Prologue

The two dragons stand on a cliff and look out over the sea. Thunder roars in the clouds and random streaks of lightning light up the sky. Waves smack against the big rocks in the water.

“She's late again...,” says the male dragon. “What should we do if she won't come back?”

“Don't worry,” the other dragon says. “Spark, she will be back soon.” She raises her graceful head and looks to the clouds. “Your sister is strong, she will make it. Just look at the lightning, that's a good sign! She is a skrill, remember?” She looks at him. “It was her own decision, she knows what she's doing.”

Spark looked worriedly at his claws. His sister wants to find Nightfurys', because the dragons on the Skrill island are in danger. Nightfurys' are the only dragons that are as strong as Skrills, and the dragons here need as much help as they can get. The humans on the islands around Skrill island come often to the island and hunt the poor reptiles. Their weapons are so strong that most dragons are not able to escape. His sister thinks there only hope is to find the Nightfurys and attack with against the humans. But, it's a long and dangerous way to the Nightfury island.

“Spark?” Thunderclaw asks. “It's getting late, we should go sleep now.”

“I'll come later” Spark says. Thunderclaw flies away, leaving him back on the cliff. “Please come back, please don't leave me,” whispers Spark. The only answer he gets is the angry roar of the thunder.

Chapter 1

There is one thing that I hate about rowing: If you are sitting in a viking boat, you can't do it alone.

“Go on! Faster!,“ Our teacher shouts. “Even a one legged yak would get us!“

“Those don't exist...,“ someone behind me whispers.

My name is Hiccup the IV. There is nothing interesting about me, that I could tell you... I live on the island, Berk. In the old stories, Berk was a dragon island 200 years ago. Vikings which ride on dragons and defended Berk with them. But those are legends. Nobody really believes them. In the middle of berk are 6 statues of the “Dragon Riders“ and their dragons. Nobody removes them cause everyone is worried that Thor would be angry about it (that's kinda ironic, I know).

“What are you doing, Hiccup? Don't be so slow!“ Shouts our teacher and punches my shoulder.

Someone laughs. I clench my teeth and try to row faster, but I don't have the strength for more. A weak viking often gets the name Hiccup. I hate that feeling, even if you do your best and it's still not enough.



It's afternoon. Which means the rowing-and-other-stuff lessons are out. The forest is always a place where I can be alone and forget the world around me. I look around. It's spring. The whole island is green with birds singing in the trees. Berk is really one of the best islands in the north. That's a problem too. There are many viking clans out there which want to live on Berk. My viking clan always has to defend this island. I look up to the sky. It will rain soon. I groan.

Suddenly, the ground under me disappears.

Chapter 2

I wake up. The first thing I recognized: It's cold. The second thing I recognized: Its never cold in my room. The third thing I recognized: I'm not in my room. I open my eyes. Wait, why am I lying in a cove?

Then I remember. I stand up and look around. The walls of the cove are in a light gray, partially covered with vines of ivy. In the middle is a small pond with fishes. Suddenly it starts to rain. Luckily I spy a little cave on the side of the cove, which I could use to stay dry. But it is still cold, so I decide to make a fire. When I search a few pieces of dry wood, I notice a drawing on a wall of the cave. My eyes wide. It was a sketch of a dragon and a human. I step closer to it.

“I know you guys...” I whisper.

I'm sure, it's a sketch of Hiccup the III and his dragon Toothless. I know them from the statues in the middle of Berk. But something has been wrote under the sketch.

“Do you believe?”

Suddenly I feel like someone watches me. I look closely to Toothless' eyes. They are looking behind me! I turn around slowly. On a stone next to the wall is a book. I took a deep breath.

“You got to be kidding me...” I muttered. “Something goes wrong here, a book can't just appear!”

But I never found out how it got there. I move slowly to the book. The golden letters on it read “The Book Of Dragons”

“Yes... I believe,” I answer to the drawing.

But the drawing remained silent.

The rest of the day I spend in the cove, reading the book. It was like a lexicon about dragons. About water dragons, two headed dragons, small dragons, big dragons, dragons which can change their colors... It was amazing. But it turned dark outside, so I had to leave the cove. I hide the book under my vest and start climbing out of the cove, only watched by the rising moon.

Chapter 3

“Where were you?” My teacher asks. “You are always too late! Now get to the table and eat.”

He pushes me into the great hall and follows me. I got me some soup and bread and sit down on a chair at the end of the table, far away from the others.

“I think Hiccup wants to tell us why he is late again,” says my teacher.

That is one thing I hate about my teacher, he likes to tease people. 7 viking heads turn to me and I feel my face redden. Someone laughs.

“I... I was in the forest. There is a cove near the Dragonteeth cliff, and I found a book about dragons in it...” I say.

For a few seconds it was quiet. After that my classmates laugh.

“Well, looks like Hiccup had a nice day,” says my teacher.

The others laugh even more. I wish I could just disappear. I try to eat my soup fast, that I can get out of the hall soon. Most of the children leave after a few minutes, only a girl stays back at the table. I get up and walk to the doors of the great hall.

“Hiccup?”

I turn around. The girl stands behind me. She has blond hair, which is divided in many small braids, blue eyes and a 4 horned helmet. Her name is Bloodnut, I know her from the training.

“Can I... Could I read the book?” She continues.

I was really surprised. That was the first time she talks to me.

“A... Uhm... Sure!” I answer.

Chapter 4

Me and Bloodnut were sitting in the great hall reading the book, until we got chased out of the great hall 2 hours later. Now we're about to walk down the steps to the village.

“That book is awesome! My granddad has always told me the legends about the 6 Dragonriders, The legend about the red death, the legend about the Screaming death and the ice cave...I have never believed those, though. I know that this book is real. It has to many details that no one could invent it.” says Bloodnut. “But how exactly did you find it?”

Still a bit shy, I answer, “After I found the cove (I don't want to tell her how I found the cove, you know why) it had started to rain. So I went into a cave on the side of the cove. There was a sketch of Hiccup III and Toothless on the wall. Under it, someone wrote 'Do you believe?'. After I read that the book appears behind me on a stone.”

She looks at me with wide eyes. “I'm so jealous, I wish I could see that!”

“Maybe you can...”

“Huh?”

“Have you an hour time tomorrow after training?”



The next day was the first day where I wasn't afraid of training. Yesterday our trainer told us that he wanted to practice on our fighting skills in the arena. The arena is a big building, but nobody knows what to do do with it. We use it to show fights and to store things like food or wood. As I arrive the other students were already there. Bloodnut stands near the wall, looking at her bow. I sat down next to her. She smiles at me and I smiled back. Then our teacher arrived.

We practiced the whole morning. Our teacher split us up in 4 teams of 2. Bloodnut won 6 battles, I won 0. Like everyday. After training me and Bloodnut walk to the cove.

“You are good in fighting...” I say to her to start a conversation.

“Thank you!” she smiled.

“Better than me...” I muttered.

She looks to me. “You aren't bad, the only difference is that you fight with you brain.”

“What do you mean by that?” I ask her.

“Look, sometimes our teacher asks us a question, like how we would attack in a special situation. You always have the best ideas.” she answers.

”But how can that help me?” I whisper.

After that we arrive in the cove.

Chapter 5

“That's the cove?” Bloodnut asks. “It looks wonderful!”

I nodded. We start climbing down the cove, or rather she climbs and I fell down.

“Are you okay?!” she asks the bush where I fell in.

“Yeah... wait... ouch!” I answer.

After I got out of the bush, we started looking for the cave.

“You're sure it was here?” She asks.

“Sure I'm sure!” I replied.

But the cave has disappeared. The cave that was there yesterday looks like all other walls around us.

“I...I don't know... please, Bloodnut, I'm telling the truth! It was here yesterday!“ I said to her.

“I believe you. But, It's still weird...” She touches the wall and tries to push it back. But nothing happens.

We start climbing out of the cove. I took a last look down at the wall, then I followed Bloodnut home. She was really quiet the way back to the village.

“I'm so sorry about that, Bloodnut.” I said.

“It's okay, that wasn't your fault”

“But whose fault is it then?”

“I don't know. But, I don't think we're still talking about a normal thing here.”

“That sounds a bit scary...”

She smiles.

“I have to find out what happens here,” I said.

“We have to find out what happens here,” she corrects.

“There is only one way to find out. We are talking about dragons here, so we have to find out more about the dragons and why they disappeared,“ I said.

“Now you are speaking my language!” She says.

Chapter 6

It's the day after I visited the cove with Bloodnut. We don't have any lessons today, so we are standing in front of the statues and talking about the dragons.

“I heard that someone said, 'the arena was a dragon hospital before it turned into the arena,' we know.“ Bloodnut says.

“A dragon hospital? But it's made with stones and metal... that doesn't sounds like a dragon hospital to me.” I answer.

“Hmm... lets take a closer look at the arena,” she suggests.

On the way down to the arena, we meet a few of the other viking kids in our class.

“Look at this, Bloodnut and... Hiccup! I think we're missing something here...” one of them says. I don't know his name.

“Any problems with that?” Bloodnut asks.

“Nope, you just have a really bad taste,” the guy answers.

The other ones laugh.

“Get out of my way!” Bloodnut shouts angrily.

“Whooah... No reason to get angry, my dear,” he laughs.

“Lets go, Hiccup, we don't have to talk with these sillies,” she hisses and pulls me to another way to the arena.

I look at her. She makes a really angry face.

“I... I don't... I think don't think it's fair that you get trouble only because you are... because of me“ I whisper.

She looks at me. “It's my own decision, don't worry. I can live with that.”

We arrive at the arena.

“Sooo... let's search for any signs about dragons,” she says.

In the walls of the area are 6 gates, the exit and 5 big rooms. We start to search in the rooms, Bloodnut in the left ones while I search the right ones. But I don't find anything, so I walk to Bloodnut.

“Have you found anything?” I ask.

“It's difficult to search for something in the arena, or, should I call it, the Dragon Training Academy of Berk?“ she says and pulls out a big sign behind a box, a sign with a Nightfury on it.

Chapter 7

“I am not allowed to be hungry, I am not allowed to be tired. I have to go on, it's the only chance to save Spark and Thunderclaw. Don't be weak, Silversun! Rain is all around me, I can't see. I haven't slept or eaten for 2 days, my wings are tired and I'm beginning to lose altitude. But I will fight. I'm a Skrill! Thunder roars like it answers me. I look around. There is an island.

“Berk!“ I whisper.

I hear a roar. What is Berk? I start to wonder because I haven't thought of that. Then I look down, but it's not me who looks down. I haven't noticed that my claws almost touch the ocean. I try to fly higher, faster, but suddenly a big wave pushes me underwater. Then darkness.”

She wakes up. But she's not a dragon anymore. Bloodnut opens her eyes.

“That...”

She was sure that she was a skrill in her dream, but as she thought about dragons she don't know Spark and Thunderclaw. She also remember calling herself, Silversun, but never heard that name before.

“That was weird...“ she mutters.



“... and then a big wave appeared next to me and pushed me underwater,” Bloodnut explains to herself.

She and Hiccup are walking down to the arena, or now, the academy.

“And... can I say something really stupid?” Bloodnut asks.

He smirks.

“Sure.”

“I think this dragon is real, no... I'm sure! It was like I was in her mind... but... that isn't possible...“ she says.

“That isn't stupid,“ Hiccup says. “Just look at the Book of Dragons, many strange things happened in the last few days.”

“At least you have evidence; the book,” Bloodnut answers.

It was silent for a few minutes. Then Hiccup says,

“Where exactly was it?”

“What was where?”

“Your dream, where was the skrill?”

“Uhm... she came from the north, Berk was on the left. It was about 7 or 8 miles away.”

“So... want to do a little trip this afternoon?”

“Of course!”

Chapter 8

“Faster, over here!” Bloodnut whispers.

“I'm not as fast as you, remember?”

“It was your idea!”

“But we have to steal a ship, or they would ask us what we are going to do!”

“Fine, you win, but now lets go,” she answers.

After they got the little sailing ship out of the harbor, Hiccup pulls a map out of his bag.

“The streams there are coming from the northwest, so the skrill is, maybe, washed up on the beach of Darkstone... or Fireclaw-Island.”

“How do you know that?” she asks.

“I'm probably the only one who knows it because I'm the only one who has fallen out of a boat there... but you DON'T want to know more...”

It was quiet for a few minutes, then Bloodnut says, “What are we going to do if we find the skrill? The Book of Dragons says you can't train one.“

“First of all, we don't know if the skrill is alive.”

“I don't want the first dragon, and probably the only dragon I'll ever see, dead... but if the dragon is still alive and needs our help...“

“We will be able to help her. I promise.”

Bloodnut turns around to him. He looks determined, but still like Hiccup. So smart... she really hates herself for every thing she and her friends have done to him in the last 8 years. Every time; if anyone has said something mean to him she had always laughed just to keep her friends. If you like a weak person, you are weak too. But she and the others were the weak ones all along. She could really look in this deep green eyes for hours...

“Bloodnut, look!” Hiccup yelled, snapping Bloodnut out of her thoughts.

The beach from Fireclaw-Island appeared on the horizon. But there was something...

“A Skrill!” Hiccup said.

“Silversun...” Bloodnut said in a hushed tone.

Chapter 9


Silversun had dark blue skin, her claws and spines were silver; her eyes closed. She was over 35 feet long. A beautiful creature. The two vikings were speecless. After one minute, Bloodnut whispers.

“Maybe... you could tell me your plan now...”

“Actually...” Hiccup began in a soft tone.

“You have no plan, don't you?” Bloodnut cut in.

Hiccup looks to his feet. Suddenly, Silversun opens her eyes. She sees the two and tries to stand up, but her legs are too weak to hold her. She roars painfully.

“Her wing is broken!” Hiccup says.

Bloodnut looks at the dragon. Silversun is afraid of the two, but there is still a brave sparkle in her eyes. Slowly, Bloodnut moves to the dragon.

I know you.

This glance says more than every sentence you could say. Bloodnut nods slowly, still looking in Silversuns eyes.

You have to trust me, its the only way to save you.

Why should I trust humans? Humans are the ones who are killing us for no reasons, the ones who are destroying our home.

Not every human is bad, I only want to help you. Please, Silversun.

How can I know that you aren't lying, little human?

We two know each other. As a little girl, I sometimes had dreams about flying like a dragon. Not long ago, I had a dream like that again. But in this dream, I was you. I even called myself Silversun and have thought about other dragons, Spark and Thunderclaw. I was sure the dream was real. But I got pushed underwater. Now me and my friend have searched for you to help you.

Spark! Thunderclaw! Little human, I don't know how you were able to dream about me but I believe you.

Silversuns ice-blue eyes were focusing on Bloodnut. The girl slowly reaches out her hand. She touches the dragon skin. It feels more real than anything else she had felt.

“Bloodnut, what...,” Hiccup said.

She turns around to Hiccup.

“How... did you do that?”

“Can we talk about that later? Silversun is still hurt...,”

Hiccup moves slowly towards Bloodnut.

“Do you know anything about medicine?” Bloodnut asks.

“Don't... you know anything?”

“I'm learning not to get hurt, not how to help myself if I get hurt.”

Hiccup groans.

“I'll teach you some things once we get back to Berk...”

Chapter 10

“Her wing is broken,” says Hiccup. “But I think I will be able to fix it. Bloodnut, can you please give me my bag?”

“What are you going to do?”

“Making her a splint.” Hiccup answers as if it is the most simple thing in the world.

Bloodnut raises an eyebrow and offers him the bag.

“How long will it take?”

“How long will it take asks Silversun,” says Bloodnut.

Hiccup turns around, an eyebrow raised.

“You can... talk to her?”

“Haven't I told you that? So, how long does it take?”

He shakes his head desperately. “Not long, but when I tie it on her wing, it may hurt.”

“That makes me feel much better now, say thanks to him, but as ironic as you can, please.”

“A very ironic thanks from Silversun to you.”

Hiccup laughs and strokes Silversun over her back. She purrs.

“Watch out, It may hurt now.”

“Ouch!”

The dragon roars painfully.

“I'm so sorry, Silversun.” says Hiccup.

“He's sorry.”

An awkward silence follows.

“Soo... I'm guessing you're hungry Silversun, right?”

“Sure am!”

Bloodnut turns around to Hiccup.

“How much food do we have?”

“Enough to feed a dragon and 2 vikings... for 2 days? More or less.”

“Great.”

“So what's our plan? Because I have no idea.”

“Me neither.”

Both look to the dragon.

“Any ideas Silversun?”

“Give me food and I'll tell you the whole story.”




“So you want to search for Night Furies?” says Hiccup, surprised and scared.

“It is the only way left. We've already tried everything else... They just have to help us. It's not only our tribe on the island, also many other dragons.”

Bloodnut tells that to Hiccup. He turns around to her, and she knows exactly what he wants to ask.

“We're going with Silversun,” Bloodnut says to both.

“How... can I say... thanks.”

“We don't have anything left to loose, have we?” continues Bloodnut.

Silversun roars.

“So when do we start?” asks Hiccup.

“Not so fast, tired dragon over here! I'm really happy that you two are so enthusiastic about it but please, first I am going to sleep...”