A/N: So this is a sequel to my Big Hero 6 / Tangled crossover, "Tangled Heroes". You can read it to get a feel for how the team ended up working with their portal, etc. but it doesn't tie into it much with the exception of perhaps a few references to the previous experiment.
"You're sure this will work?" Wasabi asked. He stared at the portal with mistrust.
"Yes! I've tested it time and time again. Not going to end up with an issue like last time," Hiro said, tossing his toolbelt aside.
"And where exactly are we going? Or are we bringing someone back? Maybe GoGo's great-great-great-" Honey Lemon started enthusiastically.
"Nobody's coming from the past," Hiro shook his head, breaking Honey off.
"We're going to the future, then?" Fred asked excitedly, overlapping Hiro.
"Nobody's going to the future," Hiro shook his head, mildly irritated because he couldn't get an explanation in. "We're going to the past. Viking-past. To a certain place called Berk."
"Berk!" Honey Lemon gasped excitedly. "We learned about Berk in my AP history class at SFIT last week!"
"Exactly," Hiro nodded. He'd been in the same class. "We're going back to meet one of the greatest inventors of the time. And we might meet a few dragons along the way."
"Dragons?" Fred pushed into the conversation, dropping his potato chip bag. "Count me in, dude!"
"Nerds," GoGo snapped her bubble gum, and Wasabi rolled his eyes.
"Coming from a nerd herself," Wasabi pointed out.
"Are you going to Berk?"
"Huh-uh. Count me OUT!" Wasabi shook his head firmly. "Dragons, unsanitary living conditions, barbaric acts-nope."
"Oh, Wasabi, you'd have so much fun!" Honey exclaimed.
"Nope. I'll be staying here working on essays. Have a lot to do." Wasabi took off out of the room.
Hiro laughed. The big, tough-looking one of the bunch was so easily scared, but he almost felt bad leaving him behind. He was part of the team, after all, and even though he'd be terrified the whole time, he probably would've had fun as well. But there was no convincing Wasabi to come, especially if wherever they were going or whatever they were doing violated at least three of his irrational fears. He'd learned this from experience.
Honey Lemon tapped her lip, staring at the portal. "Shouldn't we have time-accurate clothes first?"
"We'll worry about fitting in later," Hiro shrugged. "But think about it - Berk!"
"Tadashi would've loved to see this. He was a bit of a history nerd too," Honey smiled sadly.
"I know," Hiro nodded. "His inventions and notes are what helped me fix the portal so it works both ways flawlessly. So this trip will be made in Tadashi's honor, right?"
Honey Lemon nodded, and GoGo stepped up. "This thing's going to kill us, though. Guarantee it."
"Miss Mechanics Prodigy, I've got this. Don't freak out." Hiro joked, walking past her to grab his armor. "We'll need these just in case things get dicey in Berk."
"Huh-uh. No way. You guys are nuts!" Wasabi walked past to get a wrench and scurried away, still yelling about how crazy the rest of the team was.
"Are we taking Baymax?" Fred asked, watching after Wasabi.
"Yeah," Hiro nodded. "I want to show him off. Speaking of which..." he scampered off and returned with Baymax's redesigned and lighter-weight charging station-slash-carrying case.
Fred bounced up and down excitedly. "Oh, I can't wait! Dragons and Vikings? This is going to be the best field trip ever, guys!"
GoGo scooted a step or two away from him.
"Are we going now?" Honey asked. "I didn't expect it to be ready today, and I have plans later-"
"No time in the current day passes when we're gone. When we come back, even if we spend years in history, not a second will pass in the current time and world." Hiro grinned. "New tweak."
"And you tested this new tweak?" GoGo asked.
"Yes," Hiro rolled his eyes. "Repeatedly. Would I send us all into some Viking world without knowing if something worked?"
"Okay," GoGo put her hands up and strode off to get her own armor, bringing back Honey's and Fred's suits as well.
Hiro rubbed his hands together. "We ready?" When everyone answered, he raced forward and flipped several switches on the portal. Within minutes, a suctioning force - like a vacuum, Fred thought with an eager grin - pulled them closer and closer to the portal hoop...and then they were hurtling through time. Hiro didn't have any time to marvel at his work, because almost as soon as they'd been sucked into the portal, they were spat out of a dry well.
"Don't lose track of this well. It's our ticket back home," Hiro said. Honey Lemon pulled out her phone and snapped a picture of it. And then they looked up, just in time to see a huge, colorful dragon fly over their heads.
Fred squealed like a girl, but at the same time, wriggled from head to toe with excitement like a puppy. GoGo and Hiro stared in awe, and Honey Lemon practically broke her phone in her excitement as she tried to take a photo of that as well.
"Welcome to Berk," Hiro breathed.