Prologue

Gobber concentrated hard as he guided the blowtorch horizontally along the hollow metal pipe, slicing it clean in two. He grasped the blowtorch in his right hand and he had morphed his left hand into a pair of tongs to hold the pipe in place. Gobber was the welder and mechanic of Berk, a small city on a small island in a vast ocean, known as the Pacific; he usually fixed computers, toys, bicycles, and ships since Berk was such a small city everything was in walking distance there was no need for transportation. But, now dragons have come to live on Berk when their Queen was killed, people didn't bother to walk anymore, because they could just ride the dragons.

Berk was the only known island so far that was inhabited by humans with special powers. No one knew how the people came to possess these powers; some say their ancestors came across a stone of good fortune and gave the powers to them, a few had said that the land was scared and allowed them use the powers as long as they stayed on the island. But, the most common one was that the Gods had come down to the Earth, and blessed the people of Berk with a limit of three powers each and then vanished. Since then Berk became isolated and the people never left the island. Gobber, used his powers to help complete his tasks in his workshop that he called 'The Forge', his powers were hand morphing, especially with his left hand since he lost it in a dragon raid, enhanced crafting and fireproof skin as he didn't wear a welding helmet to protect himself from the sparks.

As Gobber continued to melt the pipe in half, his thoughts wondered off to his apprentice, who was at home recovering from recent injuries. Before Berk became the island it was today, it was constantly raided by the dragon. Stoick Haddock was the Mayor and led the civilians into battle with the dragons; with the children and women being kept safe in the City Hall. Stoick Haddock was a mountainous man with a huge, fanning red beard, and like everyone else, he was a true descendent of the Vikings with the powers of sonic roar, X-ray vision and his signature power, Earthquake punch. His son Hiccup was the complete opposite.

Having been born early, raised without a mother and born without powers he was ridiculed and shunned and known as the 'runt'. He had been Gobber's apprentice since he was little (well littler), and had even surpassed Gobber in his makings till he reached the highest point of perfection. Hiccup, was the shortest of his generation with slightly messy brown auburn hair, a freckle littered face and bright alluring green eyes. For fifteen years he was put down because he was born without powers, but he proved his worth when he shot down a Night Fury, though the people didn't accept him instantly, because no one saw him shoot the dragon down. He found the dragon with the intension to kill it, but didn't, instead he set the dragon free.

Over the months he and the dragon, Toothless, became best friends and were inseparable. After a long process of creating a forbidden friendship, suddenly excelling in dragon training, sneaking away from the city into the forest, kidnapping Astrid and finding the dragon nest, failing the final exam which resulted in getting Toothless captured, being disowned by his father, training the other kids to ride dragons, saving the people from the dragon Queen, being rei and losing his left leg, Hiccup was finally able to show people that he didn't need to have powers to be a hero.

The Chief's son was currently resting in bed to recover from his injury; Toothless had never left his side and never allowed him to get out of bed unless he really needed to. Stoick was the same; he became very protective of Hiccup and would try to spend as much time with him as possible. It was understandable as he did ignore his son for the past fifteen years, but sometimes it was all too much for Hiccup.

The small bell dinged as the front door opened. Gobber turned off his blowtorch and sat it down on a nearby metal bench, he morphed his left arm back to its original appearance; which was a stump, and grabbed a prosthetic of a wooden hand. He walked out to the counter and saw Stoick waiting patiently for him.

"Stoick, how can I help you?" he asked

"I wanted to see how Hiccup's new leg is going" Stoick replied. After finding out that Hiccup needed a new leg, Gobber had instantly began to work on it as soon as they were positive that Hiccup would survive the blood loss from a the major injury.

"It's coming along very nicely"

"Good. Good." Stoick sighed. There was a heavy silence in the air as none of the two tried to break the awkward silence, until Gobber chose to speak up.

"Something tells me, you didn't come here just to see how the leg is doing"

Stoick sighed again; Gobber always had a way of reading him. "Gobber, I'm worried about the safety of Hiccup. Johann just told me he had heard about a man going around and capturing dragons and killing people. If those rumours are and that man has powers, I can't imagine what he might do to Hiccup." Gobber nodded in understanding.

"So, what do you plan on doing about it?" he asked.

"I think I may have to send Hiccup away."

"Stoick, are you sure you know what you're doing?" Gobber stumbled.

"No, but I think it would be best"

The welder leaned against the counter of the shop and ran his right hand down his face. He knew that Stoick loved his son and would do anything to keep him safe, especially after the Dragon Queen's death. Gobber tried to think of different things that could help protect the boy but none came to mind. Except one.

"I'll go with the boy." He volunteered "Besides, someone needs to keep an eye on him"

Stoick looked at his best friend since childhood, uncertainly. "Are you sure Gobber?" he asked.

"Trust me Stoick, I practically raised the boy"

So it was decided. Until Hiccup learnt how to walk with his new leg, the city of Berk would be on high alert in case the rumoured man came to attack and take Berk for his own. It wasn't long till Hiccup could walk and fly with Toothless again, and Stoick was dreading when it was time to tell Hiccup he had to leave; he seemed so carefree and so full of life that nothing could bring him down; nothing but this.

A week later, Gobber was packing their stuff onto Johann's boat, who would take them to an uninhabited island south of Berk. Toothless was allowed to come with Hiccup since Stoick knew that the Night Fury would kill him if he wasn't; Hiccup didn't take the news that well and yelled at his father for a full ten minutes until he broke down in tears. Stoick, knew his son would react badly to the suggestion of sending him away, just after Berk and his father accepted him and the dragons. Hiccup, eventually did calm down and Stoick explained his decision telling him he wasn't doing this because wanted to but needed to, he told him what Johann said and how he wanted to protect his son. Hiccup did understand why his father was doing this, he knew he wasn't a disappointment to his father anymore and could see the purpose in the action.

The day came to when Hiccup, Toothless and Gobber would leave Berk. The city was sad to see the hero go to a different island for protection, but the most saddened ones were Hiccup's friends. Having just recently made friends after fifteen years of trying to fit in with the rest of society, it was painful to say goodbye to them. As Hiccup boarded Johann's boat Astrid ran up to him and pulled him into a deep kiss and whispered a farewell.

They shortly pulled out of the dock and sailed off into a setting sun horizon, with no knowledge of when they would return home.