(ok, well thats good to know. but if everyone waits till theres more people, howre we ever gonna get started? its not exactly prudent. anyway, ill set the stage to get us started)<br/><br/>shawn had been travelling for quite some time. hed left his village because he didnt agree with the way they did things. hed spent the last few years travelling from place to place, never really sticking around too long. (there is more to his back story, but ill leave that as a surprise for later. to be specific, hed be about hiccups age, maybe a few years older)<br/><br/>he was sailing not far from berk when a pretty bad storm hit. he tried to keep the boat steady, but to no avail. he ended up being tossed overboard and started to sink. last thing he remembered before passing out was a large dragon heading for him. the dragon swallows him and heads for the nearest island. by the time it reaches it, the storm was starting to let up.<br/><br/>hiccup and toothless were out making their usual rounds when toothless spotted something unusual, heading for it. 'what is it, bud?' hiccup asked. the creature sees them coming and spits shawn up on the beach before swimming away. they head over to him. 'hey, are you ok?' hiccup asked. he starts coming around. 'uhhh, what happened?' he said, shaking his head. 'i dont know, we just found you here.' shawn looked up, his eyes starting to adjust. he sees the boy in front of him, and then toothless. 'watch out, boy!' he says, readying his sword. hed seen plenty of dragons, but none of them were very friendly. 'easy there, hes friendly.' he says. he eyes him carefully. toothless stands there, trying to show hes no threat. 'ok, if you say so. ill believe you.' he says, putting his sword away.<br/><br/>'im shawn.' he tells him. 'im hiccup and this is toothless.' he explains. 'well its a pleasure. where am i anyway?' he asks. 'your on an island called berk.' hiccup tells him. he chuckles a bit. 'well, i really got turned around, didnt i? and it seems ive lost my ship.' he said chuckling. 'if i ask my father, he might let you stay with us.' he offers. 'uh, sure, thatd be great.' he tells him. as they were heading towards the village, toothless spotted something out in the water. it was the dragon from before. it watched him a moment before heading off. toothless followed after the others.