Top 23 Short HTTYD Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length HTTYD fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
familiar (but this time i've had some practice)
by aloneintherain
Every decade, three teenagers are dragged from the future and placed in their younger bodies to give predictions that will set the tone for the next ten years on Berk.But how are three dragon riders supposed to give prophecy to a village full of dragon-hating vikings?(Time travel AU)
Empirical
by GalaxyThreads
Five times the riders realized they didn't know Hiccup as well as they thought, and the one time they knew him better than the rest of Berk. (Riders!Fam)(Gen, no smut) Whump! (One-shot)
the soul of a dragon
by castelia
Soulmarks amongst humans are easily identifiable: they are words tattooed on skin, words to be spoken during the first moment where two people truly connect. No one believes dragons have soulmarks, let alone that a dragon and a human can share a soul bond.Until Hiccup.
In Due Time
by P_Artsypants
As another illness sweeps through Berk, Gothi needs another ingredient for her medicine...one that doesn't exist anymore. Fortunately, she kept that old spell book around for such an occasion. Big Hiccup is sent to five years into the past, and his younger self sent to take his place in the future.
The Future Waits For No One
by BrownieFox
After getting caught in a storm, Hiccup wakes up in his house.Six years in the past.The gods sure seem to have it out for him.
Through the Wings and Darkness
by Hockey_Lover31
When Harry Potter died from a spell colliding with a Time-Turner, he thought that might be the end of it. But then he wakes up in a strange new world so different than his own. According to death, perhaps in this life, he can finally live like he's always wished. Now in his animagus form, a Black Dr
Watching Secrets Unfold
by harleyquinnisaslytherin
Hiccup and Astrid have just returned from their flight to the nest when the entire tribe and the dragons are transported to a strange room. What is this place and what are they here for? Learning that they are going to be watching the end of the generations long war, most settle in eagerly while oth
Trust
by Aja_219
Hiccup leaves Berk before Astrid stops him and before the final test.Story begins 5 years later with Hiccup in his new home, an Island he's named Dragons edge, a paradise for dragons that he's rescued from trappers. However, his peace is interrupted when an unlikely boat full of even more unlikely p
Dragons, Arrows and Blacksmiths
by yellow_crayon
"But, but I thought dragons only picked comely young virgins." Bard argued. (Dragon!Thranduil attacks Bard's village and a certain unfortunate blacksmith gets 'chosen'.)
HTTYD Watches The Future (Movie, Shows, Etc.)
by GeneralKamil123
I teleport the Vikings of Berk and a few other characters to watch the Httyd movies and series. Will be cross-posted on Fanfiction.net under the account General Kamil. I do NOT own any of the HTTYD characters or the franchise. All rights go to DreamWorks and Cressida Cowell.
Warm Summer Breeze
by sunflowerb
She has always been fearless. Dragons and marauders and murderous deranged teenage Viking chiefs have never frightened her. There is no reason why something as benign as her boyfriend’s mother should be so terrifying to her. Companion/Sequel to 'Cold North Wind'. Twoshot.
Toothless and His Three Wishes
by DracoWillHearAboutThis
Toothless is sick and tired of being unable to properly communicate with his favourite person. So when an almighty dragon offers him three wishes, he has the perfect plan to set things right. (Or so he thinks.) (Hookfang KNEW this was a bad idea, but nobody ever listens to him.)
Toothless Goes Courting
by Slate_Dragon
Toothless decides it's high time he took a mate. How hard could it be?
Better Teachers
by qwanderer
Tony and Loki are suddenly seven, and no one really knows what to do about it, especially themselves.
Repopulation
by CoilingThoughts
Hiccup and Toothless go searching for a solution to the end of the Night Furies, and find one in the brew of a mysterious sorcerer - though not quite as they expected to.
Twinetender's Last Squall
by starrjoy
When his first encounter with a winter spirit goes awry, Hiccup finds himself not only repairing a magical staff but a long-standing rift between Vikings and the creatures of folktales.
Frostbite
by Anonymous
AU where Hiccup is searching for the dragon Naydra in a land called hyrule. When finally finds it he runs into a Hylian who is a sage of ice who guards the dragon.(Or a fic to have an excuse for Jack to be in the frostbite armor.)
Starstuck
by chryseliss
Jack Frost is good at exactly three things: snowball fights, causing trouble, and avoiding responsibility. So when winter suddenly vanishes and the magical world spirals into chaos, he is the absolute worst person to send on a mission to bring it back.Unfortunately, he’s also the Spirit of Winter.No
Dragontail boy
by SkyKathryn
Alternative universe how to train your dragon. Hiccup met toothless when he was young only a few years after his mum was taken. During a raid Toothless was resting and the young toddler had woken up and was looking for his daddy but wandered into the woods and upon a sleeping dragon. They made frien
Of Frost and Fire
by StygianHeart
Jack Frost and E. Aster Bunnymund haven’t been getting along recently. Ever since defeating Pitch seven months ago, things have gotten better between the two, but a few months is hardly enough time to get over forty years of dislike and distrust. After the two screw up a battle due to their fighting
Nas Profundezas do Bosque
by zwilho
Todo mundo sabe que o bosque é cheio de fadas, e não é muito sábio ir para lá. Porém, Soluço nunca foi de fazer coisas inteligentes, então ele mora no bosque, sozinho, junto do Grimalkin, Banguela, que apareceu um dia e não parece querer ir embora. Um dia o vento leva Jack Frost até a sua cabana, e
Don't Worry, We Have Time
by Glued_popsicle_sticks
Jack, the "Makes a mess wherever he goes" guy, continues to mess up in ways he doesn't think he can recover from. With his powers suddenly going rampant and he and his friend's desperate search for the New Guardian leading to dead end after dead end, Jack ends up farther from home than he had ever w
One Step Forward [Volume #4]
by PrettyBoyAsta
Dear Dolma, Yes, yes, I know that's not your name. Anyway, you encouraged me to write to you about what I do each day, every day, the problem with that, is it takes a while for you to get the letters, and ships don't come to Berk regularly, so I figured it would be easier to write it in a book, and
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About This List
This list of 23short HTTYD fanfics spans 606,545 total words. Kudos range from 2 on the newest entries to 22,802 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (10 of 23 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Mutual Pining · Friendship · Hurt Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III · Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III Whump · Time Travel.
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