The story begins on the Island of Berks which is a remote village of Vikings. Hiccup is the son of the head of the village, Stoick. Hiccup is very small but he is too much interested in technology that he makes new things every day. But most of the times they turn out to be flop. One day, Hiccup shoots and he realizes that its night fury that has been killed.
He runs to the forest and finds that it’s the night fury that has been injured by his shot. He thinks of killing the dragon but he is unable to do so. He decides to help the dragon as the dragon’s wings are all injured. Hiccup names the dragon as toothless and an unusual friendship starts between them. The villagers who are trying harder to kill the dragons sees a entirely changed world when Hiccup makes them see from his perspective.