(Normal pov)

It was dawn when Hiccup and Toothless left Berk, the former Hooligan prince didn't even bother looking back, those people didn't care about him, no doubt when they hear about his disappearance, they'll throw a massive party, the thought made Hiccup's blood boil in rage. 

"Just wait Berk, I will exact my revenge." Hiccup murmured to himself quietly, once the duo were out of Hooligan territory, Hiccup urged Toothless to land on a island that is usually used as hunting grounds, but they didn't have to worry about that, since there was nobody here. 

"Toothless, what is it exactly that's causing the dragon raids? Because I for one would love to end the war between man and dragons." I say in a serious tone, yes, my first order of business is to remove whatever is causing the Dragon Wars, once thats done, I'll begin my plans on exacting revenge against Berk. 

::She is called... the Red Death, the Queen of Dragons. She's been alive for centuries and because she's so big and dwells inside the volcano of Helheim's Gate, she has the dragons under her control to raid for her::

Toothless said, apparently this Red Death is an alpha class dragon, I nod in understanding and pull out the map of the Barbaric Archipelago and I point out our locations. "We're here, on that tiny island, North West of Berk, and here..." I then point to the foggy cloud portrait of Helheim's Gate. "...is where we'll go now." I then see the look in Toothless's eyes. 

::Hiccup. The Red Death is not to be trifled with, she is a ruthless demon my kind call Queen and she will give us the greatest challenge of our lives, are you certain you wish to go down this path?::

Hiccup knew that if he wanted to exact his revenge against Berk, he'd need for the Dragon Wars to end now. The boy looked back at Toothless and nodded in confirmation. "I'm sure bud. I cannot begin my plans to make Berk pay while the Dragon Wars continue, we need to end her tyrannical reign. But we need help." Toothless cocks his head to side in confusion. 

::Hiccup, why in the name of the moon goddess would anyone want to help us? No Viking would ever help us now::

Hiccup looked at Toothless and shook his head. "Not Vikings. Dragon Hunters." He said, Toothless however snarled at the very mention of them. 

::Hiccup. Your are my friend and I respect you. But there is no way I will ever trust a Dragon Hunter. Those animals slaughtered my kind to the brink of extinction. For all I know, I'm the last of my kind::

Hiccup understood Toothless completely, Night Furies were very rare dragons to come across these days, no one exactly knows who exactly hunted them to extinction, but whoever the Hunters were that are responsible? They're of the highest order and very skilled in the art of hunting. 

Still, Hiccup needed Dragon Hunters expertise on how to deal with the Red Death. 

"Toothless, I understand, but like it or not, we cannot defeat the Red Death alone, we need help. I have enough coin to pay them off, and if they even think about betraying us or if they so much as touch a scale on your body, I'll flay their skin off and leave them as shark bait." Hiccup said with a firm tone, the Night Fury still believed that this plan would not go in their favor, but Toothless trusted Hiccup completely. 

::Very well my brother. Where do we look for these... Dragon Hunters?::

Hiccup pulled out a map of the entire Archipelago and pointed out to nearby taverns, brothels and trading ports where Hunters would most likely make supply trips to. 

"We'll start at the taverns and brothels then move up to the Northern Market and so on." Hiccup said, he then turned to Toothless and raised an eyebrow. "Are you with me?" He asked his dragon, the Night Fury gave his rider a look that said 'you better know what you're doing' but Toothless nodded in confirmation. 

"Alright. Lets go."

(Days later)

For the next two days, the duo stuck to the shadows and away from prying eyes, to keep away from prying eyes, a Viking with a Night Fury would surly bring half the Archipelago down on their heads. 

Hiccup had Toothless stay in the woods while he'd ask around about Dragon Hunters, though Toothless despised that idea, he agreed, Hiccup assured his dragon that he'd be safe, his years of training would serve him well If he ended up in a heated situation. 

The ex prince of the Hooligans entered a brothel, he was greeted with Vikings chugging down ale like it was the last brew of ale they'd ever receive, he saw Vikings playing music and singing, the owner of the brothel making ale while the servers were delivering food and drinks all around. 

Hiccup then spotted two men sitting at a table, from the looks of them, they looked like twins, by the looks of the men, they appeared to be in their mid to late thirties, the younger one had short black hair with French cut beard, while the older one was bald and had a beard too. The boy laid eyes on the two men, he spotted an emblem that looked like a fist with blood coming off of it, from what information he gathered from traders and market sellers, the Dragon Hunters he's looking for have that tribal crest. He then approached the two men, he calmed his nerves and cleared his throat, the two men turned toward him and eyed him from head to the toe, they then looked in him the eyes. 

"And who might you be my boy?" 

Hiccup answered them. "My name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, and I have a business proposition for you." The two men looked at each other, the older one snickered and crossed his arms. "A boy offering us a business proposal? This ought to be rich." He said in a mocking tone, however the younger man shushed the older one before looking back at Hiccup. "Please excuse my big brother, allow me to introduce ourselves." The man rose from his table and nodded. "I am Viggo Grimborn and this is my big brother Ryker." The older Grimborn grunted in greeting toward Hiccup. 

"A pleasure." Hiccup said as he extended his hand out to Viggo, he smirked and the two shook hands, they then sat down and Hiccup presented his proposal. "I need your help. It involves... dragons." Hiccup said, the Grimborn Brothers shared a look before turning back to Hiccup. "Well, fortune seems to favor you boy, because me and my brother are the finest Dragon Hunters in the Barbaric Archipelago." Ryker boasted proudly, Viggo then stroked his beard and clicked his tongue. 

"If I may ask, what dragon do you need assistance in dealing with Hiccup Haddock?" 

Hiccup pulled out a map and pointed toward the destination. "Its an alpha class dragon called the Red Death, Stoker Class, and its the Queen of Dragons." He said, the brothers nodded then Viggo locked his fingers together before looking back at Hiccup. "I see. Well then Hiccup Haddock, such a task won't come cheap." The boy nodded and pulled out two bags full of coin and slid one to each brother, they opened the bags to see them almost overflowing with coin, Viggo examined the coins and even bit on one of them to make sure they weren't fake, after confirming they were real, he then nodded at the boy. 

"Very well Hiccup Haddock III, it seems we're in business. The rest of our fleet is purchasing weapons, when do we leave?" Viggo asked, Hiccup smirked devilishly and answered. 

"Now."

(Thirty minutes later)

Viggo was on his dreadnaught overlooking his men prepare for their journey into the heart of Helheim's Gate, the Hunters have had their fair shares of scraps and fights with dragons, but according to Hiccup, this would put their skills to the test. The Hunters leaders train of thought was cut off by his older brother. 

"Are you certain you wish to put our whole fleet in search of this... Queen of Dragons brother? What if the boy is lying?" Ryker asked, Viggo turned to his brother and smirked. "If the boy were lying, do you honestly think he'd pay us bags full of coin?" Ryker kept silent, proving Viggo's point, the younger Grimborn patted his older brothers shoulder. "Worry not big brother, we have the knowledge of every dragon in the Archipelago, including Stoker Class dragons, we will profit greatly when the task is done." Viggo assured, Ryker grunted in agreement. 

The brothers then head a high pitch whistling in the air, they looked up to see a dragon that was black as night land on deck and Hiccup on its back, the boy slid off and looked around to see the shocked and bewildered faces of the Hunters. "Before you ask, yes my dragon is a Night Fury, and if any of you so much as touch him or look at him the wrong way, I'll kill you myself." Hiccup said in a dark tone, Toothless too snarled while baring his teeth, he was very uncomfortable being around humans that slaughter dragons for sport and profit off their remains. 

Viggo and Ryker approached Hiccup and Toothless, the Grimborns examined the Night Fury closely without touching him, Toothless made sure of that by baring his razor sharp teeth, Viggo then looked at Hiccup and asked. "Such a magnificent beast. Tell me, how do you manage this? From what us Hunters know, Night Furies are all but dead." Ryker too was shocked to see a live Night Fury, it was a beautiful yet very deadly dragon. 

"Truth is, I shot him down, trying to prove myself worthy to my pathetic excuse of a father, but I realized, I didn't belong in my tribe, so, I earned my dragons trust and we used the opportunity to escape from them and now? We'll forge our own destiny, once the Red Death is disposed of." 

Viggo nodded in confirmation, deciding not to poke at Hiccup's past, he gave the orders to set sail, the fleet then sailed toward Helheim's Gates.

(Island of Berk)

Astrid didn't mean to call Hiccup useless. 

It just... slipped out of her mouth, she really didn't mean to say it, and she felt awful for calling him that... name. She wasn't blind, she's seen how cruel the village is to him, so she decided to make amends to him, they used to best friends and she missed that friendship. 

She then spotted several people heading toward a series of buildings, the same buildings where she left Hiccup with Snotlout and his dogs. Rushing over there, she was shocked to see a message written in blood on the wall. Astrid crouched down to read the message to herself while the villagers around her were coming up with theories about what happened here. 

"You should've killed me tonight. Now I swear to every god in Asgard that I will raise an army, grow fat from strength and power and return to Berk with a fiery vengeance."

Astrid felt a cold chill crawl down her spine, what did Snotlout and those idiots do to Hiccup that night? 

"Out of my way!! Clear the way!!" 

The villagers turned to see Stoick, the man saw the message written in blood and read it out loud, once he finished reading it, the chief was confused, he looked around the crowds and then asked. "Where's Hiccup?" When none of the villagers didn't answer, Stoick roared out. "WHERE IS MY SON?" The villagers flinched at his tone, when they still gave no reply, the Hooligan chief rushed back to his house and ran upon the stairs to his sons room, he kicked the door open and gasped to see his sons room practically empty. 

Searching his home from top to bottom, the Hooligan chief ordered everyone to begin a full scale manhunt, he ordered no one was to return until they'd found Hiccup or at least found clues as to what happened to the boy. 

Astrid decided to search alone, the other teens offered to look with her, but she refused their aid. She did notice something fishy about Snotlout, the Thorsten twins and the rest of Snotlout's lapdogs faces when they saw the message, they looked spooked and even... afraid. 

Regardless, Astrid was in search for answers, and she was going to get them. She then spotted a trail that was days old, so she followed it, it lead into the forest, she was thankful that her training served her well. She followed the trail down towards Raven Point, she then spotted a beautiful cove, deciding to investigate, she made her way down their to spot a shield wedged in between a narrow rock space, as she continued looking around, she saw black scales. 

She squinted her eyes as she examined the scales closely, they were dragon scales, that much was clear, but she didn't know any species of dragon that was dark as night. 

Unless...

Oh no. 

Was Hiccup killed or hunted down by a Night Fury after fleeing Snotlout and his lapdogs? Astrid went to the pond and saw a dagger at the bottom, she recognized the dagger immediately. It belonged to Hiccup. Astrid felt nauseous all of the sudden, Hiccup must've encountered a Night Fury down here, and it seems that the dragon was the victor. 

Astrid fell to knees as her vision blurred with tears, her last actions toward Hiccup were of hate and rejection, a warrior doesn't leave a fellow villager to suffer by their own people. Astrid was ashamed of herself, no, she was disgusted with herself, a warrior protects their village and fellow villagers, and she left Hiccup to the wolves. 

Astrid felt something wet drop on her wrist, she then felt tears streaming down her face, she then began sobbing heavily, she let Hiccup down. 

"W-wh-what have I do." She whimpered out, she looked up toward the heavens and continued to weep bitterly. "I'm sorry Hiccup. I let you down. I let the village hurt you time and time again and I never really did anything to help you, I just... I just... did nothing." Astrid continued to cry. 

(Hiccup's pov)

The giant cloud of fog told us that we finally reached our destination. It was early evening by the time we arrived, and on the way there, I continued my secret training and workout sets I'd do away from prying eyes back on Berk. Each set was specifically designed to help me build strength faster and to build up muscle. 

The Hunters watched me and Toothless closely, though I did make good on my promise, two of the Hunters tried to skin Toothless, but by placing two arrows in both their knees, I'd show all of these Hunters that Toothless was off limits. 

Viggo and Ryker were both surprised and shocked that a person like me would so something like that, well they don't know anything about what made me this way, not that that's information I'd want to disclose with the likes of them. 

Toothless's eyes turned to slits and his ears started vibrating, I examined him closely to see him look as if he was being... possessed. "Bud? Whats wrong?" I ask him, Toothless groans and shakes his head but growls out.

::I-its the Red Death. S-shes recalling the raiding parties back to the nest::

I turned to the Grimborn brothers and point toward the fog. "Order your fleet to enter the fog bank." I said in a demanding tone, Ryker glared at me. "You don't give orders here boy." I pulled out my bow and nock an arrow and point it at Ryker. "Unless you want me to send your brother to the afterlife Viggo, do what I say." I seethe out, truth be told, my patience was running very thin here. 

Viggo raised his hands and cooed. "There's no need for such aggression my dear boy." The younger Grimborn turned to his ships captain. "Signal the fleet to follow us into the fog bank." The captain nodded and barked orders to signal the rest of the Hunter fleet, once we entered the fog, I lowered my boy and placed the arrow back into my quiver. 

The Hunters loaded up their weapons and took their positions, one thing the Hunters had that Vikings didn't have were Dragon Root arrows and metal thats dragon proof, I admire their resourcefulness. 

::S-she's... out of the nest? Impossible::

I turned toward Toothless in confusion, from what he has told me, the Red Death never leaves her nest, unless she fells threatened. 

Oh. 

I look in front of us to see a massive wave of fire approaching us. 

"TAKE COVER!!!!" 

I dive toward Toothless who wraps his wings around me, the Hunters who couldn't take cover in time were incinerated and burned to an unrecognizable crisp. I could hear their screams of suffering and agony, that was me whenever I'd be at the mercy of the Hooligans, my anger shot through the roof as I removed myself from Toothless, the wave of fire had passed on, I looked toward the captains deck to see the ships captain order the fleet to drop anchor, we couldn't afford the Red Death to obliterate Viggo's fleet, that be very bad business and I'd no doubt have to pay the man a fortune to repair his fleet. 

"Viggo, me and Toothless will lure this thing away from your fleet, we'll try and not go too far, I'd hate to leave you and your crew out on all the action." I say, as I climb on top of Toothless, I take a quiver of Dragon Root arrows, its time to see how good these things really are. I then pat Toothless's head gently, he nods and we shoot up toward the heavens and scan over the Red Deaths body. 

::IT WAS FOOLISH FOR YOU TO ENTER MY DOMAIN YOU INSECTS!! NOW YOU WILL PERISH BY THE MIGHT OF THE RED DEATH!!!!::

Me and Toothless wince at the volume of her voice, it left my skull hammering, I then pull out two Dragon Root arrows, nock them and fire at a very disgusting wound that looks fresh, once the arrows made contact, she roared in agony and looked up to see me and Toothless hovering. 

::YOU INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE-::

The Stoker Class alpha was then bombarded with flaming catapults and volley after volley of Dragon Root arrows, unlike a Vikings, these Hunters use very precise strategy to locate a dragons weak spots in order to immobilize it and go in for the kill, they were hitting the Red Death in all her weak spots. Viggo and Ryker sure know what they're doing, thats for sure. 

::Its working, the Hunter arrows are weakening her::

Toothless said, I smiled devilishly and decide to get in on the fun. "C'mon bud, with her demise, we begin our own empire." I say in a encouraging tone, Toothless gives me a smirk and we dive-bomb down toward her, the Red Death is focused on the Hunters, but seeing a critical weakness in her exposed belly, I point out the weakness to Toothless, he nods and fires a super heated plasma bolt, once it makes contact into her side, she roars in agony and topples down on her side. 

The Hunters continue to bombard her while she's down, as do we, she shakes her head violently while roaring in both outrage and in agony, not giving her any breathing room, I pat Toothless's side and point toward razor sharp stalagmites, reading my mind, Toothless nods and he fires at the sharp rocks, they then come crashing down on the Red Death. I could hear the rocks pierce flesh and the stench of blood was heavy in the air, as well as whimpers and roars of pain. 

I then pull out a horn signal to the Hunters that we're clear, as me and Toothless fly towards the Red Death, we see her barley moving, she then looks at us and snarls in fury. 

::F-FOOLS. W-WH-WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?::

Toothless answers for me, he roars at the dying tyrant of a queen while baring his teeth.

::Your reign is over you mad queen, these dragons are now free to live their own lives and live in peace, freedom and prosperity::

If I'm not mistaken, I heard the Red Death laugh, well, whatever counts as a laugh for dragons, regardless, she finishes her 'laugh' and bares her bloodies teeth at us. 

::M-MY CHILDREN WILL TAKE MY PLACE NIGHT FURY. THE DRAGON WARS WILL WAGE ON... F_FORE-EVER...::

The Red Death stopped moving entirely and we saw blood seeping out of neck at an alarming rate, I then had Toothless land, I slid off and snorted at the now former Queen of Dragons. I turned around to see Viggo and Ryker approaching with hundreds of Hunters ready to skin the Red Deaths hide and no doubt score the biggest pay day of their careers. 

"I must confess Hiccup Haddock, I was expecting this to be a bit more... challenging." Viggo said with a smile, I snorted and replied back. "When you have a solid strategy and know your enemy, all you need do is exploit the weakness and your enemy will be at your mercy entirely." I say in a bone chilling voice, I look over to see Hunters begin to skin the dead queen. 

I then turn back to Viggo and Ryker, I pull out two more bags full of coin and hand them over to them, plenty more where that came from anyway. They accepted the coin and I extended my hand out for Viggo. "I appreciate your help Viggo Grimborn, it's been a pleasure doing business with you." I say, Viggo smiled and shook my head and nodded in agreement. "Indeed Hiccup Haddock, the pleasure was all ours, I do sincerely hope we can do business again." I nodded at Ryker, he snorted while smirking at me, he nodded back at me. "You did good kid." He said, I nod in thanks.

I then climb back on Toothless and before we take off, Viggo speaks out. "If I may ask Hiccup, what are your plans now? What did you have to gain by helping us slay this beast?" None of your concern is what I wanted to say, but I turn around and answer. 

"I have a bone to pick with the Hairy Hooligans of Berk and those who support them, that is all you need to know Viggo." I say in a cool tone, he smiles at me and raises his hands up. "I apologized if I struck a nerve." I wave his words off and shake my head, I then look toward the volcano the Red Death took residence in then turn back to Viggo. 

"I respect you and your brother Viggo, but not your line of work, my future involves building the largest Viking empire, and my empire will have dragons as its residence, do not touch any of the dragons within this nest, they're victims of the Red Deaths cruelty, It would be a pity if I learned you and your Hunters slaughtered them all, then it would give me a good excuse to kill you and your brother." 

Both Grimborn brothers looked at each other than back at me, after spending time with me, they knew that I made good on my threats, so they nodded in understanding and gave me their word they wouldn't harm the dragons here. We then bid our final goodbyes and the Grimborn Hunter tribe loaded what they could and set sail. 

::Good riddance::

Toothless snarled out, I snickered and patted his head. "To the Red Death or the Dragon Hunters?" I ask in a teasing manner, Toothless growls out.

::Both::

I chuckle lightly and remember the Red Death mentioning something about having children, I then urge Toothless to take us into the nest, once we enter, we look around until we see two eggs, both of them were crimson red with black rock like bumps all over it. I slid off Toothless and examined the two eggs carefully. They belong to the Red Death. 

::So, the devil has spawned two future devils to take her place::

Toothless said as he sniffed the eggs and growled at them, I then turned toward him and held them up. "Toothless, my plans involve having alphas in my dragon pack, you will be the head alpha of course, but there's only so much you can do, with these two... I can raise them and with your help, we can make them serve us and us alone." I say, Toothless looks at me for a good ten seconds before looking back down at the eggs. 

::Well, they are vulnerable in this state, and you've proven to me that you love dragons as your equals. Very well my friend, I will help you raise these two Stokers::

I smile and nodded, I then load the two eggs up and we exit the volcano, I then pat Toothless's neck and gesture to the volcano. "Would you like to do the honors bud?" I ask, I know the Red Death controlled and used Toothless, he was alone fore years and the former Queen of Dragons added him in her artillery simply because he was a Night Fury, I can't imagine how much pain he had to endure under her tyrannical reign. 

::It would be my highest honor::

Toothless fired a super heated plasma bolt and collapsed the volcano from the inside, causing the whole volcano to come crashing down, thankfully there were no other dragons present here. With that done I smiled at our accomplishment here. Now, I can focus on building my empire and making Berk pay for what they did to me. 

"C'mon bud, lets go."

::With pleasure my friend::

We then exited the fog bank and zoomed off into the sky.