then looked away and reached her hand out, just like Hiccup told her to. The boy showed Stoick, Gobber and the teens how they can calm Toothless down, whenever he's agitated. She was hoping this would actually work because she liked her hand. Toothless stared at the hand as if contemplating something then leaned into the touch. Astrid let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding, and she started to rub the dragon's head soothingly.

"Toothless, who did it? Who took Hiccup? Was it Alvin?"

The dragon snorted, so she tried again:

"Dagur?"

Another snort, then a frustrated twich of the head. She clinged onto her last hope:

"Do you know who took him?"

Toothless whined painfully, and Astrid almost cried. They didn't know the tribe that took their heir. He could be anywhere. She had to warn Stoick. She quickly ran over to the branches holding the saddle and collected up Hiccup's flying gear, then climbed onto Stormfly.

"We're going to get you out of here Toothless, get ready!" She signaled to her dragon and she grabbed and lifted the Night Fury out of the cove. As soon as they were over the edge, Toothless got back onto ground and took off running towards the village, with Astrid following closely. The villagers quickly realized that getting in the way of an agitated Night Fury is not really a life insurance, so they gave way as the dragon rushed through between the houses. He almost knocked over Stoick, who came to check out what the commotion was about, and the chief felt his heart sink into his stomach when he didn't see his son on the clearly frustrated black dragon. A pale Astrid following on her dragon with his son's flying gear didn't cheer him up either. He took off running after them, and he quickly realized they were headed to the harbor. Astrid felt hopeless at this as well. Who knows where did they take him? When they got to the ocean, Toothless jumped into the water and swam a little just to turn back and roar at the distance from the sand.

Astrid landed just in time for Stoick to drag her off her dragon and ask her:

"What happened to Hiccup?"

"They took him... I don't know who... Toothless didn't know them." She felt just as disheartened at her own words as the chief did.

Stoick let her go and stared at the ocean for a few moments before taking a deep breath and turning around.

"Astrid, go get the other trainers, split up and see if you can find Hiccup! Come back before sunset, and report! Gobber, you get the boats ready! Spitelout, come with me! We're going after my son."

The whole village moved at the chief's orders, everyone tending to their own task to help their little heir. The only one that didn't move from his spot was a certain pitch black dragon who was sitting on the sand and kept howling at the water, maybe hoping his calls will be answered.

Well, that's about it for the real first chapter, I hope you liked it! I'll try to update soon, but life's aways getting in my way, and, did you see the thing? It's HUGE, man! I can hardly get around it. (But you know what? All your love made it smaller. Good job.)