The Thief Who Stole My Heart

Part One

For alphaflower123

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You are fifteen.

Hiccup is sixteen.

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You woke up bright and early. "(D/N)!" You called. You knew your night fury was already awake. She always woke up before you. She normally had breakfast waiting to be cooked for you as well.

(D/N) came bouncing out from behind a bush with her tongue hanging out of her mouth. She was giving her toothless, gummy smile.

You laughed at your best/ only friend's silliness. "Come on, (D/N). We have a big day ahead of us!"

You quickly made your breakfast and packed up camp, which was just a blanket, a bag that held two extra pairs of clothes, a journal, and a bit of food. You also had another bag connected to (D/N)'s saddle filled with stolen things. You would use those to trade for things you needed, that is if you couldn't steal them.

People would call you a thief if you were ever caught, which hasn't happened in years. But, you stole to survive. No one else ever helped you. It was just you and (D/N), and you learned to accept that.

"Yahoo!" You shouted, taking off into the air. It wasn't long until you were able to touch the water-y clouds. You flew in a random direction until you found a village. It was still mid afternoon so you had (D/N) land in the forest and explore the area while you went to the village.

You slowly traveled towards the middle of the village, which was one of the two busiest places for a village. The other was was near the shore though. This village had the main market in the middle.

You stole four loaves of bread, a few fish, a cup of milk, and- pause for dramatic effect- butter. It had been over a year since you had last gotten some butter. You immediately left for (D/N). She smiled at your excitement. You fed her the fish, ate some bread and packed the rest of the stuff before returning.

This time you brought some money and things to trade.

You bought some clothe, thread, more fish, some vegetables, a few fruits, and three eggs. You realized you were running low on money so you stole a little bit, telling yourself not to steal too much and you would get more money at the next village you came across.

After you stole the money, you rushed to get into the safety of the forest. Running wasn't your strong suit, so you ended up tripping over a small rock. But it also made you pause long enough to overhear something useful.

"I heard Berk made peace with dragons," a man said.

"They did," the second man confirmed. "Trader Johann travels there and saw it himself. I asked."

"Isn't he supposed to be heading there?"

"Yeah. He did say he was heading off to Berk. He's left two weeks ago, so he should be close if he isn't already there."

Berk. Training dragons? I thought to myself, picking myself off of the ground. I ran to the side to keep listening in on their conversation.

"The chief's son even trained a night fury!"

"Night fury?" you gasped. Luckily, they didn't notice you but you still proceeded in getting the heck out of there.

You paused to steal more money but the person returned before you could get close enough, so you left it and hurried back to (D/N).

"(D/N)! There's another night fury, girl!" (D/N) froze for a few moments then bounced on top of you excitedly and licked you. "(D/N)!" You laughed. You finally got her off then tried to wipe her saliva off. "You know that doesn't wash out!"

You went farther into the forest and made a campfire. You cooked one of the eggs you bought and ate some of the bread you stole. (D/N) ate some of the extra fish you bought before lying down beside you and falling asleep. You put out the fire and used your cloak as a bed and blanket.

You woke up to (D/N) nudging you with her nose.

"Hey, (D/N)," you laughed, sleepily. "You wanna see the other night fury?" She nodded excitedly. "The island the other night fury lives on trains dragons. I think I might be able to bring you with me if there are enough night furies there. They are rare, so I might not be able to. I hope I can, though." You paused, a new thought coming to you. "If it's true," you said slowly, petting (D/N), "and the Hooligan tribe does train dragons and are nice to them, do you think," you paused again, "that maybe, just maybe, we can live there for a while? A long while?"

(D/N) didn't respond, just kept her eyes closed and purred softly as you petted her.

You laughed at yourself. "Of course not, I don't belong in any one particular place. I belong on the move. Besides everyone I ever get close to, besides you (D/N), gets hurt. I'm- no, we're- better off staying to ourselves."

You stood up and dusted yourself off a bit. "Come on, (D/N), let's head to Berk." You pulled out your map, found your location, and took off.

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"Shoot!" You muttered to yourself, pressing yourself against (D/N) as she flew as fast as she could. "So, we know at least one person is friendly with dragons," you said half heartily.

Some boy on his night fury was chasing you. If what you heard was right, that boy was future chief of Berk, son of Stoick the Vast, current chief of Berk. Great (Sarcasm intended).

You thought it would be a good idea to come to the island at night so they wouldn't see you coming during the daylight. They had dragons so they could chase after you, other islands and villages could not. Of course, someone had gone for a midnight flight and spotted you.

"Hey! Come back!" the boy called. As you made a sharp turn you had (D/N) cling onto a sea stack, you held onto her as she used her claws to hang onto the sea stack and her wings wrapped around you do you were hidden as well (of course you were no longer in the saddle). You heard flapping. At first, it was leaving but then it came back. "I see you," the boy laughed.

You grunted angrily and climbed back into the saddle once (D/N) moved her wings. The boy smirked on his night fury. You couldn't see him well in the dark, but could see his auburn hair and you think to be green eyes.

"I'm Hiccup, who are-" you didn't let him finish, for you took off back towards Berk.

"Hey!" he called again. You ignored him. He tried slowing you down with plasma blasts, and while it startled you, you knew he wouldn't hit another night fury. At least you hoped not.

You were right. He may had shot near you but never at you. He called again but you dove into the forest. (D/N) was able to swerve through most of the trees, only having to run now and then. The boy and his night fury had to run most of the time. While his night fury could run fast, it could only run as fast as the average Nader or Monstrous Nightmare could fly, so you lost him soon enough.

You found a cave to sleep in and rested for the night.

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You woke up around eight or nine in the morning and grabbed a bag and folded your brown cloak in it. Never know when you might need to hide, especially with that boy with the other night fury.

"Don't worry, (D/N). I'll be back soon, don't worry."

You were amazed by the amount of dragons living here. Vikings and dragons getting along was a wonderful sight to you. You tried not to look too astounded, but it was hard.

Suddenly, many people were rushing past you yelling stuff about the famous Trader Johann. You pick pocketed some of the people and sat at a bench to see your new treasures.

"Isn't that stealing?" a female voice asked. You looked up to see a girl with blond braided hair, blue eyes, and a smirk on her face.

"No. It's borrowing to survive," you retorted.

She rolled her eyes and you took the chance to slip away. You heard her angry huff but didn't stop until you reached the shore. A large boat with many people on it was docked. There was a line so you waited at a distance.

The blond girl showed up on a Nader and talk to some boy. You blinked as you recognized him as the boy from last night. A night fury walked up to him after the boy and girl talked for a bit, as if to confirm it. When they took flight you ducked under cover for a few seconds without looking too suspicious.

When you looked back you saw no line, so you walked on the boat, taking what you pleased, including some new boots, a journal, some ink and a pencil. You traded some left over vegetables you had to pay for the boots so you wouldn't look too suspicious.

The boy from last night and the blond girl landed in on his night fury and started talking to a buff man with a large beard. You were worried they would notice and recognize you so you hurried through the trade and put on your cloak as you rushed off the boat.

You was almost on the docks when someone shouted, "Thief!" while pointing at you.

The girl shouted, "That's her!" You didn't look back this time, and started running.

"Hey, you!" the buff man shouted.

"Come on, Toothless!" the auburn haired boy shouted. You hurried into the village and called for (D/N) with your dragon call. You heard her call back from the opposite direction she was supposed to be in.

Your distraction caused you to stumble and the boy and his night fury landed in front of you while the girl and her Nader behind. You stood up and scanned your surroundings.

You were screwed.

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