A New World
Chapter One: Where Am I?
A/N: Here is my RWBY crossover story, A New World.
Before we begin, this story will use certain aspects from both of the How To Train Your Dragon films as well as all five seasons of RWBY, so you should go watch them before reading this story of mine. I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it.
Also shoutout to HHH1 for helping with beta reading this story. He was a tremendous help.
Edit: Might work in some stuff from volume 6 of RWBY into the plot later on, still deciding on that.
Here we go!
"It's okay, bud. She's a friend." Hiccup assured the dragon as he stood between Toothless and Astrid. Toothless snorted in disagreement while Astrid stood frozen beside Hiccup. The dragon shot Hiccup a confused look, watching the girl with suspicion.
"You just scared him." Hiccup said to Astrid.
"Who is 'him'?" Astrid whispered, not taking her eyes off the giant fire-breathing reptile in front of her.
"Astrid, Toothless. Toothless, Astrid." Hiccup nervously introduced. Astrid slowly inched away as she had a look of disgust in her eyes. Before Astrid can turn around and run towards the village Hiccup grabbed her arm and pulled her close.
"Hiccup, let me go!" Astrid growled dangerously.
"Astrid, wait! I have to tell you something." Hiccup said to her as he looked into her eyes, then suddenly had the wind knocked out of him when Astrid kneed him in the groin.
"Oww!" Hiccup gasped out as he doubled over, letting go of Astrid's arm.
"I told you to let me go!" Astrid growled. Toothless, meanwhile, was watching the pair with interest, cringing sympathetically when Hiccup was kicked. Astrid turned to leave again and quickly ran away.
"We're dead." Hiccup said as he watched her leave before turning to Toothless who was walking away. "Where do you think you are going?"
Astrid was running through the forest, the only thought that was running through her mind is how Hiccup had betrayed the Vikings. She was so fixated on this thought that she didn't notice a shadow looming overhead until she was lifted into the air.
She screamed in fear at the sudden action until Toothless placed her in the branches of a tree. She hung on for dear life and glared at Hiccup who was on Toothless' back.
"Hiccup, get me down from here!" Astrid growled angrily. Hiccup shook his head. "Not until you listen to me" Hiccup replied.
"I am not listening to anything you have to say!" Astrid replied, angrier than before.
Hiccup sighed, realizing he wouldn't get anywhere spoke up again. "Then I won't speak, just let me show you." Hiccup said before adding "please Astrid"afterward.
Astrid looked down and came to a decision. She moved over to the dragon and climbed on behind Hiccup, pushing his arm - that was offered to help her climb onto Toothless - out of the way as she climbed onto the dragon.
"Now get me off of this thing," Astrid said
"Toothless, down gently." Toothless straightens out his wings. "See? nothing to worry about." Hiccup replied
Toothless leaps into the air, causing Astrid to start screaming again.
Hiccup sighed, "Stop Toothless! Bad dragon! Very bad dragon!"
Toothless ignored Hiccup however and continued flying in a scary manner for Astrid. "He's not usually like this" Hiccup said as Toothless stopped ascending and started diving, earning an "Oh no" from an irritated Hiccup.
"Toothless what are you doing? We need her to like us!" Hiccup exclaimed as Toothless dived into the ocean around Berk, soaking his passengers before going into a climb again.
"And now the spinning. Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile!" Hiccup said as Toothless started spinning mid-flight. He then dives once more.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, just get me off of this thing." Astrid said and as if it was a signal, Toothless straightened out his wings and stopped diving. he slows down and glides above the clouds slowly.
Alright, I admit it. This is pretty cool. It's... amazing. He's amazing. So what now? Hiccup, your final exam is tomorrow. You know you're going to have to kill a...kill a dragon." Astrid whispers the last three words in Hiccup's ear so Toothless doesn't hear her.
Don't remind me" Hiccup replied
Toothless suddenly dodges
Toothless, what's happening? Whoa, what is it?" Hiccup asks his dragon but received no answer.
They find themselves in a middle of a flock of dragons. They are carrying food en masse toward the island.
Get down!" Hiccup orders Astrid urgently
What's going on?" Astrid asked
"I don't know. Toothless. You've got to get us out of here, bud." Hiccup pleaded but Toothless ignored him.
"It looks like they're hauling in their kill." Hiccup pointed out
"Uh, what does that make us?" Astrid asked but Hiccup doesn't answer the question
"What my dad wouldn't give to find this," Hiccup says to himself
They approach the Dragon's Nest in a Volcano. Swarms of dragons throw their offerings into the lava below.
"It's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole. Hiccup said sarcastically"
"They're not eating any of it." Astrid realizes
A Gronckle delivers only a single tiny fish. A roar is heard from below and the Gronckle squeals in terror as something big seizes it
"What... is that?" Astrid asked no one in particular
A colossal dragon emerges from the lava pit and eats the Gronckle alive. All the other dragons cower in terror before the giant creature.
"Alright, buddy, we gotta get out of here. Now!" Hiccup shouts urgently as The Red Death lunges at them.
Toothless escapes and all the dragons flee. The Red Death lunges at Toothless again but grabs a Zippleback instead. Toothless and his riders fly off to a beach and land.
"No, it totally makes sense. It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers, and that's their queen. It controls them. Let's find your Dad." Astrid says
"No, no! Not yet. They'll... kill Toothless. Astrid, we have to think this through carefully." Hiccup points out
"Hiccup, we just discovered the Dragons' Nest. The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here. And you want to keep it a secret?! To protect your pet dragon?! Are you serious?!" Astrid asks Hiccup incredulously
"Yes." Hiccup simply stated
Astrid's eyes widen in surprise at his answer
Okay. Then what do we do?"
"Nothing, we can't tell my dad about this. He will kill Toothless and get himself killed."
"But…" Astrid trailed off as she looked into the dragon's big green eyes.
"Astrid, everything we know about them is wrong." Hiccup told her. "And I can't stay here and face the Monstrous Nightmare tomorrow knowing that. These dragons can be as intelligent as us humans, maybe more so."
"So what are you going to do? Leave?"
"Yes," Hiccup said with an air of both resolution and resignation. "Face it, if any of the Vikings found out about Toothless, neither of us would be alive. Not even being the Chief's son will protect me from that. I just thought you should know how I felt before I left."
Astrid looked at the dragon for a while before she turned her eyes on Hiccup, her expression pensive. "What about your dad, Hiccup? He'll be devastated."
"He first has to realize that I'm missing." Hiccup told her, somewhat bitterly. "Even if the whole village thinks I'm some wonder in dragon training he would still have to actually notice me."
Astrid frowned, thinking back to all the times he and his father interacted, only to realize that there weren't very many of those. 'No,' she decided. 'let Hiccup still believe in his father even if they didn't interact much'.
"Alright, Hiccup. I'll keep your dragon friend a secret." Astrid sighed. "What are you going to do now?" She asked him and he looked at her with uncertainty.
"I'm not sure. Find a new home out there, I guess? Explore the world, and all that." Hiccup replied honestly.
Astrid nodded, "Then go. Go see the world. I don't know what will happen but I believe you'll make a difference one day." She told him quietly. She still wasn't so sure about all dragons, but at least this one had yet to turn her crispy.
Hiccup nodded as he gave Astrid a hug goodbye. "I guess I'll see you around someday." He mumbled, not even believing it himself but hoping anyway.
Mounting Toothless, he took to the sky. Astrid watched from the cove as the black blur got further and further away, eventually disappearing into the horizon. Before long, she turned around and started heading back, hoping that wherever he decided to go, he'd be able to take care of himself.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to either of them, someone watched from the rocks above the cove, a wicked grin spreading across their face as they saw Hiccup and Toothless fly off into the night sky. Soon enough, however, they too turned away and disappeared into the night.
Several hours later, Hiccup and Toothless were flying through some clouds, hoping to find an island they could rest on. Eventually, they made their way through the cloud and Hiccup squinted as he saw an island off in the distance.
"I've found an island, Toothless! Just a little further.." Hiccup said Toothless warbling in agreement as he flapped his wings hard, rapidly closing the distance between them and the island Hiccup had found.
Soon enough, they'd landed and Hiccup climbed off of the dragon's back. Undoing Toothless' harness, Hiccup soon found himself wrapped up in Toothless's wings as the dragon laid his weary head on the ground, both of them soon falling asleep.
Back on Berk, Snotlout made his way back to his house, eager to tell his father the news about Hiccup.
He entered the house and approached Spitelout, who looked at him with a scowl of disappointment, an expression that he usually had regarding his son.
"What is it, boyo?" Spitelout asked, the scowl still on his face.
"I found out how Hiccup got so good in Dragon training." Snotlout replied, smiling slightly when his father's scowl disappeared and was replaced with the ghost of a smile.
"Tell me more," Spitelout said, and Snotlout was happy to oblige.
"Of course." Snotlout replied and opened his mouth to talk, telling his father everything he knew.
"So you're telling me that Hiccup learned how to succeed in dragon training because he has a Night Fury as a pet?" Spitelout asked to be sure that he had heard correctly.
"Yes," Snotlout replied.
Spitelout laughed. "Now when I tell Stoick about this, he'll disown his son and you will become the heir to Berk in his place," Spitelout said with a grin before heading off to tell Stoick just that, but not before telling Snotlout to come with him, which he, of course, did without hesitation.
As his back was turned, however, he failed to notice the brief flicker of doubt that formed on Snotlout's face for a moment before it disappeared, the two then making their way to the Great hall in order to tell Stoick the news.
"So you're telling me that my son has a Night Fury as a pet, correct?" An irritated Stoick asked Spitelout, who nodded in answer to his question.
"And because of the Night Fury, Hiccup became good at dragon training?"
Spitelout nodded again.
"Alright, do you have any proof of this? Or is this just a waste of my time?" Stoick asked pointedly, and the fact that neither his brother nor his nephew could give him an answer told him all he needed to know.
"Go home and don't come to me with accusations like this if you have no proof," Stoick said with an eye roll.
"But Astrid was there! She could tell you about it!" Snotlout blurted out urgently.
"Oh? Well, then let's bring her in and see what she has to say." Stoick replied, nodding to a guard who left the Great hall to find Astrid.
Astrid, who had seen Snotlout hurrying to his house earlier and had been eavesdropping on the conversation that had been going on between the trio, decided that this would be the best time to leave Berk, knowing she would likely be banished if they found out that she knew about Hiccup and his Night Fury.
When the door to the Great hall opened and the guard walked out, Astrid followed close behind him, making sure that she wasn't seen or heard by the guard. The guard walked to Astrid's house and was about to open the door and enter when Astrid knocked him unconscious, dragging him inside and tying him up.
Then, packing her favorite ax and some supplies for her trip, she made her way to the forge, an idea coming to her. Knocking on the door, she was soon met by the Gobber, who looked at her in confusion for a moment before smiling.
"Oh, it's you, lass! Come on in!" Gobber said eagerly and Astrid did so with a smile. "So what can I do for you?" Gobber asked her, and Astrid's smile disappeared as she figured out what to tell Gobber.
"I need to tell you something that you can't tell Stoick, at least not until I'm gone," Astrid replied grimly and Gobber's expression turned serious, guessing that he wouldn't like what Astrid was going to tell him.
"So Hiccup left Berk on the back of a Night Fury and you're leaving as well?" Gobber asked when Astrid had told him what had happened earlier.
"Yes, I am going to take the dragons away from Berk and go look for Hiccup," Astrid confirmed.
"Ok, well I believe you should have something before you go," Gobber replied as he made his way to the back of the forge and then returned with a book which he handed to Astrid.
"That was Hiccup's journal. It should give you some idea of who Hiccup really is. Since he's not here and you're leaving Berk as well, I think you should take it with you." Gobber said with a solemn expression.
Astrid felt that she didn't deserve the journal, but at the very least, she was happy that Gobber trusted her with Hiccup's belongings.
"Thank you, Gobber. I'll make sure to keep it safe." Astrid said as she stood up and made her way to the entrance to the forge.
Gobber chuckled lightly. "I know you will. Now go before the guards find you." He said, embracing Astrid in a bear hug. "And when you find him, you better take good care of him, or I'll find you and you won't be able to escape me," Gobber said jokingly, yet with an underlying seriousness.
Astrid nodded against his shoulder and he let go. Saying their final goodbyes, Astrid left the forge, making her way to the training arena in order to leave Berk for good.
Arriving at the arena, Astrid made her way to the cage where the Deadly Nadder was kept. She approached the cage and placed her ax on the ground as she remembered that Toothless was worried and had tried to attack her when she approached him with her ax. She then opened the cage cautiously.
The Deadly Nadder walked out of the cage with its tail spines extended as it looked around the arena, noticing Astrid standing in front of it as it did so.
The dragon would have attacked, but didn't when it noticed that Astrid was unarmed. It also recognized Astrid as the hatchling that had hit it with a shield during dragon training.
It took a cautious step forward and tilted its head in confusion, wondering why the hatchling had still not moved since the dragon had left its cage.
Astrid reached into her bag and took out Hiccup's journal before opening it and looking for info on Deadly Nadder's. She finds a page with some information and begun to read. The page read as follows: Deadly Nadder's are vain dragons. Dangerous and beautiful. They constantly like to preen themselves and appreciate compliments based on how they look.
Astrid now puts the book on the ground and reaching into her bag; took out a fish that she had taken from her house. She hadn't been sure if the dragon ate fish, considering they usually went for sheep and yaks during raids but decided it was worth a shot.
She held out the fish to the dragon, who came closer and sniffed it before taking it from her open palm and eating it in one bite.
Reaching into her bag again, Astrid gave the dragon another fish.
She then decided to compliment the dragon on its looks, like Hiccup's journal suggested.
"Hello, girl. You're looking beautiful today." The dragon perked up at the praise and made a sound of agreement, looking pleased with what Astrid had just said.
"Do you want more fish?" Astrid asked, he dragon bobbing its head in reply.
"I can give you more if you help me set the other dragons free," She said, gesturing to the other cages in the arena. The dragon paused for a few moments and Astrid began to think that the dragon had misunderstood before it called out as if to communicate with the other dragons before setting the doors to the other cages on fire.
The resulting fire burned the wooden doors in front of the cages, causing them to collapse forward and allowing the dragons inside to escape.
The four dragons entered the arena and Astrid turned to the Deadly Nadder, giving the dragon her the last fish from her bag in reward.
"Now in order for you to escape, I need to climb on your back."
For a moment, the dragon seemed hesitant, but it calmed down when Astrid spoke again.
"Don't worry, I'm escaping too, and you're my fastest way out. I won't hurt you." The dragon seemed calm again and it crouched down low to the ground, allowing Astrid to easily climb onto its back.
Astrid grabbed her ax and put it in her bag before she walked over to the dragon and scrambled onto its back. The Nadder communicated to the dragons once again, then flapped its wings and launched into the sky with the other dragons following close behind.
'I guess they are coming along for the ride' Astrid thought while she looked at the four other dragons as they flew away from Berk.
It'd been hours now, and Stoick was wondering where the guard that he had sent to find Astrid had gone and why he hadn't returned back yet. He sent another guard to find out what had happened and was waiting for him to report back, and he had a niggling feeling that he should send search parties to find Astrid and his son Hiccup, who hadn't shown up all day, now that he thought about it.
The guard returned and told him (and everyone present) that he had found the first guard tied up in Astrid's house and no sign of the girl or Hiccup anywhere.
For a time, Stoick decided to wait a bit longer in case they decided to show up. Better to err on the side of caution than stir the rest of the village into a frenzy for nothing.
But that only lasted for so long, and finally, his patience had run out to the point he sent out a search party to find them both; instructing them to not stop until they had searched the entirety of Berk. They did so but couldn't find any sign of them so Stoick called off the search party and went home.
The following day, Hiccup woke up to the sight of the pitch blackness of Toothless' wings. Hiccup nudged the dragon, who opened his wings slowly so that Hiccup's eyes could gradually adjust to the sudden brightness of the day.
After Hiccup's eyes had properly adjusted, the 15-year-old Viking and his dragon were suddenly greeted by the sight of a red portal, which appeared in front of them with next to no warning, much to their surprise and (Hiccup's) curiosity.
"Think we should go through it?" Hiccup asked his dragon. Toothless made a sound of disagreement in reply.
"Come on! What's the worst that could happen?" Hiccup asked.
Of course, if Hiccup had any idea of where he would end up after walking through the portal, he might've considered having second thoughts about his spur of the moment decision.
But he didn't, and he simply walked on through without so much as a second thought, Toothless following him in with no small amount of trepidation.
After walking through, they found themselves in the middle of a camp in a forest. The people present at the camp turned and looked in their direction, confused expressions all over their faces at the strangers that had suddenly appeared before their eyes.
'Where am I?' Hiccup thought as he looked around this strange new place he found himself in.
A woman stepped forward. She wore a shallow cut red and black dress, showing a number of black beaded necklaces around her neck. There was a red girdle belt around her waist and a matching set of red gauntlets on her forearms. She also had black gloves and leggings that covered up most of the parts of her body that weren't already covered by her armor. What drew Hiccup's attention the most, however, was the sword attached to her belt, and judging from the suspicious look in her red eyes, she wasn't too far away from drawing it on him.
"Who are you and how did you get here?" The woman asked him with a stern glare.
Hiccup gulped. "I'm not sure, all I know is one moment I'm walking through a red portal and the next, I end up here." He replied, staring at the red-eyed woman. The woman was looking at him intently for several seconds before relenting.
"Alright, take him away." The woman ordered one of the men nearby, who nodded and walked forward, ignoring Toothless while making his way over to Hiccup.
This was not the right thing to do, however, as Toothless fired a plasma blast squarely into his chest, sending the man flying away until he crashed onto the ground a few meters away.
"Calm down, Toothless." Hiccup said cautiously, the dragon listening and crooning in apology to him.
"Sorry about that, but Toothless is very protective of me." Hiccup said, turning to the woman who now looked interested in the dragon.
"Indeed he is." The woman replied with a chuckle as she looked at the man who had got to his feet and was now looking warily at Toothless.
"Since you seem to be new here, how about I train you to fight if you give me that dragon? My name is Raven Branwen by the way" the woman said to Hiccup who pondered the idea.
"My name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third and this is Toothless" Hiccup replied, gesturing to the dragon that was nearby.
"I won't accept your offer for three reasons. First I don't know you very well, Second I don't know what I would need to fight that requires training or a weapon like that." Hiccup replied as he gazed at Raven's weapon.
"Third, Toothless is my friend, I won't trade him for anything." Hiccup finished.
Raven nodded, "Fair enough, but I am still going to get that dragon. Attack!" Raven ordered her tribe members who charged instantly, eager to obey her.
Hiccup quickly mounted Toothless and the dragon fired at the tribe members as they approached them, causing them to be knocked back by Toothless' fire. Toothless then leaped into the air and hovered above the tribe's campsite.
"Why did you order your people to attack?!" Hiccup demanded.
"Because I want that dragon. After all, not just anyone can control a grim dragon." Raven replied with a smug smile.
"What do you mean? What is a grim?" Hiccup asked Raven in confusion.
Raven rolled her eyes at this. "Don't pretend you don't know. You are sitting on one."
"I really have no idea what you're talking about." Hiccup replied with a sigh. "But I guess I'll be going now." Hiccup said before instructing Toothless to fly away and ignoring Raven's angry responses as they flew away.
A/N: So this is it, for now, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Don't forget to review and tell me what you liked and didn't like and I will see you soon with another chapter for this story.
Oh, before I go, I am going to state that Raven's semblance allows her to travel throughout Remnant and across dimensions in this story. This is how Hiccup and Toothless end up in Remnant in the first place.
Until next time
Silvolde