I know this isn't a RotG fic but a HttyD, I wanted to post here anyway and I will be making this into a story all its own, eventually.
It happened without any warning, they weren't even expecting a raid to happen in the middle of the day but it did and more than just livestock was carried off this time. No one had realized it had happened until after the dragons had gone.
Stoic, the leader of the Viking village was making the rounds to see if everyone was alright when he realized he hadn't seen his son since the before the raid began. "Hiccup, where are you son! HICCUP!" He shouted as he searched the whole village for his only child.
Worried for the four year old, the villagers searched the entire island for young Hiccup but their search was in vain for the boy was no longer on the island. When he learned that the dragons had indeed, taken his son during the raid, Stoic entered his house to grieve and left his brother to take over in his stead while he did. It would be years until the boy would be found.
Fourteen-year-old Astrid Hofferson, along with others in her age group, was left on what was assumed a deserted Island in order to see if they were able to fend for themselves for a week. Unknown to them, a brown haired and green-eyed figure watched them from the trees as they searched for a place to set up for the night.
"This looks like a good spot." Astrid told the others, as she was the unspoken leader of their age group. "Fishlegs, you and Ruffnut go look for firewood, Tuffnut, you will help me set up the shelters for everyone and Snotlout, you will clear a spot for the fire ring." She ordered.
Once their chores were done, they all relaxed, except for Astrid who said she was going to go catch some fish for their supper though she asked Fishlegs to start a fire for when she returned before she left to find the nearest stream and some fish.
As she was catching enough fish for everyone's supper, she heard a deep growling from the other side of the river and looked up to see a teen her age to be the one who was growling at her. She noted that he had long, untamed, brown hair, piecing green eyes and a spattering of freckles across his face.
"Hiccup?" She muttered as the sight of his eyes and hair brought forth a memory of her village chief's son.
"Who are you to think you can fish in my territory? My name is not Hiccup, it is Baize and I suggest you leave now before I rip out your throat. I know it was you humans who captured my family members and are using them to learn how to kill other dragons. My father told me so." He growled at her, having forgotten how to speak in anything other than dragon.
Astrid, who refused to back down, growled back at him, which was a bad idea on her part for he instantly leaped at her from across the river and soon had her pinned to the ground. "I warned you but you had the nerve to challenge me in my territory and you shall now pay the price." He growled.
"Baize back down, now." A voice ordered from the bushes on the other side of the river.
"But father…she is stealing our food and had challenged me even though I told her to leave." Baize argued.
Astrid let out a scream as a pure black dragon came into view while growling. "NIGHT FURY!" Her scream caused two things to happen. One, Baize and the dragon to flinch before they both darted into the bushes, Baize leaped onto the dragon's back and they were soon air born, headed for the cave they lived in.
The second they heard her scream the other teens came racing to where she lay, shocked. "What happened, were you attacked?" Ruffnut asked as the group dropped to the ground next to Astrid.
"I… I saw him, Chief Stoic's son. It was Hiccup, he…he left with the Night Fury…it was almost as if he did not understand me. All he did was… was growl like he thought he was a…a dragon." Astrid stuttered as she stared at the spot where she last saw him and the dragon leave.
Up in the cave, Baize slid off the Night Fury's back and skulked off to a shadow covered corned to sulk. "Why did you stop me from killing that intruder? She was stealing food from our territory and had the nerve to challenge me even after I told her to leave and what is more she insulted us."
The Night Fury heaved a sigh before he began to explain humans to his adopted son. "The humans, they are not like us my son. She did not challenge you, she does not understand dragon speak so she did not know she was insulting anyone."
"So you are saying I should just let this go but what about all the dragons the humans have captured and killed. I say we should capture the humans who are on our island and use them to force the humans to let the dragons free that they capture." Baize replied.
"No, I refuse to let myself to sink to their level and will not allow you to either. You are to leave those humans alone do you hear me Baize." Baize only nodded as he joined the Night Fury, who was preparing to get some sleep.
Over the next week, Baize kept an eye on the group as well as studied them to better understand them, at the insistence of his adopted father. By studying them, he learned to imitate their speech and had even managed to steal some of their clothes and attempted to wear them but ended up shredding them in his frustration when he couldn't figure out how to put them on.
By the end of the week, the teens were more than ready to return to their home island because of Baize though Astrid still insisted she had seen Hiccup their first day on the island. Finally having gotten frustrated with her and her insistence of Hiccup being alive, Snotlout snapped at her.
"Drop it already Astrid, hiccup is dead! He got carried off by the dragons when we were all children, we all have been told this since we were old enough to understand!"
"No, I will not drop it, I know what and whom I saw, he was right there in front of me across the river! Hiccup is alive and I will prove it to you one day!" Astrid shouted back just as the boat that would take them home came to shore.
From the safety of the trees, Baize watched the humans load their stuff into the floating thing and, at the sight of Gobber; he clutched his head in pain as an unwanted memory surfaced. He let out a loud roar before charging out of the trees toward the humans.
Gobber, who had grabbed Astrid's axe from her, dropped the weapon the minute he saw the figure emerge from the trees. "No, it cannot be. Hiccup, he is alive." He gasped in shock, not noticing the smug look Astrid was giving the others at his reaction.
Baize came to a halt three feet from them and began to pace in front of them as he went over on how to tell them what he wanted. "Y…you lea…ve, no re…tur…n or I k…kill you."
"Now wait just a minute Hiccup…" Gobber started to try to reason with the boy.
"NO! My na…me is B…Bai…ze no…t Hi..ccu…p! Now leave before I kill you!" He shouted, growling the last part.
Gobber is about to say something else but at Baize's roar he knew it was time for them to leave, though he did so with a heavy heart now that he knew his best friend and chief's son was alive. He shook his head when he saw Astrid was about to protest about them leaving the boy there and made he, along with the others, get into the boat.
