History Fanfic / TheDragonAndTheButterfly

Hiccup and Toothless both escape Berk after he is outed as a "traitor". With nowhere to go, they fly endlessly until they suddenly crash land in the outskirts of an isolated town in a completely different country. There he learns two important things: magic is real, and maybe he had finally found a home.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: As bad as canon!Hiccup had it, [[AngstWhatAngst he shrugs off a lot of the hardships he had in the first film after going from zero to hero]]. This version isn't nearly as fine. Firstly, he was a constant target for physical and emotional abuse. Secondly, he had to rescue Toothless from a public execution, rather than being used as a tool to find the nest. After making a home in the Encanto, Hiccup is ImproperlyParanoid at the thought that one false move or bad decision will cause everyone to hate him. This even leads to him trying to keep Mirabel from confessing her feelings to him under the assumption that he would somehow hurt her beyond repair. By the time the Madrigals meet Stoick and the others, they are all immediately hostile towards him just from the number of times they had to help Hiccup move on from their abuse.

* HasTwoMommies: Hiccup has both two mommies and two daddies. While [[spoiler: Valka]] and Stoick are his biological parents, he comes to view Julieta and Agustín as parents, and they adopt him as one of their own. While he is at first reluctant to reform bonds between his biological parents, he eventually comes to accept their attempts to reconnect with him.

* TearsOfJoy: PlayedForLaughs. Hiccup cries over how good the food in Encanto is compared to the awful food served in Berk.

* FatalFlaw: The Berkians suffer from pride: they consider Hiccup to be a weakling and a coward, exile him without a thought, and even after their village suffers from this thoughtless act they still can't sit down and accept responsibility for their own actions. What's more, their pride at being a warrior culture prevents them from thinking about a situation, almost always choosing violence when a peaceful solution would be better.

* GoodIsNotDumb: Despite being treated like a wimp by his peers, Fishlegs is the only one of Berkian teenagers who understand that they can't bully and threaten Hiccup into coming back. As such, he's the first one to establish rapport with the Madrigals and Hiccup simply by being humble and polite,

* PapaBear: Agustin is willing to stand up to ANYONE if it means protecting his kids [[spoiler: or his son-in-law]]. Stoick also applies, as he was willing to spend months on end sailing the archipelago (and then to Colombia) to find Hiccup, as well as fight the Madrigals when he thought they were holding him hostage. He also blows a gasket at Snotlout for trying to gloat about Hiccup's disappearance.

** While the Madrigals have their history of disfunction, they're absolutely appalled by what Hiccup went through on Berk.

* BrickJoke: [[spoiler:When guessing what Alma's final test for Mirabel to see if she was ready to be the Candle Holder, Mirabel thinks it would be a math quiz because "wacky tax stuff" is the one thing Mirabel isn't good with. Wouldn't you know it, [[SurprisinglyMundaneExam Alma admits that that was exactly what it was going to be]] before Mirabel took charge against the Screaming Death. Though she could have just been kidding.]]

* OnlySaneMan: Gobber is the only one in Berk who realizes the consequences of mistreating Hiccup and is the only one who realizes he's happier in Encanto.

* CategoryTraitor: How the Berkians initially view Hiccup for befriending a dragon, as they are a fierce, dragon-killing culture.

* FamilyOfChoice: Becoming a member of the Madrigal family was as much Hiccup's choice as it was there's. Also, Hiccup arguably had this with [[FriendsAsFamily Toothless]] before he even left the archipelago (as the dragon was one of the first beings to show him unconditional love in almost a decade).
* FatalFlaw: The Berkians suffer from pride: they consider Hiccup to be a weakling and a coward, exile him without a thought, and even after their village suffers from this thoughtless act they still can't sit down and accept responsibility for their own actions.

** The mistreatment and hate Hiccup endured for not fitting into Berk's ideals has caused him a degree of psychological damage and self-loathing.
** The Madrigals, a loving family, are repulsed by what Hiccup had to go through and get very angry when his former friends try and order him around without showing remorse for their bad behavior.

* PapaBear: Agustin is willing to stand up to ANYONE if it means protecting his kids [[spoiler: including his son-in-law]]. Stoick also applies, as he was willing to spend months on end sailing the archipelago (and then to Colombia) to find Hiccup, as well as fight the Madrigals when he thought they were holding him hostage. He also blows a gasket at Snotlout for trying to gloat about Hiccup's disappearance.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When the Madrigals claim Hiccup as their own, Stoick retorts that he's Hiccup's biological father...not knowing that Hiccup told the Madrigals about all of the abuse Stoick had put him through. She snaps, and mercilessly tears into him, calling him out for his horrible treatment of Hiccup, stating that Hiccup is more loved in the Encanto than he ever was on Berk, and finishes with a PrecisionFStrike (startling the Vikings and Abuela while [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Camilo cracks up.]])

** Hiccup. When he was outed as a "traitor" and disowned by Stoick, Hiccup had to save Toothless from a public execution and escape. For his and Toothless' safety, they had to not only leave Berk, but the archipelago entirely.

* TookALevelInKindness: Astrid and Snotlout start out exactly as they were at the start of the first film: Astrid is a ruthless ChildSoldier [[FantasticRacism who hates dragons]] while Snotlout is a chauvinistic narcissist and relentless bully (even celebrating Hiccup's leaving by [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing trying to throw a party]]). However, much like in the franchise, bonding with their dragons (and the Madrigals) changes them both for the better. [[spoiler:Snotlout even apologizes to Hiccup (and later Isabela) for his behavior, to the shock of everyone.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Hiccup's exile from Berk is celebrated as one more wimp and traitor gone from their midst. Within a month, their village is in shambles since without Hiccup, Gibber lacks the manpower or will to make armor to protect them from dragon attacks.

* LanguageBarrier: Zigzagged. Thanks to the magic in Encanto, Hiccup can understand its residents' words and they can in turn understand him. However, he can't read the language.

* PapaBear: Agustin is willing to stand up to ANYONE if it means protecting his kids [[spoiler: including his son-in-law]]. Stoick also applies, as he was willing to spend months on end sailing the archipelago (and then to Colombia) to find Hiccup, as well as fight the Madrigals when he thought they were holding him hostage.

* DeconstructiveCrossover: The fic deconstructs the bullying nature of Berk.