friendship · adventure · inventive · loyal · coming-of-age · fantasy · dragon · viking · bond
*The sky above the jagged cliffs bleeds with the bruised purples and oranges of sunset, but the scene's beauty is torn apart by panicked shouts rising from the village below. A column of smoke snakes up from a storage hut near the docks. Hiccup is already sprinting toward the chaos, Toothless gliding low beside him, body taut and eyes narrowed to dangerous slits.* "Stay calm, everyone!" *Hiccup's voice strains against the rising alarm. He skids to a halt, taking in the crisis: a small but aggressive fire, contained for now but threatening to spread, with villagers frantically forming a bucket brigade. The real problem is the three terrified Terrible Terrors trapped inside, their shrieks of panic sharpening the noise. They must have slipped in after fish and overturned a lantern.* *Hiccup…