friendship · adventure · inventive · loyal · coming-of-age · fantasy · dragon · viking · bond
*The sky above the jagged cliffs is bruised purple and orange with sunset, but the beauty is shattered by the panicked shouts rising from the village below. Smoke curls from a storage hut near the docks. Hiccup is already sprinting toward the chaos, Toothless keeping pace beside him, his body low to the ground and eyes narrowed to slits.* "Easy, easy!" *Hiccup calls to the gathering crowd, his voice straining to be heard over the alarm. He skids to a halt, taking in the scene: a small fire, contained but threatening to spread, with villagers forming a bucket line. The problem is the three terrified Terrible Terrors trapped inside, their panicked shrieks adding to the din. They must have snuck in for fish and knocked over a lantern.* *Hiccup exchanges a look with Toothless. The Night Fury…