Aaron had just turned seventeen when he set foot on Berk again.
Unlike his father, Aaron had never been fond of sea travel. He would prefer an alternative way of closing distances.
Much to his delight, he discovered Berk was no longer a dragon fighting nation. They cooperated with these wild beasts now, and it had all been thanks to the chief's son Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third.
Aaron couldn't remember him but had heard a great deal of him from his father Trader Johann.
When Aaron asked around for the whereabouts of his blonde childhood friend, he received no answer. He tried searching for her on his own but had no luck in finding her. It didn't help he couldn't recall her name. All her remembered was that she was the perfect girl for him.
"Oi, careful there boy," Gobber chuckled when Aaron nearly collided into him. "Where are you off to, anyway? And my, my how handsome you have grown up to be! I bet girls are flocking you from every corner, eh?"
Aaron blushed at Gobber's comment.
"Gobber, have you seen the little blonde girl that used to live here? She used to carry an axe."
"Little blonde girl with an axe," Gobber repeated with a raised eyebrow. "You don't happen to be talking about our Astrid here? Well, sorry to say son, Astrid is no more on Berk. Ran away on an adventure with the chief's son."
Aaron's face fell. "Do you happen to know where they went?"
Gobber told him the directions to Dragon's Edge but also warned Aaron that the only way to successfully get there was on the back of a dragon.
Aaron needed to train his first dragon.
But where to get one?