Hiccup was always considered the weakling of the village, he was bullied, pushed around and beaten up by all the other teens, even his cousin and the girl he loved. but it was only until one day when he shot down a night fury the most feared dragon in the whole archipelago, the so called offspring of lightning and death itself. But when he couldn't kill the dragon he took the other option... and trained it. him and toothless were the best of friends but one day when he is chosen to kill the monstrous night mare in dragon training , he can't handle it so he runs away on the back of toothless, but only for the two to be snatched up by dragons. but 5 years later when hiccup returns to Berk, he is not the hiccup they all once knew.

What if Hiccup had left after being chosen to kill the Monstrous Nightmare. After three years of being presumed dead and freeing dragons from in and out of the archipelago and building his reputation as the man in dragon scale armor the Night Rider, the thief of the Vikings... what will happen when his quest brings him back to Berk? What will happen when the "Night Rider" becomes involved with problems around Berk? And what happens when he runs into an old love interest. Through fire and flames, dragons and destruction, pain yet persistence. What will happen to Hiccup and his best pal Toothless, and will he choose his role as heir to Berk, or the Night Rider... (Sequel Out) (This book takes place in a world if Hiccup would have left with Toothless after being chosen to kill the dragon.) Httyd belongs to Dreamworks