Dragon Rider: A How to Train Your Dragon Story (HTTYD)

A cold winter breeze blew over Berk sending chills to all dragons and Vikings alike. Things had got much more crowded three months on from their graduation, more and more dragons began to call Berk their home and that made them a bigger target. The team was also in a bit of a turmoil, the young lads and lassies were getting tired of the same routine over and over and over and it wasn't the life they imagined when they first joined the academy.

"I'm tired of the same old same old, I need something fresh before I die of boredom" Sten wheezed lying on his back on a bench as Eruptor puffed a cloud of smoke as he laid on the floor.

They were all gathered in the arena with Thyra sweeping.

"Tell me about it, this isn't the life I envisioned when I joined the academy. It's always go out on patrol, stay back and watch how we take the hunters, go shovel some poop. I'm sick off it!" she said in outrage as she broke the broom in her hand.

"I know you guys are getting tired of all the orders but don't worry, they'll let us handle things on our own soon" Rune said trying to appease his teammates,

"I don't know about you but I've been looking forward to exploring new islands and maybe finding some new dragons of my own" Forde said.

"You know they do have a point you know" Vyra said placing her hand on Rune's shoulder emerging from behind him. "They can't keep this up. We need to spread our wings and do things on our own you know" she reasoned with him.

"Okay, let me see if I can talk to Hiccup about it later today" Rune said and that gave them a bit of hope. "In the meantime, let's practice our formations"

Everyone on the arena including their dragons let out a loud moan tired of repeating the same drills over and over without ever getting to use them in the field.

"What?" he shrugged.

Vyra and Rune were flying down to the stables as they were on patrol later that night and Astrid had asked them to meet up there.

"You think Hiccup would agree?" Vyra asked.

"To be honest, I don't know but I have to give them some hope at least" he answered.

"Well it wouldn't hurt to try" she added.

They landed in the crowded stables to find only Astrid there to address them, Rune was hoping to run into Hiccup there.

"Alright guys, you know the drill. You ought to be used to it by now so I don't need to remind you of your respective coasts" Astrid said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's get it over with. I really need to hit the hay" Gustav said waving his hand with disinterest.

"Where is all this coming from?" she wondered.

"Well when you guys are the only ones running raids and we're stuck here shoveling poop, you'll start getting tired of the same routine over and over" Gustav said mounting Fanghook and then taking to the skies.

Vyra and Rune looked at themselves not believing their eyes, to think they were the only ones.

"Here I thought we were the only ones getting tired of the same routine" Rune said flying aboard Sandstrom as he and Vyra patrolled the Northwestern waters.

"Well Gustav is closer to us in age so I can get why he's getting tired especially when he has to compete with us for spots too" Vyra said.

"Yeah, that too" Rune said.

"It's been a while since we've had some alone time together, don't you think?"

"What?! We have time together"

"Mention one instance where we have time together other than when we're with the others or carrying out an order?" Vyra quizzed.

Rune then realized that he actually didn't spend enough time with Vyra alone, he was always caught doing things with the guys or working on some invention in the forge or at his little workshop at home.

"Come to think of it, we hardly spend time together" he said with realization in his voice.

"Well we better figure something out if you want to keep this relationship going" Vyra said.

"Agreed. Can't stand to lose the love of my life because of clashing schedules"

"So, did you go get some crab like you said you would?"

"Well..."

.....................

"We've been flying for hours and not a ship for miles" Rune said already tired from the long flight. Sandstorm grunted in agreement showing his eagerness to go home.

"Don't worry Rune, just a mile or two and then we can head back home" Vyra encouraged him.

"I don't think either I or Sandstorm can last that long. We've fallen asleep about five times already"

"Alright, I guess you win this time"

"Yes!" Rune cheered. "Did you here that boy, we can go home" Rune said hugging Sandstorm's head as he howled lowly in excitement.

"Alright let's-"

Just then Strombreaker grunted as her rider tried to turn her around.

"What's wrong girl?" Vyra asked not knowing her dragon to act like this.

Stormbreaker grunted and gestured her head forward as they saw multiple ships up ahead.

"Thor's beard, we almost missed it" Rune said.

"Thanks girl" Vyra said rubbing her dragons head. "You deserve a special treat after this. Rune, use your spyglass and get a rough count"

"Right" Rune said as he scrambled to get his spyglass out.

He got out his spyglass and began to count the ships but then ran into a little battle as fog came in and clouded his vision.

"Damn it, there's fog in my way" he grunted.

"But how many were you able to count?" she asked.

"Twelve but I have a feeling they'll be a lot more"

"What are you suggesting? That we have a closer look?"

"You don't have to come along if you don't want too. Sandstorm and I can handle it"

"No way, I'm not going to pass up this opportunity. I'm going with"

"Alright let's go!" Rune said with some excitement in his voice as the two headed in for a closer look.

"Keep it nice and steady Sandstorm, we don't want to alert any unwanted attention" Rune whispered to his dragon.

The two flew in nice and low using the cover of the fog to their advantage. As they got in closer, Rune's eyes widened at the sight of how many ships they had.

"Oh dear Thor in a thunderstorm" He remarked seeing the size and the number of the ship.

"Are you seeing this? There have to be at least thirty ships" Vyra said in disbelief.

The sound of groaning dragons only made matters worse.

"And they sound full" Rune added.

"We have to tell Hiccup about this immediately" Vyra said as Rune agreed with a nod.

Just at that moment the fog began to clear out and their cover was blown.

"Dragon Riders!!" A man screamed after spotting them flying by his ship.

"And I guess that's our que" Rune said. "Sandstorm, get us out of here"

His dragon nodded and immediately flapped up as they began to weave between ship sails avoiding a wave of arrows. The Sand Wraith grunted as it spun and dove below a sail avoiding a net, the dragon then made a sharp turn around a mast and then fired at a ballista launching it to another ship, damaging it's haul as it flew through.

"At a boy" Rune praised his dragon as they performed and ascending twirl.

Strombreaker shot down a mast on a row of ballistas and them performed a loop dodging two nets shot at her from both sides.

"Good one girl" Vyra cheered.

Strombreaker then jerked from side to side putting the hunters' aim off as she maneuvered around a boat and ascended to join Rune above.

"We better get going" She said.

"Agreed" Rune quickly answered her.

Just as they were leaving, a net was launched at Stormbreaker catching her off guard from behind as Vyra was launched off her dragon. The dragon let out a sharp cry alerting Rune and Sandstorm.

"Rune!" Vyra yelled.

"Vyra!" Rune called.

He pulled hard on the saddle forcing Sandstorm to rise and open his wings for wind to push back on his wings and let him twist his body to face her direction. The dragon had a serious look on his face as he raced to catch Vyra before she hit the water.

"Come on bud" Rune spurred his dragon on.

Stormbreaker let out cries of help as she fell towards the ocean. The Stormcutter hit the water and just as Vyra was about to hit too, Sandstorm caught her as they sped in between ships.

"Sandstorm" Rune said with a worried voice as they were heading back to the enemy.

Sandstorm huffed knowing the task at hand and what it was going to take. He went at the ships at full speed with most of the arrows flying past him, he banked hard going left then right. He was heading straight for a ship with a ballista pointed at him, it fired and he quickly ascended and twirled over to the side deflecting some arrows with his wings. He made his way through the maze of sails with some fast flying and sharp movement banking left and right through them at times to take cover from the field of arrows.

On the other side, Stormbreaker was pulled out of the water and then a tall bulky man walks up to her, adorned in a black tunic and pants, he also had brown boots on as well as a helmet that covered very little of his wild black hair. He had a long thick beard that came down all the way to his chestplates, shoulder pads and a black cape completed the look with some chainmail sticking out from under his brown belt. He had a sinister smile as he looked at Stormbreaker and stretched out his hand attempting to touch her.

She growled aggressively, baring her teeth at him and breathing heavily. Men surrounded her with spears and advised him to be careful.

"Be careful, she's a feisty one" A hunter advised.

"Don't tell me what to do!" he lashed at the trapper with a deep cracked voice.

As his hand got closer, Stormbreaker closed her jaws with the snapping sound causing him to jerk back as he began to chuckle.

"Feisty dragon are you without your rider ay?"

"Let's see if your rider comes back for you so we can trap you all together" he added.

"We have to go back for her" Vyra said as Sandstorm ascended into the clouds after navigating them out of the cluster of ships.

"Right, but they'll know we're coming"

"Then we'll just have to work our way out of it"

The big man and his men awaited the rider's return as their eyes scanned everywhere for movement.

"Come on riders, show yourself" he said in anticipation.

What he didn't know was that the riders knew that he would expect them to come from the air so devised a new way to board the ship. Suddenly, a loud explosion erupted from below the deck of the ship then another one on the deck of the ship as Rune, Sandstorm and Vyra appeared holding out their weapons. The two came off Sandstorm who had his teeth bared and growled deeply showing his anger.

Vyra immediately moved towards Strombreaker to try and set her free but was stopped in her tracks.

"Not another step" the man said. "We have you surrounded, one more step and that's it for your dragon"

Vyra hissed and turned to face the man.

"Good girl" he said with a grin.

"Finally, we have not one but two dragon riders. I guess our plans will move faster than before won't it boys?" he said as they all chuckled.

"Who are you? What plans are you talking about? What do you need us for?" Rune asked in quick succession.

"You do ask a lot of questions but I will answer them seeing that you are going to become my prisoners"

Sandstorm growled even louder at his words. Every ballista available was pointed at them and it wasn't looking good.

"I am Dane the warlord and you my riders are the missing piece to my plan. My plans to conquer this world with a dragon army" he said.

"Your buddy Drago tried and failed, what makes you think you'll be so lucky?" Rune answered sternly.

"Well Drago used force on the dragons and that's why he failed but I will use another means"

"That is?" Vyra inquired.

"I will befriend them of course"

"That will never work. They'll rip your hand off" Rune said.

"And that's where you come in. Your going to train them for us and teach us how to ride them" He explained.

"We'll never work for you" yelled Vyra.

"Not when the lives of your dragons are on the line" Dane said causing Sandstorm to snarl loudly.

"Drop your weapons and come in peace, every ballista and bow available is currently pointed at you. There's no escape for you" Dane said with a smirk as he had finally gotten them where he wanted.

"That's where you're wrong" Rune said.

He dropped five Z.E.P's out of his hand as Sandstorm leaped and covered them from the following blasts devastating those aboard the ship sending them flying into the ocean. Vyra darted out of Sandstorm's cover and cut the net on Strombreaker, freeing her as arrows began to fly their way.

"Let's go" Rune said hopping on his dragon as the two departed the scene quickly.

"Soon riders, you and your dragons shall be mine. You here me!! All MINE!!!" he yelled as he stayed afloat in the water.

"We have to tell Hiccup about this" Rune said as they journeyed back home.