549 How to Become Dragonborn by Ember Neutron

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Latest update:April 14. 2017

Summary: Not wanting to kill the dragon in the arena, Hiccup ran away with Toothless. 3 years later he finds himself in Skyrim with amnesia and on a quest to save Tamriel from Alduin with the help of his new friends.

Link:https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10054212/1/How-to-Become-Dragonborn

Word count:147k

Chapters:26

Prologue

Hiccup sat on his bed depressed. He was apparently chosen to kill the Monstrous Nightmare in front of the entire Village. Any Viking teen would be proud of their achievement, but not Hiccup. The past few weeks he had learned that the dragons were not the savage beast they thought they were after spending time with his best and only real friend Toothless.

A Night Fury he shot down but couldn't find it in his heart to kill him, so he instead freed him. But apparently when he shot the dragon down, his left tail fin was ripped off leaving the dragon unable to fly. So Hiccup helped him fly again by making him a prosthetic tail fin and a saddle. Over time he learned a lot from Toothless and even doing something no Viking has ever done before, befriending a dragon and ridding it too.

"Maybe if I had killed him, I wouldn't be in this mess" Hiccup thought. "But why couldn't I do it? Any Viking would have done it. But why couldn't I?" He continued with his thoughts.

The poor Viking teen struggled with himself, a part of him was saying he's a coward, a weakling, and pathetic. The thought of this made Hiccup lie down on his bed and curl up in a ball, trying to block out those thoughts.

"You're not a coward Hiccup. You're not a coward." He told himself. "You managed to ride the most fearsome and deadly dragon in the world."

Hiccup thought back to when he first saw Toothless, tangled and helpless on the ground. He remembered when he tried to strike him. But when he looked into his eyes, he couldn't do it. There was something in his eyes that told him not to. That's when Hiccup remembered what he saw in the Night Fury's eyes….. fear. The same fear he has. He couldn't kill him because the dragon was scared just like him. He couldn't kill him! No….. Not couldn't, but rather wouldn't. He wouldn't kill him because he saw himself in the dragon.

There was no way he was goanna kill the Monstrous Nightmare, but what to do? If he told his father the truth he will kill Toothless and either banish him or even worse, execute him. If he tries to show them in the ring that dragons are not monsters the results would probably end up the same. There was only one option left and it was obvious. He had to leave Berk.

And with that, Hiccup got up from his bed and began packing his basket. He packed clothing, food, notebooks, his sketches of Toothless, a fishing rod, tools, extra leather and rods for Toothless tail, and anything else he's going to need. After he was finished packing Hiccup sat his basket next to his bed and waited till night. It took forever for night to finally come and even longer to make sure his father was asleep. After he made sure he got everything he needed and making sure the coast was clear, Hiccup snuck out of his house leaving only his helmet made from his mother's breast plate and a note on his bed.

Hiccup arrived at the cove where he was greeted by his dragon Toothless.

"Come on bud, were getting out of here" Hiccup told the dragon. He began fastening his basket on the saddle making sure it was good and secured.

"Looks like you and I are going on a little vacation… forever" Hiccup said as he hopped onto the dragons back.

He did not like the idea of leaving but what choice did he have. The village will not accept him for who he is, especially his father. The only reason he's now proud of him was because he did well in dragon training. And the minute he finds out what he was really doing he would have disowned him believing he had betrayed his village.

Once Hiccup was seated on Toothless back, the dragon took to the sky soaring above Berk. Hiccup took one last look at his now former home. The villagers may not have liked him for his screw ups and his skinny fish bone body, but this is where he grew up and he was going to miss a few things like Gobber. He was the closest thing to a friend even if his advice wasn't ever any good. After all he did teach him how to work the forge.

"Goodbye Berk. I'll be back, probably" He said, letting the wind carry away his parting words. And with that, Hiccup and Toothless flew off into the night sky. But not before making a quick stop at the killing arena to free the other dragons, didn't feel right to leave them behind.

Morning came to Berk and all the villagers were excited for Hiccup's final exam. But there was one problem, Hiccup was no were to be seen. Stoick went back to his house thinking his son might still be asleep.

"Hiccup, Son! It's time for your final exam" Stoick yelled up stairs, but no reply.

Frustrated, Stoick marched up the stairs to his son's room.

"Hiccup, the entire village is waiting for you to kill that dragon!" He yelled as he climbed up the stairs. But when he entered his room Hiccup was not there, only his helmet and a letter on his bed in plane site.

Stoick opened the letter finding only eight words written on it. But those eight words stabbed right through his heart like an arrow.

I'm sorry, but I'm not one of you.

Link:https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10054212/1/How-to-Become-Dragonborn