The Dragon Rider and the Avatar is a How to Train Your Dragon/The Legend of Korra fanfic by AvatarHiccup
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After the death of her husband, Stoick, Lin Beifong gives birth and raises their son Haru/Hiccup to protect Republic City. From the day of his birth, Haru's destiny has been forever tied to the city.
The fanfic can be found on Fanfiction.net.
The Dragon Rider and the Avatar provides examples of:
- The Ace: Haru is this for the Republic City Police. He has an impressive arrest record for someone so young, is a Lieutenant on the force, has a pet dragon he takes on patrol, is a prodigy in Earth Bending, and is so far the only known bender who was able to fight Amon to a standstill before Korra showed up. He's practically the poster boy for the police.
- Action Pet: Toothless for Haru, as in canon. He even takes him out on patrols with him.
- Adaptational Badass: Haru, the story's version of Hiccup, is an Earth Bending Prodigy who was trained by Toph Beifong. He's so skilled that he was able to fight Amon to a standstill. Even after Amon took away his bending, he is still more skilled than his canon self.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- Since this incarnation of Lin managed to find another man and get married, she is far less spiteful towards Tenzin despite their history, entrusting him with the title of godfather to her son, and later entrusting her son to look after Korra.
- Also Haru/Hiccup's relationship with Heather. In canon, the two were just friends, but here they dated and had a child together (unknown to Haru) before they broke up.
- Haru/Hiccup and Toothless. Instead of meeting when they were teens and having to work to trust each other, they both met when they were young and quickly developed a strong bond without much issue.
- Amazon Chaser: Stoick and Lin first meet when she is arresting him after Stoick stops a mugging. Even when she insults him, he can't help but call her beautiful.
- Haru seems to take after his father since he falls for strong women such as Heather and Korra.
- An Arm and a Leg: After a bomb goes off in his office, Haru ends up losing his left foot, like his canon counterpart.
- Boomerang Bigot: Despite having been a Firebender, Dagur is devout and fervent in his role as an equalist. This turns out to be more of a front since he and Heather had nowhere to go.
- Brought Down to Badass: Even Amon taking his bending away doesn't slow Haru down.
- Children Forced to Kill: When he was 7 years old, Haru ended up killing the Firebender who murder Asami's mother in self-defense. It left its mark on him at a young age, but he got over it eventually.
- Child Prodigy: As a four-year-old, Haru managed to become a better Earthbender than most teenagers. It helps that his grandmother is Toph. He was also able to draw an impressive portrait of Lin from memory around the same time.
- Childhood Friend Romance: At a young age Haru and Asami were best of friends. When they got older they dated and Toph even wanted the two to get married, but they felt they were better off as friends.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Korra is this towards Haru, being wary of the close relationship he and Asami had, along with his past with Heather.
- Continuity Nod: At Stoick's funeral, Toph recites the poem that his people use when one of there own passes, which is the same speech Gobber gives when Stoick dies in How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Stoick died saving lives while Lin was still pregnant with their son.
- Distressed Dude: While Haru is unconscious in the hospital, Amon takes his bending. Amon has Heather and the other Equalists carry him out the window.
- Doomed Hometown: In this continuity, Berk was an Earth Kingdom island that self-destructed when its volcano erupted, leaving Stoick alone before making his way to Republic City.
- Heroic Lineage: Haru is the son of Police Chief Lin Beifong and Stoick. He's also the grandson of Toph Beifong, the founder of Metal Bending and member of Team Avatar.
- Hypocrite: While Hiroshi is a fervent, bender-hating equalist like his canon counterpart, here he makes an exception with Haru because he saved Asami from the fire-bender that killed his wife. He even admits that he sees him like a son and that the only thing that makes him imperfect is his ability to bend. He still hates Mako for dating Asami, though.
- Love at First Punch: Stoick falls in love with Lin the moment she knocks him to the ground.
- Love Triangle: Between Haru, Korra, and Heather. Made even more complicated since Haru, unknowingly, had a son with Heather. Korra wins in the end though.
- Luke, You Are My Father: Heather ended up having Haru's son, named Haru Jr. without him knowing. Needless to say, when he finds out, he's shocked.
- Mama Bear: After a bomb goes off in Haru's office and he is rushed to the hospital, Lin rushes to see him despite being hurt herself. It took five guards to restrain her.
- Old Flame: Haru was in a relationship with Heather before he got with Korra. Asami states that Haru was infatuated with Heather to the point it became annoying. Heather ran away after Haru found out that she was using him to get police information, along with her "brother". Over time, he's eventually gotten over her and is happy with Korra, even with the revelation that Heather has his child.
- Official Couple: Haru and Korra.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: While his canon counterpart's actual first name is Hiccup, here it is just a nickname, his real name the more appropriate "Haru."
- Our Dragons Are Different: Toothless is this for the Avatar world. No one had ever before seen a dragon like him, especially since dragons are rare in the present day.
- Three-Month-Old Newborn: Hiccup had green eyes as a newborn.
