How to train your Hero

How to train your Hero was Frozarburst's first published crossover on Deviantart back in 2014 and his first time appearing on the internet before gaining a following years later with the release of Toon Wars on December 2017. It followed the story of the Riders of Berk in an alternate universe parallel to the main film series teaming up with members of the Hero League, a new form of the Justice League after a devastating war, against the Brainiacs and their latest creation, Codename: 118. The crossover ran from July 2, 2014 to July 18, 2015 with 3 volumes and two different styles of writing that would introduce Frozarburst's format later on (starting from regular storyboard style comics to literature). Originally, there was planned to be a sequel of the crossover that would've taken place on Equestria, the main setting of My Little Pony, and feature several stories about former members of the Toon Force going out on several distinct adventures that were the result of the old war. But the idea was scrapped in favor of writing Toon Wars by itself, which would then go on to be a completely separate series unconnected to Frozar's previous works. He would later review his old works and discover the many flaws within the story and be thankful he hasn't gone back to continue it further. However, the timeline of How to train your Hero and the original drafts made a cameo in the Samurai Jack Saga and was later revealed in Toon Wars: The Final Days that it was one of many possible timelines that was destroyed as the result of the war and/or the Virus Entity.

Frozarburst also revisited How to train your Hero during Toon Wars' release to post 3 separate reviews detailing his thoughts on his work and the plot as a whole.

## Story

### Volume 1

On Earth (or Super Earth in story), Superman the new Hero League are in the midst of a dangerous battle between the New Brainiacs and their leader, who at first used to be Mechanikat before it was revealed he was playing a lie throughout all of Krypto the Superdog to fulfill his mission to wage war on the galaxy, starting with Earth. During an unprecedented Category 6 Hurricane, the Brainiacs battle the heroes above their base with their advanced battle cruisers. However, after Superman personally defeats the weaker New Brainiac and destroys his flagship, it explodes into the atmosphere, causing the storm to fade from the blast. However, Brainiac escaped back to his main space station vowing to return with a new project in mind to learn what makes the Hero League so good no matter what he did to combat them.

Meanwhile, in an alternate history on Berk (to distinguish in-story from Super earth), the Dragon Riders are all brought forward to battle the Whispering, Screaming Deaths, the still-rogue Outcast Tribe, Draco Bludvist and his army, and Dagur and Mildew's enemy tribe. Though Berk suffers quite a lot of damage from combat, Hiccup and Toothless' strategies outmatched that of Dagur and Alvin's and even damaged the opposing dragons who sought vengeance for their defeat at the hands of Toothless. With their forces crippled, the enemies escaped; though they left behind Mildew who was quickly placed into custody. Despite their tremendous victory, Hiccup and his allies were exhausted from the fighting, hoping to return to their adventurous routes and possibly look beyond the stars, which ultimately came true with the arrival of Spongebob Squarepants and his crew when their ship was damaged upon entry through the rough atmosphere.

They were sent out by Superman to ally with Berk after discovering that the planet was undetected by Brainiac's army, and brought in a representative of Earth, Comet the Pony, to discuss a possible alliance with the Hero League. However, just as Brainiac had warned, he finally unleashed his new project; Android 118, created to help him study the Hero League and pinpoint past mistakes to even the odds against them. This almost would have sparked an attachment to him like a father and son, but just as Brainiac was beginning to consider delaying his plans of conquest to learn from 118, his creation had determined that conquest was viable for his programming. 118 immediately departed for Berk, teleporting in Mildew's cell and freeing him once he was informed of an enemy fleet large enough to dismantle Berk, which had already decided to cooperate with the Hero League.

The next morning, 118 struck back personally to attack Berk, killing a large group of warriors and even managing to off all the Dragon Riders' dragons except for Toothless and Stormfly, who were near-fatally wounded but still active. Using her powers, Comet determined that Toothless was worthy of the same cosmic energy she and two of Spongebob's team have, sending him into the astral plane for training to obtain the fabled Gift of the Universe. Meanwhile, 118 returns to the Outcast Tribe after communicating with Draco's Bewilderbeast about joining his new syndicate, killing Draco in the process. He also learned that an engine from Spongebob's ship had crashed in the Outcast's island, giving the android the idea of cyberforming the planet as a faster way of conquering it.

### Volume 2

While Toothless was in his mind trial, Hiccup began to have worries about 118's dealings and made preparations for an assault on the Outcast Island with his father, Stoic the Vast. In the trials, Toothless asserted the qualities of a higher intellect than the dragons he commanded, actively saving victims, avoiding critical blows from enemies, and bringing down an advanced 118 look-alike without losing a single hostage. With the tests complete, the Night Fury returned back to reality with the Gift of the Universe achieved, transferring some of its energy onto copies of the adapters Spongebob and his team wear. With them, the Dragon Riders could transform into hybrids using the same abilities as their dragon counterparts. However, they wouldn't implement this until after their first meeting with 118's new army. Among them is Savage, Alvin's lackey filling in for him under 118's command, bringing the heroes aboard the Outcast's ship while Toothless remains in Berk with Comet for recovery; even developing more of a loving relationship with her as they train together. Pleased to meet Hiccup and Alvin in the same place, 118 presents them with his new augmentations installed onto the Outcast Tribe and their vessels, demonstrating their sheer might when they fire a hidden launcher within their ship at the Berk's fleet and destroying it in a single blast. Stoic was captured by the android while the rest were forced to flee back to their homeland. Hiccup, now more desperate than ever to get his father back, prepares the Gift of the Universe adapters for later use and comes up with a plan to strike back.

Meanwhile, Brainiac personally meets Superman in an attempt to gain cooperation to return his son to him. Clark, fortunately, saw through the facade and refused, though Brainiac knew 118 was onto something and left in confidence. Scanning through space to check on Comet's progress, however, causes Superman to briefly see into the future, depicting several events that would occur in a few mere days.

### Volume 3

The Dragon Riders along with Spongebob's team would make their way to the Outcast Tribe, which had been totally terraformed by 118's automated cyberformer built at the center of the land. The Bewilderbeast and Dagur control the rest of the island anticipating the invasion to save Stoic. However, while one of Spongebob's crew members heads to the control room to shut down the island defenses in disguise as a cyborg, the adapters Hiccup and his friends wore malfunction from one of 118's electric traps, causing their dragon halves to take over. Only Astrid remains in perfect control of herself while the others run amok in around the facility. 118 also manages to confront the other crew member but is defeated by him. Still, the android remains confident in his plans.

After sabotaging key areas of the main facility, the freed Stoic confronts his son at the beachhead after a run-in with Dagur to try and return him to normal, but is shot down by 118. Although the Bewilderbeast is again defeated, this time for good by Spongebob and Eret, the island's purge mode kicks in, instantly atomizing almost all of Berk's fleet while Hiccup and the other riders besides Astrid are abducted. With his last breath, Stoic manages to tell Valka how much he loved her and asks Toothless to continue the fight without him. This also was part of 118's elaborate plan as he came to expect Toothless or possibly other survivors to attack head-on at the cyberformer's control station, ran by Savage. Savage, horrified at the changes 118 administered and his cruelty on the enemy forces led to him assisting the heroes in delaying the laser's completion, but was captured when Brainiac, impressed with his son's work, visited and took the heroes to his space station above Earth.

With enough of an army created thanks to 118, Brainiac commenced a full assault on the Hero League's headquarters while they're fixated on Berk, aiming to have Superman killed and the heroes crippled. However, Toothless, together with Comet and assistance from Baymax on the surface, broke out of their cells and freed the other prisoners. They escaped, but not before destroying the station's internal systems and giving Superman the chance to finally put down Brainiac. With Brainiac gone, everyone realized this was all a rouse by 118 to delay them from making an assault on the Outcast Island to finalize his laser's production, mere hours away from terraforming the planet. Superman immediately rallies the forces of good along with Toothless and the survivors to stage a rescue on Berk's world, only to be confronted by a fleet of star ships left behind by Brainiac for 118's end of the universe. To get to the surface as fast as possible, the Hero League's flagship crash lands on the Outcast Island just barely missing the heart of the facility where the prisoners are. Toothless and Superman are able to fight against 118 and the horde of cybernetic troops, allowing for the entirety of the Hero League to arrive to carry out the disabling of the terraformer. In the scuffle, Savage kills Mildew and the main weapon is destroyed. However, 118, still prepared, launches his cruiser with the backup cannon he used prior against the Berk fleet. Superman, Hiccup, Comet, Toothless, Spongebob, and one of his teammates give chase before 118 could make it to Berk, encountering the newly cyberformed Whispering and Screaming Death. 118 faces off against Hiccup while Toothless, Comet, and Superman face the enemy dragons, giving Spongebob and his friend the chance to disable the weapon's main generator. Dagur, though, assists 118 in fighting Hiccup, only to be knocked off the platform by Comet and frozen by members of the Hero League. Eventually, Hiccup is outmatched and 118 prepares to deal with Spongebob, who is rescued by Toothless after he and Superman killed the cyborgs. 118, still confident in his planning, prepares to kill the Night Fury out of anger. But with the power of the Gift of the Universe now fully unlocked, Toothless gains the ability to speak and channels all its power into a single blast that completely destroys the villainous android.

After a lengthy final battle against 118's forces and the last of the Brainiacs, the universe is ultimately saved. The Dragon Riders are freed and peace is established between them and the Hero League. Years later, Comet, now known as Princess Celestia, would explain this to her sister, Luna, who rightfully is confused by the story. Toothless then mind wipes her of the tale aiming to save it for a time where it would be needed. He and Celestia fly off around Equestria, leaving the fate of the rest of the galaxy ambiguous.

### Legacy

Although How to train your Hero was initially intended to be a prequel to the Ponies Unleashed version of the Superheroes Unleashed continuation (which itself was the original Toon Wars), it was later changed to tie into the 2014-2016 sequel to Toon Wars before it was ultimately scrapped and rewritten into the final product. Remnants of the story could still be found throughout the series, such as Firefly being extracted from the old timeline or how Spongebob had once sacrificed himself in a flashback similar to how he would in The Final Days. Because of this draft and Frozarburst's lack of interest in My Little Pony by then, the show and How to train your Dragon would not be implemented in the final version of Toon Wars at all. However, Dragons was eventually added in as a planet the Javelin Crew explore during the events of Crossover Forces while Rainbow Dash would later cameo in Dark Disney as one of the Underground's fighters. The Hero League's gargantuan number of characters from random bits of media would also be heavily altered to be specific only to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon shows; specifically those that made purely by or in association with them.

Frozarburst would also write a full series review of How to train your Hero, detailing the many flaws of the story that were overlooked at the time, though he frequently admits that had the story never been put out, he would not have improved much nor would he have started out on Deviantart or Fanfiction as well as he did.