Dragon riders are go!
A/N one shot thunderbirds / httyd crossover and I'm just waiting to see how it pans out.
Based on the new series of thunderbirds.
To make it easier both Hiccup and the gang speak English as well as the thunderbird team (my Icelandic understanding is horrible (a.k.a. non existent))
Not currently set in a particular point of httyd (although definitely after the formation of the dragon riders)
Chapter 1. an encounter in a strange land.
John was monitoring from thunderbird 5 when an earthquake happened in a previously unexplored location. He called the thunderbirds when he read tightly clustered heat signatures in the vicinity. When the connection was complete he spoke to the barely awake rescuers.
"there has been an earthquake in a cluster of islands near Iceland. It hasn't been surveyed or inhabited on records but I can see some tightly packed heat signatures on one of the islands. Some are in the shape of humans so I can assume it's a remote colony. The odd thing is they have very large heat signatures near them that aren't any living thing we know."
Scott tracy accepted the call on behalf of the sleep deprived thunderbirds. He had a quick breakfast before entering thunderbird one.
*thunderbird one launch cut scene*
He heads towards the crippled humans (and the odd creatures) and eventually comes across the island that John had marked. He was surprised that this place hadn't been mapped before but was glad when there was a place suitable for landing. He headed out the cockpit and manually searched for wherever the people in trouble were. He heard a large blast and decided to investigate.
Hiccup sighed as yet another plasma blast rocked the blocked off cavern. Hiccup had managed to get them all trapped in a cavern which none of them could escape due to the dragon proof rock. Fishlegs was quick to suggest his worry.
"um- Hiccup? I think we're trapped. There's no way we can get out when the rocks are both large and dragon proof."
Hiccup accepted his explanation with a gloomy expression. Just then he heard an unfamiliar voice.
"Hello!? Is anyone in there!? International rescue is here to help!"
Hiccup was confused at who this new speaker was and how he could help. He decided to trust him because they were helpless and the voice wasn't unfriendly.
"Hello 'international rescue' I don't think you can help us. The cavern is blocked by boulders that even our dragons can't penetrate"
Scott was surprised that the people had talked about dragons, surely they were a beast of myth? Although he fact that the scans had shown unidentified creatures lended credit to this statement. He recovered an resumed his mission to help the people out of the cavern.
Hiccup was anxious when he couldn't hear anything for a few moments. They heard a strange noise before the unknown person cursed.
Scott couldn't believe that the laser wouldn't cut through the rock. Instead he had to return to his backup plan: mechanical strength. He fetched the mechanical suit he had brought along for this mission and started to try and shift the wreckage. After a few failed attempts he connected to thunderbird one to help move the debris. After finding out that the rock wasn't magnetic Scott wrapped his cable around the smaller pieces of wreckage so that he could shift them.
The riders and the dragons were gobsmacked when a powerful roar could be heard at the entrance. It was like no other dragon they had ever heard of! They then heard the small sound of metal scraping against rock before the roar intensified.
Scott braced himself as he and thunderbird one moved the first piece of wreckage . they brought it to the side before moving on to the next one. He repeated the process until light shone into the cavern.
Scott looked throught the tiny gap he had created. Knowing he needed no more assistance from thunderbird one he sent it back outside the entrance. He saw a scrawny but handsome (no love intended) face peak out and spot him. The face took one look at him before retreating back into the chamber and laughing. Scott was annoyed by this humiliation
"what's so funny? I try to help you guys and you reply with this?"
Hiccup quietened his laughter to speak to the other person.
"I'm sorry, my names Hiccup I am thankful for your help but what is that armour!"
Scott was surprised that Hiccup did not know his organisation but reasoned that It was because of his people's isolation. He decided to stomach the humiliation and lift the final stone preventing their exit. With the help of the mechanical suit he had the stone out in no time. He was surprised when an axe awaited him once he turned around. Astrid questioned the strangely costumed man.
"who are you and do you work for the dragon hunters!"
Scott was astonished by the quick violent reaction and tried to calm the solution.
"I am Scott Tracy, member of international rescue and I have no clue who the dragon hunters are."
Hiccup also reasoned with Astrid.
"Astrid! He knows nothing about us. His uniform is not to do with the dragon hunters, not to do with any organisation that we know of. Also can you acknowledge that he got us and the dragons out of the cavern we were stuck in?"
Astrid calmed at the reassurance of Hiccup and brought her axe away from Scott's throat. Scott calmed as well and tried to solve the problem of them getting home.
"well how are you getting back? I've got a ship to get you back if you want."
Hiccup laughed in decline to the deal.
"don't worry about us getting home. We have our dragons."
Scott was intrigued.
"yeah, about those dragon's of yours. What are they- Ah!"
Hiccup was a bit surprised at Scott's sudden yell but remembered that the man had no Idea about dragons. and Hiccup had Toothless. A dragon. He turned around and saw, unsurprisingly, that Toothless's head had pierced the gloom. After seeing that the dragon meant no harm Scott collected himself.
"I am sorry that I lost myself a bit there. The world has never heard about dragons."
Hiccup raised an eyebrow.
"you must have come from far away to not have heard about dragons."
Scott nodded and explained
"yeah, I came from the south pacific ocean and no one close to you knows about dragons either.
Hiccup was confused
"what is the south pacific ocean?"
Scott was reminded that they had no idea about the world around them.
"the south pacific ocean is an ocean on the other side of the world."
Fishlegs was now confused
"what do you mean other side of the world? Isn't the world flat?"
Scott was irritated at this misunderstanding of science. His lessons had made him very resistant to the idea of the flat earth. He calmed himself down again to explain the situation simply.
"the earth is round."
Fishlegs was also irritated at the decline of his knowledge.
"and how would you know that?"
Scott smiled at this opportunity
"I've travelled across the globe in my ship."
Astrid didn't understand.
"how can something that travels across water get around your 'globe?'"
Scott was triumphant at the humorous answer to this question
"who said it travelled on water? I can show you."
Scott walked out the cave and the intrigued teens followed. They gasped upon seeing thunderbird one and were amazed. Fishlegs wanted to know more about this strange object.
"so is it a special cart that travels across land? I can't seem to see any wheels."
Scott answered this one briefly.
"no it travels throught the sky, of course."
(Outside the scene)
Meanwhile the rest of the Tracy family were ignoring Scott's current situation as each had to go and deal with their own situation.
(back inside the scene)
Hiccup snorted in disbelief.
"there is no way! Only dragons can-"
He was cut off as Scott tapped his wrist and thunderbird one took off. Fishlegs was astounded.
"so what kind of dragon is that?"
Scott mentally face palmed as Fishlegs misunderstood the situation, again. He explained it to Fishlegs once more.
"it isn't a dragon. It's a machine called thunderbird one designed to fly."
Astrid mysteriously turned towards Hiccup and asked him an impatient question
"so why, mr inventor, haven't we seen one of these before on our island?"
Hiccup was stunned by the display.
"I don't know… it's like nothing I've ever seen before."
Snotlout was getting impatient.
"can we please go soon? Hookfang's wings are really wanting a stretch."
Most of the teens obliged but Hiccup stayed astonished on the ground. Scott was wondering what to do but he really wanted to know more about Hiccup and so gave him a special communication unit. Hiccup took the unit and Scott explained.
"This is a beacon. In basic terms if you push this red circle [gestures to the button] It will call me and We will meet again. Anyways goodbye!"
Hiccup accepted the gift with a gracious nod and mounted Toothless and the riders flew off back towards berk. While they were flying Hiccup looked at thunderbird one. He felt pity and conveyed it to the other riders.
"I feel kind of sorry that Scott has to take that machine across to the other side of the world. It looks so slow!"
He was still thinking this when thunderbird one took off and did a high speed fly-by right past the dragon riders! Hiccup was astonished by the speed.
"that is truly incredible, He had a higher speed than a night fury!"
He then fully appreciated the 'red circle' (button) in front of him and wondered when to use it.
Both Hiccup and Scott arrived at their separate homes. They were welcomed back but each was reluctant to share what had happened with their community back at home.
A few weeks later John got a beacon call from the unplotted islands near Iceland. The nature of the beacon meant it specifically called for Scott to come and answer it. Unfazed he notified Scott and Scott immediately got ready for launch.
The end of part 1.
A/N
Thank you for reading my experimental story.
Thank you to CKE1st for helping me understand the personality of httyd riders.
