(Normal pov)

The journey into the great beyond was filled with peril and storms the Vikings have never experienced in their lives. Hiccup and his army gathered more Vikings who wished to join them. These tribes were the Vandals, Bjmolf, and the Jormungandr tribes, all fierce and ferocious Vikings, eager for blood, treasure and adventure, which suited Hiccup just fine.

The weeks leaving the Archipelago had the Vikings speechless, they couldn't believe a whole other world existed beyond their boarders. Along the way, Hiccup and his allies had trained dragons and those bonded dragons came with their human companions, Hiccup had even created new metal, made from a Gronckle lava, but the ingredients to make were three parts limestone, one part iron ore and a giant spoon of hardened Gronckle lava; with that, Gronckle iron was created and the Vikings quickly got to work on reforging new weapons and they were shocked at how light and how strong the metal was, which would be very useful in future conflict.

Hiccup wished Astrid were with him. He pulled out his sketch book and found a sketch of her and he smiled at the sight of his girlfriend, if it was seeing her features sketched on paper, he hoped she would fare well in a Jorgenson ruled Berk. He would return and would retake his birthright from Snotlout. He swore it to all the gods in Asgard.

Though revenge would have to wait, right now, Hiccup needed to focus on surviving.

Currently, Hiccup's fleet was caught in a deadly storm; raining coming down like hail, lightning striking the ocean, and massive waves, although, lucky for the Vikings, the waves came in behind them, meaning their ships were riding the waves, they had to hold on very tight and tied down their resources to prevent it from being swallowed up by the ocean.

Hiccup raced across the deck and tied down anything of import, while being mindful not to slip and possibly fall off the ship or crack his head open. The boy bumped into Alvin and the Outcast chieftain roared over the storm.

"It'll take a miracle for us to get out of this storm boy! Thank the Allfather we haven't lost our whole fleet already!! Do you have a plan to get us out of this bloody storm?" Hiccup looked for way out and saw light on the horizon.

The boy roared to the captain of the Outcast dreadnaught. "Have the men light torches so our forces don't lose us in the storm!! We need to head toward the light, or else our entire fleet is swallowed up by the sea!!" The captain nodded and barked orders, the Outcasts sprang into action, they lit torches and waved them to their allies, the other Vikings lit torches and waved back.

The waves the Viking ships rode were very steep and when they descended back down, they'd come crashing down, the impact sending the Vikings flying, Hiccup was about to crack his head, but Toothless caught him just in time, Hiccup sighed in relief. "Thanks bud, that was close." Toothless warbled in acknowledgment and the duo felt the ray of sunlight warming their skin.

"WE'RE ALMOST OUT!!! KEEP MOVING!!!" Hiccup roared out, he dashed to anything that wasn't tied down and secured it, as did the Outcasts on deck. The lightning bolts struck the water nearby and some of the bolts nearly struck the Berserker ships, due to the amount of metal they had on board.

Finally, they made it out of the killer storm, with no casualties of men and resources, but they'd have patch up their roughed up ships. Hiccup wiped his soaked face and pulled out a telescope, he grinned as he spotted.

"LAND HO!! Captain, dead ahead." The Outcast captain nodded. "Aye sir! Making way now!" Hiccup all but collapsed on the deck and breathed heavily. That storm was the most violent, life threatening and adrenaline pulsing experience he's had so far.

Alvin blocked the son light and held a hand out for Hiccup. "C'mon lad! You're not dead yet." Hiccup grabbed Alvin's hand was pulled up, the Outcast chief wiped the still dripping rain water out of his face and exhaled. "This great beyond better hold great opportunity, after that nightmare of a storm we just went through." Hiccup rolled his eyes and swatted Alvin in the chest. "Relax Alvin, we'll make repairs to what damage has been done to our ships and explore the new world before us." Alvin grunted and walked off, barking orders to his men.

Hiccup couldn't keep the smile off his face, they made it! Now first things first, they needed to make a base of operations and then they'd conquer this new world for the Viking empire.

(Thirty minutes later)

The Viking ships landed on the beach, everyone began offloading supplies and began setting up camp, currently the weather here was still cold, but not the cold the Vikings were used to, regardless, they began building fires and wrapped themselves in heavy furs while a light drizzle fell on the land.

Hiccup looked to his allies, their numbers were vast, but here in this new world? They'd have to be very smart, brute force would not cut it here, Hiccup would have to rely on his intellect, which was already one his greatest strengths.

The plains they were on were vast, green stretching as far as the eye could see. Hiccup approached Alvin. "I'm going to scout the lands, to ensure these lands are safe for us." Alvin nodded. "We'll be setting camp meanwhile, keep your eyes sharp." Hiccup nodded and climbed on Toothless. "Lets ride bud." Toothless nodded and shot toward the sky, the dragon let out an excited roar; pleased to be able to stretch his wings after so long of being grounded by the fierce storm.

Hiccup felt the light sunlight warm his skin and he closed his eyes; absorbing as much heat as possible. The light breeze sent his his hair flying back, but Hiccup could care less, the boy was free. He was free from his bullies abuse physically and verbally, they were all wolves living among sheep, they'd do anything to secure the power Stoick had, and now they have it.

But Hiccup was growing in power too, he and his army were the first Vikings to step out of the Barbaric Archipelago in three centuries.

Hiccup's train of thoughts were cut short when he heard voices below him, the boy looked down, to see a town boy the looks of it, there were citizens everywhere, by the looks of their dress, they were farmers, carpenters, blacksmiths and other low class citizens. Hiccup then spotted... soldiers by the looks of them. These soldiers were dressed in silver armor and had red crosses on their fronts and backs. So, perhaps there was a kingdom of sorts nearby, and if their was a kingdom of some kind, they could sack this kingdom and use it as their power base.

Hiccup continued flying and pulled out a telescope, he smiled as he laid eyes on a castle. And it was very big, perhaps large enough to carry their forces and fleet, he'd have to scout it out. "Hey bud, lets get a closer look at that castle over there." Hiccup pointed out, Toothless nodded and flew forward. Upon reaching the castle, they were mindful to stay high up to ensure they weren't spotted by senturies patrolling the wall.

Yes, this castle would make a perfect power base, Hiccup's smile grew as he saw that the ocean was at this castles back and there was a massive harbor to hold the Viking ships. Truly the gods smile down on Hiccup and his cause, Hiccup patted Toothless, the Night Fury retreated from the castle and they made their way back to their allies.

When the Viking camp came into view, Hiccup saw his army battle ready, some on their dragons and had their horses ready to ride, Hiccup landed and saw his army land their eyes on their young leader.

"What have you discovered?"

"A village?"

"Bounty of cattle, treasure and women?" The Viking men laughed a that while the women rolled their eyes at their male comrades.

"Hiccup smirked at them and nodded. "Yes, there is a town of some sorts not far from here, and to sweeten the deal, there is a castle beyond the town, its large enough to become our power base." The Vikings roared, raising their weapons high, Hiccup drew out Inferno and pointed it toward the horizon. "You know whats out there? A glorious and bright future for our people! We will take this land and take this whole continent! And show these people what Viking fury is! CHARGE!!!" The Vikings roared and followed Hiccup and Toothless into battle, they rode their dragons, horses and chariots.

Once the town came into view, they let out a ferocious roar that sent the villagers running for their lives, the minimal soldiers stationed their held the line while escorting the villagers to the castle. The Vikings however made quick work of the soldiers, their numbers washed over them like a tidal wave, the Vikings ransacked the homes, businesses and carts in the town, finding coin and gold, they then placed their bounty of treasure in bags and placed them in the satchels on their horses saddles, they then torched the whole town down and laid eyes on the castle.

Hiccup had the Vandals give them support from the sea, and their ships were off the coast, firing volley after volley of flaming arrows into the castle, Hiccup led the charge to the castle, the knights there couldn't even register the fact that they were being attacked fast enough.

Who were these people?

The knights on the wall were shot down by the Vandals ships and couldn't keep the roaring horde back outside their walls. Hiccup and Toothless landed outside the main gate and opened the doors, letting his army in, the Vikings charged; slaughtering everyone in sight and plundering any treasure within the homes and the establishments in the massive fortress.

Hiccup waited for the Jormungandr tribe, its chieftain was a girl his age named Helga, she wore light leather armor and had wolf skin boots and hoodie, Helga had dirty blond hair and was very beautiful, but the majority of the Jormungandr tribe were women, but they had ferocity to match Dagur and his Berserkers.

"Impressive Hiccup, at first I did not expect this conquest of yours to produce much fruit, but it seems I was mistaken to doubt you." Hiccup chuckled lightly at his ally and waved off her words. "Don't sweat it, lets claim this castle as our own and save words for later, yeah?" Helga hummed in agreement and had her warriors follow Hiccup toward the royal palace.

Alvin and his Outcasts were butchering the knights that crossed them, several of them dog piled Alvin, but the mountain of a man knocked them off of him and began cutting them down with his massive sword. The streets ran red with blood of the people of these lands, the men that tried defending their families were cut down with ease and the Vikings took the women to be slaves or whores.

The royal guards held their spears out, in an attempt to hold the barbarian hordes back, but they went flying back as a plasma bolt killed them, Hiccup had Inferno in hand and had Helga and her warriors followed the duo, their was a massive door that stood in their way. "Toothless, if you'd be so kind." The Night Fury blasted the doors down and saw knights rushing toward them.

Hiccup swatted away attacks and sliced at legs and arms, while Helga and her warriors finished them off, Hiccup laid eyes on what looked like the ruler of this castle, due to his fine robes, Hiccup turned to his allies, Helga nodded. "Go, we'll handle this." Hiccup nodded and he and Toothless went after the lord of the castle. Several knights went to their lords side, but Hiccup pulled out a hand held bomb and had Toothless light its fuse, once the bomb exploded? It released shrapnel and embedded itself in the knights legs and faces, sending them down on the ground roaring in agony or dead.

Hiccup and Toothless found a massive door and they blasted it out of its moorings, the lord of the castle had a sword in his hand and was trembling in fear. Hiccup drew out Inferno and swatted away the lords attack and thanks to the Gronckle Iron modifications, his sword cut the lords blade clean off, the lord released the swords handled and backed up until his back was pressed against the glass window.

"W-who are y-you?" The lord trembled out as Toothless snarled and bared his teeth at the man, Hiccup advanced closer, the glass window cracking; spreading cob web like cracks across the whole window.

"We are Vikings. And we will take these lands and expand our empire." Hiccup answered plainly as he kicked the lord out of the window and heard his screams, they were silenced as his body made impacted against the streets below and his head cracked open like an omelet.

Hiccup saw his army look up to him and smile toward their leader, the boy held Inferno high up in the air and roared out. "WE HAVE OUR BASE!! SKOAL!!!" The Vikings roared in agreement and roared score out as well.

This was only the beginning, and they only scratched the surface. Tonight they'd celebrate, tomorrow? They'd spill blood once more.

(Later that night)

The Vikings had their fleet anchored in the harbor and offloaded all their supplies and into their new power base, while some of them quickly got to work and setting up proper defenses, others went to a massive party in the former lords home. This single raid alone, they secured a castle and sizable coin, gold, jewels and other treasures. The Viking chieftains had their soldiers try and stay as sober as possible, because when morning would break, they'd set out and find more land to conquer. Hiccup set up his room and joined his followers downstairs, they raised their cups upon seeing Hiccup.

"To Hiccup Haddock! For being the first Viking in our lifetime to not only tame a Night Fury, but to seek us out and offer a chance to become legends!! We've only just begun and tomorrow, we'll be one step closer to ruling the fucking world!!!" Alvin roared, everyone gave battle chants and nodded in agreement, Hiccup grinned and took a cup a wine and took a sip, he savored the flavor of the drink, it was rich, sweet and tasted of grapes, he raised his cup high in the air.

"Stick with me and I promise you all, we will be heroes in the eyes of all dragons, we will train every dragon we encounter, add them in our army and conquer this continent. And then, we'll conquer the world! Skoal!!"

"Skoal!!"

"Skoal."

"Skoal!"

The Vikings all chugged their drinks down and began dancing, the men grabbed the nearest woman and danced with them, Hiccup watched his followers with a smile. He nodded and mumbled out.

"This is for you dad. I'll see to it that Vikings everywhere remember Stoick the Vast." Hiccup felt Toothless nuzzle into his side, Hiccup smiled and scratched his dragons head. "I'm honored to have you as my friend and my dragon Toothless. We're going to change the world together." Toothless gave him a gummy smile and rested head on Hiccup's lap while the boy sat on the stairs and watched his army have a good time, after months of life threatening storms and other dangers.

They earned this celebration after all.

A/N: Hope y'all enjoy and make sure to give appreciation to your dads, had a good day at lunch with mine, and thank you guys for the positive feedback for this book! Love you guys so much.