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When Hiccup is caught freeing dragons, the truth never gets a chance to breathe. Astrid sees him and, out of fear and loyalty, tells the village. By morning, Hiccup is branded a traitor and exiled from Berk - no trial, no explanation.
He disappears without a word. And soon after, Berk begins to suffer. Ships sink. Supplies vanish. Fires spark in the night. No one is ever hurt, but the message is clear: someone is watching, someone who knows them.
No one suspects Hiccup.
Not even Astrid.
But when she stumbles upon his old sketches and maps, the truth crashes down: the boy they cast out is the one behind the attacks - and the boy she betrayed is slipping into something darker.
Wracked with guilt, Astrid sets out alone by sea to find him. Not to bring him back. Not to stop him.
But to ask for forgiveness.
And maybe, if there's still time... to save him from becoming what they made him.