Chapter 1 – Between Dimensions

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This is a three-way crossover between HTTYD, Pokemon, and Monster Hunter. I've decided to label this under "HTTYD and Pokemon crossovers" because the Pokemon aspects of this story will be a bit stronger than the Monster Hunter influences.

This story may occasionally reference the events of "How to Become a Trainer" by ReptileGirl497 and "Monsters of Berk" by me.

This story is co-written by both me and ReptileGirl497. It's our first collab fic, so we both hope you enjoy it.

OCs are involved.

We're hoping that whoever reads this story will help us come up with dares for the characters to humiliate each other with. Give us suggestions by reviewing this story or sending us PMs.

ReptileGirl497 and Cottonmouth25 do not own anything relating to HTTYD, Pokemon, or Monster Hunter.


Flashing, colorful lights filling the vision.

A dizzying, spinning sensation that could be felt deep in the gut.

And then the experience stopping abruptly, followed by a burst of pain as the buttocks crashed onto a hard stone surface.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third felt like vomiting as he slowly got up onto his shaky legs. The spinning and colors and uncomfortable feelings in his stomach had happened absolutely without warning, sending his body into chaos, and then stopping just as quickly, leaving him to deal with the mild aftereffects. Fortunately, they faded rapidly, and Hiccup felt relatively normal again as he stood up straight and opened his eyes.

The feeling of relief immediately faded, because upon witnessing his surroundings, Hiccup was convinced that he'd gone completely insane.

He was standing on a giant stony platform floating in the middle of some kind of alien-looking void. As far as the eye could see, in every direction including down, there was nothing but dark blue sky – like being stranded in the middle of the ocean, except it was filled with air instead of water. Instead of clouds, the area all around Hiccup was dotted with more platforms suspended in midair. Some of them seemed to be moving, as well, most of which with no real goal in mind.

Behind him, he could hear his various companions shifting uncomfortably, all of them similarly speechless as they tried to comprehend this strange new world.

But that wasn't what had Hiccup's attention.

Directly in front of him, wearing an identical expression of shock and terror, was another Hiccup.

"What the Hel?!" was their first, simultaneous reaction.

Both Hiccups startled each other with their outbursts and leapt black, blinking rapidly. Neither of them could bring themselves to move or speak – indeed, the sheer shock they were experiencing had left them utterly frozen. Their brains were unable to process the level of sheer wrongness this situation was steeped in.

"Hey Hiccup!" came an obnoxious voice from behind the first Hiccup. "Wouldn't you say that you're… beside yourself?"

A pair of similar-looking blonde Viking teens, obviously siblings, immediately began snickering at the horrible joke that the sole male of the two had just made.

Ironically, it was the twins' terrible humor that broke the ice between the Hiccups. They visibly relaxed into a more casual stance, one of them rubbing the back of his head awkwardly while the second put his hands behind his back and kicked at the ground with his prosthetic leg. Slowly, they looked at one another and just stared for a couple of seconds, coming to terms with the fact they were each staring at a mirror image of themselves.

"So… you're me," said the first Hiccup, still feeling a little numb.

"Seems about right," the second replied, in the same nasally tone.

"And that means… I'm you," Hiccup One concluded.

"Wow, your powers of deduction are unparalleled, to say the least," Hiccup Two sarcastically answered.

With that, the tension between the two Hiccups deflated like a balloon, and they chuckled amongst themselves.

"Are you a Monster Rider too?" asked Hiccup One, curiously.

The second Hiccup seemed nervous at this. "Uh, n-not really… I'm a Pokemon Trainer though, does that have any meaning to you?"

It did not, the question only serving to confuse the first Hiccup. Somehow, he got the feeling that Hiccup Two was disappointed by this, something that only bewildered him further.

Another voice, this time from behind "Trainer" Hiccup, suddenly yelled out, "Hey, could we maybe cut back on the sarcasm and figure out what the heck is going on right now? And for Arceus's sake, watch your language!"

For the very first time, "Rider" Hiccup noticed the presence of a collection of other beings somewhere behind Trainer Hiccup. Just like how he had his own friends backing him up, his identical counterpart had also come with company – some of which was surprisingly familiar. He saw Astrid and Heather (which felt even more surreal), but none of the other Berkian teens. There were several recognizable dragon breeds standing with them, too. No monsters, though.

But the rest of Trainer Hiccup's companions were completely unknown. The smallest was chicken-sized, and the largest was more like Night Fury-sized. The one that had called to Trainer Hiccup wasn't even human!

"Sorry, Snivels," Trainer Hiccup apologized as the speaker came closer to him. "I was just… you know, other Hiccup and all…"

The green serpentine creature pinched the end of its long, pointy snout with one of its front appendages, as if it was feeling a headache coming on. More words came out from its mouth, which Rider Hiccup could barely focus on due to it being a talking snake oh my gods what in the name of Loki is going on right now?!

"I recognize this place," it was informing Trainer Hiccup. "This is where Drageist lives. Speaking of which, he'd better be prepared to explain what's going on, because boy do I have questions!"

"Drageist?" Trainer Hiccup repeated, apparently recognizing the unusual word. "What does he have to do with all this?"

Before he could receive an answer to that question (which was just one of many more that Rider Hiccup had), a dark shadow fell over the entirety of the platform, encompassing both Rider and Trainer Hiccups' groups. Everyone looked up, and there was a simultaneous outcry of terror from Rider Hiccup and his friends.

It was a gigantic serpent, ghostly in nature, with a grey body festooned with bone-like pieces of golden armor. Sinuous black tentacles tipped with red spikes sprouted from its back, six of them in total. Eyes that glowed crimson peered out from its gold-armored head, glaring imposingly down at the collection of Vikings and assorted creatures gathered on the platform.

"AHHH!" the largest human present screamed like a little girl. "Class Ten! That is definitely a Class Ten!"

There was a burst of laughter from a floating purple creature. "Oh man, the look on your face!" it cackled.

"That's enough, Adhesive," scolded a bipedal, bird-like being. "Anyone would've been taken by surprise by such a stealthy entrance."

A human-sized frog added quietly, "Not to mention it's their first time meeting Drageist… you know, ever since they got their memories erased…"

The green snake, somehow completely unintimidated by the great dark one hovering menacingly over them all, puffed itself up with annoyance and stood on tiptoe in order for its subsequent shout to be heard more clearly. "Would you care to explain what's going on here?!"

"The talking snake knows that thing?!" a muttonhead behind Trainer Hiccup burst out rudely – not that he wasn't mentally having the same reaction.

That muttonhead nearly soiled himself when the giant monstrosity bent its head so that its intense red gaze was aimed directly at him. Then everyone else almost soiled themselves when it started to speak understandable Norse.

"That 'thing' can understand you, so watch your tongue," it rumbled warningly.

Speaking of tongues, Rider Hiccup finally found his. "Wh-What… what in Th-Thor's name a-are you?"

A powerful, vibrating sound like a roll of thunder trembled through the Haddock boy's bones. It took him a moment or two to realize that the titanic beast was actually chuckling at his reaction.

"I'm Drageist, little one," he said in a rather friendly tone. "I am known more generally as Giratina. Essentially, I am the ruler of this place, called the Distortion World. Among other things, I am able to travel between different worlds. The Hiccup beside you is an acquaintance of mine, from a world that's fundamentally the same, but also very different, from yours."

Rider Hiccup blinked, realizing that even though Drageist had spoken only briefly, there was an almost overwhelming amount of information to take in.

Seeing that none of his audience, aside from a few, were able to process this information, Drageist sighed tiredly. "Alright, the long version it is…"

"No no no, let me explain it!" shouted the purple creature, waving its stubby arms around. "Think of us like images in a mirror, except instead of being perfect reflections, there are differences between you and us! You're the Monster Riders, but we're Team Go-Getters, and our version of Berk is different than the one you come from. Is that better?"

"… Just a bit," answered Rider Hiccup, after a few seconds of mulling it over.

However, while the floating Go-Getter had answered one question, there was much Rider Hiccup was still wondering about. Judging from the look on Trainer Hiccup's face, he had his own questions as well. None of them – the Monster Riders, the Go-Getters, or their leaders – knew entirely what was going on.

"Okay, so…" he began.

A cough that sounded more like a small explosion cut him off, startling him into keeping his thought process to himself for the time being.

"Before I answer all the questions you may have…" Drageist began.

"…and you've got a lot to answer…" the snake at Trainer Hiccup's side muttered under its breath.

"I believe that it would be much simpler to begin with some introductions," he finished. His immense form began to descend until he was levitating at the same level as the platform, and he began anew, "So, first thing's first, I will start with Team Go-Getters from the How To Become A Trainer Universe. Everyone else – pay close attention, not all of them have counterparts in your world."

It was quiet enough to hear a metaphorical coin drop.

"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, and Toothless the Night Fury," Drageist started.

Trainer Hiccup looked around at Rider Hiccup's group and gave them all a nonchalant wave. A sleek black dragon separated from the gathering behind him and padded over to its rider's side. However, rather than just sitting there, the Night Fury kept going and curiously bumped Rider Hiccup with its snout. It warbled in a friendly way as it investigated the fascinating human that looked and smelled exactly like the Hiccup it knew.

Rider Hiccup, meanwhile, raised his hands nervously and tried to give the eager dragon some space. "S-So, you ride a Night Fury then?" he stammered, awkwardly trying to make conversation. "I've seen one before – b-back in, in my own world, I mean."

"Yeah, Toothless is my best bud," Trainer Hiccup replied with a sardonic smile. "If it weren't for him, we'd never have been able to tame that Skrill Dagur tried to control a few days ago. Isn't that right, Toothless?"

In response, Toothless galloped playfully back to Trainer Hiccup's side and stretched his reptilian lips in a gummy smile.

"A Skrill?! HA!" shouted the same rude boy from before, overhearing the conversation. "That's weaksauce! You wanna know what we just beat?"

"No," answered Drageist, firmly shutting him up. "Anyway… Snivels the Servine, and his mount, Verne the Noivern. In their world, by the way, they're called Pokemon."

Finally, part of the mystery of the green snake-like creature was solved. Snivels took a few steps forward on his stubby legs and performed a polite bow for his new acquaintances – although he secretly shot a dark look towards Drageist as he did so, seemingly still irritated. There was a loud screech from behind, where Verne – a dragon that bore a strange resemblance to a giant bat – stretched its wings and lashed its tail in greeting.

"Astrid Hofferson, wife of Hiccup, and Stormfly the Deadly Nadder."

"H-Huh?!"

"E-Excuse me?!"

"HICCSTRID IS CANON?!"

Rider Hiccup and the beautiful blonde shieldmaiden in the crowd behind him – his own Astrid – took staggering steps backwards, shouting the shock that Drageist's completely matter-of-fact statement brought down on them. The third, more excited, exclamation came from a small girl in the same group, who looked like Snoggletog had just come early.

In the midst of the excitement, Trainer Astrid walked up to give a small wave, before sliding her hand into Trainer Hiccup's and giving him a shy yet loving smile. That single moment of shared intimacy was what truly made their newlywed status obvious to all. While Rider Hiccup and Rider Astrid took one look at their counterparts and blushed redder than ripe apples, the girl behind them keeled over and fainted with a giant grin on her face.

Appearing to be faintly amused by the proceedings, Drageist spoke up again. "Moving along – Blaze the Blaziken and Wavern the Noivern."

Wavern, as expected, looked pretty much exactly the same as Snivels' partner Verne, although her jaws seemed to be stuffed with some kind of fruit at the moment. The other Pokemon, Blaze, turned out to be the tall, feathered humanoid that had spoken up before. She had no wings, but had wiry arms ending in scaly talons, and the pair of blond-colored crests extending from the back of her head looked a little like wings.

"Kickin' Hawk the Hawlucha, otherwise known as Lucha Toughshot."

"Hey!" shouted a flamboyant bird-man, whose feathers flapped behind him like a wrestler's cape as he planted his talons on his hips. "I told you not to use that name ever again!"

The floating purple thing, the same one that had laughed at the frightened reactions to Drageist's appearance, now let out another burst of laughter.

"Adhesive the Poipole, the most recent member of the Go-Getters."

Now the mischievous creature certainly wasn't laughing. Rather, its massive horned head was drooping with embarrassment.

"Aww, why'd you have to call me out as the rookie?" Adhesive whined, childishly.

"That's probably karma for laughing at what he called me a second ago," muttered Lucha Tough– ahem, Kickin' Hawk.

Blaze silently strode over and bent down to give the much shorter bird a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. She had a solemn expression on her beak as she did so, although given the circumstances, she could've either been genuinely feeling sorry for him or secretly laughing at him.

"Ninjark the Greninja."

The tall, dark amphibian raised a hand as a nonverbal hello. Rider Hiccup was most curious about this particular Go-Getter. Ninjark's head sported a pair of streamlined fins and his own long, pink tongue was wrapped protectively around his face and neck. A tad unsettling, but Hiccup One was far more interested in the Pokemon's lithe, fit physique and mysterious appearance.

"Brandyn Aetherson and Heather, the lovebirds, and their dragons Buck and Windshear."

Now, Heather was someone that Rider Hiccup was familiar with, but Brandyn was not. But with his blond hair and blue eyes, not to mention his implied relationship with Heather, he definitely reminded Hiccup of someone else he knew from his world – a similar-looking young man named Batwings.

"She's not my girlfriend!" he squeaked with a fiery blush, at the same time Heather announced, "He's not my boyfriend!"

A gale of laughter from the other Go-Getters assaulted them, and they both ducked their heads and tried to hide their faces in shame. But it was very hard to go unseen when two large Pokemon – one resembling a white lion and the other a skeletal bat – were standing behind Brandyn, singing "Brandyn and Heather, sittin' in a tree~! K-I-S–"

Drageist used one of his tentacles to shoo the two starry creatures away. "And lastly, Ra the Solgaleo and Camazotz the Lunala, Brandyn's partners."

The two of them stopped giggling like little children and bowed to the confused Monster Riders. Their caretaker shook his head with exasperation at their antics.

"Now that that's finished, allow me to introduce those who have come from the Monsters Of Berk Universe, the Monster Riders," stated Drageist, who turned toward the Monster Riders as he spoke. "Like I said before – the rest of you need to pay attention because a couple of them will be complete strangers to you. Their monsters, even more so."

"He says that like we've all had our memories wiped, too," Snivels muttered to himself. The events of their previous encounter with the Monster Riders was still fresh in his mind, but if he had to guess, the rest of the team had probably forgotten with all that had been going on back in their world.

The rest of Team Go-Getters all nodded understandingly. While the Giratina had been introducing them one at a time, they'd all been privately wondering about the weird and wonderful beasts accompanying the Monster Riders, which looked tougher than any dragon or Pokemon they'd ever seen.

"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, and Sightless the Gore Magala," Drageist started.

For the first time since arriving in the Distortion World, an armored black beast with a furry cape, six limbs, and no eyes stepped forward to stand beside Rider Hiccup. It opened its maw to let out a short screaming sound, to which Hiccup responded by patting its smooth shell.

"Wow…" murmured Trainer Hiccup, impressed by his counterpart's monster.

"Astrid Hofferson, girlfriend of Hiccup, and Blackhawk the Yian Garuga."

The blonde shieldmaiden from the Monster Riders lifted her head high and walked forward until she, too, was standing beside her Hiccup. Her monster, a spiky bird-like creature with armored scales and pointed purple ears, opened its sharp beak and cawed proudly.

On the other side of the platform, Trainer Astrid folded her arms and examined her counterpart from afar, looking as though she were sizing her up. Rider Astrid noticed and responded with a stony glare of her own.

"Arachne Philston, and Blizzard the Barioth."

The only preteen on Rider Hiccup's side grinned and waved enthusiastically, but had to stop in order to take off her horned helmet and brush away strands of her brown hair. There was a tiger-like monster at her side, clad in a thick white shell and bristling with black spikes on its wings and tail, and possessing a pair of bright orange tusks.

Before Drageist went on, Kickin' Hawk held up a talon to briefly interrupt. "Wait," he said, studying Arachne with interest. "Aren't you a little young to be riding on such a fearsome beast with your friends?"

The sabre-toothed wyvern didn't seem to take offense, only curled its long tail around Arachne as if it were a protective parent.

Arachne, though, crossed her arms and declared huffily, "I'm ten, thank you very much! And I'm a Viking – it's an occupational hazard."

"I was afraid you were going to say that," Snivels grumbled.

Drageist carried on with the introductions. "Fishlegs Ingerman and Heatray the Gravios."

The huge, husky boy that had screamed at the sight of the Giratina earlier now shrank back nervously and gave a tiny wave. A comforting rumble came from his monster, a titan completely covered in a shell made of solid stone.

"Snotlout Jorgenson and Snotsnarl the Tigrex."

Several individuals on Trainer Hiccup's side, especially Snivels, gave the muscular, arrogant Viking teen sour looks as he swaggered confidently forward. Oblivious to their scorn, he shot them a smug grin and opened his mouth to give his own introduction, probably one peppered with bragging remarks. However, he didn't get far before a tail swept his legs out from under him and made him fall on his face.

The blue-and-yellow monster Drageist had labeled as "Snotsnarl" turned back around to face the front, its dinosaurian face just as smug as its rider's had been a moment ago. It had four limbs that scraped the ground with their claws as it moved, two of which functioned as wingarms that it flexed proudly to show off its strength to the newcomers.

"I think I'll just call him 'Snarl'," Snivels said, not caring if anyone heard him or not.

"Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston, Queen the Lunastra, and King the Teostra."

"Yeah, that's us!" Tuff declared excitedly.

"You idiot, he just said that!" Ruff grunted, kicking him in the shin.

"Ow!" he yelled, and angrily balled his fists. "Yeah, and you'd know a lot about being an idiot, wouldn't you? Because you are one."

"Muttonhead!" his sister screamed, throwing a punch into his gut.

"Fish hair!"

"Dragon breath!"

"Bride of Grendel!"

Two monsters, each resembling a cross between a lion and a dragon, shook their magnificent heads in exasperation at the escalating fight. King was the red one, distinguished by his curling horns, while the blue Queen had a head ornament that looked more like a crown or headdress.

"Finally," Drageist concluded, completely ignoring the brawling Thorstons, "Twinhorn the Diablos and Snaketail Grundenson, girlfriend of Tuffnut."

"WHAT?!"

The entire company of Go-Getters shouted that single word, all of them shocked beyond belief. Even the non-speaking Pokemon and dragons let out their own roars or squawks to express themselves. Snaketail, a pretty girl with long brown hair, understood the reasoning behind their disbelief and scowled dangerously, while Ruff and Tuff immediately stopped fighting.

The first one to recover was Snivels. "We have a Tuffnut in our world too," he explained, although his voice was still shaky with surprise. "But if yours is anything like ours, then I can't imagine why any girl would go for him even if he was the last guy on the planet!"

"HEY!" the Thorston boy in question protested. "As it so happens, I am quite the catch. I throw out my fishing net and catch… me. Together with Snaketail. As fish. Is any of this making sense to you? Because I'm confusing myself."

"If you have a problem with who I choose to date, greenie, let's hear it," growled Snaketail herself, cracking her knuckles.

Twinhorn growled alongside her, a significantly more threatening sound due to the fact it was coming from a Triceratops-headed wyvern with a tail that ended in a sledgehammer. She spread her wings and pawed the ground, ready to charge at a moment's notice.

Snivels gulped and raised his tail, prepared to defend himself if necessary. Trainer Hiccup and Toothless sprang to his defense, but this only prompted a chain reaction from the rest of the Go-Getters and Monster Riders. Weapons were drawn and various creatures from different universes revealed their teeth and claws.

"Okay, okay, settle down," Drageist warned them. "I didn't bring you here just so you could throw insults around and beat each other up."

"That's no fun," complained Ruffnut.

"Snaketail, maybe now's not the time to be jumping down peoples' throats," Rider Hiccup advised.

At Drageist's stern words, the two groups settled down and backed away from each other. Snaketail looked disappointed there wouldn't be a fight, but didn't protest and obeyed her leader's implied command.

"So why did you bring us here?" Blaze turned her head to Drageist. "Snivels was right – you've got some explaining to do."

The Giratina nodded his gigantic head, then slithered back and forth through the air above them, looking as though he was pacing. After a second or two, he finished that and floated down so that his body was resting on the same island on which everyone was gathered.

Then, abruptly, he spoke. "Okay, so, the short answer is that I was bored."

A couple of the Go-Getters – Ninjark and Kickin' Hawk – abruptly facepalmed, while the rest of them just looked bewildered. The Monster Riders, knowing nothing about the Legendary Pokemon, simply exchanged glances and stayed silent.

"A number of weeks ago," Drageist continued, "Adhesive was filling me in about another universe that he'd discovered – the one the Monster Riders are a part of. I decided today that, instead of checking up on the Distortion World for the billionth time, I'd invite you all here for a little competition I thought of. Sound fun?"

"What kind of competition?" Adhesive and Arachne both piped up simultaneously. They looked at each other and grinned with amusement. "Jinx!"

"A dare war," Drageist replied, sounding proud of himself. "Apparently it's a popular thing in several other universes. In a sentence, it involves a group of friends getting together and convincing each other to try idiotic stunts until only one remains."

The Thorston twins both whooped and shared an enthusiastic head-bash. "Sounds AWESOME!" they cheered.

"Sounds stupid," Blaze dismissed.

"U-Uh, I don't know," Fishlegs stammered. "It d-doesn't sound too safe…"

"Normally I'd agree," mused Heather, "but I have to admit, this time I'm intrigued. I've never heard of a competition to see who can pull off the stupidest prank before."

"Well, there's a bit more to it than that," explained Drageist. "You want me to go over the details before you all agree to play my game?"

The Rider and Trainer Hiccups looked at each other, both feeling apprehensive. Neither of them thought that Drageist's idea sounded like a very good one, especially when it involved an activity that only Ruff and Tuff would find appealing. Rider Hiccup knew that if one of his friends suggested such an idea, he'd shoot it down immediately – and in Trainer Hiccup's case, he looked like he was about to shoot it down.

But then both of them looked back at their respective groups and saw their friends' reactions. Most of the Monster Riders looked thrilled at the idea of a competition, making Rider Hiccup bite his lip – he knew they'd be disappointed if he denied them the chance for some fun. The Go-Getters, meanwhile, were more evenly split between yay-or-nay, but even the less enthusiastic ones seemed pretty curious.

The two Hiccups exchanged a glance and nodded silently.

"Alright," said Trainer Hiccup, addressing the giant serpent directly. "Drageist, we're willing to hear you out."

"Excellent," he boomed. "You'll each be split into teams, Monster Riders versus Go-Getters. The goal is to pick an opponent and challenge them to complete a task – the more embarrassing and challenging, the better."

Surprisingly, Ninjark raised his flipper. "So, for example, I could ask Snotlout to paddle across the cove in a bathtub, with his underpants on his head?"

"This idea doesn't sound too bad after all," Rider Astrid grinned, shooting the outraged Jorgenson boy a mocking smirk. The other Astrid put her hand over her mouth and tried not to laugh.

"Yes, good example," Drageist praised the Greninja. "But then, regardless of whether or not he succeeded in your dare, Snotlout would then take his turn to select his own victim. Then whomever he chooses will pick someone else, and it would continue to go back and forth after that."

Ruff, Tuff, Arachne, and Adhesive all grinned mischievously. "Sweeeeeeeet," they chorused.

"Of course, there are other rules," Drageist went on. "It wouldn't be very fun if that was all there was to it. Each of you will get two chances to fail. If you fail to complete a challenge three times, then you drop out of the competition. And, of course, you can't dare someone back, as it were. So no revenge dares."

"Yak dung," muttered Snotlout.

"That's fair," Snivels countered.

Now Kickin' Hawk raised his talon again. "Excuse me, but I imagine that you're also banning the use of potentially harmful dares?"

The Giratina nodded at the wise Hawlucha. "Indeed. Of course, all of you will also have your dragons and your monsters to assist you when necessary. So jumping off a cliff, for example, isn't considered 'harmful' if you have a ride waiting to catch you."

"I'm really not feeling any better about this!" Fishlegs protested.

Unfortunately, Drageist ignored him. "Finally, you'll have to pick your victims randomly so that it stays fair. Draw straws or something. Oh yes, and Ra and Camazotz count as one team member, Go-Getters. Any other questions?"

Snivels instantly opened his mouth to yell out, "What if we get a really muttonheaded dare that we don't want to do?"

"Then that counts as one of your two strikes," Drageist answered.

The Servine huffed and crossed his tiny arms, not looking very impressed by this whole "dare war" idea at all.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, but this actually sounds like it could be fun," Trainer Astrid decided.

"All the Monster Riders are in!" announced Snaketail, wearing a confident expression. "Even Fishlegs is going to see reason once he gets the opportunity to humiliate Snotlout!"

"In Fishface's dreams!" he retorted.

Cautiously, both Rider Hiccup and Trainer Hiccup raised their hands. Drageist took note of them and nodded, granting them permission to speak their minds.

"We… we have questions as well," Rider Hiccup said, tentatively. "Um… so, what about our friends and families back on Berk? Won't they be missing us?"

"No," responded Drageist. "The Distortion World is a universe where the rules of time and space don't apply normally. Without getting into another long-winded explanation, I could keep you in here for a whole year before returning you, and you'd find that almost no time at all has passed in your home worlds."

"Uh… okay, sure," Rider Hiccup said. He decided that it'd probably best not to ask questions that'd only make him more confused.

"Second question," added Trainer Hiccup. "Where are we going to go for this dare war? I mean, we can't exactly stay on this chunk of rock in the middle of literally nowhere."

Even though Drageist's face was almost entirely covered with gold armor, everyone present got the idea that the Giratina was smiling at them.

"You're about to find out," he said mysteriously…

…and suddenly, a black hole opened up beneath their feet.

With screams, yells, and roars, all of them – humans, dragons, monsters, and Pokemon – plummeted helplessly through the portal, unaware of what madness awaited them on the other side…


Cottonmouth25: A VERY important reminder – feel free to submit dares when you review, dear readers. I want you guys to have a say in what happens throughout this story. After all, a certain degree of interactivity is fun, right?

ReptileGirl497: Some of the events that will be referenced in this that have yet to happen in How to Become a Trainer, so until the final part of A View to a Skrill is posted for my crossover, a Spoiler Alert is in session.

NEXT CHAPTER: Trainer Hiccup dares Snotlout