Hello everyone! Guess who's back? Back again? SamManta586's back! Tell a friend! (Shout out to Little Kuriboh! We're with ya my friend!) Ok, so this story is something I actually have search for, but never found online. Or at least one that is written in a way that I enjoy. So the way this will work I think is that'll put up a few chapters, focus on my exams that are coming up next week, then I will return! Unfortunately I don't think Valka will be showing up until chapter 4 or 5 so we'll have to wait on that. What I'd like to do is ask you guys in the review section what you want me to do.

Hicstrid: Yes or no?

All for now! Enjoy Chapter 1!

"...leaving. We're leaving. Let's pack up. Looks like you and me are taking a little vacation, forever."

Hiccup sighs as he puts down the heavy basket filled with food, tools, and a bunch of other stuff a person needs for survival. His thoughts turn to his main problem: the Monstrous Nightmare. The dragon is going to be killed by the "winner" of dragon training. And guess who gets the honor of killing the dragon? Me. Hiccup thought bitterly.

Before, he thought that dragons were what everyone else in the village believed them to be, killing machines capable of only rage and a thirst for Viking blood. But then Hiccup met Toothless, a Night Fury, one of the most feared dragons of known to man. As far as Hiccup knew, the he was the first to ever see one, much less ride one! He had crippled Toothless after his bola launcher had ripped his tailfin off, but thanks to Hiccup's skill and training in the forge, he had managed to build Toothless an artificial tailfin, but the Night Fury still couldn't fly on his own, he needed a rider. And that's where the saddle and leather harness he was currently wearing came in. He and Toothless had a bond like no other, and through that bond Hiccup discovered that everything the Vikings of Berk knew about dragons was wrong. They could feel emotions other than anger and hatred. At that thought Hiccup felt an overwhelming sadness knot his stomach. He learned what emotion had fueled the dragons to attack Berk unprovoked; fear. The dragons were enslaved by some sort of 'queen dragon', and if they didn't feed her, they would be eaten themselves.

The teen was torn out of his thoughts to a shink sound from behind him. He turned his head and nearly forgot to breathe. Behind him, sitting on a boulder sharpening her axe was one of the last people he wanted to see; Astrid Hofferson.

"Aggh! What the-" Hiccup shouted.

"What are you doing here?" Astrid demanded, her expression cold and her pale blue eyes sparkling with anger. She slid off the boulder and stalked around the village runt like a cat hunting prey. "I want to know what's going on. No one just gets as good as you do. Especially you. Start talking! Are you training with someone?"

"Uh..." Hiccup's eyes were darting around the cove, looking for the familiar sight of black scales or piercing green eyes.

"And what's with this?" Astrid asked, her hand grabbing the collar of Hiccup's harness.

The sound of a twig snapping somewhere within the tree-cave in the cove instantly captured Astrid's attention as she released Hiccup and held her axe handle with both hands, keeping the weapon at ready. Hiccup panicked and ran in front of her, blocking her advance.

"Ah... You got me! You were right, I've been making...outfits!" He lied, his eyes betraying the fear he felt shaking his bones.

Astrid unfortunately, caught up in her anger for not being picked back at dragon training, took him blocking her as an attack and used the flat side of her axe to slam Hiccup into the ground. The surprised teen cried out in pain when his head slammed on a loose rock. He opened his eyes, when did I close them?, when a furious roar meet his ears.

Hiccup heard Astrid's cry of "Dragon!" and Toothless's charge at the shieldmaiden. He forced himself to sit up and turned around, fighting the slight nausea that came with the movement, and was just in time to see Astrid take a swipe at Toothless with her axe which the dragon promptly dodged.

"Toothless!" Hiccup cried, catching the attention of the raging Night Fury, who gave a glare to the now confused Astrid before he bolted to his friend's side. The dragon put a wing in front of Hiccup, blocking the boy from the girl's view.

"Thanks bud," Hiccup whispered as he picked himself up from the ground and onto Toothless's back before connecting his harness to the saddle.

"Let's go." Toothless opened his jet black wings and rose a few feet in the air before gliding quickly past the shocked Astrid and grabbing Hiccup's basket in his claws, before the two flew up in the air, a solid black dot in the pale blue sky.

Hiccup gave a sigh and laughed in relief. "Oh Toothless," the boy said. leaning down and wrapping his arms around the dragon's neck in a hug. "I thought that was it then." He smiled and let his arms go limp. "Thank you Toothless. You are amazing." The dragon cooed from under him in response.

A throb from his head wiped the smile from Hiccup's face. He winced as the throbbing slowing got worse, making his dragon look up at him in alarm. "I'm fine bud." Hiccup said as he lifted one of his hands and patted the dragon's head, but Toothless gave him a look that said "yeah, sure". Hiccup groaned in response and replied, "Ok, ok… But I can handle it for a while bud, I just want to go…" Hiccup stopped and turned back towards Berk a crazy idea popping into his head that pushed back the pain. The island was still close and he could see the stone walls of the kill ring from where they were. Toothless followed his gaze, his eyes narrowed in confusion when he saw his rider's attention on the village they were supposed to be fleeing from.

Hiccup gave a mischievous smile. "Hey bud? Let's give a few friends a hand…"